Summer & Continuing Studies 2013

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Key:   = Session 1    = Session 2    = Extended Session

ANTH 1a - Introduction to the Comparative Study of Human Societies

4 credit hours
Instructor: Anna Jaysane-Darr
Requirements Fulfilled: ss, nw
M, T, Th 01:30 - 03:50 PM

Summer Session I: June 3 to July 5, 2013
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 class number: 2048
Course Tuition: $2,320 plus a nonrefundable once per summer $50 registration fee

ANTH 55a - Anthropology of Development

4 credit hours
Instructor: Mrinalini Tankha
Requirements Fulfilled: ss, nw
M, T, Th 06:30 - 08:50 PM

Summer Session II: July 8 to August 9, 2013
This course combines an examination of the historical development of "development" concepts and institutions with case studies of particular developmental projects in the United States and abroad. Throughout the course, we will sustain a dynamic interplay between development theory and practice. You can view a syllabus for this class here.
Sage class number: 2076
Course Tuition: $2,320 plus a nonrefundable once per summer $50 registration fee

ANTH 127a - Medicine, Body, and Culture

4 credit hours
Instructor: Casey Golomski
Requirements Fulfilled: ss, nw
M, T, Th 01:30 - 03:50 PM

Summer Session II: July 8 to August 9, 2013
In this course we will examine the main areas of inquiry in medical anthropology, including medicine as a sociocultural construct, political and economic dimensions of suffering and health, patients and healers in comparative medical systems, and the medical construction of men's and women's bodies. You can view a syllabus for this class here.
Sage class number: 2078
Course Tuition: $2,320 plus a nonrefundable once per summer $50 registration fee

ANTH 144a - The Anthropology of Gender

4 credit hours
Instructor: Jessica Hardin
Requirements Fulfilled: wi, ss, nw
M, T, Th 06:30 - 08:50 PM

Summer Session I: June 3 to July 5, 2013
This course is an examination of gender constructs, sexuality, and cultural systems from a comparative perspective. Topics include the division of labor, rituals of masculinity and femininity, the vexing question of the universality of women's subordination, cross-cultural perspectives on same-sex sexualities and transsexuality, the impact of globalization on systems, and the history of feminist anthropology. You can view a syllabus for this class here. This course is available for Undergraduate Credit only in Summer 2013.
Sage class number: 2051
Course Tuition: $2,320 plus a nonrefundable once per summer $50 registration fee