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3.00 Credits
3 credits. Offered once every two years. A review of the evolution of the brain, focusing on the human species. The fossil evidence and current controversies and theories about human brain evolution will be covered, including the possible role of language, tool use, sociality and dietary shifts. Sex differences in brain and behavior, the evolution of consciousness, human ethics, and morals will also be discussed. Prerequisite: GANTH 196 or consent of instructor.
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3 credits (C). Offered every three semesters. This course examines the experiences of Latin American migrants to the United States. It stresses the cultural expression of those experiences, globalization and its effects on local communities in Latin America, the U.S. responses to migration and migrants. Prerequisite: One course on Latin America.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits (A,C). Offered every three semesters. This course examines the causes, conduct and consequences of warfare in non-state societies using both ethnographic and archaeological data. Case studies drawn from throughout the world are used to examine topics such as the co-evolution of war and society, the impact of colonialism on native warfare, the process of making peace, and claims about the biological "inevitability" of war.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits. This course analyzes contemporary American society in relation to popular cultural formations and representations. Cultural expressions found in music, literature, theatre, film, television, cyberspace and sports will be examined with respect to the values, sentiments, identity constructions and lived experiences of differentially situated social actors.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits (C). Offered every three semesters. This course examines the many ways in which gender is constructed and negotiated in different historical and social contexts. Topics will vary with the instructor to include both cultural and bicultural perspectives.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits (C). Offered spring. This seminar provides a history of key ideas and figures in environmental anthropology, as well as examines why this field is, by necessity, interdisciplinary. Within this context, we will use specific case studies to examine ways in which the concepts and theories of "development" and "environment" have been produced, perpetuated, manipulated and challenged in different geographic and politico-economic circumstances. Prerequisite: GANTH 195 or permission of the instructor.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits (C,R,W). Offered fall and spring. An examination of the major theoretical traditions in social and cultural anthropology. Important theoreticians and the historical contexts in which their work emerged are discussed. Fulfills the College of Arts and Letters writing-intensive requirement for the major. Prerequisites: GANTH 195 and junior standing.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits (C). Offered every three semesters. An examination of modern China's social, cultural and political structure from the 17th century to the present. Emphasis is placed on local level systems (town, village, lineage, family) and the roles they have played in China's transition from an agricultural to an industrial society.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits (C). Offered occasionally. An overview of the peoples, cultures and special problems of the Appalachian region.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits. This course explores contemporary culture through a "cultural studies" lens, an interdisciplinary perspective interested in using empirical knowledge to encourage more just human relations. Specific topics of investigation will vary by semester, but each course will cover cultural studies' intellectual history and its application to cultural expressions found in everyday life, film, music and text.
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