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Department of Religious Studies and Anthropology, College of Arts and Science

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ANTH 235.3
Registration Info — 2003-2004 Regular Session» Anthropological Approaches to Ethnicity and Ethnic Groups
1/2(3L)
Prerequisite(s): ANTH 111 or completion of 30 credit units at the university including an introductory social science course.

Introduction and assessment of various anthropological approaches to the study of ethnicity and ethnic groups in a cross-cultural comparative framework.

ANTH 300.3
Registration Info — 2003-2004 Regular Session» Reading Course
1/2(3R)

ANTH 301.3
Registration Info — 2003-2004 Regular Session» Reading Course
1/2(3R)
Prerequisite(s): Minimum of 24 undergraduate anthropology/archaeology credit units.

Supervised reading courses in a particular aspect of one of the branches of anthropology not offered in lecture form in this department. A detailed reading program will be designed on an individual basis and will be guided by regular consultation with one or more faculty members. The student is required to prepare a comprehensive proposal for approval by the Head of the Department and make arrangements with a professor to supervise the course. Students must discuss the project with the Department Head before registration.

Note: Not more than 3 credit units will be allowed for calculation of honours standing or scholarship recommendation.

ANTH 311.3
Registration Info — 2003-2004 Regular Session» Selected Topics in Ethnology
1/2(3L)
Prerequisite(s): Any anthropology course numbered 220 to 235.

Coverage of specialized areas of ethnological analysis, method and theory of an ethnographic region of the world not covered in the listed ethnology curriculum. Topics could include peasantry; cultures of Latin America, Southeast Asia or Africa; cognitive or symbolic anthropology.

ANTH 321.3
Registration Info — 2003-2004 Regular Session» Myth, Ritual and Symbolism
1/2(3L)
Prerequisite(s): Any anthropology course numbered 220 to 235.

Critically examines various approaches to the study of primitive religion and ritual symbolism. The problems in the study and interpretation of myth, ritual, and symbol are considered through a survey of the works of both early social scientists and contemporary scholars. The role of symbols and ritual in social communication is examined in preliterate societies as well as modern Western civilization.

ANTH 326.3
Registration Info — 2003-2004 Regular Session» Principles of Applied Anthropology
1/2(3L)
Prerequisite(s): Any anthropology course numbered 220 to 235.

Applications of anthropological concepts to contemporary culture contact and change problems. Includes treatment of social organizational analysis, adjustment strategies, community development, communication and politics. Theory, ethics, planning and contemporaneous case materials are dealt with. Methodological techniques will be introduced.

ANTH 328.3
Registration Info — 2003-2004 Regular Session» Political and Legal Anthropology
1/2(3L)
Prerequisite(s): Any anthropology course numbered 220 to 235.

Analytical and comparative examination of anthropological approaches to the study of political and legal structures and processes in their sociocultural contexts focusing on structural-functional, neo-evolutionary, processual and political economy paradigms. Sources of conflict resolution and the relationships between politics, law, and religion are explored from a cross-cultural comparative framework.

ANTH 329.3
Registration Info — 2003-2004 Regular Session» Environmental Anthropology
1/2(3L)
Prerequisite(s): Any anthropology course numbered 220 to 235.

Examines the variety of cultural adaptations that societies make to local environments, dealing with such adaptations as hunting and gathering, pastoralism, horticulture and intensive agriculture. It also attempts to illustrate how the principles of general ecology apply to the study of man in his environmental relationships.

ANTH 337.3
Registration Info — 2003-2004 Regular Session» Economic Anthropology and Economic Development
1/2(3L)
Prerequisite(s): Any anthropology course numbered 220 to 235.

Analytic and comparative examination of economic relations in their sociocultural contexts and a critical appraisal of anthropological approaches to the study of economic development and underdevelopment. Primitive and peasant economic structures and transformations in their systems of exchange are assessed through substantivist, formalist, adaptivist, and political economy approaches in economic anthropology.

ANTH 339.3
Registration Info — 2003-2004 Regular Session» Cultural Change
1/2(3L)
Prerequisite(s): Any anthropology course numbered 220 to 235.

Surveys anthropological theories relating to cultural change from the general trends of cultural evolution to the results of cross-cultural contacts. Anthropological perspectives on urbanization, modernization and social movements will be covered. Examples will come principally from non-Western societies.

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