Anthropology
Note: the courses on this page reflect Summer Term 2008 offerings.
Please check back on December 15 for a list of courses available during Summer Term 2009.
College of Arts and Sciences
CAS AN 101 Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
An introduction to the basic concepts, principles, and problems of cultural anthropology,
emphasizing study of both traditional and complex societies. Special attention
to the evolution of human societies and culture; to the changing organization
and meaning of religion, economic life, kinship, and political order; and to
the
problem of cultural variation in the modern world. 4 cr.
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CAS AN 102 Human Behavioral Biology and Evolution
Biology relevant to the behavioral sciences. Introduces basic principles of evolutionary
biology, animal social behavior, primate adaptations, human origins, genetic/hormonal/neural
bases of behavior; and issues of human socioecology and adaptations. Discussions
highlight nature-versus-nurture issues. 4 cr.
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CAS AN 210 Medical Anthropology
Examines the influence of culture on health care beliefs, practices,
and institutions. Special topics include cross-cultural approaches to birth,
aging, and death;
drug use and abuse; and socialist models of health care service. 4 cr.
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CAS AN 260 Sex and Gender in Anthropological Perspectives
Cross-cultural examination of changing gender roles, expectations, and activities.
Focuses on economic, social, political, and ideological determinants that structure
the hierarchy of power and privileges accorded the thoughts, activities, and
experiences of women and men in various societies. 4 cr.
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CAS AN 319 Anthropology of Muslim Cultures and Politics
Muslim societies are today being buffeted by a struggle over the forms
and meanings of Muslim culture and politics. This course examines this struggle,
and its
implications
for
religious
authority,
gender ideals, and new notions of citizenship, civil society, and democracy.
4 cr.
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CAS AN 362 Culture and Environment
Examines how the social construction of environment, nature, and culture
varies cross-culturally and historically as well as how it influences economic
change, environmental movements, nature tourism, and public policy. Primary
examples include India, China, Native American cultures, and the West.
4 cr.
