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• ANT 224: Native People of South America

  3.00 Credits

  West Chester University of Pennsylvania

  
  This course will introduce the student to the study of native peoples of South America after the European contact. Geographically, the course will cover the cultural characteristics, similarities, and differences among South American natives including the Amazonia.
  ShareANT 224 - Native People of South America

• ANT 230: Introduction to Primatology

  3.00 Credits

  West Chester University of Pennsylvania

  
  The purpose of this course is to familiarize students with the taxonomy, distribution, morphology, and behavior of human beings' closest living relatives, the nonhuman primates. This course is designed to provide students with the background to take more advanced courses within the interdisciplinary subject of primatology as well as provide them with a deeper understanding of nonhuman primates, evolution, and where humans fit in the world.
  ShareANT 230 - Introduction to Primatology

• ANT 260: Artifacts and Culture

  3.00 Credits

  West Chester University of Pennsylvania

  
  Critical exploration of the role of material items in the analysis and interpretation of human culture.
  ShareANT 260 - Artifacts and Culture

• ANT 277: Sustainable Food Systems

  3.00 Credits

  West Chester University of Pennsylvania

  
  This course, team taught by an anthropologist and a registered dietitian, examines the interrelationship of nutrition ecology, anthropology and the political economic underpinnings of sustainable food systems.
  ShareANT 277 - Sustainable Food Systems

• ANT 310: Human Paleontology

  3.00 Credits

  West Chester University of Pennsylvania

  
  Human origins and evolution, including evolutionary thought, the evolution of non-human primates, and the hominin fossil record. Prerequisite:    ANT 310 requires prerequisite of ANT 101 or permission of instructor.
  ShareANT 310 - Human Paleontology

• ANT 312: Medical Anthropology

  3.00 Credits

  West Chester University of Pennsylvania

  
  This course provides an overview of the field of medical anthropology, including theory, general methodology and concepts. The approach of the course is biocultural, focusing on the evolutionary and ecological bases of disease and health as well as how culture affects the definition and treatment of illness -- highlighting the interplay between biology and culture in human health and disease. Prerequisite:    ANT 312 requires a prerequisite of ANT 102.
  ShareANT 312 - Medical Anthropology

• ANT 314: Biocultural Perspectives on Food and Nutrition

  3.00 Credits

  West Chester University of Pennsylvania

  
  This course acquaints students with the field of nutritional anthropology, including its various methods and areas of focus. The overall perspective in this course is a biocultural one. Students gain an appreciation for the evolutionary and ecological bases of human diets, as well as for how culture and society affect food choice, availability, and preparation. We examine the relationship between diet and disease and the role of belief and of political and economic forces in shaping human foodways, and we explore the ways in which nutritional anthropological knowledge can be applied to address nutrition problems in the contemporary world. Prerequisite:    ANT 314 requires a prerequisite of ANT 101 or ANT 102 or permission of instructor.
  ShareANT 314 - Biocultural Perspectives on Food and Nutrition

• ANT 321: American Indian Today

  3.00 Credits

  West Chester University of Pennsylvania

  
  Native Americans in contemporary Anglo-America.
  ShareANT 321 - American Indian Today

• ANT 322: Ethnology of Central America

  3.00 Credits

  West Chester University of Pennsylvania

  
  Survey of the modern cultures of Central America: relationships to ancient peoples; the process of modernization in this area. Prerequisite:    ANT 322 requires prerequisite of ANT 102
  ShareANT 322 - Ethnology of Central America

• ANT 324: Native People of the Andes

  3.00 Credits

  West Chester University of Pennsylvania

  
  This course provides a comprehensive survey of the historical formation and development of the Andean society before and after the Spanish conquest.
  ShareANT 324 - Native People of the Andes