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4210. Culture and Human Sexuality. 3 hours. Will examine sexualities cross-culturally in their specific historical, social, religious and political contexts to explore how that seemingly most natural aspect of humanity -sex- is structured and experienced very differently across the globe. A primary focus is how sex and sexuality are discursively constructed as a matter of utmost privacy, yet are paradoxically a matter of deep public concern. Will examine the intimate connection between sex and the nation by exploring topics such as family planning policies, anti-sodomy laws, and laws against interracial marriages.
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4220. Anthropology in Public Health. 3 hours. Introduces students to the contributions of anthropology in public health. Highlights the socio-cultural perspective on the fundamentals of public health, including but not limited to international health, domestic health, epidemiology, infectious disease, child survival, women's and men's health, and health policy.
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4300. Migrants and Refugees. 3 hours. An anthropological understanding of uprooted and displaced social groups who leave their country and culture. Worldwide political, economic, and social issues are analyzed as are the process of accommodation, adaptation and re-creation of their cultural systems in different socio-economic and political contexts. Beginning with general characteristics of the anthropological discussion on displacement, the course then ventures into different models for the analysis and understanding of migration and refugee movements.
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4400. Environmental Anthropology. 3 hours. This course will focus on major environmental questions, theories, problems, issues, and possible solutions illustrated by case studies from different parts of the world. We will examine environmental issues pertaining to land, sea and natural resources, food production systems, deforestation, population problems, poverty and environmental justice, natural hazards and risks, resource conflicts and warfare, over-fishing, economic development, mineral and oil extraction, landscapes, and biodiversity conservation.
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3.00 Credits
4500. Language and Culture. 3 hours. Introduction to linguistic anthropology, designed to acquaint students with some of the ways in which languages and cultures are connected to each other, in that communication paterns are culturally structured. Three broad areas : 1) how language offers resources to individuals to help them accomplish their goals; 2) how language offers resources to institutions and social groups that help them maintain their power; and 3) how language shapes our thought patterns. Students will learn the basic techniques of analyzing conversations by working on a semester-long project.
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4550. Race, Ethnicity, and Identity. 3 hours. How race, ethnicity, and identity operate as categories of social inequality. Drawing on critical perspectives of race and ethnicity we will analyze how they work as overlapping categories of both inclusion and exclusion that are used to divide, rank, and discriminate. We will discuss possible ways to overturn the social injustices caused by ethnic and racial subordination as currently experienced in the U.S.
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3.00 Credits
4601. Anthropology of Education. 3 hours. Issues and approaches relevant to the study of educaiton within the field of anthropology, including methods used in the study of education and schooling, and the significance of cultural transmission. Students are exposed to works in the field of anthropology about cultural difference, minority status, and learning. Course highlights new perspectives and critiques related to contemporary educational problems found in societies such as the U.S.
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4610. Topics in Sociocultural Anthropology. 3 hours. Selected topics of interest and significance in sociocultural anthropology. While this course is offered on a regular basis, particular topics are taught irregularly. Prerequisite(s): ANTH 1010 or 2300, or consent of department. May be repeated for credit as topics vary.
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4750. Culture Change. 3 hours. Examines cultural change on the broad level of human evolution and the more specific level of directed change. Emphasis is placed on gaining an understanding of the interactional and multicultural aspects of directed culture change in all human groups. Prerequisite(s): ANTH 1010 or consent of department.
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4751. Magic, Witchcraft and Religion. 3 hours. Focuses on comparing religious and supernatural belief across cultures, through the perspective of anthropology. The origin, development and function of religious in human societies, as well as classic anthropological concerns about the role of myth, ritual, ethics, magic and shamanism in society. By comparing what is religious in many cultures, students will develop a better understanding of the relationship between human beings, religion, and their own religious beliefs. Prerequisite(s): ANTH 1010 or consent of department.
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