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4.00 Credits
Introduction to the ways in which anthropologists study living cultures and languages and the foundation for further study in cultural and linguistic anthropology. Materials from a number of the world's cultures and languages are presented through lectures, demonstrations, videos, and films.
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4.00 Credits
Introduction to the prehistoric archaeology of Old World civilizations, with a focus on Mesopotamia, the Indus Valley, Egypt, and the British Isles; course includes an examination of current research methods in archaeology as well as contemporary interpretations and theories in the field.
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4.00 Credits
This course provides an introduction to the properties of human languages and to their systematic study in the field of linguistics. It provides the groundwork for future studies of language and communication in a broad range of disciplines: linguistics, modern languages, ESL, communication, sociolinguistics, and anthropological linguistics. It is assumed that students have had no prior course work or exposure to linguistics and will begin with the basic assumptions that are shared by those who study language from a variety of perspectives. Cross-listed with LIN 120.
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4.00 Credits
This course takes an anthropological approach to the comparative analysis of slavery across cultural, historical and geographical backgrounds. The course specifically seeks to expand our understanding of the experiences of slavery in North Amercia involving the European/American exploitation of Africans and Native Americans by looking at other socio-historical situations of slavery in Africa, Asia, and the pre-Columbian Americas for comparison and contrast.
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4.00 Credits
Introduction to the multiple cultures of contemporary Africa from a number of different perspectives: African intellectuals, Africanist scholars, and ordinary Africans. A video series on the history, lifestyles, religions, politics, environment, and multicultural conflicts of the continent is balanced with the perspectives of other Africans and Africanists on similar topics as represented in readings, discussions, and ethnographic films and videos. Foreign Culture course.
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4.00 Credits
Introduction to the major cultural achievements of the New World, with an examination and comparison of cultural development in four separate geographical areas: the Mississippi and Ohio Valley regions (e.g., the Adena, Hopewell, and Mississippian cultures), the American Southwest (e.g., the Pueblo and Anasazi), Mesoamerica (e.g., the Olmee, Maya, and Aztecs), and the Andes of South America (e.g., the Moche, Nazca, and Inka).
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4.00 Credits
Course provides an introductory overview of the interdisciplinary field of Native American Studies. It is required for the minor in Native American studies and as such, provides the intellectual foundation for further work in the field. The course explores the complexity and diversity of the contemporary Native American experience, through the anthropological, cultural, historical, and literary sources of First Nations Peoples in North, Middle, and South America.
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3.00 Credits
An examination of the importance of culture for understanding human sexuality, especially as it affects health. Topics covered include biological, social, emotional, cognitive, and spiritual issues related to sexuality. Contemporary political, legal, and health issues are discussed critically. Cross-listed with HSC 201.
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4.00 Credits
Examination of the ways selected groups of Asian, African, and Latin American societies organize themselves with respect to power and authority to cope with common social problems. Attention given to how change in political organization takes place. Cross-listed with HIS/PSC 227. Foreign Culture course.
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4.00 Credits
Students are encouraged to take ANT 100 Human Diversity , or ANT 102 Study of Culture, or ANT 120 Introduction to Language and Linguistics before taking this course, but no prerequisite is assumed or required. This course explores how ways of speaking and ideas about gender are linked within minority and dominant cultures in the U.S. and beyond.
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