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Course Info for ANTH - 310 - 01, Fall 2025
Class number: 3248 Title: Anth of Development Department: Anthropology
Career: Undergraduate Component: Seminar Session: Regular
Instructor's Permission Required: No Grading Basis: Regular Units: 1.00
Enrollment limited to 19 Current enrollment: 7 Available seats: 12
Start date: Tuesday, September 2, 2025 End date: Wednesday, December 17, 2025 Mode of Instruction: In Person
Schedule: TR: 1:30PM-2:45PM, MC - 303 Instructor(s): Hussain, Shafqat
Prerequisite(s): None
Distribution Requirement: Meets Social Sciences Requirement
Course Description:
This seminar will explore international economic and social development from an anthropological perspective. We will critically examine concepts of development, underdevelopment, and progress. We will compare how multilateral lenders and small nongovernmental organizations employ development rhetoric and methods. We will examine specific case studies of development projects in Africa, Asia, and Latin America, asking what has been attained, and what is attainable.