| |
| AN/S 110 Introduction to Anthropology &
Sociology
|
| Credits: 6 |
| Satisfies the BA core requirement for social science
but also open to all degree students. 110 satisfies the prerequisite
for all 200- and 300-level courses in AN/S, Anthropology and/or Sociology. |
| Exclusions: A student with previous credit for introductory
anthropology or sociology should not enroll in 110. |
| An integrated survey of cultural anthropology
and sociology, showing and explaining the variety of humans' life-strategies
through time and across cultures, and introducing key theories and
research approaches. |
| |
| ANTH 205 Biological Anthropology: First Principles
and Current Consequences |
| Credits: 3 |
| Prerequisite: 6 credits introductory Anthropology and/or
Sociology or 6 credits introductory Biology or permission of the instructor |
| Exclusions: Unavailable to students having credit for old
101, 201 |
| A review of the principles of evolution and their
human consequences, outlining the differentiation of the human lineage,
characterizing the distinctively human adaptation, and surveying contemporary
variation. |
| |
| ANTH 207 Evolution of the Human Adaptation
|
| Credits: 3 |
| Prerequisites: 6 credits introductory Anthropology and/or
Sociology or 6 credits introductory Biology or permission of the instructor |
| Exclusions: Unavailable to students having credit for old
101, 201 |
| An examination of the interplay between biology
and behaviour in the emergence and prehistoric development of culture,
including a review of the fossil record and problems of its interpretation. |
| |
| ANTH 208 Linguistic Anthropology (cross-listed
with MIKM 208 and HERT 208)
|
| Credits: 6 |
| Prerequisite: 6 credits introductory Anthropology and/or
Sociology |
| An introduction to socio-cultural aspects of language's
forms and functions as expressed in various cultures, including language's
interplay with perception, gender, and class. Focus will be on collection
and documentation of language materials with emphasis on insider/outsider
research. Mi'kmaq, Gaelic, and Acadian materials are emphasized. |
| |
| ANTH 209 Interpreting the Past: Methods in
Ethnohistory
|
| Credits: 3 |
| Prerequisite: 6 credits introductory Anthropology and/or
Sociology |
| For more information, contact Prof. Joe Parish
(joseph_parish@cbu.ca) or the Chair of the Department, Janice Drodge
(janice_drodge@cbu.ca) |
| |
|
| SOCO 210 Sociology of the Family
|
| Credits: 6 |
| Prerequisite: 6 credits introductory Anthropology and/or
Sociology |
| The study of family roles, forms, processes, and
functions, from the perspectives of household, community, and the
larger social system, with special attention to our own contemporary
society and its key problems. |
| |
| ANTH 211 Anthropology of Tourism
|
| Credits: 3 |
| Prerequisite: 6 credits introductory Anthropology and/or
Sociology |
| Introduction to and overview of anthropology of
tourism, including its development and key concepts and issues, illustrated
through case studies from both developing and developed countries.
|
| |
| AN/S 220 Humankind: Nature & Development
|
| Credits: 6 |
| Prerequisite: 6 credits introductory Anthropology and/or
Sociology |
| Satisfies the BA core requirement for "Natural
Science", but also open to all degree students. |
| Developmental and comparative perspectives on
human nature, showing how natural and social sciences interface in
explaining the interplay of biological and socio-cultural factors
in our behaviour. |
| |
| AN/S 221 Families: A Cross-Cultural Tour |
| Credits: 3 |
| Prerequisite: 6 credits introductory Anthropology and/or
Sociology |
| Exclusions: Unavailable to students having credit for old
225 |
| A course in the forms and workings of family,
household, and larger kinship structures in a variety of cultural
settings, to deepen our insight into our own ways. |
| |
| AN/S 222 Aging and the Life Cycle |
| Credits: 6 |
| Prerequisite: 6 credits introductory Anthropology and/or
Sociology |
| Exclusions: Unavailable to students with credit for old AN/S
322, or who took this course as 300 in 93/94 |
| Biocultural aspects of the modern life cycle,
emphasizing later life. For example: child health in cross-cultural
perspective, life-history studies, female and male aging cross-culturally,
life-stages and social well-being. |
| |
| AN/S 223 Urban & Rural Community |
| Credits: 3 |
| Prerequisite: 6 credits introductory Anthropology and/or
Sociology |
| An investigation of social interrelationships
among people who share locales. Themes include rural-urban comparisons,
the question of urban alienation, quality of life, the nature of community,
and dynamics of community action. |
| |
| AN/S 228 Youth & Society |
| Credits: 6 |
| Prerequisite: 6 credits introductory Anthropology and/or
Sociology |
| An interdisciplinary introduction to the study
of youth in relation to Western and Non-Western sociocultural settings. |
| |
| ANTH 229 Religion, Magic, and Witchcraft
|
| Credits: 3 |
| Prerequisite: 6 credits introductory Anthropology and/or
Sociology |
| Exclusion: Unavailable to students with credit for old
ANTH or AN/S 391. |
| Cross-cultural study of how people interpret
the world and mobilize their actions in terms of their understanding
of the relationships between social, natural, and supernatural forces. |
|
| ANTH 235 Deviance in Cross-Cultural Perspective |
| Credits: 3 |
| Prerequisite: 6 credits introductory Anthropology and/or
Sociology |
| People everywhere view certain others as weird,
dangerous, or bad. By cross-cultural comparison, this course explores
how and why that happens, its effects, and what it suggests about
human social life in general. |
| |
| ANTH 237 Culture, Distress, & Psychiatric Abnormality |
| Credits: 3 |
| Prerequisite: 6 credits introductory Anthropology and/or
Sociology |
| A focus on the interplay of culture and distress,
with special attention to the communication of distress, technological
disasters, psychiatric problems, and spiritual healing. |
| |
| SOCO 246 Sociology of Deviance |
| Credits: 6 |
| Prerequisite: 6 credits introductory Anthropology and/or
Sociology |
| Exclusion: Unavailable to students with credit for old
SOCO 340. |
| Critical and comparative examination of theories
and studies on processes that place individuals or groups out of step
with societal "rules", and study of consequences both for "deviants"
and for "society". |
|
| AN/S 266 Qualitative Research Methods
in Social Science (cross-listed with Political Science 266)
|
| Credits: 6 |
| Prerequisite: 6 credits introductory Anthropology and/or
Sociology or Political Science or strong background in related field. |
| Also included in Social Services Certificate program
as an alternative to SOSV 300 or AN/S (POLS) 268 |
| A core requirement in the Social Research
Certificate. |
| Exclusions: Unavailable to students having credit for old
260 or 261 |
| A course in ethnographic methodology, techniques
of generating non-numerical data, and interpretive analysis, plus
practical applications. Fieldwork approaches include intensive interviewing,
participant observation, and interpretation of print and broadcast
media text. |
| |
| AN/S 268 Quantitative Research Methods & Statistics
in Social Science (cross-listed with Political Science 268)
|
| Credits: 6 |
| Prerequisite: 6 credits introductory Anthropology and/or
Sociology and/or Political Science, or strong background in related
field. Prior math skills are not required. |
| Satisfies the BA core requirement for Numeracy/Logic,
but also open to all degree students. Also included in Social
Services Certificate program as alternative to SOSV 300 or AN/S (POLS)
266. |
| Core requirement in Social Research Certificate |
| Exclusions: Unavailable to students having credit for old
260 or 262 |
| An overview of research designs that produce numbers
as the data, and a comprehensive study of survey methods. Includes
methodological principles, sampling, preparation and administration
of instruments, computerized data-analysis with SPSS, interpretive
reporting, and practical applications. Scheduled labs in SPSS are
added to second half of the course. |
| |
| AN/S 270 Societal Problems
|
| Credits: 6 |
| Prerequisite: 6 credits introductory Anthropology and/or
Sociology |
| This course focuses on socio-cultural arrangements
and processes which create human problems and shape our perception
of them. Special attention is given to economically "nondeveloped"
and "underdeveloped" societies. |
| |
| AN/S 272 An Introduction to Visual Anthropology |
| Credits: 6 |
| Prerequisite: 6 credits introductory Anthropology and/or
Sociology |
| Ethnographic approaches to the production and
consumption of visual representations of particular cultures are the
basis of this course. Aesthetics, symbolism, power, representation,
visual media as material culture, ethnographic film, indigenous self-representations,
and methods for applying anthropology in the study of visual data
are the central subjects of the course. |
| |
| SOCO 281 Canadian Society I |
| Credits: 3 |
| Prerequisite: 6 credits introductory Anthropology and/or
Sociology |
| Exclusions: Unavailable to students having credit for old
SOCO 381 |
| Key contemporary issues in Canada and their historical
socio-cultural roots, focussing on social, economic, and political
systems, including economic crisis, regionalism, labour, ethnicity,
gender, and political debates grounded in these concerns. |
| |
| AN/S 282 Health, Illness, & Medicine
|
| Credits: 6 |
| Prerequisite: 6 credits introductory Anthropology and/or
Sociology |
| Exclusions: Unavailable to students with credit for old AN/S
320. |
| A critical study of: socio-cultural patterns,
causes, and effects of health and illness; health-care institutions;
and culturally based conceptions of wellness and of illness-care practices. |
| |
| SOCO 283 Canadian Society II |
| Credits: 3 |
| Prerequisite: 6 credits introductory Anthropology and/or
Sociology; plus either 281 or permission of instructor. |
| Exclusions: Unavailable to students having credit for old
SOCO 383 |
| Continuation of 381, with special attention to
case studies from the literature. |
| |
| SOCO 285 The Social and Political Context of
Education
|
| Credits: 3 |
| Prerequisite: 6 credits introductory Anthropology and/or
Sociology |
| Exclusions: Unavailable to students having credit for old
SOCO 380 |
| An exploration of the social and political processes
that produce education as a social institution. In particular, a focus
on the history, development and ideologies associated with schooling
in Canada. |
| |
| SOCO 287 Contemporary Issues in Education |
| Credits: 3 |
| Prerequisite: 6 credits introductory Anthropology and/or
Sociology |
| Exclusions: Unavailable to students having credit for old
SOCO 380 |
| A critical exploration of issues of diversity,
privilege and marginalization in relation to curriculum and education
as social institutions. May include discussions of critical pedagogy,
multiculturalism, humane education, Afrocentric, and/or Aboriginal-centered
curricula. |
| |
| AN/S 294 Ethnicity, "Race," and Nationalism
(cross-listed with MIKM 350) |
| Credits: 6 |
| Prerequisite: 6 credits introductory Anthropology and/or
Sociology |
| Exclusion: Unavailable to students with credit for old SOCO
350 or MIKM 350 (Race & Ethnic Relations) |
| This course examines the main approaches to the
study of ethnic groups, the social construction of "race"
and nationalist movements. The analysis of selected mass media materials
will complement the theoretical part of the course, illustrating the
influence of ethnicity, "race" and nationalism on contemporary
culture. |
| |
| ANTH or AN/S or SOCO 300 Special Topic Six-Credit |
| Credits: 6 |
| Prerequisite: 6 credits Anthropology and/or Sociology |
| A course label used when an instructor with particular
expertise offers a special topic for one time only. A student
may take more than one such course for ANTH or AN/S or SOCO credit.
|
| |
| ANTH or AN/S or SOCO 301 Special Topic Three-Credit |
| Credits: 3 |
| Prerequisite: 12 credits Anthropology and/or Sociology |
| A course label used when an instructor with unique
expertise offers a special topic for one time only. A student
may take more than one such course for ANTH or AN/S or SOCO
credit. |
| |
| ANTH 302 Survey of Anthropological Theory
|
| Credits: 6 |
| Prerequisite: 12 credits Anthropology and/or Sociology |
| Exclusion: Unavailable to students with credit for old
ANTH 232. |
| A critical review of the roots of current theoretical
concepts and issues in sociocultural anthropology. |
| |
| ANTH 304 Historical Archaeology (cross-listed
with HERT 340 and HIST 340)
|
| Credits: 6 |
| Prerequisites: 12 credits in Anthropology and/or Sociology.
With explicit permission of the chair of the Anthro & Soc Department,
a student lacking the prerequisite may be admitted on the basis of
relevant practical experience and parallel formal training in other
disciplines. |
| Introduces students to the interdisciplinary
nature of archaeological research and demonstrates how such an integrated
approach benefits the heritage preservation movement. Case studies
include the Fortress of Louisbourg. For the May 2005 offering,
Weeks 1 and 2, at Cape Breton University, cover theoretical approaches.
Weeks 3 and 4, at Fortress Louisbourg, consist of field demonstrations
of archaeological excavation methods, as well as methods of developing
collections, reports, and exhibitions. |
| |
| AN/S 305 World Problems |
| Credits: 3 |
| Prerequisite: 12 credits Anthropology and/or Sociology |
| Exclusion: Unavailable to students with credit for old
AN/S or SOCO 291. |
| Overview of sociological insights on large-scale
social inequalities, their causes, and possible solutions; with exploration
of cultural, economic, and political determinants through both local
and international case studies. |
| |
| SOCO 306 Survey of Sociological Theory
|
| Credits: 6 |
| Prerequisite: 12 credits in Anthropology and/or Sociology.
|
| Exclusion: Unavailable to students with credit for old
SOCO 230. |
| A critical study of key social concepts, major
theoretical debates, and leading social thinkers of the 19th and 20th
centuries. |
| |
| AN/S 307 Comparative Variation & Change in Non-Western
Societies |
| Credits: 3 |
| Prerequisite: 12 credits Anthropology and/or Sociology; plus
either AN/S 305 or permission of instructor. |
| Exclusion: Unavailable to students having credit for old
AN/S or SOCO 293. |
| Socio-economic, political, and cultural dynamics
of "underdeveloped" non-western societies in the post-colonial era,
analysing national and international circumstances that set the context
for current economic development practices and future possibilities. |
| |
| ANTH 309 Culture, Technology & Environment
I |
| Credits: 3 |
| Prerequisite: 12 credits Anthropology and/or Sociology |
| A cross-cultural examination of the role of technology
and environment in patterning social relations and cultural thought. |
| |
| NURS 310 Nursing Research Methods *
|
| Credits: 6 |
| Prerequisite: * This course is open only to students in the
BU / StFXU B.Sc. Nursing program. |
| The course is designed to introduce students
to the research process, and to quantitative and qualitative research
methods related to critical appraisal of nursing and health care literature.
Emphasis is placed on the student's potential role as a generator
of researchable questions; as a collaborator in research related to
clinical practice; and as an intelligent consumer of research. Concepts
of research design, implementation, analysis and interpretation are
studied in the context of the steps of the research process. The course
requires students to become immersed in the language and culture of
research, and to understand the broader context within which nursing
research is conducted. |
| |
| ANTH 311 Culture, Technology & Environment II |
| Credits: 3 |
| Prerequisite: ANTH 309 |
| A cross-cultural examination of the role of technology
and environment in the evolution of political centralization and stratification. |
| |
| ANTH 313 Cultural Ecology |
| Credits: 3 |
| Prerequisite: 12 credits Anthropology and/or Sociology |
| An interdisciplinary analysis (through discussion,
lectures, and contributions of expert guest speakers) of technological,
social-structural, and ideological relationships that transform the
bio-physical environment. |
| |
| ANTH 314 Anthropology of Media
(cross-listed with COMM 314)
|
| Credits: 6 |
| Prerequisite: 12 credits Anthropology and/or Sociology |
| The bottom-up study of people’s engagements
with modern mass media, using ethnography to understand the social
and cultural effects of mass media at the ground level. Television,
movies, and the Internet, situated in diverse social and cultural
settings worldwide, will be the focus of the course. |
| |
| ANTH 328 Native Peoples of North America (cross-listed with MIKM
328) |
| Credits: 6 |
| Prerequisite: 12 credits Anthropology and/or Sociology |
| Cultures, languages, histories, and life experiences
of native North Americans, including pre-contact life, post-contact
political and symbolic responses, and contemporary situations, especially
efforts to maintain cultural identities in the face of massive acculturation. |
| |
| AN/S 330 Equality and Inequalities: Why and
So What? |
| Credits: 6 |
| Prerequisite: 12 credits Anthropology and/or Sociology |
| Exclusion: Unavailable to students with credit for old SOCO
400 ("Social Stratification & Inequality.") |
| Cultures have embodied many kinds and degrees
of inequalities, with profound implication for the lives of individuals
and the history of societies. This course examines research and theory
on class, status, and power relations: who gets what, how, why, and
with what consequences? |
| |
| AN/S 332 Canada's Cultural Landscape (cross-listed
with FOLK 332) |
| Credits: 6 |
| Prerequisite: 12 credits Anthropology and/or Sociology, or
6 credits FOLK, or background in Cultural Geography |
| The course takes an interdisciplinary approach
to the exploration of both the perception and experience of landscape.
It provides opportunities to examine and interpret the cultural landscapes
of the students’ own regions. |
| |
| AN/S 333 Popular Culture |
| Credits: 3 |
| Prerequisite: 12 credits Anthropology and/or Sociology (Note:
the old "333" is now "336"!) |
| May be included in a Communication concentration
or major. |
| The course combines anthropological and sociological
theory and research methods to examine critically the pervasive phenomena
of "popular culture", including such topics as music, news media,
television programming, popular movies, and sports. |
| |
| AN/S 335 Paranormalism & Pseudoscience
|
| Credits: 3 |
| Prerequisite: 12 credits Anthropology and/or Sociology |
| A critical and interdisciplinary exploration
of the premises and practices associated with paranormalism and pseudoscience.
The course will focus on the nature and causes of paranormal beliefs
in contemporary society, while encouraging the development of the
critical skills necessary to objectively examine paranormal and pseudoscientific
claims. |
| |
| AN/S 336 Self and Other: Encounters, Traditions
and Transformations (cross-listed with MIKM 334) |
| Credits: 6 |
| Prerequisite: 12 credits Anthropology and/or Sociology |
| Exclusions: Unavailable to students having credit for old
333 of similar title. |
| Colonialism produced an enduring cultural legacy
with a range of severe consequences for indigenous cultural reproduction
and social organization. Europe was also not spared the drastic consequences
of its own expansionism. How indigenous self-definitions and how traditions
have been transformed, revitalized or created anew are the focus of
this course, which considers indigenous peoples in a global perspective
covering the past 500 years. |
| |
| AN/S 337 Societies & Cultures of Latin America
(I) |
| Credits: 3 |
| Prerequisite: 12 credits Anthropology and/or Sociology |
| A many-sided overview of Latin American societies
and cultures, from the pre-Columbian civilizations to the present. |
| |
| AN/S 339 Societies & Cultures of Latin America
(II) |
| Credits: 3 |
| Prerequisite: AN/S 337 |
| Building on the themes introduced in AN/S 337,
this course focuses on themes of geopolitics and power, as well as
culture and civilization. |
| |
| SOCO 351 Industrial Sociology I: Cape Breton
Labour & Capital in Socio-historical Perspective |
| Credits: 3 |
| Prerequisite: 12 credits Anthropology and/or Sociology |
| Exclusion: Unavailable to students with credit for old SOCO
451. |
| Critical analysis of the shifting economic base,
occupational structure, community formation, and political culture
of Cape Breton during the twentieth century. |
| |
| SOCO 353 Industrial Sociology II: Social Institutions
& People in Cape Breton Today |
| Credits: 3 |
| Prerequisite: SOCO 351 or permission of instructor. |
| Exclusion: Unavailable to students with credit for old SOCO
453. |
| Continuities and crises in contemporary Cape Breton
society, in larger perspective, emphasizing the interplay between
intimate processes of character, family, community, and workplace. |
| |
| AN/S 355 Work & Sharing
|
| Credits: 3 |
| Prerequisite: 12 credits Anthropology and/or Sociology |
| Exclusions: Unavailable to students with credit for old AN/S
251 or old 245. |
| A cross-cultural examination of styles of production
(work) and distribution (sharing), aimed at developing a critical
perspective on what happens in our own economic world and in our daily
lives. |
| |
| AN/S 357 Inside Organizations
|
| Credits: 3 |
| Prerequisite: 12 credits Anthropology and/or Sociology |
| Exclusions: Unavailable to students with credit for old AN/S
253 (“Ethnography of Formal Organizations”), or having
credit for old 376. |
| The course examines how the concepts and
methods of Anthropology can help us to gain a critical understanding
of the inner workings of business organizations and the dynamics of
business activity, both home and abroad. (Formerly known as
"Multiculturalism in the Marketplace".) |
| |
| AN/S 358 Animals & People
|
| Credits: 6 |
| Prerequisite: 12 credits Anthropology and/or Sociology |
| A critical and comparative examination
of the relationship between people and animals. We will explore human
attitudes toward animals by examining such topics as animal representations
in art and literature and popular culture, as well as the social and
cultural constructions of legal, political, economic, and philosophical
issues pertaining to animals. Much of our focus will be on the controversies
surrounding this complex social relationship. |
| |
| AN/S 360 The Social & Cultural Construction
of Gender |
| Credits: 6 |
| Prerequisite: 12 credits Anthropology and/or Sociology |
| Critical study of the socio-cultural roots,
dynamics, and consequences of what "male" and "female" mean to people
in various times and places, with respect to a wide variety of life
experiences. |
| |
| SOCO 362 Demography |
| Credits: 6 |
| Prerequisite: 12 credits Anthropology and/or Sociology |
| Recommended: AN/S 268 or equivalent |
| Theories and techniques in studying populations,
with attention to socio-economic factors in population dynamics, world
demographic trends, and the world food supply; and with special emphasis
on Canada's place in the global context. |
| |
| AN/S 363 Language Contact, Change, Death and
Revitalization (cross-listed with MIKM 363 & HERT 363) |
| Credits: 3 |
| Prerequisites: 12 credits in Anthropology and/or Sociology |
| This course examines how languages change when
in contact as well as the very serious process of language death,
which is now happening on a global scale. Discussion also focuses
on suggested solutions to the rapid loss of linguistic diversity.
Languages such as Mi'kmaq and Cape Breton Gaelic are highlighted for
analysis. |
| |
| AN/S 364 Methods of Applied Social Research |
| Credits: 6 |
| Prerequisites: (a) AN/S 266 or 268; PLUS (b) 6 credits in
ANTH &/or SOCO at the 200-300 level other than 266 and 268; OR (c)
Instead, with explicit permission of the instructor, a student lacking
those prerequisites may be admitted on the basis of relevant practical
experience and parallel formal training in other disciplines. |
| A course in qualitative and quantitative applied
social research design and techniques, emphasizing approaches such
as program evaluation, needs assessment, social-impact assessment,
"clinical" analysis of organizations, and advocacy. Includes a complete
and original research project and year-end report, in which each student
may opt for a qualitative or quantitative design. |
| |
| ANTH 372 Applied Anthropology |
| Credits: 6 |
| Prerequisite: 12 credits Anthropology and/or Sociology |
| Exclusions: Unavailable to students with credit for the old
375 of the same title |
| This course demonstrates anthropology's everyday
relevance in identifying and addressing human needs in many areas
(e.g., community development, education, medical care, social services,
and the workplace). |
| |
| SOCO 373 Sociology of Professions |
| Credits: 3 |
| Prerequisites: 12 credits Anthropology and/or Sociology |
| Exclusions: Unavailable to students having credit for
old 370 |
| An examination of the process through which some
occupations become professionalized in society, with an emphasis on
the power of professional groups and their impact on daily life. |
| |
| SOCO 375 Complex Organizations |
| Credits: 3 |
| Prerequisites: 12 credits Anthropology and/or Sociology |
| Exclusions: Unavailable to students having credits for old
370 |
| Bureaucratization in modern life and strategies
for maintaining "human" relations therein. Topics include interrelations
between bureaucratic structures, technology, work, and individual
lives. |
| |
| ANTH 384 Anthropological Perspectives on Education
|
| Credits: 6 |
| Prerequisites: 12 credits Anthropology and/or Sociology. |
| Exclusion: Unavailable to students with credit for old ANTH
422. |
| |
| SOCO 390 Sociology of Religion -- 6 credit
|
| Credits: 6 |
| Prerequisite: 12 credits Anthropology and/or Sociology |
| Exclusion: Unavailable to students having credit for SOCO
393. |
| Note: A student may have credit for any and all of
SOCO 390, ANTH 229 (Religion, Magic, & Witchcraft), and SOCO 395 (Religion,
Science, & Society). |
| The course explores the social dimensions of religion
in everyday life, the life of the community, and on a wider scale,
the global village. It poses questions and analyzes cases from modern
life, aiming to understand the intricate relationship between religion
and societies. The course includes an introduction to the classical
and contemporary writers in the sociology of religion, and will explore
such classical and contemporary issues as: church, sect and cult;
the relationship of religion to industrial development; and secularization
and alienation in technologically advanced society. |
| |
| AN/S 392 Work and Women in Society |
| Credits: 6 |
| Prerequisite: 12 credits Anthropology and/or Sociology |
| Exclusion: Unavailable to students having credit for old
395 of the same title |
| Examination of women's position in society, focussing
on those life-sustaining activities known as "work" ("paid" or "unpaid"),
and investigating bio-physical, socio-psychological, and socio-cultural
underpinnings of the relevant practices. |
| |
| SOCO 393 Sociology of Religion -- 3 credit
|
| Credits: 3 |
| Prerequisite: 12 credits Anthropology and/or Sociology |
| Exclusion: Unavailable to students having credit for 390 |
| Theories and research studies of the socio-cultural
determinants of religious forms and orientations, as well as the reciprocal
impact of religion on socio-cultural commitments, action, and institutional
formations. |
| |
| SOCO 395 Religion, Science, and Society |
| Credits: 3 |
| Prerequisite: 12 credits Anthropology and/or Sociology |
| Analysis of changing attitudes and perceptions
about religion and science. Examining the structure and function,
public perception, and social construction of these two realms of
knowledge. |
| |
| ANTH or AN/S or SOCO 398 Directed Independent Study Topics, Junior
Level (Six-Credit) |
| Credits: 6 |
| Prerequisite: 12 credits in Anthropology and/or Sociology |
| "Directed Study" courses are available
every year by individual arrangement. Contact dept. chair John
deRoche. |
Requires a special arrangement between an individual
student and professor, endorsed by the dean, to cover a topic unavailable
in the regular offerings, at a third-year level. (See also the 3-credit
version, 399; compare the senior versions, 495/497 and 499.)
Intended only for a highly motivated student who
has a special interest and who achieves goals without close supervision.
A student needing an unscheduled course, and who also needs more structure
and direction, should choose instead to arrange a tutorial for a course
listed in the calendar. A student may take several courses as Directed
Studies in Anthropology and/or Sociology, to a maximum of 18 credits. |
| |
| ANTH or AN/S or SOCO 399 Directed Independent Study Topics, Junior
Level (Three-Credit) |
| Credits: 3 |
| Prerequisite: 12 credits in Anthropology and/or Sociology |
| "Directed Study" courses are available
every year by individual arrangement. Contact dept. chair John
deRoche. |
Requires a special arrangement between an individual
student and professor, endorsed by the dean, to cover a topic unavailable
in the regular offerings, at a third-year level. (See also the 6-credit
verison, 398; compare the senior versions, 495/497 and 499.)
Intended only for a highly motivated student who
has a special interest and who achieves goals without close supervision.
A student needing an unscheduled course, and who also needs more structure
and direction, should choose instead to arrange a tutorial for a course
listed in the calendar. A student may take several courses as Directed
Studies in Anthropology and/or Sociology, to a maximum of 18 credits. |
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| AN/S 420 Social Structure and Change |
| Credits: 6 |
| Prerequisites: 18 credits in Anthropology and/or Sociology,
including 6 credits above 200-level. |
| Satisfies 4-year major BA core requirement
for Senior Seminar |
| A seminar or tutorial on the structure and interplay
of major social institutions across the broad sweep of cultural evolution,
including an overview of central trends in today’s world system. |
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| ANTH or SOCO or AN/S 440 Classical Theory in
Anthropology, Sociology, or combined Anthropology and Sociology |
| Credits: 6 |
| Prerequisites: 18 credits in Anthropology and/or Sociology,
including ANTH 302 or SOCO 306 (or old 230 or 232). |
| Each of the three choices satisfies 4-year
major BA core requirement for Senior Seminar. |
| A seminar on major conceptual frameworks, debates,
and figures in anthropological and/or sociological theory, from the
mid-19th to the mid-20th century. |
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| ANTH or SOCO or AN/S 470 Contemporary Theory
in Anthropology, Sociology, or combined Anthropology and Sociology |
| Credits: 6 |
| Prerequisites: 18 credits in Anthropology and/or Sociology,
including ANTH 302 or SOCO 306 (or old 230 or 232). |
| Each of the three choices satisfies 4-year
major BA core requirement for Senior Seminar. |
| A seminar on major conceptual frameworks, debates,
and figures in anthropological and/or sociological theory, from the
mid-20th century to the present. |
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| ANTH or AN/S or SOCO 490 Senior Thesis in Anthropology
&/or Sociology |
| Credits: 6 |
| Prerequisite: 24 credits with 75 average in Anthropology
and/or Sociology, including 6 credits above 200-level, and at least
6 credits in research methods and/or theory; plus a one-page
statement of motives and aims in taking the course, to be submitted
to the professor before registration. (It is preferable that the student
complete both a theory and a methods course before doing 490, but
one of those course may be taken at the same time as 490.) |
| Satisfies 4-year major BA core requirement for
Senior Seminar. To arrange, contact dept. chair John
deRoche. |
| The 490 is intended for high ability senior students
specializing in Anthropology and/or Sociology, especially those who
hope to prepare for admission to a Master’s program. It is an
individualized project, culminating in a formal thesis. The course
requires a special arrangement between an individual student and professor,
endorsed by the dean. Students seeking a similar but somewhat less
demanding experience should consider 495 and 497. |
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AN/S or ANTH or SOCO 495 Directed Independent
Project Proposal, Senior Level |
| Credits: 3 |
| Prerequisites: 18 credits with 65 average in Anthropology
and/or Sociology, including 6 credits above 200-level; plus a one-page
statement of objectives and an idea for a potential project, to be
submitted to the professor before registration. |
| Can be credited toward 4-year major BA core requirement
for Senior Seminar. |
The 495 & 497 together replace the old 498.
The 495 is intended only for a senior student, concentrating
in the discipline, who is planning also to complete 497. The 495/497
combination is project-focused, as an alternative to the more rigorous
490 thesis course. The 495 includes development of a topic, literature
search, and submission of a project proposal. The course requires
a special arrangement between an individual student and professor,
endorsed by the dean. (See also the third-year counterparts, 398 and
399. For a 3-credit alternative to the project-focused 495/497, see
499.) The 495 & 497 are intended only for a highly motivated student
who has a special interest and who gets things done without being
closely supervised. A student needing an unscheduled course and who
also needs more structure and direction should choose instead to arrange
a tutorial in a course listed in the calendar. A student may take
several courses as Directed Study in Anthropology and/or Sociology,
to a maximum of 18 credits.
Note:
a recommended guide
for evaluating what is involved in taking the (Senior Level) Directed
Independent Projects 495 & 497 is posted here. |
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AN/S or ANTH or SOCO 497 Directed Independent
Project Implementation, Senior Level |
| Credits: 3 |
| Prerequisite: AN/S or ANTH or SOCO 495 |
| Can be credited toward 4-year major BA core requirement
for Senior Seminar. |
The 495 & 497 together replace the old 498.
In 497, the student carries to completion the project
developed in 495. The 497 likewise requires a special arrangement
between an individual student and professor, endorsed by the department
chair and the dean.
Note:
a recommended guide
for evaluating what is involved in taking the (Senior Level) Directed
Independent Projects 495 & 497 is posted here. |
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| ANTH or AN/S or SOCO 499 Directed Independent
Study Topics, Senior Level |
| Credits: 3 |
| Prerequisites: 18 credits with 60 average in Anthropology
and/or Sociology, including 6 credits above 200-level. |
| "Directed Study" courses are available every year
by individual arrangement. Contact dept. chair John
deRoche. |
| Can be credited towards 4-year major BA core requirement
for Senior Seminar. |
| Requires a special arrangement between an individual
student and professor, endorsed by the dean, to cover a topic unavailable
in the regular offerings, at a fourth-year level. (See also third-year
versions, 398 and 399.) A student seeking a more extended, project-focused
senior experience should choose the 495/497 combination or 490, but
can take one or more 499 courses for additional topics. The 499 is
intended only for a highly motivated student who has a special interest,
and who gets things done without being closely supervised. A student
needing an unscheduled course, and who also needs more structure and
direction, should choose instead to arrange a tutorial in a course
listed in the calendar. A student may take several courses as Directed
Study in Anthropology and/or Sociology, to a maximum of 18 credits. |
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