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Fulfills a course requirement in the Anthropology + Sociology Core ConcentrationFulfills a course requirement in the Public Health minorPrerequisite: ANTH 100The public health subfield of Global Health examines illnesses thataffect human populations across national boundaries. This courseintroduces the subfield and emphasizes social science perspectives onthe social, cultural, and political-economic forces that influence globalhealth problems. Specific topics include longstanding health problemssuch as malaria and tuberculosis as well developing issues such asemerging infectious diseases and climate change.
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Prerequisite: ANTH 100Examines topics from the subfields of cultural anthropology.Initiated by student demand, interest of instructor, or timelines ofoffering.
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Fulfills a course requirement in the Anthropology + Sociology Core ConcentrationPrerequisite: ANTH 100Ethnography has always been the distinctive characteristic of culturaland social anthropology. The focus of this class will be on readingethnographies to learn about different types of ethnography, as wellas explore the writing process for ethnography. It is a seminar stylecourse which will raise questions concerning research, writing, datacollection, ethics, the role of researcher, effects on the researchedcommunity and contributions to the professional field. The class willinclude relevant analytical experiences based on reading, research,and writing
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Fulfills a course requirement in the Anthropology + Sociology Core ConcentrationPrerequisite: ANTH 100This course focuses on the advocacy and intervention components ofanthropology. Students will enhance their assessment skills throughan in-depth analysis of problems and solutions for particular cultures.Readings will address issues such as identifying local needs, promotingculturally appropriate responses to change, and protecting the rightsof marginalized people.
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Prerequisite: Fulfills a course requirement in the Anthropology + SociologyCore Concentration.Prerequisite: ANTH 100This course introduces students to anthropological work on andethnographic practice in Latin America. It covers a wide range oftopics and aims to provide a solid background to the array of analyticalperspectives anthropologists have drawn upon in their scholarlyengagement with the region. Course includes a broad historicaloverview of the cultural and historical diversity of the region, aswell as contemporary case studies of cultural transformations withinspecific countries.
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Fulfills a course requirement in the Anthropology + Sociology Core ConcentrationPrerequisite: ANTH 100Survey of world cultures designed to develop understanding of theways in which diverse people around the world view their ownworlds. Focus will depend on faculty expertise and student interest.
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Fulfills a course requirement in the Anthropology + Sociology Core ConcentrationPrerequisite: ANTH 100; recommended SOC 300.This course examines the ways that culture shapes the meaning ofhealth and illness in everyday life by engaging the study of MedicalAnthropology. This vast subfield of cultural anthropology encompassesthe investigations of the cultural construction of health and illness,mind-body interaction, the social relations of healing, and thepolitical-economy of health care, among other more specific topics.The course material merges theoretical and applied approaches toexplore research of both Western biomedical and non-western medicaltraditions as they shape diagnosis, treatment and the experience ofsuffering. Assignments incorporate instruction in the qualitativemethods used in this subfield of cultural anthropology.
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Fulfills a course requirement in the Anthropology + Sociology Core ConcentrationPrerequisites: ANTH 100Focuses on change that is inherent in all cultures. This course willexamine how anthropologists have explained the ways cultureschange, by theorizing, for example, processes of evolution, diffusion, and domination, and addressing the long-term positive and negativeimplications.
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and domination, and addressing the long-term positive and negativeimplications.
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Prerequisites: ANTH 260 ( C- or higher ) and SOC 260; ( C- or higher); Opento Anthropology + Sociology majors; senior standing or consent of instructorAn overview of anthropological and sociological research methods.Provides an introduction to research design beginning with theconcepts and principles of social research. Includes instruction in thedevelopment of research questions, sampling, measurement validityand reliability, hypothesis testing, and data collection and analysiswith an emphasis on ethnographic techniques. Students will engage infieldwork as part of the requirements for this class.
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