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| ANTH106 Introduction to Cultural Anthropology | R Sieber | Jan 7 - Jan 25 | W-1-063
Wheatley Bldg, 1st Floor, Room 063
| MTuWThF | 12:00 - 2:30pm | 3 | 1098 | $1020 | |
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
Diversity: SB |
| ANTH230 Archaeological Myth & Mystery | S Silliman | Jan 7 - Jan 25 | W-1-006
Wheatley Bldg, 1st Floor, Room 006
| MTuWThF | 12:00 - 2:30pm | 3 | 1097 | $1020 | |
Description for ANTH230:
This course introduces students to the myths, mysteries, frauds, and fantasies of archaeology and the human past, such as Atlantis, alien visitations, Stonehenge, pyramids, astronomical alignments, pre-Columbian visits to the North American continent, anachronistic artifacts, and outright hoaxes. These claims — some real, some false, some misunderstood, some intriguing — will be examined closely to see how well the explanations use evidence and how valid the assumptions are that uphold them. Students will learn how to critically evaluate these claims in their empirical, political, historical, and cultural contexts as well as try to understand the agendas, personalities, motives, and politics behind some o f the more unsupportable claims. Students my not receive credit for both ANTH 230 and ANTH 230G.
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Credits: 3 |
| ANTH260 Anthropology On Film | A Waters | Jan 7 - Jan 25 | W-1-056
Wheatley Bldg, 1st Floor, Room 056
| MTuWThF | 8:30 - 11:00am | 3 | 1096 | $1020 | |
Description for ANTH260:
Film has become an important medium for recording and conveying information about human behavior. To what extent do ethnographic films present a complete and accurate record of cultural reality and to what extent do they project a filmmaker’s romantic vision of ’message’? Examples of ethnographic film are viewed and discussed in light of these questions.
Academic Information:
Credits: 3
Distribution: International focus
Diversity: WC |
| ANTH273 Peoples and Cultures of Mesoamerica (Mexico and Guatemala) | A Todd | Jan 7 - Jan 25 | Online | - | - | 3 | 1099 | $1020 | |
Description for ANTH273:
A survey of Mesoamerican ethnology including an introduction to cultural and linguistic regions through comparisons of ethnographic materials. Emphasis is given to acculturation, during the colonial period, among indigenous and Spanish-speaking populations, and, in the contemporary period, on social change among rural and urban sectors.
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Academic Information:
Credits: 3
Distribution: International focus
Diversity: WC |
| ANTH367 Social and Cultural Perspectives on Witchcraft and Sorcery | B Worley | Jan 7 - Jan 25 | Online | - | - | 3 | 1100 | $1020 | |
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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Credits: 3
Diversity: WC |
