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Course Info for HRST - 204 - 01, Spring 2024
Class number: 3476 Title: Thinking and Writing Culture Department: Human Rights Studies
Career: Undergraduate Component: Seminar Session: Second Quarter
Instructor's Permission Required: Yes Grading Basis: Regular Units: 0.50
Enrollment limited to 12 Current enrollment: 11 Available seats: 1
Start date: Monday, March 18, 2024 End date: Friday, May 10, 2024 Mode of Instruction: In Person
Schedule: MTR: 6:30PM-8:00PM, UNASSIGNED - Instructor(s): Terwiel, Anna
Prerequisite(s): None
Distribution Requirement: Meets Humanities Requirement
Note: Open only to students in the Trinity Prison Seminar Series/Hartford Correctional Center
Course Description:
In this class, we will investigate culture, as studied within the academic discipline of anthropology. We will read about and discuss the ways in which the study of culture can help us understand aspects of our lives, such as language, kinship, religion, and other topics. In connection with this material, you will complete several types of writing assignments that will help you develop your skills in academic writing and research and provide you the opportunity to use concepts from anthropology to analyze your own experience