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ANTH 4403 [0.5 credit] Symbolic and Semiotic Anthropology


This course looks at the role of signs and symbols in social life, including the properties of signs, the workings of symbolic systems, the construction of social reality, and role all these play in actors’ practice.
Prerequisite(s): third-year standing or permission of the instructor.
Also offered at the graduate level, with different requirements, as ANTH 5403, for which additional credit is precluded.
Seminar three hours a week.