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2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

WMST 478A - The Anthropology of Pregnancy and Birth


Same as ANTH 478 , NURS 478A  
We will examine human pregnancy and birth integrating both biological and cultural approaches to the anthropology of reproduction. Topics include the evolution of female life history, determinants of fertility, the science of sex, reproductive and political ecology of maternal health, and cross-cultural perspectives on pregnancy, birth, and the post-partum experience.

Credits: 3
Prerequisites: SOC 101   or PSY 101  or ANTH 101  or ANTH 102  or WMST 101  .