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3.00 Credits
Examination of behavior and appearance of nonhuman primates in response to environmental and social factors. Investigation of how diet, reproduction, and social interaction among prosimians, monkeys, and apes act as a foundation for interpreting the origins of humans and their behaviors. Prerequisite(s): 990:010; junior standing or consent of instructor. (Variable)
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3.00 Credits
Introduction to methods used in the recovery of unidentified human remains, their use in establishing identity, the post-mortem interval, pathological defects and traumatic insults and reconstructing the events surrounding death. Knowledge of the human skeletal anatomy preferred. Prerequisite(s): 990:010; junior standing; consent of instructor. (Offered Spring)
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3.00 Credits
Comparative approach to study of ritual in socio-cultural contexts. Consideration of psychological, sociological, and cultural interpretations of ritual symbolism based on case studies from selected non-Western cultures. Focus on rites of passage, reversal, and healing. Prerequisite(s): 980:001 or 990:011; junior standing. (Variable)
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3.00 Credits
Anthropological understanding of behavior dealing with the supernatural; supernatural beliefs, practices, and movements throughout the world. ( Same as 640:161) ( Offered Spring)
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3.00 Credits
Exploration of similarities and diversity in crime, law, and social control in a cross-cultural and global perspective. Examination of case studies from traditional and contemporary; emphasis on theoretical approaches from anthropology, sociology, and criminology.Prerequisite(s): 980:001 or 990:011; junior standing. ( Same as 982:162g) ( Variable)
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3.00 Credits
Psychological dimensions of sociocultural systems from a cross-cultural perspective. Analysis of universals and cultural variation in cognition, socialization, concepts of the self, emotion, and mental illness. Prerequisite(s): 400:001 or 990:011; junior standing. ( Same as 400:164g) ( Offered Even Springs)
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3.00 Credits
Evolutionary, biological, psychological, cognitive, social, and cultural theories of gender and gender inequality evaluated with respect to cross-cultural data. Prerequisite(s): 400:001 or 980:001 or 990:011; junior standing. ( Same as 400:167g and 980:167g) ( Offered Odd Springs)
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3.00 Credits
Introduction to medical anthropology through examination of the interactions among culture, disease, and healing. Emphasis on non-Western medical systems. Topics include development of medical anthropology; the social fabric of health; the cultural context of health, illness, and disease. Prerequisite(s): 980:001 or 990:011; junior standing. ( Same as 980:168g) ( Variable)
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3.00 Credits
Anthropological approaches to archaeology, including history of research; formation of archaeological record; research design, data collection, artifact analysis, classification, interpretation, dating, and inference. Prerequisite(s): 990:010; 990:011; 3 hours of 100-level archaeology or consent of instructor; junior standing. (Offered Odd Falls)
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3.00 - 8.00 Credits
Introduction to field research techniques (survey, excavation, and mapping), laboratory processing, and hypothesis testing. Conducted in the field. Prerequisite(s): 990:010; consent of instructor. (Offered Odd Summers)
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