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5.00 Credits
An overview of the complexity and variety of indigenous societies in North America. Includes traditional lifeways, historical developments, government policies, contemporary issues, and change. Student must have at least sophomore standing to register for this course.
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3.00 Credits
This course is designed to explore cultural anthropology through ethnographic and popular film. Student must have at least sophomore standing to register for this course.
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2.00 Credits
Overview of the mechanisms of human adaptation. The focus is on physiological, behavioral and cultural adaptation. A variety of human populations and how they have adapted to different environments will be discussed. Prerequisite: None, but anthropology and/or other social science courses strongly recommended. Student must have at least sophomore standing to register for this course.
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3.00 Credits
This course is designed to introduce the general principles of human adaptation to the environment, explore human biological and cultural adaptations through time and space, explore the scope of human diversity as well as demography and population dynamics. Student must have at least sophomore standing to register for this course.
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2.00 Credits
Overview of hunting and gathering populations around the world. The lifestyle of the Alaskan Indians and Eskimos, Great Basin Indians, Mbuti Pygmies, San Bushmen, and Australian Aborigines will be discussed. Prerequisite: None, but anthropology and/or social science courses strongly recommended. Student must have at least sophomore standing to register for this course.
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4.00 Credits
This course is designed to introduce the cross-cultural patterns of health and illness, medical and nutritional anthropological research methods, a wide variety of medical systems and medical providers, and the impact of political systems on health. Student must have at least sophomore standing to register for this course.
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2.00 Credits
A course designed to examine the scientific validity of questionable theories about the human past, and to explore and apply the techniques of scientific inquiry generally. Topics include the Piltdown Man hoax, ancient astronauts, the lost continent of Atlantis, and other pseudoscientific claims. Prerequisite: None, but anthropology and/or other social science courses strongly recommended. Student must have at least sophomore standing to register for this course.
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2.00 Credits
Examines the commercial and alternative news media, how political bias is expressed and news is filtered, how deceptive techniques are employed within and outside the news media, and what alternative, non-commercial sources are available and accessible. The object of this course is to provide students with a framework for understanding corporate news media and its effect on political processes and public opinion. Prerequisite: SOC 205 or consent of instructor. Student must have at least sophomore standing to register for this course.
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5.00 Credits
Examines commercial and non-commercial news media, censorship pressures, common techniques of deception or spin, and the ways in which media consumers are susceptible to propaganda. Prerequisite: SOC 205 or consent of instructor. Student must have at least sophomore standing to register for this course.
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5.00 Credits
Non-human primates have been used within numerous disciplines as models for human primates to understand themselves. This extremely diverse mammal group is currently under threat by encroachment and alteration of habitat. Primatology within the discipline of Anthropology is most frequently seen as a study of primate social behavior and adaptations. This course will bring to the student a clear understanding of the importance of non-human primates to humans through four main areas of study: a) social behavior, cognition and intelligence, b) community ecology, c) diet and reproduction, and d) human-non-human primate interactions and conservation. Prerequisite: None, but lower division anthropology or sociology courses recommended. Student must have at least sophomore standing to register for this course.
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