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• ANTH 310: Mesoamerican Archaeology

  3.00 Credits

  Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania

  
  Surveys the prehistoric cultures of Mexico and Central America. Examines the development of complex societies and states, such as the Olmec, Zapotecs, Teotihuacan, Maya, and Aztecs. Discussion focuses on the interplay between social organization, ecology, and ideological power. Open to all students.
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• ANTH 311: NE Archaeology

  3.00 Credits

  Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania

  
  Surveys the prehistoric cultures of eastern North America from arrival of the first inhabitants through early historic times. Provides a laboratory for the study of broader issues of socio-cultural processes.
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• ANTH 312: South American Arch

  3.00 Credits

  Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania

  
  Surveys the prehistoric cultures of the Andes of South America. Examines the development of complex societies, such as Chavin, the Moche, Wari, Tiwanaku and the Inka Empire. Discussion focuses on how individuals and groups gained and maintained political power and authority.
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• ANTH 320: ANT and World Issues

  3.00 Credits

  Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania

  
  Explores the origins of current global issues and evaluates a variety of cultural approaches to those issues, with the goal of developing a knowledge base and critical thinking skills to engage in reflection, decision-making, and action that leads to responsible global, national, and local citizenship.
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• ANTH 333: Ethnic Identity

  3.00 Credits

  Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania

  
  This course explores the role of ethnicity in North American society. Students will analyze the concepts of ethnicity, assimilation, pluralism, and identity with special attention paid to social, cultural, political, economic, and symbolic aspects of ethnicity. It is only possible to sample the vast literature concerning ethnicity. Through this exploration significant theoretical approaches will be reviewed and compared. Each semester several groups will be highlighted.
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• ANTH 350: Medical Anthropology

  3.00 Credits

  Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania

  
  Studies cross-cultural concepts of health, illness, and curing as well as health care delivery in diverse world cultures. Includes the topics of pandemics, divination and diagnosis, sorcery & witchcraft in healing, public health & preventative medicine, alcoholism & drug use, and cross-cultural medical knowledge.
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• ANTH 380: Anthro of Gender

  3.00 Credits

  Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania

  
  Considers cross-cultural and evolutionary perspective on sex role behavior in past and contemporary cultures. Examines sex roles in nonhuman primates and humans. Examines sex roles in hunting and gathering, horticultural, pastoralist, peasant and other preindustrial societies are described as well as sex roles in modern industrial societies. Covers genetic and environmental theories of sex role behavior.
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• ANTH 390: Soc of Child

  3.00 Credits

  Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania

  
  Examines life experience and adjustment of the individual through infancy, middle childhood and youth. Reviews contrasting methods of introducing children to adult economic, social and religious activities. Ethnopediatrics and other biocultural perspectives inform this discipline.
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• ANTH 395: Special Topics

  3.00 Credits

  Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania

  
  Provides for instruction and student research within selected areas of interest not available in other courses.
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• ANTH 405: Primates

  3.00 Credits

  Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania

  
  Explores primate classification, biology and the various phenomena affecting primate behavior such as ecology, social life, and sociocultural adaptation with emphasis on the development of socio-biological traits relating to human origins. Prerequisite:    ANTH140
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