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Anthropology of Adolescence: Biocultural Interactions

Course Overview

Date / Time Location Credits Minimium Tuition*
9/8/26 - 12/11/26
TuTh 4p.m. – 5:15p.m.		 McCormack M02-0116 3 $2138 (guest students)
Date
9/8/26 - 12/11/26
Time
TuTh 4p.m. – 5:15p.m.
Location
McCormack M02-0116
Credits
3
Min. Tuition*
$2138 (guest students)

Description

This course takes an anthropological, biological, and phylogenetic approach to questions about adolescence, including: What elements of growth and maturation define adolescence, and is this life stage unique to humans? How do the body's priorities change, and what can we learn about the selective pressures that shaped human evolution when we examine those changes in the context of ecological and cultural variation? How, at the threshold of adulthood, is gender newly constructed, and what commonalities and cultural variations in the gender inculcation process exist across the glove? Texts will include literature on human growth and development; comparative data from non-human primates; anthropological literature on rites of passage viewed cross-culturally; and literary dramatizations of coming of age.

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Course Details

Session

Regular Academic Session

Class Dates

9/8/2026 - 12/11/2026

Location

McCormack M02-0116

Enrolled / Capacity

7 / 24

Status

Open

Instructor

Meredith Reiches

Tuition*

* The tuition estimate is based on minimum, single-course cost to a new student who is a Massachusetts resident and not enrolled in a multi-course program. State residency, online/in person modality, and matriculation to a degree program may affect cost.

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