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3.00 Credits
Introduction to quantitative research methods within the social sciences. Attention is directed to the basic logic and research techniques involved in studying the social world scientifically. Specific topics considered include research design, measurement, alternative data collection procedures, and ethical concerns involved in studying social life.
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0.00 - 4.00 Credits
Broad introduction to the statistical techniques used by social scientists to analyze their data, including computer usage. Attention is directed to the basic procedures for organizing and describing data, for assessing relationships among social variables, and for using that information to make inferences about the population. 3R, 1L. P: SOC 212.
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3.00 Credits
Study of the relationship between society and health care systems. The sociology of health care organization, including patient-practioner relationships, concepts of health and disease, heathcare personnel, and systems of delivery. P: So. stdg.
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3.00 Credits
Introduction to qualitative research methods within the social sciences. Includes research design, strategies for collecting ethnographic data with a particular focus on participant observation and field work, comparative research, theory building, and ethical issues involved with human research.
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3.00 Credits
This course will examine the social production of health and disease from a global perspective. Related to these issues, is the topic of health and well-being in developing countries. P: So. stdg.
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3.00 Credits
The anthropological approach to the study of language examines the biological source and manner of human communication as well as the cultural processes that structure languages, their meanings, means of acquisition, and transformations. The course examines the interrelationship of individuals, groups, and the wider culture through language. P: So. stdg.
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3.00 Credits
This course takes a multidisciplinary approach to formulating the varieties of worldviews among Native groups with an emphasis on commonalities and uniqueness among different groups during different historical eras. The course begins by critically looking at reconstructions of Native worldviews in the pre European contact era as constructed by later Natives, anthropologists and ethno historians based on a variety of sources. The course focus on the many media through which Native cosmologies are expressed as well as the historical circumstances that have continued to transform Native cosmologies. P: PHL 107 or 109, and one of the following: (a) PHL 250 or 253, (b) THL 250 or 254, or (c) PHL 320 or 323.
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3.00 Credits
A survey of the history, theories, and methods of archaeology. Topics will include the history of archeology, the archeological site, excavation, interpretation, and theoretical, environmental and cultural context. Also covered will be a summary of prehistoric culture, especially New World prehistory. P: So stdg.
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3.00 Credits
This course examines the interrelationship of how social scientists have theoretically understood society and culture and how they have structured and utilized museums. Students will study the history of both anthropological theory and museums as well as ethical and aesthetic issues and demonstrate their knowledge by creating an ethically responsible public virtual museum on the World Wide Web for a final project. P: So. stdg.
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3.00 Credits
This course provides a comprehensive interdisciplinary approach to the study of Native cultures on the Great Plains. We will examine ecology, geography, geology, natural resources, archaeology, history, art, linguistics, cultures, as well as the human habitation of the area from first records (which are both araeological and oral historical) to the present. The course will be run seminar style. Each student (or group depending on the size of the class) will choose a specific cultural group for study. If a student is a member of a plains Indian group the student is required to study a linguistically and culturally different group. The professor will act as a resource for methodology and research strategies. Each student will bring to the seminar a summary of relevant data for the group she/he is studying and present it to the class. Students will also build a portfolio of short papers on each seminar topic that will be assembled into a major paper at the end of the semester.
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