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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: Completion of the lower division writing requirement. Encompasses the origin and development of prehistoric human culture from hunting and gathering to the origin of urban societies. Surveys the archaeological evidence from both the New and Old World. (Available for General Education, Social Sciences)
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: Completion of the lower division writing requirement. Introduction to the study of folklore from a cross-cultural perspective, including major forms, such as folktale, legend, ballad, joke, riddle, proverb, and festival, and the theories used to interpret them. (Available for General Education, Arts and Humanities)
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3.00 Credits
This course introduces students to the diversity of African cultures in North Africa, the Sahel, the Horn of Africa, Central Africa, West Africa, East Africa, and Southern Africa. Students will learn about the history and ethnography of colonial and postcolonial African societies and develop a more balanced understanding of Africa’s diversity, complexity, and relationship to contemporary globalization.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: ANTH 150 or 152 and completion of the lower division writing requirement. Survey of the cultures of South Asia reviewing the culture, history, language distribution, and principal culture types. (Available for General Education, Comparative Cultural Studies)
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: ANTH 150 or ANTH 151 or BIOL 100 or BIOL 101 or BIOL 106; completion of lower division writing requirement. Forensic Anthropology has been popularized in recent years by a range of popular media. But what can human remains really tell us? In this class, we will review the methods used by physical anthropologists to study the human skeleton and critically examine the array of information that can actually be scientifically extracted from human skeletal remains. Based on this knowledge, we will analyze the biological and cultural information bones may yield about past human populations. (Available for General Education, Social Sciences)
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: ANTH 150 or 152; completion of the lower division writing requirement. Examination of individual and group ethnic identity. Interaction of mainstream culture, ethnic groups and social classes in U.S. society. Illustrations drawn from particular groups. (Available for General Education, Comparative Cultural Studies)
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: Completion of the lower division writing requirement. Cross-cultural urbanism, urbanization and migration, both with macro and micro focus. Regular written assignments required.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: ANTH 150 or ANTH 152 or CAS 100. Survey of the cultures from Mexico to Panama tracing their characteristics and changes from the 16th century until the present.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: ANTH 150 or 152. Survey of the cultures of South America, including peasant and tribal societies, emphasizing their historical background, emergent characteristics and present changes.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: ANTH 319. The Maya form one of the largest indigenous linguistic groups in the Americas. This course is an introductory survey of their culture and society from prehistoric times to the present. The course addresses the cultural history, social organization, and political history of the Maya, as well as their artistic and intellectual achievements. Discussions include examination of Ancient Maya sites, architecture, art, and writing, as well as examining the state of the Maya in the modern world.
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