( ) Year of initial appointment at Binghamton
Antoun, Richard T., Bartle Professor, PhD, 1963, Harvard University: Social anthropology, religion, social organization of tradition, international migration; Middle East, North Africa. (1970)
Bernbeck, Reinhard, Assistant Professor, PhD, 1991, Free University (Berlin): Archaeology, Marxist approaches, complex societies, pastoralism, spatial analysis; Near East. (1998)
Cahalen, Deborah J., Assistant Professor, PhD, 1997, University of California, Davis: Political economy, globalization, identity; Central and Eastern Europe. (1998)
Cho, Sungdai, Assistant Professor of Korean and Anthropology, PhD, 1995, University of Hawaii at Manoa: Korean linguistics, second language acquisition, language pedagogy, computer-assisted learning; Korea. (2000)
Cobb, Charles R., Associate Professor, PhD, 1988, Southern Illinois University: Archaeology, Midwest and Southeast U.S.; political economy of ranked societies; lithic analysis; quantitative methods; culture resource management. (1990)
Dekin, Albert A., Jr., Associate Professor, PhD, 1975, Michigan State University: Archaeological method, cultural resource management, behavioral and intrasite spatial modeling; North America — Arctic and Northeast. (1976)
Dyson-Hudson, Neville, Professor, DPhil, 1960, Oxford University: Social anthropology, human ecology, nomads; Africa, Middle East. (1973)
Ferradas, Carmen A., Associate Professor, PhD, 1990, Graduate School and University Center at City University of New York: Social sciences theory; anthropology and development; popular culture; communication and discourse analysis; urban anthropology; ideology; social movements; Latin America. (1992)
Garruto, Ralph M., Research Professor of Anthropology and Neuroscience, PhD, 1973, Pennsylvania State University: Biomedical anthropology, human population biology; Pacific Islands, China, Latin America. (1997)
Herbert, Robert K., Professor of Anthropology and Linguistics and Department Chair, PhD, 1977, Ohio State University: Linguistic anthropology, sociolinguistics, anthropology of sex and gender, literacy and education; Southern Africa, Eastern Europe, U.S. (1979)
Horowitz, Michael M., Professor, PhD, 1959, Columbia University: Development anthropology, human rights, gender, arid/semi-arid/river basin ecosystems, pastoral and farm systems, university-development agency linkages; Africa (especially Sahel), Near East, Caribbean, Mainland Southeast Asia. (1961)
Isbell, William H., Professor, PhD, 1973, University of Illinois: Archaeology, space and place, architecture and built environment, cultural evolution, ceramic analysis, symbolic and structural interpretation; Andean South America, nuclear America. (1971)
Little, Michael A., Distinguished Professor, PhD, 1968, Pennsylvania State University: Biological anthropology, human biology of living populations, adaptation, ecology; Andes and East Africa. (1971)
McGuire, Randall H., Professor, PhD, 1982, University of Arizona: Prehistoric and historical archaeology, evolution of inequality and stratification, quantitative and archaeomagnetic methods, cultural resource management; U.S. Southwest. (1982)
Moench, Richard U., Associate Professor, PhD, 1963, Harvard University: Economic anthropology; China, Mediterranean. (1963)
Mohsen, Safia K., Associate Professor, LLB, PhD, 1970, Michigan State University: Law and conflict, women and culture; Middle East, North Africa. (1968)
Pollock, Susan M., Associate Professor, PhD, 1983, University of Michigan: Archaeology of complex societies, feminist approaches, mortuary and ceramic analysis; the Near East. (1985)
Rightmire, G. Philip, Professor, PhD, 1969, University of Wisconsin: Human evolution, skeletal biology, fossil hominids; Africa. (1969)
Stahl, Ann B., Associate Professor, PhD, 1985, University of California at Berkeley: Archaeology of Africa, contact period, early agriculture and subsistence, ethnohistoric methods, history of theory. (1988)
Stahl, Peter W., Visiting Associate Professor, PhD, 1984, University of Illinois: Archaeology, zooarchaeology, vertebrate taphonomy; South America. (1996)
Straight, H. Stephen, Professor of Anthropology and of Linguistics, PhD, 1972, University of Chicago: Linguistic anthropology, theoretical and developmental psycholinguistics, Mayan ethnolinguistics and sociolinguistics; Yucatan. (1970)
Vitzthum, Virginia, Assistant Professor, PhD, 1986, University of Michigan: Biological anthropology, ecological and evolutionary theory, reproductive ecology, human adaptation; Latin America. (1998)
Dyson-Hudson, Rada, Adjunct Associate Professor, DPhil, 1954, Oxford University: Biobehavioral anthropology, pastoralism, ecology, food production; East Africa. (1993)
James, Gary D., Adjunct Research Professor, PhD, 1984, Pennsylvania State University: Human population biology, biobehavioral and health consequences of modernization, evolutionary medicine; Polynesia, U.S. (1999)
Langhorne, W., Thomas, Adjunct Assistant Professor, PhD, 1988, Michigan State University: Historical archaeology, archaeology of frontiers; Midwest U.S. (1988)
Malvica, Robert P., Adjunct Assistant Professor, MD, 1974, University of Bologna: Anthropological medicine, clinical radiology. (1998)
Nykiel-Herbert, Barbara, Adjunct Associate Professor, PhD, 1984, Adam Mickiewicz University: Educational linguistics, ESL, classroom ethnography, literacy, refugee and immigrant populations; U.S., South Africa. (1986)
Reeves-Ellington, Richard, Adjunct Professor, DBA, 1979, City University of Los Angeles: Cross-cultural organizational issues, change, learning styles. U.S., Southeastern Europe, China. (1998)
Relethford, John H., Adjunct Professor, 1980, State University of New York at Albany: Biological anthropology, human variation, genetics, population studies. (1999)
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Anthropology is the study of human populations and cultures in evolutionary, historical and comparative frameworks. The curriculum promotes understanding the variety both of past and of present human groups, the processes that underlie human biological and cultural development and change, and how human society and culture are maintained. Students learn and apply the research methods and theoretical constructs used by anthropologists in investigating peoples and their cultures. Excavating and analyzing the remains of past cultures, observing primate behavior and examining global social and cultural change are a few of the approaches anthropologists use to investigate the human way of life.
The department offers the BA and BS degrees in anthropology. Students majoring in the BA may select one of two tracks: general anthropology or anthropological perspectives. Both programs are tailored to the different interests and career goals of majors, and provide excellent training for those interested in undertaking graduate studies in anthropology or related fields. The BS degree combines anthropology with natural science approaches associated with biology, chemistry, geology and related fields. It is directed toward students who require formal scientific training within the major to prepare them for careers or advanced studies with a scientific focus in anthropology or other disciplines.
Sequences of courses enable the student to move from a broad understanding of anthropology to more focused topics of study. Only courses passed with a grade of C– or better are counted toward fulfilling the requirements of a major in anthropology. No more than one course taken under the Pass/Fail option is accepted in fulfillment of the minimal requirements for an anthropology major.
This program offers the student a sound understanding of the concerns and methods within each of the four sub-disciplines of anthropology: archaeology, linguistics, biological anthropology and socio-cultural anthropology. This is accomplished through a carefully defined and sequenced program of courses in six categories.
• ANTH 114 or 118, 166, 167 (or 169), and 168
• ANTH 300
• A course in quantitative methods or computing: ANTH 200, CS 100, 105, MATH 147, PSYC 243
• One course from each of the following four groups:
1. ANTH 220-230, 264, 280 (with socio-cultural focus), 355, 361, 363, 368, 369, 410, 411 or 477
2. ANTH 260, 262, 280 (with archaeology focus), 321, 346, 347, 348, 374, 375, 474 or 475
3. ANTH 333, 334, 335, 336, 337, 338 or 339
4. ANTH 214, 280 or 380 (with linguistic focus), 442 or 466
• Two courses with a focus on a geographic area
• Eight credits of electives at the 300-400 level in anthropology or related fields, to be chosen with the advice and consent of the student’s departmental adviser. Anthropology courses at the 200 level may satisfy part of the elective requirement.
This program allows greater flexibility in the sequencing and selection of courses toward the major. It also provides the opportunity for students who wish to concentrate on one of the sub-fields (archaeology, biological anthropology, linguistic anthropology, socio-cultural anthropology) to pursue a more focused major. Selection of courses must be done in close consultation with the student’s major adviser.
• 28 credits in anthropology at the 100-200 level, four credits of which must be a socio-cultural area course(s)
Students concentrating in one of the sub-fields should include the following in their course selection:
• For archaeology concentration: ANTH 167 or 169
• For biological anthropology concentration: ANTH 168
• For linguistic anthropology concentration: ANTH 114 and ANTH 118
• For socio-cultural anthropology concentration: ANTH 166
• 28 credits at the 300-400 level, eight of which may be taken in related fields. For students concentrating in one of the sub-fields, a minimum of three courses in the chosen sub-field should be included.
Note: No more than seven courses from a single sub-field may be applied to fulfill the major requirements in either the general anthropology or anthropological perspectives program. ANTH 497, with the consent of the departmental director of undergraduate studies, may substitute for any of the major requirements.
This program allows majors to integrate anthropology with scientific training relevant to their career or postgraduate goals. It provides background in each of the four sub-fields of anthropology, yet requires more training in quantitative methods and laboratory settings. Anthropology courses that apply toward this track also emphasize natural science methodologies and theories.
• ANTH 118 (or 114), 166, 167 and 168
• Two field/laboratory courses: one field/laboratory course must be from ANTH 336, 345, 371-372, 475, 477, and one may be in a cognate field from the Division of Science and Mathematics
• Two quantitative methods: ANTH 200; MATH 147, 221 or 222; PSYC 243; QMMG 111 or CS 140
• Two courses chosen from the following: ANTH 169, 214, 221, 230, 235, 242, 243, 244, or LING 312, 314, 316
• Five upper-level courses in anthropology (20 credits). Choose from ANTH 321, 333, 334, 335, 337, 338, 339, 345, 346, 347, 348, 363, 369, 373, 442, 466, 474, or LING 474. Once the field/laboratory course requirement has been met, additional anthropology laboratory or fieldwork courses may be applied to this requirement.
• Two electives from anthropology and science cognates: must include at least one science cognate. Upper- or lower-division anthropology courses may be used. Science cognates include BIOL 113, 114; PHYS 121, 122; CHEM 107, 108; GEOL 111, 113.
The total number of courses required for each program of study toward the major is fixed, and no single course may be counted twice.
Any changes in either of these two programs may be made only with the approval of the student’s adviser and the director of undergraduate studies or department chair.
Graduation with honors in anthropology is awarded for superior independent work, and is encouraged for students who intend to pursue graduate careers. To qualify for admission to the honors program, a student must have demonstrated academic accomplishment of high quality. Applications to the program must be approved by the departmental undergraduate committee no later than the end of the sixth semester of a student’s eight semesters of baccalaureate studies. A senior honors thesis, supervised by two members of the faculty, is required for honors. Normally, honors students should enroll in ANTH 497 in their next-to-last semester to do research toward an honors thesis, and in ANTH 499 in their last semester, during which they complete the thesis.
There are four possible minors in anthropology: general anthropology, socio-cultural anthropology, archaeology and biological anthropology. Each is satisfied by the completion of the coursework described below. Exceptions to these requirements can be made only with the approval of the anthropology undergraduate committee, after consultation with the student’s anthropology adviser.
This minor in general anthropology gives the student a broad background in the field of anthropology, and encourages selection of courses from all the sub-disciplines of anthropology, without specializing in any one.
• Three courses (12 credits) at the 100-200 level; at least one must be at the 200 level
• Three courses (12 credits) at the 300-400 level.
No more than two (eight credits) of these six courses should be from any single sub-field (linguistics, archaeology, biological, socio-cultural anthropology). At least one course (four credits) should be an "area course" that focuses on a specific world area or region. One of the 300-400 level courses (four credits) may be in any cognate field, chosen in consultation with the student’s anthropology adviser.
The socio-cultural anthropology minor introduces students to a range of problems in the study of social and cultural systems. This minor is useful to those interested in human behavior and in a worldwide perspective on social problems and comparative cultural phenomena.
• An introductory course (four credits), ANTH 166
• At least one socio-cultural course (four credits) that focuses on the culture of a specific world area. (This will probably be at the 200 level, but it does not have to be.)
• Three other socio-cultural courses (12 credits) at the 300-400 level. Such courses include ANTH 300, 301, 355, 361, 363, 380/480 (with socio-cultural focus), 411 and 477
• Remaining credits (four) as electives, which may be taken in any area of anthropology or in a cognate field, to be chosen in consultation with the student’s anthropology adviser
• Of the courses taken for the minor, no more than two may be at the 100 level.
The biological anthropology minor provides students with a basic understanding of the fundamental concepts of human biology, evolution and the relationships between humans as biological and cultural animals. The program is relevant to students with interests in biology, geology, environmental studies, psychology, nursing, dentistry, medicine and general biobehavioral science.
• ANTH 168 (four credits)
• Three courses (12 credits) at the 300 level from among ANTH 334, 335, 336, 337 or 338
• One elective course (four credits) in anthropology, preferably from among ANTH 242 or 243. The elective should be chosen in consultation with the student’s anthropology adviser.
• Another elective course (four credits) in any area of anthropology or in a cognate field, chosen in consultation with the student’s anthropology adviser.
The archaeology minor provides students with a basic understanding of how archaeologists study and reconstruct the past. Such training is relevant to students in a wide variety of fields, including history, art history, classical studies, medieval studies, Judaic studies, African-American studies and Southwest Asian and North African studies.
• One introductory course (four credits): ANTH 167 or 169
• Two area courses (eight credits): ANTH 260-262, 374 or 375
• Two methods courses (eight credits): ANTH 371-372 or 475
• One elective course (four credits) in anthropology or any cognate field, chosen in consultation with the student’s archaeology adviser. Any of the courses listed above that are not used for requirements 1-3 may be used to fulfill this requirement.
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Anthropology seeks to understand the nature and origins of human biological variability and cultural diversity through systematic exploration and scientific examination of human groups and their artifacts and life ways, past and present. Anthropology’s traditional emphasis is on the study of small-scale societies, but recent practical and theoretical concerns have broadened the scope of anthropological research to include the entire range of ethnically complex and globally interdependent societies of the world. Ecological, physiological, psychological, historical, economic, artistic, technological and political phenomena all fall within the current purview of anthropology. The discipline thus draws freely on various fields of study in the humanities and natural sciences, as well as in the various social sciences, in its exploration of the patterns of human adaptation.
The traditionally recognized sub-fields of the discipline are four: archaeology, biological anthropology, linguistics and socio-cultural anthropology. Binghamton University’s faculty represent the four sub-fields, and this coverage is key to the training of its students. However, departmental research and graduate training is also structured around three domains of research and theory that cross-cut the sub-disciplines. These approaches are:
1. ecological and biobehavioral anthropology, an approach that employs ecological, evolutionary and population paradigms in conjunction with natural science and socio-cultural perspectives;
2. political economy, which seeks to understand the ways that forces at the state and suprastate levels interact with local-level institutions and practices; and
3. critical anthropology, which attempts to ascertain the influence of culturally instituted power in the structuring of social science practices, including methodologies and theory building.
The programs leading to the degrees of master of arts and doctor of philosophy in anthropology contain a sub-field breadth requirement of study in at least three of the four sub-fields. The sub-fields requirement is paired with a course requirement for examination of history and concepts (ANTH 501 and 504) that cross-cut and thereby integrate the four sub-fields.
A central objective of graduate training in anthropology is the ability to develop and communicate original thought and research. To this end, all recipients of graduate degrees submit original written work in demonstration of their ability to apply appropriate findings, concepts and analytical techniques of anthropology to a problem identified by the individual student.
The master of arts degree in anthropology is awarded to students who demonstrate a substantial command of the subject matter of the discipline and an ability to engage in the professional pursuits of anthropologists, as defined above.
A bachelor’s degree — not necessarily in anthropology — from an accredited college is required for admission. All applicants must submit recent GRE aptitude test scores and a statement of career goals.
A total of 30 credits is the minimum required for the degree, but this minimum is often exceeded upon the recommendation of the student’s principal adviser.
Core courses:
• ANTH 501. History of Anthropological Thought
• ANTH 504. Current Issues and Debates in Anthropology
Four courses (16 credits) from the following list, all passed with grade of B– or better. The courses chosen must represent at least three of the four sub-fields below and must include at least one from the socio-cultural group.
• ANTH 551. Strategies of Archaeology
• ANTH 552. History of Archaeological Theory and Practice
• ANTH 554. Archaeological Study of Cultural Systems
• ANTH 576. Problems in Archaeological Area Studies
• ANTH 515. Evolutionary Theory
• ANTH 547. Anthropological Genetics
• ANTH 543. Human Biological Variation
• ANTH 572G. Reproductive Ecology
• ANTH 517. Linguistic Anthropology
• ANTH 521. Descriptive Linguistics
• ANTH 524. A-M. Topics in Linguistic Anthropology
• ANTH 568. Language, Literacy and Development
Socio-Cultural Anthropology:
• ANTH 510. Socio-Cultural Theory
• ANTH 518. Ethnographic Analysis
• ANTH 520. Social Organization
• ANTH 528. Critical Theory and Post-Modernism
• ANTH 535. Reinterpretation of Tradition
• ANTH 536. Approaches to Ethnicity
• ANTH 560. History of Ethnological Theory
• ANTH 571. Seminar in Social Anthropology
Electives (exclusive of ANTH 580, 590, 591, and no more than four credits of ANTH 599):
At least six credits of electives to be chosen with the advice of the student’s principal adviser. Students are encouraged to take at least one course that emphasizes ethnographic content.
Courses taken to meet the above 30-credit minimum must be passed with a B average (3.0).
It should be stressed that the above is a minimum credit requirement. Individual students may be required to complete courses in excess of the 30-credit minimum to acquire master’s-level command of the subject matter of the discipline and to meet the needs of their master’s degree research.
Students must demonstrate an ability to read research literature in a major language of scholarship in addition to English. This requirement may be fulfilled in a variety of ways. Students should consult with their graduate adviser or the director of graduate studies early in their careers to discuss arrangements for the satisfaction of this requirement.
Students planning a career in teaching may want to complete the requirements for the Certificate in Teaching College Anthropology, details of which are available from the director of graduate studies. Students may also gain practical experience in teaching as part of their graduate training, either through a teaching assistantship in the department or through ANTH 591, Practicum in College Teaching, although this credit may not be applied toward the minimum credit requirements for a graduate degree.
Each student must present a colloquium in the third semester of full-time registration on the student’s thesis topic or topics of the two-paper option.
Each student must either write a thesis, or — with the approval of the original seminar instructors — two revised seminar papers in lieu of a thesis. (Students undecided about further graduate work beyond the MA degree are usually required to complete a thesis.) In either case, the thesis or revised seminar papers must each be read and approved by the student’s principal adviser and at least one other member of the department faculty. Students may count up to four credits of ANTH 599, Thesis, toward the minimum total credit requirement for the master’s degree.
Students without substantial academic experience beyond the BA are not normally admitted to the PhD program, although the MA is required neither for admission nor for receipt of the PhD. Students currently in the MA degree program should consult their principal advisers or the director of graduate studies concerning procedures for admission to the PhD program. Others must submit recent GRE aptitude test scores along with their applications for admission to the Graduate School. In either case, students applying to the PhD program may be admitted conditionally, pending completion of a master’s program, the master’s examination or specific graduate coursework. Students admitted to the PhD program may obtain an MA in the course of their studies by fulfilling the MA requirements.
| credits | |
| Minimum credits from MA requirements
(subfields requirement, ANTH 501,504 electives) |
30 |
| Additional electives (exclusive of ANTH 591, 599, 698, and 699, and no more than four credits of ANTH 580 to be chosen with the advice of the student's guidance committee and the written approval of its chair) | 26 |
| ANTH 699, Dissertation, as required to
maintain registration after admission to candidacy |
|
| Minimum total credits | 56 |
Students who have completed appropriate graduate courses at another university may be exempted from up to 30 credits, including one or more of the four required sub-field courses, but not usually from core courses. All entering students are advised at the time of initial registration concerning individual course exemptions and requirements. In this regard, it should be understood that these are minimum course requirements. Specialized graduate work often requires coursework beyond this minimum.
If necessary for a student’s doctoral research, knowledge of a field research language and other skills may be required in addition to the foreign language requirement described for the MA. These are determined by the student’s guidance committee.
(Same requirements for MA degree)
To be admitted to candidacy, students must satisfactorily complete all course and language and research skill requirements as determined by their guidance committee. Following this, they must:
1. pass a written examination covering three specialized topics selected in consultation with their guidance committees,
2. present a colloquium in which they describe their dissertation research plans to the students and faculty of the department,
3. pass an oral examination administered by the guidance committee and covering the material treated in the candidacy examination and the dissertation colloquium, and
4. submit an acceptable dissertation prospectus.
Students may register for ANTH 699, Dissertation, only on admission to candidacy.
Each doctoral candidate must demonstrate the ability to carry out an original research project and submit the findings in a dissertation acceptable to the student’s doctoral guidance committee. On satisfactory completion of the dissertation, the candidate defends it before an examining committee, consisting usually of the guidance committee plus an outside examiner appointed by the vice provost for research and graduate studies. On successful completion of these requirements and receipt of the final draft of the dissertation, the department recommends that the candidate be awarded the degree of doctor of philosophy in anthropology.
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NOTE: Unless otherwise noted, all undergraduate courses carry four credits.
ANTH 111. INTRODUCTION TO ANTHROPOLOGY
A historically organized look at the broad evolution of humans and humanity.
Starts with general processes of biological change, turns to comparison with
primates and interpretation of the fossil record. As human capacities for
culture increase, so does reliance on learned behavior and the diversity of
adaptations to environment. General processes of cultural change contribute to
understanding how and why current cultural adaptations exist, leading to
consideration of the ways humans have organized themselves in societies.
ANTH 114 (also LING 114). LANGUAGE, CULTURE AND COMMUNICATION IN THE U.S.
Introduction to the plurality of communication patterns in the U.S., with
particular attention to at least three of the following communities: African
American, American Indian, Asian American, European American and Latino
American; links between cultural groups and different communication and
discourse patterns; language and identity; ways in which communication
differences affect intercultural interaction.
ANTH 118 (also LING 118). INTRODUCTION TO LINGUISTIC STRUCTURES
Basic methods and concepts of linguistic analysis, including phonetics,
phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics.
ANTH 124. MULTICULTURALISM IN THE 21ST CENTURY
Anthropological perspective on social and cultural diversity in the Western
and non-Western worlds. Explores four main axes of diversity: class, race,
gender and sexuality.
ANTH 125. BURIED CITIES AND LOST TRIBES
Human past as seen through examination of some great archaeological sites of
world, such as: Stonehenge, King Tut’s tomb, Mesa Verde, Moundville,
Teotihuacan, Olduvai Gorge, Pompeii, pyramids of Gaza, Sutton Hoo ship burial,
Ur, Nazca.
ANTH 126 (also WOMN 126). WOMEN AND CULTURE var. cr.
Cross-cultural examination of societal factors related to role of women.
Ways in which cultural definitions of "femaleness" affect attitudes
toward women and their activities in society. Economic, social, political and
religious factors related to position of women. Non-Western societies, selected
to represent wide range of cultural experience, analyzed to illustrate working
of above factors within context of specific societies.
ANTH 128. HUMAN VIOLENCE
Considers the many forms taken by violence; different historical periods,
different cultures. Variety of data to study violence, including artifacts,
literature, ethnographic observations, historical documents. Different theories
of violence, proposals for its control.
ANTH 130. CULTURES IN COLLISION
Anthropological perspective on colonial encounters between natives and
newcomers during the European oceanic explorations of the 15th century and
thereafter. Emphasis upon early centuries of contact and the consequences that
emerged from these encounters.
ANTH 153 (also AFST 153). INTRODUCTION TO AFRICA
Human populations in Africa from origins to modern times. Geography,
ecology, types of economies in relation to environment; traditional cultures,
similarities and differences in social-political organization, kinship systems,
village, town, community life; traditional state formation; trade, warfare,
slavery, religious beliefs, values, aesthetics, cosmologies.
ANTH 166. INTRODUCTION TO SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY
Introduction to the comparative study of society. Analysis of social,
economic, political and ideological organization. Transition from autonomous
food-producing societies to incorporation in modern colonial and independent
states.
ANTH 167. INTRODUCTION TO PREHISTORIC ARCHAEOLOGY
Ideas and techniques of inquiry used by archaeologists in reconstructing
human prehistory. Relationship between artifacts and behavior. Archaeological
field and lab techniques. Interpreting archaeological remains.
ANTH 168. INTRODUCTION TO BIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY
Basic concepts and principles of organic evolution of humans. Living primate
biology, behavior and history. Human origins and evolution as reconstructed from
the fossil record. Human population variation and continuing adaptation.
ANTH 169. HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY
Introduces growing field of historical archaeology; relationship of
historical archaeology to prehistoric archaeology and history; methods and
theories of historical archaeology; case studies that emphasize use of documents
and material record. Participation in ongoing historical archaeology research in
local area.
ANTH 175. AMERICAN GRAFFITI — ETHNOGRAPHIC VIEWS OF
AMERICAN PLURALISM
Holistic studies of African American, American Indian, Asian American,
European American and Latino American social groups within American society are
used to address social issues dealing with group formation, maintenance, power
relations and exploitation. Case studies span the historical and modern eras to
develop thematic issues, such as gender, sexuality, family, race, ethnicity and
culture change, along with consideration of governmental social policies as they
affect the cases selected.
ANTH 200. QUANTITATIVE METHODS IN ANTHROPOLOGY
An introduction to descriptive and inferential statistics and their use in
anthropological problems. Computer applications in quantitative anthropological
research.
ANTH 214 (also LING 214, WOMN 214). LANGUAGE, SEX AND GENDER
Theoretical and empirical aspects of the relationship between language and
the sexes. Sexism in linguistic structures: sex- and gender-determined patterns
of language use; social and psychological implications of sex registers.
ANTH 221 (also WOMN 221). ANTHROPOLOGY OF SEX AND SEXUALITY
Cross-cultural study of sex, sexuality and gender. Sexual practice and
organization, gender identities, interaction of biological and cultural aspects.
Anthropological models of sex and sexuality; interrelations of Western and
non-Western modes of thought and practice. Methodological and ethical issues in
sex research.
ANTH 226 (also LA&C 226, WOMN 226). WOMEN IN LATIN AMERICA
Examines women’s changing roles in various social formations, using case
studies from pre-Columbian, colonial, post-revolutionary and contemporary Latin
America to examine how the variables of class, gender, race and ethnicity affect
women’s status.
ANTH 229 (also WOMN 229). WOMEN, CRIME AND CULTURE
Cross-cultural review of women’s involvement in crime and violence. Issues
of cultural change, community values, economic and social realities as related
to nature of women’s crimes. Cultural perceptions of role of women, how these
affect attitudes both of public and law enforcement agencies toward female
offender/victim.
ANTH 230. CREATIVITY, INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY
Offers an overview of the material, social and symbolic character of
technology and its change through social and individual innovation. Uses case
studies from archaeology (Europe, ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia) and contemporary
non-Western (Sri Lanka, Melanesia, Australia) societies, as well as modern
industrial societies, to examine connections among technology, creativity and
culture.
ANTH 235 (also ENVI 235). BIODIVERSITY AND THE HUMAN LEGACY
How humans affect the diversity of plant and animal life, considered from an
anthropological perspective. Emphasis on the relationship between humans and
environment in contemporary and past settings with examples drawn primarily from
indigenous peoples of the Western hemisphere. Critical examination of the
concept of biodiversity; introduction of ethnographic, historic and
archaeological evidence.
ANTH 242. MEDICAL ANTHROPOLOGY: HEALTH POLICY
Health and nutritional implications of planned culture change; contributions
of anthropology to health policy decisions in development organizations,
comparative health delivery systems. Prerequisite: ANTH 111.
ANTH 243. MEDICAL ANTHROPOLOGY: HUMAN BIOLOGY AND HEALTH
Biocultural approach to health and disease in human populations. Health
inspected from epidemiologic, genetic, environmental, child growth perspectives.
Prerequisite: ANTH 111.
ANTH 244. PLAGUES, CULTURE AND HISTORY
Overview of how plagues and epidemics have shaped human history. Examines
how social transformations such as sedentism, animal and plant domestication and
urbanism have produced novel forms of human/disease interactions. How infectious
disease has been conceptualized at different times and by different cultural
groups and treated as a threat to the social order. Currently, epidemics of new,
highly virulent infectious diseases are occurring globally. Causes of this
phenomenon and its implications for the future health of humans are explored.
ANTH 251. CHINA: ITS CULTURE AND SOCIETY
Traditional Chinese social system as baseline for modern changes; Confucian
theory and practice; peasant predicament in myth and reality; regionalism and
states struggle for orthodoxy; role of culture in revolution.
ANTH 253 (also AFST 253). CULTURES OF AFRICA
Peoples and cultures of Africa; selected ethnographic works. Diversity
richness, complexity of traditional cultures; ecological or adaptive
significance of certain customs and institutions; processes of change and growth
in traditional African societies. Prerequisite: ANTH 166 (preferred), ANTH 111
or permission of instructor.
ANTH 254. PEOPLES AND CULTURES OF THE MIDDLE EAST
Social economic and cultural changes in Southwest Asia and North Africa.
Impact of labor migration on family life and traditional cultures in both urban
and rural communities in the region. Myths and realities pertaining to Islam.
Ethnicity and conflict in the area.
ANTH 255 (also la&c 255). INDIGENOUS PEOPLES OF TROPICAL LOWLAND SOUTH
AMERICA
Indigenous peoples and cultures in lowland areas of the South American
neo-tropics. Emphasizes important features shared by indigenous inhabitants
throughout the area, as well as distinctive regional differences. Topics
explored include indigenous language, demography, religion, subsistence,
kinship, warfare, trade, and the many internal and external threats that have
historically affected indigenous peoples, and presently continue to imperil
ethnic survival and self-determination. Emphasizes an understanding of
neo-tropical ecology, an appreciation of indigenous perception and world view,
and the crucial importance of historical interactions that have affected
indigenous existence since the arrival of Columbus and that necessarily continue
to shape indigenous reality and self determination today.
ANTH 256. NATIVE AMERICAN CULTURE AND HISTORY
This course uses a narrative of U.S. history emphasizing the dynamic
relationship of Native American cultures and history to European Americans,
African Americans and Latino Americans in development of American pluralism.
Focus on aboriginal cultures of North America and social and cultural changes
that resulted from interactions with other ethnic/racial groups in U.S.
Comparison and contrast of dynamics and results of Native American cultures’
interactions with European American, African American and Latino American groups
through time. Evaluation of impact of Native American cultures on global and
national processes of change and how that impact altered over time. Role of
Native Americans in American institutions, ideology and belief. Prerequisites:
None.
ANTH 258. PEOPLES AND CULTURES OF EUROPE
Area study of Europe as a cultural, political, economic, social entity. Case
study approach, featuring cases from northern, southern, eastern and western
Europe. Identity, religion, migration, urban and rural development.
ANTH 260. ARCHAEOLOGY OF NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS
Prehistory of Native North American cultures beginning with earliest known
inhabitants of New World (pre-10,000 BC), ending with period of European contact
and colonization (about AD 1600). Important archaeological discoveries in U.S.
and Canada. Prerequisite: one from ANTH 111, 125, 167 or 256, or consent of
instructor.
ANTH 261. ARCHAEOLOGY OF BIBLICAL LANDS
Prehistory and early history of Israel-Jordan-Palestine. Ancient societies
and their interactions with a diverse and difficult environment from the times
of early sedentary societies to the Roman Empire. Relationships to external
powers such as Egypt, Mesopotamia and the Roman Empire. Problems of
archaeological identification of Biblical sites and controversies over the
modern use of archaeology in the political conflict between Arab states and
Israel. Prerequisites: Some coursework in archaeology and/or Judaic studies or
consent of instructor.
ANTH 262. INCA ARCHAEOLOGY AND ANCIENT PERUVIAN CIVILIZATIONS
The Incas and their remarkable empire, sometimes compared with the Romans,
were profoundly foreign to Western cultural tradition. Without a developed means
of writing, Incas and their predecessors achieved excellence in political
organization, economics and law, and inspired generations of European utopian
social philosophers. Sources of formation, primary descriptions in translation,
the archaeological record, accounts of modern Incan descendants.
ANTH 264. CULTURES AND CRISIS
Comparative study of movements of cultural reform; nativistic, revival,
utopian movements, religious manifestations. Ghost Dance of western native
Americans, Peyote Cult, Oceanian Cargo cults, peasant movements, Western
communitarian groups. Prerequisite: ANTH 111.
ANTH 267. ARCHAEOLOGY IN THE NEWS: REPRESENTATIONS OF THE PAST IN
THE MEDIA
This course offers an in-depth examination of the way in which archaeology
is portrayed in the print media; recent archaeological discoveries and
controversies. Also examines the way in which the news is constructed by the
media, drawing on recent literature on media analysis in a number of
disciplines. Prerequisite: a prior course with an archaeology component.
ANTH 280. TOPICS IN ANTHROPOLOGY
Particular themes and topics determined in advance. May be taken more than
once if topic varies.
ANTH 281. TOPICS IN ANTHROPOLOGY 2 cr.
Particular themes and topics determined in advance. May be repeated for
credit if topic varies.
ANTH 300. HISTORY OF ANTHROPOLOGICAL THOUGHT
Anthropological thought in West from earliest times to present: 19th and
20th centuries, corresponding to period of emergence of anthropology as academic
discipline. Developments related to broader historical context of changing
social, political, economic circumstances. Role and significance of contemporary
anthropology; correlative developments in sociology, psychology, human biology.
Prerequisite: ANTH 111 or 166.
ANTH 301. CONTEMPORARY SOCIAL THOUGHT
Examines central themes in anthropology today, with an emphasis on
contemporary social theory. Focus is on debates of the past three decades —
the struggle over whether anthropology is primarily an explanatory or
interpretive enterprise, over positivism and relativism, the nature of culture,
and the relationship between anthropologists and the people they study. Examines
the impact of feminism, Marxism, critical theory, post-structuralism and
post-modernism on anthropology. Prerequisites: ANTH 111 or 166; ANTH 300
helpful.
ANTH 321. ANCIENT ENVIRONMENT AND SUBSISTENCE
Offers a comprehensive introduction to the materials and methods used
by archaeologists to construct inferences about ancient environments and
subsistence from clues that survive in the buried record. Lectures and
laboratory demonstrations critically examine the accumulation, preservation,
recovery, analysis and interpretation of archaeobotanical and archaeozoological
data. Prerequisites: either ANTH 167, 169, or consent of instructor.
ANTH 334. COMPARATIVE ASPECTS OF HUMAN GROWTH
Human growth processes from conception to old age; biological aspects of
growth, with consideration of secular trends, individual and population
variations, and cultural factors that may influence biological growth processes.
Prerequisite: ANTH 111 or 168.
ANTH 335. HUMAN ORIGINS
Fossil evidence for human evolution. Evolutionary mechanism and systematics.
The earliest hominids from Africa, the emergence of genus Homo and the evolution
of humans in the Pleistocene. Lecture and laboratory sections. Prerequisite:
ANTH 168.
ANTH 336. THE HUMAN SKELETON
Human skeletal anatomy, including interpopulation comparisons, sex and age
determination, pathology, osteometry, simple statistical treatment of
measurements; application to paleodemographic population reconstruction.
Laboratory sessions arranged. Prerequisite: ANTH 111 or 168.
ANTH 337. HUMAN BIOLOGICAL VARIATION
Processes controlling biological variation in modern populations,
interaction of environmental factors with genetic material of populations, human
adaptation to climate, altitude, population density and stress. Prerequisite:
ANTH 111 or 168.
ANTH 338. INTRODUCTION TO THE PRIMATES
Biology and behavior of the non-human primates. Classification, ecology,
function and comparative anatomy of prosimians, monkeys and apes. Paleontology
of the order is considered, among with the evolution of social behavior.
Prerequisite: ANTH 111 or 168.
ANTH 345. HISTORIC AMERICAN MATERIAL CULTURE
Examines how historical archaeologists analyze the material culture of the
Europeans and European Americans who colonized and occupied the North American
continent from the 17th through early 20th centuries. Emphasis on the
manufacturing processes involved in the production of different classes of
material culture and their use by European Americans and non-European Americans.
Prerequisites: ANTH 167 and 169 or another course in archaeology.
ANTH 346. STONE AGE ARCHAEOLOGY
Investigations of human biocultural evolution and adaptations during Old
Stone Age, primarily in Old World; hunter-gatherers as models, kinds of
Paleolithic data; how archaeologists research, excavate, reconstruct the past.
Prerequisite: ANTH 125 or 167, or any archaeology area course.
ANTH 348. THE ORIGINS OF URBANISM
Emergence of urban societies in Old and New Worlds. Concepts such as city,
civilization, social stratification as they pertain to earliest urban
communities. Developmental processes leading to increased complexity and new
social institutions. Explanatory theories, archaeological methods, courses of
events, presented within ecological perspective. Prerequisite: ANTH 111, 125, or
167.
ANTH 355. RELIGIOUS FUNDAMENTALISM
Examines a variety of religious experiences/ideologies labeled
"fundamentalism" by comparing and contrasting them in three religious
traditions: Islam, Christianity and Judaism. No prerequisites.
ANTH 361. COMPARATIVE RELIGION AND SYMBOLIC SYSTEMS
Religious and magical beliefs and practices of non-literate as well as
literate peoples; relationships between their languages and philosophies;
ritual, symbol, myth and folklore in cross-cultural perspective. Prerequisites:
ANTH 111 or 166; any socio-cultural area course.
ANTH 363. ANTHROPOLOGY OF DEVELOPING NATIONS
Social, political and economic change in the Third World. Articulation of
rural production systems with world market. Analysis of rural and urban
development, famine, population, poverty, inequality and powerlessness. Economic
and environmental impacts of United Nations, World Bank and other development
organizations.
ANTH 368. MODERN DEVELOPMENT IN CHINA AND JAPAN
Exploration into historical explanation of China’s and Japan’s radically
different development histories since European penetration in mid-19th century,
structured as a debate between culture-as-explanation (stress on internal
differences between Qing and Tokugawa social structures) and
capitalism-as-explanation (differences of impact of Western imperialism as
determinant of Japan’s early capitalist development, China’s
"underdevelopment"). A dialectical resolution is offered.
Prerequisite: one socio-cultural anthropology course or its equivalent, or
permission of instructor.
ANTH 370. NATIVE AMERICA TODAY
Examination of the history of the struggle of Native Americans to survive
over the past 500 years as background to a consideration of contemporary Native
American life through such topics as education, health, law, art, culture and
stereotypes. Prerequisite: ANTH 256/HIST 268.
ANTH 372. FIELD summer only, METHODS OF ARCHAEOLOGY 6 cr.
Students participate in archaeological research project. Research designs.
Instruction, practice in basic field techniques of excavation, surface survey,
mapping, photography, cataloging. Prerequisite: ANTH 111 or 167 and 256 or 260
(recommended).
ANTH 373. ZOOARCHAEOLOGY
Systematic introduction to techniques, methods and goals of vertebrate
zooarchaeology. Recovery, preservation, identification, quantification and
interpretation of non-human animal remains within framework of vertebrate
taphonomy. Laboratory sessions examine non-human skeletal materials with an
emphasis on phylogeny and biomechanics of locomotion. Prerequisites: ANTH 167 or
168, ANTH 336 preferred, or consent of instructor.
ANTH 374. ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE MIDDLE EAST
Overview of the archaeology of the prehistoric and early historic periods
resulting from nearly two centuries of archaeological work in the Middle East.
Focus on the principal research questions that have guided archaeological work
in the region and how archaeologists have tried to answer them. Prerequisite: at
least one course on anthropological archaeology.
ANTH 375 (also AFST 374). ARCHAEOLOGY OF AFRICA
Covering the period from the earliest archaeological traces (ca. 2 million
years ago) through the rise of complex polities in the last millennium, this
course traces the complexity of human social and cultural development in the
African continent with an emphasis on Africa south of the Sahara. Emphasis
placed on how archaeologists approach reconstruction of the African past and on
critical evaluation of archaeological interpretation. Prerequisite: ANTH 111,
125 or 167, or consent of instructor.
ANTH 376. THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF FRONTIERS
Examines boundaries, frontiers and the processes of colonization from an
archaeological perspective focusing on the European expansion beginning in the
15th century and continuing into the 20th century. Prerequisite: ANTH 111, 130,
169 or another course in archaeology.
ANTH 380. SPECIAL TOPICS IN ANTHROPOLOGY
Particular themes and problems determined in advance. May be repeated for
credit if topic varies. Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
ANTH 381. TOPICS IN ANTHROPOLOGY 2 cr.
Particular themes and topics determined in advance. May be repeated for
credit if topic varies.
ANTH 411 (also WOMN 411). WOMEN OF THE MIDDLE EAST
Ethnographic explorations of the lives of women in the Middle East. How
women perceive and react to forces of modernization and change; strategies they
use to deal with increasingly complex and unpredictable social, economic and
political circumstances. Course orientation is comparative, analytical.
Prerequisite: one socio-cultural anthropology course.
ANTH 442 (also LING 442). SOCIOLINGUISTICS
Language in its social and cultural context. Language varieties; marking
functions of speech. Ethnography of speaking. Conversational analysis.
Techniques of sociolinguistic fieldwork. Prerequisite: ANTH 118 or consent of
instructor.
ANTH 466 (also LING 466 and PSYC 406). PSYCHOLINGUISTICS
Survey of psycholinguistics. Theoretical issues, research methods and
substantive findings in study of language perception, production and
acquisition. Models of language performance and its emergence in children.
Prerequisite: one from LING 118, ANTH 118, PSYC 220, 355, 356, PHIL 215 or 225.
ANTH 474. ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH AND THEORY
Theoretical considerations, current methods, conduct of archaeological
research project. Problem formulation, research design, sampling, logic of
science classification, analytical techniques, decision making, contemporary
questions. Material presented at advanced level; it is assumed students have
considerable background and commitment to archaeology. Prerequisites: ANTH 167
and one other archaeology course.
ANTH 475. LABORATORY METHODS IN ARCHAEOLOGY
Post-excavation study of materials recovered, instruction and practice in
laboratory analysis of artifactual materials, methods of typological
classification, interpretation of analytical results, illustration and writing
of archaeological reports. Prerequisites: ANTH 167 and 371-372.
ANTH 477. FIELD METHODS IN ETHNOGRAPHY
Socio-cultural anthropology field practicum in local community. Research
design, independent fieldwork using participant observation, other appropriate
techniques. Prerequisite: one anthropology course.
ANTH 480. TOPICS IN ANTHROPOLOGY
Particular themes and topics determined in advance. May be taken more than
once if topic varies.
ANTH 481. TOPICS IN ANTHROPOLOGY 2 cr.
Particular themes and topics determined in advance. May be repeated for
credit if topic varies.
ANTH 491. PRACTICUM IN COLLEGE TEACHING
Independent study by means of teaching in particular course in Anthropology
Department. Various assignments closely directed by instructor in that course,
including development of syllabi and other course materials; construction and
reading of examinations; lecturing and/or discussion leadership; laboratory
supervision; academic counseling of students. May be repeated for a total of no
more than eight credits. Credit may not be earned in conjunction with course in
which student is concurrently enrolled. Does not satisfy major or all-college
requirements. Prerequisites: consent of instructor and department. P/F only.
ANTH 495. INTERNSHIP PROJECT
Internship project under guidance of faculty member, in an institution,
agency or program. Requires consent of instructor. Four credits may be counted
toward the major.
ANTH 497. INDEPENDENT WORK 1-4 cr.
Meets special needs and interests of advanced students on tutorial or
seminar basis. Prerequisites: consent of instructor and departmental director of
undergraduate studies.
ANTH 499. SENIOR HONORS
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ANTH 501. HISTORY OF ANTHROPOLOGICAL THOUGHT 4 cr.
Thematic treatment of the development of anthropological thought,
emphasizing a holistic approach to anthropology, with limited separation of the
sub-disciplines.
ANTH 504. CURRENT ISSUES AND DEBATES IN ANTHROPOLOGY 4 cr.
Critical examination of problems, definitions and methods in contemporary
anthropology. Thematic foci include political economy, critical anthropology and
ecological and biobehavioral anthropology.
ANTH 510. SOCIO-CULTURAL THEORY
Current theoretical approaches in socio-cultural anthropology, insights and
errors of functionalism, structuralism, historical paradigms leading toward a
theory of structured social practice (institutions, classes, etc.) situated in
space-time.
ANTH 518. ETHNOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS
Works of diverse ethnographers seen through perspective of sociology of
knowledge. In-depth and individualized analysis of intellectual and social,
historical and other non-intellectual forces that shape ethnographic research.
ANTH 519. ETHNOGRAPHY AND ETHNOHISTORICAL METHODS
Relationship between ethnohistory and anthropology. Sources, methods,
conceptual issues.
ANTH 520. SOCIAL ORGANIZATION
Structural, ecological, historical approaches to account for variability in
human social organization. Theoretical and ethnographic treatment of principles
of domestic and kin-based groups; age and sex ascription; tribe, caste and class
affiliation; residential configurations; and formal (bureaucratic) and informal
(network) types of organization.
ANTH 528. CRITICAL THEORY AND POST-MODERNISM
Ethnographic interpretation of the "other" informed by
post-Marxist, post-structuralist, post-modernist literatures in anthropology.
Limits of challenges to enlightenment rationality theorizing about the other and
the self. "Decentered self" and the authority to represent
(descriptively).
ANTH 530. STRATEGIES IN SOCIOCULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY I: FIELD METHODS
Field research, including ethics, politics, and interpersonal relations;
interviewing, survey, and observational procedures; quantitative methods.
ANTH 531. STRATEGIES IN SOCIOCULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY II: RESEARCH DESIGN AND
ANALYSIS
Design of field research projects, including problems of operationalization and
validity as well as methods of quantitative and non-quantitative data collection
and analysis. Pragmatic outcome: writing research grant proposals. Prerequisite:
ANTH 530.
ANTH 535. REINTERPRETATION OF TRADITION
New approaches to problem of reinterpretation of tradition in changing
world: how traditions are manipulated, reshaped and juxtaposed to serve
local-level or overarching political and economic purposes, to construct or
destroy ideologies. Traditions in revolutionary situations, colonial situations,
contemporary American culture, ethnic nationalism, theater, pilgrimage, women’s
protest. Relationship between orality and literacy.
ANTH 536. APPROACHES TO ETHNICITY
Assimilationist, pluralist, interactional, reinterpretive and political
economic approaches to ethnicity. Case studies of range of
processes/institutions and their relations to ethnicity, including transnational
migration, nationalism, tribal custom, language, dress, law, religion, race.
ANTH 537. SEMINAR: POLITICS OF ETHNICITY
Political implications of ethnic groups and boundaries; social processes
which maintain ethnic units, exchange of values within and between ethnic units;
recruitment and loss of personnel. May be repeated for credit as topic varies.
ANTH 560. HISTORY OF ETHNOLOGICAL THOUGHT
Major contributions toward problem, definition and explanation of social and
cultural phenomena, mainly since 18th century. Some attention to historical as
well as intellectual context.
ANTH 562. ECONOMIC ANTHROPOLOGY
Empirically informed critical analyses of conceptualizations of "the
economy" in historical and ethnographic descriptions.
ANTH 563. DEVELOPMENT ANTHROPOLOGY
Critical analyses of nature of development and underdevelopment at the
approach of the 21st century, emphasizing interrelationships among economic
growth, environmental sustainability, human rights and cultural pluralism.
Contributions of anthropology to development planning and praxis.
ANTH 565. AGRARIAN TRANSFORMATIONS
Incorporation of agrarian societies of Latin America and the Caribbean,
Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe and the former USSR into the world economy.
Critical analyses of anthropological theory and methods.
ANTH 568. LANGUAGE, LITERACY AND DEVELOPMENT
Role of language in development, with particular attention to impact of
language decisions on identity of the state and society and on patterns of
access to power, wealth and prestige. Comparison of policy and anthropological
approaches to language and to relations between languages; examination of
"pragmatic" and "expressive" roles of language in
development, both at national and local levels.
ANTH 571. SEMINAR IN SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY
A. Religion and Symbolic Systems
B. Politics and Law
C. The Individual in Society
D. Science and Technology
E. Socio-Cultural Contexts of Anthropology
H. Creativity, Innovation and Material Culture
M. Transnational Migration
N. Topic to be selected
Extensive reading and discussion. May be repeated for credit as topic varies.
ANTH 575. SEMINAR IN ETHNOGRAPHIC AREA STUDIES
Reading and discussion of ethnography, research on problems in ethnology of
a specified geographic area.
B. Africa
C. Europe
D. Pacific
E. Southeast Asia
F. Latin America
G. East Asia
H. Caribbean
J. Middle East
L. Topic to be selected
May be repeated for credit as topic varies.
ANTH 579. SEMINAR IN FEMINIST ANTHROPOLOGY
Extensive reading and discussion of selected literature within feminist
anthropology.
A. Nationalism and Women in the Third World
B. Gender, Culture and Violence
C. Women in the Middle East
D. Women and Culture
May be repeated for credit as topic varies.
ANTH 582. RESEARCH SEMINAR IN HUMAN ECOLOGY
Ecological anthropology.
A. Population
B. Subsistence Strategies
G. Ecology and Development
K. Comparative Production Systems
L. Pastoralism
M. Topic to be selected
May be repeated for credit as topic varies.
ANTH 584. PRACTICUM IN ETHNOGRAPHIC FIELD RESEARCH
Small-scale field research projects carried out locally. Prerequisites: ANTH
530 and consent of instructor.
ANTH 529. SPACE, TIME AND THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT
Critical examination of space and time as constructs that are constituted in
social actions and that produce and reproduce culture. Focus on material
culture, the built environment and cultural landscapes.
ANTH 551. STRATEGIES OF ARCHAEOLOGY
Archaeological methods in general context. Research design, use of
ethnographic and ethnohistoric data in model-building, planning and organization
of field work, sampling, data control, laboratory methods.
ANTH 552. HISTORY OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL THEORY AND PRACTICE
Changing archaeological field techniques, laboratory techniques, typological
concepts, interpretive concepts; changing understanding of neo-lithic and urban
revolutions.
ANTH 554. ARCHAEOLOGICAL STUDY OF CULTURAL SYSTEMS
Theoretical approaches to archaeological problems. Evaluations of such
topics as Marxism, feminist theory and evolution in archaeological research.
C. Urban and State Societies
D. Marxism and Archaeology
F. Feminism and Archaeology
G. Political Economy
T. Topic to be selected
May be repeated for credit as topic varies.
ANTH 576. PROBLEMS IN ARCHAEOLOGICAL AREA STUDIES
Extensive reading and discussion.
A. Middle East
C. North America
D. South America
E. Africa
J. Southeastern United States
K. Southwestern United States
L. Historical Archaeology
M. Topic to be selected
May be repeated for credit as topic varies.
ANTH 583. PRACTICA IN ARCHAEOLOGICAL METHODS
In-depth experience in specific analytical tasks common to day-to-day work
of archaeology. Particular themes and topics determined in advance.
A. Ceramic Analysis
B. Lithic Analysis
C. Environmental Analysis: Zooarchaeology and Taphonomy
E. Spatial Analysis
F. Chronometric Techniques
I. Archaeological Illustration
M. Mortuary Analysis
R. Microwear Analysis
T. Classification
May be repeated for credit as topic varies.
ANTH 585. CULTURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT — POLICY AND PROCEDURES 2 cr.
Various cultural resources related to present management regulations and
practices, legal and political obligations, present contracting practices of
federal and state agencies. Management process, case studies to evaluate present
state of the art in this application of anthropological science.
ANTH 586. CONDUCT OF ARCHAEOLOGY IN THE CULTURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
FRAMEWORK 2 cr.
Practical problems of conducting archaeological research in this applied
framework; complex, often ill-defined constraints under which archaeologist must
operate. Case studies demonstrate evolution of CRM programs and projects.
Provides technical and theoretical bridge between anthropological archaeology
and its application to the management framework
ANTH 515. EVOLUTIONARY THEORY
Basic principles, general body of theory within evolution. Human population
dynamics, modern genetic synthesis. Background for further studies in biological
anthropology.
ANTH 540. HUMAN SKELETAL BIOLOGY
Skeletal anatomy and related aspects of human skeletal biology. Comparative
and evolutionary perspectives. Sex- and age-determination from bone, pathology,
biometry; applications to paleodemographic population reconstruction.
ANTH 541. BIOLOGY OF PRIMATES
Biology and behavior of humankind’s primate relatives. Classification,
ecology, functional and comparative anatomy of living primates; evolution of the
primate order. Monkey and ape social behavior; aspects of communication and
intelligence.
ANTH 542. HUMAN GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT
Variation in human growth during the life cycle; biobehavioral aspects of
growth; individual and population processes; genetic, environmental and secular
influences on growth processes.
ANTH 543. HUMAN BIOLOGICAL VARIATION
Processes and origins of human biological variation and adaptation.
Developmental, phenotypic, hereditary, gender, individual, population,
evolutionary, ecological and random sources of human variation. Human responses
to adaptation and environment.
ANTH 545. HUMAN ADAPTABILITY
Method and theory in biological patterns of adaptation of humans to
environment. Problem orientation and research preparation in areas of health,
nutrition, reproduction, climatic tolerance, growth, physical performance.
Approaches to individual, population and ecosystem levels.
ANTH 546. HUMAN PALEONTOLOGY
Systematics and principles of classifying organisms. The evolution of later
Cenozoic hominoid primates. Australopithecines and early members of the genus
Homo. Homo erectus and human evolution in the Pleistocene. Independent work
required.
ANTH 547. ANTHROPOLOGICAL GENETICS
Problem-oriented study of theory and methods of population genetics of man.
Mathematical analyses on consequences of mating practices, consanguinity,
genetic drift, population isolation and selection.
ANTH 548. DEMOGRAPHIC ANTHROPOLOGY
Relationship between fertility and mortality; biological and socio-cultural
determinants. Topics include fertility limitation, "natural
fertility," infant and child mortality, proximate determinants of fertility
and mortality, relationship between culture and demography, population
"problem." Demographic measures and techniques.
ANTH 549. MEDICAL ANTHROPOLOGY
Health and disease in biocultural perspective; evolutionary, ecological and
socio-cultural contexts of health and disease. Interactions between evolutionary
forces shaping the human body and social configurations affecting contemporary
patterns of health and disease. Macro-level and micro-level approaches.
ANTH 572. SEMINAR IN BIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY
Basic concepts and current literature related to method, theory and
analysis.
A. History of Biological Anthropology
B. Methods
D. Dental Anthropology
G. Reproductive Ecology
H. Paleopathology
R. Forensic Anthropology
May be repeated for credit as topic varies.
ANTH 517. LINGUISTIC ANTHROPOLOGY
Application of linguistic concepts, techniques, findings to wide range of
anthropological topics.
ANTH 521. DESCRIPTIVE LINGUISTICS
Theory, techniques of linguistic analysis. Phonetics, phonology, lexico-morphology,
morphosyntax, syntactic-semantic relations. Field methods. Genetic, areal,
typological comparison. Linguistics in anthropology.
ANTH 523. COGNITIVE ANTHROPOLOGY
Language, culture, cognition. Analytic principles of ethnographic semantics.
Native systems of classification. Structure of psychocultural reality. Folk
theory, cultural knowledge systems.
ANTH 524. SEMINAR IN LINGUISTIC ANTHROPOLOGY
Extensive reading and discussion of selected literatures in linguistic
anthropology.
E. Ethnography of Speaking
F. Sociolinguistic Theory and Research
P. Psycholinguistics
May be repeated for credit as topic varies.
ANTH 568. LANGUAGE AND DEVELOPMENT
Role of language in development, with particular attention to impact of
language decisions on identity of the state and society and on patterns of
access to power, wealth and prestige. Comparison of policy and anthropological
approaches to language and to relations between languages; examination of
"pragmatic" and "expressive" roles of language in
development, both at national and local levels.
ANTH 580. ISSUES IN TEACHING COLLEGE ANTHROPOLOGY 2 cr.
Philosophical issues in teaching anthropology in college settings. Practical
issues involving curriculum and course design, methods and materials for
presenting anthropology in the classroom, and evaluation and improvement of one’s
own teaching.
ANTH 587. QUANTITATIVE METHODS IN ANTHROPOLOGY
Descriptive and inferential statistics and their use in anthropological
problems. Computer applications in quantitative anthropological research.
ANTH 590. WRITING SKILLS AND PUBLICATION
A practical course in writing for students working on theses or wishing to
revise papers for publication. Writing as process.
ANTH 591. PRACTICUM IN TEACHING ANTHROPOLOGY 1-4 cr.
Individual supervision of beginning teachers. S/U grading only.
ANTH 592. PROPOSAL WRITING 2 cr.
Writing of research and grant proposals.
ANTH 597. INDEPENDENT STUDY 1-4 cr.
Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
ANTH 599. THESIS 1-4 cr.
Research for and preparation of a master’s thesis, or two papers in lieu
of a thesis.
ANTH 698. PRE-DISSERTATION RESEARCH 1-9 credits
Independent reading and or research in preparation for comprehensive
examinations for admission to PhD candidacy, and/ or preparation of dissertation
prospectus. S/U grading only.
ANTH 699. DISSERTATION 1-12 cr.
Research for and preparation of the dissertation. Prerequisite: previous or
concurrent completion of all requirements for PhD candidacy, including
submission of dissertation prospectus.
ANTH 700. CONTINUOUS REGISTRATION 1 cr.
Required for maintenance of matriculated status in graduate program.
Prerequisite: approval of principal adviser, director of graduate studies, and
vice provost for research and graduate studies. Not applicable toward graduate
degree requirements.
ANTH 707. RESEARCH SKILLS 1-4 cr.
Development of research skills required within graduate programs. May not be
applied toward course credits for any graduate degree. Prerequisite: approval of
relevant graduate program directors or department chairs.
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