CEA CAPA Partner Institution: University of New York in Prague
Location: Prague, CZECH REPUBLIC
Primary Subject Area: Anthropology
Instruction in: English
Course Code: SSC202
Transcript Source: Partner Institution
Course Details: Level 200
Recommended Semester Credits: 3
Contact Hours: 45
DESCRIPTION
This course will be focused on main issues of anthropological thinking and key anthropological theories, with an emphasis on the Central and Eastern European region. Through the analysis of different weekly studies and going over the main theoretical approaches in the discipline, this course will identify how Anthropology offers a distinctive way of interpreting the surrounding world, as well to understand how social, political and economic contexts and structures shape our lives. Among the different topics addressed and analyzed that will be discussed in class are: race, ethnicity, class, gender, sexuality, religion, globalization, education, health care, violence, the mass media and climate change, among others.