ANTHR 3305

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ANTHR 3305
Anthropology of Parenting

Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2020-2021.

Human children are packets of genes that represent individual reproductive success. Like all animals, humans are selected by evolution to care for their offspring, but human infants and children require more intense parental investment than the offspring of most other species. Why is this so? Human parents are also influenced by cultural belief systems and ideology that play out in parenting styles. How do various belief systems influence parent-offspring interaction? In this course we will examine the human infant as a biologically designed organism that has co-evolved with caretakers, and then look at the various parenting styles across cultures that also mold our young.

When Offered Summer.

Breadth Requirement (GB)
Distribution Category (SBA-AS, SSC-AS)

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  •   Six Week Summer. 

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  1020 ANTHR 3305   LEC 001

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  • Instruction Mode: Distance Learning-Asynchronous
    This Online Summer Session class is offered by the School of Continuing Education and Summer Sessions. For details visit http://www.sce.cornell.edu/ss/courses/courses.php?v=2498