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Anthropology 129T. Topics in Area Surveys (1-3). Prerequisite: Anth 2. Special surveys of peoples and cultures in regions not covered in the regular curriculum, such as Africa, the Caribbean, or the Middle East. IV. ARCHAEOLOGY 131. Prehisl"'y '" N"rlh America (3). Prerequisite: Anth 3. Traces the development of Nalive American cultures from the Arctic to Mesoamerica, from the peopling of the continent to early historic times. Examines the archaeological evidence for the antiquity, spread, and variation of cultural adaptations to changing ecological conditions. 132. I',ehisl",ic Eumpe (3). Prerequisite: Anth 3. Outlines the peopling of the European continent, and the origin and spread of its cultures from Neanderthal times through the Middle Ages. The contributions of the Etruscans, SCithians, Slavs, Germanics, Celts, Vikings, Brits and others to the birth of history. (Former Anth 139T) 135. Origins o:>f Clvilizalion (3). Prerequisite: Anth 3. The emergence of agriculture between 10,000 and 5,000 years ago led to the evolution of state organization and urban society, which completely transformed human existence. This course examines the archaeological evidence and theories that seek to explain these crucial developments. 139T. Topics in Archaeology (1-3). Prerequisite: Varies with title. Special studies in archaeological methods, techniques, history and theory, or of prehistoric culture areas not covered in the regular curriculum. V. SOCIAL ORGANIZATION 140. Organizallon and Inequality (3). Prerequisite: Anth 2. Examines cooperation, competition, dominance and predation in the division of labor and its rewards. Achievement and ascription of roles and statuses on the basis of sex, age, and perceived value in bands, tribes, feudal states, caste and class systems. (Former Anth 152) 142. Anthropoio!!y of War (3). Prerequisite: Anth 2. An interdisciplinary analysis of the evolution of violence and aggression. The course examines theoretical explanations for watiare from biological determinism to elite predation, and indicates its costs and benefits to individual and group welfare at different stages of cultural compleXity. 144. Th" D"slgn of Cultur"" (3). Prerequisite: Normally open only to students who have completed the core curriculum. Anaiyzes culture change and its management from the perspective that any culture represents only one of many possible sets of responses to evolutionary challenges. Stresses decision-making in culturai evolution. Students collectively design a culture to fit specific hypothetical conditions. (Former Anth 109) 149T. Topic" in Social Organization (1-3). Prerequisite: Varies with title. Special studies in the theory and practice of organized cooperation and conflict in nature and culture. VI. IDEOLOGY 150W. Anlhropology 01 Religion (3). Prerequisite: Anth 2. Examines the patterned belief systems of the world's tribal, peasant, and sectarian societies. Stresses the role of religion in individual and group perception, cognition, ritual, and social organization. Topics include myth, magic, shamanism, mysticism, Witchcraft, trance, hallucinogens, and cultism. Meets upper division writing skills reqUirement for graduation. (Former Anth 145W) 376 153. Anthropologicai I'sychoiogy (3). Prerequisite: Anth 2. Outlines the psychocuitural evolution of human learning, cognition, motives, values, and decision-making. Indicates axiomatic assumptions in cultures, and the effects of their acquisition and loss. Explains identity and personality as dynamic adaptations to impermanence in physiology and environment. 155. folk lIII"diclne (3). Prerequisite: Anth. 2. A cross-cultural examination of health practices and of the cultural assumptions and attitudes on which they are based. Reviews ethnomedicine, ethnopsychiatry, and epidemiology in the health care systems of non-Westerners and of ethnic communities in pluralistic America. 159T. Topics in Id"oiogy (1-3). Prerequisite: Varies with tilie. Special studies on the form and function of ideology or of specific ideological systems, constructs, or practices. VII. PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY 161. fo"sil lilian (3). Prerequisite: Anth 1. A critical examination of the fossil evidence for hominid forms and behaviors in the Pliocene and Pleistocene epochs. The course focuses on the specific evolutionary factors which led to the emergence of modern humanity. 162. Th" Primate" (3). Prerequisite: Anth 1. An introduction to the study of primate biologicai and behavioral evolution. Explores sociobiological theory in order to explain the unity and diversity of social behavior in prosimians, monkeys, and apes. 163. Human Va,ialion (3). Prerequisite: Anth 1. A cross-cultural examination of variations in human morphology, physiology, and biochemistry. Establishes the correlation between variations in human biology and variations in climate, culture, nutrition, and disease. 164. Human Osteology (3). Prerequisite: Anth 1. Introduces a range of analytic techniques for extracting information from human skeletal remains: sexing and aging, osteometry, odontometry, the examination and diagnosis of epigenetic traits and pathological lesion, and the statistical interpretation of skeletal data. 169T. Topics In I'hysicai Anthropology (1-3). Prerequisite: Anth 1. Special studies of the discovery and interpretation of information in physical anthropology, and of the application of this subdiscipline in legal, medical, and scientific research. Viii. SUBCULTURAL VARIATION 170. Wom"n: C"it",,, and Biology (s"m" a" WS 170) (3). Prerequisite: Anth 1 or 2. A cross-cuitural and interdisciplinary analysis of the determinants of female statuses and circumstances. Examines theories, including biological and cultural determinism, which explain variations in the expression of sexuality, maturation, reproduction, and the life cycle. (Former Anth 143) 172. Ethnic Reiations "nd Cultur"" (3). Prerequisite: Anth 2. The cultural and social origins of ethnicity, and its opportunities and problems for contemporary mass societies. The course offers a critical review of major theories on ethnic politics, economics, and ideology in the light of cross-cultural evidence. (Former Anth 148) 179T. Top;c" In Subculturai V"riation (1-3). Prerequisite: Varies with title. Special studies on the origin, evolution, manifestation and implication of subcultural differences in the modern world. Selected topics may include criminal, sexuai, physically impaired, or institutional subcultures.
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Title | 1984-85 General Catalog |
Creator | California State University, Fresno |
Format | PDF Document |
Date of publication | 1984-04 |
Subjects | California State University, Fresno. Curricula. Catalogs |
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Location | Fresno, California |
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Title | Page 376 |
Full Text Search | Anthropology 129T. Topics in Area Surveys (1-3). Prerequisite: Anth 2. Special surveys of peoples and cultures in regions not covered in the regular curriculum, such as Africa, the Caribbean, or the Middle East. IV. ARCHAEOLOGY 131. Prehisl"'y '" N"rlh America (3). Prerequisite: Anth 3. Traces the development of Nalive American cultures from the Arctic to Mesoamerica, from the peopling of the continent to early historic times. Examines the archaeological evidence for the antiquity, spread, and variation of cultural adaptations to changing ecological conditions. 132. I',ehisl",ic Eumpe (3). Prerequisite: Anth 3. Outlines the peopling of the European continent, and the origin and spread of its cultures from Neanderthal times through the Middle Ages. The contributions of the Etruscans, SCithians, Slavs, Germanics, Celts, Vikings, Brits and others to the birth of history. (Former Anth 139T) 135. Origins o:>f Clvilizalion (3). Prerequisite: Anth 3. The emergence of agriculture between 10,000 and 5,000 years ago led to the evolution of state organization and urban society, which completely transformed human existence. This course examines the archaeological evidence and theories that seek to explain these crucial developments. 139T. Topics in Archaeology (1-3). Prerequisite: Varies with title. Special studies in archaeological methods, techniques, history and theory, or of prehistoric culture areas not covered in the regular curriculum. V. SOCIAL ORGANIZATION 140. Organizallon and Inequality (3). Prerequisite: Anth 2. Examines cooperation, competition, dominance and predation in the division of labor and its rewards. Achievement and ascription of roles and statuses on the basis of sex, age, and perceived value in bands, tribes, feudal states, caste and class systems. (Former Anth 152) 142. Anthropoio!!y of War (3). Prerequisite: Anth 2. An interdisciplinary analysis of the evolution of violence and aggression. The course examines theoretical explanations for watiare from biological determinism to elite predation, and indicates its costs and benefits to individual and group welfare at different stages of cultural compleXity. 144. Th" D"slgn of Cultur"" (3). Prerequisite: Normally open only to students who have completed the core curriculum. Anaiyzes culture change and its management from the perspective that any culture represents only one of many possible sets of responses to evolutionary challenges. Stresses decision-making in culturai evolution. Students collectively design a culture to fit specific hypothetical conditions. (Former Anth 109) 149T. Topic" in Social Organization (1-3). Prerequisite: Varies with title. Special studies in the theory and practice of organized cooperation and conflict in nature and culture. VI. IDEOLOGY 150W. Anlhropology 01 Religion (3). Prerequisite: Anth 2. Examines the patterned belief systems of the world's tribal, peasant, and sectarian societies. Stresses the role of religion in individual and group perception, cognition, ritual, and social organization. Topics include myth, magic, shamanism, mysticism, Witchcraft, trance, hallucinogens, and cultism. Meets upper division writing skills reqUirement for graduation. (Former Anth 145W) 376 153. Anthropologicai I'sychoiogy (3). Prerequisite: Anth 2. Outlines the psychocuitural evolution of human learning, cognition, motives, values, and decision-making. Indicates axiomatic assumptions in cultures, and the effects of their acquisition and loss. Explains identity and personality as dynamic adaptations to impermanence in physiology and environment. 155. folk lIII"diclne (3). Prerequisite: Anth. 2. A cross-cultural examination of health practices and of the cultural assumptions and attitudes on which they are based. Reviews ethnomedicine, ethnopsychiatry, and epidemiology in the health care systems of non-Westerners and of ethnic communities in pluralistic America. 159T. Topics in Id"oiogy (1-3). Prerequisite: Varies with tilie. Special studies on the form and function of ideology or of specific ideological systems, constructs, or practices. VII. PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY 161. fo"sil lilian (3). Prerequisite: Anth 1. A critical examination of the fossil evidence for hominid forms and behaviors in the Pliocene and Pleistocene epochs. The course focuses on the specific evolutionary factors which led to the emergence of modern humanity. 162. Th" Primate" (3). Prerequisite: Anth 1. An introduction to the study of primate biologicai and behavioral evolution. Explores sociobiological theory in order to explain the unity and diversity of social behavior in prosimians, monkeys, and apes. 163. Human Va,ialion (3). Prerequisite: Anth 1. A cross-cultural examination of variations in human morphology, physiology, and biochemistry. Establishes the correlation between variations in human biology and variations in climate, culture, nutrition, and disease. 164. Human Osteology (3). Prerequisite: Anth 1. Introduces a range of analytic techniques for extracting information from human skeletal remains: sexing and aging, osteometry, odontometry, the examination and diagnosis of epigenetic traits and pathological lesion, and the statistical interpretation of skeletal data. 169T. Topics In I'hysicai Anthropology (1-3). Prerequisite: Anth 1. Special studies of the discovery and interpretation of information in physical anthropology, and of the application of this subdiscipline in legal, medical, and scientific research. Viii. SUBCULTURAL VARIATION 170. Wom"n: C"it",,, and Biology (s"m" a" WS 170) (3). Prerequisite: Anth 1 or 2. A cross-cuitural and interdisciplinary analysis of the determinants of female statuses and circumstances. Examines theories, including biological and cultural determinism, which explain variations in the expression of sexuality, maturation, reproduction, and the life cycle. (Former Anth 143) 172. Ethnic Reiations "nd Cultur"" (3). Prerequisite: Anth 2. The cultural and social origins of ethnicity, and its opportunities and problems for contemporary mass societies. The course offers a critical review of major theories on ethnic politics, economics, and ideology in the light of cross-cultural evidence. (Former Anth 148) 179T. Top;c" In Subculturai V"riation (1-3). Prerequisite: Varies with title. Special studies on the origin, evolution, manifestation and implication of subcultural differences in the modern world. Selected topics may include criminal, sexuai, physically impaired, or institutional subcultures. |