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Environmental Anthropology

Course Overview

Date / Time Location Credits Minimium Tuition*
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TBA		 On-line course 3 $1398 (guest students)
$1584 (current students)
Date
-
Time
TBA
Location
On-line course
Credits
3
Min. Tuition*
$1398 (guest students)
$1584 (current students)

Description

This course focuses on people's complex relationships to their environment. It examines different anthropological approaches to analyze human adaptive strategies to diverse ecosystems around the world from a historical and cross-cultural perspective. It will also examine the different strategies and knowledge systems that humans develop for managing their resources. Finally, the course looks at the rise of political ecology as a perspective to analyze the role of power relations, institutions and ideas of nature in environmental change and conservation.

Registration will begin July 31st

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Course Details

Session

Summer Session 1, 6 weeks

Class Dates

-

Location

On-line course

Enrolled / Capacity

19 / 25

Status

Closed

Instructor

Jose Martinez Reyes

Tuition*

$1398 (guest students)
$1584 (current students)

* The tuition estimate is based on minimum, single-course cost to a new student who is a Massachusetts resident and not enrolled in a multi-course program. State residency, online/in person modality, and matriculation to a degree program may affect cost.

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