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3.00 Credits
Develop an integrative understanding of the field of American Studies as an academic field of interdisciplinary study.
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3.00 Credits
Introduction to the four fields of anthropology: physical, cultural, linguistics, and archaeology. Includes such topics as economy and exchange, religion, political organization, kinship, and gender roles, from a comparative perspective.
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3.00 Credits
Explore the nature of Islamic cultures and changes that have taken place through contact with the West. Environment, religion, social organizations, rural and urban factors, status of women, development of nationalism.
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3.00 Credits
Explore the role of archaeology in understanding the human past, including basic concepts in method and theory. Ethical and legal issues surrounding the preservation and interpretation of archaeological sites also examined.
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3.00 Credits
Study human population and cultural diversity as a function of geographic distribution. Culture regions and cultural landscapes examined in an environmental perspective, with particular attention to ethnicity, diffusion, and adaptation.
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The scientific study of language and its context: the elements of language and its uses in personal thought, social interaction, cultural values and institutions.
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3.00 Credits
Concepts, theories, methodologies used in the study of non-human primates, our hominid ancestors and modern humans. Subjects include human variation, evolutionary theory, osteology, primate anatomy and behavior, classification, and paleoanthropology. Includes a laboratory section.
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3.00 Credits
Study of human populations and their cultural institutions in cities, including surveys of urbanism, urbanization, and their influences on human behavior. Explore the strategies used by human societies to cope with the demands of urban environments.
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3.00 Credits
Long-range view of population growth and technology, prime movers of cultural evolution, from prehistoric times to present.
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3.00 Credits
Examination of the more enduring features of China and Japan, through art, architecture, literature, customs, religious beliefs and intellectual traditions. Prerequisite: Sophomore standing.
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