2007-2008 Undergraduate Academic Catalog - Plymouth State ...

CoursesAN 3170 Anthropology of Conflict andLaw3 creditsA cross-cultural study of the nature of conflictand of dispute settlement processes. Selectedtopics include the impact of “customary law” inemerging third world nations and alternativesto formal legal process in the United States.Spring of even years. Prerequisite(s): AN 2210or SO 2220.AN 3190 Anthropology of thePacific3 creditsFocuses on the ethnic areas of Oceania whichinclude Polynesia, Micronesia and Melanesia.The varied cultures in the area are consideredthrough an examination of ecology and economics,social structure and process and religionand ideology. The relationships betweenthese phenomena and the rapid rate of social,economic and political change are discussedin depth. Spring of even years. Prerequisite(s):AN 2110 or SO 2220.AN 3200 Anthropology of Religion,Ritual, and Myth 3 creditsExplores human belief systems through analysisof selected religions, rituals, myths, legendsand folktales cross-culturally. Examines variousanthropological, Freudian, Jungian andsymbolic interpretations of the meanings anduses of these traditions from selected areas,such as Africa, Oceania, Asia, Europe, Northor South America. Selected topics includeshamanic traditions, voudoun and Santeria,creation myths, legends of heroes and heroines,the motifs in folktales, with a limited sectionon religions of the Great Traditions. Falls.Prerequisite(s): AN 2210 or SO 2220.AN 3210 Topics in Anthropology3 creditsExamines specialized areas in anthropologywhich are not covered in regularly scheduledcourses. Occasionally. Prerequisite(s): AN2210.AN 3220 Anthropology ofEurope3 creditsExamines the diverse cultures of Mediterranean,Eastern and Northern Europe. The varied ecologyand the economic, social, political andreligious orientations of European ethnicgroups are explored in depth. Covers historicaland current processes of European disintegrationand integration. Spring of odd years.Prerequisite(s): AN 2210 or SO 2220.AN 3260 HistoricalArchaeology3 creditsIntroduces students to the study of historicalarchaeology, explores various topics from earliestcolonial settlement through to artifacts oftoday and exposes one to the different techniquesand methods used. Field trips andsome outdoor classes are part of the course.Concentrates on the New England region.Spring of even years. Prerequisite(s): upperlevelstudent.AN 3300 North AmericanPrehistory3 creditsExamines the diverse ancient societies of NorthAmerica, from before 12,000 BC up untilEuropean contact. Topics include the moundbuilders, the pueblos of the Southwest and theprehistoric people of New England. Specialemphasis is given to archaeological sites inNew Hampshire and there will be opportunitiesto handle local artifacts in the classroom.Spring of odd years. Prerequisite(s): AN 2210or AN 2250.AN 3400 Anthropology ofSub-Saharan Africa 3 creditsAn anthropological survey of several sub-Saharan societies (including Zimbabwe,Kenya and Cote d’Ivoire). Topics include:social, economic and political structures ofselected African cultures before Europeanintervention, consequences of that Europeanintervention on present-day African societies,kinship, marriage, trade, markets and religion.Spring of even years. Prerequisite(s): AN 2210or SO 2220.AN 3410 Natives of NorthAmerica3 creditsDiscusses and analyzes traditional Indiancultures from an anthropological perspectivewhich includes patterns of subsistence, socialorganization and ideology. Culture change,conflict and the contemporary status of nativegroups are considered within the context ofnational political and legal policies. Falls.Prerequisite(s): AN 2210 or SO 2220.AN 3500 Illness, Wellness,and Healing3 creditsConcepts of illness, wellness and healingreflect the societies and cultures in which theyare found. Compares ways in which a variety ofWestern (e.g., France, Germany, United States)and non-Western (South American, African)societies and cultures think about and institutionalizehealth and illness. Selected topicsinclude: changing health and nutritional statusfrom human prehistory to the present, socialand cultural definitions of health and illness,ritual healing practices, ethnomedicine, therelationships of social organization and stratificationto health and illness; and the social andpersonal construction of medical knowledge.Not open to students who have taken MedicalAnthropology. Fall of odd years. Prerequisite(s):AN 2210 or SO 2220. (WECO)AN 3520 EconomicAnthropology 3 creditsExplores the production and exchange of materialgoods in food-foraging, tribal, chiefdomand state societies. Examines both formal economicand anthropological economic theoriesin order to understand non-Western exchangesystems as well as Western industrialization,modernization and development and theirimpact on both traditional and developing societies.Case studies illustrate the wide variety ofeconomies and their accompanying systems ofsocial and symbolic relations. Fall of even years.Prerequisite(s): AN 2210 or SO 2220.AN 3600 Bones, Bodies, andDisease3 creditsAn introduction to Forensic Anthropology,which is the scientific study of the human skeletonand its application to the law. This includesthe study of age, gender, stature, abnormalities,disease, pathologies and trauma, along with allof the other evidence that can be learned fromthe study of human remains. Intensive handlingand analysis of human bones. Springs.Prerequisite(s): AN 2300.AN 3900 Applied Anthropology 3 creditsExamines the dynamics of socioculturalchange and applies anthropological conceptsand methods to contemporary human problems.Spring of odd years. Prerequisite(s): AN2210.AN 4100 Anthropological andSociological Theory 3 creditsSocial theory helps us to understand societyand how it works. It also provides frameworksfor developing methodology for anthropologistsand sociologists when conducting research.Looks at the connections between theories andmethods (or practice) and analyzes major classicaland modern theorists from Durkheimand Weber to Malinowski, Goffman andGeertz. Falls of odd years. Prerequisite(s): AN2210 or SO 2220. (WRCO)AN 4400 Methods of SocialResearch3 creditsPurpose: (1) to prepare students with the basicability to design research and implement anactual study of social phenomena; (2) to enablestudents to become more astute and criticalconsumers of social research studies. Skillslearned include theory application and construction,operationalizing variables, evaluatingstrengths and weaknesses of researchmethodologies, determining causality, sampling,hypothesis formulation and testing,data collection, analysis and depiction, andproposal writing. May be taken as SO 4400.Falls. Prerequisite(s): MA 2300 or SS 3700 orSW 3700. (WRCO)AN 4530 Anthropology-SociologySeminar3 creditsCapstone course for majors; provides anoverview of anthropological methodology232 Plymouth State University Academic Catalog 2007–2008