ST-Topics/AnthroComtempLatinAm

We examine the four subfields of Anthropology and how the discipline addresses the people and places that shape and are shaped by the nation state, diaspora, linguistic diversity, gender, migration, class, sexuality and power dynamics. Readings include: The Anthropology of Latin America and the Caribbean by Harry Sanabra; The Forging of the Cosmic Race, by Colin MacLanchlan and Jaime Rodriguez; La Negociacion de lo Oculto Chamanismo, Medicina y Familia entre los Siona del Bajo Putumayo by Jean Langdon; Fronteras, Puentes y Movilidades by R.

Literature & Culture

Relevant forms of Black cultural expressions contributing to the shape and character of contemporary Black culture; the application of these in traditional Black writers. Includes: West African cultural patterns and the Black past; the transition-slavery, the culture of survival; the cultural patterns through literature; and Black perceptions versus white perceptions. (Gen.Ed. AL, U)

ST-Agile Software Project Mgmt

Students will lead a software development team, in the context of a web development startup seeking venture capital funding, to the successful completion and deployment of a real web application. This course emphasizes agile software engineering principles and practice such as scrum, sprints, iterative design and development, test driven development, and shippable increments.
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