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Course Title
Principles of
Anthropology
ANTH 200
Calendar Course Description
the variety of contexts in which violence flourished in the 20 th
century. Students will be challenged to reflect on these issues,
considering how they inform not only our past but also our
future.
Why do people in different cultures think and act differently than
we do Why do different cultures have such divergent economic
systems and ways of life Why do some cultures seem to
embrace ‗modern development‘ while others resist Why do
people engage in practices that seem, to Western eyes, unfair
or violent How are consumerism and the global economy
reshaping cultural forms and beliefs How do gender, social
class, caste, race, age, and indigenous status shape people‘s
lives and the decisions they make
Lower
Principles of
Sociology
SOCI 201
This course will seek to answer these questions from an
anthropological perspective. While providing grounding in the
various fields of anthropology – biological/physical,
archaeological, and linguistic, the course focuses on the
social/cultural dimensions of anthropology. It uses these
dimensions to examine people across nations and cultures,
their socialization, the dynamics of their culture that shape the
decisions they make, the impact of overarching forces, such as
globalization, war, ethnic conflict, and nationalism and the
various social categories of inequality, such as gender, class,
ethnicity, and age, that shape these decisions. It exposes
students to research methodologies that seek to explore and
analyze human condition from as it is lived. Lastly, the course
provides a focus on analyzing various forms of ―development‖
and how they intersect with the impact of an integrating, global
economic, political and cultural order.
In a dynamic society, it is important for everyone to understand
the social forces, cultural values, and ideological beliefs that
frame and shape their behaviour and the pace and direction of
change. Sociology, as the scientific study of collective human
life, attempts to understand why people think, function and
behave the way they do. This course examines the classical
sociological theories of Marx, Durkheim, and Weber, in addition
to more contemporary social theorists. This theoretical
examination is then applied to understanding the importance of
economic and political power, cultural and religious values,
ethnic and racial identity, as well as gender, age, and class, in
shaping who we are both as individuals and as members of a
social group.
Lower Prohibition We are currently living in an era of Prohibition: possession and
trafficking of substances such as marijuana, heroin, and cocaine
are illegal, as are behaviours such as polygamy, and procuring
prostitution. Smoking in a bar used to be commonplace; now it
can land you with a hefty fine. What motivates governments to
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