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Campus | Bryn Mawr |
Semester | Fall 2018 |
Registration ID | ANTHB331001 |
Course Title | Medical Anthro Seminar |
Credit | 1.00 |
Department | Health Studies |
Instructor | Pashigian,Melissa |
Times and Days | T 01:10pm-03:30pm
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Additional Course Info | Class Number: 1160 Advanced Medical Anthropology: Critical Thinking for Critical Times explores theoretical and applied frameworks used in medical anthropology to tackle pressing problems in our world today. Coupled with topical subjects and ethnographic examples, this seminar will enable students to delve deeply into sub-specialization areas in the field of medical anthropology, including: global health inequalities, cross-border disease transmission, genomics, science and technology studies, ethnomedicine, cross-cultural psychiatry/psychology, cross-cultural bioethics, and ecological approaches to studying health and behavior, among others. No prior experience in medical anthropology is required. Prerequisite: ANTH B102, ANTH H103, or permission of instructor. Haverford: B: Analysis of the Social World (B), Social Science (SO) Enrollment Limit: 15; Postbacc Spaces:2; Enrollment Criteria: Major/Minor/Concentration; |
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