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COLLEGE
OF ARTS AND SCIENCES
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Undergraduate
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| 01-012 |
APC
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ANT
2301 |
Kinship and the Family in a
Cross-Cultural Perspective (3cr.)
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Prerequisites: None
Corequisites: None
This course introduces students to the study of kinship
and gender from an anthropological perspective. Topics
covered include, but are not restricted to, gender distinctions,
body images, decent, inheritance, courtship, love, marriage,
family forms, kin networks, and new reproductive technologies.
Students will be presented with detailed case studies
both within and outside the Euro-American tradition.
No new faculty or additional resources are required for
this course.
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01-013
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APC
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ANT
4362 |
Peoples
and Cultures of
Southeast Asia (3 cr.) |
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Prerequisites: None
Corequisites: None
This course acquaints the student with some of the peoples
and cultures of Southeast Asia including foragers, farmers
and urban populations. It examines the prehistory of the
region, the development of complex state societies, and
the impact of world religions (Buddhism, Hinduism, and
Islam) as well as European colonialism. It examines a
number of key contemporary social and economic issues
in the region, including deforestation, agrarian transformation,
religious revitalization, and the changing status of women.
No new faculty or additional resources are required for
this course.
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| 01-014 |
APC
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ANT
4352 |
Peoples
and Cultures of Africa (3 cr.) |
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Prerequisites: None
Corequisites: None
This course is a survey of selected people and cultures
of Africa, Topics covered include a reflection on cultural
images of Africa in the West, basic information about
the geography and history of Africa, and the study of
specific African socio-cultural institutions such as political
economy, religion, kinship, gender, art, and aesthetics.
No new faculty or additional resources are required for
this course.
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Graduate
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| 01-015 |
APC
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MAE
6XXX |
Mathematical
Application Around Us (3cr.) |
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Prerequisites: graduate standing in mathematics education
Topics will be chosen from graph theory, coding, voting
and apportionment, scaling, geometric and numerical patterns
in nature, probability, or other areas of application.
Projects will be assigned for individual research relating
mathematics to art, music, biology, game theory, or other
areas of application.
No new faculty or additional resources are required for
this course.
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| 01-016 |
APC
1 |
MAE
6XXX |
Mathematical
Connections (3cr.) |
Prerequisites: graduate
standing in mathematics education
In this course students will study connections among various
branches of mathematics. These include geometry and number
theory, geometry and complex numbers, surfaces and algebra,
geometry and algebra (including impossible constructions),
and interesting numbers such as pi, e, i, and gamma.
No new faculty or additional resources are required for
this course.
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