Associate Professors:  J. Broughton, D. Jones, L. Loeb, D. Metcalfe, R. Paine, L. Rodseth.

Adjunct Professors: J. Boldsen, E. Charnov, G. Cochran, L. Jorde.

Adjunct Associate Professor: J. Costa, C. Georgopoulos, K. Jones.

Adjunct Assistant Professor: A. Ainsworth, J. Fritz, Charles, L. Nikolova.

Associate Professor (Lecturer): B. Milicic, E. Wasilewska.

Assistant Professor (Lecturer): D. Knowlton, R. Pennington.

Research Associate Professor: J. Brenner-Coltrain.

Research Assistant Professors: S. Carlyle, S. Novak.

Advisors:  Undergraduate Advisor, 102 Stewart Building, 581-6251.

Anthropology is the comparative study of people and their ways of life across the full temporal and spatial range of human experience. Biological, archaeological, ethnological, and evolutionary ecological lines of evidence contribute to the anthropological enterprise of describing and explaining human diversity. Active research is carried on in hunter-gatherer ecology, North American, African, and Oceanic ethnology and archaeology, and medical and biological anthropology. Special facilities include the Utah Museum of Natural History, Archaeological Center, Middle East collections, and Human Relations Area Files. Associated laboratories are well-equipped for research in archaeology and biological anthropology. The department has computer facilities for research and computer-aided instruction.

All courses for the major must be taken for a letter grade and completed with a C (2.0) or better, and students must have a cumulative grade point average of 2.5 in anthropology courses.

Introductory Courses:
Required
1010 Culture and the Human Experience
Select two:
1020 Human Origins: Evolution and Diversity
1030 World Prehistory: An Introduction
1050 The Evolution of Human Nature
Upper-Division Geographical Area Courses (Select two)
3111 The First Nations of Eastern North America
3112 The First Nations of Western North America
3121 Cultures of Africa
3131 Peoples and Cultures of the Middle East
3132 Traditional Jewish Communities
3133 Anthropology of Judaism
3141 Himalayan Kingdoms
3142 Tibetan Civilization
3151 Peoples of the Pacific
3152 Australia and New Guinea Ethnography
3153 Black Atlantic: Anthropology of African Diaspora
3154 Brazilian Culture
3211 Biology of Native Americans
3311 North American Prehistory
3312 California Prehistory
3313 Utah Prehistory
3321 The Classic Maya
3322 Mesoamerican Archaeology
3331 Pleistocene Archaeology
3961 Special Topics-Geographical Requirement

Upper-Division Topical Area Courses (Select three)
4123 Cultural Traditions of Asia
4124 Religion in Latin America
4130 The Anthropology of Food
4133 Maternal and Child Health
4134 Language, Thought and Culture: Anth. of the Human Mind
4135 Symbolic Anthropology
4138 Anthropology of Violence and Non-Violence
4139 Native American Religions
4141 Ethnicity and Nationalism
4143 Anthropology of Mormonism
4161 History of Anthropology
4169 Ethnographic Methods
4171 Myth, Magic, and Religion
4181 Family, Power, and Society
4182 Anthropology of Power
4183 Sex and Gender: Biosocial Perspectives
4184 Hunter-Gatherer Ethnology
4185 Culture Change
4186 Human Ecology
4187 Economic Anthropology
4192 Culture, Health, and Healing
4193 Medical Anthropology
4241 Darwinian Medicine
4242 Anthropology of Clinical Health Care
4255 Race and Culture
4261 Paleoanthropology
4271 Human Osteology
4281 Primates
4291 Evolution of Human Health
4334 Population Issues in Anthropology
4341 Fundamentals of Archaeology
4351 Anthropological Demography
4372 Zooarchaeology
4461 Behavioral Ecology and Anthropology
4481 Evolutionary Psychology
4962 Special Topics-Topical Requirement
5221 Human Evolutionary Genetics
5471 Fundamental Methods of Evolutionary Ecology

For Elective Credit Only
2000's: two courses maximum toward major
2017 In Search of Human Heritage
2018 Human Universals
2020 Human Evolution
2030 Archaeology
2031 Rise of Civilization
3969 Special Topics--two courses maximum toward major
4950 Individual Studies--six credits maximum toward major

Requirements for the Anthropology Minor
Students must complete a minimum of 18 semester credit hours in anthropology courses. At least 12 semester credit hours in anthropology must be completed at the University of Utah. There are two lower division requirements: ANTH 1010, and one from ANTH 1020, ANTH 1030, or ANTH 1050. An additional 12 elective semester credit hours in Anthropology is required, 6 hours of which must be upper division (3000 or above). Students should choose elective courses in consultation with an advisor. All courses for the minor must be taken for a letter grade and completed with a C (2.0) or better, and students must have a cumulative grade point average of 2.5 in Anthropology courses.

Required
ANTH 1010 (3)

Choose One
ANTH 1020 (3)
ANTH 1030 (3)
ANTH 1050 (3)
Elective Hours (minimum of 12, 6 at 3000 or above)
Total Hours: minimum of 18

Graduate Program

Degrees. M.A., M.S., Ph.D.

Graduate Advisor. J. Broughton.

M.A./M.S. in Anthropology/Health Services Administration. This program provides master's-level training in cultural anthropology as part of a professionally oriented interdisciplinary curriculum for students who plan to work in health-services management and administration. In addition to curriculum requirements, an internship in a health-related community agency and a paper of publishable quality is required. Upon successful completion of the joint program, the student's diploma will read Master of Arts in Anthropology/Health Services Administration. For more information, see Health Services Administration elsewhere in this catalog.

Graduate Program in Middle East Studies/Anthropology. For information about this program, contact the Middle East Center.

Graduate Program in Anthropology. While encompassing the full breadth of anthropology, the program leading to the M.A./M.S. or Ph.D. degree focuses on the dynamics of human biological and cultural adaptation. The faculty has substantial expertise in sub-Saharan Africa and Oceania.

Within the overall departmental perspective, students concentrate graduate work in one area of research specialization. This pattern enables students to become involved in research early in graduate training and, at the same time, provides considerable flexibility in the specific details of individual program development. Current research tracks include evolutionary ecology, biological anthropology, archaeology, and cultural anthropology.

Students are admitted to the program fall semester only. Applicants must submit all materials to the Admissions Office by January 15 of the year for which they wish to be admitted. In addition to meeting the University requirements outlined in the Bulletin of The University of Utah, the Graduate School, applicants are expected to do the following:

1. Score in at least the 70th percentile on all categories of the GRE.
2. Submit a 500-word statement outlining professional objectives and identifying a proposed faculty sponsor.
3. Have the formal support of at least two regular faculty members. Prospective applicants should contact directly those faculty members whose sponsorship they seek.

M.A./M.S. Degree. All students are required to take ANTH 6161 (Anthropological Theory I), as well as courses in statistics through the level of multivariate analysis e.g., SOC 6120 or GEOG 6000. Students must also complete all other course requirements for the specific departmental program (archaeology, biological, cultural, evolutionary ecology) with which they are associated, and courses appropriate to their chosen track and personal research interests. Such a program is developed on the basis of discussions between students and their supervisory committees (which must be formed by the end of the second semester in residence). Students should consult the Department's website www.anthro.utah.edu for further information.

The performance and progress of beginning students is rigorously evaluated by the faculty. Evaluation is based on satisfactory performance in course work, progress toward fulfilling University Graduate School requirements, and the master's-level qualifying examination. All students are required to take a qualifying exam (2 four-hr sessions) by the end of their fourth FTE semester in thesis department. It is generally expected that all required courses be completed prior to the examination. The exam will consist of six to eight essay questions selected by the student’s supervisory committee from the posted list established for the student’s particular program (i.e., Cultural Anthropology, Archaeology, Evolutionary Ecology, Biological Anthropology). Students are strongly encouraged to consult with their advisors and other committee members in preparing for the exams. The student’s supervisory committee will evaluate the exam and meet with the student within 10 business days of the examination date to discuss the results. The evaluation of the written examination by the supervisory committee will have one of three outcomes: 1) high pass, 2) low pass, or 3) fail. Students earning a “high pass: grade will be recommended to proceed into the Ph.D. program and receive the M.A. degree by virtue of this performance. Students earning a “low pass” grade will not be recommended to proceed into the Ph.D. program but can be awarded an M.A. after completion of other M.A. requirements, including a research paper. A failing grade will result in dismissal from the program. For “low pass” or “failing” grades, the student can retake the exam within one semester of the initial attempt. No student in the department will be given more than two opportunities to pass the exam.

Ph.D. Degree. Students admitted to the Ph.D. program will have (a) completed a master's degree in anthropology or closely related field at another university, or (b) passed the department's master's-level qualifying examination. Those admitted by the latter route may or may not be required to complete a master's degree at the discretion of their supervisory committee, depending on their performance on the master's-qualifying examination. If students are admitted with a master's degree in anthropology, they must take ANTHR 6161, and demonstrate competence in statistical analysis through the level of multivariate statistics. If such competence has not been obtained before entering the program, additional course work is necessary.

It is expected, in consultation with an appropriate five-member supervisory committee, that Ph.D. students will take seminars, directed readings, thesis hours, and other course work (in anthropology as well as other disciplines) relevant to their research interests and professional orientation. Requirements for the examination are currently being revised by the faculty. Students should consult the website www.anthro.utah.edu for further information.

The essential principle underlying graduate study in the Department of Anthropology is that the faculty serves as a resource for the student in the development of professional research competence and perspectives. This means that the responsibility and motivation lie with the student to employ such resources in sharpening critical analytic and data-gathering skills. Guidance and instruction are offered by supervisory committees and the faculty at large. Students are also expected to develop an apprentice relationship with an appropriate faculty member (usually the chair of the supervisory committee) to collaborate on research and to begin learning the art and responsibilities of colleagueship.

Language Requirement. Students working toward an M.A. degree must demonstrate standard proficiency in one foreign language as approved by the supervisory committee.

Dissertation and Final Examination. A dissertation consisting of a report of substantial and original research is submitted to the supervisory committee. When a satisfactory draft has been written, the dissertation is defended in an oral final examination. Upon successful passage of the final examination and submission of acceptable copies of the dissertation to the thesis editor, the student will have fulfilled all departmental requirements for the Ph.D. degree. Faculty ratification of the supervisory committees recommendation is required before the degree is awarded. (See the Graduate Information section of this catalog for University requirements for the Ph.D. degree.)

Fellowships and Assistantships. Contact the department office for information.

ANTHR Course Descriptions