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A&S 102: Cultural Anthropology
3.00 Credits
Lafayette College
By offering in-depth study of selected cultures to illustrate general organizing principles of society, the course provides students with skills appropriate to the understanding of foreign cultures and our own. Included are consideration of government, law, economics, and religion, and their role in understanding social change, stratification, language, and social conflict. Staff
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A&S 103: Introduction to Sociology
3.00 Credits
Lafayette College
This course takes a social scientific approach to the study of human social relationships. Its purpose is to introduce the basic concepts, theoretical orientations, and methods of the sociological perspective. Topic areas include the socialization of personality, culture, urbanization, alienation, deviance, inequality, and the rationalization of society. Staff
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A&S 104: On Human Origins
3.00 Credits
Lafayette College
The course explores the idea of human nature, as a cultural construct and as the focus of philosophical, scientific, and anthropological inquiry. We will consider primate behavior, hominid evolution, and the origin of cultural diversity through the Stone Age. Films, novels, and artifacts are used to supplement class discussion. Niles
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A&S 203: Peru Before the Incas
3.00 Credits
Lafayette College
The course explores the nature of civilization in the Andes in the millennia preceding the Spanish Conquest, using the region as a case study for analyzing the growth of civilization. It considers Andean systems of thought expressed in media of importance in the region (e.g. cloth, architecture, geoglyphs), and in aspects of its religion and social organization. [W] Prerequisite: A&S 102, 103, or 104, or permission of instructor Niles
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A&S 204: European Communities
3.00 Credits
Lafayette College
Although most people think of Europe in terms of "national" cultures, it is the local community, whether urban or rural, that teaches its members a way of acting in and seeing the world. This course considers some of the general cultural variations that characterize European communities and some possible explanations (historical, ecological) for that variation, and then proceeds to a series of community studies of a small number of cultures. [W] Prerequisite: A&S 102 or 103, or permission of instructor A. Smith
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A&S 206: People of the Andes
3.00 Credits
Lafayette College
The course considers the roots of contemporary Andean culture in the Pre-Columbian and Iberian traditions. It examines the move from rural villages to urban areas, and the impact that the acquisition of a national identity has had on these villages and on national culture. It also considers the anthropological dimensions of such current social and political problems as the Shining Path guerrilla movement and the growth of the cocaine economy in Andean nations. [W] Prerequisite: A&S 102 or 103, or permission of instructor Niles
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A&S 207: The Inca World:Empire and Imagination in the Ancient Andes
3.00 Credits
Lafayette College
The course explores the empire created by the Incas, noting the ways that the ordered their society and reconstructed their natural world through terracing, irrigation, and architecture. Using archaeological evidence and eyewitness accounts of their society, students consider how Inca political organization and handiworks reflect an Andean orientation toward the supernatural world. The course concludes with an examination of native resistance to Spanish rule. [W] Prerequisite: A&S 102 or 103, or permission of instructor Niles
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A&S 208: New World Civilizations
3.00 Credits
Lafayette College
The course considers the rise of native civilizations in Mesoamerica and the Andes, focusing on the Mayas, the Aztecs, and the Incas. It considers the evidence by which we understand these cultures-including glyphic inscriptions, works of art and architecture-and their legacy in the contemporary cultures of Latin America. [W] Prerequisite: A&S 102, 103, or 104, or permission of instructor Niles
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A&S 209: Selected Studies in Ethnography
3.00 Credits
Lafayette College
This course focuses on ethnography as the key narrative form of anthropological research while foregrounding critical issues in a specific ethnographic area (for example, Africa, South or East Asia, the Middle Easat). Descriptions of current offerings are available through the departmental office or through the Registrar's Office. Prerequisite: A&S 102 or 103, or permission of instructor Staff
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A&S 210: Contemporary American Society
3.00 Credits
Lafayette College
This course provides a critical understanding and analysis of modern American society, culture, and state. The approach is interpretive and thematic, examining individualism, community, ethnicity, work and leisure, technology, politics, the state, etc. The course builds on introductory level perspectives, applying them in a more detailed and focused manner. Prerequisite: A&S 102 or 103, or permission of instructor Staff
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