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This course is an overview of the behavior of nonhuman primates within an ecological framework. Topics include a survey of living primates, constraints of body size on locomotion and diet, conservation, communication, conflict resolution, and the role of the environment in diet, on reproductive strategies, and in social interaction. Offered fall semester of odd-numbered years.
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Bioarchaeology is the study of human remains from archaeological settings. Its study encompasses the ethical treatment of human remains, reconstruction of patterns of subsistence, disease, activity, status, ethnicity, diet, and demography from the human skeleton to better understand the way that people chose to live in the past. Offered fall semester of even-numbered years. Prerequisite: ANT 206.
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Prerequisite: ANT 206.
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A cross-cultural study of contemporary religions. Examines the diversity of religious meanings through the lived experiences of cultures, traditions, and sects around the world. Exposes students to anthropological interpretations of religion through a range of methods, including ethnography. Themes include symbolisms, ritual, death, shamanism, healing, magic, pilgrimage, and interfaith movements. Fulfills Cultures - Global Perspectives. Part of the Identity Issue. Offered fall and winter semesters. Prerequisite: Junior standing.
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Prerequisite: Junior standing.
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3.00 Credits
Survey and comparison of global linguistic diversity focusing on ways different cultures and languages represent, organize, and express political relations, rituals, and personal experience through knowledge and emotion in life. Survey includes case studies from around the world with emphasis on languages and dialects other than standard English. Offered winter semester of even-numbered years. Prerequisite: ANT 207 or permission of instructor.
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Prerequisite: ANT 207 or permission of instructor.
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This course introduces students to medical anthropology, the study of health and healing across societies. Concepts of health, illness, becoming and staying healthy, cultural practices that encourage or inhibit disease, the influence of social institutions, health disparities and environmental influence on health will be investigated. Part of the Health Issue. Offered fall and winter semesters. Prerequisite: Junior standing.
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Prerequisite: Junior standing.
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3.00 Credits
A survey of prehistoric developments from Alaska to Central America, including the Mesoamerican civilizations. Offered winter semester of even-numbered years. Prerequisite: ANT 220 or ANT 215 or instruction permission.
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Prerequisite: ANT 220 or ANT 215 or instruction permission.
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3.00 Credits
Current topics and methodology will be examined within one anthropological subdiscipline from the perspective of a particular geographic area. Focus will be on the fundamental question: What does anthropology contribute in terms of our understanding of people and cultures? Students may repeat provided each repeat is for a different area.
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3.00 Credits
This course is an upper-division examination of contemporary issues being explored in the field of anthropology. Topics may include advanced theory, controversies in the discipline, methodological questions and changing approaches to anthropological research. Offered as needed Prerequisite: Any 200-level anthropology course or permission of the instructor.
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Prerequisite: Any 200-level anthropology course or permission of the instructor.
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Compares different adaptive strategies of cultures from around the world and seeks understanding of ethical and social values different groups have related to the environment. Attention is focused on how humans relied on cultural mechanisms in the past to adapt and change their physical and natural environment. Fulfills Cultures - Global Perspectives. Part of the Sustainability Issue. Offered fall and winter semesters. Prerequisites: Junior standing, fulfillment of general education Foundations - Writing, and either Historical Analysis or U.S. Diversity.
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Prerequisites: Junior standing, fulfillment of general education Foundations - Writing, and either Historical Analysis or U.S. Diversity.
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3.00 Credits
The anthropology of globalization examines the emergence of "globalized local cultures." Students employ the ethnographic approach to understand globalization as the intensification of interconnectedness, in which anthropologists learn that fundamental problems of deep and universal concern to humans everywhere will need to be addressed at local, national, and global levels. Fulfills Cultures - Global Perspectives. Part of the Globalization Issue. Offered fall semester of even-numbered years. Prerequisite: Junior standing.
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Prerequisite: Junior standing.
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