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  • ANTH 302: Anthropology of Economic Systems

    3.00 Credits
    Widener University-Main Campus

    This course delves into economic systems in the Third World and also in the West and First World. Using some lecture, but primarily a case study approach, the course explores how each cultural system has a different organizational logic and how that logic affects individual economic decisions and the larger structure of economics. The course also highlights advertising as a symbolic system that functions differently in each culture. This course primarily covers economic systems other than Capitalism (the economics of tribes, of pre-state systems, of feudalism, and of the Oriental state). The class does, however, discuss Capitalism from an anthropological point of view. In viewing cultural systems, students explore the correlation of economic behavior with politics, religion, the creation of status and class, ethnicity, and adaptation to natural environment. Prerequisite: ANTH 105 or permission of instructor. 3 semester hours
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  • ANTH 304: Anthropological Theory And Development Literature

    3.00 Credits
    Widener University-Main Campus

    This course highlights the evolution of the discipline of anthropology and its major theoretical schools and perspectives. Students learn how these theoretical approaches have been applied to realworld societies in the Third World and our own society to engineer societal change and development. Prerequisite: ANTH 105 or permission of the instructor. 3 semester hours
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  • ANTH 305: Business Culture in International Perspective

    3.00 Credits
    Widener University-Main Campus

    This course is designed to teach students how to use the ethnographic method and anthropological literature in order to deal more effectively with foreign business people, foreign markets, and foreign development agencies. Emphasis is placed on case studies of frequent trading partners, Mexico, China, Japan, and the Gulf States, for example. Aside from background on the cultural practices and ideas of the people of these countries, the course deals with the more general problem of understanding the Other, and where the Other is in places across our borders. No prerequisite. 3 semester hours
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  • ANTH 306: Globalization

    3.00 Credits
    Widener University-Main Campus

    This honors seminar invites students to explore the many dimensions of what is being called "globalization," the increasinginterconnectedness of societies around the world primarily involving economic production and exchange, but extending beyond economics to cultural exchange and politics. The issue of globalization is analyzed from beyond just the anthropological perspective, and incorporates perspectives of history, technology, communication, philosophy, economics, politics, and literature. Its anthropological focus emphasizes the adoption of other societies' cultural patterns, such as music and food, the expansion of supranational loyalties, and the instantaneous nature of world globalization. No prerequisite. 3 semester hours
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  • ANTH 308: Forensic Anthropology

    3.00 Credits
    Widener University-Main Campus

    Forensic anthropology is a distinct subfield of biological anthropology that applies the techniques of osteology and biomechanics to questions in forensic science. It is a diverse and rapidly growing field of anthropology that has very practical implications for criminal justice. Class topics include human osteology, crime scene investigation, search, recovery and taphonomy of human remains (locations of body), laboratory analysis, postmortem interval (or time since death), trauma analysis (cause and manner of death), and the development and application of innovative and specialized techniques. No prerequisite. 3 semester hours
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  • ANTH 314: Language And Culture

    3.00 Credits
    Widener University-Main Campus

    An exploration of the social and cultural dimensions of language structure and use. The course concentrates on sociolinguistics, that is, how social variables influence language use. Other topics include how language use represents differences in social class, gender, social mobility, ethnicity, kin groups, professions, and social situations. No prerequisite. 3 semester hours
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  • ANTH 382: Ethnographic Method

    3.00 Credits
    Widener University-Main Campus

    This course is designed for the anthropology major in the cultural or business/applied concentrations or tracks. It teaches the students the essentials of the ethnographic method, which is needed to conduct senior research projects. The ethnographic method is a qualitative method that emphasizes participant observation, outside observation, and informants. This course does not require a statistics prerequisite (e.g., PSY 381/383) and is the only research methods course required before ANTH 409/410, Senior Research, for cultural track majors. 3 semester hours
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  • ANTH 394,395: Anthropology Practicum

    8.00 Credits
    Widener University-Main Campus

    For both ANTH 394 and 395, students work 6-8 hours per week off campus in one of several research institutions under the supervision of institutional personnel. Students are required to become familiar with the scholarly literature relevant to their placement, to participate in on-campus meetings, and to write a research paper integrating the research and fieldwork aspects of the practicum. Permission of instructor and ANTH coordinator required prior to registration. Open only to juniors and seniors. Not available to students who are student-teaching. Prerequisite: ANTH major. Maximum of 3 credits each for ANTH 394 and 395. 3-6 semester hours
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  • ANTH 409/410: Senior Research

    6.00 Credits
    Widener University-Main Campus

    Research in an area of a student's interest. Required of all majors in anthropology. Prerequisite: ANTH 382. 6 semester hours
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  • ANTH 419: Senior Research

    3.00 Credits
    Widener University-Main Campus

    The ANTH 409-410 sequence taken in one semester. Offered only in fall semester. Open only to December graduates or seniors who will be student-teaching in the spring semester. 3 semester hours
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