Transfers ToUC and CSUCal-GETC Area 4DescriptionThis course provides an introduction to the field of medical anthropology � the study of human health, disease and curing from a cross-cultural, historical, archeological, and evolutionary perspective. Societies throughout the world recognize certain bodily, emotional, and mental conditions as undesirable and in need of change. Individual and societal definitions of disease and responses to illness are shaped by biological characteristics, social dynamics, cultural values, and collective expectations. In this course we will examine various theories, methods, and frameworks in order to explore how health, illness, and healing are conceptualized and experienced in different cultures. Topics will include: medical ecology, cultural and political ecologies of disease, gender and health, medical systems as cultural systems, international health issues and programs, mental illness, and social definitions of health and illness. ARABIC (ARABIC) 