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ANTH 120: Introduction to Medical Anthropology

Units: 4

Provides knowledge about medical anthropology, how different cultures understand human physiology and health, definitions of sickness, types of medical systems and practitioners, how cultural practices affect health, issues in gender environmental health, and how medical anthropology influences health policy.

Course Details
Repeats Allowed for Credit: 0

Discussion included
Normal Letter Grade only

GE Requirements
  • Upper Division: Writing in the Discipline
  • Approaches to Knowledge: Social Science
  • Approaches to Knowledge: Societies and Cultures of the Past
  • Intellectual Experience: Diversity and Identity
  • Intellectual Experience: Global Awareness
  • Intellectual Experience: Ethics

Requisites and Restrictions
Prerequisite Courses: ANTH 001 or ANTH 005
Instructor Permission Required: No


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