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3.00 Credits
A study of minority-dominant intergroup relations with an emphasis on historical, cultural, and power differentials. Emphasis will be on inequality and inter-group conflict with particular attention given the recent political activism of some minorities and the implications for social change. (Also listed as SOCI 3327.)
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3.00 Credits
An investigation of the social construction and regulation of sexuality across cultures and through time. This perspective on sexuality looks at social, rather than biological or personal, explanations for how human sexuality is practiced. Specific topics may include queer studies, queer communities, and HIV/AIDS in society. (Also listed as SOCI 3329.)
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3.00 Credits
An introduction to linguistic theories of change. Emphasis on linguistic analysis of languages in change. (Also listed as ENGL 3347 and SOCI 3330.)
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3.00 Credits
Students will analyze the functions of language in everyday life in various cultures, including the role of language in the social production and reproduction of power relations, stratification, gender roles, the formation of racial and ethnic identities, and in the process of social change. (Also listed as SOCI 3331.)
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3.00 Credits
Examines theory, research, and the application of communication in an intercultural context with an emphasis on verbal and non-verbal language variables; world view; acculturation; diffusion of innovation; and training for foreign assignments. (Also listed as SPCH 3372.)
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3.00 Credits
In this seminar we will examine a variety of social, cultural, political, and economic phenomena that characterize the Mexico-United States border region. Includes an optional overnight excursion to communities located on the international boundary itself. This course is part of the Spanish across the Curriculum component of Trinity University's International Studies Program. It is conducted bilingually in Spanish and English, i.e., in both languages of the Mexico-U.S. border region. Competence in speaking, reading, writing, and listening in both Spanish and English is a requirement for participation in the course. (Also listed as INTL 3343 and SOCI 3343.) Prerequisites: Completion of SPAN 2302 or equivalent Spanish competence and consent of instructor.
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3.00 Credits
A critical overview of the social and cultural sources of humanity's outlooks and practices toward the dying and the dead. Beginning with historical and cross-cultural analyses of death systems, the course proceeds to develop sociologically the roles of religion, philosophy, psychology, science, politics and medicine in shaping orientations toward war, abortion, suicide, environmental destruction, organ transplants, euthanasia, funerary ritual and capital punishment. It concludes with analyses of the experiences of those who die and those who survive. (Also listed as SOCI 3348.)
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3.00 Credits
Intensive study of cultural evolution in Mesoamerica and Peru with special emphases on complex societies such as the Toltec, Aztec, and the Inca. The Spanish conquest and its effects on native societies will also be examined using both archaeological and historical sources.
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3.00 Credits
This course surveys the culture of ancient Maya, including material culture, as well as mythology, calendrics, art, and writing. It will cover several ancient Maya sites in depth, as well as the contact period and the contemporary Maya. Prerequisite: ANTH 1305.
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3.00 Credits
This course is a survey of the art of Mesoamerica and will examine the art of the Olmec, Western Mexico, Gulf Coast, Teotihuacan, Maya, Toltecs, Zapotecs, Mixtecs, and the Aztecs. Art mediums will include architecture, sculpture, ceramics and other portable art, murals, ancient manuscripts such as codices, jewelry, and even graffiti. Students will have an opportunity to work with materials on and off-exhibit in the Pre-Columbia collection at the San Antonio Museum of Art for their research papers. (Also listed as ARTH 3335.)
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