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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
An introduction to the study of humankind, including archaeology, ethnology, linguistics and biological anthropology. NOTE: Please refer to the appropriate academic catalog for additional course information concerning prerequisites, co-requisites and course restrictions..
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1.00 - 4.00 Credits
NOTE: Please refer to the appropriate academic catalog for additional course information concerning prerequisites, co-requisites and course restrictions..
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3.00 Credits
This course introduces the science of forensic anthropology, specifically skeletal biology, disease, trauma, and common methods used by forensic anthropologists.
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3.00 Credits
This course provides a biocultural examination of the role anthropologists have played in constructing and, more recently, in deconstructing the concept of "race". From the classificatory "race science" of the last century to the mapping of modern human genetics, this course will examine the interaction of science, history, politics, and society. In addressing the invention of the social construct of "race", we will discuss how contemporary biological anthropologists are deconstructing and undermining the "race" concept through a more comprehensive understanding of human variation.
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3.00 Credits
Students are introduced to the concept of cultural sustainability and how it intersects with ecological, economic, and social dimensions of sustainability in both current and historical contexts. Students explore current efforts to sustain cultural heritage sites, lifeways, and practices and are challenged to consider issues such as social justice, power imbalances, and environmental justice in relation to cultural sustainability.
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3.00 Credits
This course provides a comparative perspective on how social groups make sense of their world. It introduces students to key anthropological concepts such as culture, holism, relativity, and social organization, as well as to ethnographic and cross-cultural methods. It provides an opportunity to examine culture as an ever-evolving feature of human adaptation to changing social, economic, and environmental conditions.
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3.00 Credits
An introduction to basic theory and methods in the archaeological recovery and interpretation of past cultural remains. NOTE: Please refer to the appropriate academic catalog for additional course information concerning prerequisites, co-requisites and course restrictions..
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3.00 Credits
An introduction to the study of human evolution including a survey of human variation, our relationship to other primates and the interaction of biology and culture. NOTE: Please refer to the appropriate academic catalog for additional course information concerning prerequisites, co-requisites and course restrictions..
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3.00 Credits
A study of language in its social and cultural context. Relationships between language and the transmission of meaning, world view and social identity will be examined. NOTE: Please refer to the appropriate academic catalog for additional course information concerning prerequisites, co-requisites and course restrictions..
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3.00 Credits
A survey of major theories that anthropologists use to explain human social and cultural behavior. Recommendation - should be taken within first 15 hours of the major. NOTE: Please refer to the appropriate academic catalog for additional course information concerning prerequisites, co-requisites and course restrictions..
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