Emphasis on North-South relations and conflicts. Cross-listed as ANTH 1517. A study of social, scientific and humanistic conceptions of cultural movements and individual identity in modern societies. This required course begins with an overview of the discipline, examining the basic theoretical perspectives and how those affect the issues, methods, and uses of sociology. The rest of the course emphasizes the student's own relationship to sociology, and the work and educational opportunities available to those with sociological training.
Course is limited to junior and senior students.
The student undertakes, under specific conditions, an independent program of study, research, or creative activity usually off-campus and with less immediate and frequent guidance from the sponsoring faculty member than is typically provided in directed reading and directed research courses. The student undertakes a specified course of study, comparable in character to a regular course, under the direct supervision of a faculty member. The student undertakes a defined task of research on campus under the supervision of faculty member of an appropriate department, in which the fruits of the research are embodied in a thesis, extended paper, laboratory report, or other appropriate form. Detailed analysis of a particular topic not covered by regularly scheduled courses.