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 [new] Skeletons in the Closet. In this course, we 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 [new] Environmentalism & American Society. This first year seminar examines US environmentalism and its relationship to power and privilege, consumer desire, and attachment to place. Students conduct original group research on the environmental movement.

• 52 [new] 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 thirty years.

• 53 [new] 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 [new] The Indians' New Worlds: Southeastern Histories from 1200 to 1800 (AMST 054). This course uses archaeological and historical scholarship to consider the histories of the Southern Indians from the Mississippian period to the end of the 18th century.

• 55 [new] The Modern Corporation: From the English East India Company to Walmart. 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, WalMart.

• 56 [new] Healing. 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 [new] Today in Africa. Examination of the daily news as reported on-line by African newspapers, the BBC, etc. Readings and class discussions of ethnographic and historical background. Student projects based on following major stories.
• 58 [new] Germs and Governments, Trees and Traffic Jams.   Is there a single framework that can describe the intricacies of snowflakes, tree leaves, clouds, bacteria, computers, traffic jams, and languages?  Do there exist ideas so flexible that they can link biology and anthropology, geology and musci, history and computer science?  The things that we make and think, not to mention the physical world in which we live, are enormously complex.  But what does 'complex' mean?  A new field called complexity theory may offer a means to make sense of all kinds of complexity.  The course will ground students in the fundamentals of complex systems thinkins, then explore its utility in contemporary society.
• 59 [new] The Right to Childhood: Global Efforts and Challenges.  Do children have special needs and rights?  There appears to be broad international agreement (expressed in the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child) that all children deserve family, identity, education, play, health care, and nutrition and should be protected from exploitation, sexual abuse, military service, and work that is hazardous or interferes with education.  In wealthy countries, tremendous resources are devoted to the full development of children's capacities. Yet millions of children today work dangerous jobs, are deprived of education, are separated from their parents, and are even forced to be slaves, prostitutes, or soldiers.  In this seminar we ask: what forces work against ensuring basic rights for all children? to what extent do global connections base privileges for some on deprivation for others? what is being done to improve children's situation and or heal them from past abuses? how do international efforts like the UN's figure into local struggles?
  

92 [86A] 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 dorm.

93 [86B] UNITAS. 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 dorm.

101 [10] 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 [10H] 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 [49] 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 [50] 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 [20] 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 [21] 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 [23] 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 [30] 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 [42] 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 [42H] Local Cultures, Global Forces. Honors version

143 [43] 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 [44] 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 [45] Introduction to World Prehistory. Introduction to world prehistory and archaeological methods. Examines the development of human society from the emergency of modern human beings 100,000 years ago through the formation of ancient civilizations.

146 [46] 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 [47] 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 [48] 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 [51] 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 [55] 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 [199] Special Topics in Anthropology I. Examines selected topics from an anthropological perspective. Course description is available from the departmental office.

191 [91] 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 [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 [new] Research in Anthropology I. Permission of instructor is required. Data collection, analysis, and interpretation for independent research project.

196 [new] Independent Reading or Study In Anthropology I. Permission of instructor is required. Reading and Study under a faculty member whose interests coincide with those of the individual student.

198H [new] First Year Honor Anth II. 

199 [new] 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.

205 [105] Anthropology of the South. Anthropological materials and insights bearing on modernization and other current trends in southern culture; research problems in the South.

210 [77] Global Issues in the Twentieth Century (GEOG 210, HIST 210, INTS 210, POLI 210). 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.

220 [110] 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 [26] The Peoples of Africa. Introductory ethnographic survey emphasizing (a) diversity of kinship systems, economies, polities, religious beliefs, etc., (b) transformations during colonial era (c) political and economic challenges of independent nations. Lectures, films, recitation.

230 [130] American Indian Societies (FOLK 230). Broad survey of contemporary American Indian societies and cultures in the U.S. Explores socio-cultural and historical diversity of tribes through film, autobiography, literature, current issues, guest speakers, archaeology and history.

231 [131] 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 AD 1532.

234 [72D] Native American Tribal Studies (AMST 234, HIST 234). This course introduces students to a tribally specific body of knowledge. The tribal focus of the course and the instructor changes from term to term.

239 [new] 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 [148] 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 [152] 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 [154] 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 [new] 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 [62] 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 [78] Women in Science (WMST 278). The role of women in scientific domains throughout history, and a consideration of the status of women and men as scientists. The development of science as a cultural practice.

280 [80] 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.

285 [new] Ethnography and Life Stories. The course focuses on the practical and research uses of ethnography and oral history, emphasizing life histories, life stories, biographies, and how these intersect with communities.

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

295 [new] Research in Anthropology II. Permission of instructor is required. Data collection, analysis, and interpretation for independent research project.

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

297 [97] Directions in Anthropology (Undergraduate Seminar). 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 [new] 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 [84] Language and Power (LING 302, WMST 302). See LING 302 for course description.

303 [73] Native Languages of the Americas (LING 303). This course is an introduction to languages indigenous to the Americas. The course touches on the linguistic structure and classification of Native American languages as well as on social issues.

315 [115] 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 [117] 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 [new] Human Growth & 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 [119] Global Health (INTS 319). This class explores some of the historical, biological, economic, medical, and social issues surrounding globalization and health consequences.

320 [120] 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 [123] Magic, Ritual, and Belief (FOLK 323). 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. Admission by permission of instructor.

325 [125] 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.

334 [134] 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 [40] 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 [90] African American Religious Experience (AFAM 342, FOLK 342, RELI 342). (See RELI 342 for course description.)

343 [new] African Masquerade and Ritual (ART 353, AFRI 353). (See ART 353 for course description)

344 [new] 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 [159] 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.

375 [new] Memory, Massacres, & Monuments in Southeast Asia.  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 [177] 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 [82] 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 [new] Special Topic in Anthropology III. Examines selected topics from an anthropological perspective. Course description is available from the departmental office.

393 [93] Internship in Anthropology. Prerequisite, permission of instructor and director of undergraduate studies.

394 [94] Undergraduate Seminar Anth.

395 [99F] Independent Fieldwork. Prerequisite, permission of instructor.

396 [99] Independent Reading or Study in Anthropology III. Prerequisite, permission of instructor.

396H [99H] Independent Reading or Study in Anthropology III. Prerequisite, permission of instructor.

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

400 [179] Introduction to General Linguistics (LING 400). (See LING 400 for course description.)

411 [111] 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 [112] Paleoanthropology. This course traces the evolution of humans and non-human primates, including behaviors, tools, and bodies of monkeys, apes, and human hunters and gatherers, evolutionary theory, and paleoanthropological methods.

413 [111A] Archeobotany Lab Methods. Prerequisite, any course in archaeology or permission of instructor.

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

414 [114] 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 [new] Human Osteology Lab. Prerequisites, 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 [111B] 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 [new] Zooarchaeology Lab . Prerequisites, ANTH 415 Co-requisite. Prerequisite, an archaeological course or permission of instructor. Examination of identification techniques, quantitative methods and interpretive frameworks used to analyze animal remains recovered from archaeological sites.

416 [116] 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 [111C] Lithic Seminar . Laboratory techniques in stone tool research and experimental practice.

417L [new] 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 [new] 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 [102] Archaeological Geology (GEOL 421) . (See GEOL 421 for course description.)

422 [322] 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 [142] 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 [142H] Religion and Anthropology (FOLK 428, RELI 428) .

429 [129] 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 [135] 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 [187] Gender and Science (WMST 436) . Feminist approaches to science; history of scientific constructions of male and female nature, and theoretical approaches to the role of gender in science..

437 [new] 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 [138] Concepts of Nature:  Cross-Cultural Perspectives . 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 [138H] Concepts of Nature:  Cross-Cultural Perspectives . Honors version

439 [new] 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 [140] 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 [141] 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 [new] Health and Gender After Socialism.  This course examines the experiences of post-socialist countries as a means of understanding the relationship between politial-economic, social, and cultural transitions, on the one hand, and challenges in public health and gender relations, on the other.

443 [new] Cultures and Politics of Reproduction.  This course takes a cross-cultural approach to understanding how reproduction and associated phenomena (such as fmaily formations and the social use of technologies) become arenas where political debates get played out, and where global and local social relations get contested.

444 [new] Medicine, Politics and Justice.  This course examines intersections between medicine and public health, on the one hand, and politics, on the other.  This course will examine historical and contemporary cases in which health issues have been invoked for political purposes and incorporated into campaigns for social change, as well as cases in which the political nature of medicine/public health gets denied.

447 [147] 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 [147H] 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 [149] Anthropology and Marxism . Critical study of Marx' mature social theory and its relationship to contemporary anthropology.

450 [350] Archaeology of North American Indians. 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.

451 [151] 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 [52] 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 [153] 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 [155] 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 [156] 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 [158] 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 [139] 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 [160] 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 [new] 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 [165] Economic Anthropology . A comparative exploration through ethnographic other social science sources of the sociocultural constitution of economic practices, including, but not limited to, the exchange, production and consumption in modern capitalist societies.

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

468 [168] 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 [169] 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 [170] 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 [172] 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 [173] 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.

484 [184] Discourse & 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.

485 [146] Introduction to Folklore (ENGL 485, FOLK 485). (See ENGL 485 for course description.)

491 [191] 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 [new] 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 [new] 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 [new] 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 [180] Linguistic Phonetics (LING 520). (See LING 520 for course description.)

523 [183] Phonology I (LING 523). (See LING 523 for course description.)

525 [121] 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 [137] Gender and Performance (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 [new] 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.

541 [171] Sociolinguistics (LING 541) . (See LING 541 for course description.)

542 [192] Pidgins and Creoles (GERM 542, LING 542) . (See GERM 542 for course descrption.)

545 [145] 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 [new] 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 [167] 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 [174] Chinese World Views (ASIA 574, RELI 574). Explores the indigenous Chinese sciences and the cosmological ideas that informed them. Topics include astronomy, divination, medicine, fengshui, and political and literary theory. Chinese sources in translation are emphasized.

578 [178] 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 [181] History and Comparative Linguisitics. (3). (See LING 525 for description.)

585 [185] 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 [196] 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 [new] 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 [new] 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 [189] Language Minority Students: Issues for Practitioners (EDUC 629) . See EDUC 629 for course description.

639 [new] 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 [166] 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 [166H] Kinship, Reproduction, Reproductive Technology, and the New Genetics (WMST 660H) .

675 [175] Ethnographic Method (FOLK 675) . Intensive study and practice of the core research methods of cultural and social anthropology.

682 [182] 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 [186] 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 [188] 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 [95] Seniors Honors Project in Anthropology . Open only to honors candidates. Permission of instructor is required.

692H [96] Senior Honors Thesis in Anthropology . Open only to senior honors candidates. Instructor's permission required.

693H [new] 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 [new] 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 [new] 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 [197] 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 [new] 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.