Undergraduate Catalog 2023-2024

ANT 300 Applied Anthropology

Examine the variety of tools used in applied anthropology towards heritage resource management and Social Impact Assessment (SIA).

3

Offered

Generally offered Spring Annually

ANT 313 Anthropology of Globalization

Examine transnationalism from an anthropological perspective, focusing on interactions between global and local forces and the implications of globalization and development for people's everyday lives in sites around the world.

3

Offered

Generally offered Fall Odd Years

Class Restriction

Include Sophomore and Junior and Senior

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.
3

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 316 Global Conflict and Gender

This course uses multiple theoretical perspectives to provide a cultural analysis of conflict and war and their gendered effects on women, men, and other genders across the globe.
3

Mutually Exclusive Course

Credit allowed for only one of these courses: ANT 316 and GNDR 316

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.
3

ANT 320 Archaeological Research Methods

Review field methods and laboratory techniques utilized in archaeology. Topics include locational analysis, stratigraphy, typological analysis, dating techniques and research publication.

3

Offered

Generally offered Fall Annually

Course Fee

Course Fee Required

ANT 321 Archaeology of North America

Study Native American cultures of North America with an anthropological archaeology focus. This course covers the time from the earliest Native Americans to early European migrations to the continent. 

3

Offered

Generally offered Fall Even Years

ANT 325 Fieldwork in Archaeology

Introduction to archaeological field methods through participation in an archaeology field experience.

4

Offered

Generally offered Summer - Check with department/school for next offering

Class Restriction

Include Sophomore and Junior and Senior

Course Fee

Participation Fee Required

ANT 328 Public Archaeology

Covers cultural resource management, heritage law, outreach and education, stewardship of cultural heritage, research aimed at helping communities and solving practical problems, and building and maintaining relationships with the public.

3

Offered

Generally offered Spring Annually

ANT 330 Forensic Anthropology

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.
3

Prerequisites

(ANT 120 or ANT 130 or CRJ 110 with a minimum grade of D-)

Course Fee

Course Fee Required

ANT 331 Anthropology and Contemporary Human Problems

Anthropological perspectives and methods are used to critically examine the assumptions and actions underlying social and environmental contemporary human problems as well as those involved in efforts to address them.
3

Mutually Exclusive Course

Credit allowed for only one of these courses: ANT 331 and ENST 331

ANT 332 Modern Human Variation

This course explores biocultural human variation and human adaptations to their cultural and physical environments. We discuss which human variations result from genes, culture, and/or environment.
3

Prerequisites

(ANT 120 or BIO 100 or BIO 110 with a minimum grade of D-)

ANT 333 Anthropology of Religion

Provides a framework for understanding anthropological approaches to the study of belief systems as well as the nature of faith and religious experiences in some of the world's religions.
3

Prerequisites

ANT 110 with a minimum grade of D-

ANT 335 Primate Behavior

This course examines behavior among living primates in order to make inferences about human and hominin behaviors.
3

ANT 338 World Rebuilding (Paleoecology)

An introduction to how scientists reconstruct the world's ancient habitats through paleoecology (studying fossil organisms and their environment). Covers ecological/evolutionary principles, multiple methods for reconstructing ancient environments, and data interpretation/synthesis/evaluation.
3

Prerequisites

(ANT 130 or BIO 110 with a minimum grade of D-)

ANT 340 Quantitative Methods for Anthropology

Learn skills of measuring and analyzing information on human biological variability. Topics include the analysis of physique, habitual activity analysis, health screening and statistical techniques for describing samples of data.
3

ANT 350 Field Methods in Cultural Anthropology

Introduction to fieldwork methods in cultural anthropology. Study ethnographic techniques through first-hand investigation of other cultures.
3

Prerequisites

ANT 110 with a minimum grade of D-

ANT 355 Medical Anthropology

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.
3

ANT 367 The End of the World

Through readings, documentaries, intensive discussion, and their own ethnographic research, students will examine the definitions, causes, and consequences of civilizational and societal collapse with respect to archaeological, cultural anthropological, and anthropologically speculative case studies.

3

Special Notes

ANT 367 cannot be retaken for credit if ANT 395 “End of the World” title was taken in Fall 2020 or Fall 2021.

Offered

Generally offered Fall Annually

Mutually Exclusive Course

Credit allowed for only one of these courses: ANT 367 and ANT 395

ANT 395 Topics in Anthropology

Study of a theme or geographic area in cultural, biological, archaeological, or linguistic anthropology.
3

Prerequisites

ANT 110 with a minimum grade of D-

Course Attribute

Variable Title Course

Repeatable Status

ST - Repeatable under different subtitles and course is repeatable with a maximum of 18 credit hours