ANTH -- Anthropology
 

ANTH 410 Culture, Health and Community Development (3) Junior standing. Also offered as ANTH 610. Credit will be granted for only one of the following: ANTH 410 or ANTH 610. Introduction to the relationships between culture, health practices, and community development viability. Focus on ethnographic research and stakeholder analysis.

ANTH 420 Origins of Modern Humans (3) Prerequisite: ANTH 320 or permission of department. Principles of taxonomy as applied to the fossil evidence for human emergence; a discussion of fossils; biological and cultural change; data on molecular and cellular evolution; and a discussion of demographic and ecological patterns as they effect evolutionary change from region to region.

ANTH 425 Applied Biological Anthropology (3) Junior standing. Also offered as ANTH 625. Credit will be granted for only one of the following: ANTH 425 or ANTH 625. Introduction to major contributions to applied biological anthropology. Topics include reproduction and fertility, nutrition, pollution, physical fitness, and degenerative metabolic disease.

ANTH 428 Special Topics in Bioanthropology (3) Prerequisite: permission of department. Repeatable to 6 credits if content differs. Advanced research courses in biological anthropology on changing topics that correspond to new theoretical interests, faculty research interests, or the specialties of visiting scholars. Prerequisites or background knowledge vary with the topic; check with the department for requirements.

ANTH 440 Historical Archaeology (3) Prerequisite: ANTH 240. The expansion of European culture through colonization of outposts and countries around the world after 1450 is explored through material remains and artifacts from areas that may include Africa, India, South Africa, Australia, and the Western Hemisphere.

ANTH 448 Special Topics in Archaeology (3) Prerequisite: ANTH 240. Repeatable to 6 credits if content differs. Advanced topics in archaeological research, corresponding to new theoretical developments, faculty research interests, or specialties of visiting scholars. Prerequisites may vary with course topic; check with the department for requirements.

ANTH 450 Resource Management and Cultural Process (3) Junior standing. Also offered as ANTH 650. Credit will be granted for only one of the following: ANTH 450 or ANTH 650. Introduction to anthropological contributions to resource management, to include natural resources, agricultural development, heritage management, urban and regional resource planning, and tourism development. Focus on ecological and cultural approaches.

ANTH 454 Anthropology of Travel and Tourism (3) Review of recent anthropological contributions to the study of tourism and tourism development. Topics include the political economy of tourism, gender in tourism, the built environment, ecotourism, and sustainable tourism development.

ANTH 460 Interpretive Anthropology (3) Prerequisite: ANTH 260 or permission of department. Anthropological approaches which seek to explain human behavior in terms of meaning and their relationships to other aspects of social life.

ANTH 462 Kinship and Social Organizations (3) Prerequisite: ANTH 260. Recommended: ANTH 360. Credit will be granted for only one of the following: ANTH 462 or ANTH 431. Formerly ANTH 431. Cross-cultural study of customary social phenomena, as encountered through ethnographic inquiry. Attention on a wide sample of social behaviors and social structures, including those characteristic of complex, state-level socio-cultural systems. It will employ methods and insights deriving from historical data, as well as from those resulting from a wide range of intensive ethnographic inquiries.

ANTH 464 Development Anthropology (3) Prerequisite: ANTH 262 or equivalent. Explores anthropological approaches to economic development, particularly the new sub-field of sustainable development. Examines the local-level social, political and economic consequences of development and the potential for grassroots strategies to manage resources.

ANTH 468 Special Topics in Cultural Anthropology (3) Prerequisite: ANTH 360 or permission of department. Repeatable to 6 credits if content differs. Advanced courses in varying specialty areas of cultural anthropology that respond to new theoretical developments, faculty research interests, or specialties of visiting scholars.

ANTH 470 History and Philosophy of Anthropological Inquiry (3) Prerequisite: ANTH 220 or ANTH 240 or ANTH 260. Recommended: ANTH 320 or ANTH 340 or ANTH 360 or ANTH 380. Credit will be granted for only one of the following: ANTH 470 or ANTH 397. Formerly ANTH 397. Important philosophical and historical aspects of anthropological theorizing. Attention will be given on the Ontological and Epistemological (the latter including Methodological) assumptions of the major camps and paradigms in anthropology over the past one hundred or so years, especially the last three decades. A focus on developments in cultural anthropology, while addressing the other subfields of anthropology.

ANTH 476 Senior Research (3-4) For ANTH majors only. Credit will be granted for only one of the following: ANTH 476 or ANTH 486. 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.

ANTH 477 Senior Thesis (3-4) Prerequisite: ANTH 476; permission of department. For ANTH majors only. Credit will be granted for only one of the following: ANTH 477 or ANTH 487. 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.

ANTH 478 Special Topics in Linguistics (3) Prerequisite: ANTH 380 or permission of department. Recommended: LING 200 or equivalent. Repeatable to 6 credits if content differs. Advanced courses in specialty areas that respond to new theoretical developments and faculty research interests in linguistics.

ANTH 486 Honors Research (3-4) 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: ANTH 486 or ANTH 476. 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.

ANTH 487 Honors Thesis (3-4) Prerequisites: ANTH 486; 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: ANTH 487 or ANTH 477. Capstone course in which students write a thesis on the results of independent research into a current problem in anthropology.

ANTH 496 Field Methods in Archaeology (6) Formerly ANTH 499. Field training in the techniques of archaeological survey and excavation.

ANTH 498 Ethnographic Fieldwork (3-8) Prerequisite: permission of department. Repeatable to 8 credits if content differs. Field training in the collection, recording and interpretation of ethnographic data.

ANTH 499 Fieldwork in Biological Anthropology (3-8) Prerequisite: permission of department. Repeatable to 8 credits if content differs. Field training in techniques of human biology, primatology, or paleaoanthropology.

ANTH 601 Applied Anthropology (3) History and theory of applied anthropology. The relationship between applied anthropology and other major subfields of the profession; the interdisciplinary and public context of application; problems of significance and utility in applied work.

ANTH 606 Methods of Cultural Analysis I (3) Objectives of cultural analysis and their relationship to policy and decision making. An introduction to problem formulation, qualitative and quantitative research design, and the conduct of research; problems of reliability and validity in social research.

ANTH 607 Methods of Cultural Analysis II (3) Advanced preparation in the analysis and review of social research. Case studies of the uses of cultural analysis in applied contexts (i.e., social indicators, evaluation, impact assessment, forecasting).

ANTH 610 Culture, Health and Community Development (3) Also offered as ANTH 410. Credit will be granted for only one of the following: ANTH 610 or ANTH 410. Introduction to the relationships between culture, health practices, and community development viability. Focus on ethnographic research and stakeholder analysis.

ANTH 625 Applied Biological Anthropology (3) Also offered as ANTH 425. Credit will be granted for only one of the following: ANTH 625 or ANTH 425. Introduction to major contributions to applied biological anthropology. Topics include reproduction and fertility, nutrition, pollution, physical fitness, and degenerative metabolic disease.

ANTH 630 Quantitative Approaches to Applied Anthropology (3) Introduction to variety of statistical techniques applied to problems in policy and decision making. Practical experience in computer applications for problems in cultural analysis and management. The use of existing statistical data sources.

ANTH 640 Historical Archaeology (3) Also offered as ANTH 440. Credit will be granted for only one of the following: ANTH 640 or ANTH 440. The expansion of European culture through colonization of outposts and countries around the world after 1450 is explored through material remains and artifacts from areas that may include Africa, India, South Africa, Australia, and the Western Hemisphere.

ANTH 650 Resource Management and Culture Process (3) Also offered as ANTH 450. Credit will be granted for only one of the following: ANTH 650 or ANTH 450. Introduction to anthropological contributions to resource management, to include natural resources, agricultural development, heritage management, urban and regional resource planning, and tourism development. Focus on ecological and cultural approaches.

ANTH 670 Current Developments in Anthropological Theory (3) A review of major contributions to anthropological theory, with a special emphasis on the relationship between practice and theory. Includes use of concept of culture in the four traditional subfields, fieldwork and grounded theory, and significant advances in general theory, symbolic anthropology, critical theory, and postmodernism.

ANTH 688 Current Developments in Anthropology (3) Repeatable to 9 credits if content differs. Detailed investigation of a current problem or research technique, the topic to be chosen in accordance with faculty interests and student needs.

ANTH 689 Special Problems in Anthropology (1-6)

ANTH 696 Field Methods in Archaeology (6) Formerly ANTH 699. Field training in the techniques of archaeological survey and excavation.

ANTH 698 Advanced Field Training in Ethnology (1-6) Offered in the summer session only.

ANTH 701 Internship Preparation (3) 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 affecting cultural analysis and management. Ethics and professional development for work in non-academic settings.

ANTH 712 Internship Analysis (3) Prerequisite: ANTH 705. The preparation and presentation of internship reports; development of skills in report writing and presentation. The completion of a professional quality report based on the internship experience. Review of problems in ethics and professional development.

ANTH 789 Internship (3-12) Prerequisite: ANTH 701. Problem-oriented internship with an appropriate public agency or private institution under the direction of a faculty and agency supervisor.