Summer Session 1
(June 10-Aug 3) Tu/W/Th 1-3 209A Davenport Hall
Sections meet Monday 9-10 and 11-12 113 Davenport Hall
Will Leggett 309B
Davenport Hall; PH: 333-3616
Cultural
Anthropology strives to broaden our understanding of the world. It makes the strange familiar. At the same time, cultural anthropology is
capable of providing a fresh perspective on our own positions, practices,
assumptions, and beliefs as they relate to the broader social world. In other words, it makes the familiar
strange. This course introduces the
student to the methods and theories of cultural anthropology, one of four
sub-disciplines in general anthropology (the other three being archaeology,
biological anthropology, and linguistics).
We will look at anthropology's primary research tool, the ethnography,
as we examine important issues within anthropology - kinship, race, ethnicity,
gender, nationality, globalization, and sexuality. Our ultimate goal is to recognize the power of cultural systems
in helping us make sense of our social worlds.
Summer Session 1
(June 10-Aug 3) Tu/W/Th 10-12 192 Lincoln Hall
Robin Bernstein
109F
Davenport Hall; PH: 244-3497
This course provides critical consideration of ideas
regarding the origin and development of human behavior. Human behavior is examined from both a
biological and evolutionary perspective.
Lectures present comparative information on the behavior and biology of
our closest living relatives, the nonhuman primates. Topics discussed include:
communication, language, the human and nonhuman primate brain and concepts of
“intelligence”, sensory systems, hormonal influences on behavior, sex and
reproduction, sociobiology, aggression, cooperation, genetic influences on
behavior, and the misuse of biology with regard to concepts of “race” and
“intelligence”. Lecture material is
rounded out with information derived from required readings as well as several
videos shown in class.
ANTHROPOLOGY
149: Evolution
and Human Disease
Summer Session 2
(May 13-June 8) M/Tu/W/Th 9-12 209A Davenport Hall
Professor Linda
Klepinger Office 209G Davenport
Hall, PH: 244-3513
This course explores the fundamentals of evolutionary
processes and forces and how these factors have shaped many aspects of the
changing patterns of human morbidity and mortality from prehistoric eras to the
present.