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Anthropology Advising Guide

Anthropology, Sociology, Gender Studies and Religious Studies

The following USAC Specialty programs offer courses and internships targeted to the academic needs and interests of Anthropology, Sociology, Gender Studies, and Religious Studies.

Please visit program course pages for course descriptions and terms offered; and meet with your academic advisor to see how you can best fit study abroad into your university degree program. Syllabi are available upon request at syllabus@usac.edu.

Disciplines by Specialty Program Location

Chile | China | Costa Rica | Cuba | Czech Republic | France | Germany | India | Ireland | Italy
Spain | Thailand | Uruguay

Chile

Program City Course Title Credits Area/Level
Santiago Chile's Native Cultures and Languages: Northern Chile 3 ANTH/WLL 400
Chile's Native Cultures and Languages: Southern Chile 2 ANTH/WLL 400
Native Cultures of Chile 3 ANTH/WLL 400
Race, Gender, and Media 3 JOUR 400
Women and Society: Latin American Perspectives 3 ANTH/WS 400

China

Program City Course Title Credits Area/Level
Chengdu China's Ethnic Groups: Cultures, Societies, Economies 3 SOC 300
Modern Chinese Culture and Society 3 ANTH/SOC 300
Tibetan Culture and Society 3 ANTH/SOC 400

Costa Rica

Program City Course Title Credits Area/Level
Heredia Climate Change and Society 3 GEOG 300
Climate Change and Society Field Study* 1 GEOG 300
Immigration in Latin America 3 SOC/SPAN/WLL
Latin America and Its Cultures 3 ANTH/HIST/SPAN 200/300
Latin America and Its Cultures Field Study* 1 ANTH/HIST/SPAN 200
Sociology of Sport 3 SOC 300
Women and Gender in Literature 3 WS/SPAN 400

Cuba

Program City Course Title Credits Area/Level
La Habana Contemporary Women's Activism 3 SOC/WS/SPAN 300
Peoples and Cultures of Cuba and the Caribbean 3 ANTH 400
The Cuban Health Care System 3 CHS/SOC 300

Czech Republic

Program City Course Title Credits Area/Level
Prague Alternative Culture, Literature, Music, and Lifestyles 3 ANTH/SOC 400
The Global Food Challenge 3 GEOG/ANTH
The Holocaust: Twentieth-Century Jewish Studies 3 HIST/SOC 400
Vienna and Budapest Field Study* 1 HIST/PSC 400

France

Program City Course Title Credits Area/Level
Lyon Islam in France: Multiculturalism and the Media 3 ANTH/COM/FREN 300
LGBTQ+ France: Cultural and Literary Perspectives 3 GRI/SOC 300
Pau Climate Change: Nature and Society 3 ENV/GEOG/SOC 200
Contemporary French Culture and Civilization 3 ENG/SOC 300
Food and Culture 3 ANTH 200
France Today 3 ANTH/FREN 300
French Culture and Civilization 3 ANTH/FREN 300
Sustainability in France 3 ENV/GEOG 300

Germany

Program City Course Title Credits Area/Level
Lüneburg German Culture 1 ANTH/PSC 200
German-Speaking Europe and Its Culture 3 GER 200
In Search of Ancestry in Germany and Europe: Tracing Your Family Genealogy 1 ANTH/HIST 100
Myths and Legends 3 ANTH/GER 300

India

Program City Course Title Credits Area/Level
Bengaluru Caste, Class, and Gender in India 3 SOC/WS 400
Cultural Traditions of India 3 ANTH/SOC 300
Gandhi and Peace Studies 3 SOC/HIST 300
Innovation and Social Entrepreneurship 3 ENT/SOC 300
Population Dynamics 3 SOC 400
Religions of India 3 REL/SOC 400
Women’s Empowerment in India 3 SOC/WS 400

Ireland

Program City Course Title Credits Area/Level
Cork Introduction to the Folklore and Ethnology of Cork 3 ANTH 200
Ireland's Modern Day Music 3 ANTH/MUS 400
Galway In Search of Irish Roots: Tracing Your Family Genealogy 3 HIST 400
Irish Music - Performance, Transmission, and Practice 3 ANTH/MUS 400

Italy

Program City Course Title Credits Area/Level
Viterbo Food and Culture 3 ANTH 300
Gender and the Arts 3 ART/WS 300
Italian Culture and Society 3 ITAL 200/300

Spain

Program City Course Title Credits Area/Level
Alicante Spain Today: Politics, Government, and Society 3 PSC/SOC 300
Spanish Culture and Civilization 3 ANTH/SPAN 200
Bilbao Architecture and Society: Bilbao 3 ART/HIST 200
Basque and Iberian Cultures 3 ANTH/BASQ 200
Spanish Culture and Civilization 3 ANTH/SPAN 300
Field Experience in Basque Culture and Language 3 ANTH/BASQ 200
Madrid History of Gender and Religion in Spain 3 GRI/HIST/WS 300
Museum Studies 3 ANTH/ART/HIST 300
San Sebastián Basque Language and Culture 3 ANTH/BASQ 300
Contemporary Spanish Society 3 SPAN/SOC 200
Food and Culture 3 ANTH/NUTR 300
Introduction to Spanish Culture 1 SPAN/ANTH 300
Spanish Culture and Civilization 3 ANTH/SPAN 300

Thailand

Program City Course Title Credits Area/Level
Chiang Mai Buddhism in Thailand 3 PHIL/REL 400
Buddhist Art in Thailand 3 ART/REL 300
Buddhist Psychology: Theories and Applications 3 PSY/REL 400
Gender and Sexuality Studies 3 WS 300
Highland Ethnic Peoples and Social Transformation of Northern Thailand 3 ANTH/SOC 400
Hill Tribe Field Study* 1 ANTH/SOC 400
Modern Chinese Culture and Society 3 CHIN 200
Social Movements in Southeast Asia 3 ANTH/SOC 300
Sociology of Climate Change 3 SOC/GEOG 300
Thai Society and Culture 3 ANTH/SOC 200

Uruguay

Program City Course Title Credits Area/Level
Montevideo Contemporary Women's Activism 3 SOC/WS 300
Cultural History of Argentina and Uruguay 3 ANTH/HIST 300
Gender and Environment 3 ENV/NRES/WS 300
Latin America Today 3 PSC/SOC 300
Latin American Women's Voices 3 SOC/WS 300
LGBTQ+ Rights in Latin America 3 SOC/WS 300
Modern Latin American Society 3 ANTH/SOC 300
Rio de la Plata - People and Culture 3 ANTH/HIST 300

*Field Study courses have an additional fee

Updated: 7 Apr 2023

Course offerings must meet minimum enrollments and are subject to change.