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ANTH 233Inuit Cultures

Units
0.50
Faculty
Arts
Subject
Anthropology

When it runs

  1. F24
  2. W25
  3. S25
  4. F25
  5. W26
  6. S26
  7. F26
  8. W27
  9. S27

Ran in 0 of the last 7 terms. Winter 2027: not on the schedule. Spring 2027: schedule not out yet.

An examination of Inuit and Eskimo cultures of Alaska, Canada, and Greenland from their prehistoric origins to the present. Administrative systems imposed upon the Inuit and Eskimo will be analyzed and compared, as will the contemporary problems these communities face.

Prerequisites

  • Students must be in level 2A or higher

Antirequisites

None listed.

Leads to

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  • This course surveys a wide variety of different topics in Inuit cultures and life, including hunting practices, Inuit art, history of contact, legal/political history, worldview, wildlife, and much more. All tests, including the midterm and final exam, are online and open book, which is amazing (take good notes! it will help you so much). You read three books throughout the term and it's expected that you will read them in approx. two weeks, unless you are able to start early, which I did not love. I can read a book in a day if I have nothing on my schedule, but when I have five classes, getting through a 300-400 page book in time for the term paper (which you will do in October/November)…

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Fall 2017

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