Anthropology

Anthropology is the empirical study of human behavior from cross-cultural, evolutionary, historic, and pre-historic perspectives. Through a relativistic, critical, and comparative examination of cultures and the people who share them both currently and in the past, anthropology provides a holistic analysis of major behavioral, cognitive, and emotional arenas of life. The Anthropology minor will provide students with an intellectual overview of the discipline of Anthropology.

 

 

ANT 149 ANT 152 ANT 305 ANT 345

INTRODUCTION TO CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY ARCHAEOLOGY AND HUMAN EVOLUTION         MENTAL ILLNESS CROSS-CULTURALLY    MARRIAGE AND THE FAMILY CROSS-CULTURALLY

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In addition, two of the three following courses must be taken:               (6)

ENG 253 MUS 265 REL 320

THE LITERATURE OF POSTCOLONIAL CULTURES  MUSIC IN WORLD CULTURES  RELIGIONS OF THE WORLD

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An introduction to the study of cultures and societies examining kinship, the family, child-rearing, marriage, psychology and culture, political organization, economics and subsistence, religion, law, social groups, and cultural change in comparative perspective. Each semester.

 

An examination of human evolution and prehistory, exploring the eight-million-years long evolution of humans and our ancestors and a discussion of the evolution of human societies across the globe. Alternate years, Spring ’07.

 

A critical exploration of the various forms mental illness takes across the world, examining the sociocultural construction and experience of abnormal behavior in non-American and American societies. Prerequisite: ANT 149. Alternate years, Fall ’06.

 

An examination of marital practices, relationships, and child-rearing methods cross-culturally. Issues concerning the cultural constructions of children, romantic love, child development, and evolutionary considerations, among others, will be covered. Extended research paper and other writings required. Prerequisite: ANT 149. Alternate years, Fall ’05.