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ACED 102: Academic Strategy Enhancement

0.00 Credits

Coastal Carolina University

(0 credits)(Prereq: ACED*101 with an 'S' grade) This course is designed to enhance and further refine skills students developed in ACED*101 with a focus on agentic learning and time management. Additional emphasis is placed on personal and academic empowerment to help students identify and develop purpose and motivation for their higher education experience. F,S Prerequisite: Take ACED*101; Minimum grade S;

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ANTH 100: Introduction to Anthropology

3.00 Credits

Coastal Carolina University

(3 credits) Anthropology is the study of humankind, past and present. This course will provide a general introduction to the subfields of cultural anthropology, physical anthropology, and archaeology. By using ethnographies, human biology, and archaeological artifacts, students will investigate a variety of case studies and perspectives to better understand the wide range of human experience on a global scale. F,S,Su

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ANTH 101: Primates, People, & Prehistory

3.00 Credits

Coastal Carolina University

(3 credits)(Coreq: ANTH*101L) An exploration of human origins, human evolution, human prehistory and cultural existence from its less complex forms to early civilizations. An introduction to the concepts, methods and data of physical, biological and archaeological anthropology. Prerequisite: Take ANTH*101L; Corequisite: ANTH*101L

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ANTH 101L: Primate/People/Prehistory Lab

1.00 Credits

Coastal Carolina University

(1 credit)(Coreq: ANTH*101) Through laboratory exercises, students will explore human biology and culture over a period of several million years. Students will question the nature of science, the use and analysis of scientific evidence, and how biocultural evolution worked in the past and how it works today. Focusing on the "how" aspect of these questions, students draw on scientific processes and knowledge to learn about what we are and how we came to be. Prerequisite: Take ANTH*101(ANTH_101); Corequisite: ANTH*101

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ANTH 102: Understanding Other Cultures

3.00 Credits

Coastal Carolina University

(3 credits) An exploration and comparison of selected contemporary cultures, including their languages. An introduction to the concepts, methods and data of sociocultural anthropology and anthropological linguistics. F,S,Su Corequisite: ANTH*102L

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ANTH 120: Cultures and Environments

3.00 Credits

Coastal Carolina University

(3 credits)(=GEOG*120) This course will introduce students to intersections between people and the world around them. We will explore the ways in which the environment shapes human cultures, how cultures adapt and change the environment, and the feedback loops that are created in an anthropogenic landscape. We will use case studies to illustrate these theories and discuss how our perspectives inform our understanding and interpretation of environments and human cultures, both past and present. F,S,Su

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ANTH 300: Human Landscapes

3.00 Credits

Coastal Carolina University

(3 credits)(=GEOG*300)(Prereq: ANTH*120 or GEOG*120) This course intensively examines the way in which anthropologists and geographers use landscape analysis in studies of the interaction between people and their environment. We will discuss the formation of anthropogenic landscapes and feedback cycles, and the way in which this affects human behaviors past and present. Case studies can include agriculture, climate change, pollution, population, urbanization, and the Anthropocene. F,S,Su Prerequisite: Take ANTH*120;

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ANTH 301: Anthropological Theory

3.00 Credits

Coastal Carolina University

(3 credits) This course will provide an overview of the major theoretical approaches in anthropology. These include a wide range of perspectives such as evolutionary, functionalist, structuralist, and postmodernist, among others. The class will take a chronological approach in order to explore the development of schools of thought through time. We will use case studies to illustrate these theories and discuss how our perspectives inform our understanding and interpretation of human cultures and environments, both past and present. F, S, Su

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ANTH 310: Myth, Ritual & Magic

3.00 Credits

Coastal Carolina University

(3 credits) This is an anthropological course that will examine ancient & histroical cultures' supernatural beliefs, ritual practices, and mystical symbolism, and how these reflect societies' values and world views about power, gender, and identity. Topics will include: "goddess" cults, witchcraft, spirits/demons, shamans, divination, sacrifice, magic, and cult objects. We will approach these topics through folklore, mythology, historic, and archaeological evidence.

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ANTH 312: World Ethnography

3.00 Credits

Coastal Carolina University

(3 credits)(Prereq: ANTH*102This course defines ethnography from an anthropological perspective and presents the foundations for studying human cultures holistically, empirically, and historically. Ethnography is the study of a human culture and includes examination of social roles and relationship dynamics, subsistence/economy, customs, political climate, religion, etc. Discussions will also examine the use and misuse of ethnographic information. This course will explore various styles of ethnography through anthropological case studies and will draw from rural and urban communities and populations from around the world. Prerequisite: Take ANTH*102(4617);

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