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3.00 Credits
Examines theories and methods of the earth sciences to determine the location, age, and composition of the archaeological record. Emphasizes application of the natural sciences to study the human past by the study of sediments and ancient environments. PREREQ: ANTH 103 or PERM/INST.
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3.00 Credits
Explores the crucial part culture plays in artistic creation and the cultural patterning of expressive behavior. Concerned with the purposeful arrangement of forms, colors, sounds, language and body movements in ways that have meaning and are aesthetically appealing. PREREQ: ANTH 102 or PERM/INST.
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3.00 Credits
Provides an introduction to the nature of the relationships among language, culture, and society. Major topics explored are language and thought; conversational theory; the ethnography of communication; language change; language variation; speech communities; pidgins and creoles; diglossia, code switching and mixing, and solidarity and politeness. Several languages are examined in specific social and cultural contexts. ANTH 102, LING 305, or a foreign language recommended. This course may be taken for LING or ANTH credit, but not both.
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Comprehensive review of the prehistoric and ethnographic diversity of South America. Emphasis on cultural diversity and continuity in prehistory, the time of early European contact and indigenous populations as known from late 19th and 20th century ethnographic studies. PREREQ: ANTH 103 or PERM/INST.
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3.00 Credits
Fundamentals of paleoecology and taphonomy applied to the study of Pleistocene and Holocene paleobiology. Primary focus on animal adaptation, evolution, and extinction, plant and animal connections to environmental and climate change and human prehistory, and identification and measurements of biotic materials. PREREQ: ANTH 103 or PERM/INST.
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3.00 Credits
A survey of ethnographic literature, approaches to ethnographic fieldwork and data gathering, creating field records through participant - observation and interviewing, sampling and mixing formal with informal methods, hypothesis development and testing, and experimenting with various approaches to ethnographic description. PREREQ: ANTH 102 or PERM/INST.
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3.00 Credits
Survey of pre-Columbian cultures of Central America, with emphasis on Mexico. Special focus on the transition from Pre-Classic to Classic civilization, with consideration of the Maya and Aztec. PREREQ: ANTH 103 or PERM/INST.
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Introduces the student to the dynamic relationship that exists between health and culture. Topics include epidemiology, medical ecology, nutrition, ethnomedicine, the social meaning of illness, medical and cultural change, and alternative health models. Emphasis will be on a cross-cultural approach. Ethnographic data will be provided from cultures around the world. PREREQ: ANTH 102 or PERM/INST.
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Examines the varieties of cultural experiences within urban settings. Will include cross-cultural comparisons of urban cultures, with a focus on such topics as population pressure and cultural changes; ethnic and occupational uses of urban space; and understanding the built environment and its reflection of cultural values. PREREQ: ANTH 102 or PERM/INST.
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3.00 Credits
Examination of the use of anthropology to solve human problems. How applied anthropologists use the knowledge, skills, and perspective of their discipline to help solve human problems and facilitate change. The relationship between theory and application is stressed and the use of anthropology in nonacademic settings. PREREQ: ANTH 102 or PERM/INST.
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