Transfers ToUC and CSUCal-GETC Area 4 · IGETC Area 4A · CSU GE Area D6 · CSU GE Area D1 · CSU GE Area D7DescriptionExplores and analyzes, from an anthropological perspective, religious traditions in diverse cultural contexts with particular focus on the effects of globalization on religious beliefs and practices. Topics investigated include mythology, magic, witchcraft, sorcery, revitalization movements, shamanism, ethnomedicine, ritual, and the ways in which religion relates to gender and ethnicity within the contemporary world. May be offered in a distance-learning format. 