ANTH 444 - Values and Valuables

Description

Hours: Three hours lecture per week Prerequisites: Junior Standing and successful completion of Golden Four GE Areas (A1, A2, A3, B4) Description: Examination of the intimate linkages between the creation of cultural values and the perception of economic value through the analysis of production and exchange in various cultural contexts. Synthesis of the debates in the field of economic anthropology and application to pre-historic, modern, Western and non-Western societies.

Meeting Information

Info current as 5/14/2024
Days Times Room Meeting Dates Instructor
TH  3:00 PM  -  5:50 PM  DEL NORTE 1530 1/17/2015 - 5/15/2015 Thomas Bishop

Status: Open
Class Number: 2700
Session: Regular Academic Session
Units: 3.00
Class Components: Lecture
Career: Undergraduate
Dates: 1/17/2015 - 5/15/2015
Grading: Letter Grade

Class Availability

Information below is 24 hours old.
Enrollment Total: 29
Available Seats: 1
Wait List Capacity: 20
Wait List Total: 0

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Enrollment Information

  • Upper Division
  • D: Social Perspectives
  • UDIGE: Interdisciplinary

Notes

Prerequisite course required. Consult CSUCI Catalog
Cross-listed course