![]() Finally, we will examine the social construction of race, and the experiences and consequences of racism on health in the United States and internationally. ![]() ![]() ![]() We will also focus on the history of the race concept and explore ways in which biomedical researchers and physicians use racial categories today. We will critically examine how patterns of current human genetic variation map onto conceptions of race. This course examines conceptions of race from evolutionary and sociocultural perspectives. Introduction to Biology and Culture of Race (4) Will primates survive the anthropocene? We review major primate field studies for features of primate behavior and behavioral diversity and then consider the impact of habitat fragmentation, habitat loss, human wildlife conflict, and commensalism on the future of primates.ĪNTH 43. Much more than rational individuals involved in market relations, these approaches to capitalism explore such themes as sentiment, desire, meaning, deception, and habit.ĪNTH 42. This course explores the diverse ways that scholars across the humanities and social sciences have defined “capitalism” as their object of study. It examines the interaction of race, ethnicity, and class, historically and comparatively, and considers the problem of citizenship in relation to the growing polarization of multiple social identities. This course focuses on the debate about multiculturalism in American society. Debating Multiculturalism: Race, Ethnicity, and Class in American Societies (4) Why does racism still matter? How is racism experienced in the United States and across the globe? With insights from the biology of human variation, archaeology, colonial history, and sociocultural anthropology, we examine how notions of race and ethnicity structure contemporary societies.ĪNTH 23. Course examines functional areas within the body. You’ll see how nutrition and disease can affect bones. You will learn how the skeleton, ligaments, and muscles support our mode of locomotion the differences between male and female skeletons and the differences across human populations. The Human Machine: The Skeleton Within (4)Ĭourse will provide an introduction to bones as a tissue, to different bones in the body, and the ligaments and muscles surrounding major joints. How does one’s language mutually interact with the social, cultural, and conceptual worlds one inhabits and mutually constructs with others? This course will introduce the comparative study of social life through the lens of the uniquely human capacity for language.ĪNTH 5. Words and Worlds: Introduction to the Anthropology of Language (4) Recommended for many upper-division archaeology courses.ĪNTH 4. Case studies from the past and present, and digital heritage are explored. This course examines theories and methods used by archaeologists to investigate the origins and nature of human culture and its materiality. Emphasis is placed on evidence from fossil remains and behavioral studies of living primates. Lower DivisionĪn introduction to the anthropological approach to understanding human behavior, with an examination of data from a selection of societies and cultures.Īn introduction to human evolution from the perspective of physical anthropology, including evolutionary theory and the evolution of the primates, hominids, and modern humans. Note: Not all courses are offered every year. Coursesįor course descriptions not found in the UC San Diego General Catalog 2022–23, please contact the department for more information. All courses, faculty listings, and curricular and degree requirements described herein are subject to change or deletion without notice.
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