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2020-2021

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of Asia (2A2) 3 class hours 3 credits Offered as needed Prerequisite/Corequisite: Students must complete any devel- opmental requirements in English (see Proficiency in Math and English) prior to taking this course or enroll in ENGL-101 and BE-102 at the same time as this course. An introduction to the discipline of anthropology while surveying selected Asian peoples and cultures – China, Korea, Japan, the Indian subcon- tinent, Southeast Asia, Central Asia, and Mongolia. Traditional and contemporary patterns of religion, healing, marriage and family life, economy and social stratification are analyzed. The role of Asia in the biological and cultural evolution of humankind is traced.

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2020-2021

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2020-2021

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• SP-211 (if already taken in common core, one course from HIST-100 series is recommended; if two History courses have been taken in common core, one additional course recom- mended from: Foreign Language Culture and/or Literature Courses in Translation (400-800 level); HIST-133, HIST-140,

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and Healing (2A2) 3 class hours 3 credits Prerequisite/Corequisite: Students must complete any devel- opmental requirements in English (see Proficiency in Math and English) prior to taking this course or enroll in ENGL-101 and BE-102 at the same time as this course. This course offers an overview of health, illness and healing in cross-cultural perspective. Topics covered include cultural interpretations of health and illness, traditional healing practices, and important global health concerns. Students will become acquainted with medical anthropology methods and will learn anthropological approaches to solving health-related problems, including an examination of the ways social status, cultural meanings and economic inequalities influence health and illness. The course draws primarily on work from the fields of medical anthropology, sociology and public health but will also turn to more exploratory modes such as memoirs and expressive writing to gain a deeper, more personal understanding of the meaning and experience of health and illness in individual lives

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in Cross-Cultural Perspective (2D 1 ) 3 class hours 3 credits Prerequisite/Corequisite: Students must complete any devel- opmental requirements in English (see Proficiency in Math and English) prior to taking this course or enroll in ENGL-101 and BE-102 at the same time as this course. This course focuses on the construction of gender and sexuality across a wide range of cultures, exploring the role of kinship, religion, politics, and economics in the construction of gender roles, sexual practices, family arrangements, as well as gender and sexual identities and desires. This course confronts commonly-held assumptions about gender and sexuality, as it explores the diversity of gender and sexuality across cultures and historical eras, paying particular attention to the social conditions, ideologies and power- structures that inform people’s lives across cultures and societies. ociety. nd Global Issues. and Its Diversity. am Requirements” in Academies and Programs of Study. 211

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