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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
3 Hours. Course provides exposure to the cultural and linguistic diversity of Native North America, focusing on the ten culture areas of North America, and the similarities and differences of the American Indian peoples who continue to live in these areas. Emphasis is placed on modes of subsistence, kinship, and belief systems of the inhabitants of each culture area. Credit may not be earned in both ANTH 3453 and SOC 3453.
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3.00 Credits
3 Hours. Introduction to the cross-cultural study of language and communication from an anthropological perspective. Course will focus upon language as a human attribute, human communication as a part of culture, and the linguistic diversity of our contemporary world. Emphasis is placed on linguistic and ethnic diversity in contemporary American society. Credit may not be earned in both Soc 3463 and Anth 3463.
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3.00 Credits
3 Hours. A comprehensive study of aging in society, including discussions of biology, psychology, and economics as related to the perspective of sociology, with emphasis on the major gerontological theories and research.
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6.00 Credits
1-3 Hours. An opportunity to study in depth one or two selected social issues of current significance, either in seminar or field trip situations. May be repeated with different topics to a maximum 6 hours credit. Soc 4001 graded Pass/Fail.
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3.00 Credits
3 Hours. Designed to complement Sociology 3453, but may be taken separately. Field work in the study of living Indian groups. Techniques of gathering and processing of data on daily life, family structure, and world view of selected American Indian groups.
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3.00 Credits
3 Hours. Current social issues affecting Native American peoples are linked to their unique Constitutional relationship to the U.S. Federal Government. Using the ethno-historic method, this class links current Indian issues to Native American history, through an examination of Indian-white relations since Colonial times. Sovereignty and wardship are recurrent themes developed in the class. Credit may not be earned in both SOC 4143 and ANTH 4143.
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3.00 Credits
3 Hours. The archaeology of Native America, with emphasis on major phases of prehistory, from passage across the Bering Straits theory, to early proto-historic horizons. Emphasis on material culture and life-ways through ethnographic analogy. The course begins with the history of American archaeology. Topics include: introduction to archaeology; history of North American archaeology; Paleo-Indians; the Archaic period; the Southwest; Woodland traditions. Credit may not be earned in both Anth 4153 and Soc 4153.
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3.00 Credits
3 Hours. A cross-cultural and comparative exploration of religion, magic and supernatural belief systems. Emphasis is also placed on indigenous religions of the Western hemisphere. The course examines how religion permeates other aspects of society and culture. Topics include: the anthropology of religion; symbolism, myth, ritual, and taboo; shamans, priests, and prophets; the religious use of drugs; witchcraft, sorcery, and evil; demons, exorcism, divination, and magic, ghosts, souls, and ancestors-power of the dead; crisis cults. Credit may not be earned in both Anth 4163 and Soc 4163.
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3.00 Credits
3 Hours. The course, an examination of the Great Plains from the earliest human occupation to present, focuses on the pre-Columbian Plains from an archaeological perspective, and the post-contact period, from an ethnological perspective. Credit may not be earned in both SOC 4173 and ANTH 4173.
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3.00 Credits
3 Hours. The archaeology and ethnography of pre-Columbian Mesoamerica, which includes present-day Mexico and Central America. An examination of the major civilization: Olmec, Maya, Teotihuacan, Toltec, and Aztec. Time periods covered from earliest inhabitants to early contact with Europeans after 1502. Credit may not be earned in both ANTH 4183 and SOC 4183.
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