ANTHROPOLOGY COURSES

OFFERED FALL 2006

ANTH101-010 INTRODUCTION TO SOCIAL AND CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY (3)
An introduction to the major ideas and areas of study in social and cultural anthropology today. Use of ethnographic data and film to illustrate the anthropologist’s view of societies in their sociocultural and ecological dimensions.

*SATISFIES UNIVERSITY MULTICULTURAL REQUIREMENT
* MEETS COLLEGE OF ARTS & SCIENCES BREADTH REQUIREMENTS – GROUP B

101-010 Weil, P. TR 11:00-12:15

101-011 Budani, D. MWF 10:10-11:00

101-012 Neitzel, J. TR 8:00-9:15

101-013 Sloane-White, P MWF 9:05-9:55

101-050 Dettwyler, K. TR 5:30-6:45

101-080 (honors) Roe, P. TR 12:30-1:15

101-081 (honors) Budani, D. MWF 10:10-11:00 (Meets with 101-011)

101-082 (honors) Neitzel, J. TR 8:00-9:15 (Meets with 101-012)

ANTH102-010 INTRODUCTION TO BIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY (3)
Genetic basis for human evolution; emergence of racial differences and ongoing human evolution, nonhuman primates and fossil evidence for human evolution.

*RESTRICTIONS: ONLY ONE OF EITHER ANTH102 OR ANTH104 CAN COUNT FOR DEGREE CREDIT
* MEETS COLLEGE OF ARTS & SCIENCES BREADTH REQUIREMENTS – GROUP D

102-010 Meyer, M. TR 12:30-1:45
102-080 (honors) Meyer, M. TR 12:30-1:45 (Meets with 102-010)

ANTH103-010 INTRODUCTION TO PREHISTORIC ARCHAEOLOGY (3)
Fundamental concepts and research procedures of archaeology. The history of archaeology, methods of fieldwork and artifact analysis, and theories of human behavior in archaeological research.

*ONLY ONE OF EITHER ANTH103 OR ANTH104 CAN COUNT FOR DEGREE CREDIT.

103-010 Custer, J. MWF 9:05-9:55

 ANTH104-010 INTRODUCTION TO ARCHEOLOGY AND BIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY (3)
 The fossil and archaeological record of human biological and cultural evolutions. Emphasis is on how archaeological and biological anthropological research is conducted and how the treatment of data distinguishes them as scientific disciplines.

* MEETS COLLEGE OF ARTS & SCIENCES BREADTH REQUIREMENTS – GROUP D
* DEGREE CREDIT FOR ANTH102 OR ANTH103 NOT GRANTED IF ANTH104 IS TAKEN.

104-010 Rocek, T. TR 12:30-1:45
104-080 (honors) Rocek, T. TR 12:30-1:45 (Meets with 104-010)

ANTH205-010 ANTHROPOLOGY AND HUMAN NATURE (3)
An integrated approach to archaeological, biological and cultural anthropology organized around the theme of human nature.

* MEETS COLLEGE OF ARTS & SCIENCES BREADTH REQUIREMENTS – GROUP A

205-010 Ackerman, K. TR 11:00-12:15

ANTH222-010 TECHNOLOGY AND CULTURE (3)
Primitive and preindustrial technologies. Theoretical issues of innovation, diffusion and adaptation. The relationship between technology and other aspects of culture.

* MEETS COLLEGE OF ARTS & SCIENCES BREADTH REQUIREMENTS – GROUP C

222-010 Roe, P. TR 3:30-4:45
222-440 (continuing education) Roe, P. W 6:00-9:00

ANTH227-010 AMERICAN CULTURE (3)
Concepts and methods of cultural anthropology in contemporary America . The culture concept, American social structure, language, values and beliefs.

* MEETS COLLEGE OF ARTS & SCIENCES BREADTH REQUIREMENTS – GROUP A

227-010 Ackerman, K. TR 2:00-3:15

ANTH245-010 CONTEMPORARY NATIVE AMERICAN CULTURAL ISSUES (3)
An overview of cultural identity issues for Native Americans in the contemporary United States , including how Native Americans view their own cultures and society, perspectives they bring to the Euro-American and native encounters and to persistent denials of their distinctiveness in modern American society.

245-010 Custer, J. MWF 11:15-12:05

ANTH311-010 ANTHROPOLOGY OF TOURISM (3)
Views tourism as an international industry, a cultural practice and a phenomenon of globalization. Examines such topics as tourism and modernity, sexual and romantic tourism, ecotourism and environmental tourism, tourism and “authenticity.”

* MEETS COLLEGE OF ARTS & SCIENCES BREADTH REQUIREMENTS – GROUP C

311-010 Guerrón-Montero, C MWF 1:25-2:15

ANTH330-010 DEVELOPMENT AND UNDERDEVELOPMENT (3)
Anthropological perspectives of sociocultural change in Africa , Asia and Latin America . Emphasis on the economic and political relationships established between these areas and industrial societies.

 330-010 Budnai, D. MWF 11:15-12:05

ANTH333-010 PEOPLES OF AFRICA (3)
Social institutions and cultural traditions of Africa ; political, economic, legal and kinship systems, and mode of thought.

333-010 Weil, P. TR 2:00-3:15

ANTH367-011 ANTHROPOLOGY OF FOOD (3)
This course explores the relationship between food and culture in the past and in the contemporary world.  Topics include the economic, political, and symbolic dimensions of food, the effects of dietary changes on health, the role of globalization, and the causes of hunger and famine.

 367-011 Neitzel, J. MWF 9:00-9:55

ANTH363-010 WOMEN IN CROSS-CULTURAL PERSPECTIVES (3)
Social realities of women within the cultures of Asia , Africa and Latin American societies. How institutions such a s motherhood, the family, sexuality and work structure women’s lives within the dominant social ideologies.

363-010 Budani, D. MW 1:25-2:40

ANTH375-010 PEOPLES AND CULTURES OF MODERN LATIN AMERICA (3)
Contemporary cultures and societies of Latin America , with emphasis on historical perspective. Rural and urban populations, the elite, the military, the church, students and workers.

375-010 Guerrón-Montero, C MWF 9:05-9:55

ANTH390-080 HONORS COLLOQUIUM: LIFE IN TRIBES (3)
This class examines the nature and evolution of tribal societies in the past and present-communities of up to a few thousand people linked by kinship, language and culture in diverse and flexible political structures very unlike common stereotypes involving tribal “chiefs” and “warriors.”

390-080 Rocek, T. TR 9:30-10:45

ANTH404-010 HUMAN OSTEOLOGY (3)
The identification of the human skeleton, including complex and fragmentary materials. Basic bone growth, bone pathology, paleopathology and forensic identification.

404-010 Rosenberg, K. MWF 2:30-4:00

ANTH467-010 TUTORIAL IN APPLIED ANTHROPOLOGY (3)
Course introduces students to the field of applied anthropology, including its history, current debates regarding applied, action, and public anthropology, and the applicability of anthropological methods to the world beyond academia.  Students will also learn qualitative ethnographic methods, and will engage in original anthropological research.

467-010 Guerrón-Montero W 4:00-7:00

ANTH488-010 TUTORIAL IN PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY (3)
History, theory and method in the field of physical anthropology.

488-010 Rosenberg, K. M 4:00-6:00