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Anthropology (Anthro)


1A-B. General Anthropology (3-3)
1A is not prerequisite to 1B. (a) Physical anthropology; relation of man and the animals; evolution of man, fossil man, race and racial classification; racial theories, race relations. (b) Cultural anthropology; the nature of culture; culture growth and history; survey of cultural phenomena; cultural theory; applied anthropology.

101. Oriental Cultures (3)
Cultures of India and Eastern Asia; culture diffusion and integration; comparison of Oriental and Occidental cultures.

102. Ethnology (3)
Prerequisite: Anthro 2 or permission of instructor. Major theories of culture; survey of culture types and their distribution; ethnological problems.

103. Acculturation (3)
Prerequisite: Anthro 2 or permission of instructor. Impact of western civilization upon nonwestem societies; social and, cultural adjustments to impact; disintegration; reinterpretation, and reintegration; place of anthropology in international relations and colonial administration.

104. Social Anthropology (3)
Prerequisite: Anthro 2 or permission of instructor. The place of anthropology in the social sciences; theories and schools in social anthropology; community studies, integration, functionalism, psychological aspects.

105. Survey of Native American Culture (3)
Prerequisite: Anthro 2 or permission of instructor. Prehistory of western hemisphere; linguistic groups; development, spread, and attainments of native Indian cultures.

 

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