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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
Cultural developments in the Old World from the first hominid to the beginnings of urban civilization. Emphasis on bio-cultural and environmental adaptation in prehistory.
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3.00 Credits
Topical and theoretical overview of cultural anthropology and ethnography, including explaining culture and cultural diversity; cultural categories such as race, ethnicity, and gender; social institutions such as marriage, family, religion, and law; and food production and exchange. Critical thinking about colonialist, capitalist, and modernist biases in international politics, development, and conservation.
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3.00 Credits
Cultural variation in the Americas from the end of the Pleistocene to the time of intensive European contact, with emphasis on human/environmental interactions.
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3.00 Credits
Exploration and examination of the archaeological evidence for mankind’s prehistoric experience in Central and Western Europe and the development of Celtic culture based on the archaeological support for these ideas. Paleoecological, climatological, and geo-biological models will also be used to examine the spread of humans across the European continent in the Pleistocene.
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3.00 Credits
Introduction to the cultures of South Asia. The topical area covers a vast geographical expanse, a large number of countries, cultures, ethnic groups, languages, religions, and an enormous body of anthropological literature. This course will focus on a select few cross-culturally relevant issues, like ecology, conservation, gender, tourism, human rights and indigenous peoples, to allow for a broad-based anthropological understanding of the region.
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3.00 Credits
Introduction to the cultures of Southeast Asia. The topical area covers a vast geographical expanse, a large number of countries, cultures, ethnic groups, languages, religions, and an enormous body of anthropological literature. This course will focus on a select few cross-culturally relevant issues, like ecology, conservation, gender, tourism, human rights, and indigenous peoples, to allow for a broad-based anthropological understanding of the region.
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3.00 Credits
Cultural diversity of contemporary Native American tribes of the continental United States and Alaska, including lifestyles, politics, literature, music, art, and socioeconomic conditions.
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3.00 Credits
Cultural diversity of contemporary Native American tribes of the continental United States and Alaska, including lifestyles, politics, literature, music, art, and socioeconomic conditions.
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3.00 Credits
The native peoples of Mexico and Central America, including their past, traditional culture, and problems they face in the modern world.
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3.00 Credits
Peoples and institutions of Africa, south of the Sahara, starting with earliest evidence of indigenous peoples, with special emphasis on current changes.
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