Fall 2024 Anthropology UN3160 section 001

THE BODY AND SOCIETY

Call Number 00101
Day & Time
Location
F 11:00am-12:50pm
227 Milbank Hall (Barnard)
Points 4
Grading Mode Standard
Approvals Required None
Instructor Gina A Jae
Type SEMINAR
Course Description

As an introduction to the field of medical anthropology, this seminar addresses themes of health, affliction, and healing across sociocultural domains.  Concerns include critiques of biomedical, epidemiological and other models of disease and suffering; the entwinement of religion and healing; technocratic interventions in healthcare; and the sociomoral underpinnings of human life, death, and survival.  A 1000 level course in Anthropology is recommended as a prerequisite, although not required.  Enrollment limited to 30. 4 units

Web Site Vergil
Department Anthropology @Barnard
Enrollment 12 students (16 max) as of 4:06PM Sunday, December 1, 2024
Subject Anthropology
Number UN3160
Section 001
Division Barnard College
Note *** (Instructor Permission Required)***(GJ)
Section key 20243ANTH3160V001