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4.00 Credits
Fall, Spring. Credits: 4. Degree Requirements: Social Science, F9. Anthropology, in the largest sense of the discipline, is the study of what it is to be human. In attempting to understand the diversity of thought and behavior that is characteristic of humans, we better understand ourselves, our potentials and our limitations. Further, this process of listening to and learning from others allows us to grant dignity and respect to those that we might otherwise naively dismiss as "primitives". This course covers the basic data, concepts, and theories of cultural anthropology placing emphasis on the foundations of human society, social organization, culture, and symbol systems. No prerequisite. Not open to seniors.
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4.00 Credits
Fall, Spring. Credits: 4. Degree Requirements: Social Science, F8. Sociology emerged in the late nineteenth century as an attempt to understand and explain the unprecedented changes in social organization and human relations resulting from modernization. This course provides a general overview of the sociological concepts, theories, and empirical research that concern the problems of modernity and contemporary American society. The naive, popular view of individuals as "free-standing, autonomous subjects" is critically assessed and a more comprehensive understanding of individuals as "social" selves that are both products and producers of institutions and social relationships is examined. In addition to introducing students to the field of sociology, the course aims to cultivate self-understanding and critical insight into the conditions of contemporary existence, including social stratification by race, social class, and gender. No prerequisite. Not open to senior
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4.00 Credits
Spring. Credits: 4. Degree Requirements: Social Science. This course considers the development of humankind and covers the origins of humanity from biological, fossil and archaeological perspectives. It will explore the divergence of humans from non-human primates and the evolution of humans from 5 million years ago to 10,000 years ago. Topics Include: (1) scientific methods and the history of evolutionary theory; (2) the biology of life and classification of humans; (3) palaeoanthropology and; (4) modern human variation and population genetics. No prerequisite.
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4.00 Credits
Spring. Credits: 4. Degree Requirements: Social Science. A critical examination of the interaction between industrial nations of the developed world and the tribal societies of the Third World. The course will focus on the increasingly efficient exploitation of these peoples, not only by the industrialized world, but also by Third World elites. The notion of progress itself will be critiqued. No prerequisite.
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Spring. Credits: 4. Degree Requirements: Social Science. The course provides an overview of the history of cities and urban development, urban strengths and challenges, and the future of cities. We will approach these issues using urban ecology and political-economy perspectives. Through hands-on experience in Memphis communities, students will come to understand how urban issues are social problems that affect people's everyday lives. No prerequisite.
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4.00 Credits
Fall. Credits: 4. Degree Requirements: Social Science. The study of archaeological methods and theory through a problem focus on human origins and cultural development up to the domestication of plants and animals. A section on the archaeology of the Southeastern United States is included. No prerequisite. Students should take 207 or 208, but not both. (Course offered in rotation with 208 and 211.)
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4.00 Credits
Fall. Credits: 4. Degree Requirements: Social Science. This course introduces the student to archaeological methods and theory through the study of prehistory from the origins of plant and animal domestication to the origins of early states in the Old and New Worlds. Covered are both the archaeological evidence available and the theoretical explanations offered for such cultural developments. Students should take 207 or 208, but not both. (Course offered in rotation with 207 and 211, course scheduled for 2008-2009.)
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4.00 Credits
Spring. Credits: 4. Degree Requirements: Social Science. This major institution is considered from sociological, anthropological, and historical perspectives. With emphasis on diversity and change, the course will examine issues of family organization, sexuality, marriage, and child rearing. Prerequisites: Anthropology/Sociology 103 or 105.
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4.00 Credits
Spring. Credits: 4. Degree Requirements: Social Science. In this course, we will examine how and why society prescribes different gender expectations to men and women. In turn, we will discuss how those expectations affect the experiences, attitudes, and opportunities of men and women in society. Students will gain the conceptual and theoretical tools to analyze the personal, interactional, and institutional consequences of different social constructions of gender. (Course offered in alternate years; scheduled for 2008-2009.) No prerequisite.
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4.00 Credits
Fall. Credits: 4. The study of archaeological methods and theory is pursued through a focus on women in prehistory, gender in archaeological theory, and women archaeologists. This course seeks to reconstruct women's lives and roles in a range of ancient societies as women contributed to subsistence, technological innovation, symbolic and ritual activity, and as they shared in or were denied social, political, and religious authority and power. It also considers the intellectual history of gender studies in archaeology and the contributions of women archaeologists to anthropological archaeology. Prerequisites: No prerequisites, however students who have taken 207 or 208 need permission of instructor. (Course offered in rotation with 207 and 208, scheduled for 2009-2010.)
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