Anthropology

Description for ANTH105:
The study of human biological evolution and human population variation. This course introduces the history, theory, and methods of research in biological anthropology through lectures and hands-on exercises. Major topics include: geological time, classification, and the place of humans in the animal world; evidence for primate and human evolution; evolutionary theory and genetics; and discussion of the evolutionary forces involved in producing human population variation. This course addresses, in assignments and during class time, the following general education capabilities: critical thinking; using technology to further learning; quantitative reasoning; collaborative work; and effective communication. Students who have taken ANTH 102 may not receive credit for ANTH 105.

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Academic Information:
Credits: 3
Distribution Area: Natural Science.

Fee:
Course Fee: $960
Lab Fee: $0
Total: $960

Description for ANTH106:
An introduction to the anthropological study of cultures, based on ethnographic descriptions and analyses of tribal, developing, and modern state societies. The course explores a variety of concepts and approaches to the study of culture, and participants acquire experience in critical reading, critical thinking, and analytic writing. Students who have taken ANTH 103 may not receive credit for ANTH 106.

Academic Information:
Credits: 3
Distribution Area: Social and Behavioral Sciences.

Fee:
Course Fee: $960
Lab Fee: $0
Total: $960

Description for ANTH106:
An introduction to the anthropological study of cultures, based on ethnographic descriptions and analyses of tribal, developing, and modern state societies. The course explores a variety of concepts and approaches to the study of culture, and participants acquire experience in critical reading, critical thinking, and analytic writing. Students who have taken ANTH 103 may not receive credit for ANTH 106.

Academic Information:
Credits: 3
Distribution Area: Social and Behavioral Sciences.

Fee:
Course Fee: $960
Lab Fee: $0
Total: $960

Description for ANTH220G:
This course focuses on indigenous peoples of South America’s Amazon region, and persistence and change in their cultures and histories, from 1500 to the present- especially in response to European colonizers, missionaries, modern states, and contemporary rain forest development. Participants consider the human rights issues involved, and critique conventional European representations of Amazonians, in ethnography, literature and film. Capabilities addressed: Critical reading, critical thinking, clear writing, academic self assessment, collaborative learning, information technology.

Prerequisites: ENGL 102, and a minimum of 30 credits. Degree Students Only.

Academic Information:
Credits: 3

Fee:
Course Fee: $960
Lab Fee: $0
Total: $960

Description for ANTH223G:
The purpose of this course is to examine several of the better known Afro-Caribbean religious movements that have played a major role in the modern history of the Caribbean region. Historical influences from Europe, Africa and the Americas will be addressed. The course provides an introduction to the anthropological study of religion and to the field of Caribbean studies. Capabilities addressed: Critical reading, critical thinking, clear writing, information technology.

Prerequisites: ENGL 102, and a minimum of 30 credits. Degree Students Only.

Academic Information:
Credits: 3

Fee:
Course Fee: $960
Lab Fee: $0
Total: $960

Description for ANTH260:
Anthropology On Film

Academic Information:
Credits: 3

Fee:
Course Fee: $960
Lab Fee: $0
Total: $960

Description for ANTH271:
An examination of historical and socio-political forces in the formation of the contemporary Middle East; the cultural, ethnic, and economic diversity of modern nation-states in this region; neo-colonialism and imperialism as persisting obstacles to development and progress in this part of the world; and the role of Islam in reformist and revolutionary movements.

Academic Information:
Credits: 3
Diversity: International.

Fee:
Course Fee: $960
Lab Fee: $0
Total: $960

Description for ANTH272:
An in-depth study of selected African societies, examining traditional institutions, the colonial situation, and modernization.

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Academic Information:
Credits: 3
Distribution Area: World Cultures.
Diversity: International.

Fee:
Course Fee: $960
Lab Fee: $0
Total: $960

Description for ANTH363:
This course focuses on peoples complex relationships to their environment. It examines different anthropological approaches to analyze human adaptive strategies to diverse ecosystems around the world from a historical and cross-cultural perspective. It will also examine the different strategies and knowledge systems that humans develop for managing their resources. Finally, the course looks at the rise of political ecology as a perspective to analyze the role or power relations, institutions and ideas of nature in environmental change and conservation.

Academic Information:
Credits: 3

Fee:
Course Fee: $960
Lab Fee: $0
Total: $960

Description for ANTH366:
A comparative study of religion, including belief systems, social functions, ritual processes. Religions of a variety of cultures are considered, and some emphasis is given to the development of modern anthropological theories of religion and on current methods of analysis and interpretation.

Prerequisite: ANTH 100 or 103 or 106.

Academic Information:
Credits: 3

Fee:
Course Fee: $960
Lab Fee: $0
Total: $960

Description for ANTH367:
Beliefs about people with extraordinary powers to cause harm or good are found in societies of different types and in different periods in history. This course examines such beliefs in a number of different cultural, geographical, and historical contexts in order to demonstrate ways in which anthropologists and other social scientists approach the more general problem of understanding the function of belief systems in human society. The course does not teach techniques of witchcraft or sorcery.

Prerequisite: Sophomore standing or higher or permission of instructor.

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Academic Information:
Credits: 3
Distribution Area: World Cultures.

Fee:
Course Fee: $960
Lab Fee: $0
Total: $960

Description for ANTH372:
Although human mortality occurs in all societies, it is understood and defined differently within various settings. This course examines how culture influences the way people respond to the fact of death. Key themes include: the analysis of funeral rituals; religion and art in relation to death; cultural dimensions of mourning; and the relationship between social organization and death.

Prerequisite: Sophomore standing.

Academic Information:
Credits: 3

Fee:
Course Fee: $960
Lab Fee: $0
Total: $960