Catalog Course Descriptions
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Anthropology Courses
Undergraduate
ANTH 114: Introduction to Cultural Anthropology (3 Credits)
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
ANTH 120: Unearthing the Past: Prehistory, Culture and Evolution (3 Credits)
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
ANTH 121: People of the Earth: Humanity's First Five Million Years (3 Credits)
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
ANTH 135: Introduction to Biological Anthropology (3 Credits)
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
ANTH 300: Civilizations (3 Credits)
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
ANTH 302: Peoples and Cultures of Latin America (3 Credits)
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
ANTH 307: Ancient Mesoamerica (3 Credits)
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
ANTH 308: Peoples and Cultures of the Middle East (3 Credits)
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
ANTH 309: Peoples and Cultures of India (3 Credits)
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
ANTH 312: Political Anthropology (3 Credits)
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
ANTH 313: Myth, Magic, and Mind (3 Credits)
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
ANTH 314: Zombies (3 Credits)
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
ANTH 317: East Asian Cultures (3 Credits)
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
ANTH 320: Global Africa (3 Credits)
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
ANTH 321: The Cultures of Death (3 Credits)
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
ANTH 322: Pirates, Conquest, and Death: Archaeology and Globalism since 1500 (3 Credits)
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
ANTH 324: Warfare, Violence, and Sacrifice in Antiquity (3 Credits)
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
ANTH 325: Field Techniques in Archaeology (3-6 Credits)
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
ANTH 330: Peoples and Cultures of Selected Regions: Non-Western (3 Credits)
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
ANTH 331: Refugees (3 Credits)
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
ANTH 332: Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Globalization (3 Credits)
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
ANTH 350: Human Growth and Development (3 Credits)
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
ANTH 353: Anthropological Genomics (3 Credits)
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
ANTH 355: Human Origins (3 Credits)
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
ANTH 357: Bioarchaeology (3 Credits)
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
ANTH 363: Humans, Disease, and Death (3 Credits)
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
ANTH 365: Scientific Racism and Human Variation (3 Credits)
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
ANTH 366: Food and Human Evolution (3 Credits)
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
ANTH 367: DNA, Identity, and Power (3 Credits)
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
ANTH 370: Environment and Culture (3 Credits)
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
ANTH 373: Archaeological Science (3 Credits)
Required Prerequisites: ANTH 120C, 120XS, 135C or 135XS.
C Requires minimum grade of C.
XS Requires minimum grade of XS.
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
ANTH 374: Archaeology of Hunter-Gatherers (3 Credits)
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
ANTH 376: Food and Culture (3 Credits)
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
ANTH 377: Mortuary Archaeology (3 Credits)
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
ANTH 379: Andean Archaeology (3 Credits)
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
ANTH 380: Language and Culture (3 Credits)
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
ANTH 381: Medical Anthropology (3 Credits)
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
ANTH 382: Urban Anthropology (3 Credits)
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
ANTH 386: Quantitative Methods in Anthropology (3 Credits)
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
ANTH 387: Zooarchaeology (4 Credits)
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
ANTH 388: Human Osteology (3 Credits)
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
ANTH 389: Human Osteology Lab (1 Credit)
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
ANTH 390: History of Anthropological Thought (3 Credits)
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
ANTH 391: Forensic Anthropology (3 Credits)
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
ANTH 392: Forensic Anthropology Lab (2 Credits)
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
ANTH 393: Paleopathology (3 Credits)
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
ANTH 394: Archaeology of Climate Change (3 Credits)
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
ANTH 395: Work, Technology, and Society: An IT Perspective (3 Credits)
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
ANTH 396: Issues in Anthropology: Social Sciences (3 Credits)
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
ANTH 398: Study Abroad (1-6 Credits)
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
ANTH 399: Issues in Anthropology (3 Credits)
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
ANTH 400: Engaging the World: Anthropological Perspectives (3 Credits)
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
ANTH 440: Applied Anthropology (3 Credits)
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
ANTH 450: Ethnographic Research Methods (3 Credits)
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
ANTH 490: History of Anthropological Theory (3 Credits)
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
ANTH 495: Internship (1-6 Credits)
This course is graded on the Satisfactory/No Credit scale.
ANTH 499: Independent Research (1-12 Credits)
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
ANTH 396: Issues in Anthropology: Social Sciences (3 Credits)
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
ANTH 398: Study Abroad (1-6 Credits)
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
ANTH 399: Issues in Anthropology (3 Credits)
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
Graduate
ANTH 531: Refugees in the Contemporary World (3 Credits)
Enrollment limited to students with a class of Advanced to Candidacy, Graduate, Junior Plus, Non-Degree or Senior Plus.
Students in a Non-Degree Undergraduate degree may not enroll.
This course is graded on the Graduate Regular scale.
ANTH 535: Anthropology and the Human Condition: Seminar I (3 Credits)
Enrollment limited to students with a class of Advanced to Candidacy, Graduate, Junior Plus, Non-Degree or Senior Plus.
Enrollment is limited to Graduate, Non-Degree or Undergraduate level students.
Students in a Non-Degree Undergraduate degree may not enroll.
This course is graded on the Graduate Regular scale.
ANTH 536: Anthropology and the Human Condition: Seminar II (3 Credits)
Enrollment limited to students with a class of Advanced to Candidacy, Graduate, Junior Plus, Non-Degree or Senior Plus.
Enrollment is limited to Graduate, Non-Degree or Undergraduate level students.
Students in a Non-Degree Undergraduate degree may not enroll.
This course is graded on the Graduate Regular scale.
ANTH 555: Policy and Culture (3 Credits)
Enrollment limited to students with a class of Advanced to Candidacy, Graduate, Junior Plus, Non-Degree or Senior Plus.
Enrollment is limited to Graduate, Non-Degree or Undergraduate level students.
Students in a Non-Degree Undergraduate degree may not enroll.
This course is graded on the Graduate Regular scale.
ANTH 556: Human Growth and Development (3 Credits)
Enrollment limited to students with a class of Advanced to Candidacy, Graduate, Junior Plus, Non-Degree or Senior Plus.
Enrollment is limited to Graduate, Non-Degree or Undergraduate level students.
Students in a Non-Degree Undergraduate degree may not enroll.
This course is graded on the Graduate Regular scale.
ANTH 557: Human Origins (3 Credits)
Enrollment limited to students with a class of Advanced to Candidacy, Graduate, Junior Plus, Non-Degree or Senior Plus.
Enrollment is limited to Graduate, Non-Degree or Undergraduate level students.
Students in a Non-Degree Undergraduate degree may not enroll.
This course is graded on the Graduate Regular scale.
ANTH 560: Ethnographic Writing (3 Credits)
Enrollment limited to students with a class of Advanced to Candidacy, Graduate, Junior Plus, Non-Degree or Senior Plus.
Students in a Non-Degree Undergraduate degree may not enroll.
This course is graded on the Graduate Regular scale.
ANTH 570: Andean Archaeology (3 Credits)
Enrollment limited to students with a class of Advanced to Candidacy, Graduate, Junior Plus, Non-Degree or Senior Plus.
Enrollment is limited to Graduate, Non-Degree or Undergraduate level students.
Students in a Non-Degree Undergraduate degree may not enroll.
This course is graded on the Graduate Regular scale.
ANTH 573: Archaeological Science (3 Credits)
Enrollment limited to students with a class of Advanced to Candidacy, Graduate, Junior Plus, Non-Degree or Senior.
Students in a Non-Degree Undergraduate degree may not enroll.
This course is graded on the Graduate Regular scale.
ANTH 574: Archaeology of Hunter-Gatherers (3 Credits)
Enrollment limited to students with a class of Advanced to Candidacy, Graduate, Junior Plus, Non-Degree or Senior Plus.
Students in a Non-Degree Undergraduate degree may not enroll.
This course is graded on the Graduate Regular scale.
ANTH 577: Mortuary Archaeology (3 Credits)
Enrollment limited to students with a class of Advanced to Candidacy, Graduate, Junior Plus, Non-Degree or Senior Plus.
Enrollment is limited to Graduate, Non-Degree or Undergraduate level students.
Students in a Non-Degree Undergraduate degree may not enroll.
This course is graded on the Graduate Regular scale.
ANTH 580: Environmental Anthropology (3 Credits)
Enrollment limited to students with a class of Advanced to Candidacy, Graduate, Junior Plus, Non-Degree or Senior Plus.
Enrollment is limited to Graduate, Non-Degree or Undergraduate level students.
Students in a Non-Degree Undergraduate degree may not enroll.
This course is graded on the Graduate Regular scale.
ANTH 582: Human Osteology (3 Credits)
Enrollment limited to students with a class of Advanced to Candidacy, Graduate, Junior Plus, Non-Degree or Senior Plus.
Enrollment is limited to Graduate, Non-Degree or Undergraduate level students.
Students in a Non-Degree Undergraduate degree may not enroll.
This course is graded on the Graduate Regular scale.
ANTH 583: Human Osteology Lab (1 Credit)
Enrollment limited to students with a class of Advanced to Candidacy, Graduate, Junior Plus, Non-Degree or Senior Plus.
Enrollment is limited to Graduate, Non-Degree or Undergraduate level students.
Students in a Non-Degree Undergraduate degree may not enroll.
This course is graded on the Graduate Regular scale.
ANTH 584: Paleopathology (3 Credits)
Enrollment limited to students with a class of Advanced to Candidacy, Graduate, Junior Plus, Non-Degree or Senior Plus.
Enrollment is limited to Graduate, Non-Degree or Undergraduate level students.
Students in a Non-Degree Undergraduate degree may not enroll.
This course is graded on the Graduate Regular scale.
ANTH 585: Bioarchaeology (3 Credits)
Enrollment limited to students with a class of Advanced to Candidacy, Graduate, Junior Plus, Non-Degree or Senior Plus.
Enrollment is limited to Graduate, Non-Degree or Undergraduate level students.
Students in a Non-Degree Undergraduate degree may not enroll.
This course is graded on the Graduate Regular scale.
ANTH 586: Quantitative Methods in Anthropology (3 Credits)
Enrollment limited to students with a class of Advanced to Candidacy, Graduate, Junior Plus, Non-Degree or Senior Plus.
Students in a Non-Degree Undergraduate degree may not enroll.
This course is graded on the Graduate Regular scale.
ANTH 587: Zooarchaeology (4 Credits)
Enrollment limited to students with a class of Advanced to Candidacy, Graduate, Junior Plus, Non-Degree or Senior Plus.
Enrollment is limited to Graduate, Non-Degree or Undergraduate level students.
Students in a Non-Degree Undergraduate degree may not enroll.
This course is graded on the Graduate Regular scale.
ANTH 590: Forensic Anthropology (3 Credits)
Enrollment limited to students with a class of Advanced to Candidacy, Graduate, Junior Plus, Non-Degree or Senior Plus.
Enrollment is limited to Graduate, Non-Degree or Undergraduate level students.
Students in a Non-Degree Undergraduate degree may not enroll.
This course is graded on the Graduate Regular scale.
ANTH 591: Forensic Anthropology Lab (2 Credits)
Enrollment limited to students with a class of Advanced to Candidacy, Graduate, Junior Plus, Non-Degree or Senior Plus.
Enrollment is limited to Graduate, Non-Degree or Undergraduate level students.
Students in a Non-Degree Undergraduate degree may not enroll.
This course is graded on the Graduate Regular scale.
ANTH 594: Archaeology of Climate Change (3 Credits)
Enrollment limited to students with a class of Advanced to Candidacy, Graduate, Junior Plus, Non-Degree or Senior Plus.
Students in a Non-Degree Undergraduate degree may not enroll.
This course is graded on the Graduate Regular scale.
ANTH 599: Contemporary Issues in Anthropology (3 Credits)
Enrollment limited to students with a class of Advanced to Candidacy, Graduate, Junior Plus, Non-Degree or Senior Plus.
Students in a Non-Degree Undergraduate degree may not enroll.
This course is graded on the Graduate Regular scale.
ANTH 616: Anthropology of the City (3 Credits)
Enrollment limited to students with a class of Advanced to Candidacy, Graduate, Junior Plus, Non-Degree or Senior Plus.
Enrollment is limited to Graduate, Non-Degree or Undergraduate level students.
Students in a Non-Degree Undergraduate degree may not enroll.
This course is graded on the Graduate Regular scale.
ANTH 619: Disrupting Nature: Queer, Feminist, and Indigenous Science Studies (3 Credits)
Enrollment limited to students with a class of Advanced to Candidacy, Graduate, Junior Plus, Non-Degree or Senior Plus.
Students in a Non-Degree Undergraduate degree may not enroll.
This course is graded on the Graduate Regular scale.
ANTH 635: Regional Ethnography (3 Credits)
Enrollment limited to students with a class of Advanced to Candidacy, Graduate, Junior Plus, Non-Degree or Senior Plus.
Enrollment is limited to Graduate, Non-Degree or Undergraduate level students.
Students in a Non-Degree Undergraduate degree may not enroll.
This course is graded on the Graduate Regular scale.
ANTH 640: Applied Anthropology (3 Credits)
Enrollment limited to students with a class of Advanced to Candidacy, Graduate, Junior Plus, Non-Degree or Senior Plus.
Enrollment is limited to Graduate, Non-Degree or Undergraduate level students.
Students in a Non-Degree Undergraduate degree may not enroll.
This course is graded on the Graduate Regular scale.
ANTH 650: Methods in Anthropology (3 Credits)
Enrollment limited to students with a class of Advanced to Candidacy, Graduate, Junior Plus, Non-Degree or Senior Plus.
Enrollment is limited to Graduate, Non-Degree or Undergraduate level students.
Students in a Non-Degree Undergraduate degree may not enroll.
This course is graded on the Graduate Regular scale.
ANTH 684: Independent Study in Sociocultural Anthropology (1-6 Credits)
Enrollment limited to students with a class of Advanced to Candidacy, Graduate, Junior Plus, Non-Degree or Senior Plus.
Enrollment is limited to Graduate, Non-Degree or Undergraduate level students.
Students in a Non-Degree Undergraduate degree may not enroll.
This course is graded on the Graduate Special scale.
ANTH 687: Medical Anthropology (3 Credits)
Enrollment limited to students with a class of Advanced to Candidacy, Graduate, Junior Plus, Non-Degree or Senior Plus.
Enrollment is limited to Graduate, Non-Degree or Undergraduate level students.
Students in a Non-Degree Undergraduate degree may not enroll.
This course is graded on the Graduate Regular scale.
ANTH 690: Internship (3-6 Credits)
Enrollment limited to students with a class of Advanced to Candidacy, Graduate, Junior Plus, Non-Degree or Senior Plus.
Enrollment is limited to Graduate, Non-Degree or Undergraduate level students.
Students in a Non-Degree Undergraduate degree may not enroll.
This course is graded on the Graduate Special scale.
ANTH 698: Study Abroad (1-6 Credits)
Enrollment limited to students with a class of Advanced to Candidacy, Graduate, Junior Plus, Non-Degree or Senior Plus.
Enrollment is limited to Graduate, Non-Degree or Undergraduate level students.
Students in a Non-Degree Undergraduate degree may not enroll.
This course is graded on the Graduate Regular scale.
ANTH 721: Culture, Power, and Conflict (3 Credits)
Enrollment is limited to Graduate or Non-Degree level students.
Students in a Non-Degree Undergraduate degree may not enroll.
This course is graded on the Graduate Regular scale.
ANTH 796: Master's Research Project (1-6 Credits)
Enrollment is limited to Graduate or Non-Degree level students.
Students in a Non-Degree Undergraduate degree may not enroll.
This course is graded on the Satisfactory/No Credit scale.
ANTH 798: Thesis or Project Proposal (3 Credits)
Enrollment is limited to Graduate or Non-Degree level students.
Students in a Non-Degree Undergraduate degree may not enroll.
This course is graded on the Satisfactory/No Credit scale.
ANTH 799: Master's Thesis (1-6 Credits)
Enrollment is limited to Graduate or Non-Degree level students.
Students in a Non-Degree Undergraduate degree may not enroll.
This course is graded on the Satisfactory/No Credit scale.
ANTH 635: Regional Ethnography (3 Credits)
Enrollment limited to students with a class of Advanced to Candidacy, Graduate, Junior Plus, Non-Degree or Senior Plus.
Enrollment is limited to Graduate, Non-Degree or Undergraduate level students.
Students in a Non-Degree Undergraduate degree may not enroll.
This course is graded on the Graduate Regular scale.