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ANTH 420 - Environmental Anthropology

Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3

Prerequisite: ANTH 110  or ANTH 211 
Description: Introduces environmental anthropology, the study of the relationship between the natural environment and human social and cultural life. Il­lustrates the importance of understanding human-environment interactions in studying contemporary issues in global development, and in investigating the past. Explores major analytical and methodological approaches in envi­ronmental anthropology, including ecological anthropology, ethnoecology, political ecology, and environmental justice. (Titled Cultural Geography before 2016-17.)


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