The Mind Across Cultures

6 credits · Undergraduate

This course examines the sub-field of psychological anthropology. Topics include: consciousness; biomedical and ‘folk’ concepts, taxonomies, and aetiologies; transcultural psychiatry; moral regulation; the etymology of key concepts; nature versus nurture; eugenics; methods/methodology in assessing and studying the human mind; and theory and its application through time and space. PREREQUISITES: One SOSA 1000-level course or FYP FORMATS: Lecture