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0.00 - 3.00 Credits
A survey of the peoples and cultures of both mainland and island Southeast Asia. Emphasis is on ethnographic description of the area, with special focus on the cultural systems of selected groups in Burma, Thailand, Java, and Borneo. Credits: 3(3-0) Offered spring, even years
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This course examines the legacy of the colonial experience and the development of Creole cultures in the New World. It addresses issues that affect the African Diaspora such as the meaning of blackness; nationalist movements; the significance of religion and language as markers of ethnic identity; and the effect of globalization. Readings, discussions, and films underscore that politics of race and ethnicity as well as the discourse on culture and identity shape and influence social relations in these diverse societies. Credits: 3(3-0) Offered every fall
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3.00 Credits
This course focuses on the structural analysis of language, with special emphasis on the techniques of descriptive linguistics, transformational grammar, and historical linguistics. Major topics include phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, and pragmatics. Skills are trained in sound transcription, phonemics, morphemics, and syntactic derivation for cross-linguistic comparison. Prerequisites: ANTH 120 or permission of instructor. Credits: 3(3-0) Offered every spring
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A comparative review of native Americans in Mesoamerica and South America focusing on the traditional lifeways of tribal populations and peasants and the interactions that they have with the modern world system. Focus is on the patterning of male and female behavior, division of labor by sex and its economic and political consequences. Credits: 3(3-0) Offered spring, even years
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A comparative review of the sources and the social history of pre-Hispanic societies at the time of contact with Europeans and during the early colonial period. Emphasis is on the institutions and ideologies and the variations in social, economic, and political patterns that developed in different areas and in different times. Credits: 3(3-0) Offered spring, odd years
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3.00 Credits
This course explores the ways in which anthropological knowledge, theories, and methods can be applied to the understanding and solution of contemporary social problems; to the formulation and application of social policy; to the design and implementation of community development programs in Western and non-Western countries; to the delivery of health care; to the application of new technologies; and to the preservation and management of cultural resources. It examines the role of practicing anthropologists in a variety of technical, management, and advocacy roles. 3 (3-0). Offered spring, odd years
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3.00 Credits
This course is designed to explore ethnographic findings and focus on use of photography, film and video in ethnographic research. Images will be used to extract information and as a means of reinforcing, documenting and checking ethnographic statements. The course is designed to emphasize the development of both technical and observational skills. Students will be required to actively engage in data collection, analysis and interpretation. Prerequisites: ANTH 100 or ANTH 101. Credits: 3(3-0) Offered every fall
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3.00 Credits
This course examines the intimate relationship between language and society. It will study micro-sociolinguistics, i.e., the way conversation correlates with social variables (class, gender, ethnicity, and education). The course will also focus on macro-sociolinguistics, i.e., linguistic engineering and language attitudes. Contemporary issues such as bilingualism, biculturalism, ethnic linguistic conflicts, and educational policies will be explored. Prerequisites: ANTH 120 or permission of the instructor. Credits: 3(3- 0) Offered every fall
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0.00 - 3.00 Credits
This course examines the past and present of Chinese society. Discussion focuses on China's traditional roots and contemporary drive toward intellectual, political, and economic modernization. Doing business in China is no longer what it used to be. The economic reforms are reviewed against a background of Mao's ideology, Den's open-door policy,the "thick and black" learning, the practiceof networking, and a grass-roots outcry for political reforms that led to the June 4th movement of 1989.Credits: 3(3-0) Offered every fall
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0.00 - 3.00 Credits
An in-depth examination of primates with a special emphasis on behavior. Students will learn about the non-human primates of the world through lectures, assigned readings, films, and independent projects. Topics to be covered are primate evolution, taxonomy, ecology, behavior, social organization/group life, cognition, and research. Credits: 3(3- 0) Offered every spring
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