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ANTH Anthropology( Behavioral and Social Sciences) ANTH220 Introduction to Biological Anthropology; (4 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. CORE Life Science Lab (LL) Course. CORE Diversity (D) Course.Human biological evolution, including the biology of contemporary human groups, non-human primate social behavior, and the fossil, biochemical, and molecular evidence for human evolution. Includes a laboratory study of human population genetics, biochemical variation, and anatomical diversity in modern and fossil human and non-human primate groups. ANTH240 Introduction to Archaeology; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. CORE Behavioral and Social Science (SB) Course. CORE Diversity (D) Course. Exploration of the variety of past human societies and cultures through archaeology, from the emergence of anatomically modern humans to the more recent historical past. ANTH260 Introduction to Sociocultural Anthropology and Linguistics; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD. CORE Behavioral and Social Science (SB) Course. CORE Diversity (D) Course. Culture and social relationships in a wide variety of settings from small-scale to complex societies. An overview of how anthropology analyzes human behavior. Particular attention to the relationship between language and culture. ANTH340 Method and Theory in Archaeology; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. Prerequisite: ANTH240. Theory, method, and practice which guides modern anthropological archaeology. Includes research design and execution (from survey through excavation and interpretation), the reconstruction of aspects of past cultures, and the understanding of cultural change and meaning. ANTH358A (PermReq) Undergraduate Teaching Assistant: Undergraduate Teaching Assistant in Archaeology; (1-3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. Individual Instruction course: contact department or instructor to obtain section number. ANTH358B (PermReq) Undergraduate Teaching Assistant: Undergraduate Teaching Assistant in Bio-Anthropology; (1-3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. Individual Instruction course: contact department or instructor to obtain section number. ANTH358C (PermReq) Undergraduate Teaching Assistant: Undergraduate Teaching Assistant in Cultural Anthropology; (1-3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. Individual Instruction course: contact department or instructor to obtain section number. ANTH360 Method and Theory in Sociocultural Anthropology; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. Prerequisite: ANTH260. Theoretical approaches and research methods in sociocultural anthropology. Emphasis on current debates, new directions, and their historical antecedents. ANTH361 Cultures of Native North America; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. Examination of the cultures native to North America, including the land areas of Canada, the United States of America, and the major portion of the Republic of Mexico. ANTH365 Cultures of Native South America; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. An examination of the South American Native people and their culture, past and present. Discussion of the invasion and political domination of South American Native people by Europeans and the remnant cultures subsequent representation by outsiders. ANTH368C Regional Ethnography: Cinema and Society in Contemporary South Korea; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. ANTH386 (PermReq) Experiential Learning; (1-6 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F. Individual Instruction course: contact department or instructor to obtain section number. Prerequisite: permission of department. Recommended: completion of advanced courses in relevant subfield of anthropology. Junior standing. For ANTH majors only. ANTH398A (PermReq) Independent Study: Research Problems; (1-3 credits) Grade Method: REG. Individual Instruction course: contact department or instructor to obtain section number. ANTH398R (PermReq) Independent Study: Proseminar-Capstone Research; (1-3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. ANTH398T (PermReq) Independent Study: Proseminar-Capstone Thesis; (1-3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. ANTH423 Human Biodiversity; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. Prerequisites: ANTH 220 and ANTH 320 or permission of department. Also offered as ANTH623. Not open to students who have completed ANTH428X or ANTH623. Credit will be granted for only one of the following: ANTH423 or ANTH623. Formerly ANTH428X. This course will discuss modern human origins and contemporary human variability, the nature and levels of human diversity; how natural selection modulates human differences and similarities; early studies of human variation and the concept of human biological race. The course emphasizes the genetic and non-genetic bases of human behavioral variation; the role of gender and human biodiversity; nDNA variation, ethnicity, and disease causation; morphometric and biochemical variation; and the re-conceptualization of human biodiversity. ANTH428L Special Topics in Bioanthropology: The Middle Passage: An Interdisciplinary Approach; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. Also offered as ANTH689L. ANTH448C Special Topics in Archaeology: Material Culture Studies; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. Also offered as ANTH689C. Prerequisite: ANTH240. ANTH448P Special Topics in Archaeology: Anthropological Theories of the Past; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. Also offered as ANTH 740. Prerequisite: ANTH240. ANTH468B Special Topics in Cultural Anthropology: Applied Urban Ethnography: Principles and Tools in Community Assessment Research; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. Also offered as ANTH 688B. ANTH468D Special Topics in Cultural Anthropology: The Amazon Through Film; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. Also offered as LASC458A ANTH468I Special Topics in Cultural Anthropology: Language as Practice; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. Also offered as ANTH688I. Click here for more information. ANTH468N Special Topics in Cultural Anthropology: Anthropology of the African-American Family; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. Also offered as ANTH615. ANTH468Y Special Topics in Cultural Anthropology: Contemporary Issues in Latin American Society and Culture; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. Also offered as ANTH688Y and LASC448Y. ANTH476 (PermReq) Senior Research; (3-4 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. Individual Instruction course: contact department or instructor to obtain section number. For ANTH majors only. Credit will be granted for only one of the following: ANTH476 or ANTH486. Capstone course in which students pursue independent research into a current problem in anthropology, selected with assistance of a committee of faculty. Research leads to the writing of a senior thesis in anthropology. ANTH477 (PermReq) Senior Thesis; (3-4 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. Individual Instruction course: contact department or instructor to obtain section number. Prerequisite: ANTH476; permission of department. For ANTH majors only. Credit will be granted for only one of the following: ANTH477 or ANTH487. Capstone course in which students write a senior thesis on independent research into a current problem in anthropology. The thesis is defined before a committee of faculty. ANTH486 (PermReq) Honors Research; (3-4 credits) Grade Method: REG. Individual Instruction course: contact department or instructor to obtain section number. Prerequisites: permission of department; admission to University Honors Program or Anthropology Honors Program. For ANTH majors only. Credit will be granted for only one of the following: ANTH486 or ANTH476. Capstone course in which students pursue independent research into a current problem in anthropology, selected with assistance of a committee of faculty. Research leads to the writing of an honors thesis in anthropology. ANTH487 (PermReq) Honors Thesis; (3-4 credits) Grade Method: REG. Individual Instruction course: contact department or instructor to obtain section number. Prerequisites: ANTH486; permission of department; admission to University Honors Program or Anthropology Honors Program. For ANTH majors only. Credit will be granted for only one of the following: ANTH487 or ANTH477. Capstone course in which students write a thesis on the results of independent research into a current problem in anthropology. ANTH615 The Anthropology of the African American Family; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD. Credit will be granted for only one of the following: ANTH468N, ANTH618, or ANTH688N. Suveys the African American family from a historical and ecological perspective, exploring adaptive responses through high stress periods. A key question underlying the explorations in this seminar is whether there are lessons from earlier African American organiztional structures (family, church, and community) that might be applicable to black families overcoming more recent periods of high environmental stress, or does such a concept even have relevance in today's multicultural world? Also offered as ANTH468N. ANTH617 Applied Urban Ethnography: Community Assessment Research; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD. Credit will be granted for only one of the following: ANTH468B, ANTH617, or ANTH688B. Explores the use of ethnographic research methods in carrying out community assessment research to inform the design, implementation, and evaluation of culturally and community appropriate community-based initiatives. This course usually has a fieldwork component in a local urban neighborhood. ANTH625 Advanced Studies in Theory and Practice of Applied Biological Anthropology; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD. Also offered as ANTH 425. Credit will be granted for only one of the following: ANTH 625 or ANTH 425. An introduction to the major theoretical and methodological underpinnings of applied biological anthropology within such areas as anthropological genetics, applied anthropometry, forensic anthropology, museum studies, and zoologicial parks. Emphasis is on the evaluation of the contributions of applied bioanthropological studies to particular problems in human health, environment, and heritage. ANTH630 Quantification and Statistics in Applied Anthropology; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD. An intensive overview of key quantitative and statistical approaches used by social scientists in applied ad policy research. This includes nonparametric and parametric statistical approaches. Students utilize statistical software and analyze existing and student-created databases. Anthropological case studies are emphasized. ANTH688A (PermReq) Current Developments in Anthropology; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD. Individual Instruction course: contact department or instructor to obtain section number. ANTH688I Current Developments in Anthropology: Language as Practice; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD. Also offered as ANTH468I. Click here for more information. ANTH688T Current Developments in Anthropology: Method and Theory in Sociocultural Anthropology; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD. Prerequisite: graduate status in Historical or Social/Behavioral Sciences. ANTH688Y Current Developments in Anthropology: Contemporary Issues in Latin American Society and Culture; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD. Also offered as ANTH468Y and LASC448Y. ANTH689A (PermReq) Special Problems in Anthropology; (1-6 credits) Grade Method: REG. Individual Instruction course: contact department or instructor to obtain section number. ANTH689C Special Problems in Anthropology: Material Culture Studies; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/S-F. Also offered as ANTH448C. ANTH689L Special Problems in Anthropology: The Middle Passage: An Interdisciplinary Approach; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/S-F. Also offered as ANTH428L. ANTH689R Special Problems in Anthropology: Method and Theory in Archaeology; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/S-F. ANTH689X Special Problems in Anthropology: Human Biodiversity; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/S-F. ANTH701 Anthropology Internship Preparation; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD. Preparation for internship includes practicum training in development, presentation and evaluation of position papers, proposals and work plans; literature search and use of secondary data sources in decision making the effect cultural analysis and resource management; ethics and professional development for work in non-academic settings. ANTH712 (PermReq) Anthropology Internship Analysis; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG. Individual Instruction course: contact department or instructor to obtain section number. Prerequisite: ANTH789. The preparation and presentation of internship results, and the development of skills in report writing and presentation. Includes the completion of a professional quality report or publishable paper based on the internship experience. ANTH740 Anthropological Theories of the Past; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD. Credit will be granted for only one of the following: ANTH689P or ANTH740. Formerly ANTH689P. Theories that explain the meaning of archaeological work, the uses of history, the need for precedent, and the role of the past in the social sciences. Also offered as ANTH448P. ANTH788 (PermReq) Internship Research; (1-3 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD. Individual Instruction course: contact department or instructor to obtain section number. ANTH789 (PermReq) Internship; (3-6 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD. Individual Instruction course: contact department or instructor to obtain section number.
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