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4.00 Credits
Lecture-3 hours; discussion-1 hour. Introduction tocultural diversity and the methods used by anthropologists to account for it. Family relations, economic activities, politics, gender, and religion in a wide range of societies. Current problems in tribal and peasant societies. GE credit: SocSci, Div, Wrt.-I, II, III. (I, II, III.) Yengoyanr
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4.00 Credits
Lecture-3 hours; discussion-1 hour. Introduction tothe anthropological study of cultural diversity. Case studies of eight societies will be presented to illustrate and compare the distinctive features of major cultural regions of the world. Concludes with a discussion of modernization. GE credit: SocSci, Div.- III. (III.) Sawyer
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4.00 Credits
Lecture-3 hours; discussion-1 hour. Broadly surveyspatterns and changes in the human species' physical and cultural evolution from earliest evidence for "humanness" to recent development of largescalecomplex societies or "civilizations." Lecturesemphasize use of archaeology in reconstructing the past. GE credit: SocSci, Div, Wrt.-I. (I.) Eerkens
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4.00 Credits
Lecture-3 hours; discussion-1 hour. The archaeologicalevidence for domestication of plants and the origins of agricultural societies. Anthropological context of agriculture and the effects on sexual division of labor, social inequality, wealth accumulation, warfare, human health, and sedentism. GE credit: Soc- Sci, Div, Wrt.
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4.00 Credits
Lecture-3 hours; discussion-1 hour. Developmentof archaeology as an anthropological study; objectives and methods of modern archaeology. GE credit: SocSci, Div.-I, II, III. (I, II, III) Bettinger, Darwent Steele
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4.00 Credits
Lecture/discussion-4 hours. Introduction to the study of sexuality, particularly to the meanings and social organization of same-sex sexual behavior across cultures and through time. Biological and cultural approaches will be compared, and current North American issues placed in a wider comparative context.-III. (III.) Donham
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4.00 Credits
Lecture-3 hours; discussion-1 hour. Drugs, politics,science, society in a cultural perspective: emphasis on roles of science, government and the media in shifting attitudes toward alcohol, marijuana, Prozac and other pharmaceuticals; drug laws, war on drugs and global trade in sugar, opium, cocaine. (Same course as Science and Technololgy Studies 32)-I. (I.) Dumit
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4.00 Credits
Lecture/discussion-4 hours; term paper. Aspects of modern consumer cultures in capitalist and socialist countries. Transformations of material cultures over the past century. Case studies on the intersections of gender, class, and culture in everyday consumption practices. Offered in alternate years. GE Credit: Div, SocSci, Wrt.-(I.)
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4.00 Credits
Lecture-3 hours; discussion-1 hour. Exploration ofthe role of language in social interaction and world view, minority languages and dialects, bilingualism, literacy, the social motivation of language change. Introduction of analytical techniques of linguistics and demonstration of their relevance to language in sociocultural issues. GE credit: SocSci, Div, Wrt.-I. (I.)
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4.00 Credits
Seminar-3 hours; term paper. Prerequisite: course 1 and consent of instructor. Course primarily for majors. Integration of related disciplines in the study of biological anthropology through discussion and research projects. Principal emphasis in human adaptation to the environment. GE credit: SciEng, Wrt.-III. (III.) Isbell
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