Course Descriptions

The HUMANITIES study what it means to be human within a contemporary or historical context. These disciplines analyze the ideas and expressive artifacts of individuals or groups emphasizing qualitative rather than quantitative methods. The Humanities provide us with the broad frameworks within which enduring questions of existence, relationships, values, and aesthetics can be examined from multiple perspectives. The SOCIAL SCIENCES study human interactions and the social institutions in which these occur. These disciplines tend to adopt scientific methods, emphasizing quantitative rather than qualitative approaches. The Social Sciences provide us with the broad frameworks within which to analyze the nature of social systems, processes, and outcomes.

ANTH S201 - Medical Anthropology

Credit Hours: 4R-OL-4C
Term Available: -
Graduate Studies Eligible: No
Prerequisites: None
Corequisites: None

Analyzes the relations among health, illness, social institutions and cultural representations. Students must consider intellectually challenging materials on health and disease cross-culturally as well as reconsider their own social beliefs about bodies and the causes and responses to their vulnerabilities.

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