ANTH 1713 - HEALTH, NUTRITION, AND POPULATION 1

Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course will provide an introduction to the study of the health, population and nutrition concerns of indigenous peoples; provide an understanding of the health concerns of the Kichwa speaking people of the Ecuadorian amazon and provide a grounding for research on the health of Amazonian peoples. It will be taught as a combination of lectures, discussion of readings, site/field visits, interviewing of key actors and analysis of primary materials derived from interviews and observations of Kichwa people, healers and patients.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Attributes: DSAS Geographic Region General Ed. Requirement, DSAS Global Issues General Ed. Requirement, DSAS Social Science General Ed. Requirement, MCSI - Sustainability Focused, SCI Polymathic Contexts: Global&Cross Cul GE. Req., SCI Polymathic Contexts: Soc/Behav. GE. Req.

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