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Sociology and Anthropology (Program Homepage) Faculty: S. Basu, T. Beauboeuf, R. Bordt, S. Crage, N. Davis, K. Hall, T. Hall, D. Lalone, N. Lauster, D. Merrell, D. Newman, M. Oware, E. Silverman, J. Stuber, R. Upton Majors may be completed in Sociology; Anthropology or in a combination of the two disciplines. Minors are offered in both Sociology and Anthropology.
Sociology and Anthropology ask questions that are profoundly practical, such as what it means to be human and what it means to live in a society. A major in Sociology or Anthropology provides: A. the ability to think and write logically and critically; B. an appreciation of cultural and historical diversity and difference; C. an understanding of the connections between self and society, order, conflict and change in human societies; and D. preparation for graduate education or careers in a variety of fields.
Sociology and Anthropology majors have gone on to successful careers in law, counseling, corrections, government, social work, policy analysis, journalism, business, teaching, community organizing, museum work and many other professions.
SOC 100 and ANTH 151 and 153 serve as introductory courses and as prerequisites for advanced courses. However, after their first year at DePauw, students may take 200-level courses without a prerequisite.
Requirements for a major in Sociology: | Total courses required: | Nine |
| Core courses: | SOC 100, SOC 303, SOC 401, SOC 410
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| Other required courses: | Of the remaining five courses, two courses in anthropology may apply toward the sociology major.
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| # 300 and 400 level courses: | Four |
| Senior requirement: | The senior requirement consists of the completion of a thesis with a grade of C- or higher in SOC 410. |
Requirements for a major in Sociology and Anthropology: | Total courses required: | Nine |
| Core courses: | SOC 100, SOC 303, ANTH 151, ANTH 383, either SOC 410 or ANTH 452; either SOC 401 or ANTH 280 |
| Other required courses: | Four courses in each discipline must be completed. |
| # 300 and 400 level courses: | Three |
| Senior requirement: | The senior requirement consists of the completion of a thesis with a grade of C- or higher in SOC 410 or ANTH 452. |
Requirements for a major in Anthropology: | Total courses required: | Nine |
| Core courses: | ANTH 151, ANTH 153, ANTH 280, ANTH 383, ANTH 452
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| Other required courses: | Of the remaining five courses, two courses in sociology may apply toward the anthropology major.
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| # 300 and 400 level courses: | Three |
| Senior requirement: | The senior requirement consists of the completion of a thesis with a grade of C- or higher in ANTH 452. |
Requirements for a minor in Sociology: | Total courses required: | Four | | # 300 and 400 level courses: | One | Requirements for a minor in Anthropology: | Total courses required: | Four | | Core courses: | ANTH 151 or ANTH 153
| | # 300 and 400 level courses: | One | Courses in Sociology and Anthropology Courses in Sociology
| SOC 100.
Contemporary Society |
Group 2 |
1 course |
| An introduction to sociology: its questions, concepts and ways of analyzing social life. The focus is on how human societies organize themselves; how culture, socialization, norms, power relations, social institutions and group interaction affect the individual; and how, in turn, societies are transformed by human action. Of particular concern are problems facing contemporary societies. Not open to seniors or for Pass-Fail credit.
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| SOC 197S.
First-Year Seminar |
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1 course |
| This course, designed especially for first-year students, explores an innovative or timely issue in sociology. Sociological perspectives and ways of knowing are used to study a particular topic in depth. Ethical, historical and sometimes comparative dimensions to the issue will be examined. Topics may include: Popular Culture in the U.S., Culture Wars in American Society, Dilemmas in Health Care, and Justice and Society. Seminars are small and emphasize writing and class discussion. Prerequisite: first-year students only.
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| SOC 201.
Sociological Perspectives |
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1/2-1 course |
| An exploration of a timely topic in sociology, sometimes interdisciplinary in nature, that is not offered in the formal sociology curriculum. Topics may include: Sociology of Education, Environmental Sociology, Sociology of Immigration, and other topics. The course may be repeated with different topics. Prerequisite: SOC 100 or sophomore standing.
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| SOC 210.
Gender and Society |
Group 2 |
1 course |
| This course examines the role of gender systems in human societies. How do societies vary in the positions assigned to men and women? In the power and privileges accorded each sex? How do we acquire a gender identity? What are the consequences of sex-typing and sex-stratified societies? The role of religion, intellectual traditions, language, families and schools, economic organization, labor markets and the state is explored. The focus is on contemporary U.S. society and recent changes in gender relations. Prerequisite: SOC 100 or sophomore standing. |
| SOC 212.
Sociology of Family |
Group 2 |
1 course |
| This course examines issues associated with family life, such as gender role socialization, sexuality, mate selection, the internal dynamics of relationships, domestic violence and marital dissolution. The course also considers the social implications of current trends in family life and the expanding definitions of family that include non-traditional relationships that have until recently lacked institutional legitimacy. Prerequisite: SOC 100 or sophomore standing. |
| SOC 215.
Criminology |
Group 2 |
1 course |
| The course explores theoretical explanations for criminal behavior, empirical research on crime in diverse contexts and policy debates on crime control and punishment in the U.S. We place particular emphasis on the intersection of race, social class and gender as a conceptual lens through which to analyze street crime, white collar crime and intimate familial crime. Prerequisite: SOC 100 or sophomore standing.
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| SOC 219.
Sociology of Madness |
Group 2 |
1 course |
| An examination of the history and social construction of the concept of mental illness. Explores the social, political, economic, legal and personal implications of the medicalization of madness. Prerequisite: SOC 100 or sophomore standing. |
| SOC 222.
Social Deviance |
Group 2 |
1 course |
| This course is an examination of the changing definitions and explanations of deviance. Conceptions of deviance are looked at within historical, political and cultural contexts. Implications for policies of social control are explored. Prerequisites: SOC 100 or sophomore standing.
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| SOC 225.
Sexuality, Culture and Power |
Group 2 |
1 course |
| This course explores the diverse ways in which human sexualities have been conceptualized, molded, policed and transformed over time and across cultures. It investigates how the seemingly personal and natural world of sexual desire and sexual behavior is shaped by larger societal institutions, cultural ideologies and social hierarchies. The course considers how sexual selves and sexual behavior, like other human identities and actions, are constructed and enacted in particular historical times, social contexts, moral climates and political terrains. It examines how social categories that have primacy in a culture--for example, gender, race, class and age--are expressed in sexual ideas, sexual behavior and sexual politics.
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| SOC 237.
Racial and Ethnic Relations |
Group 2 |
1 course |
| This course explores the origins, changes and possible futures of racial and ethnic relations. It is concerned with both the development of sociological explanations of ethnic and racial conflict, competition and cooperation as well as with practical approaches to improving inter-group relations. The course surveys global and historical patterns of inter-group relations but focuses on late 20th-century and early 21st-century United States. Prerequisite: SOC 100 or sophomore standing.
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| SOC 249.
Native Nations of the United States |
Group 2 |
1 course |
| An overview of the relations between European settlers and the many peoples indigenous to the United States from initial contact to the present. Students gain enhanced sensitivity to Native American views through use of Native American materials and develop critical skills in evaluating portrayals of native peoples. Prerequisite: SOC 100 or sophomore standing. This course may not be taken pass/fail.
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| SOC 301.
Topics in Sociology |
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1/2-1 course |
| An exploration of timely, often policy-oriented and/or interdisciplinary issues in sociology. A specific topic will be addressed each time the course is offered. Topics might include Principles of Population, Social Inequalities, and other topics. May be repeated with different topics. Prerequisite: one course in SOC or permission of instructor. |
| SOC 303.
Social Theory |
Group 2 |
1 course |
| This course involves the posing and answering of questions about the nature of the self and of social life. It investigates the fundamental issues of how social order is maintained and conversely, how social conflict and change occur. Central theoretical traditions in sociology--modernist and post modernist--are explored: their development, major ideas, research applications and implications for contemporary social life. Prerequisite: SOC 100 and Sociology or Sociology-Anthropology major, or permission of instructor.
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| SOC 319.
The Individual and Society |
Group 2 |
1 course |
| An introduction to social psychology from a sociological perspective. Several major theories in social psychology are discussed in relation to topics, such as interpersonal relationships, person perception, motivation, socialization, self and the social construction of reality. Prerequisite: one course in SOC 100, PSY 100 or ANTH 151. Not open to students who have credit in PSY 260.
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| SOC 320.
Protest, Activism and Change |
Group 2 |
1 course |
| This course investigates activists who have mobilized to change the shape of American society, often at great personal risk to themselves. The course explores how protest has shaped 20th-century American society, the forces giving rise to it, the central dilemmas in mobilizing protest, the tactical and organizational issues that need to be negotiated and the role of the state, elites and counter-movements in affecting what a movement can achieve. Grassroots organizing and large-scale social movements, such as civil rights, labor, feminist, student, peace and gay and lesbian activism are considered. Prerequisite: one course in Sociology or permission of instructor.
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| SOC 323.
Social Change |
Group 2 |
1 course |
| The study of social change begins with the neolithic revolution when humans first took up agriculture and follows changes in social organization, structures, processes and lifeways through the present. The course emphasizes large-scale, long-term processes, including social evolution. Students learn to think about current social processes in a long-term perspective and develop skills for understanding and influencing possible future changes. Prerequisites: SOC 100 and at least one 200-level sociology course, or equivalent in other social sciences. This course may not be taken pass/fail.
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| SOC 333.
Intimate Violence |
Group 2 |
1 course |
| This course examines intimate violence from an historically grounded, cross-cultural and interdisciplinary perspective. We explore the meaing of intimate violence, its relationship to violence in general, its root causes, and its universal and parochial forms. In addition to exposure to various theories of violence, we consider the usefulness of these theories in explaining specific empirical cases of intimate violence (e.g., rape, child abuse, hate crimes, femicide and trafficking in women) with an eye toward understanding these micro-level phenomena in broader social, cultural, economic and political context. Prerequisite: one course in sociology or permission of instructor.
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| SOC 334.
Prison History and Culture |
Group 2 |
1 course |
| This course focuses on sociological analyses of prisons in the United States from their inception to present day. Racism, poverty and masculinity provide a central analytic frame for understanding this unique and powerful form of social control. We consider the following questions: Why do we incarcerate more people than any other country in the world? Why are poor, young, African-American men disproportionately represented in prison? Was convict leasing simply slavery in a different guise? Why is prison big business, and who benefits from it? Does prison create crime? What does prison do to those who live and work behind bars? What is the future of incarceration? Prerequisites: one course in sociology or permission of instructor.
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| SOC 337.
Ethnic Conflict |
Group 2 |
1 course |
| This course addresses the differences, origins, life-cycle and factors promoting and/or attenuating ethnic conflict. After surveying general theories of ethnic conflict, each student will identify, select, study, and report in oral and written form on one instance of ethnic conflict in depth. Since ethnic conflicts have occurred since the dawn of civilization, or for some 5,000 years, cases may be drawn from current or historical conflicts. The class as a whole will compare all the cases to discern the varieties, commonalities and specificities of ethnic conflict. Prerequisite: at least one course on race and ethnicity and one additional course in the social sciences. This course may not be taken pass/fail.
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| SOC 343.
Sociology of Frontiers and Borders |
Group 2 |
1 course |
| This course will be one of "discovery". Students will read about various frontiers, then work together to develop a theory or explanation of frontiers. Subtopics will be racial/ethnic conflict and continuity, ethnogenesis (creating new ethnic groups and/or identities), transformations of ways of making a living, shifting boundaries, etc. Frontiers will range of the last 3,000 years all over the world, with a strong emphasis on the western US and Asia. Students should have had at least one relevant course: Sociology of Race/Ethnicity, North American Indians, or history course on the west or Native Americans, or colonialism.
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| SOC 401.
Methods of Social Research |
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1 course |
| A seminar dealing with elements of the scientific method as they apply to research in sociology and other social sciences. Covers strategies of research design, scaling and measurement, questionnaires and interviews, projection and other indirect methods. Processing, analysis, interpretation of data and testing of hypotheses. Prerequisite: junior Sociology major or permission of instructor. This course may not be taken pass/fail.
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| SOC 410.
Senior Seminar in Sociology |
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1 course |
| A seminar of senior Sociology or Sociology/Anthropology majors focused around a major substantive or methodological area of sociology. The course involves a core of common reading, discussion and the writing and presenting of a senior thesis related to the general focus of the seminar. Topics might include: 20th-century revolutions, cultural conflict in American society, Social Problems in Global/Historical Perspective, or Race and Ethnicity. Prerequisite: senior Sociology or Sociology/Anthropology major.
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| SOC 413-414.
Readings and Projects in Sociology |
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1 course |
| Prerequisite: permission of instructor. |
Courses in Anthropology
| ANTH 151.
Human Cultures |
Group 2 |
1 course |
| An introduction to the perspectives, methods and ideas of cultural anthropology. Analysis of human diversity and similarities among people throughout the world, both Western and non-Western, through cross-cultural comparison. Topics include: culture and society; ethnographic research; ethnocentrism vs. cultural relativism; how societies adapt to their environment; different forms of marriage and social relationships; male, female and other forms of gender; the social functions of religion; and processes of socio-cultural change. May not be taken pass/fail.
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| ANTH 153.
Human Origins |
Group 1 |
1 course |
| An introduction to physical anthropology and archaeology, showing how biology and culture enable humankind to survive in many different environments. Topics discussed include primate behavior, fossil humans, tools and society, and the relationships between biology and human behavior. May not be taken pass/fail.
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| ANTH 156.
Advanced Placement in Human Geography |
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1 course |
| Advanced placement credit for entering first-year students in Human Geography. |
| ANTH 197A.
First-Year Seminar |
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1 course |
| This course, designed especially for first-year students, explores an innovative or timely issue in anthropology. Anthropological perspectives and ways of knowing are used to study a particular topic in depth. Ethical and comparative dimensions to the issue will be examined. Topics might include: Culture and Morality, Women and Work, Culture and Medicine, Human Rights and Cultural Survival, and Culture and Violence. Seminars are small and emphasize writing and class discussion. Prerequisite: first-year students only.
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| ANTH 253.
Environmental Anthropology |
Group 2 |
1 course |
| A study of the relationships between humans and their environment, with special emphasis on how human lifestyles may be understood as responses to environmental challenges. Prerequisite: ANTH 151 or 153 or sophomore standing. |
| ANTH 254.
Anthropology of Religion |
Group 2 |
1 course |
| The study of religious beliefs and rituals from different cultures around the world, mainly in small-scale and agricultural societies (e.g., Africa, Indonesia, Pacific Islands, South America) but may also include Judaism, Christianity and Islam. Instead of a theological perspective, the course studies religion in its socio-cultural context. Emphasis is on general theories that explain the functions of religion as well as case-studies that examine the particular meanings of religions. Topics may include: totemism; death, ghosts and the soul; magic versus science; myth; sorcery and witchcraft; male and female initiation ceremonies; purity and pollution beliefs; religion and social change. Prerequisite: ANTH 151, sophomore standing or permission of instructor.
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| ANTH 255.
Anthropology of Women and Gender |
Group 2 |
1 course |
| This class explores anthropological theories of gender differences and inequality cross-culturally. It also discusses women's lives in different societies. Are there non-male non-female genders? Is inequality universal? How does gender relate to production, politics, ritual and birth? These and other topics are investigated. Prerequisite: ANTH 151, sophomore standing or permission of instructor.
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| ANTH 256.
Anthropology of Law |
Group 2 |
1 course |
| This course deals primarily with cross-cultural ethnographic research on law and covers an important sub-field of Political Anthropology. Studying law "anthropologically" means that we will be looking at "law" as a product and an expression of a cultural system. We will try to figure out the norms of cultures by examining their legal processes, and we will also explore various legal subcultures and the norms they operate by. Questions of power and resistance, and constructions of conflict and morality, will be critical to these explorations, and we will also be paying close attention to issues of language within the law. Readings include classic legal ethnographies and linguistic anthropological texts, as well as material drawn from Critical Legal Studies, and projects include examining popular culture texts on law and order and conducting your own ethnographic observation of legal venues.
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| ANTH 266.
Anthropology and the Arts |
Group 3 |
1 course |
| The study of artistic expression (primarily visual arts but also music and dance) in different, mainly small-scale and agricultural cultures around the world. Emphasis is on the interpretation of art as an expression of cultural values and the organization of society. The course will investigate three general questions: why do all societies have forms of art, how can we make sense of art in other cultures and how can we best display the art works of our people in our museums? Topics may include: what is art, or how can we recognize art; the origins of art; art, the mind and cognition; socio-cultural change, tourism and art; museums; art and theories of culture; Africa, native North America, South America and the Pacific Islands will be studied. Prerequisite: ANTH 151, sophomore standing or permission of instructor.
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| ANTH 271.
African Cultures |
Group 2 |
1 course |
| In this course, students examine the cultural, political, economic, psychological and social aspects of life in Africa. Through lectures, discussions, films and a variety of readings, students will explore a number of issues, including ancient Egypt, slavery, colonialism, religion, music, art, African cinema and Pan-Africanism. Prerequisite: ANTH 151, sophomore standing or permission of instructor.
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| ANTH 273.
Indigenous Peoples: South and Central America |
Group 2 |
1 course |
| Indians of South and Central America range from hidden peoples of the Amazon to the builders of the Inca, Aztec and Maya civilizations. This course explores the ways of life of some of the world's least-known, yet most intriguing peoples. Prerequisite: ANTH 151 or sophomore standing.
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| ANTH 275.
Pacific Island Cultures |
Group 2 |
1 course |
| This course examines the customs, social practices and histories of the indigenous cultures of the Pacific Islands (Polynesia, Micronesia, Melanesia, Aboriginal Australia). It focuses on traditional institutions, e.g., religion, marriage, initiation and social changes due to such processes as alcohol use, colonialism, tourism and economic development. Prerequisite: ANTH 151, sophomore standing or permission of instructor.
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| ANTH 277.
Cultures of India |
Group 2 |
1 course |
| This course introduces students to some significant topics in the anthropology of India. We will focus on some topics that have been subjects of contemporary debate, and others that have continued to intrigue anthropologists for a while: the meanings and legacy of nationalism, forms of kinship, religious practice, material culture including food and clothing, and the relationship between caste, class and race. Students will encounter these abstract-sounding phenomena by studying novels, films, and statistical snapshots in addition to anthropological essays and ethnographies. We will be looking at a variety of Indian cultures rather than trying to find "Indian" essences or commonalities. |
| ANTH 280.
Ethnographic Methods |
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1 course |
| A course designed to introduce students to anthropological methods of qualitative research. Readings and discussion in seminar-like format on participant observation, formal and informal interviewing, research design and interpretation of data will prepare students to carry out their own ethnographic projects. The course will also cover ethics in fieldwork and the current debate on the subjectivity of ethnographic inquiry. |
| ANTH 290.
Anthropological Perspectives |
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1/2-1 course |
| This course studies innovative, timely and often interdisciplinary topics that are not a formal part of the sociology and anthropology curriculum. Often these courses apply anthropological perspectives and insights to issues that we either take for granted or study in other disciplines. Topics may include Anthropology of Time and Space; Anthropology of the Body; Power and Violence; Men and Masculinity; Judaism and Bible; and other topics. Prerequisite: ANTH 151, sophomore standing or permission of the instructor. The course may be repeated for credit with different topics. |
| ANTH 351.
Human Nature and Anthropology |
Group 2 |
1 course |
| Human diversity has always been the central subject matter of anthropology. Cultural diversity is so great that most introductory cultural anthropology courses seem to lead to the conclusion that there is simply no such thing as human nature. However, biological anthropology shows that all humans are members of a single species and have more commonalities than differences. This course explores how biological as well as cultural evidence may give us new insights into what makes us all human. |
| ANTH 352.
Urban Anthropology |
Group 2 |
1 course |
| This course will draw on anthropology and related disciplines to explore the principal factors shaping the nature of urban life. Through lectures, discussions, films, readings and field trips students examine such themes as urban poverty, gentrification, Third World urbanism, migration and migrant communities, deindustrialization, networks and voluntary associations and urban leisure. Prerequisite: ANTH 151 or permission of instructor.
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| ANTH 354.
Archaeology |
Group 2 |
1 course |
| Archaeology is much more than digging into the ancient past. It is also a form of detective work that allows us to understand ancient as well as modern societies by uncovering the clues of their material remains. In this course, we see how archaeologists show how and why civilizations rise and collapse. Prerequisite: ANTH 151, ANTH 153 or permission of instructor.
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| ANTH 356.
Gender and Global Change |
Group 2 |
1 course |
| Our lives have been affected by widespread socioeconomic and cultural changes connected to globalization, with varying effects connected to gender. This course uses the lens of gender to analyze the effects of international development. We focus on some particular contemporary forms of global change: the rise of international development and international aid programs, trade and patent negotiations, human rights campaigns, military excursions, and their disproportionate effects on different groups of people, particularly in developing countries. We will be examining the ways in which gender is inscribed within these changes. How are globalization policies affecting people and women in particular? Are these forms of neo-colonization? Are people oppressed or empowered by the changes, or both? How do they resist forms of oppression? What is the relationship between gender-based violence and questions of political economy? Students will be introduced to some of the tools and theories used to study these phenomena and become familiar with the major debates in the field. We will examine these questions concretely by turning to a variety of ethnographic and historical materials.
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| ANTH 360.
Mind, Self and Emotion in Culture |
Group 2 |
1 course |
| This course explores anthropological approaches to emotions, personal identity, dreams, cognition, early childhood and mental illness in different societies around the world. The objective is to investigate the relationship between culture and the nature of the individual in such places as New Guinea, India, Japan, Africa and the Arctic. Prerequisite: ANTH 151, sophomore standing or permission of instructor.
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| ANTH 383.
History of Anthropology |
Group 2 |
1 course |
| A survey history of the central theoretical perspectives, questions and data of socio-cultural anthropology. Focusing on significant scholars and case studies, the course explores the development of different ways that anthropologists have formulated and understood fundamental questions concerning human society, culture, change and universals. Prerequisite: Junior or Senior; Anthropology or Sociology-Anthropology major or permission from instructor. This course may not be taken pass/fail.
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| ANTH 390.
Topics in Anthropology |
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1/2-1 course |
| An exploration of selected topics in anthropology, culture and society (see Anthropology of the U.S. and topics listed under ANTH 290.) Prerequisite: sophomore standing. May be repeated for credit with different topics. |
| ANTH 441-442.
Readings and Projects in Anthropology |
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1/2-1 course |
| Prerequisite: permission of instructor. |
| ANTH 452.
Senior Seminar in Anthropology |
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1 course |
| A seminar of senior Anthropology majors focused on contemporary theories and issues of culture, change, development, universals and diversity. The actual topic alters each year. Students discuss a common core of readings while researching-writing a senior thesis. Prerequisite: senior Anthropology or Sociology/Anthropology major. This course may not be taken pass/fail.
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