Graduate Course Descriptions

700 [200] ADVANCED SURVEY IN ANTHROPOLOGY. (3). Course description is available from the departmental office.

701 [201] SOCIOCULTURAL THEORY AND ETHNOGRAPHY (3). Prerequisite, permission of instructor. Development of a critical understanding of the anthropological study of society and culture through discussion of problems and issues expressed in classic theoretical and ethnographic literature.

702 [202] SOCIOCULTURAL THEORY AND ETHNOGRAPHY (3). Prerequisite, Anthropology 701 or permission of instructor.

703 [203] EVOLUTION AND ECOLOGY (3). Prerequisite, permission of instructor. Development of a critical understanding of anthropological approaches to evolution and ecology in paleontological, archaeological, and present-day cross-cultural contexts through the historical and comparative study of theory, method, and content.

704 [204] EVOLUTION AND ECOLOGY (3). Prerequisite, Anthropology 703 or permission of instructor.

705 [205] Seminar in Archaeological Theory (3) The seminar reviews the recent history of archaeology and samples contemporary approaches to archaeological interpretation.

710 [210]  WRITING AND PUBLISHING IN ANTHROPOLOGY (3). A seminar on the peer review and analysis of student writing. Training in writing for academic publication.

715 [215] FEMINISM AND SOCIETY (3). Selected topics in feminist analysis of social life, with materials drawn from a global range of societies.

717 [217] ART AND ARCHITECTURE (3). Prerequisites, Anthropology 334 (Art 374/Folk 334) or permission of the instructor. Intensive study of selected topics and issues in the analysis and interpretation of prehistoric and cross-cultural art, architecture, and other aesthetic forms.

723 [223] SEMINAR IN ANTHROPOLOGICAL LINGUISTICS (Linguistics 723) (3). Selected topics from general linguistics and sociolinguistics, special emphasis on methods and problems involved in analysis and description of semantic structure of language and its relation to the rest of culture.

724 [224] SEMINAR IN ANTHROPOLOGY AND CYBERNETICS (3). Examination of systems theory, or cybernetics; evaluation of previous applications of cybernetic models in anthropology; and original analysis of anthropological data in these terms by students.

725 [225] QUANTITATIVE METHODS IN ANTHROPOLOGY (3). Survey of standardized data-gathering techniques, problems in research design, and methods of quantitative analysis encountered in anthropological research.

726 [226] QUANTITATIVE METHODS IN ARCHAEOLOGY (3). Introduction to quantitative and computer methods in archaeology. The course stresses exploratory data analysis and graphical pattern recognition techniques.

727 [new] ARCHAEOLOGY OF NORTH AMERICA.   The history of American Indian cultures from 10,000 BC to the time of the European colonization as reconstructed by archaeological research.  Special emphasis on the eastern and southwestern United States.

728 [new] SEMINAR IN AMERICAN ARCHAEOLOGY.  This seminar covers current research topics in North American archaeology, with an emphasis on the easter or southwestern U.S.  Specific topics may vary from year to year.

733 [233] ADVANCED SEMINAR IN CARIBBEAN STUDIES (3). Prerequisite, Anthropology 333 or permission of instructor. Survey of Caribbean cultural development for students with some knowledge or experience in the area. Particular attention is given to current problems and recent theoretical issues.

740 [240] POWER (3). Prerequistite, graduate standing or instructor's permission. A seminar exploring theories of power within anthropology, from Marxism, poststructuralism, feminist studies, studies in race relations, cultural studies, etc..

744 [244] SEMINAR IN ETHNICITY AND CULTURAL BOUNDARIES (3). Investigation of recent theoretical approaches to ethnic phenomena; consideration of cases ranging from tribal organization to complex industrial nations; analysis of particular ethnographic and ethnohistorical situations by individual students.

749 [249] STUDIES IN CULTURAL PRODUCTION (3). Critical examination of theories of social and cultural (re)production (e.g., Bourdieu's practice theory, cultural studies, and resistance theory) applied to enduring issues, e.g., the relations between power and gender, race and class.

750 [250] SEMINAR IN MEDICAL ANTHROPOLOGY (3). Specially designed for, but not restricted to, students who are specializing in medical anthropology. Medicine as part of culture; medicine and social structure viewed cross-culturally; medicine in the perspective of anthropological theory; research methods. A special purpose is to help students plan their own research projects, theses, and dissertations.

751 [251] SEMINAR ON THE ANTHROPOLOGICAL CONTRIBUTION TO THE UNDERSTANDING OF MEDICAL SYSTEMS (3). Anthropological contributions to the understanding of medical systems, sickness, and public health. Attention is given to the ways in which medical anthropology illuminates social processes, beliefs, and ideologies.

752 [252] TRANSCULTURAL PSYCHIATRY (3). Prerequisite, Anthropology 525, 470, or permission of instructor. Considers cross-cultural variations in the perception, definition of, and reaction to course and treatment of deviant behavior--especially mental disorders.

753 [253] GENDER, SICKNESS, AND SOCIETY (WMST 753) (3). This seminar deals in depth and cross-culturally with the nature of gender and the ways in which social comprehension of gender, gender status, and gender relationships impinge upon differential experience of health and sickness of men and women from a historical and contemporary perspective.

754 [254] PHENOMENOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY (3). Prerequisite, permission of the instructor. The course aims to apply the theories and methods of phenomenology to the practice of anthropology.

755 [255] SEMINAR IN CULTURAL ECOLOGY AND POPULATION (3). Mutual relationships of environment, social structure, mortality, and natality, reviewed in an evolutionary framework. Detailed consideration of a few school cultures; e.g., Bushmen, Tikopia, Ashanti, Japan, and Vicos (Peru).

756 [256] THE EVOLUTION OF HUMAN COGNITION (3). Prerequisite, permission of the instructor. A critical exploration of contemporary evidence on the evolution of human cognition and consciousness, including phylogenetic, comparative (interspecific), ontogenetic, and cross-cultural perspectives.

759 [259] IDENTITY AND AGENCY (3). This seminar considers the sociogenic theories of identity, agency and human consciousness--the works of Mikhail Bakhtin, Pierre Bourdieu, and others--examined ethnographically and cross-culturally in selected fields of social activity.

760 [260] SEMINAR IN HUMAN EVOLUTIONARY ECOLOGY (3). Prerequisite, permission of instructor for undergraduates. Examination of evolutionary ecology concepts with existing or potential uses in human adaptation research including adaptation and optimization, effective environmental properties, foraging strategies, niche, competitive exclusion, life history tactics, and biogeography.

765 [265] SEMINAR IN THE ANTHROPOLOGY OF LAW (3). Prerequisite, permission of the instructor. Drawing upon recent work of social anthropologists, this course analyzes the nature of law and conceptions of authority in various Asian, African, and American preliterate societies. The course relates law with the economy, social organization, religious ideology, and political instruments of each society. Underlying theories of social cohesion and process are examined in detail.

766 [266] SEMINAR IN ETHNOBOTANY (3). Prerequisite, permission of instructor. The focus is on economic plants and primitive technology, ecological relationships between man and plants, and analysis and interpretation of archaeological plant remains. Some laboratory work is expected.

770 [270] SEMINAR ON ANTHROPOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES ON LATIN AMERICA (3). The seminar focuses on the interaction of five major issues in Latin America: class, ethnicity, gender, religion, and health.

788 [288] OBSERVATION AND INTERPREATATION OF RELIGIOUS ACTION. (3). Explores religious action through field work as a way of studying method and theory.

790 [290] DIALECTOLOGY. (Linguistics 790) (3).  (See Linguistics 790 for description.)

793 [293] LINGUISTIC FIELD WORK I (Linguistics 793) (3). (See Linguistics 793 for description.)

794 [294] LINGUISTIC FIELD WORK II (Linguistics 794) (3). (See Linguistics 794 for description.)

809 [New] ETHNOGRAPHIC METHODS (3).  Explores method and theory of ethnographic research including its critical development, ethical challenges, personal transformations, and place as social scientific inquiry.  Field project required.

810 [310] SEMINAR IN ANTHROPOLOGY/MEANING (1).  Ongoing seminar for students and faculty participating in the Anthropology of Meaning concentration.

817 [317] THE CONCEPT OF TEACHING OF GENERAL ANTHROPOLOGY (3).  Prerequisite, permission of Associate Chair.  Directed course preparation and review of teaching techniques, films, and other aids.

818 [318] TRAINING IN THE TEACHING OF ANTHROPOLOGY (3). Prerequites, ANTH 817 and permission of associate chair.  The trainee teaches a small class in general anthropology under supervision.

860 [297] ART OF ETHNOGRAPHY (FOLK 860) (3).  A field-based exploration of the pragmatic, ethical, and theoretical dimensions of enthnographic research, addressing issues of experience, aesthetics, and worldview through the lens of cultural encounter.  Field research is required.

897 [327] SEMINAR IN SELECTED TOPICS (1 to 4).

898 [328] SEMINAR IN SELECTED TOPICS (1 to 4).

901 [301] READING AND RESEARCH (1 to 4). Registration with permission of professor.

902 [3302] READING AND RESEARCH (1 to 4). Registration with permission of professor.

915 [315] READING AND RESEARCH IN METHODOLOGY (1 to 4). Registration with permission of professor.

916 [316] READING AND RESEARCH IN METHODOLOGY (1 to 4). Registration with permission of professor.

921 [321] and 922 [322] FIELD RESEARCH (3 each). Registration with permission of the professor.

922 [322] FIELD RESEARCH (3).  Registration with permission of the professor.

993 [393] MASTER'S THESIS (3 or more). Individual research in a special field under the direction of a member of the department.

994 [394] DOCTORAL DISSERTATION (3 or more). Individual research in a special field under the direction of a member of the department.