ANTH 396: Issues in Anthropology: Social Sciences

ANTH 396-002: Policy and Culture
(Spring 2018)

10:30 AM to 11:45 AM TR

Krug Hall 5

Section Information for Spring 2018

This course will examine the integral nature of cultural processes to policy making and implementation. We will also be looking at the culture of policymaking organizations themselves. The course will examine the role of values in policy and research, the constitution of knowledge, the construction of gender within policy, and cultural and social understandings of risk. We will spend some time thinking about how policies and programs are measured or deemed as successful or not and we will consider how the human body becomes a site of politics and power. Looking at primarily anthropological accounts from around the world, we will discuss topics such as, international development, health care, immigration, war, humanitarian efforts, human rights, and the environment. This course is open to students of any major. It fulfills the CHSS Non-Western and Mason Core Social and Behavioral Science requirements.

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Course Information from the University Catalog

Credits: 3

Topic of contemporary interest in anthropology, focusing on social science topics of interest. Notes: May be repeated when topic is different. May be repeated within the term for a maximum 18 credits.
Specialized Designation: Topic Varies, Non-Western Culture
Schedule Type: Lec/Sem #1, Lec/Sem #2, Lec/Sem #3, Lec/Sem #4, Lec/Sem #5, Lec/Sem #6, Lec/Sem #7, Lec/Sem #8, Lec/Sem #9, Lecture, Sem/Lec #10, Sem/Lec #11, Sem/Lec #12, Sem/Lec #13, Sem/Lec #14, Sem/Lec #15, Sem/Lec #16, Sem/Lec #17, Sem/Lec #18
Grading:
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.

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