Prerequisites: ENG 102 BIO 120 or 123 or 166 or 170 and ANT 212 or ANT 250 with a grade of C+ or higher The growing interest in global health and our own diversity makes this a course particularly interesting to those preparing for careers in health, international development, and health advocacy. Students will compare and contrast American methods and systems with another society to gain a better appreciation for the complexities and diversity of the human experience of health and disease, interpretations of the body and healing, the construction and distribution of knowledge, norms, and systems of medical care. Advanced Medical Anthropology builds on material covered in Medical Anthropology, moving from a general overview and introduction, to the concentration on a specific culture, its concepts of wellness and disease, the methods and practices used for diagnosis and treatment, and ethics and health disparities. Medical Anthropology is a subfield of anthropology utilizing various methods to understand factors that influence health, disease and its experience, as well as medical systems. Prerequisites: ANT 100 or ANT 110 or ANT 120 or SOC 122 or SOC 150, and EGL 102 all with a grade of C+ or higher Recommended: ANT 210, Modern Anthropology and Globalization ANT 211 Caribbean Cultures ANT 260 Anthropological Theory ANT 266 Anthropological Research
Utilizing a four-field approach, this course will look at the migrations from Africa to the rest of the world through DNA markers, material and social culture explore the changing meanings and presentations of pan-Africans in literature, religion, art, and film discover some of the ways in which scientists and social scientists trace physical and cultural artifacts, and note some of the controversies and contexts for cultural claims. From cuisine to crafts, technologies to the arts, pan-Africans have influenced our language, music, philosophies, and social policies in ways both direct and subtle. In providing the largest body of slave labor in known history, Africans changed the cultures of all inhabitants of the Americas and were themselves changed in the process.
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