Required for majors. An overview of the complex relations between language and society as conceived by selected anthropologists, sociolinguists, and psychologists. Special emphasis will be placed on the use of language in various work settings, multilingualism, language socialization, and cross- cultural communication. This course examines the political economy and cultural ecology of global economic development. It assesses the differing social and material impacts for the peoples of core and peripheral world regions.
Students design or assess a sustainable development program in a selected local-regional setting.
Required for the sustainable development minor. An examination of health, illness, and the treatment of disease from a cross-cultural perspective. Includes discussion of various theories of illness, types of healers, and the empirical basis for folk medicine and alternative forms of therapy. An examination of formal and informal education within the context of human culture. Emphasis is placed on achieving a cross-cultural understanding of education and educational issues through a study of education in other cultures, minority education, formal and informal educational systems, and the cultural context of the classroom and school.