Examination of U.S. and Canadian laws, policies, and conflicts, issues of sovereignty, and religious rights. Fulfills alternative line in the Perspectives on Diversity requirement. An archaeological reconstruction of economic, social, political, and religious life in North America from the time the first settlers entered the continent during the Ice Ages to the Mound Builders of later times and ultimately to the first contact with European settlers. Fulfills alternative line in the Perspectives on Diversity require-ment. This survey course familiar-izes the student with a broad range of Latin American peoples and problems.
Topics range from visions of the supernatural to problems of economic development.
Fulfills cross-cultural line in the Perspectives on Diversity requirement. An exploration of American Jewish culture through its roots in the lifeways of Eastern European Ashkenazic Jews and its transformation in the United States. Emphasis on Jewish history, religion, literature, music, and humor as reflections of basic Jewish cultural themes. Fulfills alternative line in the Perspectives on Diversity requirement. Focus on early studies of villages and topics such as kinship, religion, and social structure, and on more recent studies of urban centers, the impact of colonialism, popular culture, and post-colonial politics.