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3.00 Credits
A survey of the different genres of folklore, its forms, uses, functions and modes of transmission. Emphasis on belief, custom and legend. Satisfies the General Education Western Cultural Tradition and the Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives Requirements. Credits: 3
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An exploration into the commonality and diversity of sex and gender roles in cross-cultural perspective and an examination of cultural and bio-social explanations for why such diversity exists. Foci include contemporary approaches to sex and gender, changing views about men’s and women’s roles in human evolution, the conditions under which gender roles vary in contemporary societies and the issues surrounding gender equality, power and politics.
Satisfies the General Education Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives and Ethics Requirements.
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3.00 Credits
Explores the anthropology of contemporary political violence. The ethnographic study of terrorism, guerilla warfare, state terror and human rights will be complemented by examination of the ethical and methodological concerns that arise in this special are of investigation. Satisfies the General Education Ethics, Social Contexts and Institutions and Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives Requirements.
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3.00 Credits
Conservation is fundamentally a socio-cultural problem. Examines the different types of human/nature relationships that emerge across various cultural, environmental, socio-economic, and political contexts. Through a comparative approach this course is designed to illustrate how culture is an important variable when creating viable conservation strategies. Themes covered in class include protected areas, indigenous and traditional knowledge, resource management, market-based conservation, environmental economics, and political ecology. Case studies: United States, Africa, Australia, Latin America, and Papua New Guinea.
Satisfies the General Education Population and the Environment and Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives Requirements.
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3.00 Credits
An exploration of ethnic conflict and revival today including a survey of anthropological theories of ethnicity, focusing on ethnic revival in the modern world. European and other ethnic groups of the industrialized West provide the major cases to be considered. Satisfies the General Education Social Contexts and Institutions and Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives Requirements.
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3.00 Credits
Provides an introduction to the application of the theory and methods of physical anthropology to medicolegal investigations and problems. The field consists of four basic topics: 1) human skeletal anatomy, 2) developing a biological profile, 3) the science of decomposition, and 4) forensic anthropology in the court system.
Satisfies the General Education Applications of Scientific Knowledge Requirement.
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3.00 Credits
Examines how poor and racialized communities have responded to the incidence, causes, and effects of environmental racism and injustice. Special attention will be given to how critiques offered by these communities challenge the knowledge and procedural forms of justice embedded in environmental policy and democracy in the United States. Case studies will be drawn from readings on African-American, European-Americans, Chicano and Latino Americance, and Native Americans.
Satisfies the General Education Social Contexts and Institutions and Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives Requirements.
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3.00 Credits
A seminar in which the most important theories shaping modern cultural and social anthropology will be presented through the analysis of key monographs. Emphasis placed on developing critical thinking and library research skills. Required of all Anthropology majors. Satisfies the General Education Social Context and Institutions, Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives and Writing Intensive Requirements. Prerequisites & Notes ANT 102 and ANT major standing or permission. Credits: 3
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3.00 Credits
Techniques of excavation and analysis; theoretical basis of methods and fundamental principles; application to specific case studies; the use of geological, biological, chemical and other tools in archaeological research. A one-day compulsory weekend field trip to local archaeological sites. Satisfies the General Education Applications of Scientific Knowledge and Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives Requirements. Prerequisites & Notes ANT 101 or ANT 170 or ANT 173 or ANT 207 or permission. Required for Anthropology majors. Credits: 3
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3.00 Credits
Examines how disenfranchised groups respond through their traditional expressive folklore to the incidences, causes and effect of racism and injustice found in the United States, as well as maintaining and conveying their values, and sense of identity at simultaneous levels (individual, communal, regional) to each other and the larger society. Groups read and examined are Afro-American, Hispanic, Asian American, Native American, and Euro-American.
Satisfies the General Education Western Cultural Tradition and Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives Requirements.
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