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Anthropology of Religion

theoretical analysis of religion as a cultural phenomenon, functional relationships between religion, culture, society and the individual: Anthropological Viewpoints about Religion, Diversity and Unity in the World's Religions, The Psychology of Religion, Religious Myths and Symbols, Religion as Expressive Culture, Language, Belief, and Religion, Religious Ritual, Religious Social Organization, Religion and Society, Religious Adaptation and Change, quizzes

English - Course Materials

courses: early & later Shakespeare (comedies, histories, and tragedies), best sellers (The Fifties (bombshells), The Sixties (hope & despair), The Seventies (war & peace), The Eighties (communists & capitalists), The Nineties (terrorism) ), resources

Survey of African-American Literature

works by African American writers from the Colonial period to the early twentieth century, presents historical, sociological, and political context of the literature created by African Americans during these time periods: literature of (slavery & freedom, reconstruction to new Negro renaissance, Harlem renaissance), sample essay

Language and Mind

overview, homework, readings, lectures (language as instinct, 2 types of grammar, animal language, speech production, perception & development, how sounds are memorized, words, mental dictionary, sentences, structural relations, language acquisition, principles & parameters, learning verb syntax, two-year olds' words & sentences, sentence production), resources

American History

Web-Based Lectures, Student Web Notes (lecture outlines, study guides, photographs), Hitchhiker's Guide to American History, Who's Who in American History, Photo Gallery

Introduction to Prehistoric Archaeology

introduction to the study of material culture, interpreting archaeological evidence, archaeological methods, site formation processes and dating techniques, interpreting early Oldowan technology sites, Acheulian technology, definitive evidence for hunting, Ice Age environments, Middle Paleolithic to Upper Paleolithic, Peopling of New worlds, ethics of archaeological research, Archaic to Mississippian in North America, origins of food production in the Near East

History and Archaeology of the Ship

development of methods and techniques of wooden shipbuilding from the Solar Ship of the Pharoh Cheops (2600 BC) to the late 16th century AD (Problems, Sources, Terminology, Types, Definition, method, influences on boat & ship design, hydrodynamics, design, performance, mechanical stress, sources for study, Mediterranean, Ships (Egyptian, Minoan, Phoenician, Iron Age Greek), Hellenistic War Galley, Roman Navy, Classical Round Ship, Roman Ships in Northern Waters, Northern Europe, Bronze Age to Celtic, Vikings, Middle Ages, 15th & 16th Centuries), Trieres, Kyrenia and Dyflin Replicas

Southwest Archaeology Lecture Notes

philosophy of archaeology, history of archaeology in Southwest, Southwest environment, cultural periods, Mogollon, Hohokam: photo galleries, articles

Architecture of Cairo

includes extensive & heavily illustrated lecture notes covering Cairo from time of Alexander until 20th century, organized by major historical periods, glossary of terms: readings, related resources

Design Fabrication

introductory course in advanced computing, prototyping & building fabrication, focused on relationship between design, various forms of computer modeling both explicit & generative & physical representation of information using rapid prototyping devices

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