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3.00 Credits
This course covers the following areas: divisions of anthropology, theories and principles of evolution, primate and hominid evolution and behavior, origins of hominid physical and cultural development and concepts of racial variation. Either semester. (CSOC)
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3.00 Credits
This course examines research methods, systems of data recording, and analysis and reconstruction of cultural lifeways of past cultures. The conceptual bases of the study of the past are explored through material culture. Either semester. (Formerly ANTH 302) (CSOC)
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3.00 Credits
This course explores the meanings and subdivisions of folklore: myth, folktale, proverb, riddles and folklife. It covers the analysis of story elements, major folklore areas and the role of folklore and folklife in society and culture. Either semester. (CGCL; CSOC; CWRT)
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3.00 Credits
This course introduces the cross-cultural approach to world mythology. Myths of our own and other cultures will be analyzed using several theoretical approaches. Myth will be examined as a fundamental human function, necessary for the well-being of cultures. Either semester. (CGCL; CSOC; CWRT)
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3.00 Credits
This course will introduce students to how concepts of race, class, and gender have been constructed cross-culturally. Students will use cross-cultural ethnographic examples from egalitarian, ranked and stratified societies to examine how systems of social inequality based on race, class and gender are created and maintained; how these social categories are used to promote group loyalties and allegiances; and how global community building can occur across social divides of gender, social class, race, ethnicity and/or nationhood. Either semester. (CMCL; CSOC)
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3.00 Credits
This course will introduce students to First Nations or indigenous people globally. Students will investigate past and contemporary native indigenous ways of life, using examples from Native North and South America, Australia, Africa and the Pacific Islands, among others. Students will investigate issues of indigenous cultural survival, the current political and economic status of indigenous communities, issues of self-determination, global human rights and pan-tribalism. Either semester (CGCL; CSOC)
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3.00 Credits
This course will provide an introduction to the variation of modern nonhuman primates – monkeys, apes and prosimians. We will examine the social behavior of these animals, drawing links to human behavior that will allow us to see where there are similarities and in what ways humans are unique. The origins of cultural behavior, along with diet and morphology, will be explored within an ecological context. The nature of learned behavior, dependence on social relationships for survival, competition for resources and the importance of cultural understanding to achieve goals will be major themes. Evolutionary theory and conservation will provide much of the framework for our studies. Spring semester. (CSOC) Catalog Addenda: This course has changed effective Spring 2011. Please click on the icon above.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: Open to all freshmen with a writing placement score of 3 or above or a SAT score of 500 or above or who have completed ENGL 101. Students with 24 or more transfer credits will have this requirement waived. First Year Seminars (FYS) are writing-intensive topic courses that introduce students to academic thought, discourse and practices. FYS courses prepare and orient students toward productive and fulfilling college careers by actively engaging them in a specific academic area of interest. Students will improve their writing, reading, research and basic information and technology skills while learning to work both collaboratively and independently. These courses will fulfill the First Year Seminar requirement and may fulfill other requirements for the core curriculum. Each course may fulfill different requirements and topics may change each semester. Only one FYS course may be taken for credit. (CFYS)
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3.00 Credits
This interdisciplinary course treats major world problems with particular emphasis upon those faced by non-Western peoples. The interdependence between economically developed and underdeveloped parts of the world will be explored according to such themes as collective versus individual good, short-versus long-term planning and cooperation versus competition. Either semester. (Formerly ANTH 104) (CGCL; CMCL; CSOC)
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3.00 Credits
This cross-cultural course studies the tribal cultures of the United States, Canada and Mexico. Emphasis will be placed on developing an understanding of Native American cultural systems in their traditional settings and on the current status of Native American interaction with government policies and attitudes. Either semester. (CGCL; CMCL; CSOC)
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