Sociology and Anthropology Summer Courses

ANTH-1100-V11- Intro to Cultural Anthropology
Summer Session 1, May 27, 2025 - June 26, 2025
Online: 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: George, Diane
3 credits

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

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ANTH-1200-V21- Introduction to Biological Anthropology
Summer Session 2, July 01, 2025 - August 05, 2025
Online: MTW, 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, ZLB1

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ANTH-1300-R11- Introduction to Archaeology
Summer Session 1, May 27, 2025 - June 26, 2025
Rose Hill: TWR, 09:00AM - 12:00PM

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: 16518

Instructor: Venezia, Maria
3 credits

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

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ANTH-4004-L11- Art Worlds: Anthropology and Sociology Perspectives
Summer Session 1, May 27, 2025 - June 26, 2025
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, and 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.

CRN: 15808

Instructor: Sawalha, Aseel
4 credits

Fordham course attributes: ICC

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ANTH-4490-L21- Anthropology of Political Violence
Summer Session 2, July 01, 2025 - August 05, 2025
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 to the 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- Anthropology of Political Violence
Summer Session 1, May 27, 2025 - June 26, 2025
Online: 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 to the 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-L21- Introduction to Sociology
Summer Session 2, July 01, 2025 - August 05, 2025
Lincoln Center: 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: Rufrano, Michelle
3 credits

Fordham course attributes: FRSS, SSCI

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SOCI-1102-V11- Introduction to Sociology: Health Focus
Summer Session 1, May 27, 2025 - June 26, 2025
Online: 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: 15884

Instructor: Durkin, Daniel
3 credits

Fordham course attributes: AMST, BESN, BIOE, SSCI

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SOCI-2845-R11- Drugs, Law, and Society
Summer Session 2, July 01, 2025 - August 05, 2025
Rose Hill: MTWR, 06:00PM - 09:00PM

This course examines the social organizations of illegal commerce in narcotics and other drugs, looking at this transnational business from the point of production to the points of consumption throughout the world.

CRN: 16520

Instructor: Johnson, Catherine
4 credits

Fordham course attributes: URST

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SOCI-2847-V21- The 60s: Sex, Drugs, Rock & Roll
Summer Session 2, July 01, 2025 - August 05, 2025
Online: 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. Note:

CRN: 15031

Instructor: Wormser, Richard
4 credits

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

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SOCI-2925-V21- Media, Crime, Sex, and Violence
Summer Session 2, July 01, 2025 - August 05, 2025
Online: MTWR, 06:00PM - 09:00PM

Turn on the television set, pick up the local newspaper, go on the Internet or watch a movie. Wherever you turn, you will find the media saturated with stories about corrupt cops and honest cops, drug dealers and drug users, murderers and victims, organized crime and serial killers, crusading district attorneys and defense attorneys, corrupt lawyers and hanging judges, violent prisoners and convicted innocents. How accurate are these representations? What are the ideological messages and cultural values these stories communicate? In this course, you will learn how to demystify media representations in order to understand how and why they are produced, and who is responsible for their production. Note:

CRN: 15013

Instructor: Wormser, Richard
4 credits

Fordham course attributes: AMST, APPI, ASAM, ASHS, ASSC, PJMJ, PJST, URST, WGSS

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SOCI-2960-L11- Popular Culture
Summer Session 1, May 27, 2025 - June 26, 2025
Hybrid LC/Online: MR, 06:00PM - 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, URST

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SOCI-3021-V31- Sociology of Medicine
Summer Session 3, May 27, 2025 - August 05, 2025
Online: 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-3406-V11- Race/Social Construct
Summer Session 1, May 27, 2025 - June 26, 2025
Online: MTW, 09:00AM - 12:00PM

This course concerns the evolution of racial typologies and classification system in the U.S. We will draw on a variety of texts from natural and social sciences, law, and literature to examine how "scientific" typologies of race are actually more reflective of power dynamics and social hierarchies than biological or genetic differences. Our goal is to understand the continuing significance of race in terms of social and economic power, as well and individual self-conceptualizations and identity politics.

CRN: 16522

Instructor: Valle, Maria
4 credits

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

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SOCI-4004-L11- Art Worlds: Anthropology and Sociology Perspectives
Summer Session 2, July 01, 2025 - August 05, 2025
Lincoln Center: 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: McGee, Michelle
4 credits

Fordham course attributes: AMST, APPI, ICC

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SOCI-4971-V11- Dilemmas of the Modern Self
Summer Session 1, May 27, 2025 - June 26, 2025
Online: 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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