ANTH3480-01.Cultural Ecology.F13.Tennessen,David

Faculty Name

David Tennessen

Document Type

Syllabi

School

CLA

Department

ANTH

Course Subject

ANTH

Course Number

3480

Course Section

01

Course Title

Cultural Ecology

Academic Term and Year

Fall 2013

Credits

4.00

Hamline Plan Letter

Q

Area of Study

ANTH, ESTD

Course Description

Goal: To discuss and analyze how anthropologists have developed and applied the ecosystem concept to questions about how modern and ancient peoples have interacted with their environment. To understand how anthropologists have developed systems models of cultures as finely attuned adaptive systems. To learn how to develop explanatory models that relate cultural behavior to ecological considerations. Content: The comparative development of human cultural adaptive strategies to the major ecosystems of this planet: arctic, arid zone, grasslands (temperate and tropical), high altitude systems, and forests (boreal, temperate, and tropical). The methodologies and techniques employed in cultural ecological studies. Taught: Alternate years. Prerequisite: ANTH 1160.

Recommended Citation

Tennessen, David, "ANTH3480-01.Cultural Ecology.F13.Tennessen,David" (2013). Historic Syllabi -- full text access limited to internal Hamline administrative staff only. 1577.
https://digitalcommons.hamline.edu/syllabi/1577