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3.00 Credits
Management science analyses are the basis of many successful strategic decisions. This course introduces many of the management science techniques in the context of strategic decision making. These techniques include linear programming, transportation, decision theory, queuing theory and simulation. The course entails analyzing cases from all business disciplines and evaluating various strategic decisions within the framework of these cases. The course also includes an applied project component and is taught in a computer lab. Prerequisites: STA 202 and AMA 301.
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3.00 Credits
This course is designed to provide students with a basic understanding of concepts of simulation and the opportunity to design several simulations for various applications (including fun and games). Methodologies are introduced in the context of financial and operations applications and include techniques for risk analysis. Models will include both event and process simulations. Simulation software packages are introduced as tools for problem solving. The course is taught in a computer lab. Prerequisites: STA 202 and AMA 301.
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3.00 Credits
Courses in this series offer an in-depth exploration of specific issues within the field of applied management analysis, as well as topics of current interest to instructors and students. Prerequisites: junior or senior standing or permission of the instructor.
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3.00 Credits
This course introduces students to the basic concepts, theories and methodologies in anthropology by focusing on the classic four fields of the discipline: physical anthropology, archaeology, linguistics and cultural anthropology. This course focuses on the evolution of the human species and theories of early culture, the reconstruction of the past through archaeological analysis, the structure and usage of language as part of culture, and the description and analysis of societies and cultures utilizing comparative theories and methodologies in cultural anthropology.
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3.00 Credits
What is it like to grow up in New Guinea How do the Maya fit into the world system Where do the Massai go when looking for a mate This is a survey course to make you aware of various social structures and cultural practices around the world. By systematically analyzing many socio-cultural factors, such as subsistence, family, kinship, gender, political system and religion, the course will illuminate basic similarities and differences among all peoples and cultures.
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3.00 Credits
See course description for BIO 109.
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3.00 Credits
This course focuses on how we study other, especially non-western, cultures. In it, we look at recent critical debates on the nature of anthropological inquiry and the representations of other cultures that anthropologists have constructed. We will consider questions such as: Is anthropology a science or a humanity Why do anthropologists studying the same culture come up with very different pictures of the culture What kinds of methodologies do anthropologists use, and what are their limitations How accurate are the anthropologists’ representations of other cultures How much of the anthropologist’s own personal and cultural biases are revealed in the way other cultures are described How much does the anthropologist’s own theoretical perspective affect the way the data are interpreted Is the nature of anthropological inquiry such that we can never escape biases How can re-studies enable us to refine our methods and generate more complex comparative categories to use in the understanding of other cultures We focus on two basic case studies: that of Samoa and that of the Muslim Bedouins of North Africa with an optional case study on Bali. We read classic ethnographies on these societies along with recent re-studies in order to answer the questions posed above. The student is introduced to 1) classic ethnographies of non-western cultures; 2) revelatory re-studies of cultures; 3) basic questions of methodology in the discipline of anthropology; 4) theoretical anthropological inquiry and the representation of other cultures.
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3.00 Credits
This course examines how Western social science has studied and understood nature and development of the many different cultures in North America encountered at contact with Europeans. We will examine the history of Indian-white contact with a focus on its effects on both native and Euro-American cultures. We also investigate the features of native American cultures in the “ethnographic present,” the remembered erabefore contact with Europeans. Finally, we will examine contemporary issues involving both native and Euro-Americans.
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3.00 Credits
An anthropological and topical introduction to the region of Southeast Asia and the various societies and cultures found there. Topics to be discussed are: regional definition and intra-regional variation, ecology and economic systems, history and prehistory, social organization including politico-territorial systems and concepts of hierarchy and power, kinship and alliance systems, patron-client systems, ethnic groups and ethnicity, religions, gender systems, personality and communicative systems such as language and other conceptual and symbolic systems. The focus of the course will be on analyses that contrast with Western views and that have provided a source of debate on Western theories of society and culture.
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3.00 Credits
This course examines various understandings of and responses to disease in cross-cultural perspectives. By looking at the various ways cultures define disease and prescribe cures both within Western society and in other societies, the course works towards an appreciation of the interplay of disease and cultural responses to this universal phenomena. The concept of disease as used in this class encompasses not only biological phenomena but also social, psychological and spiritual realms. The course will begin with epidemics and their repercussions: social, economic and religious. A study of the Black Death in Europe and the devastation of European diseases in North America will show contrasting responses to similar phenomena. The course will also examine the role of nutrition and ecology in the health of various groups. Curing will be a major focus of the course, with a stress on African, native North American and European modes of diagnosis and curing receiving the closest study. The course will also examine contemporary healing rituals and combinations of Western and other curing practices. Each student will choose a particular culture area and group within that region to focus on for the semester. The role of health and disease in these cultures will be the focus of short presentations and a major paper by each participant.
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