ANTH 101 - Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
Survey of the nature of culture with emphasis on variation in human behavior in contemporary societies.
3 credits.
ANTH 102 - Introduction to Physical Anthropology
Origin, evolution, and geographical distribution of humans, the growth of populations and how they change over time,
genetics and heredity, human adaptation and human diversity. Emphasizes the origin and evolution of humans and their place
in nature.
3 credits.
ANTH 105 - Introduction to World Archaeology
Development of human society and technology from the earliest traces of culturally patterned behavior to the emergence of
civilization in the Old and New Worlds.
3 credits.
ANTH 106 - Introduction to Anthropological Linguistics
Introduction to the scientific study of language in the context of
culture. Covers phonology, syntax, and semantics.
3 credits.
ANTH 110L - Physical Anthropology Laboratory
(Satisfies the General Core Requirement for a laboratory science course.) Practical experience in aspects of physical
anthropology: the mechanisms of inheritance, osteology and forensic science, comparative anatomy and human evolution,
the processes of human growth and aging, and aspects of modern human variability.
Prerequisite or co-requisite: ANTH 102.
1 credit.
ANTH 301 - Peoples and Cultures of Native North America
(Same as ETS 301.) Survey of culture areas of native North America and description of representative tribes and of the ways
they lived when first visited by Euro-Americans.
Prerequisite: ANTH 101.
3 credits.
ANTH 302 - Peoples and Cultures of Mesoamerica
Examination of the community cultures of the Indian and non-Indian populations of Mexico and Guatemala.
Prerequisite: ANTH 101.
3 credits.
ANTH 303 - Peoples and Cultures of South America
Study of South American groups with special emphasis on the Andean cultures. Social organization, social change, cognitive,
and religious systems, Spanish and Portuguese influence.
Prerequisite: ANTH 101.
3 credits.
ANTH 304 - Peoples and Cultures of Mediterranean Europe
Survey of the community cultures of Iberia, France, Italy, the Balkans, and Greece. Social organizations, social change,
cognitive and religious systems.
Prerequisite: ANTH 101.
3 credits.
ANTH 306 - Contemporary Chinese Society
Highlights the changing characteristics of Chinese urban-rural
and state‑society conflicts in the era of Mao Zedong’s leadership
and in the contemporary post-Mao reforms.
Prerequisites: ENG 101 and ANTH 101.
3 credits.
ANTH 308 - Anthropology of Women
(Same as WMST 308.) Role of women in societies around the world. Social factors which influence women’s status and the
implications for anthropological theory and contemporary life.
Prerequisites: ANTH 101 or SOC 101.
3 credits.
ANTH 310 - Heritage Preservation and Collections Issues
Practical, hands-on course that covers a range of topics within
the preservation field. Provides introductory overview of conservation principles and basics of collection management.
For those interested in museum (historical, art, natural history,
and anthropological) or archive work.
Prerequisite: ANTH 101.
3 credits.
ANTH 340 - Arctic Archaeology
Explores the prehistory and early colonial history of people in
Arctic North America. Focuses on interplay of social, economic,
and technological adaptations to this marginal yet diverse environment. Major themes include cultural transformation and
persistence and developments of social complexity among Arctic
hunter-gatherers.
Prerequisite: ANTH 105.
3 credits.
ANTH 370 - Origins of Language
Evaluates scientific evidence bearing on the evolutionary origin
of language and the origins of modern language families of the
world. Prerequisites:
ANTH 106 or ENG 211 or FOL 311.
3 credits.
ANTH 400B - Indians of the Great Basin
Investigation of the ethnography, ethnohistory, and contemporary
conditions of Indian groups in Nevada and Utah. Prerequisite:
ANTH 101.
3 credits.
ANTH 400C - Indians of the Southwest
Ethnology, ethnohistory, and description of current affairs of
Indian groups in the southwestern United States and adjacent parts of northern Mexico.
Prerequisites: ANTH 101 or upper-division.
3 credits.
ANTH 400D - American Indian Mythology and Religion
American Indian oral literature and ethnography of ceremonial and ritual practices interpreted in terms of their meaning in
traditional cultural settings.
Prerequisites: ANTH 301 or ETS 301.
3 credits.
ANTH 401B - Peasant Society and Culture
Examination of the lifeways of rural peoples in China, India, the Middle East, Europe, Mesoamerica, and the Andes, with
particular emphasis on the political and economic revolutions transforming these areas.
Prerequisite: ANTH 101.
3 credits.
ANTH 401F - Southeast Asian Americans (Same as ETS 425.)
Introduces students to the migrant histories and resettlement experiences of Southeast Asians in the U.S. to
help students develop insights into how these migrants are both
shaping and being shaped by the country they left behind and the
United States, the country in which they now live.
Prerequisites: ENG 101 and ANTH 101.
3 credits.
ANTH 402 - Comparative Social Organization
Analyzes and compares ways people have organized themselves into social groups, ranging in size from families to castes.
Relates social structure to other aspects of culture and surveys alternative anthropological theories to explain these
relationships. Focuses on non-Western societies.
Prerequisite: ANTH 101.
3 credits.
ANTH 403 - Anthropology of Women and Men
Explores male-female relations from the perspective of both cultural determinism and evolutionary psychology. Poses both
ethnographic and analytic challenges to both perspectives. Highlights the cross‑cultural variation in the construction of
gender meanings, representation, and ideologies.
Prerequisites: ENG 101 and ANTH 101.
3 credits.
ANTH 404 - Urban Anthropology
Topics include the growth of cities, patterns of migration, and
cultural and psychological adaptation to urban areas from the earliest cities to the present-day megalopolis.
Prerequisite: ANTH 101 or ANTH 102.
3 credits.
ANTH 406 - Comparative Political Organization
Political processes in societies from hunter-gathers to nation-states
studied, including leader selection, community decision making,
internal order maintenance, and external relations. Place of political structures within culture and potentials and
limitations of various political organizations discussed,
along with historical and theoretical implications.
Prerequisite: ANTH 101.
3 credits.
ANTH 407 - Law in Non-Western Societies (Same as CRJ 407.)
General theory and practice of social control. Examines law and legal procedures in tribal, peasant, and
industrial societies.
Prerequisite: ANTH 101.
3 credits.
ANTH 409 - Economic Anthropology
Comparative study of preliterate and peasant economic systems,
with particular attention paid to the relation of these systems
to the social and cultural arrangements of these societies.
Prerequisite: ANTH 101.
3 credits.
ANTH 420 - Magic, Witchcraft, and Religion
Study of religion, myth, and ritual as an ideological, symbolic,
and cultural system.
Prerequisite: ANTH 101.
3 credits.
ANTH 421 - Legends, Myths, and Customs: Folklore and Culture
Methodological and cross-cultural study of folklore with emphasis
on the relationship between folklore and culture. Prerequisite:
ANTH 101.
3 credits.
ANTH 422 - Psychological Anthropology
Cross-cultural view of socialization, aggression, sexual behavior,
mental illness, and social pathology.
Prerequisites: ENG 101 and ANTH 101.
3 credits.
ANTH 423 - Anthropology of Aging
Comparative look at aging in other cultures and societies, focusing
on appropriate behaviors, alternative roles/resources for the elderly and strategies for coping with problems associated with
aging in other cultures.
Prerequisite: ANTH 101.
3 credits.
ANTH 425 - Applied Anthropology
Application of anthropological concepts and techniques to the resolution of practical human problems, international and
domestic intercultural program planning and management; economic development design; crisis resolutions; cultural,
linguistic, and archaeological salvage; ethnic advocacy and legal
representation, among other areas. Structured characteristics of careers in agency settings and opportunities for advancement
of scholarly knowledge.
Prerequisites: ANTH 101 and upperdivision standing.
3 credits.
ANTH 426 - Medical Anthropology (Same as NURS 474.)
Provides a broad overview of medical anthropology, covering such biocultural topics as disease and
human evolution and ecology of disease, as well as culturally centered approaches in the field, including ethnomedicine
(culture-specific conceptions of health and illness), healers in
cross-cultural perspective, and medical anthropology practiced
in clinical and public health settings.
Prerequisite: ANTH 101 or ANTH 102.
3 credits.
ANTH 430 - Anthropology and Ecology
Focuses on biocultural processes by which people adapt to their
environments. Human genetic, developmental, and behavioral responses to environments considered across a range of
cultural contexts. Topics include human growth, reproduction, diet, disease, resource use, and sociopolitical structures.
Prerequisites: ANTH 102.
3 credits.
ANTH 433 - Theories of Culture Change
Mechanisms of change such as invention, diffusion, revitalization
movements, devolution, urbanization, and acculturation. In addition, forms of forcible change such as colonialism and
conquest, rebellion and revolt covered.
Prerequisite: ANTH 101.
3 credits.
ANTH 434 - Ethnohistory
Methodological study applying anthropological concepts to early
written sources and recorded oral tradition. Cross-cultural comparisons.
Prerequisite: ANTH 101.
3 credits.
ANTH 435 - Latin American Ethnohistory (Same as HIST 474.)
Cultural study of pre-Columbian and early colonial institutions in Mesoamerica and the Andes with
emphasis on information gathered from indigenous chronicles and early documents.
Prerequisite: ANTH 101.
3 credits.
ANTH 436 - History of Anthropology
History of the intellectual developments within anthropology.
Prerequisites: ANTH 101 and upper-division standing.
3 credits.
ANTH 437 - Ethnological Method and Theory
Survey of the development of theory and method in modern ethnology.
Prerequisites: ANTH 101 and upper-division standing.
3 credits.
ANTH 438 - Ethnographic Field Methods
Surveys methods and techniques of field work. Students do weekly
ethnographic projects and write short reports. Prerequisite: One
of the following: ANTH 101, ANTH 106, PSY 101, PSY 102 or SOC 101.
3 credits.
ANTH 439 - Selected Topics in Cultural Anthropology
Topic to be selected by instructor. Reflects student needs. May
be repeated to a maximum of six credits.
Prerequisite: ANTH 101.
3 credits.
ANTH 440A - Archaeology of North America
Examines the prehistoric occupation of North America from the entry of Native Americans into North America to the arrival
of the Spaniards. Discusses early hunter-gatherers, the introduction of
agriculture, the development of villages, and the more complex
societies that developed in some areas.
Prerequisite: ANTH 105.
3 credits.
ANTH 440B - Archaeology of the Great Basin
Explores the prehistory of the Great Basin and surrounding areas, including the Mojave Desert. Examines the Paleoindian,
Archaic, and later prehistoric occupation of the region, focusing
on the evidence archaeologists use to reconstruct past behavior
and how the environment influenced prehistoric peoples in the area.
Prerequisite: ANTH 105.
3 credits.
ANTH 440C - Archaeology of the Southwest
Prehistory of the American Southwest, focusing on development of the Anasazi, Hohokam and Mogollon cultures and their
antecedents 2000 B.C. to A.D. 1500.
Prerequisite: ANTH 105 or upper-division standing.
3 credits.
ANTH 440E - Archaeology of Mexico and Central America (Same as ETS 419.)
Study of prehistoric and protohistoric cultures and areas of Mexico and Central America, including the
Aztecs and Mayans. Prerequisite: ANTH 105 or upper-division
standing.
3 credits.
ANTH 441B - Near Eastern and Mediterranean Prehistory
Reviews Near Eastern and Mediterranean archaeology from the earliest evidence of humans in the region through the origins
and development of farming and food production. Examines foundations for civilization in Egypt and Mesopotamia and the
colonization of islands of the Mediterranean Sea.
Prerequisite: ANTH 105 and upper-division standing.
3 credits.
ANTH 441C - Peoples and Cultures of Ancient Middle East
Examines the background of the contemporary Middle East from an archaeological perspective, starting with the earliest villages
and culminating with the civilizations of ancient Mesopotamia,
Egypt, the Holy Land, and the Mediterranean. Prerequisites:
ANTH 101 or ANTH 105.
3 credits.
ANTH 443 - Environmental Archaeology
Examines human adaptations to various environments, techniques from the environmental sciences. Analysis of ancient
human and environmental interactions stressing arid lands. Human impacts upon the landscape, constraints imposed by
ecological variables, and techniques used in environmental reconstruction.
Prerequisites: ANTH 105 and upper-division standing.
3 credits.
ANTH 444 - Bioarchaeology
Method and theory for the study of human remains in archaeological contexts.
Prerequisite: ANTH 101 or ANTH 102.
3 credits.
ANTH 447 - Archaeological Field Methods
Examines the field methods used by archaeologists. Focuses on two cornerstones of fieldwork: survey and excavation.
Includes hands-on activities. New techniques for doing fieldwork
discussed.
Prerequisite: ANTH 105.
3 credits.
ANTH 448B - Archaeological Field Practicum
Field course in archaeological methods. Instruction in archaeological field techniques through survey and/or excavation.
May be repeated once for a maximum of six credits.
Prerequisite: Consent of instructor.
3-6 credits.
ANTH 449A - Ceramic Analysis in Archaeology
Introduction to the laboratory analysis of archeological ceramics.
Emphasizes theories and techniques used to reconstruct past human behavior from the study of prehistoric and historic
ceramics.
Prerequisite: ANTH 105.
3 credits.
ANTH 449B - Lithic Artifact Analysis
Designed to provide general background on lithics and lithic analysis. Explores lithic technology, typology, and interpretations
of lithic assemblage variability.
Prerequisite: ANTH 105
3 credits.
ANTH 450 - Museum Methods
Examines how and why museums carry out the fundamental activities of collection, preservation, education, exhibition, and
investigation. Professional museum methods and standards are emphasized.
Prerequisite: ANTH 101.
3 credits.
ANTH 451 - Museums and Their Public Role
Hands-on experiences in museum work. Emphasizes theories and techniques involved with exhibitions, collections, educational
activities, and life-long learning. Student spend a minimum of two hours per week of internship in a supervised museum
environment. Lecture and internship.
Prerequisite: ANTH 101.
3 credits.
ANTH 455 - Archaeological Theory
Surveys major theoretical approaches used in archaeology. Examines historical development of these theories and discusses
their practical application.
Prerequisites: ANTH 105 and upper-division standing.
3 credits.
ANTH 459 - Selected Topics in Archaeology
Topic to be selected by instructor. Reflects student needs. May
be repeated to a maximum of six credits.
Prerequisite: ANTH 105.
3 credits.
ANTH 460 - Primate Evolution
Detailed examination of the fossil record of primate and human
evolution to assess taxonomy, locomotor strategies, and diet. Topics emphasized include the evolution of apes, the origin of our
lineage, bipedalism, brain and language evolution, and the origin
of modern humans.
Prerequisite: ANTH 102.
3 credits.
ANTH 462 - Human Osteology
Utilization of physical anthropological methods of bone analysis
applied to the identification of human and non-human skeletal remains. Two hours lecture two hours lab. Lab fee required.
Prerequisite: ANTH 102.
4 credits.
ANTH 463 - Advanced Human Osteology
In-depth studies of human skeletal remains for forensic and bioarchaeological purposes.
Prerequisite: ANTH 462.
4 credits.
ANTH 464 - Dental Anthropology
Dental morphology, growth and development, and dental variability in modern populations. Techniques used to reveal
information about past diets, health, and behavior. Forensic
odontology. Major stages in the evolution of the dentition,
with particular focus on primate and human dental evolution.
Prerequisite: ANTH 102.
4 credits.
ANTH 465 - Human Growth and Aging
Processes of growth, maturation, development, and aging. Features of embryology and
placentation, birth and breastfeeding,
life history parameters, menarche and menopause, and physical age changes during later years. Evolutionary
aspects of growth and determinants of developmental variation resulting from genetic, environmental, and socio-cultural factors.
Prerequisite: ANTH 102.
3 credits.
ANTH 466 - Nutritional Anthropology (Same as NUTR 451.)
Provides anthropological perspective on the multifaceted nature of human relationships to food, especially
regarding health, disease, and malnutrition in the contemporary
world. Variety of theoretical and methodological approaches explored.
Prerequisite: ANTH 101.
3 credits.
ANTH 467 - Diseases and Human Evolution (Same as NURS 473.)
Overview of the problems of human health through time and cultural change, as reflected in the information
obtained from skeletal and mummified remains. Modern diseases,
health, and related dietary problems considered through a comparison of the data from various human populations
living under differing environmental and cultural conditions.
Prerequisite: ANTH 102.
3 credits.
ANTH 468 (Formerly ANT 467) - Forensic Anthropology
Analysis of human skeletal remains in a medico-legal context. Evaluation of age, sex, ethnicity, stature, time since death,
trauma, and disease. Lab fee required.
Prerequisite: ANTH 462.
4 credits.
ANTH 469 - Evolution and Biology of Human Behavior
Reviews relevant theory and primary approaches—evolutionary psychology and behavioral ecology
— for investigating human behavior from an evolutionary perspective. Topics include
cooperation, mate choice, parenting, pair bonding, aggression,
language and culture.
Prerequisite: ANTH 102.
3 credits.
ANTH 471 - Evolution of Human Sexuality
Examines human sexuality from an evolutionary perspective. Major themes include basics of evolutionary theory, comparisons
with other non-human primates, cross-cultural and historical variation in human sexuality and consideration of the
neuroendocrine bases of sexual behavior. Topics include sexual
selection, mating systems, and sexual orientation. Prerequisite:
ANTH 402.
3 credits.
ANTH 479 - Selected Topics in Physical Anthropology
Topic to be selected by instructor. Reflects student needs. May
be repeated to a maximum of six credits.
Prerequisite: Consent of instructor.
3 credits.
ANTH 485 - Language and Culture
Survey of how language reflects and governs cultural themes and
world views. Topics include gender and language, ethnicity and
language, culture imagery, tropes, narrative, cognitive linguistic
models of emotions, language and power.
Prerequisite: ANTH 101 or ANTH 106 or SOC 101 or ENG 210 or ENG 211, or FOL
311.
3 credits.
ANTH 486 - Language and Gender
Examines from an anthropological perspective the ways in which language and gender intertwine. Explores how language
emerges from, reproduces, and challenges ideas of gender and gendered practices cross-culturally. Topics covered include
interaction of gender with race, identity and class in language
use.
Prerequisites: ANTH 101.
3 credits.
ANTH 489 - Selected Topics in Linguistics
Topic to be selected by instructor. Reflects student needs. May
be repeated to a maximum of six credits.
Prerequisite: ANTH 106.
3 credits.
ANTH 490 - Study in Anthropology Abroad
Part of International Studies Program. Topics vary from semester
to semester. May be repeated to a maximum of six credits.
Prerequisite: Approval of program director required.
3 credits.
ANTH 491 - Internship in Anthropology
Supervised, on-site research in various participating local organizations to provide practical, applied experience from an
anthropological perspective, culminating in a written report. Joint supervision of activity supervisor and instructor. May
be repeated to a maximum of six credits. S/F grading only.
Prerequisites: 3.0 GPA, admission to the major, completion of
nine credit hours of 300- or 400-level courses within the major,
and consent of instructor.
3 credits.
ANTH 493 - Analytical Methods and Research Design in Anthropology
Logic and methods of research in anthropology, particularly systematic conceptualization, application of quantitative and
qualitative data gathering and analysis.
Prerequisite: SOC 404 or PSY 210.
4 credits.
ANTH 497A, 497B - Senior Thesis I and II
Provides experience in the definition of research problems, research methods, and presentation of research findings in
written and oral form. Year-long course graded at the end of the second semester.
Prerequisites: Senior standing, consent of advisor, and consent of instructor.
3 credits each.
ANTH 499 - Independent Research
Research or reading to be carried out with the supervision of the instructor. May be repeated to a maximum of six credits.
Prerequisite: Consent of instructor.
1-3 credits.
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