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Majors and Courses of InstructionSociology/Anthropologythe role of religion, the modern state, nationalism, political and religious conflicts, social classes,industrialization, modernization, and the impact of the West on the Middle East.295. Native American Cultures of the Southwest (Peoples)Investigates the prehistory, history, and contemporary cultures of the Native Americans of the fourcorners region. Describes and interprets archaeological data on the Paleo-Indians, Archaic, andPueblo periods, focusing on the Ancient Pueblo peoples. Impacts of the first Hispanic contactsand settlements are described. Cultures studied from the modern era include the Hopi, Zuni, RioGrande Pueblos, Navajo, and Apache. Modern issues facing southwest tribes are discussed. F.300.1. Sociology of Knowledge (Yalçinkaya)The concept of knowledge as a social construct. Emphasis on fundamental similarities across thedomains of knowledge, ranging from natural science to political ideology to religious cosmology.Critical examination of conventional ideas regarding objectivity, rationality, and cultural relativism.315. Society and the Economy (Staff)(Not offered 2011-2012)A study of market systems and their institutional and cultural contexts. The course will focus onthe world market system’s chronic financial instability, the crash of 2008, and ongoing effects of thecrash. Prerequisite: SOAN 110 or ECON 110.347. Health, Illness, Disability, Death and Dying (Howard)Critical examination of economic, social and psychological factors associated with disease and healthcare in world cultures and in the U.S. Issues explored include death and dying, human adaptation,nutrition and food crisis, the stress response and its impact on health, comparative medical systemsincluding alternative and folk medicines, the impact of modernization on health care. Students doan experiential or service related-project in a mental or physical health care setting. S.348. Gender in Cross-Cultural Perspective (Howard)Women’s and men’s experience is examined from a cross-cultural and cross-class perspective. Thesocial relations of power, individual and collective identity, and the fabric of meaning and value insociety are analyzed through a focus on gender. Ethnocentrism and the intertwining of Western racialand gender biases in the descriptions and analysis of non-European cultures are also considered.Special attention will be given to women’s roles in the agricultural and development process. Fillscore requirement for Women’s and Gender Studies major and minor. Prerequisite: 111.349. Gender in Contemporary Society (Cohen)A critical examination of the sources and consequences of gender role differences and genderinequality. Particular attention will be paid to men’s and women’s experiences in families andin educational, political, and economic contexts. Possibilities for changing gender roles andeliminating some of the inequities between men and women will be considered, as well as thecultural and structural obstacles that impede such change. Prerequisite: 110 or 111 or permission ofinstructor. S.261