Semester:
Fall of every year, Spring of every year, Summer of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 4 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 4
Description:
Evolution of human behavior with an emphasis on the individual and society. Family and kinship, social organizations. Societal types, personality, and the life cycle.
Semester:
Fall of every year, Spring of every year, Summer of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 4 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 4
Description:
Types, causes and consequences of stratification in human societies. Age, class, gender, race and other factors which define social position. Education, occupation, political economy.
Semester:
Fall of every year, Spring of every year, Summer of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 4 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 4
Description:
Evolutionary, ecological, and spatial theories of adaptation and change. Cultural evolution from prehistoric foraging to the post-industrial age. Continuity and change in the emergence and development of contemporary ways of life.
Semester:
Fall of every year, Spring of every year, Summer of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 4 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 4
Description:
Power, authority, and exchange in organizing societies. Costs and limitations of power. Institutionalization of authority. Systems of exchange: planned vs. market economies.
Semester:
Fall of every year, Spring of every year, Summer of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 4 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 4
Description:
Critical examination of the role of government in regulating individual behavior. Implications for cultural values and beliefs and modes of behavior. Analysis of consequences of different theories for resolving, or creating problems in public policy.
Semester:
Fall of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 4 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 4
Description:
Cultural tendencies of liberal democracy that form the characters and constitute the ways of life of individuals in liberal democracies.