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Non-Western Course Offerings - Summer 2009
High School students should view the high school offerings page.
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| ANTH 1a - Introduction to the Comparative Study of Human Societies |
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| 4 credit hours |
| Laurie Laporte |
| Requirements Fulfilled: ss, nw |
M, T, Th 11:15 AM - 01:45 PM
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Summer Session II: July 6 - August 7, 2009
This course examines the ways human beings construct their lives in a variety of societies. Includes the study of the concept of culture, kinship and social organization, political economy, gender and sexuality, religion and ritual, symbols and language, social inequalities and social change, and globalization. Consideration of anthropological research methods and approaches to cross-cultural analysis. You can view a syllabus for this class here.
SAGE Course Number: 2043
Course Tuition: $2024 |
| ANTH 127a - Medicine, Body, and Culture |
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| 4 credit hours |
| Julia Kirst |
| Requirements Fulfilled: ss, nw |
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M, T, Th 11:15 AM - 01:45 PM
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Summer Session II: July 6 – August 7, 2009
This course is an introduction to medical anthropology, covering a wide range of topics using both theoretical and ethnographic sources. Topics we will cover include health and illness, ethnomedicines, biomedicine, culture-bound syndromes, medicalization, global health and inequalities, medical knowledge production as cultural activity, and the politics of reproductive health. You can view a syllabus for this class here.
This course is not available for Graduate credit in Summer 2009.
SAGE Course Number: 2045
Course Tuition: $2024 |
| MUS 3b - Introduction to World Music |
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| 4 credit hours |
| Erin Jerome |
| Requirements Fulfilled: ca, nw |
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M, T, Th 01:45 - 04:15 PM
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Summer Session I: June 1 - July 3, 2009
This course will survey a wide range of both classical and popular musical traditions from all over the world, asking the following questions: What is music? What meanings do different peoples attribute to music? What role or function does music play in various cultures? Do different musical traditions ever share a common ground? Such an exploration of musical cultures will help students to develop active skills that can then be applied to any type of music. You can view a syllabus for this class here.
SAGE Course Number: 2027
Course Tuition: $2024
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| NEJS 185b - The Making of the Modern Middle East |
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| 4 credit hours |
| Shahram Shadbash |
| Requirements Fulfilled: wi, ss, hum, nw |
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M, T, Th 08:45 - 11:15 AM
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Summer Session II: July 6 – August 7, 2009
Open to all students. NEJS 185b may not be repeated for credit by students who have taken NEJS 145b in previous years.
Students will discuss the processes that led to the emergence of the modern Middle East: disintegration of Islamic Ottoman society; European colonialism; reform and reaction; the rise of nationalism and the modern states, remergence of Islam as a political ideology and the concept of democracy. You can view a syllabus for this class here.
SAGE Course Number: 2079
Course Tuition: $2024 |
| POL 128a - The Politics of Revolution: State Violence and Popular Insurgency in the Third World |
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| 4 credit hours |
| Ralph A. Thaxton, Jr. |
| Requirements Fulfilled: ss, nw |
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M, T, Th 11:15 AM - 01:45 PM
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Summer Session I: June 1 - July 3, 2009
An introduction to 20th-century revolutionary movements in the Third World, this course will focus on the emergence of peasant-based resistance and revolution in the world beyond the West, and on the role of state violence in provoking popular involvement in protest, rebellion, and insurgency. You can view a syllabus for this class here.
SAGE Course Number: 2032
Course Tuition: $2024 |
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