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Courses
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Courses are offered on an alternating basis with some courses being offered most regularly while others are being offered on an occasional basis.
The following courses, cross-listed with Sociology courses and identified by the prefix "S/A", are also taught at the introductory level: 2200, 2210, 2220, 2230, 2240, 2260, 2270, 2280, and 2350. These courses can be taken as first courses or may be taken following an introductory Anthropology course.
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ANTH 1030. Introduction to Archaeology and Physical Anthropology. A broad overview of Archaeology and Physical Anthropology introducing the concepts of human biological and cultural evolution and the methods and techniques by which these are investigated.- Note: 1) The course is designed to provide the basis for further study in the disciplines. 2) Credit may not be obtained for both Anthropology 1030 and the former Anthropology 1000 or 2000
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ANTH 1031. Introduction to Social and Cultural Anthropology. A general introduction to Anthropology emphasizing different forms of society and culture. Cultures within and outside the Western tradition will be examined, ranging from small-scale to more complex pre-industrial societies.- Note: Credit may not be obtained for both Anthropology 1031 and the former Anthropology 1000 or 2000
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| ANTH 2200 (S/A 2200). Communities. An interdisciplinary examination of the concept of Community. Readings will include community studies from North America and Europe. |
| ANTH 2210 (S/A 2210). Communication and Culture. An examination of verbal and non-verbal systems of communication, and the influence of language on human cognition. |
| ANTH 2230 (S/A 2230). Newfoundland Society and Culture. (Same as Folklore 2230). The Sociology and Anthropology of the Island of Newfoundland. The focus is on social and cultural aspects of contemporary island Newfoundland. |
| ANTH 2240 (S/A 2240) . Canadian Society and Culture. This course is a descriptive and analytic approach to the development of Canadian society and culture. |
| ANTH 2260 (S/A 2260). War and Aggression. Critical review of ethological, psychological and sociological approaches to the understanding of violence and organized aggression. |
| ANTH 2270 (S/A 2270). Families. A comparative and historical perspective on the family as a social institution, the range of variation in its structure and the determinants of its development. |
| ANTH 2280 (S/A 2280). The City. This course examines varieties of urban life around the world and through history, looking at the city as habitat and spectacle. |
ANTH 2300. Newfoundland Folklore. (Same as Folklore 2300.) A survey of the various types of Folklore: tale, song, rhyme, riddle, proverb, belief, custom, childlore and others, with stress on their function in the Newfoundland community culture. Individual collection and analysis of materials from the students' home communities, supplemented by data from the Memorial University of Newfoundland Folklore and Language Archive.- Prerequisite: Folklore 1000 or 2000, or Anthropology 1031
- Note: Credit may not be obtained for both Folklore 2300 and the former Folklore 3420
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| ANTH 2350 (S/A 2350). Religious Institutions. (Same as Religious Studies 2350) Comparative study of religious institutions and beliefs, calendrical feasts and solemnities, religious roles and hierarchies, ritual innovation and revitalization. |
| ANTH 2410. Classics in Social and Cultural Anthropology. An examination of selected milestone monographs, ground- breaking studies for subdisciplinary specialties and major syntheses. |
| ANTH 2411. Anthropologists in the Field. Anthropologists base many of their ideas on experiences they have while living in other cultures. This course examines the human relationships through which anthropologists explore cultures and how in turn these relationships affect the anthropologists and the development of their discipline. |
| ANTH 2412. Threatened Peoples. An examination of key social and cultural factors involved in the global extinction of small-scale societies; the intrusive influences that jeopardize small-scale societies, such as disease; economic and military incursion; the role of international non-governmental agencies in aid of threatened peoples; and the role of the anthropologist in this human crisis. |
| ANTH 2413. Modern World Cultures. An examination of significant studies of 20th century populations and their implications for understanding the human condition. |
ANTH 2500. Folk Literature. (Same as Folklore 2500.) An examination of the major genres of folk literature: folk narrative, folk poetry and song, folk drama, and the traditional generic forms within folk speech. An introduction to the textual, comparative and contextual methods of analysis. The literature discussed will be international in scope.- Prerequisite: Folklore 1000 or 2000, or Anthropology 1031
- Note: Credit may not be obtained for both Folklore 2500 and any of the former Folklore 3400, English 3400, Sociology/Anthropology 3400
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| ANTH 3053. Anthropology of Religion. |
| ANTH 3080. The Third World. An examination of the anthropology of the Third World. The course considers perspectives on peasantry, including such topics as underdevelopment, land reform, hunger, political and social movement. |
| ANTH 3083. Cultural Crises and the Environment. An examination of social and cultural aspects of dilemmas in the use of renewable and non-renewable resources such as animals, arable land, forests, fisheries, air, water, fossil fuel, and nuclear energy. Special attention to Third World and marginal populations. |
| ANTH 3140 (S/A 3140). Social Movements. An examination of social movements which challenge prevailing social institutions and cultural values. Social movements considered may include religious cults and sects, millenarian movements, attempts at utopian and communal living, feminism, labour and revolutionary movements. |
| ANTH 3210 (S/A 3210). Persistence and Change in Rural Society. This course assesses the social and cultural significance of the rural experience in the face of expanding urbanism. Topics may include (a) the nature of rural society in Canada, (b) similarities between Canadian and European rural society, (c) utopian and anarchist movements in rural life, and (d) reaction of agricultural populations to external influence. |
| ANTH 3314 (S/A 3314). Gender and Society. An examination of biological, psychological, social and cultural aspects of gender, with an emphasis upon contemporary directions of change in sex roles. |
| ANTH 3520 (HIST 3520). The Early Ethnohistory of North America's Native People. (Same as History 3520). The North American native response to early European contact and initial settlement. Particular attention will be paid to cultural change resulting from the adoption of European goods, participation in the fur trade, the introduction of European disease, and the adaptation to a permanent European presence. |
| ANTH 3525 (HIST 3525). The Later Ethnohistory of North America's Native People. Examines Indian and Inuit cultural history of the 18th and 19th centuries, including the fur trade, resistance and accommodation to European expansion, the emergence of revitalization movements, demographic changes, and population shifts. Special emphasis will be placed on the ethnohistory of the native peoples of what is now Canada and northern United States. |
| ANTH 4071 (S/A 4071). Social and Cultural Aspects of Illness and Health. This course provides a survey of the field of medical anthropology with a focus on cross-cultural perspectives on health and illness and contemporary global health issues including epidemiological transmission and treatment, culture and disease narratives, and environmental threats to human health. |
ANTH 4072 (S/A 4072). Social and Cultural Aspects of Death. Topics covered in this course may include: symbolic meanings and values attached to death; cultural and historical variations in the management of death, e.g. treatment of the 'terminally ill', burial rites, the mourning process, and the social fate of survivors, together with the social and psychological meanings of these behaviours. - Note: Open to those without normal prerequisites by permission of the Instructor.
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| ANTH 4440 (S/C 4440). Music and Culture. (Same as Folklore 4440 and Music 4440). Traditional music as an aspect of human behaviour in Western and non-European cultures. Examination of the functions and uses of music; folk-popular-art music distinctions; and the relation of style to content. Outside reading, class exercises and individual reports will be required. |
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