101
Introduction to Anthropology |
3 |
Human culture worldwide and throughout human history. Major subfields, methods, theories, and issues. World cultural diversity Culture and world problems.
|
FE |
SO |
FO |
SE |
SU |
201
Sociocultural Diversity |
3 |
Origins and diversity of cultural systems. Theories of culture. Patterns of kinship. Religious, economic, and political institutions.
|
FE |
SO |
FO |
SE |
SU |
202
Biocultural Evolution |
3 |
Nature and function of culture and its relationship to human biology. Principles of change from hominid origins to present.
|
FE |
SO |
FO |
SE |
SU |
203
Introduction to Archaeology |
3 |
Theory, methodology, and techniques of archaeology. Applications to questions about past human behavior. History and concepts of archaeology as an anthropological subdiscipline.
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FE |
SO |
FO |
SE |
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220
Gender Relations in Comparative Perspective |
3 |
Gender relations in different cultures. Economic and domestic division of labor between the sexes as a factor underlying power differentials.
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SO |
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SE |
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264
Great Discoveries in Archaeology |
3 |
Great discoveries in archaeology that have captured
the public's imagination and shaped Western thought, from Olduvai Gorge
and Stonehenge to Macchu Pichu. |
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SO |
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SE |
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270
Women and Health: Anthropological and International Perspectives
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3 |
Cross cultural perspectives on the health
implications of differing life circumstances for
women. Women
as health-care consumers and providers. Health and women's life
cycles. |
FE |
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FO |
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280
The Anthropological Film |
4 |
Ethnographic film as a record of vanishing cultures,
as a tool for ethnological analysis and as a source of perspectives
on different cultures and variability within cultures. |
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SO |
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SE |
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320
Social and Cultural Analysis |
4 |
Major theoretical traditions of cultural anthropology.
Functionalism, symbolism, structuralism, and contemporary developments.
Prerequisite: ANP 101 or 201 and completion of Tier I writing
requirement. |
FE |
SO |
FO |
SE |
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321
Anthropology of Social Movements |
3 |
How social movements within different cultures
around the world organize, create or impede change on the basis
of class, religion, race, ethnicity, language, and territory.
Prerequisite: ANP 101 or ANP 201. |
FE |
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FO |
|
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322
Peasants and Social Change in the Developing World |
3 |
Cross-cultural perspective on patterns and variations
in peasant systems worldwide. Social mechanisms with which
they respond to change. Prerequisite: ANP 101 or ANP 201. |
|
SO |
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SE |
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330
Race, Ethnicity, and Nation: Anthropological Approaches to
Collective Identity |
3 |
Understanding race and ethnicity. Models
analyzing racial, ethnic, and national identities; boundaries;
and collective identities and differentiations. Case studies
from cultures worldwide. Prerequisite: ANP 101 or ANP
201 or ISS 215. Not open to students with credit in SOC
215. |
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SO |
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SE |
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340
Introduction to Physical Anthropology |
4 |
Problems, data, and methods of physical anthropology.
Human genetics, hominid evolution, primate studies, human osteology,
and human diversity. Field trips at the student's expense
may be required. |
FE |
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FO |
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361
Paleolithic Archaeology |
3 |
Stone Age archaeology from the dawn of tool
making to the specialized hunters and cave artists of the late
Ice Age. Prerequisite: ANP 101 or ANP 264 or ANP 203 or
ISS 220. |
FE |
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FO |
|
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363
Rise of Civilization |
3 |
Archaeological evidence for the appearance and
development of the world's earliest prehistoric civilizations.
The nature of complex societies and the comparative evolution
of states. Prerequisite: ANP 101 or ANP 202 or ANP 203
or ISS 220. |
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SO |
|
SE |
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370
Culture, Health, and Illness |
3 |
Cross-cultural perspectives on the definition
and treatment of illness. Prerequisite: ANP 101 or ANP
201 or ISS 210 or ISS 215 and completion of Tier I writing requirement. |
|
SO |
|
SE |
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410
Evolution and Social Change in Latin America |
3 |
Comparative examination of sociocultural changes
leading to and created by major revolutions in Latin America.
Prerequisite: ANP 101 or ANP 201 or ISS 330 C. |
FE |
|
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411
North American Indian Ethnography |
3 |
Social and cultural patterns of North American
Indian societies. History, economy, politics, social organization,
religion, and social change. Prerequisite: ANP 101 or
ANP 201. |
FE |
|
FO |
|
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412
Social and Cultural Status of Latinos in the U.S. |
3 |
Social and cultural history of Chicanos, Puerto
Ricans, Cubans and Central Americans in the United States and
their contributions to American society. Prerequisite:
ANP 101 or ANP 201 or SOC 100 or ISS 215 and completion of Tier
I writing requirement. |
|
SO |
|
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413
Culture of Southeast Asia |
3 |
Southeast Asian peoples, cultures, and nations.
Tropical forest and sea trading adaptations. Recent social
change. Prerequisite: ANP 101 or ANP 201. |
|
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SE |
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414
Anthropology of South Asia |
3 |
Anthropology of India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh,
and Sri Lanka. Religion, social organization, village
life, urban structures, economic organization, history, and
social change. Prerequisite: ANP 101 or ANP 201 or ISS
210 or ISS 215. |
FE |
|
|
|
|
415
China: Culture and Society |
3 |
Socioeconomic and cultural continuity and change
from traditional civilization to the contemporary state and
the communist period. Village and urban society and their
relationships. Prerequisite: ANP 101 or ANP 201 or ISS
330 B. |
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FO |
|
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416
Anthropology of Southern Africa |
3 |
Structure and organization of major cultures.
Transformations caused by global, national, and local forces.
Prerequisite: ANP 101 or ANP 201 or ISS 330 A. |
|
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FO |
|
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418
Contemporary Japan: Mainstream and Margins |
3 |
Key themes in contemporary Japanese society
and culture. Ethnographic representation in anthropology and in
popular culture. |
|
SO |
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420
Language and Culture |
3 |
Domain, issues, and methods of cultural linguistics.
Relationship between language and culture. Language and
ethnicity, status, and role. Pidgin and Creole languages.
Cross-cultural communication. Prerequisite: ANP 101 or
ANP 201 or ANP 320 and completion of Tier I writing requirement.
Interdepartmental with English; administered by anthropology. |
FE |
SO |
FO |
SE |
|
422
Religion and Culture |
3 |
The anthropology of religion and the symbolic
analysis of ritual. Theoretical and ethnographic literature.
Prerequisite: ANP 101 or ANP 201 or ISS 210 and completion of
Tier I writing requirement. |
|
SO |
|
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423
Psychological Anthropology |
3 |
Cross-cultural perspectives on culture and personality.
Enculturation, life-cycle, person and self, emotion and cognition,
mental illness. Prerequisite: ANP 101 or ANP 201 or ISS
210 or ISS 215. |
|
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|
SE |
|
424
Culture and Economic Behavior |
3 |
Relationship of economy to sociocultural phenomena
in pre-capitalist and dependent capitalist societies.
Prerequisite: ANP 101 or ANP 201 or SOC 100 or EC 202 or ISS
225. |
FE |
|
|
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426
Urban Anthropology |
3 |
The anthropological approach to urban issues.
Cross-cultural perspectives on the informal economy, power,
ideology, and community. Prerequisites: ANP 101 or ANP
201 or ISS 320. |
|
SO |
|
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428
Environments of International Enterprise |
3 |
Anthropological commentary on (1) issues stemming
from disparate cultures and objectives of transnational organizations
and host countries; and (2) cultural and power issues that affect
activity in international, inter-organizational business relationships.
Prerequisite: ANP 101 or ANP 201 or ISS 215. |
|
SO |
|
|
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429
Ethnographic Field Methods |
3 |
Field research in cultural anthropology.
Research design, participant observation, relationship of techniques
to methods, and ethics. Prerequisite: ANP 101 or ANP 201
and completion of Tier I writing requirement. Restrictions:
Not open to freshmen or sophomores. |
|
SO |
|
SE |
|
430
Culture, Resources, and Power |
3 |
Contemporary anthropological perspectives on
culture as it relates to power and the use of resources.
Anthropological analysis of related contemporary issues.
Prerequisite: ANP 101 or ANP 201 or ISS 225 or ISS 315. |
|
|
FO |
|
|
431
Gender, Environment and Development |
3 |
Relationship among processes of environmental
change, development and gender differentiation. Anthropological
perspectives. Case studies of major theoretical approaches.
Gendered participation environmental movements, organizations.
Prerequisite: ANP 101 or ANP 201. |
|
|
FO |
|
|
432
American Indian Women |
3 |
Role of women in a variety of North American
Indian cultures, both traditional and contemporary, using
autobiography, life history, historical biography, ethnography,
and fiction. Interaction of Indian women and their cultures with
Western European and American cultures. |
FE |
|
FO |
|
|
433
Contemporary Indian Communities |
3 |
American Indian communities today, both
reservation and urban, including issues of tribalization, Pan-Indianism,
culture change and revitalization, economic development, federal
policy, religious freedom, and gender roles. |
|
|
|
SE |
|
434
Contemporary Issues in Asian America |
3 |
Construction of ethnic and racial categories
such as "Asian" and "Asian-American." Study of race, class,
gender, transnational identities, and identity politics. |
|
|
|
SE |
|
435
Issues in Latino Health |
3 |
Anthropological investigation of minority
health issues, with an emphasis on Latinos in the United States.
Critical analysis of the history and conceptual basis for trends
in minority health research. |
FE |
|
|
|
|
436
Globalization and Justice |
3 |
Anthropological perspectives on issues of
justice linked to global forces of transnational capitalism,
economic development, global governance, and international law. |
|
SO |
|
|
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437
Asian Emigrant Communities: A Global Perspective |
3 |
Anthropological investigation of minority
health issues, with an emphasis on Latinos in the United States.
Critical analysis of the history and conceptual basis for trends
in minority health research. |
|
SO |
|
|
|
438
Great Lakes Indians |
3 |
Contemporary Native communities of the Great
Lakes, both reservation and urban. Sovereignty, treaty rights,
taxation, urbanization, cultural change and revitalization,
activism, economic development, religious freedom, and
relationships with anthropologists. |
|
|
|
SE |
|
439
Human Rights: Anthropological Perspectives. |
3 |
Cross-cultural study of human rights.
Anthropological perspective on the role of law, customs, values,
and politics in defining, organizing, and understanding
individual and collective rights. |
|
|
|
|
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440
Hominid Fossils |
3 |
Theories of human evolution during the past
five million years. Fossil evidence. Prerequisite:
ANP 101 or ANP 202 or ANP 340 or ISS 220. |
|
SO |
|
|
|
441
Osteology and Forensic Anthropology |
4 |
Human bone and skeletal biology and analysis.
Methods of forensic anthropology. Analysis of skeletal
remains, forensic pathology, and forensic archaeology.
Prerequisite: ANP 202 or ANP 340 or CJ 210 or ISS 220. |
|
|
|
SE |
|
442
Genes and Diversity |
3 |
Controversies over the contributions of nature
and nurture to biological diversity. Issues of gender
differences and the race concept. Prerequisite: ANP 101
or ANP 202 or BS 110 or LBS 14 or ISS 220. |
|
|
FO |
|
|
450
African Archaeology |
3 |
The archaeological sequence in Africa from the
dawn of the Paleolithic to the late Iron Age. Key sites
and the interpretation of archaeological evidence. Prerequisite:
HST 360 or ANP 203 or ANP 202 or ISS 220. |
FE |
|
|
|
|
451
European Archaeology |
3 |
Patterns of change in technology, subsistence,
economy, settlement, social organization, and political complexity
from the earliest human occupation through the Iron Age.
Major issues in European archaeology. Prerequisite: ANP
101 or ANP 203 or ANP 202 or ISS 220. |
|
|
|
SE |
|
452
North American Archaeology |
3 |
Characteristics and processes of North American
prehistory on a regional level. Economic, social, political
and technological change through time. Prerequisite: ANP
101 or ANP 201 or ANP 202 or ANP 203 or ISS 220. |
|
SO |
|
|
|
453
Mesoamerican Archaeology |
3 |
Emergence and development of civilizations from
first occupation to Spanish Conquest. Use of archaeology,
ethnohistory, and history. Major theories of plant domestication
and state evolution. Prerequisite: ANP 101 or ANP 202
or ANP 203 or ISS 220. |
|
|
FO |
|
|
454
Great Lakes Archaeology |
3 |
Archaeology and prehistory of the Great
Lakes, from paleoIndian to early Historic times. Culture history
of the Great Lakes Indians, and contemporary issues in the
archaeology of the region. |
|
SO |
|
|
|
460
Public Archaeology |
3 |
Federal and state legislation and regulations
governing archaeology and historic preservation. Major
agencies responsible for compliance. Prerequisite: ANP
203 or ANP 202 or ISS 220. |
FE |
|
|
|
|
461
Method and Theory in Historical Archaeology |
3 |
Theory and methodology in historical archaeology
and its relation to history and anthropology. Prerequisite:
ANP 203. |
|
|
FO |
|
|
462
Frontiers and Colonization in Historical Archaeology |
3 |
Cultural dynamics and historical archaeological
research in frontier and colonizing situations. European
expansion in North America. Prerequisite: ANP 203. |
|
|
|
SE |
|
463
Laboratory Methods in Archaeology |
3 |
Preparation and preservation of archaeological
data. Conservation, cleaning, cataloguing, and classification.
Analysis of lithics, ceramics, faunal and floral remains, metals,
and glass. Prerequisite: ANP 203 or ANP 464. |
|
SO |
|
|
|
464
Field Methods in Archaeology |
Variable from 2 - 6 |
Field research. Survey, excavation, mapping,
data recording, and field laboratory procedures. A student
may earn a maximum of 12 credits in all enrollments for this
course. |
|
|
|
|
SU |
470
Food, Hunger and Society |
3 |
Cultural, economic, social, and ecological factors
affecting the production and use of food. Relationship
of culture to hunger. Prerequisite: ANP 101 or ANP 201
or ANP 202 or ANP 270 or BS 110 or LBS 144 or HNF 250. |
FE |
|
|
|
|
471
Alternative Medicine |
3 |
Anthropological study of alternative
medicine and ethnomedicine in the USA and around the world,
including the cross-cultural study of concepts of health and
illness, diagnosis, and treatment. |
|
|
FO |
|
|
475
Organizational Anthropology |
3 |
Anthropological study of organizations,
focusing on geographically dispersed and culturally disparate
organizations. Field research component through required
concurrent registration in ANP 476. |
FE |
|
FO |
|
|
476
Field Study in Organizational Anthropology |
3 |
Field study of trans-cultural organizations.
Enroll concurrently with ANP 475. |
FE |
|
FO |
|
|
480
History of Anthropological Theory |
3 |
The 18th, 19th and early 20th century foundations
of anthropological theory. Major contemporary theoretical
approaches. Prerequisite: ANP 201 or ANP 202 or ANP 203
and ANP 320 or ANP 321 or ANP 322 or ANP 330 or ANP 340
or ANP 361 or ANP 363 or ANP 370. |
FE |
|
|
|
|
489
Anthropology Capstone Course (W) |
3 |
Integration of the subdivisions of anthropology.
Differences between anthropology and other approaches in the
social sciences. Further directions of anthropological
inquiry. Prerequisite: ANP 201 and ANP 202 and completion
of Tier I writing requirement. Open only to seniors
in Anthropology. |
|
SO |
|
|
|
490
Independent Study |
Variable from 1-12 |
Restrictions: Approval of department. |
FE |
SO |
FO |
SE |
SU |
491
Topics in Anthropology |
Variable from 1-4 |
Selected topics in sociocultural anthropology,
archaeology, physical anthropology, anthropological linguistics,
or medical anthropology. Prerequisite: ANP 101 or ANP
201 or ANP 203 or one 300-level anthropology course. |
FE |
SO |
FO |
SE |
SU |
820
Language and Cultural Meaning |
4 |
Intellectual history of 20th century linguistic
thinking. Saussure's influence on cultural anthropology.
Post-structuralist approaches. Open only to graduate students.
Prerequisite: ANP 420. |
|
SO |
|
|
|
822
Religion and Ritual |
3 |
Cross-cultural comparison of religious beliefs,
values, and practices in traditional and developing cultures.
Religious institutions in cultural systems. Anthropological
theories of religion and culture. Open only to graduate
students. |
FE |
|
|
|
|
829
Research Methods in Cultural Anthropology |
3 |
Methodological underpinnings. Project
design, field strategies, research techniques, and methods of
data analysis. Open only to graduate students in Anthropology.
Prerequisite: One course in Statistics. |
|
|
|
SE |
|
831
Seminar in Cultural Ecology |
3 |
Anthropological theories for understanding culture
as system of mediation between humans and environment.
Cultural ecological approaches applied to sociocultural change
and stability. Open only to graduate students. Approval
of department. |
FE |
|
|
|
|
832
Class and Ethnicity in Social Differentiation |
3 |
Anthropological theories on nature and sources
of social differentiation and inequality within cultures and
ethnic communities. Class and ethnic identity in cultural
contexts. Open only to graduate students. Approval
of department. |
|
|
FO |
|
|
833
Ethnographic Analysis |
3 |
Methodological and theoretical issues in the
analysis of the ethnographic monograph. Approval of department. |
|
SO |
|
|
|
834
Medical Anthropology I: Overview |
3 |
Anthropological approaches to the study of sickness,
disease, and healing. Medical anthropology as a subdiscipline.
Approval of department. |
FE |
|
FO |
|
|
835
Medical Anthropology II: Theoretical and Applied Issues |
3 |
Seminar in the description and analysis of themes
in medical anthropology. Approval of department.
Prerequisite: ANP 834. |
|
SO |
|
SE |
|
836
Theories of Sociocultural Change |
3 |
Theoretical and methodological issues.
Major theorists and models. |
|
SO |
|
|
|
837
Seminar in Economic Anthropology |
3 |
Central research topics in the economic anthropology
of peasant societies. Dependent capitalist formation and
marginal sectors. Open only to graduate students in Anthropology.
Prerequisite: ANP 424 or approval of department. |
|
|
|
SE |
|
838
Agrarian Systems and Social Transformation |
3 |
Structure and organization of agrarian societies.
Transformations caused by global, national and local forces. |
|
|
FO |
|
|
839
Age and Gender |
3 |
Cultural construction of age and gender.
Effects on the individual and society. |
|
|
FO |
|
|
840
Biocultural Evolution |
3 |
Major contemporary issues in evolutionary theory,
taxonomy, and the evolution of biology and culture. Open
only to graduate students in the Department of Anthropology. |
|
SO |
|
|
|
841
Physical Anthropology |
3 |
Controversies in biological anthropology.
History of physical anthropology and current theoretical perspectives.
Critical approaches to research design. Approval of department. |
|
SO |
|
|
|
843
Nutritional Anthropology |
3 |
Food, foodways, and nutrition in different cultural
systems. Production, storage, processing, and consumption.
The social significance of eating, foods, and body image.
Research methods. Prerequisite: ANP 470 or approval of
department. |
|
SO |
|
|
|
850
Principles of Archaeological Analysis |
3 |
Formal, spatial, and temporal dimensions of
archaeological research design. Appropriate analytic techniques.
Open only to graduate students. Prerequisite: GEO 465
or approval of instructor. |
|
SO |
|
|
|
853
Evolution of Civilization |
3 |
Major anthropological theories of emergence
and development of civilizations. Role of archaeological
data in formulating, testing, and refining these theories.
Restrictions: One 300- or 400- level archaeology course and
approval of department. |
|
|
|
SE |
|
854
Archaeological Theory |
3 |
Archaeological theory and the nature of the
archaeological record. Use of archaeological data to test
social theories of past human behavior. Restrictions:
One 300- or 400- level archaeology course and approval of department. |
FE |
|
|
|
|
855
The Roots of Contemporary Anthropological Theory |
3 |
Development of contemporary anthropological
theory from 18th and 19th centuries. Major paradigms in
current anthropology. |
FE |
|
FO |
|
|
858
GJEC: Issues and Concepts |
3 |
Key debates and theoretical approaches involved
in understanding environmental concerns from a gender and justice
perspective. Examines the complex intersections of environmental
actors, agencies, and institutions in the global arena. |
|
SO |
|
|
|
859
GJEC: Methodology and Application |
3 |
Methodological issues involved in conducting
research on gender, the environment and social justice in the
U.S. and internationally. The course also addresses problems
students may encounter doing fieldwork but which are seldom
voiced or addressed in classes. |
|
|
|
SE |
|
867
Social Impact Analysis |
3 |
Sociocultural consequences of development programs
on populations, communities, and regions in developing and industrial
societies. Theory, purposes, methods, outcomes, and uses
of social impact analysis. Interdepartmental with Sociology,
administered by Anthropology. |
|
SO |
|
|
|
880
Issues in Contemporary Archaeology |
3 |
Theories, issues, problems, and methodological
innovations affecting the conduct of research in archaeology.
Restrictions: Open only to graduate students in Anthropology.
One 300- or 400- level archaeology course. Approval of
department. |
|
|
FO |
|
|
ANP 890 A
Individual Readings |
1 - 8 |
Advanced study, based on prior preparation,
under faculty direction. A student may earn a maximum
of 16 credits in all enrollments for this course. Restrictions:
Open only to graduate students. Approval of Department. |
FE |
SO |
FO |
SE |
SU |
ANP 890 B
Individual Research |
1-8 |
Graduate student projects under faculty direction.
A student may earn a maximum of 16 credits in all enrollments
for this course. Restrictions: Approval of Department. |
FE |
SO |
FO |
SE |
SU |
ANP 892
Seminar in Anthropology |
1 - 4 |
Studies in selected fields. A student
may earn a maximum of 12 credits in all enrollments for this
course. Restrictions: Open only to graduate students in
Anthropology. Approval of department. |
FE |
SO |
FO |
SE |
SU |
ANP 899
Master's Thesis Research |
1 - 8 |
Open only to graduate students in Anthropology.
Approval of department. |
FE |
SO |
FO |
SE |
SU |
ANP 999
Doctoral Dissertation Research |
1 - 24 |
Approval of Department. |
FE |
SO |
FO |
SE |
SU |
