2011-2012 Undergraduate Catalog

ANT 313 Modernization and Development

Prerequisite: ANT 100 or ANT 110. Study the processes by which cultures change and modernize, focusing on economic, political, legal and symbolic concerns in developed and developing nations.

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ANT 314 Anthropology of Sex and Gender Diversity

Study biologically and culturally determined gender role differences by comparing sex-related behavior in a variety of cultures.

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ANT 315 Life History and Culture

A course in ethnographic writing focusing on methods of life history/life cycle research and analysis. Students will learn cultural interviewing techniques and will complete a written life history.

3

ANT 317 Contemporary Native American Issues

Deals with the cultural, historical, social, political and legal analysis of the status of contemporary American Indians in the United States.

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ANT 321 Archaeology of North America

Prerequisites: ANT 100 or ANT 120, or equivalent. Study selected prehistoric American Indian cultures with an anthropological focus. This course covers the time from the peopling of the New World to European discovery.

3

ANT 323 Ancient Civilizations

Prerequisite: ANT 100 or ANT 120 or equivalent. A comparative study of the rise of state societies throughout the world with focuses on the Near East, Africa, Asia, South America and Mesoamerica.

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ANT 325 Fieldwork in Archaeology

Prerequisite: ANT 100 or ANT 120 or equivalent. Required laboratory arranged. Introduction to archaeological field methods through participation in an archaeology field experience for four weeks during the summer. Participation fee.

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ANT 330 Forensic Anthropology

Prerequisite: ANT 130 or ANT 120 or CRJ 110 or equivalent. Required laboratory arranged. A course in human osteology emphasizing skeletal anatomy and the identification of age, sex, stature, pathology and race in skeletal material. Archaeological, paleontological and forensic applications will be presented.

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ANT 331 Global Population and Human Needs

Demographic perspective on human populations. Introduction to population processes of fertility, mortality, migration. Analysis of global patterns of demographic processes and the relation of the culture to population growth and decline.

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ANT 355 Anthropology of Health and Healing

The study of human health as a result of relationships within a population, between neighboring populations and among the life forms and physical components of a habitat.

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ANT 395 Topics in Cultural Anthropology

Prerequisite: ANT 100 or ANT 110. Study of a global theme (art, religion, etc.) as represented in a variety of subsistence technologies and/or world cultures. Repeatable under different sub-titles; maximum of 9 credits.

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