Fall 2018
Fall Schedule
2018
| Course Number | Course Title | Faculty | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| AN101 | Introduction to Cultural Anthropology (has sections) | Parla | MWF 12:20-1:10 |
| AN102 | Human Biology, Behavior, & Evolution (lab course; see below) | Schmitt | MWF 11:15-12:05 |
| AN103 | Anthropology through Ethnography | LaPorte | TR 12:30-1:45 |
| AN210 | Medical Anthropology (has sections) | Shohet | MWF 1:25-2:15 |
| AN234 | Evolutionary Psychology | Hodges-Simeon | TR 12:30-1:45 |
| AN240 | Legal Anthropology | Haeri | TR 2:00-3:15 |
| AN243 | Shamanism | Korom | MWF 11:15-12:05 |
| AN252 | Ethnicity and Identity | Arkin | TR 9:30-10:45 |
| AN285 | Coping with Crisis in Contemporary Africa | Shipton | TR 3:30-4:45 |
| AN290 | Children and Culture (has sections) | Hefner | MWF 1:25-2:15 |
| AN308/708 | Food, Culture, and Society | White | TR 9:30-10:45 |
| AN318/718 | Southeast Asia: Tradition and Modernity | Hefner | MW 10:10-11:25 |
| AN319/719 | Anthropology of Muslim Cultures and Politics (AREA) | Haeri | MWF 11:00-12:15 |
| AN327 | Islam in Africa (AREA) | Ngom | TR 11:00-12:15 |
| AN333/AN733 | Human Population Biology | Schmitt | MWF 1:25-2:15 |
| AN335/735 | Apes and the Evolution of Human Behavior | Knott | MWF 10:10-11:00 |
| AN339 | Primate Bio-Mechanics | Garrett | TR 11:00-12:15 |
| AN344/744 | Modern Japanese Society: Family, School, and Workplace (AREA) | White | TR 2:00-3:15 |
| AN351 | Language, Culture and Society | Smith-Hefner | MWF 11:15-12:05 |
| AN363 | Food & Water: Critical Perspectives | Davidson | TR 9:30-10:45 |
| AN379 | China: Tradition and Transformation | Weller | TR 12:30-1:45 |
| AN461 | Ethnography and Anthropological Theory I | Shohet | MWF 10:10-11 |
| AN533 | Exploring Ethnographic Genres: The Poetics and Politics of Writing | Davidson | T 12:30-3:15 |
| AN552 | Primate Evolution and Anatomy | Garrett | TR 3:30-6:15 |
| AN594 | Seminar:Topics in Cultural Anthropology: Ethnographic Genres | Davidson | T 12:30-3:15 |
| AN595 | Field Methods in Biological Anthropology | Knott | F 2:30-5:15 |
| AN597 | Special Issues in Biological Anthropology: Evolutionary Endocrinology |
Hodges-Simeon | R 3:30-6:15 |
| GRS 703 | Prosem: Ethnography and the History of Social Theory in Anthropology | Kuper | T 3:30-6:15 |
| GRS 705 | Prosem: The Biological and Historical Past | Cartmill & Brown | M 2:30-5:15 |
| GRS 751 | Seminar in Linguistic Anthropology | Smith-Hefner | M 2:30-5:15 |
*MET Courses: Students with junior and senior standing may take one MET course per term, obtaining full CAS credit for coursework completed.
Medical Anthropology Courses for Fall 2018
NEW COURSE: GMS MA 624 Anthropology of Immigrant Health
This medical anthropology course presents different ways of studying cultural and medical pluralism in the United States through ethnographies of immigrant experience. We will analyze transformations of ethnicity, gender, race, national identity and health practices that have marked both historical and contemporary migrations of people to the United States. We will also explore the impact of intensified transnationalism, health status changes and healthcare practices among newer American groups, as they concurrently sustain ties to homelands and seek ways to form healthy communities in the United States. In particular, we will examine the roles of religious life and practice in relation to a range of healing ways in immigrant communities.
Laird Th 3:30-6:15 PM. Charles River Campus.
NEW COURSE: GMS MA 632 Medical Anthropology in Clinical Settings
NOTE: This course is still under review, so access to registration will be delayed. If planning to register, please notify the instructor, Dr. Linda Barnes (lbarnes@bu.edu). Renowned medical anthropologist and psychiatrist Arthur Kleinman writes, “Each illness episode and each clinical encounter presents the anthropologist who works in medical settings with an occasion to interpret how illness and clinical reality are organized in particular local cultural systems of meanings, norms, and power.” Designed for students planning to go into clinical practice and/or related research, this course examines how applied medical anthropology has been utilized in a wide range of clinical settings, in complex cross-cultural interactions. In particular, we will explore case studies through the perspectives of nurse, social-worker, and physician anthropologists. Barnes M 2:30-6:15 PM. Charles River Campus.
GMS MA 640 The Cultural Formation of the Clinician: Implications for Practice
This course will provide a context for exploring and reflecting on one’s own cultural formation in relation to such topics as gender, sexual orientation, race, class, religion, body size, and other areas where there are the greatest risks for health disparities through unexamined bias. The course examines the values one brings into one’s practice as a care provider, and how the interaction of both influence one’s personal and professional life, including responses to diverse patient cultures. Offered through M.A. program in Medical Anthropology. 3 cr. (Students needing a 4 th credit should speak with the instructor about adding a single-credit directed study). Barnes W 5:00-7:50 PM. Medical campus.
NEW COURSE: GMS MA 677 Special Topics in Medical Anthropology: Program Evaluation for Social Scientists
(Description to follow.)
For other medical anthropology courses, see: http://www.bumc.bu.edu/gms/maccp/academics/maccp-courses-by-academic-year/