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3.00 Credits
A survey of the on-going cultures of death and dying current in present-day Western society. Emphasis is on interaction with dying and grieving persons of all ages. Topics include the disaster syndrome, nursing homes, hospice, suicide, and funeral rituals.
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3.00 Credits
This course is an introduction into anthropological approaches to learning and socialization. The course will survey anthropological findings about learning, both in American culture and in non-Western cultures. Both formal and informal methods of education will be examined. The course will also examine issues involving education, schools and cultural diversity in the present-day American education system.
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3.00 Credits
Moving beyond viewing work as purely economic activity, this course examines the social and cultural aspects of work and workplaces. Non-industrial and industrial work will be examined in cross-cultural settings, focusing on the role of work in affecting identity, status and meaning. Particular emphasis will be placed on work in the contemporary global economy in both industrialized and post-industrialized countries. Course readings will be drawn from ethnographic studies carried out by both anthropologists and sociologists.
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3.00 Credits
This course examines the forms taken by marriages and families in various world societies. The following questions will be addressed: What aspects of marriage and family are the same for all humans, and what aspects are variable? What factors account for major cross-cultural differences in the organization of marriage and the family? Why are some features the same (or nearly so) all over? Is there a biosocial base? How are marriage and family relationships used as metaphors in organizing other aspects of social life?
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3.00 Credits
This course provides a comprehensive overview of the Pennsylvania archaeology, from the very first peopling of the Commonwealth through the industrial age. Topics covered will include the first peopling of Pennsylvania, the rise of complex hunting-gathering societies, the adaptation of peoples to maize agriculture, and the archaeology of European contact.
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3.00 Credits
Students learn methods of anthropological field research. This course introduces students to basic issues concerning ethnographic research and description. Students learn qualitative research methods, use these methods to gather information and then report on their findings.
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3.00 Credits
This course provides a comprehensive overview of the archaeology of the historical period, from the first colonization of the Americas through the mid-20th century. Topics covered will include the identification of historic period artifacts, the archaeology of Spanish, French, English, German, and Dutch colonial homesteads, the archaeology of plantations and plantation life, the archaeology of urban sites, and the archaeology of mills and other industrial sites.
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3.00 Credits
The sources and consequences of prejudice and discrimination; minorities in the social structure; strategies and programs to prevent and control inter-group tensions and conflicts.
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3.00 Credits
This class introduces students to anthropological approaches to museums, festivals and other organizations and activities that exhibit culture, archeology, ethnicity, and folklife. The course will examine how museums, festivals and other cultural events are organized, developed and managed. The course will also examine how these organizations and events are shaped by different interests, including those that are academic, commercial, political and indigenous. Examples will be drawn from many different cultures and subcultures in the United States and elseware. Students will participate in the museums, festivals and cultural events in the region surrounding Kutztown University.
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3.00 Credits
This course provides an in-depth examination of the relationship between language, culture and identity. Students in this course will encounter the various ways that language is a resource used by speakers to shape, recreate and resist identities with in cultural contexts. Specific and interrelated linguistic anthropological topics to be examined include gender, sexual, ethnic, racial, national, transnational, socioeconomic and religious identities.
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