| ANT 251 | Physical Anthropology | 3(3-0-0) F,S,Sum |
| 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. | ||
| Course Offerings: fall sum1 sum2 sprg | WolfWare Info | |
| ANT 252 | Cultural Anthropology | 3(3-0-0) F,S,Sum |
| 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. | ||
| Course Offerings: fall sum1 sum2 sprg | WolfWare Info | |
| ANT 253 | Unearthing the Past: Introduction to World Archaeology | 3(3-0-0) F,S,Sum |
| 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. | ||
| Course Offerings: fall sum1 sprg | ||
| ANT 254 | Language and Culture | 3(3-0-0) F,S,Sum |
| 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. | ||
| Course Offerings: sum2 sprg | WolfWare Info | |
| ANT (SOC) 261 | Technology in Society and Culture | 3(3-0-0) F,S |
| 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. | ||
| Course Offerings: fall sum1 sum2 sprg | WolfWare Info | |
| 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. | ||
| Course Offerings: sprg | WolfWare Info | |
| ANT 325 | Andean South America | 3(3-0-0) |
| 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. | ||
| Course Offerings: fall | WolfWare Info | |
| 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. | ||
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| ANT 371 | Human Variation | 3(3-0-0) F, Alt. yrs. (odd) |
| 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) |
| 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. | ||
| Course Offerings: sum1 | ||
| 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 |
| Preq: 3 credits of 200-level Anthropology | ||
| Offered as needed to present 300-level subject materials not normally available in regular course offerings or for new courses on a trial basis. | ||
| Course Offerings: fall sprg | ||
| ANT 411 | Overview of Anthropological Theory | 3(3-0-0) S, Alt. yrs.(odd) |
| 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. | ||
| Course Offerings: fall | WolfWare Info | |
| ANT 412 | Applied Anthropology | 3(3-0-0) S |
| 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. | ||
| Course Offerings: sprg | WolfWare Info | |
| ANT 416 | Research Methods in Cultural Anthropology | 3(3-0-0) F, Alt. yrs. |
| 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. | ||
| Course Offerings: fall | ||
| 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) |
| Preq: ANT 251 & any ANT 300 Level | ||
| Survey 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. | ||
| Course Offerings: fall | ||
| ANT 424 | Bioarchaeology | 3(3-0-0) F, Alt.Yr.(even) |
| 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) |
| 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. | ||
| Course Offerings: sprg | ||
| ANT 431 | Tourism, Culture and Anthropology | 3(3-0-0) F,Sum |
| 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. | ||
| Course Offerings: fall | WolfWare Info | |
| ANT (WGS) 444 | Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Women | 3(3-0-0) S, Alt. yrs. |
| 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 310,325,330 or 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. | ||
| Course Offerings: sprg | WolfWare Info | |
| 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. | ||
| Course Offerings: fall | ||
| 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. | ||
| Course Offerings: fall | ||
| 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). | ||
| Course Offerings: sprg | ||
| ANT 496 | Anthropology Internship | 6(3-12-0) S |
| 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. | ||
| Course Offerings: fall sprg | WolfWare Info | |
| ANT 498 | Independent Study in Anthropology | 1-6 F,S,Sum |
| 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). | ||
| Course Offerings: fall sum1 sum2 sprg | ||
| 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. | ||
| Course Offerings: fall | WolfWare Info | |
| ANT 512 | Applied Anthropology | 3(3-0-0) |
| 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. | ||
| Course Offerings: sprg | WolfWare Info | |
| 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. | ||
| Course Offerings: sprg | ||
| ANT 521 | Human Osteology | 3(3-0-0) F |
| Preq: Graduate standing or permission of instructor | ||
| Coreq: ANT 524, ANT 529 | ||
| Survey 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. Graduate students will be required to attend an additional one-hour weekly problem session. Credit cannot be received for both ANT 421 and ANT 521. | ||
| Course Offerings: fall | ||
| ANT 533 | Anthropology of Ecotourism and Heritage Conservation | 3(3-0-1) F |
| How cultures and societies view, utilize, interpret, manage, and conserve environmental and cultural heritage resources; examination of theory and concepts of place, identity, sacred heritage, ecotourism, wildlife management as well as the cultural politics and practices of enviromental and heritage management. Must hold Graduate standing, students cannot receive credit for both ANT 433 and ANT 533. | ||
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| ANT 544 | Cross-Cultural Perspective on Women | 3(3-0-0) S, Alt.Yrs.(odd) |
| 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. | ||
| Course Offerings: sprg | WolfWare Info | |
| 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. | ||
| Course Offerings: fall | ||
| 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 575 | Environmental Archaeology | 3(3-0-0) F, (ALTYREVEN) |
| 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. Must hold graduate standing, credit not allowed for both ANT 475 and ANT 575. | ||
| Course Offerings: fall | ||
| ANT 585 | Skeletal Biology in Anthropology | 3(3-0-0) F, (ALTYREVEN) |
| Skeletal biology is the study of human skeletal remains; understanding past populations' demographics, health and disease, physical activity, diet, and biological relatedness to other groups, past and present. Must hold graduate standing. | ||
| ANT 595 | Special Topics in Anthropology | 1-6 F,S,SUM1,SUM2 |
| Preq: Graduate Standing | ||
| In depth exploration of specialized topics in Anthropology. Also used to test and develop new courses. | ||
| Course Offerings: fall sprg | ||
| ANT 610 | Special Topics in Anthropology | 1-6 |
| 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. | ||
| Course Offerings: fall sum1 sprg | ||
| ANT 810 | Special Topics in Anthropology | 1-6 F,S |
| 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. | ||
| Course Offerings: fall sum1 sum2 sprg | ||