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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
Focuses on the nature and scope of biological anthropology, human evolution, genetics, "race", health, and changing relationships between the environment, culture, and human biology.
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Survey course designed to provide an evolutionary perspective on contemporary global cultural patterns showing how transformations, though occurring in the deep past, constitute profound forces in modern global society and in everyday life.
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3.00 Credits
Explores the nature of language, its morphological, phonological, and syntactic structure, and the role of the linguist in the study of language.
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3.00 Credits
Focuses on the ethnographic study of language and the interrelationship between language and culture. Language variation is examined in the light of such features as social class, ethnicity, gender, standard and non-standard language, pidgins, and creoles. Theory. 6 crs. ( To be taken in sequence as presented below). Prerequisite: Introduction to Cultural Anthropology, Archaeology, Linguistics, or by permission of instructor.
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Analyzes the relationships of magic, witchcraft, religion, and healing and their significance in understanding our own cultures as well as Third World societies and other parts of the world.
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3.00 Credits
Examination of cross-cultural gender roles. Also examines U.S. public policies and laws affecting women, men, and children.
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3.00 Credits
Application of anthropological concepts to the analysis of educational processes in different cultures and in the U.S.
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Explores cultural dimensions of global environmental degradation to identify root causes and viable solutions. Comparison of tribal environmental perceptions and production and consumption patterns with our own; evaluates the roles of population and technology, world hunger and quality of life issues.
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3.00 Credits
Surveys anthropological theories from a historical perspective. Considers current theoretical issues, debates, and the relationship between theory and practice.
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3.00 Credits
Considers the patterns of health and disease from a multidisciplinary perspective. The focus in on the diversity of health beliefs and practices, variation in health care systems, contemporary global health concerns and ethical issues. Prerequisite: Introduction to Biological Anthropology, or Introduction to Cultural Anthropology, or permission of instructor.
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