Overview of major ideas and approaches to the study of cultures around the world. Surveys kinship, social organization, political economy, religious beliefs, language and other aspects of non-Western cultures. Read More »

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002 Intro to Cultural Anthropology — Kannan P Nambiar — 07:20 PM to 10:00 PM R — Krug Hall 7
004 Intro to Cultural Anthropology — Cortney Hughes Rinker — 03:00 PM to 04:15 PM TR — Lecture Hall 1
006 Intro to Cultural Anthropology — Kimberly A Urban — 03:00 PM to 04:15 PM MW

Introduction to archeology and bioanthropology. Explore issues and debates in human biological evolution, prehistory and social change, as well as lab and field methods for understanding archaeological remains. Read More »

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001 Unearthng Past:Prehst Cult Evo — Justin Patrick Lowry — 04:30 PM to 07:10 PM T — Robinson B102

Examines the peoples and cultures of ancient Mesoamerica, including Olmec, Maya, Teotihuacan, and Aztec societies. Major topics include the rise of civilization, the development of the Mesoamerican cultural tradition, the growth of cities, trade, exchange, writing systems, political organization, religion, conflict, and the archaeological study of this indigenous heritage. Read More »

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Section 001 — Alexander V Benitez — 12:00 PM to 01:15 PM TR

Examines religion as a cultural system. Topics include mythology, ritual, symbolism, and dogma. Emphasizes cross-cultural and predominantly non-Western material. Read More »

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001 Myth, Magic and Mind — Jeffrey W Mantz — 04:30 PM to 07:10 PM M — Lecture Hall 1

Examines cultures of a specific region such as Africa and the Middle East. Focuses primarily on non-Western cultures. Read More »

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001 Peoples/Culture-Non-West — David W Haines — 01:30 PM to 02:45 PM MW — Innovation Hall 122

Considers the dimensions and meanings of the immigrant experience in the United States, with a focus on the diversity of immigrants and refugees who have arrived during the past 30 years. Emphasis on the social context in which immigration occurs and on the bearing of institutional and cultural influences on patterns of adaptation, assimilation, and exclusion from the host society. Read More »

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001 Comparative Perspect Immigrat — David W Haines — 04:30 PM to 05:45 PM MW — David King Hall 2053

Inquiry into the biological dimensions of humans as culture- bearing animals. Topics include altruism, aggression, primate social organization, morphology, comparative ethnology, and microevolutionary genetic differentiation. Read More »

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001 Evolution, Sex and Society — Elizabeth Blum — 01:30 PM to 02:45 PM MW — Enterprise Hall 277

Topic of contemporary interest in anthropology, focusing on social science topics of interest. Read More »

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001 War and Culture — Andrew Bickford — 03:00 PM to 04:15 PM MW — David King Hall 2053
004 Human, Disease, and Death — 03:00 PM to 04:15 PM MW — Innovation Hall 204

Topic of contemporary interest in anthropology, changing from semester to semester, and focusing on topics such as sex roles, anthropology and ethics, and primate social organization. Read More »

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001 Applied Anthropology — Cortney Hughes Rinker — 10:30 AM to 11:45 AM TR — Robinson A105

Examines selected topics with emphasis on the integration of different kinds of knowledge and the balancing of alternative ways of assessing meaning and relevance. Topics usually drawn from issues of global economic processes, civic rights and responsibilities, ethics, museums, public policy, the environment, and migration. Read More »

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001 Museums — Alexander V Benitez — 03:00 PM to 04:15 PM TR

Second of a two-course sequence that reviews major theoretical traditions and schools of thought in anthropology. Read More »

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001 Theories, Methds and Issues II — Susan R Trencher — 04:30 PM to 07:10 PM W — Lecture Hall 2

Topic of contemporary interest in anthropology, focusing on social science topics of interest. Read More »

2 Sections Currently Scheduled

001 War and Culture — Andrew Bickford — 03:00 PM to 04:15 PM MW — David King Hall 2053
004 Human, Disease, and Death — 03:00 PM to 04:15 PM MW — Innovation Hall 204

Field project or study abroad experience leading to the production of a written report

Topic of contemporary interest in anthropology, changing from semester to semester, and focusing on topics such as sex roles, anthropology and ethics, and primate social organization. Read More »

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001 Applied Anthropology — Cortney Hughes Rinker — 10:30 AM to 11:45 AM TR — Robinson A105

Examines contemporary theorists of anthropology, covering ongoing debates over epistemology and the multiple strands that inform anthropological theory and practice. Read More »

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001 Anth/Human Condition: Sem II — Linda J Seligmann — 04:30 PM to 07:10 PM R — Robinson A245

Reviews and examines major research methods commonly employed in cultural anthropological field study, with emphasis on ethnographic research design and the use of standard ethnographic techniques. Includes practice in designing ethnographic research project and using ethnographic methods and techniques in a field setting. Read More »

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001 Ethnograp Meth/Rsrch Des — Cortney Hughes Rinker — 04:30 PM to 07:10 PM T — Thompson Hall 1018

Explores power and social conflict through the lens of cultural analysis. Special attention to the role of cultural differences in the structuring of conflict and the deployment of cultural theory in formulating a practice of conflict resolution. Read More »

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Section 001 — Andrew Bickford — 04:30 PM to 07:10 PM W — Robinson B103

Master's thesis research and writing under direction of thesis committee. Read More »

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Section 010 — James E Snead — Founder's Hall

In-depth study of peoples and cultures of a specific world region (Latin America, East Asia, the Pacific, or United States). Content may include cultures defined by diaspora, migration, and other global forces and processes.

Explores current issues and debates in sociocultural anthropology.