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3.00 Credits
A visual survey of the methods by which societies around the world have solved the problems of insufficient (or non-existant) land and water necessary to sustain human life, this course will focus on those culturally-appropriate, labor-intensive, and non-capitalized technologies that ancient implications of these technologies for social change, missions, and development for the third world will be discussed. Diversity course.
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2.00 Credits
This course surveys the manufacture, social organization, and use of pottery production in preindustrial societies. The main foci are on the production, technology, and relationships with social and cultural patterns, and their relation to the interpretation of archaeological ceramics. Will also examine relationships between techniques and understanding the cultural contexts of ancient ceramics. (2 credits)
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3.00 Credits
This course explores the dimensions of ethical decision making for the Christian in cross-cultural settings. The emphasis is more on the development of ethical thinking across cultures than on the acquisition of ethically related information. Included is a major review of the implications of cultural relativism for Christian ethics. Diversity course. (2)
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3.00 Credits
An illustrated survey and readings of the major cultural patterns of Indian and Hispanic Latin America with a course-specific topical focus in one area such as Andean South America, Lowland South America, or the contemporary Maya, and the effect of modern processes of urbanization and cultural change on them. Course may be repeated for credit for a different topic. Diversity course. (2 credits)
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3.00 Credits
Principles of anthropology that highlight understanding of, and adapting to, other cultures, with focus on the problems of cross-cultural adaptation and ministry for the Christian. Relevant for HNGR interns, missions, C.E., and Biblical Studies majors, and all who are interested in cross-cultural work. Diversity course.
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3.00 Credits
Exploring how "culture" relates to identity, interpretation of Scripture, and the practice of the Christian life, this course provides students with an understanding of basic anthropological approaches to culture and how those approaches relate to contemporary issues such as racialization, language ideology, conceptions of gender, neocolonialism, and missions. Requires sophomore standing and above or consent of instructor. Diversity course.
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3.00 Credits
This course surveys the biological and cultural evidence for fossil humans and seeks to understand that evidence within a Christian framework that is true to the integrity of the data, philosophy of science, biblical hermeneutics, and theology.
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3.00 Credits
An extensive, illustrated survey of the achievements of the lost civilizations of the New World. Full-course topics include the Incas, the ancient Maya, and 'Pre-Inca Civilizations of the Andes.' Emphasis will occur on the lessons that can be learned, especially for problem solving in third world development settings. Diversity course.
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2.00 Credits
Cultural differences in conceptions of illness and health care, and the processes of change in medical systems throughout the contemporary world. Relevant for health care professions, missions, HNGR. Diversity course. (2 credits)
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2.00 Credits
The rapid increase in information and transportation technology has made Americans more aware than ever of the flow of culture around the world; Thai students can dine on Mexican food while listening to U.S. hip-hop. But what does it really mean Is globalization a new stage of global culture or an old process in new garb This class will explore the definition, phenomenon, and impact of globalization as it relates to the concept of culture. (2 credits)
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