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Cat. No./Title	Instructor	Dates	Location	Days	Time	Cr	Class No.	Fee	Register
Spring 2013 registration is closed.
AFRSTY101 Introduction to Africana Studies WC	T Nelson	Feb 9 - May 4	M-3-407 McCormack Bldg, 3rd Floor, Room 407	Sa	8:15 - 11:15am	3	1005		Registration for this session has been closed. For more information, contact 617 287 6200.
Description for AFRSTY101: This course presents an overview of the major theories in the field of Africana studies. It seeks to explore the Africana experience in a way that is orderly, systematic, and structurally integrated; and to convey an understanding of the cultural, historical, and political roots of this experience. The course focuses chronologically on major historical episodes through a study of ancient African civilizations, slavery, colonialism, and African liberation movements. Academic Information: Credits: 3 Distribution: World Cultures Diversity: International focus
AFRSTY101 Introduction to Africana Studies WC	Y Nurrudin	Feb 4 - May 10	Online	-	-	3	3455	$1020	The course has reached its maximum enrollment. For more information, contact 617 287 6200.
Description for AFRSTY101: This course presents an overview of the major theories in the field of Africana studies. It seeks to explore the Africana experience in a way that is orderly, systematic, and structurally integrated; and to convey an understanding of the cultural, historical, and political roots of this experience. The course focuses chronologically on major historical episodes through a study of ancient African civilizations, slavery, colonialism, and African liberation movements. Click here for video introduction, instructor, books and other information. Academic Information: Credits: 3 Distribution: World Cultures Diversity: International focus
ANTH247 Ancient Cities & States WC	J Schoenfelder	Feb 4 - May 10	Online	-	-	3	4579	$1020	The course has reached its maximum enrollment. For more information, contact 617 287 6200.
Description for ANTH247: This course compares the processes of state formation in major civilizations, including Mesopotamia, Early Dynastic Egypt, Shang China, Aztecs of Mesoamerica, Inca of Peru. Recent archaeological and historical data are used to explore cross-cultural themes such as the provisioning of cities, role of religious ideology, social organization of land and labor, and gendered dimensions of power and social identity. Click here for video introduction, instructor, books and other information. Academic Information: Credits: 3 Distribution: World Cultures
ANTH272 Peoples and Cultures of Africa WC	B Worley	Feb 4 - May 10	Online	-	-	3	2443	$1020	The course has reached its maximum enrollment. For more information, contact 617 287 6200.
Description for ANTH272: An in-depth study of selected African societies, examining traditional institutions, the colonial situation, and modernization. Click here for video introduction, instructor, books and other information. Academic Information: Credits: 3 Distribution: World Cultures Diversity: International focus
ANTH274 Peoples and Cultures of the Caribbean WC	J Rene	Feb 4 - May 6	Copley	M	6:00 - 9:00pm	3	3611	$1020	Registration for this session has been closed. For more information, contact 617 287 6200.
Description for ANTH274: An ethnographic and historical overview of the Caribbean, examining the impact of external forces on local economic organization, domestic life, religion, and migration, with attention to the importance of transnational communities and migrations that link the islands with the North American mainland. Academic Information: Credits: 3 Distribution: World Cultures
[PR] ANTH367 Social and Cultural Perspectives on Witchcraft and Sorcery WC	B Worley	Feb 4 - May 10	Online	-	-	3	2596	$1020	The course has reached its maximum enrollment. For more information, contact 617 287 6200.
Description for ANTH367: Beliefs about people with extraordinary powers to cause harm or good are found in societies of different types and in different periods in history. This course examines such beliefs in a number of different cultural, geographical, and historical contexts in order to demonstrate ways in which anthropologists and other social scientists approach the more general problem of understanding the function of belief systems in human society. The course does not teach techniques of witchcraft or sorcery. Prerequisite: Sophomore standing or higher or permission of instructor. Click here for video introduction, instructor, books and other information. Academic Information: Credits: 3 Distribution: World Cultures
ASIAN359L Women in Modern China WC	J Babbitts	Feb 4 - May 10	Online	-	-	3	2906	$1020	The course has reached its maximum enrollment. For more information, contact 617 287 6200.
Description for ASIAN359L: This course examines the social and cultural roles of Chinese women, and their changes over time. Emphasis is given to twentieth-century China, especially the People’s Republic period. Click here for video introduction, instructor, books and other information. Academic Information: Credits: 3 Distribution: World Cultures Diversity: International focus Cross listed: HIST 359L & WOST 359L.
CLSICS161 Demystifying Language: English Vocabulary WC	E McDermott	Feb 4 - May 10	Online	-	-	3	4480	$1020	The course has reached its maximum enrollment. For more information, contact 617 287 6200.
Description for CLSICS161: Seventy-five per cent of English vocabulary derives from either Latin or Greek. This course provides students with a system and analytical tools to demystify the process of building their English vocabulary. Students are given an introduction to English word formation (morphology) and principles of semantic change, as well as to history of the English language, while mastering a large body of word elements based in Latin and Greek. The course builds general linguistic awareness while increasing students English vocabulary and ability to understand unknown words at sight. Attention is given to academic, scientific and medical terminology. Click here for video introduction, instructor, books and other information. Academic Information: Credits: 3 Distribution: World Cultures
HIST252 Africa before 1900 WC	T Johnson	Feb 9 - May 4	W-2-158 Wheatley Bldg, 2nd Floor, Room 158	Sa	8:15 - 11:15am	3	4596		Registration for this session has been closed. For more information, contact 617 287 6200.
Description for HIST252: This course examines the history of Africa prior to 1900. The course emphasizes such themes as Islam in Africa, trade and politics in medieval Africa, slavery and the slave trade, the creation of European colonization, and early resistance to that colonization. Academic Information: Credits: 3 Distribution: World Cultures Diversity: International focus
HIST359L Women in Modern China WC	J Babbitts	Feb 4 - May 10	Online	-	-	3	2907	$1020	The course has reached its maximum enrollment. For more information, contact 617 287 6200.
Description for HIST359L: This course examines the social and cultural roles of Chinese women, and their changes over time. Emphasis is given to twentieth-century China, especially the People’s Republic period. Click here for video introduction, instructor, books and other information. Academic Information: Credits: 3 Distribution: World Cultures Diversity: International focus Cross listed: ASIAN 359L & WOST 359L.
WOST359L Women in Modern China WC	J Babbitts	Feb 4 - May 10	Online	-	-	3	2908	$1020	The course has reached its maximum enrollment. For more information, contact 617 287 6200.
Description for WOST359L: This course examines the social and cultural roles of Chinese women, and their changes over time. Emphasis is given to twentieth-century China, especially the People’s Republic period. Click here for video introduction, instructor, books and other information. Academic Information: Credits: 3 Distribution: World Cultures Diversity: International focus Cross listed: ASIAN 359L & HIST 359L.