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ANTH 10400 CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY
Explores the diversity of the world's societies, including "primitive" hunter-gatherer societies,
herding pastoralists, peasant agriculturalists, and industrial peoples in rural and urban places. It
emphasizes the role of culture in shaping human adaptations and human actions, and promotes
understanding of other cultures. This course examines the way anthropologists do fieldwork,
and looks at the contributions anthropology can make to an understanding of modernization,
social change, urbanization, race relations, and cross-cultural communication. Reflecting the
research experiences of individual professors, different sections of this course emphasize
different cultures or regions of the world. 3 credits. (F-S,Y)
Number of credits
Offered: fall and spring, yearly
ANTH 22600 East Asia: Gender and Identity
Study of race and gender relations in East Asia from a comparative perspective that goes
beyond dichotomies of East and West. Examination of the dynamics of gender and race in the
contemporary world. Prerequisites: ANTH 10400. 3 credits. (S,O)
Prerequisite: A specific course(s) or
placement score is required before
enrollment is possible.
(S,0) –course is
offered spring, every
other year