|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Course Criteria
Add courses to your favorites to save, share, and find your best transfer school.
-
5.00 Credits
This course is intended for majors and minors. Introduction to the five subfields of cultural anthropology: cultural ecology, social anthropology, economic anthropology, political anthropology, and the anthropology of religion. Includes a comparative examination of ancient and contemporary cultures; the means of methods of evaluations of the effects of modernization on traditional cultures; ethnicity, gender and the role of diversity in a global context; and consideration of the implications and ethics of anthropological research for the cultures that are studied.
-
5.00 Credits
This course focuses on field research with human subjects and its centrality to cultural anthropology. Additionally, there is a review of how cultural anthropologists conduct their studies and gather data. Students will read ethnographies, view films, and have opportunities to practice the ethnographic method through short skill-building exercises.
-
5.00 Credits
Linguistics is the study of the structure of language and its relationship to culture. In this course, students will be introduced to fundamental concepts in the field of linguistics, examine cross-cultural differences in the structure of language and explore the role of language in shaping cultural, behavior and thought.
-
5.00 Credits
Psychological anthropology is a subfield of cultural anthropology that studies personality and the connection between personality and the sociocultural environment. Four key issues are (1) culture, (2) human nature, (3) personality, and (4) the interrelationship of culture, human nature and personality. Compares and contrasts ethnographic studies of a variety of societies and cultures, examining unconscious processes of cultural behavior in particular cultures, drawing upon the sciences of psychology and psychoanalysis in order to understand patterns of behavior. Examines the dynamics of human behavior through biological as well as sociocultural dimensions. Includes elements of primate social behavior and human evolution.
-
5.00 Credits
Analysis of family and kinship as primary forms of social organization and social connection. Consideration of the evolution of family structures in relation to larger societal changes. Study will also include a focus on contemporary family types and the connection between kinship systems and economics, law and politics. Cross-listed with SOCL 324.
-
5.00 Credits
Families and households are at the foundation of all societies and cultures. This course focuses on families and households in Japan and the People's Republic of China as well as the families and households of Asians who have immigrated to the United States. Course work includes site visits and a life history interview of an Asian elder.
-
5.00 Credits
Exploration of the nature and evolution of religion from a cross-cultural perspective. Theories of Durkheim, Marx, Weber, and others on the nature and dynamics of religious beliefs, symbols, behaviors, organizations and movements; interrelations of religion, society, culture and self. Evolution of religious systems in relation to changes in social organization; contemporary religion and society. Cross-listed with SOCL 330.
-
5.00 Credits
Exploration of the nature and dynamics of law from a cross-cultural perspective. Theories of custom and law, sources of legal forms and principles; legal institutions, classes, and the state, deviance, law, and social control; changes in legal systems in relation to changes in politics economics, religion, and society. Cross-listed with SOCL 333.
-
5.00 Credits
A comparison of the definition and treatment of "madness" across cultures. Emphasison distinct social institutions associated with treatment and the legitimating features of the institutions, Also covers various theoretical perspectives on mental illness. In depth examination of the medicalization of deviance and its different applications with regard to class, gender and race. Cross-listed with SOCL 335.
-
5.00 Credits
Exploration of the meanings of health, disease and modes of healing from a crosscultural perspective. Changes in disease and mortality in relation to changes in socialstructure. Development of modern scientific medicine, professionalization, and the hospital system; critiques and alternative therapeutics; contemporary dilemmas and prospects of globalization. Cross-listed with SOCL 336.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Privacy Statement
|
Terms of Use
|
Institutional Membership Information
|
About AcademyOne
Copyright 2006 - 2024 AcademyOne, Inc.
|
|
|