Undergraduate Anthropology Course Descriptions

First Year Seminars. These seminars are designed to enable first year students to work closely with top professors in classes that enroll twenty students or fewer. Offerings may include:

• 50  First-Year Seminar: Skeletons in the Closet. In this first-year seminar, students explore the use of the human skeleton to modern behavioral and biological investigations, focusing on observations that are used as evidence to prove or disprove hypotheses.

• 51  First-Year Seminar: Environmentalism and American Society. This first-year seminar examines United States environmentalism and its relationship to power and privilege, consumer desire, and attachment to place. Students conduct original group research on the environmental movement.

• 52  First-Year Seminar: Asian Cultures, Asian Cities. Introduction to the processes of cultural productions and the making of social diversity in large Southeast Asian cities, as they have experienced modernity and globalization during the last 30 years.

• 53  First-Year Seminar: Darwin's Dangerous Idea. Exploration of how natural selection works, how it has been used and misused for understanding human nature, health and disease, aging, social behavior, how we choose mates, and more.

• 54  First-Year Seminar: The Indians' New Worlds: Southeastern Histories from 1200 to 1800 (AMST 054). See AMST 054 for description.

• 55  First-Year Seminar: The Modern Corporation: From the English East India Company to Wal-Mart. This seminar examines the modern public corporation as a governance institution. Broad themes explored empirically through an extended comparison of the English East India Company (1600) and today's largest corporation, Wal-Mart.

• 56  First-Year Seminar: The Art of Healing, the Science of Curing. This seminar focuses on cross-cultural healing beliefs and practices and on how social, economic, political and ethical aspects of our lives relate to health and healing.

• 57  First-Year Seminar: Today in Africa. Examination of the daily news as reported online by African newspapers, the BBC, etc. Readings and class discussions of ethnographic and historical background. Student projects based on following major stories.
• 58  First-Year Seminar: Germs and Governments, Trees and Traffic Jams.   The course will ground students in the fundamentals of complex systems thinking, then explore its utility in contemporary society.
• 59  First-Year Seminar: The Right to Childhood: Global Efforts and Challenges.  Do children have special needs and rights?  This seminar will answer this question.
• 60  First-Year Seminar: Crisis and Resilience: Past and Future of Human Societies. Adopting a long view of human societies, students examine responses to crises engendered by political, economic, and environmental factors.  Perspectives on societal change---apocalyptic, transformational, and resilient---undergo scrutiny.
• 61  First-Year Seminar: Deep Economies. Using cultural case studies, the course examines how communities organize an economy to promote local well-being.  Readings emphasize cross-cultural problems of status, trust, property, exchange and political authority.
• 62  First-Year Seminar: Indian Country Today. This course examines current topics in American Indian country through the use of films and interactive case studies.
• 77 First-Year Seminar: Windows of Mystery and Wonder: Exploring Self-Taught Art. Survey of international social, political, and cultural patterns in selected societies of Africa, Asia, America, and Europe, stressing comparative analysis of twentieth-century conflicts and changes in different historical contexts.
• 89 First-Year Seminar: Special Topics. Special topics course; content will vary each semester.
  

92  UNITAS. Fall component of a two-semester course. A seminar that explores issues of social and cultural diversity through experiential learning. Students must be residents of UNITAS residence hall.

93  UNITAS. Prerequisite, ANTH 92. Permission of instructor for students lacking the prequisite.  Spring component of a two-semester course. Students engage in service learning through APPLES and produce a final product that thoughtfully reflects on their experience. Students must be residents of UNITAS residence hall.

101  General Anthropology. An introduction to anthropology, the science of humans, the culture-bearing animal. Topics considered: human evolution and biological variations within and between modern populations, prehistoric and historic developments of culture, cultural dynamics viewed analytically and comparatively.

101H  General Anthropology. An introduction to anthropology, the science of humans, the culture-bearing animal. Topics considered: human evolution and biological variations within and between modern populations, prehistoric and historic developments of culture, cultural dynamics viewed analytically and comparatively.

102  Introduction to Cultural Anthropology. An introduction to non-Western cultures studied by anthropologists. Includes an in-depth focus on the cultural and social systems of several groups.

103  Anthropology of Globalization. The study of different approaches to globalization and of inequalities in power between nation-states, ethnic groups, classes, and locales experiencing globalization. Uses ethnographic materials to examine effects of transnational migrations and other processes of globalization.

120  Anthropology through Expressive Cultures. Introduction to cultural analysis and the anthropological point of view through analytic and interpretive readings of films, fiction, and ethnography. Emphasis on social conditions and native points of view.

121  Ancient Cities of the Americas. An introduction to archaeology through the study of towns and cities built by the ancient peoples of the Americas. The focus is on historical processes by which these centers arose.

123  Habitat and Humanity. Cross-cultural survey of building and landscape architecture, including prehistoric dwellings and sacred structures such as shrines and temples. Emphasis on architecture as symbolic form and cultural meaning.

130  Anthropology of the Caribbean (FOLK 130). Theories and examples of how Caribbean people live, act, and see themselves within various cultural, social, economic, and political contexts across time. Attention to North American views of the Caribbean.

142  Local Cultures, Global Forces. Globalization as a cultural and economic phenomenon, emphasizing the historical development of the current world situation and the impact of increasing global interconnection on local cultural traditions.

142H  Local Cultures, Global Forces. Globalization as a cultural and economic phenomenon, emphasizing the historical development of the current world situation and the impact of increasing global interconnection on local cultural traditions.

143  Human Evolution and Adaptation. Evolutionary and ecological approach to understanding the human species' past and contemporary human variation. Emphasis on evolutionary processes, biological adaptation, and biocultural interactions with diverse environments.

144  Anthropology and Social Problems. Contemporary dilemmas examined from a cross-cultural and historically comparative view, including issues of inequality, environment, population, war, gender restrictions, human suffering, hunger and affluence.

145  Introduction to World Prehistory. Introduction to world prehistory and archaeological methods. Examines the development of human society from the emergence of modern human beings 100,000 years ago through the formation of ancient civilizations.

146  The Nature of Moral Consciousness: A Course in General Anthropology. An introductory course in general anthropology focusing on the development of moral consciousness. Western and non-Western patterns of thought and culture are compared and contrasted. The course has a strongly philosophical orientation.

147  Comparative Healing Systems. In this course we compare a variety of healing beliefs and practices so that students may gain a better understanding of their own society, culture and medical system.

148  Human Origins. Study of human evolution. Focus on the fossil record of humans and human-like ancestors. Topics include communication, aggression, dietary adaptations, locomotion, major anatomical changes, and behavioral shifts in an evolutionary framework.

151  Anthropological Perspectives on Food and Culture. Anthropological perspectives on foodways. This course examines the biological basis of human diets as well as the historical and cultural contexts of food production, preparation, presentation, and consumption.

155  Anthropology of South Asia. Introduction to South Asia and the effects of colonialism, nationalism and globalization. Links agency and structural constraints in addressing gender, caste, class, religion, nationalism and the postcolonial state.

190  Special Topics in Anthropology I. Examines selected topics from an anthropological perspective. Course description is available from the departmental office.

191  Peoples of Siberia (ENST 191, INTS 191, RUES 191). Comparative study of the cultural and biological diversity of peoples of Siberia from prehistoric through contemporary times. Course topics include the biological diversity, culture, behavior, and history of Siberian populations.

194  Anthropology and Community Development. The course examines ethnographic, theoretical, practical, and policy approaches to community development and community organizations in America and the English-speaking Caribbean. Students can work with a local community organization.

195  Research in Anthropology I. Permission of instructor. Data collection, analysis, and interpretation for independent research project.

196  Independent Study In Anthropology I. Permission of instructor. Reading and study under a faculty member whose interests coincide with those of the individual student.

198H  First Year Honors in Anthropology II. Open to honors candidates. Permission of instructor is required. Reading or Study under a faculty member whose interests coincide with those of the individual student.

199  Experimental Course in Anthropology I. Examines selected topics from an anthropological perspective, generally to explore the potential for a course. Course description is available from the departmental office.

202  Introduction to Folklore (ENGL 202, FOLK 202).  See ENGL 202 for description.

205  Anthropology of the South. Anthropological materials and insights bearing on modernization and other current trends in Southern culture; research problems in the South.

210  Global Issues in the 20th Century (GEOG 210, HIST 210, INTS 210, POLI 210). See INTS 210 for description.

220  Principles of Archaeology. Introduction to method and theory in archaeology. An examination of how archaeologists make inferences about past societies, including reconstruction of culture histories; lifeways; ideologies; and social, political, and economic relationships.

226  The Peoples of Africa. Introductory ethnographic survey emphasizing 1) diversity of kinship systems, economies, polities, religious beliefs, etc.; 2) transformations during colonial era; 3) political and economic challenges of independent nations. Lectures, films, recitation.

230  Native American Cultures (FOLK 230). Broad survey of contemporary American Indian societies and cultures in the United States.  Explores socio-cultural and historical diversity of tribes through film, autobiography, literature, current issues, guest speakers, archaeology, and history.

231  Archaeology of South America. An examination of the prehistory of Andean South America (Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia) from first colonization 12,000 years ago to the fall of the Inca Empire in 1532 CE.

232  Ancestral Maya Civilizations. Maya civilization is prominent among American societies that flourished prior to European incursions.  Archaeological, epigraphic, and historical materials provide the foundation for understanding this past and its romance allure.

234  Native American Tribal Studies (AMST 234, HIST 234).  See HIST 234 for description.

238  Human Ecology of Africa. Course examines human adaptations to environments across Africa. Focuses on livelihood systems such as farming, herding, and hunting/gathering.

239  Human Ecology of the Amazon. Course examines human adaptation to the Amazon region, behavioral patterns of resource use, and forces of culture change, with implications for biodiversity conservation, indigenous self-determination, and cultural resilience.

248  Anthropology and Public Interest. Explores how anthropologists can impact or participate in policy debates regarding contemporary social problems. Involves professional and internship options in public service fields. Apples Service Learning course.

252  Prehistoric Foodways. Archaeological investigations of prehistoric and historic foodways. Surveys the questions asked, the data and methods used to answer those questions, and the contributions of subsistence studies to archaeological knowledge.

254  Environmental Consciousness and Action. Drawing on anthropological and other research, the course explores social and subjective aspects of US environmentalism, asking whether environmentally friendly practice is possible under present-day political and social conditions.

259  Culture and Identity.  Introduces anthropological approaches to identity.  Explores the relationship of identity, cultural contexts, and social life.  Emphasizes contemporary global cultural interchange and visusl media as tools of self-expression.

262  Population Anthropology. Interactions among culture, biology, environment, and human population dynamics, past and present. Includes environmental influences on reproduction and mortality; social, biological, and environmental consequences of population size, growth, and composition.

278  Women in Science (WMST 278). See WMST 278 for description.

280  Anthropology of War and Peace (PWAD 280). Cross-cultural perspectives on war in its relation to society, including Western and non-Western examples. Surveys political, economic, and cultural approaches to warfare and peacemaking.

290  Special Topic in Anthropology II. Examines selected topics from an anthropological perspective. Course description is available from the departmental office.

295  Research in Anthropology II. Permission of the instructor. Data collection, analysis, and interpretation for independent research project.

296  Independent Study in Anthropology II. Permission of the instructor. Reading or study under a faculty member whose interests coincide with those of the individual student.

297  Directions in Anthropology. Open only to and required of anthropology majors in their junior or senior year. Historical and contemporary issues and directions in the discipline as reflected in various concepts, theories and research strategies.

299  Experimental Course in Anthropology II. Examines selected topics from an anthropological perspective, generally to explore the potential for a course. Course description is available from the departmental office.

302  Language and Power (LING 302, WMST 302). See LING 302 for description.

303  Native Languages of the Americas (LING 303). See LING 303 for description.

312  From the Equator to the Poles: Case Studies in Global Environmental Change.  Case studies in environmental change, highlighting human and environmental dynamics in terrestrial and marine ecosystems on multiple spatial and temporal scales.  Includes active learning modules, group presentations, writing assignments.

315  Human Genetics and Evolution. Interaction of heredity, environment and culture in shaping human biological diversity and behavior, and what such patterns of diversity reveal about our evolutionary past.

317  Evolutionary Perspectives on Human Adaptation and Behavior. Critical, partially historical discussion of evolutionary theories, including Darwinism, neo-Darwinism, ethnology, and sociobiology, and their social-science analogs. Focus on the relevance and limitations of these theories for anthropology.

318  Human Growth and Development. Comparative study of human growth and development from conception through adulthood. Special emphasis on evolutionary, biocultural, ecological, and social factors that influence growth.

319  Global Health (INTS 319). This class explores some of the historical, biological, economic, medical, and social issues surrounding globalization and health consequences.

320  Anthropology of Development (INTS 320). Critical exploration of current debates in the anthropology of Third World development, the production of global inequality, and the construction of parts of the world as underdeveloped through discourses and practices of development.

323  Magic, Ritual, and Belief (FOLK 323). Permission of the instructor.  Starting with the late 19th-century evolutionists, this course discusses, intensively, major anthropological theories of magico-religious thought and practice, then offers an approach of its own.

325  Emotions and Society. Survey of the interplay between emotional experience and social life. Emotions as learned, culturally variable, and socially performed perceptions, understandings, and actions.

330  Japan, Myth and Memory. Ethnographic study of the profound social and cultural transformations that accompanied the capitalist modernization of Japan. Considers the emergence of native ethnology and state interventions into everday life.

331  Anthropology of Memory. This course is a historical and ethnographic study of the problems of history, memory, and forgetting in contemporary society.

334  Art, Myth, and Nature: Cross-Cultural Perspectives (FOLK 334). Cross-cultural study of form, image, and meaning in painting, drawing, and sculpture. Emphasis on the interrelationship of religion and art in selected prehistoric and contemporary sociocultural traditions.

340  Southern Style, Southern Culture (FOLK 340). A journey into the worlds of Southern meaning, exploring aesthetics, faith, race, class, gender, and the politics of culture. In this class, students explore culture through semester-long, group-based fieldwork projects.

342  African American Religious Experience (AFAM 342, FOLK 342, RELI 342). See RELI 342 for description.

343  African Masquerade (ART 353, AFRI 353). See ART 353 for description.

344  Globalization, Social Movements, Environment. Introduction to the study of globalization, its impact on the environment, and the ensuing response by global and local social movements. Surveys proposals for alternatives to dominant forms of globalization.

359  European Prehistory. A survey of cultures on the European continent from the emergence of first humans to the rise of civilization and the Roman conquest.

360  Latin American Economy and Society. Examines economic and cultural diversity of Latin America.  Using case studies, class focuses on community social organization, work habits, family life and cosmologies, and the problem of inclusion in national cultures.

375  Memory, Massacres, and Monuments in Southeast Asia (ASIA 375).  The past in Southeast Asia's present, focusing on global, national, and local processes; individual and collective memory; and the legacies of violent death.

377  European Societies. This course explores many cultural factors and diverse peoples, non-Greco-Roman as well as Greco-Roman, that have formed the European identity from the earliest human occupation of Europe to present.

380  Anthropological Perspectives on Cultural Diversity. Introduction to theories of cultural and social difference. Encourages students to use social theory and ethnography to understand how various societies imagine and enact their cultural and political worlds.

390  Special Topic in Anthropology III. Examines selected topics from an anthropological perspective. Course description is available from the departmental office.

393  Internship in Anthropology. Permission of the instructor and director of undergraduate studies.

395  Independent Fieldwork. Permission of the instructor.

396  Independent Reading or Study in Anthropology. Permission of the instructor.

396H  Independent Reading or Study in Anthropology. Prerequisite, permission of instructor. Reading or study under the guidance of a faculty member whose interests coincide with those of the individual student.

399  Experimental Course in Anthropology. Examines selected topics from an anthropological perspective, generally to explore the potential for a course. Course description is available from the departmental office.

400  Introduction to General Linguistics (LING 400). See LING 400 for description.

411  Laboratory Methods in Archaeology. An examination of the laboratory techniques used by archaeologists to analyze artifacts and organic remains, including the analysis of stone tools, pottery, botanical remains, and bone.

412  Paleoanthropology. This course traces the evolution of humans and nonhuman primates---including behaviors, tools, and bodies of monkeys, apes, and human hunters and gatherers---evolutionary theory, and paleoanthropological methods.

413  Archeobotany Lab Methods. Prerequisite, any course in archaeology or permission of the instructor.

413L  Archaeobotany Lab. Prerequisite, any course in archaeology or permission of the instructor.  This is a required one-hour laboratory section to be taken in conjunction with ANTH 413. 

414  Laboratory Methods: Human Osteology. This course will focus on the analysis of human skeletal materials in the laboratory and in the field, with an emphasis on basic identification, age and sex estimation, and quantitative analysis.

414L  Human Osteology Lab.  Must be taken concurrently with ANTH 414. The laboratory analysis of human skeletal materials with an emphasis on basic identification, age and sex estimation, and quantitative analysis.

415  Zooarchaeology . This course will focus on the analysis of animal remains from archaeological sites. Introduction to laboratory methods, analytical approaches, and interpretive frameworks for zooarchaeology.

415L  Zooarchaeology Lab . Prerequisites, an archaeological course or permission of instructor. Corequisite, ANTH 415. Examination of identification techniques, quantitative methods and interpretive frameworks used to analyze animal remains recovered from archaeological sites.

416  Bioarchaeology . The study of human skeletal remains from archaeological contexts. The collection and interpretation of quantitative and qualitative data is emphasized to assess the relationship between past biology, environment, culture, and behavior.

417  Laboratory Methods: Lithic Seminar . Laboratory techniques in stone tool research and experimental practice.

417L  Lithic Analysis Lab . Prerequisite, any course in archaeology or permission of instructor. This is a required one-hour laboratory section to be taken in conjunction with ANTH 417.

418  Laboratory Methods: Ceramic Analysis . A survey of the laboratory techniques used by archaeologists to study and draw social and behavioral inferences from ancient pottery.

421  Archaeological Geology (GEOL 421). See GEOL 421 for description.

422  Anthropology and Human Rights. An examination of human rights issues from an anthropological perspective, addressing the historical formation of rights, their cross-cultural contest, and the emergence of humanitarian and human rights organizations on a global scale.

428  Religion and Anthropology (FOLK 428, RELI 428) . Religion studied anthropologically as a cultural, social, and psychological phenomenon in the works of classical and contemporary social thought.

428H  Religion and Anthropology (FOLK 428, RELI 428). Religion studied anthropologically as a cultural, social, and psychological phenomenon in the works of classical and contemporary social thought.

429  Culture and Power in Southeast Asia (ASIA 429, FOLK 429). The formation and transformation of values, identities, and expressive forms in Southeast Asia in response to forms of power. Emphasis on the impact of colonialism, the nation-state, and globalization.

435  Consciousness and Symbols (CMPL 435, FOLK 435) . This course explores consciousness through symbols. Symbols from religion, art, politics, and self are studied in social, psychological, historical, and ecological context to ascertain meanings in experience and behavior.

436  Gender and Science (WMST 436). See WMST 436 for description.

437  Evolutionary Medicine. This course explores evolutionary dimensions of variation in health and disease in human populations. Topics include biocultural and evolutionary models for the emergence of infectious and chronic diseases and cancers.

438  Religion, Nature, and Environment (RELI 438). A seminar on concepts of nature within religions and a variety of world-wide spiritual traditions. Emphasis on sacred space, place, and pilgrimage as a vital intersection of religion and nature.

438H  Concepts of Nature. An interdisciplinary seminar exploring conceptions of nature within selected sociocultural traditions. Emphasis on aspects of nature such as water, trees and forests, fractal patterns, and celestial phenomena such as stars.

439  Political Ecology. Examines environmental degradation, hunger, and poverty through the lens of power relationships, particularly inequality, political and economic disenfranchisement, and discrimination. Discussion of global case studies, with a Latin American focus.

440  Gender and Culture (WMST 440) . Cross-cultural comparison of gender roles through the life of a person, comparison to students' own experiences. Discussion of changing sex and gender roles through history in different cultures.

441  The Anthropology of Gender, Health, and Illness (WMST 441) . The course explores cultural beliefs, practices, and social conditions that influence health and sickness of women and men from a cross-cultural perspective.

442  Health and Gender after Socialism.  This course examines post-socialist experiences of the relationship between political, economic, social, and cultural transitions, and challenges in public health and gender relations.

443  Cultures and Politics of Reproduction.  This course takes a cross-cultural approach to understanding how reproduction and associated phenomena become arenas where political debates get played out and where global and local social relations get contested.

444  Medicine, Politics, and Justice.  This course brings an anthropological approach to understanding the intersections between medicine, politics, and public health.

447  The Anthropology of Work . Anthropological investigations of work and the relationship between work, family life, and community in contemporary societies in the United States, Asia, and Latin America, within the framework of globalization.

447H  The Anthropology of Work . Anthropological investigations of work and the relationship between work, family life, and community in contemporary societies in the United States, Asia, and Latin America, within the framework of globalization.

449  Anthropology and Marxism . Critical study of Marx's mature social theory and its relationship to contemporary anthropology.

450  Archaeology of North American Indians. The history of American Indian cultures from 10,000 BCE to the time of the European colonization as reconstructed by archaeological research. Special emphasis on the eastern and southwestern United States.

451  Field School in North American Archaeology. Intensive training in archaeological field methods and techniques. Students participate in the excavation, recovery, recording, and interpretation of archaeological remains. Instruction given in survey, mapping, photography, flotation recovery, etc.

452  The Past in the Present. Memory and history, history and politics, national narratives, the past in the present, and the present in the past; a cross-cultural examination of ways of connecting the present and the past.

453  Field School in South American Archaeology. Intensive study of archaeological field and laboratory methods and prehistory of the Andes through excavation and analysis of materials from archaeological sites in Peru. Includes tours of major archaeological sites.

455  Ethnohistory (FOLK 455). Integration of data from ethnographic and archaeological research with pertinent historic information. Familiarization with a wide range of sources for ethnohistoric data and practice in obtaining and evaluating information. Pertinent theoretical concepts will be explored.

456  Archaeology and Ethnography of Small-Scale Societies . The study of small-scale hunter-gatherer and farming societies from archaeological and ethnographic perspectives. Methods and theories for investigating economic, ecological, and social relations in such societies are explored.

458  Archaeology of Sex and Gender (WMST 458). A discussion of gender and sex roles and sexuality in past cultures; a cross-cultural examination of ways of knowing about past human behavior.

459  Ecological Anthropology. Examines how human-environmental adaptations shape the economic, social, and cultural lives of hunter-gatherers, pastoralists and agriculturalists. Approaches include optimal foraging theory, political ecology, and subsistence risk.

460  Historical Ecology (ENST 460). Historical ecology is a framework for integrating physical, biological, and social science data with insights from the humanities to understand the reciprocal relationship between human activity and the Earth system.

462  Anthropology of Space and Power. Cross-cultural investigation of the relationships between space, power, and representations in modern urban life. Draws on different sources to examine the cultural politics of built forms, architecture, and urban planning.

465  Economic Anthropology . A comparative exploration through ethnographic and other social science sources of the sociocultural constitution of economic practices, including but not limited to exchange, production, and consumption of commodities in modern capitalist societies.

466  Alternative Economic Systems.  An investigation of economic systems that are sustainable alternatives to the prevailing economic order.  Topics include markets, the commons, cooperatives, local trading systems, and social movements working to achieve alternatives.

467 Culture, Wealth, and Poverty. Examines three broad prespectives used to explain inequality; ecological, cultural, and political. Students read theoretical works and evaluate arguments using ethnographies that describe local economies, institutions, and adaptive practices.

468  State Formation . The course examines the state, from its initial appearance 5,000 years ago to newly established nation states, exploring the concepts of ethnicity, class, race, and history in state formation and maintenance.

469  History and Anthropology. Studies links between history and anthropology; cultures in historical perspective and history in cultural perspective; and effects of relations of power and historical interconnections on the peoples of the world.

470  Medicine and Anthropology (FOLK 470). This course examines cultural understandings of health, illness, and medical systems from an anthropological perspective with a special focus on Western medicine.

472  Refugees and Exile. This anthropological exploration of refugees and forced migration addresses displacement across national borders, local repercussions, and the influence of the lived experience of exile on displaced people's identity.

473  Anthropology of the Body and the Subject (FOLK 473). Anthropological and historical studies of cultural constructions of bodily experience and subjectivity are reviewed, with emphasis on the genesis of the modern individual and cultural approaches to gender and sexuality.

477 Visual Anthropology. This course introduces students to visual forms of communication through both the analysis and production of still and video materials.  Ethics, cross-cultural representations, and ethnographic theroy will be explored.

484  Discourse and Dialogue in Ethnographic Research (FOLK 484, LING 484). Study of cultural variation in styles of speaking applied to collection of ethnographic data. Talk as responsive social action and its role in the constitution of ethnic and gender identities.

491  Political Anthropology. Introduction to political anthropology. A thematically organized investigation of political processes in state societies, including state formation, with special attention to ethnographic and historical approaches.

499  Experimental Course in Anthropology IV. Examines selected topics from an anthropological perspective, generally to explore the potential for a course. Course description is available from the departmental office.

499H  Experimental Course in Anthropology IV. Examines selected topics from an anthropological perspective, generally to explore the potential for a course. Course description is available from the departmental office. Honors Version.

502  Globalization and Transnationalism . Anthropological examination of processes of globalization and transnationalism, with special attention to transnational migration, emergence of transnational (“global”) institutions, commodity flows, and dissemination of ideologies, cultural frameworks and media imagery.

520  Linguistic Phonetics (LING 520). See LING 520 for description.

523  Phonological Theory I (LING 523). See LING 523 for description.

525  Culture and Personality (FOLK 525) . Systems theory used to conceptualize relationship between cultural patterns and individual minds. Functional, dysfunctional, and therapeutic processes considered. Examples from Africa, Asia, Europe, and Native America. Lectures, films, recitations.

537  Gender in Practice (FOLK 537, WMST 438) . A study of the ways in which individuals constitute themselves as gendered subjects in the contemporary context of economic and cultural globalization.

539  Environmental Justice . Course examining issues of race, poverty, and equity in the environmental movement. Cases include the siting of toxic incinerators in predominantly people-of-color communities to resource exploitation on indigenous lands.

540 Action Research. Action research is a strategy for answering important questions, solving problems, and generating meaningful and democratic relationships. Through this course students will learn action research through academic and experiential techniques.

541  Sociolinguistics (LING 541). See LING 541 for description.

542  Pidgins and Creoles (GERM 542, LING 542). See GERM 542 for descrption.

545  The Politics of Culture in East Asia (ASIA 545) . Examines struggles to define culture and the nation in 20th Century China in domains like popular culture, museums, traditional medicine, fiction film, ethnic group politics, and biography and autobiography.

559  History in Person .  Extends anthropological approaches to identity in social life.  Examines social position, power and cultural imagination; the personal and collective dynamics of sociocultural change, and the concept of agency.

567  Urban Anthropology . Comparative study of the political economy and cultural politics of populations in spaces and landscapes in cities in America and Third World undergoing globalization, economic restructuring, and transnational immigration.

574  Chinese World Views (ASIA 574, RELI 574). This interdisciplinary course invites you to take an exploratory journey, together with the instructor, through important philosophical and practical dimensions of Chinese culture, under the theme of embodied Chinese world views. In particular, two perspectives will be
emphasized: the living heritage in Chinese vernacular architecture and the ?elusive? body perceived in Chinese medical and aesthetic practices.

578  Chinese Diaspora in the Asia Pacific (ASIA 578). Examination of the histories, social organization, and cultures of the Chinese diasporas in the Asia Pacific region, focusing on contemporary issues in the cultural politics and identities of “overseas Chinese.”

581  History and Comparative Linguisitics. (3). (See LING 525 for description.)

585  Anthropology of Science. Cultural perspectives on science and technology at a global scale, including research settings and social contexts, knowledge claims and material practice, and relations between scientific worldviews, social institutions and popular imagination.

586  The Gardens, Shrines, and Temples of Japan (ASIA 586). The religious landscape and built environments of Japan. Attention to palace, courtyard, and teahouse architecture and gardens, with emphasis on Shinto shrines and the Zen Buddhist temple and garden.

599  Experimental Course in Anthropology V . Examines selected topics from an anthropological perspective, generally to explore the potential for a course. Course description is available from the departmental office.

626  African Cultural Dynamics . In-depth reading of several books and articles that consider the interaction between indigenous African traditions and intrusive colonial and post-colonial forces. Emphasis on class discussion. Short papers and individual projects.

629  Language Minority Students: Issues for Practitioners (EDUC 629) . See EDUC 629 for course description.

639  Beyond the Tragedy of the Commons . Re-examination of the “tragedy of the commons” concept in light of recent work on environmental problems, property rights, and community-based conservation. Case studies include fishery, waterway, forest, and pasture management.

660  Kinship, Reproduction, Reproductive Technology, and the New Genetics (WMST 660) . This course focuses on the relationship between family, kinship, new reproductive technologies and the new genetics from a cross cultural perspective.

660H  Kinship, Reproduction, Reproductive Technology, and the New Genetics (WMST 660H) .

675  Ethnographic Method (FOLK 675) . Intensive study and practice of the core research methods of cultural and social anthropology.

682  Contemporary Chinese Society (ASIA 682) . Presents recent anthropological research on the People's Republic of China. In addition to social sciences sources, fictional genres are used to explore the particular modernity of Chinese society and culture.

686  Schooling and Diversity: Anthropological Perspectives . Anthropological approaches to schooling and cultural diversity in the United States, including their relationship to gender, race, and class. Critical review of research on responses to diversity.

688  Observation and Interpretation of Religious Action (FOLK 688, RELI 688) . Prerequisite, permission of instructor. Exercises in learning to read the primary modes of public action in religious traditions e.g. sermons, testimonies, rituals, and prayers. Includes field work.

691H  Seniors Honors Project in Anthropology . Open only to honors candidates. Permission of instructor is required.

692H  Senior Honors Thesis in Anthropology . Open only to senior honors candidates. Instructor's permission required.

693H  Senior Honors Thesis in Anthropology II . Open only to honors candidates. Permission of instructor is required. Writing of honors thesis based on independent research, under the direction of a faculty member of the department.

694H  Senior Honors Thesis in Anthropology III . Open only to honors candidates. Permission of instructor is required. Writing of honors thesis based on independent research, under the direction of a faculty member of the department.

695H  Senior Honors Thesis in Anthropology IV . Open only to honors candidates. Permission of instructor is required. Writing of honors thesis based on independent research, under the direction of a faculty member of the department.

697  Ethnography and Culture after Empire . Examination of cultural anthropology's relations to global power, past and present. Critiques and revisions of key concepts (e.g., culture) and forms of knowledge (ethnography).

699  Experimental Course in Anthropology VI . Examines selected topics from an anthropological perspective, generally to explore the potential for a course. Course description is available from the departmental office.