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| Number/Section/Name |
Days |
Time |
Room |
Instructor |
Max./Avail. |
| ANTH 101-01 |
General Anthropology |
MWF |
10:50 am-11:50 am |
CARN 06A |
Scott Legge |
35 / 35 |
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| ANTH 111-01 |
Cultural Anthropology |
MWF |
02:20 pm-03:20 pm |
CARN 06A |
Arjun Guneratne |
35 / 35 |
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| ANTH 230-01 |
Ethnographic Interviewing |
TR |
01:20 pm-02:50 pm |
CARN 06B |
Arjun Guneratne |
16 / 16 |
| *Permission of instructor required; Open only to Anthropology majors* |
| ANTH 242-01 |
Psychological Anthropology |
TR |
03:00 pm-04:30 pm |
CARN 05 |
Olga Gonzalez |
20 / 20 |
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| ANTH 294-01 |
Anthropology of Death/Dying |
MWF |
01:10 pm-02:10 pm |
CARN 05 |
Ron Barrett |
14 / 14 |
| *First day attendance required.* This course
examines the dying process and the ways that human beings come to terms
with their mortality in different societies. We will learn how people
die in major illnesses and critically analyze controversial issues
regarding brain death, suicide, and euthanasia. We will survey funerary
traditions from a variety of cultures and compare the social,
spiritual, and psychological roles that these rituals play for both the
living and the dying. We will examine cultural attitudes towards death;
and how the denial and awareness of human mortality can shape social
practices and institutions. Finally, we will consider issues regarding
the quality of life, the opportunities and challenges of caregiving,
and hospice traditions around the world. |
| ANTH 294-02 |
Osteology and Paleopathology |
TR |
03:00 pm-04:30 pm |
CARN 06B |
Scott Legge |
18 / 18 |
| The study of the human skeletal system is basic
to the disciplines of biological anthropology, forensic science,
medicine and even archaeology. This class will examine the fundamentals
of human and great ape osteology. It will also explore numerous
pathological conditions associated with both infectious and
non-infectious diseases in addition to those caused by traumatic
events. Students will learn to identify and analyze human bone and
pathological conditions of the skeleton to aid in the reconstruction of
life histories from human remains. |
| ANTH 294-03 |
Gender and Development in Africa |
MWF |
01:10 pm-02:10 pm |
CARN 208 |
Sonia Patten |
20 / 20 |
| Development in Africa has many players -
national governments, international organizations, nongovernmental
organizations both international and domestic, private contractors,
religious organizations, community-based organizations, individual
development experts. In the midst of all the development policies,
activities, projects and money, there is a very big question: how is
development working out for the women and men of Africa, for their
families and communities. In the course we will use the works of
anthropologists and other scholars to examine this and related
questions such as whose voices are heard when development agendas are
set, who gains and who loses when development projects are mounted,
what recourse exists for individuals and families who suffer losses as
a result of development, and how have African women and men organized
to address these and other issues linked to development. |
| ANTH 358-01 |
Anthropology of Violence |
M |
07:00 pm-10:00 pm |
CARN 05 |
Olga Gonzalez |
20 / 20 |
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| ANTH 365-01 |
Environmental Anthropology |
MWF |
10:50 am-11:50 am |
CARN 05 |
Arjun Guneratne |
20 / 20 |
| *Cross-listed with ENVI 365-01* |
| ANTH 394-01 |
Emerging Infectious Diseases |
MW |
09:40 am-11:10 am |
CARN 06B |
Ron Barrett |
25 / 25 |
| At what point does an infectious disease become
an 'emerging infection'? It could be argued that the only thing
emerging these days is public awareness of long-standing health and
social problems that were previously ignored. Based on this premise,
our course will examine the unnatural history of infectious diseases
from the Paleolithic to the present day using the combined frameworks
of evolution, human ecology, critical history, and social epidemiology.
We will consider the co-evolution of culture and disease: the ways that
human subsistence, ecological disruptions, social inequalities, and
demographic changes have created selective conditions for new
infections, re-emerging infections, and antibiotic resistance. We will
also address the social dynamics of current epidemics, such as H1N1,
and major controversies over biosecurity and bioterrorism. |
| ANTH 394-02 |
Ritual |
TR |
01:20 pm-02:50 pm |
MAIN 003 |
Erik Davis |
15 / 15 |
| *Cross-listed with RELI 311-01.* |
| ANTH 490-01 |
Senior Seminar |
TR |
09:40 am-11:10 am |
CARN 06A |
Dianna Shandy |
29 / 29 |
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