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2019-2020 Catalogue [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Courses
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Anthropology |
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ANTH 11000 - Introduction to Anthropology Course Credit: 1
(ARCH, EDUC, SOCI)
INTRODUCTION TO ANTHROPOLOGY An introduction to the five fields used by anthropologists to explore broadly the variety of human groups that have developed across the globe and throughout time. The five fields include biological, cultural, linguistic, applied anthropology, and archaeology. The course will prepare students to take a holistic perspective on contemporary human cultures. It will also foster an appreciation of cultural relativity in the sense of understanding other cultures in their own terms as coherent and meaningful designs for living. Annually. [C, D, GE, HSS]
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ANTH 19900 - Topics in Anthropology Course Credit: 1
TOPICS IN ANTHROPOLOGY A seminar focused on a special topic in anthropology. Topics are chosen by the instructor and announced in advance. [HSS]
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ANTH 20500 - Political Anthropology Course Credit: 1
(ARCH, SOCI)
POLITICAL ANTHROPOLOGY A comparative analysis of politics as the cultural process through which people make binding decisions for groups. The course examines this process in western and non-western cultures at all stages of complexity from bands to stages within an evolutionary model. Prerequisite(s): Take ANTH-11000 or permission of instructor Alternate Years. [C, HSS]
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ANTH 21000 - Physical Anthropology Course Credit: 1
(ARCH, SOCI)
PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY An introduction to the role of physical anthropology in defining humans as biological and cultural entities. This course examines a variety of topics, including the genetic basis for evolution, primate behavior, the process of primate and human development, and contemporary variation among human populations. Prerequisite(s): Take ANTH-11000 or permission of instructor Annually. [C, D, GE, HSS, MNS]
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ANTH 21107 - Museum Anthropology Course Credit: 1
MUSEUM ANTHROPOLOGY This course explores a variety of kinds of museums from anthropological perspectives. The topics covered include the origins of the modern museum; the cultural and political contents of building ethnographic collections and displays; the emergence of the museum as a focus for anthropological inquiry; the contemporary role(s) of museums as part of identity formation; the legal and ethical issues surrounding the development and use of collections; and the relationships between museums and communities. Prerequisite(s): ANTH-11000; or permission of instructor. Alternate Years. [HSS]
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ANTH 22000 - Linguistic Anthropology Course Credit: 1
(ARCH, COMD, COMM, SOCI)
LINGUISTIC ANTHROPOLOGY A critical analysis of language and all other forms of human communication within the context of culture and society, human thought, and behavior. Special attention is paid to the relationships between culture and language, the social uses of language, language as a model for interpreting culture, language and all forms of non-verbal communication within speech interactions. Prerequisite(s): ANTH-11000; or permission of instructor. Alternate Years. [C, HSS]
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ANTH 23000 - Magic, Witchcraft & Religion Course Credit: 1
(SOCI)
MAGIC, WITCHCRAFT, AND RELIGION Focuses on anthropological approaches to the study of cultural beliefs in the sacred: analysis of what is “religious” in many cultures; covers a variety of anthropological topics related to these practices, including myth, ritual, totemism, magic, and shamanism. Examination of the role that the study of religion, magic, and witchcraft has played in the theoretical development of anthropology. Prerequisite(s): Take ANTH-11000 or permission of instructor Alternate Years. [C, HSS, R]
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ANTH 23100 - Peoples & Cultures Course Credit: 1
(ARCH, EAST, LAST, SOCI)
PEOPLES AND CULTURES An exploration of the richness and diversity of a particular world culture. Readings and lectures provide the historical background for each culture area and an examination of the contemporary cultures. Generally focused on religious beliefs, economics, politics, kinship relationships, gender roles, and medical practices. Consideration of this culture area in the world economic system. Prerequisite(s): ANTH-11000 or permission of instructor Annually. Fall and Spring. [C, HSS]
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ANTH 23101 - Peoples & Cultures: Japan Course Credit: 1
(ARCH, EAST, SOCI)
PEOPLES AND CULTURES: JAPAN This course examines postwar Japan through an analysis of the social structures, rituals and cultural values embedded in its key institutions: education, the family, government, religion, the economy, and media/popular culture. We will explore distinctive cultural patterns and forms of social organization at the same time that we strive to recognize the considerable diversity, conflict and social complexity that exist within Japan today. From hip-hop in Harajuku to the Fukushima nuclear disaster, this course will range widely across events in contemporary Japan. Special attention will be given to the role of gender, social class, and race/ethnicity and to Japan’s place in a changing global context.
Prerequisite(s): ANTH-11000; or permission of instructor Alternate Years. [C, D, GE, HSS]
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ANTH 23104 - Peoples & Cultures: Latin America Course Credit: 1
(ARCH, LAST, SOCI)
PEOPLES & CULTURES: LATIN AMERICA. Exploration of the richness and diversity of a particular world culture. Prerequisite(s): Take ANTH-11000 or permission of instructor Alternate Years. [C, HSS]
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ANTH 23108 - Peoples & Cultures: The Amish Course Credit: 1
(ARCH, SOCI)
PEOPLES AND CULTURES: THE AMISH The Amish are widely regarded as a sacred, even quaint, remnant of a simple, agrarian way of life, yet nothing could be further from the truth. In the past few decades, the Amish have undergone a dramatic economic transformation, moving away from farming and into factory labor, mobile work crews and cottage industries. By some accounts, this mini-industrial revolution has been an “ingenious adaptation to modernity”; others see it as the “beginning of the end” of the Amish way of life. Without question, though, the shift from plows to profits has had broad social and cultural implications This course will explore continuity and change in Amish life through an analysis of key symbols, rituals, and core institutions, including family, religion, education, work, and health care. A major goal will be to give students a critical vocabulary and a set of ethnographic insights against which to judge representations of the Amish in the popular media. We will analyze the popular notion of the Amish as “a separate people” by examining their interaction with the “English” and the complex ties they maintain with the outside world. Special attention will be given to internal variation and conflict within Amish communities and to the dynamic process of adaptation to the outside world. Prerequisite(s): Take ANTH-11000 or permission of instructor Alternate Years. [C, D, HSS]
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ANTH 23109 - Peoples & Cultures: Mediterranean Course Credit: 1
(ARCH, SOCI)
PEOPLES AND CULTURES: MEDITERRANEAN The Mediterranean basin has been a major cultural crossroads for many millennia. An array of different cultures has evolved along its shores, a development that has been stimulated by the cross-fertilization of ideas and customs across the sea, which acts more as an avenue of communication than as a barrier. This course examines the rich cultural diversity of the circum-Mediterranean as a historical and contemporary phenomenon. Specific topics include the legacy of the classical world, the impact of Islam, the emergence of European commercial empires, and current developments in this zone of great ferment. The class also evaluates the validity of the concepts of peasantry and traditional society in the study of the peoples who border the great Inner Sea. The core of the class consists of reading and discussing a series of ethnographies concerning various contemporary peoples of southern Europe and North Africa. Prerequisite(s): Take ANTH-11000 or permission of instructor Alternate Years. [C, D, GE, HSS]
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ANTH 23110 - Peoples & Cultures: Contemporary US Course Credit: 1
(ARCH, SOCI)
PEOPLE AND CULTURES: CONTEMPORARY U.S. This course is designed as a general survey of some of the rich cultural traditions found in contemporary America. Each of these cultures is a product of their unique heritage combined with the influences of the colonial and contemporary elite power structures of Euro-American traditions. The readings and lectures focus on the multiplicity of beliefs that comprise an American culture, particularly those aspects that are concerned with the interrelationships between social structure, economics, politics, and religion. The readings and movies also provide differing perspectives on the cultural construction of festivals, landscape, gender, and race in terms of these social institutions. In addition, this course offers you an opportunity to explore many aspects of the discipline of cultural and social anthropology. Major theoretical issues in the anthropological consideration of the United States presented in this course include: fieldwork methodologies, symbolic anthropology, visual anthropology; applied anthropology, the use of oral and family histories; tourism; and culture change. Prerequisite(s): Take ANTH-11000 or permission of instructor Alternate Years. [C, HSS]
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ANTH 23112 - People & Cultures: Native American Course Credit: 1
(ARCH, SOCI)
PEOPLE & CULTURES: NATIVE AMERICAN. [C, HSS]
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ANTH 29900 - Adv Topics in Anthropology Course Credit: 1
ADVANCED TOPICS IN ANTHROPOLOGY. A seminar focusing on a specialized area of anthropology. Topics are chosen by the instructor and announced in advance. Prerequisite(s): ANTH-11000 [HSS]
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ANTH 29901 - Gbl Politics of Reproduction Course Credit: 1
(WGSS)
GLOBAL POLITICS OF REPRODUCTION Anthropologists have a long history of conducting cross-cultural research on childbirth and reproduction, as well as applying that work to public debates over reproductive health and rights. This course considers how approaches to contraception, fertility, childbirth, and childcare differ across cultures, and often vary within cultures as a result of inequities based on race, nation, class, age, gender, and sexuality. For instance: How has the medicalization of childbirth affected traditional birthways and why are we seeing a resurgence of interest in midwifery and holistic healthcare (particularly among white, middle-class and affluent women) in North America and Europe? How has the advent of new reproductive technologies (such as medicalized abortion and contraception, in vitro fertilization, and amniocentesis) affected expectations and experiences of reproduction in different areas of the world? How has uneven access to-and application of-reproductive technologies throughout the world affected reproductive options and “choices”? How do approaches to sex, childbirth, and childcare vary throughout the world-and who determines the “right” way to conceive, give birth, or raise a child? Prerequisite(s): ANTH-11000 [HSS]
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ANTH 35200 - Contemporary Anthropological Theory Course Credit: 1
(ARCH, SOCI)
CONTEMPORARY ANTHROPOLOGICAL THEORY This course introduces students to important theoretical perspectives in sociocultural anthropology over the past half century. We begin with the broad paradigms that dominated anthropology till the 1980s, such as functionalism, cultural materialism, and cognitive and symbolic anthropology, and then move on to critical theory and to postmodern and feminist critiques, as well as theoretical work in selected subfields, such as medical anthropology. For each theoretical tradition covered, we focus on understanding its main ideas and underlying assumptions, situating its emergence in historical perspective, comparing and contrasting it with other theoretical approaches, and assessing its implications for understanding contemporary social issues. The course should prove useful to students who are searching for a research problem and theoretical framework for their senior independent study project. The final project for the course will involve developing a research prospectus that provides a springboard for senior I.S. Prerequisite(s): Take ANTH-11000 or permission of instructor Annually. [HSS]
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ANTH 40000 - Tutorial Course Credit: 1
TUTORIAL A tutorial course on a special topic(s) offered to an individual student under the supervision of a faculty member. May be repeated. Prerequisite(s): Take ANTH-11000 or permission of instructor. The approval of both the supervising faculty member and the chairperson is required prior to registration.
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ANTH 41000 - Internship Course Credit: 0.25
Maximum Credit: 1
INTERNSHIP ***MUST VISIT REGISTRAR (APEX) TO ADD COURSE*** This course can only be added to your schedule by visiting the Registrar’s Office. If you do not visit the Registrar’s office, you cannot add this course to your schedule. In close consultation with a faculty member in the department, students may arrange for credit for a supervised work situation that relates to their major course of study. It is expected that in addition to the work experience itself, this course will include both regular discussion of a set of readings chosen by the faculty member and written assignments that allow the students to reflect critically on their work experiences. Internship credit will be approved by the chairperson of the department on a case-by-case basis. May be repeated. S/NC Prerequisite(s): SOCI-10000 and ANTH-11000; or permission of instructor
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ANTH 45100 - Independent Study Thesis Course Credit: 1
SENIOR INDEPENDENT STUDY–SEMESTER ONE The first semester of the Senior Independent Study project, in which each student engages in creative and independent research guided by a faculty mentor and which culminates in a thesis and an oral examination in the second semester. The student will normally do the thesis during the Fall and Spring semesters of the senior year. Suggested fields include papers or projects in any of the standard subcategories of anthropology, such as kinship, politics, economics, religion, education, media, gender, or ethnicity. The student is assigned to an appropriate adviser by the chairperson following submission of a proposal. Prerequisite(s): Take ANTH-35200 Annually.
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ANTH 45200 - Independent Study Thesis Course Credit: 1
SENIOR INDEPENDENT STUDY–SEMESTER TWO The second semester of the Senior Independent Study project, which culminates in the thesis and an oral examination. Prerequisite(s): Take ANTH-45100
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