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3.00 Credits
The contributions of Social Anthropology are examined in detail, from intellectual foundations to culmination in the late twentieth century. The unique ethnographic contributions of Social Anthropology receive special emphasis as does its role in the development of modern anthropology. Prerequisites: ANTH 100 or ANTH 101. Credits: 3(3- 0) Offered spring, odd years
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0.00 - 3.00 Credits
A study of precolumbian societies in Middle America and South America. Focus is on the evolution of early hunting and gathering peoples through state organization. Major transformations in cultural evolution are treated (the domestication process, urnbanization and the rise of the state). Alternative cultural and social systems are explored through analysis and interpretation of archaeological data. Credits: 3(3-0) Offered every fall
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This course provides an overview of the goals and methods of forensic anthropoogy, which is the study of human remains relating to matters of law. Students will learn how to evaluate the forensic context as well as how to establish a biological profile of an individual (sex, age, ancestry and stature). Special attention will also be paid to determining pathological anomalies, evidence of trauma, and time since death, as well as learning crime scene investigation procedures. Credits: 3(3- 0). Offered every spring
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0.00 - 3.00 Credits
Using a feminist lens, this course explores the context of women's lives across cultures. It offers an overview of theories that seek to explain the position of women in different societies and the connection between race, class, culture and gender roles. It places women at the center of a nexus of cultural relationships and power structures predicated on gender inequality, political oppression, economic exploitation, and ideological hegemony. The readings highlight the social and cultural changes brought about by feminist movements and by globalization as well as the ways in which the study of gender has influenced the development of anthropology. Credits: 3(3-0) Offered every spring
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0.00 - 3.00 Credits
A survey of both traditional and contemporary American Indian and Eskimo folktales, myths, legends, and lore, including extensive description and reading of source material, with emphasis on North America. Major topics include creation myths, nature tales, trickster tales, the role of oral literature in Native American cultures, and analysis of myth and folklore. Credits: 3(3-0) Offered every fall
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3.00 Credits
Ethnographic studies of major world culture regions, anthropological surveys of particular nations, and Area Studies topics. Modern China, Modern Japan, Sub-Saharan Africa, Middle Eastern studies and other areas and topics are offered individually under this heading. (May be taken twice under different subtitles.) Prerequisites: ANTH 100 or permission of instructor. Credits: 3(3-0) Offered when demand is sufficient
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3.00 Credits
This course is designed to explore the current state of the art in anthropological methods. Data collected by participant observation, available in archives, recorded by direct observation or by interview schedules will be presented. Appropriate qualitative methods will be used to analyze and interpret these materials. Students will be required to actively engage in data collection, analysis and interpretation. Prerequisites: ANTH 100, ANTH 105, ANTH 110, and ANTH 120. Credits: 3(3-0) Offered every spring
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3.00 Credits
An introduction to quantitative research methods in anthropology. The course emphasizes research design, the creation and measurement of anthropological variables, analytical approaches to anthropological problems, fundamental methods of descriptive statistics, parametric and non-parametric hypothesis testing, and the use of computers as tools in quantitative analyses. The student is exposed to the unique problems and biases associated with obtaining and measuring quantitative anthropological data, and an opportunity to view these problems through examples drawn from the discipline. Prerequisites: ANTH 100, ANTH 105, ANTH 110, and ANTH 120. Credits: 3(3-0) Offered spring, odd years
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3.00 Credits
A survey of the theories of religion based on a comparative study of ethnographic evidence from Western and non-Western cultures. Emphasis is on the cognitive roots, social functions, psychological impact, and cultural meanings of religion. The relevance of religion to the contemporary world in a time of modernization and globalization is probed, so is the nature of fundamentalism from a historical as well as contemporary perspective. Prerequisites: ANTH 100 or permission of instructor. Credits: 3(3-0) Offered every spring
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0.00 - 3.00 Credits
This course will explore some of the dimensions of disease and illness and will consider how they are recognized and handled in different cultures. The topics in the course include witchcraft, sorcery and curing; the curer-patient relationship; social epidemiology; and cross-cultural psychiatry. Prereq- uisites: ANTH 100 or ANTH 105 or permission of instructor. Credits: 3(3-0) Offered when demand is sufficient
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