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Sociology/Anthropology 249: Indigenous Peoples
3.00 Credits
St Olaf College
Hunters and gatherers, herders and agriculturalists who have developed successful strategies for utilizing natural resources while maintaining ecological balance are in danger of losing their ways of life. Deforestation, dams, pollution, global warming, desert expansion, and population pressure -- the products of globalization and economic development -- are threatening the loss of invaluable cultural knowledge as well as sustainable adaptations. Students explore humans and the environment and the survival of indigenous peoples. Offered Fall or Spring Semester.
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Sociology/Anthropology 260: Marriage and the Family
3.00 Credits
St Olaf College
This course provides a social science understanding of the "contemporary American family" and analysis of marriage and family issues from a cross-cultural perspective. Students discuss issues of dating and mate selection, marital and parent-child relationships over the family life cycle, gender issues, work and family roles, and problem-related issues affecting families (divorce, violence and death) caused by rapid changes in society. Offered Fall or Spring Semester.
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Sociology/Anthropology 261: Gender in Cross-Cultural Perspective
3.00 Credits
St Olaf College
This course compares gender patterns and issues in various cultures around the world, such as Latin America, the Middle East, India, the U.S., and East Asia. How do cultural expectations for women and men vary Why do some societies have more gender equality than others How do economic and political change, including globalization, impact gender roles How do U.S. and Third World feminism compare Offered Fall or Spring Semester.
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Sociology/Anthropology 262: Global Interdependence
3.00 Credits
St Olaf College
Approaching the world as a "global village," the course will focus on the development of the world as an interdependent entity, the relationship between the "developed" and "developing" world, alternative explanations for planned social change, and new institutions for this international world. Global challenges such as the information revolution, population, the status of women, and migration are analyzed to illustrate this interdependence. Offered Fall or Spring Semester.
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Sociology/Anthropology 263: Social Movements
3.00 Credits
St Olaf College
Students explore social, political, and religious movements, focusing on case studies of struggles utilizing both violent and nonviolent tactics. The course emphasizes the historical and cultural contexts of social movements, including tradition, ritual and symbolism, colonialism, national borders, and indigenous peoples. The role of cultural identities in the creation of communities of resistance and movements for social change is also a central issue. Offered Fall or Spring Semester.
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Sociology/Anthropology 264: Race and Class in American Culture
3.00 Credits
St Olaf College
Students explore the continuing significance of color, class, and immigration in the U.S., with a focus on the experiences and concerns of African-Americans, Native Americans, Hispanics/Latinos, and Asian-Americans. The course examines the nature and functions of prejudice; the relationship among race, class and gender; the persistence of racism and inequality; and social policies and social movements intended to create greater social justice. Offered Fall or Spring Semester.
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Sociology/Anthropology 265: Religion,Culture and Society
3.00 Credits
St Olaf College
This course examines and analyzes religious beliefs, meanings, rituals, and organizational patterns from an empirical perspective. Students study the social organization and functions of religion, the process of secularization in society, the practice and function of civil religion, religious conversion and defection, and sectarian religious movements. Offered Fall or Spring Semester.
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Sociology/Anthropology 267: Medical Anthropology
3.00 Credits
St Olaf College
How do people understand illness and healing How does social inequality shape our health These are among the questions explored by medical anthropology. In this course we will examine the ways people in different societies experience their bodies, by looking at AIDS in Haiti, old age in India, and childbirth in the United States. We will investigate diverse understandings of health, different means of promoting healing, and the role of power in providing medical care. Prerequisite: one Sociology/Anthropology course. Offered Fall or Spring Semester.
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Sociology/Anthropology 291: History of Sociological Theory
3.00 Credits
St Olaf College
This course provides an overview of the major thinkers who sought to create a science of human society, the ideas they found fundamental to a science of society and how human society changes through history. Classical thinkers such as Marx, Durkheim, Simmel, Weber, and Mead are studied along with the schools of theory which they inspired: positivism, interpretive and critical conflict theory. Open to Sociology/Anthropology majors only. Prerequisite: one Sociology/Anthropology course. Offered Spring Semester.
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Sociology/Anthropology 292: Anthropological Theory
3.00 Credits
St Olaf College
This course introduces students to anthropological theory and the "culture" of the discipline itself. Students examine anthropology's formation during the Industrial Revolution and the Age of Empire, which called for new explanations of human differences and gave new significance to the nature and meaning of "culture." They explore the method of participant observation research, the question of whether anthropology is a science, the problem of representing one culture to another, and the changing nature of ethnographic writing. Open to Sociology/Anthropology majors only. Prerequisite: one Sociology/Anthropology course. Offered Fall Semester.
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