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• ANT 180: THE PACIFIC & AUSTRALIA

  3.00 Credits

  Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

  
  A survey of the cultures of Polynesia, Micronesia, and Melanesia, including Australia in historical and contemporary perspectives. Discussion of the peopling of Oceania with resultant cultural and physical diversity. Particular emphasis on the kinship structure of selected cultures.
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• ANT 190: HUM CULTRAL DIVERSITY/PA

  3.00 Credits

  Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

  
  This course will examine Human adaptations in Pennsylvania and the Northeastern region of the United States from the earliest Native American settlements to the post-industrial present. The course will examine the Paleo-Indian, archaic and Woodlands adaptations of Native Americans and then consider European adaptations to the same environment from the early agricultural colonizers through the modern post-industrial society. Some of the present-day subcultures in Pennsylvania will also be considered.
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• ANT 20: PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY

  3.00 Credits

  Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

  
  An introduction to the fossil record and biological variation of human and non-human primates and the mechanisms involved. Biological and socio-cultural factors are interrelated in explaining the evolution and variation of man.
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• ANT 201: ARCHAEOLOGY THEORY/TECHNI

  3.00 Credits

  Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

  
  This course provides training in archaeological theory, methodology, and lab techniques through reading, lecture, and practical analysis of archaeological materials.
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• ANT 202: RESRCH METH PHYSICAL ANT

  3.00 Credits

  Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

  
  This course provides training in the techniques of physical anthropology through reading, lecture and practical analysis of anthropological materials.
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• ANT 212: SHAMANS, WITCHES & MAGIC

  3.00 Credits

  Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

  
  This course introduces students to the infinitely diverse ways in which groups express religious ideas - in the process rendering the familiar strange and the strange familiar. This course will examine universal and culture-specific aspects of religion, focusing primarily on "traditional" (i.e., non-scriptural) religions in order to explore some fundamental features common to all systems of religion. The course will also investigate new developments in religious belief and practice in a globalizing world.
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• ANT 213: WORLD RELIGIONS

  3.00 Credits

  Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

  
  This course will examine the great "World Religions" Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, and East Asian Religions in terms of their historical developments and contemporary manifestations. The course will cover basic techniques of scriptural exegesis, explore the historical roots and expansion of each religion, and examine how the religions have diversified in the face of cultural and political developments locally and globally. Special focus will be given to religious issues that are involved in major geo-political conflicts, such as the attacks of September 11, 2001, the rise of fundamentalism around the world, and the conflicts in the Middle East and South Asia.
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• ANT 215: GENDER ACROSS CULTURES

  3.00 Credits

  Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

  
  This course will explain some of the main areas of inquiry in the anthropological study of gender and sexuality, examining the historical development of anthropological theories of gender, from pre-feminist perspectives to the postmodern era. Students will then explore special topics and case studies in the anthropology of gender, drawing on material from different societies.
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• ANT 218: CULTURE AND CONSUMPTION

  3.00 Credits

  Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

  
  In every society, what is consumed, how things are consumed and by whom things are consumed carries socio-cultural meaning. The consumption and display of goods mark social identity and social status. This course will examine consumption in a broad range of societies, with a particular focus on the changing patterns of consumption and the meaning of consumption that is brought about by the globalization of consumerism.
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• ANT 220: ECONOMIC ANTHROPOLOGY

  3.00 Credits

  Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

  
  The course examines the economic institutions and the technology of various non-Western societies. Patterns of production and distribution and their cultural underpinnings are compared with one another and, implicitly, with Western industrial economies.
  ShareANT 220 - ECONOMIC ANTHROPOLOGY