Undergraduate 2019-2020

ANT 300 Applied Anthropology

Examine the variety of tools used in applied anthropology towards heritage resource management and Social Impact Assessment (SIA).
3

Prerequisites

(ANT 100: with minimum grade of D- or ANT 110: with minimum grade of D-)

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

Prerequisites

(ANT 100: with minimum grade of D- or ANT 110: with minimum grade of D-)

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 Gender in Global Conflict

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 prehistoric archaeology. Topics include locational analysis, stratigraphy, typological analysis, dating techniques and research publication.
3

Prerequisites

(ANT 100: with minimum grade of D- or ANT 120: with minimum grade of D-)

Course Fee

Course Fee Required

ANT 321 Archaeology of North America

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

Prerequisites

(ANT 100: with minimum grade of D- or ANT 120: with minimum grade of D-)

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.
3

Prerequisites

(ANT 100: with minimum grade of D- or ANT 120: with minimum grade of D-)

ANT 325 Fieldwork in Archaeology

Required laboratory arranged. Introduction to archaeological field methods through participation in an archaeology field experience for four weeks during the summer.
4

Prerequisites

(ANT 100: with minimum grade of D- or ANT 120: with minimum grade of D-)

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

Prerequisites

May concurrently take ANT 120: with minimum grade of D-

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: with minimum grade of D- or ANT 130: with minimum grade of D- or CRJ 110: with minimum grade of D-)

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: with minimum grade of D- or BIO 100: with minimum grade of D- or BIO 110: with 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 100: with minimum grade of D- or ANT 110: with minimum grade of D-)

ANT 335 Primate Behavior

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

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 100: with minimum grade of D- or ANT 110: with 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 395 Topics in Anthropology

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

Prerequisites

(ANT 100: with minimum grade of D- or ANT 110: with 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