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SOCI 352. Birth, Death, Sex: Exploring Demography

3.00
Crosslisted: ANTH 352  

Fertility (birth) and mortality (death) and their biological and social determinants in cross-cultural and evolutionary/historical frameworks. Exploration of the dynamic between the material constraints on and symbolic significance of reporduction, sexuality and death within a cultural context. Critical examination of population growth as a global “problem”. Basic demographic methods.  Prerequisite: Any lower level course in anthropology or sociology or permission of the instructor.