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10 Culture and the Human Experience
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11 Culture and the Human Experience
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12 Human Origins: Evolution and Diversity
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13 The Human Past
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14 The Evolution of Human Nature
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39 Special Topics
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47 Myth, Magic, Religion
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1101 Culture and the Human Experience
(3)
Fulfills Social Science Foundation.
Introduction to the concept of culture as a framework for understanding similarities and differences in behavior and values in human societies.
1201 Human Origins: Evolution and Diversity
(3)
Fulfills Science Foundation.
Introduction to biological anthropology; surveys of hominid fossils, primate biology and behavior, human biological variation, ecology and adaptation, and evolutionary theory.
1301 The Human Past
(3)
Fulfills Social Science Foundation.
Introduction to the two-million-year-old archaeological record of human prehistory.
1401 The Evolution of Human Nature
(3)
Fulfills Science Foundation.
An overview of the broad patterns of temporal and spatial variation in morphology and behavior among humans and our nearest relatives. Basic concepts and models in human evolutionary ecology are introduced.
2101 In Search of Human Heritage
(3)
Fulfills Social Science Integration.
Explores apparent mysteries in human culture and society. Witchcraft, voodoo, cannibalism and other food customs, sex roles and sexuality, incest taboo, territoriality, aggression and warfare, notions of beauty, concepts of the bizarre, primitive thought and language, and other topics.
2111 Human Universals
(3)
Fulfills Social Science Integration.
Although human beings vary enormously in their beliefs, values, and ways of life, some patterns are characteristic of all or nearly all people everywhere. To shed light on what is historically and cross-culturally universal, this course focuses on one or more basic dimensions of human experience, such as language, kinship, sexuality, violence, ethnicity, and religion.
2311 Archaeology
(3)
Fulfills Science Integration.
Our knowledge of variation in prehistoric human behavior is based virtually exclusively on archaeological analyses of the physical remains left behind by ancient peoples. This course reviews the history, goals, theories, and methods of archaeological research, especially as influenced by the natural sciences. Substantive examples are drawn from a diverse set of time periods and geographical locations.
2312 The Rise of Civilization
(3)
Fulfills Social Science Integration.
Human society has changed drastically in the last 10,000 years. For 90 percent of our (pre)history humankind lived in small, egalitarian bands of hunter-gatherers. Since then, social groupings have grown larger and more economically and socially diverse. Why these changes have occurred is one of the great questions in anthropology and history. This class will explore the rise of complex societies, comparing early complex societies in the Old World and the New World.
2411 Human Evolution
(3)
Fulfills Science Integration.
Modern humans like ourselves only appear within the last 100,000 to 50,000 years. This course will cover precursors to our species and the origin and dispersal of modern humans. Data will be drawn from paleoanthropology, archaeology, ethnography, and genetics. Evolutionary theory will provide the framework for understanding the data and for generating and testing hypotheses.
3111 The First Nations of Eastern North America
(3)
Recommended Prerequisite: ANTHR 1201 or 1301 or equivalent. Fulfills Diversity.
Meets with ANTHR 5111. This course studies change and continuity in the cultures and histories of North America's First Nations in regions east of the Rocky Mountains from the fifteenth century until modern times.
3112 The First Nations of Western North America
(3)
Fulfills Diversity.
Meets with ANTHR 5112. This course studies change and continuity in the cultures and histories of North America's First Nations in regions west of the Rocky Mountains from the fifteenth century until modern times.
3121 Cultures of Africa
(3)
Meets with ANTHR 5121. Cultures and societies of Africa, with emphasis less on national political issues than on immediate, daily concerns of most Africans (e.g., making a living, family life, settling disputes, etc.).
3131 Peoples and Cultures of the Middle East
(3) Cross listed as MID E 3713.
Meets with ANTHR 5131 and MID E 5713. The turmoil of Middle Eastern life has its roots in ideas and lifestyles developed over thousands of years. This course examines the land and people, analyzing the role of ethnicity, religion, politics, economics, and values in every day behavior.
3132 Traditional Jewish Communities
(3) Cross listed as MID E 3723.
Meets with ANTHR 5132 and MID E 5723. Examines the question 'Who is a Jew?' by looking at Jewish life in Old World Jewish communities and Jewish interaction with the non-Jewish world. Explores implications for understanding contemporary Jewish attitudes and behaviors.
3133 Anthropology of Judaism
(3) Cross listed as MID E 3733.
Meets with MID E 5733 and ANTHR 5133. Applies anthropological theory and method regarding the relationship of religion and culture to a specific system of belief and practice: Judaism. Explores the spectrum of Jewish ritual and ideology, analyzing variant traditions and examining the potential for adaptation to changing circumstances.
3141 Himalayan Kingdoms
(3)
Concepts of caste, kingship, reincarnation, and enlightenment are introduced through the history of Hinduism and Buddhism in the Himalayas. Two small kingdoms, Nepal and Bhutan, offer a fascinating comparison of Hindu and Buddhist ways of life.
3142 Tibetan Civilization
(3)
Meets with ANTHR 5142. An introduction to the cultural and political history of Tibet, one of the world's great civilizations. Focuses on the evolution of Tibetan Buddhism and on Tibet's political relations with neighboring states, including India, Mongolia, and China.
3151 Peoples of the Pacific
(3)
Prerequisite: ANTHR 1101.
Theories of settlement, distinctive features of island cultures, social and political organization and stratification, and integrative mechanisms such as trading, feasting, warfare, and marriage alliance.
3152 Australia and New Guinea Ethnography
(3)
Meets with ANTHR 5152. Continent of hunters, island of gardeners--sites of classic anthropological work. Prehistory and ethnography of Australia and New Guinea from 50,000 years ago to present. Ecology, economics, political and social organization, marriage systems, and religion.
3211 Biology of Native Americans
(3)
Meets with ANTHR 5211. Origin, population history, child growth, health, anthropometry, demography, and genetics of North and South American Indians. Biological variation and adaptation of Native American groups in pre-contact era, biological effects of European contact, and subsequent biological responses to modernization.
3311 North American Prehistory
(3)
Meets with ANTHR 5311. Native Americans arrived on this continent 15,000 to 30,000 years ago. Initially hunter-gatherers, they subsequently developed agriculture and civilization independent of influence from the Old World; this course reviews the history of these developments.
3312 California Prehistory
(3)
Meets with ANTHR 5312. With both extremely high diversity in environments and population densities, the archaeological record of California provides an ideal laboratory in which to evaluate hunter-gatherer variability. Proceeding chronologically, this course analyzes the record from an evolutionary ecological perspective.
3313 Utah Prehistory
(3)
Meets with ANTHR 5313. This course presents the prehistory of the Great Basin and Colorado Plateau as it is currently understood. A series of recent archaeological and paleoecological case studies will be used to examine current controversies and directions for future work.
3321 The Classic Maya
(3)
Meets with ANTHR 5321. Explores the rise and fall of Classic Maya society through archaeology, hieroglyphic inscriptions, and ethnohistoric documents. Examines Maya economy, social organization, religion, warfare, and explanations as to why this society was so dramatically transformed after the 9th century A.D.
3322 Mesoamerican Archaeology
(3)
Surveys the rise of complex societies in Mesoamerica, focusing on the Olmecs, the Maya, Teotihuacan and the Aztecs. Explores differences between societies in tropical rainforest environments and the arid highlands. Considers the impact of the Spanish conquests on the societies of Mesoamerica.
3331 Old World Prehistory
(3)
An area-or-topic approach to a major issue in prehistoric problems in the Old World. An in-depth approach taken to acquaint students with issues, problems and methods of prehistoric research in the Old World.
3961 Special Topics: Geographical Requirement
(3)
Meets with ANTHR 5961. Topics vary. These courses count for geographical requirements for the major. Repeatable for credit.
3969 Special Topics
(3)
Topics Vary. These courses do not count as topical or geographical requirements for the major. A total of 2 courses (6 credits maximum) is allowed towards the major.
4161 History of Anthropology
(3)
Prerequisite: ANTHR 1101.
Growth of anthropological knowledge and development of major ideas and methods, approached through biographies of leading figures.
4171 Myth, Magic, and Religion
(3)
Searches for patterns and meaning in the variety of beliefs and practices found among societies, from simple to complex, which convention designates as 'religion.' Examines how even contemporary secular societies make decisions and behave within religio/magical constraints.
4181 Family, Power, and Society
(3)
Prerequisite: ANTHR 1101.
Variation of marriage, families, social inequality, work patterns, and sex roles within and among human societies. How anthropologists describe and explain these variations.
4182 Economy and Society
(3)
Prerequisite: ANTHR 1101.
Meets with ANTHR 5182. This course is an introduction to social and economic theory, especially as developed by Marx, Weber, and recent 'world-system' theorists. Special attention will be paid to the rise of global capitalism and its impact on non-Western or 'traditional' societies.
4183 Sex and Gender: Biosocial Perspectives
(3) Cross listed as WM ST 4183.
Why are females feminine, males masculine, and occasionally vice versa? Addresses the study of sex and gender differences from a biosocial perspective, with particular emphasis placed on the ways in which biological and cultural factors interact. Considers evolutionary, developmental, and socio-economic perspectives. Cross-cultural differences and similarities are emphasized.
4184 Hunter-Gatherer Ethnology
(3)
Meets with ANTHR 5184. All of human experience before the last 10,000 years passed in this way of life. What is known about it? Survey of ecology, economics, technology, political and social organization, and religion among recent hunting and gathering people. Implications for human evolution are examined.
4185 Culture Change
(3)
Meets with ANTHR 5185. Socio-cultural persistence and change and the processes that maintain stability or transform culture. Change ranging from indigenous innovation and invention to diffusion and acculturation are compared. The premises and methods of applied anthropology and their utilization in development projects are analyzed.
4186 Human Ecology
(3)
Meets with ANTHR 5186. Survey of anthropological research on the relationships between environment and human behavior.
4192 Culture, Health, and Healing
(3)
Meets with ANTHR 5192. Using anthropological research and perspectives, this course studies how the concept and practice of health and healing are mediated by culture in different historical and societal contexts.
4193 Anthropology of Medical Change
(3)
Applied anthropology addressing the problem of behavioral change with regard to health issues from an evolutionary and cultural perspective. Examples will be drawn from cultures world wide.
4221 Human Evolutionary Genetics
(3)
Fulfills Quantitative Intensive BS Course.
Meets with ANTHR 5221. Advanced treatment of theories, models, and methods in analysis of genetic and demographic data of human populations. Interrelationships between demographic structure of populations and forces of evolution.
4241 Darwinian Medicine
(3)
Meets with ANTHR 5241. Evolution sheds light on medicine in various ways. It tells us why some pathogens are more virulent than others, why mothers and fetuses show adaptations for conflict (as well as cooperation) with one another, why we age, and why human females (but not those of other species) stop reproducing with years of good health ahead of them. These and other issues are covered in this survey of what evolution has to say about medicine.
4261 Paleoanthropology
(3)
Meets with ANTHR 5261. Advanced treatment of hominid fossil record from Miocene to recent. Related data in archaeology, geology, geochronology, taphonomy, and paleoclimatic reconstructions.
4271 Human Osteology
(3)
Meets with ANTHR 5271. Laboratory course emphasizing forensic and archaeological problems in the identification and study of the human skeleton. Techniques in bone identification, sex, race, and age determination, stature reconstruction, paleopathology, and bone biology.
4291 Evolution of Human Health
(3)
Meets with ANTHR 5291. History of human health in ecological, cultural, and historic contexts.
4341 Fundamentals of Archaeology
(3)
Prerequisite: ANTHR 1301.
Introduction to basic archaeological field techniques; mapping, field notes, photography, survey and basic excavation techniques. Combines lectures and field exercises.
4351 Anthropological Demography
(3)
Prerequisite: Any ANTHR course and MATH 1070 or equivalent.
Meets with ANTHR 5351. Demographic survey of anthropological populations, including population history, methods of demographic analysis of small populations, skeletal series, population structure, and biological and cultural analysis of population change, marriage, and vital events.
4371 Zooarchaeology
(3)
Prerequisite: ANTHR 1301.
Meets with ANTHR 5371. The analysis of archaeological vertebrate remains can address problems that range from resource acquisition strategies to paleoclimatic reconstruction. This lecture/seminar course will explore the central goals of problem-oriented zooarcheological research and the analytic methods used to meet those goals.
4372 Vertebrate Osteology
(3)
Meets with ANTHR 5372. Provides intensive laboratory-based introduction to the identification of fragmentary osteological remains of fishes, reptiles, amphibians, birds; and laboratory exercises provide experience in collecting, preparing and curating vertebrate skeletal material.
4461 Behavioral Ecology and Anthropology
(3)
Prerequisite: ANTHR 1401.
Meets with ANTHR 5461. Introduces theory, concepts, and models used to investigate and explain patterns of behavior in animals, and reviews applications to anthropological topics, including foraging strategies, social interactions, and the evolution of human life histories.
4471 Fundamental Methods of Evolutionary Ecology
(3)
Prerequisite: Both BIOL 3410 or equivalent and MATH 1050 or equivalent. Fulfills Quantitative Intensive BS Course.
Meets with ANTHR 5471. An introduction to the fundamental concepts of evolutionary ecology. Topics to be covered include natural selection, migration, genetic drift, optimization models, population growth, competition, predation, and age structure.
4481 Evolutionary Psychology
(3)
Evolutionary Psychology is a new inter-disciplinary field that studies how our preferences, emotions, and ways of thinking and behaving have been shaped by natural selection. This course discusses how our minds and behavior have evolved to cope with problems of survival, mating and parenting, cooperation, conflict, and status competition.
4950 Individual Studies
(1 to 3)
A maximum of six credit hours allowed toward major requirements.
4962 Special Topics: Topical Requirement
(3)
Meets with ANTHR 5962. Topics vary. These courses count as topical requirements for the major.
4995 Medical Anthropology: Senior Practicum
(3 to 5)
Practical experience in handling sociomedical problems in a community setting.
4999 Honors Thesis/Project
(3)
Fulfills Upper-division Communication/Writing.
Restricted to students in the Honors Program working on their Honors degree.
5111 The First Nations of Eastern North America
(3)
Prerequisite: Graduate standing required.
Meets with ANTHR 3111; additional work required of graduate students. See ANTHR 3111 for course description.
5112 The First Nations of Western North America
(3)
Prerequisite: Graduate standing required.
Meets with ANTHR 3112; additional work required of graduate students. See ANTHR 3112 for course description.
5121 Cultures of Africa
(3)
Prerequisite: Graduate standing required.
Meets with ANTHR 3121; additional work required of graduate students. See ANTHR 3121 for course description.
5131 Peoples and Cultures of the Middle East
(3) Cross listed as MID E 5713.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing required.
Meets with ANTHR 3131 and MID E 3713. Additional work required of graduate students. See ANTHR 3131 for course description.
5132 Traditional Jewish Communities
(3) Cross listed as MID E 5723.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing required.
Meets with ANTHR 3132 and MID E 3723. Additional work required of graduate students. See ANTHR 3132 for course description.
5133 Anthropology of Judaism
(3) Cross listed as MID E 5733.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing required.
Meets with ANTHR 3133 and MID E 3733. Additional work required of graduate students. See ANTHR 3133 for course description.
5141 Himalayan Kingdoms
(3)
Prerequisite: Graduate standing required.
Meets with ANTHR 3141; additional work required of graduate students. See ANTHR 3141 for course description.
5142 Tibetan Civilization
(3)
Prerequisite: Graduate standing required.
Meets with ANTHR 3142; additional work required of graduate students. See ANTHR 3142 for course description.
5151 Peoples of the Pacific
(3)
Prerequisite: Graduate standing required.
Meets with ANTHR 3151; additional work required of graduate students. See ANTHR 3151 for course description.
5152 Australia and New Guinea Ethnography
(3)
Prerequisite: Graduate standing required.
Meets with ANTHR 3152; additional work required of graduate students. See ANTHR 3152 for course description.
5181 Family, Power, and Society
(3)
Variation of marriage, families, social inequality, work patterns, and sex roles within and among human societies. How anthropologists describe and explain these variations. Meets with ANTHR 4181; additional work required of graduate students.
5182 Economy and Society
(3)
Prerequisite: Graduate standing required.
Meets with ANTHR 4182; additional work required of graduate students. See ANTHR 4182 for course description.
5183 Sex and Gender: Biosocial Perspectives
(3)
Prerequisite: Graduate standing required.
Meets with ANTHR 4183; additional work required of graduate students. See ANTHR 4183 for course description.
5184 Hunter-Gatherer Ethnology
(3)
Prerequisite: Graduate standing required.
Meets with ANTHR 4184; additional work required of graduate students. See ANTHR 4184 for course description.
5185 Culture Change
(3)
Prerequisite: Graduate standing required.
Meets with ANTHR 4185; additional work required of graduate students. See ANTHR 4185 for course description.
5186 Human Ecology
(3)
Prerequisite: Graduate standing required.
Meets with ANTHR 4186; additional work required of graduate students. See ANTHR 4186 for course description.
5192 Culture, Health, and Healing
(3)
Prerequisite: Graduate standing required.
Meets with ANTHR 4192; additional work required of graduate students. See ANTHR 4192 for course description.
5193 Anthropology of Medical Change
(3)
Prerequisite: Graduate standing required.
Meets with ANTHR 4193; additional work required of graduate students. See ANTHR 4193 for course description.
5211 Biology of Native Americans
(3)
Prerequisite: Graduate standing required.
Meets with ANTHR 3211; additional work required of graduate students. See ANTHR 3211 for course description.
5221 Human Evolutionary Genetics
(3) Cross listed as BIOL 5221.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing required. Fulfills Quantitative Intensive BS Course.
Meets with ANTHR 4411; additional work required of graduate students. See ANTHR 4221 for course description.
5241 Darwinian Medicine
(3)
Prerequisite: Graduate standing required.
Meets with ANTHR 4241; additional work required of graduate students. See ANTHR 4241 for course description.
5261 Paleoanthropology
(3)
Prerequisite: Graduate standing required.
Meets with ANTHR 4261; additional work required of graduate students. See ANTHR 4261 for course description.
5271 Human Osteology
(3)
Prerequisite: Graduate standing required.
Meets with ANTHR 4271; additional work required of graduate students. See ANTHR 4271 for course description.
5291 Evolution of Human Health
(3)
Prerequisite: Graduate standing required.
Meets with ANTHR 4291; additional work required of graduate students. See ANTHR 4291 for course description.
5311 North American Prehistory
(3)
Prerequisite: Graduate standing required.
Meets with ANTHR 3311; additional work required of graduate students. See ANTHR 3311 for course description.
5312 California Prehistory
(3)
Prerequisite: Graduate standing required.
Meets with ANTHR 3312; additional work required of graduate students. See ANTHR 3312 for course description.
5313 Utah Prehistory
(3)
Prerequisite: Graduate standing required.
Meets with ANTHR 3313; additional work required of graduate students. See ANTHR 3313 for course description.
5321 The Classic Maya
(3)
Prerequisite: Graduate standing required.
Meets with ANTHR 3321; additional work required of graduate students. See ANTHR 3321 for course description
5322 Mesoamerican Archaeology
(3)
Prerequisite: Graduate standing required.
Meets with ANTHR 3322; additional work required of graduate students. See ANTHR 3322 for course description
5331 Old World Prehistory
(3)
Prerequisite: Graduate standing required.
Meets with ANTHR 3331; additional work required of graduate students. See ANTHR 3331 for course description
5351 Anthropological Demography
(3)
Prerequisite: Graduate standing required.
Meets with ANTHR 4351; additional work required of graduate students. See ANTHR 4351 for course description.
5371 Zooarchaeology
(3)
Prerequisite: Graduate standing required.
Meets with ANTHR 4371; additional work required of graduate students. See ANTHR 4371 for course description
5372 Vertebrate Osteology
(3)
Prerequisite: Graduate standing required.
Meets with ANTHR 4372; additional work required of graduate students. See ANTHR 4372 for course description
5461 Behavioral Ecology and Anthropology
(3)
Prerequisite: Graduate standing required.
Meets with ANTHR 4461; additional work required of graduate students. See ANTHR 4461 for course description.
5471 Fundamental Methods of Evolutionary Ecology
(3) Cross listed as BIOL 5471.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing required; Both BIOL 3410 or equivalent, and MATH 1050 or equivalent.
Meets with ANTHR 4471; additional work required of graduate students. See ANTHR 4471 for course description.
5481 Evolutionary Psychology
(3)
Prerequisite: Graduate standing required.
Evolutionary Psychology is a new inter-disciplinary field that studies how our preferences, emotions, and ways of thinking and behaving have been shaped by natural selection. This course discusses how our minds and behavior have evolved to cope with problems of survival, mating and parenting, cooperation, conflict, and status competition.
5711 Student Individual Research Group (SIRG)
(1 to 3)
Prerequisite: Graduate standing required.
5712 Field School: North America
(2 to 8)
Usually offered in summer; credits applicable toward either the geographic or topical requirements for the bachelor's degree.
5961 Special Topics: Geographical
(3)
Prerequisite: Graduate standing required.
Meets with ANTHR 3961; additional work required of graduate students. Topics vary.
5962 Special Topics: Topical
(3)
Prerequisite: Graduate standing required.
Meets with ANTHR 4962; additonal work required of graduate students. Topics vary.
5969 Special Topics
(3)
Prerequisite: Graduate standing required.
Meets with ANTHR 3969; additional work required of graduate students. Topics vary.
6161 Anthropological Theory I
(3)
Prerequisite: Graduate standing required.
First of two seminars on the history of anthropology. Beginning with Darwin and the social evolutionists of the nineteenth century, this part traces the development of the Boasian tradition in American anthropology and concludes with the rise of neo-evolutionism and cultural ecology in the mid-twentieth century.
6162 Anthropological Theory II
(3)
Prerequisite: Graduate standing required.
Second of two seminars on the history of anthropology. Focusing on the British and French traditions, this part explores the development of functionalist, structuralist, Marxist, and postmodernist schools of thought and assesses their impact on American anthropology.
6163 Ethnographic Data Collection
(3)
Prerequisite: Graduate standing required.
Review of quantitative methods used in ethnographic data collection, with special attention to systematic observation and interviewing techniques.
6168 Problems in Ethnology
(1)
Prerequisite: Graduate standing required.
Repeatable for credit.
6169 Seminar in Ethnology
(3)
Prerequisite: Graduate standing required.
Development of approaches and theories in anthropology with attention to major issues, methodologies, and modes of thought. Repeatable for credit.
6171 Ideology and Ritual
(3)
Prerequisite: Graduate standing required.
Using theoretical perspectives derived from interdisciplinary sources; forms, patterns, and interplay of ritual and belief over time and cross-culturally; broad implications for evaluating 'the human experience.'
6181 Social Organization
(3)
Prerequisite: Graduate standing required.
Empirical generalizations about patterns of social organization across spectrum of cultural evolution. Concepts, models, and issues in the study of kinship, economy, and political organization central to study of cultural variation. Some of these and the contemporary arguments associated with them are examined.
6195 Advanced Medical Practicum
(3)
Prerequisite: Graduate standing required.
6196 Health Services Administration: Medical Practicum
(1 to 6)
Prerequisite: Graduate standing required.
Practical experience in handling sociomedical problems in a community setting.
6199 Seminar in Medical Anthropology
(3)
Prerequisite: Graduate standing required.
Advanced topics in medical anthropology. Repeatable for credit.
6251 Biological Variation in Health and Illness
(3)
Prerequisite: Graduate standing required.
Race, age, and sex differences in health and illness and as related to health-care delivery.
6252 Biology of Human Variation
(3)
Prerequisite: Graduate standing required.
Advanced treatment of human biological variation at individual and population levels. Patterns of physiological and genetic variation as adaptive responses to local ecological conditions, disease, and diet.
6299 Seminar in Biological Anthropology
(3)
Prerequisite: Graduate standing required.
Intensive seminar on differing topics in biological anthropology. Repeatable for credit.
6341 Development of Archaeological Thought
(3)
Prerequisite: Graduate standing required.
Traces the development of archaeological thought from the latter 19th century to the present. Examines influences of theoretical movements from cultural evolution to postmodernism on the questions archaeologists ask and how they attempt to answer them.
6342 History of Archeology
(3)
Prerequisite: Graduate standing required.
An overview of the history of archeology, with emphasis on recent developments in the North American, British, and Latin American literature.
6361 Behavioral Ecology and Archaeology
(3)
Prerequisite: ANTHR 5461 and Graduate status.
Theoretical innovations in behavioral ecology have important implications for the study of human prehistory and evolution, but are difficult to apply in practice given the peculiar nature of the archaeological record. Recent research designed to overcome these difficulties and achieve novel and important insights on our past is explored.
6381 Archaeological Practice
(3)
Prerequisite: Graduate standing required.
Seminar on the current practice of archaeology in the U.S., including coverage of legal, regulatory, and commercial topics. Coordinated by a regular faculty member, with participation of members of the regional archaeological community.
6399 Seminar in Archaeology
(3)
Prerequisite: Graduate standing required.
Repeatable for credit.
6498 Problems in Evolutionary Anthropology
(1)
Prerequisite: Graduate standing required.
Recent articles in evolutionary anthropology, evolutionary biology and theory, and their impact on contemporary anthropological research and practice. Repeatable for credit.
6499 Seminar in Evolution and Ecology
(3)
Prerequisite: Graduate standing required.
An advanced seminar in topics in human evolutionary ecology that will vary from term to term. Repeatable for credit.
6611 Preparation of Grant Proposals in Anthropology
(3)
Prerequisite: Graduate standing required.
Provides practical experience in the preparation of extramural grant proposals; emphasis on submissions to agencies and foundations that support anthropological research.
6950 Individual Studies
(1 to 3)
Prerequisite: Graduate standing required.
6970 Thesis Research: Master's
(1 to 9)
Prerequisite: Graduate standing required.
6980 Faculty Consultation
(3)
Prerequisite: Graduate standing required.
7910 Individual Research
(1 to 3)
Prerequisite: Graduate standing required.
7920 Guided Reading
(1 to 3)
Prerequisite: Graduate standing required.
7970 Thesis Research: Ph.D.
(1 to 9)
Prerequisite: Graduate standing required.
7980 Faculty Consultation
(3)
Prerequisite: Graduate standing required.
7990 Continuing Registration: Ph.D.
(0)
Prerequisite: Graduate standing required.
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