ANT 251 - Physical Anthropology; 3(3-0-0) F,S,Sum,; Course Offerings: fall sprg
Study of human evolution. Processes of evolution, human variation and race, behavior and morphology of nonhuman primates, and the fossil record. Emphasis on the study of human biosocial adaptation, past and present, and on humans as culture-bearing primates.
ANT 252 - Cultural Anthropology; 3(3-0-0) F,S,Sum;
Course Offerings: fall sum1 sum2 sprg
Comparative study of contemporary human culture, social institutions and processes that influence behavior. The range of human cultural variation shown throughout the world, including the student's own cultural system.
ANT 253 - Introduction to Prehistory; 3(3-0-0) F,S,Sum;
Course Offerings: fall sum1 sprg
World-wide survey of origins of human society, technology and culture in Old Stone Age, and origins of agriculture, cities, and civilizations of the Bronze and Iron Age in Europe, Asia, Africa, and pre-Columbian Middle and South America.
ANT 254 - Language and Culture; 3(3-0-0) F,S,Sum;
Course Offerings: fall sprg
Focus among the aspects of human language and between aspects of language and culture. Topics such as: descriptive and comparative linguistics, structuralism, language and thought, sociolinguistics, bilingualism, culture change and linguistic changes.
ANT (SOC) 261 - Technology in Society and Culture; 3(3-0-0) F,S;
Course Offerings: fall sum2 sprg
Processes of social and cultural change with a focus on role of technological innovation. Cross-cultural emphasis. Workplace changes and societal risks associated with technological innovations. Special attention to the role of scientists and engineers in socio-cultural change. Topical case studies apply course concepts and principles. Core sociological and anthropological concepts, methods, theories.
ANT 295 - Special Topics in Anthropology; 1-3 F, S, Sum;
Offered as needed to present 200-level subject materials not normally available in regular course offerings or for new courses on a trial basis.
ANT 310 - Native Peoples and Cultures of North America; 3(3-0-0);
Preq: ANT 252 or HI 365
Native North American peoples and cultures including Eskimos and Aleuts. Theories of origin and selected prehistoric cultural manifestations. People and cultures at the time of European contact and post-contact cultural change. Contemporary problems and prospects.
ANT 325 - Andean South America; 3(3-0-0); Course Offerings: sprg;
Preq: ANT 252 or HI 215 or HI 216
The societies, cultures, politics, economics and ecology of the Andean countries of South America (Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador, Chile, Colombia). Special attention to the development of pre-Columbian Andean Societies.
ANT 330 - Peoples and Cultures of Africa; 3(3-0-0) S;
Preq: ANT 252 or HI 275 or HI 276
African peoples and cultures, especially in sub-Saharan Africa; past and present social patterns of indigenous African populations from a cross-cultural perspective.
ANT 346 - Peoples and Cultures of Southeast Asia; 3(3-0-0) F; Preq: ANT 252
Southeast Asian peoples and cultures; past and present social patterns of selected mainland and insular Southeast Asian peoples; culture change; relations between minorities and dominant ethnic groups; development of nationalism.
ANT 348 - Peoples and Cultures of Italy; 3(3-0-0) S, Alt. yrs (even); Preq: ANT 252
Italian peoples and cultures; social institutions in selected regions; social change; regional and national diversity/identities; effects of and responses to immigration.
ANT 370 - Introduction to Forensic Anthropology; 3(3-0-0) F; Preq: ANT 251
Broad overview of forensic anthropology-an applied field of biological anthropology. Application of the science of biological anthropology to the legal process and humanitarian arena. Identification of skeletal remains to determine age, sex, ancestry, stature, and unique features of a decedent. General identification techniques addressed but proficiency not expected.
ANT 371 - Human Variation; 3(3-0-0) F, Alt. yrs. (odd); Course Offerings: sprg; Preq: ANT 251
Survey of basic principles of population genetics with emphasis on mechanisms that shape human biological variation. Analysis of laws of heredity exhibited in modern human populations via microevolution and adaptation. Historical development of concepts with specific application to physical and forensic anthropology. Discussion of most current research.
ANT 373 - The Human Fossil Record; 3(3-0-0);
Preq: 3hrs of physical anthropology or archaeology
Analysis of the human fossil record and consideration of alternate theories of human evolution.
ANT 385 - Island Archaeology; 3(3-0-0) S, Alt. Yr. (odd); Course Offerings: fall; Preq: ANT 253
Exploration of the archaeology of islands. Analysis of the conditions and phenomena surrounding human adaptation to and impact on island environments. Geographic areas include Oceania, Caribbean, Mediterranean, Japan, and the Americas.
ANT 389 - Fundamentals of Archaeological Research; 3(3-0-0) F,Sum, Alt. Yr.(odd);
Preq: ANT 253
Overview of the objectives, field strategies, basics of laboratory analysis, and interpretative approaches to the archaeological record. Analysis and classification of lithics, shell, bone, ceramics, metal, soils, and perishable materials.
ANT 395 - Special Topics in Anthropology; 1-3 F, S, Sum; Course Offerings: fall sum1 sprg;
Preq: 3 credits of 200-level
AnthropologyOffered as needed to present 300-level subject materials not normally available in regular course offerings or for new courses on a trial basis.
ANT 411 - Overview of Anthropological Theory; 3(3-0-0) S, Alt. yrs.(odd);
Course Offerings: fall; Preq: ANT 252 and one of the following, ANT 310,325,330 or 346
A detailed introduction to anthropological theory, interpretive styles and research techniques of major nineteenth and twentieth century anthropologists working within the analytic frameworks of their times, positions espoused by anthropologists in contemporary debates concerning the discipline's future. Students cannot receive credit for both ANT 411 and ANT 511.
ANT 412 - Applied Anthropology; 3(3-0-0) S; Course Offerings: sprg
History, aims, methods and ethics of applied anthropology. Anthropological practice in government, industry, community development, education, and medicine. Analysis of consequences of development programs for culture change. Credit cannot be given for both 412 and 512.
ANT 416 - Research Methods in Cultural Anthropology; 3(3-0-0) F, Alt. yrs.; Course Offerings: fall; Preq: ANT 252 and one of the following, ANT 310,325,330 or 346
A systematic overview of cultural anthropological research methods including designing research projects, research techniques, field work methods, and cross-cultural comparison. Reviews relevant ethical questions and anthropologists' reports of their own field work.
ANT 419 - Ethnographic Field Methods; 3(2-2-0) Sum; Preq: Six hours of cultural anthropology
Ethnographic research methods as part of a summer field school abroad. Topics: research design, participant observation, field note writing, interviewing, sampling, coding, computers in ethnographic research, analysis and ethics.
ANT 420 - Biological Bases for Human Social Behavior; 3(3-0-0);
Preq: ANT 251 or 3 hrs. biological sciences
Applicability of sociobiology to the study of the human condition. Nature and uniqueness of human behavior as compared to the social behavior of nonhuman animals.
ANT 421 - Human Osteology; 3(3-0-0) F, Alt. Yr. (odd); Course Offerings: fall:
Preq: ANT 251 & any ANT 300
LevelSurvey of all the bones of the human skeleton from an anthropological perspective, including their names, important features useful in recognizing fragmentary specimens from an archaeological context, and techniques for determining the side of the body they come from. Skeletal development and its relationship to skeletal abnormalities. Issues relating to the study of archaeological skeletons.
ANT 424 - Bioarchaeology; 3(3-0-0) F, Alt.Yr.(even); Course Offerings: sprg; Preq: ANT 421
Survey of approaches used by bioarchaeologists to understand past lifeways through the study of excavated human remains. Analysis of the ways in which bioarchaeologists reconstruct health and disease patterns, mortality rates, diet, degree of interpersonal violence, and social structure in the human past.
ANT 429 - Advanced Methods in Forensic Anthropology; 4(2-4-0) S, Alt.Yr.(even); Course Offerings: fall: Preq: ANT 370, ANT 421
Advanced methods in forensic anthropology-an applied field of biological anthropology. Application of the science of biological anthropology to the medicolegal process. Identification of skeletal remains to determine age, sex, ancestry, stature, andunique features of a decedent. Analysis of human skeletal remains. Identification techniques addressed and proficiency expected. Students must provide their own transportation to the laboratory site.
ANT 431 - Tourism, Culture and Anthropology; 3(3-0-0) F,Sum;
Course Offerings: fall; Preq: Three hours of cultural anthropology
Anthropological approach to tourism studies with emphasis on cross-cultural aspects of international tourism. Attention to impact of mass tourism as compared to alternative tourism; environmental and economic impact of tourism; impact of international tourists and tourism on local communities. Principal theories of leisure in relation to tourism. Theories of culture change in relation to travel and tourism.
ANT (WGS) 444 - Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Women; 3(3-0-0) S, Alt. yrs.; Course Offerings: sprg; Preq: ANT 252 and one of the following, ANT 310,325,330 or 346
Comparison of women in a variety of societies: western and non-western; hunting and gathering to industrialized. Cross-cultural perspective on the similarity and diversity of women's statuses and roles. Effect of gender on social position.
ANT 450 - Environmental Anthropology; 3(3-0-0) S, Alt. Yr. (even);
Preq: One of the following: ANT 310, ANT 325, ANT 330 or ANT 346
Examines the myriad ways that culture serves to mediate the human-environmental equation. Focus is given to different belief systems, subsistence strategies, technological achievements, and policy formulations. Topics covered include cultural ecology, gender and the environment, land tenure, development, ethnoscience and cognitive ecology, subsistence and social organization, historical and political ecology, environmentalism, and environmental policy issues.
ANT 460 - Urban Anthropology; 3(3-0-0) F, Alt. yrs.; Preq: ANT 252 and one of the following, ANT 310,325,330 or 346
Anthropological study of cities. Examination of cross-cultural patterns of behavior in urban areas and adaptive strategies that urban dwellers employ. Introduction to major theoretical and methodological approaches relevant to an understanding of contemporary urbanization.
ANT 464 - Anthropology of Religion; 3(3-0-0) S, Alt. yrs.(even);
Preq: ANT 252 and one of the following, ANT 310,325,330 or 346
Examination of various anthropological perspectives on the role of religion in social life, and discussion of theoretical and methodological issues pertaining to the study of ritual and belief.
ANT 475 - Environmental Archaeology; 3(3-0-0) F, Alt. Yr. (odd); Preq: ANT 253
Archaeological investigation of human-environmental interactions. Focuses on various techniques archaeologists and paleoecologists use to reconstruct prehistoric environments. Topics include the analysis of animal remains (e.g., shellfish, fish, marine mammals, birds), soils, and plants, dating techniques, and stable isotopes.
ANT 495 - Special Topics in Anthropology; 3(3-0-0) F,S,Sum
Detailed investigation of a topic in anthropology. Topic and mode of study determined by faculty member(s).
ANT 496 - Anthropology Internship; 6(3-12-0) S; Course Offerings: fall sprg;
Preq: ANT 412, ANT 416; Senior standing in Anthropology (B.A.)
Supervised observation and experience in work settings appropriate to anthropological perspectives. Study of the relationships between internship setting and relevant anthropological theory, methods and research. Weekly seminars, individual conferences and an integrative report. Students are responsible for arranging their own transportation to internship sites.
ANT 498 - Independent Study in Anthropology; 1-6 F,S,Sum; Course Offerings: fall sum1 sum2 sprg; Preq: Six hours of ANT
Independent study of a topic in anthropology. Topic and mode of study determined by faculty member(s) and student(s).
ANT 508 - Culture and Personality; 3(3-0-0); Preq: ANT 252 or 6 hrs. in cultural anthropology
Interplay between cultural norms and enculturation process. From cross-cultural perspective, an examination of process of transmission and learning of cultural norms, as well as effect of culture change on individual. Historical development of the field as well as contemporary trends in both theoretical and applied contexts.
ANT 511 - Overview of Anthropological Theory; 3(3-0-0) S, Alt yrs(odd);
Preq: Graduate standing or ANT 252 and any 300-level ANT course
A detailed introduction to anthropological theory, interpretive styles and research techniques of major nineteenth and twentieth century anthropologists working within the analytic frameworks of their times, positions espoused by anthropologists in contemporary debates concerning the discipline's future. Students cannot receive credit for both ANT 411 and ANT 511.
ANT 512 - Applied Anthropology; 3(3-0-0); Course Offerings: sprg; Preq: ANT 252
A review of historical development of applied anthropology and study of anthropology as applied in government, industry, community development, education and medicine. Analysis of processes of cultural change in terms of application of anthropological techniques to programs of developmental change.
ANT 516 - Qualitative Research Methods; 3(3-0-0) F, Alt. yrs.(even); Preq: Graduate Standing
Systematic overview of qualitative research methods including theoretical perspectives, research techniques, research design and data management. Reviews relevant ethical questions and social science presentation of research findings. Credit will not be given for both ANT 416 and 516.
ANT 544 - Cross-Cultural Perspective on Women; 3(3-0-0) S, Alt.Yrs.(odd);
Course Offerings: sprg; Preq: 3 hours Cultural Anthropology or Graduate Standing
Comparison of women in a variety of societies: western and non-western; hunting and gathering to industrialized. Cross-cultural perspectives on the similarity and diversity of women's statuses and roles. Effect of gender on social position. Credit will not be offered for both ANT 444 and ANT 544.
ANT 550 - Environmental Anthropology; 3(3-1-0) S, Alt. Yr. (even); Preq: Graduate standing
Theoretical and methodological introduction to the anthropological study of humans and their environments. Students enrolled for graduate credit must complete a weekly one-hour problem session. Credit not allowed for both ANT 450 and ANT 550.
ANT 560 - Urban Anthropology; 3(3-0-0) F, Alt. Yrs.(odd); Preq: ANT 252 or Graduate Standing
Anthropological study of cities. Examination of cross-cultural patterns of behavior in urban areas and adaptive strategies that urban dwellers employ. Major theoretical and methodological approaches relevant to an understanding of contemporary urbanization. Credit will not be given for both ANT 460 and ANT 560.
ANT 564 - Anthropology of Religion; S; Preq: Graduate standing
Examines anthropology perspectives on the role of religion in social life; discussion of theoretical and methodological issues pertaining to the study of ritual and belief. Students enrolled for graduate credit must complete a weekly one hour problem session. Credit not allowed for both ANT 464 and ANT 564.
ANT 610 - Special Topics in Anthropology; Course Offerings: fall sum1 sprg
Provision for in-depth investigation of some particular topic in anthropology. Reflection of current student needs and interests through variations in course content and mode of study. Determination of topics by faculty member(s) and student.
ANT 810 - Special Topics in Anthropology; 1-6 F,S; Course Offerings: fall sum1 sum2 sprg
Provision for in-depth investigation of some particular topic in anthropology. Reflection of current student needs and interests through variations in course content and mode of study. Determination of topics by faculty member(s) and student.
