ANTH 1756 - ECONOMIC ANTHROPOLOGY

Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course reviews the development of economic anthropology as a special field of study. Emphasis is placed on economic change and the impact of industrialization on the third world. Ethnographic examples are drawn from Latin America, Africa, Asia, Oceania, and Europe. Topics to be discussed include economic theory in anthropology, exchange and the origin/use of money, the development of wage labor, marketing and commodity production, theories of economic development and underdevelopment.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: ENG 0102 or ENGCMP (0002 or 0006 or 0020 or 0200 or 0203 or 0205 or 0207 or 0208 or 0210 or 0212 or 0213 or 0214) or ENGFLM 0210 or FP (0003 or 0006) *Applies to all WRIT Courses*
Course Attributes: DSAS Social Science General Ed. Requirement, Global Studies, MCSI - Sustainability Focused, SCI Polymathic Contexts: Global&Cross Cul GE. Req., SCI Polymathic Contexts: Soc/Behav. GE. Req., Writing Intensive Course (WRIT)

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