Undergraduate Catalog 2015-16 
    
    Dec 08, 2024  
Undergraduate Catalog 2015-16 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

ANT 2210 - Anthropology and the Environment

3 cr
This course explores the interface between culture and the natural environment from a cultural ecological perspective. Through cross-cultural comparisons, with an emphasis on the contrasts between small-scale and large-scale societies, it examines human relationships with nature. Particular attention is given to the effects subsistence practices, economics, politics, and globalization have on a culture's changing attitudes about and behaviors toward the environment.
This course fulfills the World Views Frame of Reference.
Prerequisite: SOC 1010 - Introduction to Sociology , or ANT 1010 - Introduction to Cultural Anthropology , or by consent of the instructor.
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