Sociology and Anthropology Summer Courses

ANTH-1100-V11- Intro to Cultural Anthropology
S1 - Summer Session 1 JUN 01, 2027 - JUL 01, 2027
V - Virtual (online courses only): TWR, 09:00AM - 12:00PM

We live in a shrinking international arena that demands greater sensitivity to the diversity of cultural patterns surrounding us. In this course, students investigate human beliefs and behavior, particularly in regard to forms of communication, marriage and the family, adaptions to the environment and to political, economic and religious institutions in a variety of past and present cultures.

CRN: 15067

Instructor: Maraesa, Aminata
3 credits

Fordham course attributes: DESC, FRSS, GLBL, INST, ISIN, MKLA, SSCI

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ANTH-1100-V21- Intro to Cultural Anthropology
S2 - Summer Session 2 JUL 06, 2027 - AUG 05, 2027
V - Virtual (online courses only): TWR, 09:00AM - 12:00PM

We live in a shrinking international arena that demands greater sensitivity to the diversity of cultural patterns surrounding us. In this course, students investigate human beliefs and behavior, particularly in regard to forms of communication, marriage and the family, adaptions to the environment and to political, economic and religious institutions in a variety of past and present cultures.

CRN: 17583

Instructor: George, Diane
3 credits

Fordham course attributes: DESC, FRSS, GLBL, INST, ISIN, MKLA, SSCI

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ANTH-1200-V21- Intro to Biological Anthro
S2 - Summer Session 2 JUL 06, 2027 - AUG 05, 2027
V - Virtual (online courses only): TWR, 06:00PM - 09:00PM

This introduction to biological anthropology satisfies a core life science requirement and serves as a general survey of the biological focus of anthropology. The course summarizes the different subdisciplines of biological anthropology and covers the history of evolutionary theories, human genetics and adaptation, primate biology, behavioral ecology and conservation, and an overview of the human fossil record. In particular, we emphasize the variations found in contemporary humans and non-human primates and the biological and cultural changes that took place in our ancestors over the past 7 million years. Lab sessions will provide a practical introduction to human osteology, primate morphology, primate conservation, and comparisons of human fossil morphology.

CRN: 15012

Instructor: Johnson, Caley
3 credits

Fordham course attributes: ENST, ESEL, ESLS, LSCI

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ANTH-1300-RT1- Introduction to Archaeology
S1 - Summer Session 1 JUN 01, 2027 - JUL 01, 2027
R - Rose Hill: MTWRF, 09:30AM - 03:30PM

How do we study society when no living members of that culture remain? Students will examine the ways by which archaeologists have inferred former patterns of behavior from surviving evidence through a survey of traditional methods as well as new scientific techniques. Students will study artifacts from the University's collection and "excavate" their own archaeological site on paper to better understand the process of investigation.

CRN: 17082

Instructor: Venezia, Maria
3 credits

Fordham course attributes: CLAS, FRSS, GLBL, IPE, MEST, SSCI

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ANTH-3111-V31- Archaeology of the Americas
S3 - Summer Session 3 JUN 01, 2027 - AUG 05, 2027
V - Virtual (online courses only): Asynchronous

What were the Americas like before the arrival of Europeans? This course investigates the prehistory of the western hemisphere with emphasis on the arrival and expansion of hunter-gatherer societies throughout the New World. Explore ancient Native American cultural adaptations from the Ice Age to today's global warming within the diverse and dynamic habitats of early times. Students will gain a broader appreciation of American Indian culture and diversity, as well as its extraordinarily long record of survival and achievement.

CRN: 17083

Instructor: Venezia, Maria
4 credits

Fordham course attributes: ACUP, AMST, ANAR, ASHS, GLBL, LALS, LASS, LAUH, MVST

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ANTH-4002-V21- Anthro of Sci, Tech, & Values
S2 - Summer Session 2 JUL 06, 2027 - AUG 05, 2027
V - Virtual (online courses only): MTWR, 09:00AM - 12:00PM

What cultural, political, and environmental values shape the production of science and technology? This course explores how human values and histories all shape the design and development of science and technology. We explore multiple points of view across race, class, religion, disability, and gender to understand how science and technology impact people and environments. This course integrates anthropological methods and theories that examine science and technology studies. From this lens, we examine how histories of colonialism, imperialism, and capitalism shape tech markets, trade, and innovation. We explore a variety of topics such as Big Data, AI, genomics, healthcare, and environmentalism to better understand the challenges and opportunities of developing effective, sustainable, and accessible technologies. From an anthropological lens, students will learn how to identify and think critically about the complex ethical issues of science and technology.

CRN: 17584

Instructor: Valdez, Natali
4 credits

Fordham course attributes: EP4, PLUR, VAL

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ANTH-4004-L11- Art Worlds: Anth and Soc Persp
S1 - Summer Session 1 JUN 01, 2027 - JUL 01, 2027
YL - Hybrid LC/Online: MR, 01:00PM - 04:00PM

Incorporating methods and insights from sociology and anthropology, and drawing on the resource of the immediate context of New York City's cultural communities and institutions, this course will analyze many of the arts and artistic communities of New York City. The study of culture generally, aand art worlds more specifically, allows us to understand art and culture not only as aesthetic experiences, but also as institutional, economic, social and political phenomena. Our summer mid-day time slot will allow us to avail ourselves of numerous field trips and cultural excursions to support our discussions, readings, and lectures. This course currently fulfills an Interdisciplinary Capstone Core requirements for Fordham College students and is expected to be listed as an EP3 course by Summer 2014.

CRN: 15808

Instructor: McGee, Michelle
4 credits

Fordham course attributes: ICC

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ANTH-4490-L21- Anthro Politic Violence
S2 - Summer Session 2 JUL 06, 2027 - AUG 05, 2027
L - Lincoln Center: MTW, 05:30PM - 09:30PM

Political violence happens everyday, whether we endure it personally or hear about it through the media. But seldom do we ask ourselves what it is. This course investigates the nature of political violence and articulate its many forms from the anthropological perspectives of gender, class, ethnicity, economics, and of course, politics. Specific areas of study include Northern Ireland, Germany, Sudan, Palestine, Mexico, Argentina, China, Australia, and the U.S. The course will discuss the motivations for action (or inaction) by governments, elites, and insurgents, and students will get to know some of the organizations working against political violence. Field trips will include visits tothe United Nations, The United Holocaust Museum, and Ground Zero. Podcasts, news broadcasts, movies and audio documentation of events will provide further access to examples of global political violence.

CRN: 15838

Instructor: Gerard-Seif, Huda
4 credits

Fordham course attributes: AMST, APPI, ASHS, HHPA, HUST, ICC, INST, IPE, IRST, ISIN, PJST, PJWT

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ANTH-4490-V11- Anthro Politic Violence
S1 - Summer Session 1 JUN 01, 2027 - JUL 01, 2027
V - Virtual (online courses only): MTW, 05:30PM - 09:30PM

Political violence happens everyday, whether we endure it personally or hear about it through the media. But seldom do we ask ourselves what it is. This course investigates the nature of political violence and articulate its many forms from the anthropological perspectives of gender, class, ethnicity, economics, and of course, politics. Specific areas of study include Northern Ireland, Germany, Sudan, Palestine, Mexico, Argentina, China, Australia, and the U.S. The course will discuss the motivations for action (or inaction) by governments, elites, and insurgents, and students will get to know some of the organizations working against political violence. Field trips will include visits tothe United Nations, The United Holocaust Museum, and Ground Zero. Podcasts, news broadcasts, movies and audio documentation of events will provide further access to examples of global political violence.

CRN: 15949

Instructor: Gerard-Seif, Huda
4 credits

Fordham course attributes: AMST, APPI, ASHS, HHPA, HUST, ICC, INST, IPE, IRST, ISIN, PJST, PJWT

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SOCI-1100-R21- Introduction to Sociology
S2 - Summer Session 2 JUL 06, 2027 - AUG 05, 2027
R - Rose Hill: TWR, 09:00AM - 12:00PM

This introduction to sociology will focus on its nature as a scientific discipline. The course teaches students to analyze society by means of key concepts such as social structure, culture, social interaction, social stratification, social inequality, and deviance and social control. It also introduces key sociological theories and research methods. This course is intended to be taken prior to any other sociology course and seeks to stimulate students to continue to deepen their understanding of societies.

CRN: 16519

Instructor: Gilbertson, Greta
3 credits

Fordham course attributes: FRSS, MKLA, SSCI

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SOCI-1102-V11- Intro to Sociology: Health
S1 - Summer Session 1 JUN 01, 2027 - JUL 01, 2027
V - Virtual (online courses only): TWR, 06:00PM - 09:00PM

This course is an introduction to sociology with a focus on its use and application to the study of health, and is targeted specifically at students in the pre-health program. Sociological theories, concepts, and methods will be highlighted, and will be used to investigate contemporary health issues. This course seeks to stimulate students to continue to deepen their understanding of societies, cultures, individuals, and their respective health choices and outcomes.

CRN: 17585

Instructor: Durkin, Daniel
3 credits

Fordham course attributes: AMST, BESN, BIOE, SSCI

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SOCI-2420-V11- Social Probs Race Ethnic
S1 - Summer Session 1 JUN 01, 2027 - JUL 01, 2027
V - Virtual (online courses only): MTWR, 09:00AM - 12:00PM

This course explores the historical and contemporary issues surrounding the impact that race and ethnicity have in society. Students will examine how racial and ethnic criteria often guide important economic, political, and social decisions that affect access to resources by various groups and which usually have major consequences for the individual.

CRN: 17586

Instructor: Quinn, Johanna
4 credits

Fordham course attributes: ADVD, AMST, APPI, ASHS, ASSC, LALS, LASS, PJIN, PLUR, URST

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SOCI-2847-V21- The 60s: Sex, Drugs, Rock&Roll
S2 - Summer Session 2 JUL 06, 2027 - AUG 05, 2027
V - Virtual (online courses only): MTWR, 09:00AM - 12:00PM

The 1960's was one of the most tumultuous eras in American history, marked by a revolutionary movement led by youth struggling for freedom on many levels. African Americans, with white support, struggled against the oppression of racial segregation of the South in the Civil Rights movement: young people sought sexual freedom and the right to experiment with drugs; musicians broke away from the restraints of traditional pop and folk songs and created rock and roll; politically minded youth attacked the traditional institutions of political and economic power by protesting against the war in Vietnam; women challenged traditional male attitudes that confined them to domesticity or inferior status in the work place and in society; gays organized against the repressive laws and prejudices against homosexuality. This course will show how all of these social strands intertwined using films, music and writings from the era.

CRN: 15031

Instructor: Wormser, Richard
4 credits

Fordham course attributes: ACUP, AMST, APPI, ASAM, ASHS, ASSC, PJSJ, PJST, WGSS

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SOCI-2960-L11- Popular Culture
S1 - Summer Session 1 JUN 01, 2027 - JUL 01, 2027
YL - Hybrid LC/Online: MR, 06:30PM - 09:00PM

This course will investigate the nature of contemporary popular culture. How do people spend their "spare time"? Does this vary with social class? Is sport the new religion? And how does this differ from that of earlier periods and simpler societies? (Every year)

CRN: 14806

Instructor: McGee, Michelle
4 credits

Fordham course attributes: ACUP, AMST, APPI, ASAM, ASHS, ASSC, MKLA, URST

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SOCI-3021-V31- Sociology of Medicine
S3 - Summer Session 3 JUN 01, 2027 - AUG 05, 2027
V - Virtual (online courses only): Asynchronous

This course explores the social context of health, disease, and illness in American society. Thematic issues include the experience of illness, the medical (and other healing) professions, health care policy, and the relations between providers and patients. The effects of social inequality on health and health care delivery are probed throughout the course.

CRN: 16521

Instructor: Fountain, Christine
4 credits

Fordham course attributes: AMST, ASHS, BESN, LPHP, URST

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SOCI-4004-L11- Art Worlds: Anth and Soc Persp
S1 - Summer Session 1 JUN 01, 2027 - JUL 01, 2027
YL - Hybrid LC/Online: MR, 01:00PM - 04:00PM

The study of culture generally, and art world more specifically, allows us to understand the arts not only as aesthetics experiences, but also as institutional, economics, social, and political phenomena. Incorporating methods and insights from sociology and anthropology, and drawing on the resource of the immediate context of New York City’s cultural communities and institutions, the course will introduce students to issues in and methods for cultural analysis. The analysis of art worlds will include: 1) a consideration of the intentions of creative agents or producers; 2) the distribution of these objects within particular systems; and, 3) the reception and interpretation of these objects by and within particular social groups or communities.

CRN: 15809

Instructor: Sawalha, Aseel
4 credits

Fordham course attributes: AMST, APPI, ICC

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SOCI-4900-L31- Internship Seminar
S3 - Summer Session 3 JUN 01, 2027 - AUG 05, 2027
YL - Hybrid LC/Online: M, 06:00AM - 09:00PM

Placement in a work setting of their choice provides students with an opportunity to assess their own career goals, while simultaneously enriching their understanding of how social groups function. Issues and topics from the sociology of formal organizations, including work role socialization, the organization as a social system, the bureaucracy and its public, formal and social processes in organizations, managerial ideologies and the relation between character and career are discussed. Placements must be obtained through the Internship Program located in the Career Planning and Placement Office.

CRN: 16565

Instructor: INSTRUCTOR, NO
4 credits

Fordham course attributes:

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SOCI-4965-V21- Sci-Fi & Social Crisis
S1 - Summer Session 1 JUN 01, 2027 - JUL 01, 2027
V - Virtual (online courses only): MTWR, 01:00PM - 04:00PM

The course presents science fiction as a literary genre, one that does not attempt to give us an image of our future but rather provides a unique social critique to defamiliarize and restructure our own reified present. Through its strategy of indirection, science fiction reflects on the object and ground of all human life, while itself being a reflection of its time. The genre often draws upon science and technology to create thought experiments of alternate utopian and dystopian worlds. As a literary form, science fiction has evolved from its pulp fiction origins in America for a mass audience to a highly creative art form practiced by some of the most outstanding writers of our time.

CRN: 17587

Instructor: Wormser, Richard
4 credits

Fordham course attributes: ACUP, AMST, ASHS, ICC

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SOCI-4971-V11- Dilemmas of the Modern Self
S1 - Summer Session 1 JUN 01, 2027 - JUL 01, 2027
V - Virtual (online courses only): MTWR, 01:00PM - 04:00PM

Modern selfhood or identity is studied as a series of conflicts or dilemmas "What is a self today?" What are the special problems of ourselves as modern and post-modern "subjects?"

CRN: 14880

Instructor: Durkin, Daniel
4 credits

Fordham course attributes: AMST, APPI, ASHS, EP4, VAL

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