The course's main purpose is to give the student experience with the variation inherent in the human condition through time and across space. Mr. King Rituals provide a dramatic introduction to other cultures and an avenue to re- examine our own culture.
Symbols are the units of analysis.
Topics include birth, death, rites of passage, shamanism, food, myth, and social space. The course treats dietary issues as integral to family life, with major messages and meanings for self-identity, food habits, and personal health. Highlighting anthropological approaches and interpretations, and oriented to college students, nurses, and interested community members, the class will perform food awareness exercises, review audiovisual materials and discuss contemporary American and suitable non-Western dietary ways, family, and health. Mr. Hantman Study of the physical and cultural evolution of humans from the initial appearance of uniquely human ancestors some 4.5 million years ago to the appearance of modern humans, Homo sapiens. Topics include the history of evolutionary theory, the development of bipedalism and the capacity for complex language and technology, and anthropological approaches to understanding the earliest evidence of human ritual and religion.