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5.00 Credits
The history, development, and application of the major theoretical orientations in anthropology. Prerequisite: ANTH 100 or permission of instructor.
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6.00 Credits
Growth, development, and alteration of the human skeleton. Determination of age, sex, stature, and genetic ancestry from bones and teeth. Skeletal remains for diagnosis of disease and identification of cultural practices. Two lectures and two laboratory periods per week. Prerequisite: ANTH 102, BIOL 100, or BIOL 250. Must pass course with grade of C- or higher in order to advance to second course in Methods sequence.
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5.00 Credits
This course provides an upper-division survey of behavior and appearance of living nonhuman primates. Emphasis is placed upon assessment of primate behavior from three perspectives. An internal perspective that seeks to determine the impact of diet, reproduction, infant care, and social group mobility on primate behavior. An external perspective that provides an assessment of how ecological conditions, other primate species, and other animals affect primate behavior, and an evolutionary perspective that attempts to understand how living primates came to behave the way they do and the relative contributions of in-born, instinctive behaviors versus socially learned behaviors to primate activities. Prerequisites: ANTH 102 or BIOL 100.
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5.00 Credits
No course description available.
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5.00 Credits
An examination of sport behavior in selected societies around the world with particular attention to the contrasts between Western and non-Western cultures. The focus of this course is on the cultural dimensions of sport and its interaction with economic, social, political, and religious institutions.
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5.00 Credits
This course examines various types of diversity teachers will encounter in the classroom in the United States, including race, ethnicity, social class, sexual orientation, and immigration status. Prerequisite: ANTH 100, PSYC 310, or CAFS 350. GE T3
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5.00 Credits
Analysis of the patterns of sexual behavior particularly in non-Western cultures from evolutionary, sociocultural, and historical perspectives. The ways and means by which concepts of sexuality are integrated within the larger sociocultural system with particular attention being given to the impact of gender, race, ethnicity, class, and sexually transmitted diseases (especially the significant effect of AIDS) upon sexual expression. GRE
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5.00 Credits
An examination of the basic adaptations of humans to their environment with the association and interaction between geography, environment, adaptation, and culture being the primary focus. The basic concepts of ecology and the adaptive strategies of hunter-gatherers, pastoralists and agriculturalists are discussed in detail. Consideration also is given to the changing adaptations of cultures undergoing modernization and to the impact of human cultures on the modern environment. GE T3
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5.00 Credits
An analysis of social, economic, political and religious institutions in various contemporary rural Indian and Mestizo communities from socio-historical and ecological perspectives. Particular emphasis on examination and analysis of current socioeconomic issues impacting indigenous populations in Mexico and their strategies to cope with ongoing processes of globalization.
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5.00 Credits
This course provides an overview of California Indian groups, including a brief discussion of the origin and prehistory of native peoples and a detailed treatment of the diversity of aboriginal cultures prior to European contact. Analysis of the impact of Europeans, problems of intercultural relations, and the current status of California Indians. Prerequisite: ANTH 100 or permission of instructor. GE T3
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