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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
3 hours, 3 credits. Examination of the contribution of various fields to the investigation of American culture. Topics may include myth-symbol analysis, structuralism, functionalism, systems models, aesthetic and evolutionary models, and quantitative inferences. PREREQ: AMS 211 (or equivalent) and adviser's permission.
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3.00 Credits
3 hours, 3 credits. PREREQ: Either AMS 360 or 361 and adviser's permission.
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3.00 Credits
3 hours, 3 credits (maximum 6 credits). Individual research projects on a specific interdisciplinary problem in American culture, directed by a faculty member in the American Studies Program. Normally a research paper is expected, which may serve as a senior thesis. Outstanding papers will be considered for honors awards. PREREQ: Either AMS 360 or 361 and adviser's and instructor's permission.
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3.00 Credits
3 hours, 3 credits. An introduction through films, lectures, and readings to anthropological perspectives on human culture. Survey focusing on the universal pattern of human culture: modes of adaptation and livelihood, sex roles, religious rituals, and government systems, including peacekeeping and war-making.
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4.00 Credits
5 hours (3, lecture; 2, lab), 4 credits. The integrated study of human evolutionary history, including a consideration of evolutionary theory, genetics, modern human variation, adaptation and anatomy, the behavior and paleontology of our close primate relatives, and the fossil record of human biological and cultural change.
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3.00 Credits
3 hours, 3 credits. The roles of females and males in both simple and complex societies. Exploration of some of the factors involved in differential allocation of work, roles, prestige, and power among females and males. Factors to be examined include economic structure, the distribution of power, the process of socialization, and ecological adaptation.
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3.00 Credits
3 hours, 3 credits. The course explores the relationship between the socioeconomic position of women and their power in domestic and public spheres in different historical contexts, such as Inca society, as well as contemporary rural and urban settings, making use of historical, ethnographic, and autobiographical sources.
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3.00 Credits
3 hours, 3 credits. An examination of cultural variations in contemporary and historical societies worldwide. Discussion of specific cultural components, such as technology and material products, language, economy, values, ideology, religion, and aesthetics. Consideration of the role of cultural anthropology in addressing contemporary global issues.
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3.00 Credits
3 hours, 3 credits. The use of archaeological and early documentary data to study the origins and development of culture, agriculture, and complex societies.
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3.00 Credits
3 hours, 3 credits. Cultural meanings of language in use and the interrelations between linguistic behaviors and cultural practices.
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