Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs

Courses

Anthropology

• ANT 600 - Selected Topics

  1-3 credit(s) Upon sufficient interest

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  Exploration of a topic (to be determined) not covered by the standard curriculum but of interest to faculty and students in a particular semester.
  Repeatable
  
• ANT 611 - History of Anthropological Theory

  3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring

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  Main theoretical approaches to the study of the origin and development of society and culture: cultural evolutionists, functionalists, diffusionists, structuralists, and historicists.
  
• ANT 612 - Ethnology

  3 credit(s) Upon sufficient interest

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  Human societies in their many component parts: kinship, politics, social organization, religion, values, etc. Theoretical models most applicable to these differing topics.
  PREREQ: ANT 611 
  
• ANT 614 - Cities, Spaces and Power

  3 credit(s) Odd academic yr e.g. 2007-8

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  Double Numbered with: ANT 414
  Processes of urbanization, migration, adjustments of peasants in cities, ethnic and cultural variation in urban areas. Cultural differences in industrial development. Uses of applied anthropology in urban situations. Sometimes offered abroad.
  
• ANT 616 - Political Anthropology

  3 credit(s) Irregularly

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  Double Numbered with: ANT 416
  Social power in the global political economy. Co-existence of various emergent and residual social formations such as tribe, peasant, and state. Conflicts over identities in terms of nationality, gender, ethnicity, race and/or class. Additional work required of graduate students.
  
• ANT 617 - Economic Anthropology

  3 credit(s) Irregularly

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  Contribution of anthropology to economic theory and the relevance of orthodox economics to cross-cultural and evolutionary studies of society.
  
• ANT 619 - Ritual Theory and Religious Practice

  3 credit(s) Irregularly

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  Crosslisted with: REL 619 
  Survey and evaluation of major ritual theories, tested against a particular set of religious and cultural practices, such as those involving purification and pollutions, or holidays and festivals.
  
• ANT 620 - Readings, Research and Ethnography

  3 credit(s) Every semester

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  Individual or group readings and research on topics in ethnography. Student or group works with a faculty member and submits reports as individually arranged.
  Repeatable
  
• ANT 621 - Gender & Sexuality in South Asia

  3 credit(s) Odd academic yr e.g. 2007-8

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  Crosslisted with: SAS 622 
  Double Numbered with: ANT 421
  Seminar examines gender and sexuality in South Asia through ethnographies and films. Topics explored relating to gender and sexuality include: colonialism; nationalism; development; globalization; kinship; the life cycle; caste and class; religion; same-sex/”third sex” identities. Additional work required of graduate students.
  
• ANT 624 - Negotiation: Theory and Practice

  3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring

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  Double Numbered with: ANT 424
  Negotiation skills for resolving differences effectively and achieving mutually satisfying outcomes. Position based versus interest based negotiation. Advanced techniques of communication such as chunking, reframing, anchoring, metaphor and rapport to obtain negotiation outcomes of excellence. Additional work required of graduate students.
  
• ANT 625 - Problems in Anthropology of South Asia

  3 credit(s) Irregularly

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  One topic of theoretical concern to anthropologists dealing with South Asia, e.g., caste, kinship, village Hinduism, economics, urbanization, rural/urban networks.
  
• ANT 626 - Cultures and Politics of Afghanistan and Pakistan

  3 credit(s) Even Academic Yr e.g. 2004-5

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  Crosslisted with: PAI 626 , SAS 626 
  Double Numbered with: ANT 426
  Introduction to Afghanistan and Pakistan, recent histories, cultures, current politics. Covers geography, religious systems, gender roles, economic systems, foreign policy issues, refugees, migration. Additional work required of graduate students.
  
• ANT 627 - Brazil: Anthropological Perspectives

  3 credit(s) Irregularly

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  Double Numbered with: ANT 427
  History and culture of Brazil; indigenous populations; Afro-Brazilians; race and ethnic relations; development; kinship; gender; religion; urbanization; politics; nationalism; globalization. Additional work required of graduate students.
  
• ANT 628 - Muslim Rituals, Practices, and Performances

  3 credit(s) Irregularly

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  Crosslisted with: REL 628 
  Historical, cultural, and sociological analysis of pan-Islamic festivals and rituals. Local, culturally-specific, unofficial practices in Islam.
  
• ANT 629 - Transformation of Eastern Europe

  3 credit(s) Irregularly

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  Double Numbered with: ANT 428
  Change and continuity after the demise of communism as experienced by ordinary citizens. Transformations in agriculture, industry, social, and political institutions; the rise of ethnic nationalism; and ethnic conflict. Additional work required of graduate students.
  
• ANT 631 - Method and Theory in Biological Anthropology

  3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring

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  Mechanisms of human adaptation to environmental stress; emphasizing human variation. Cultural and biological modes of adaptation. Paradigmatic and methodological issues, with special emphasis on biocultural and contemporary approaches.
  
• ANT 633 - Human Osteology

  3 credit(s) Even Academic Yr e.g. 2004-5

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  Double Numbered with: ANT 433
  This course is an intensive study of the human skeletal system. The focus is identification of fragmentary skeletal elements and their osseous structure, skills relevant to archaeological and forensic contexts. Laboratory practicum forms the basis.
  
• ANT 634 - Anthropology of Death

  3 credit(s) Even Academic Yr e.g. 2004-5

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  Double Numbered with: ANT 434
  Death in anthropological perspective. Survey of the many ways death has entered into the work of archaeologists, biological anthropologists, ethnographers and social theorists.
  
• ANT 636 - Bioarchaeology

  3 credit(s) Irregularly

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  Double Numbered with: ANT 436
  Surveys the analysis of human skeletal remains in archaeological and medico-legal settings. Methods and techniques of analysis and interpretation will be emphasized. Case studies will be used to illustrate application to variable social and historical contexts. Additional work required of graduate students.
  
• ANT 641 - Anthropological Archaeology

  3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring

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  Methodology and theory in prehistoric archaeology. Development of archaeological theory, design and execution of research. Application of archaeology to solving problems in culture change and development.
  
• ANT 642 - Methods in Archaeology

  3 credit(s) Odd academic yr e.g. 2007-8

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  Double Numbered with: ANT 442
  Formulation and conduct of archaeological research with a focus on field and laboratory methods used to obtain and analyze data. Survey techniques, excavation strategies, archaeological classification, and data base management. Additional work required of graduate students.
  
• ANT 643 - Advanced Field Methods in Archaeology

  6 credit(s) Only during the summer

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  Supervised training in excavating, organizing, coordinating, and directing research on an archaeological site.
  Repeatable
  
• ANT 644 - Laboratory Analysis in Archaeology

  3 credit(s) Even Academic Yr e.g. 2004-5

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  Double Numbered with: ANT 444
  Introduction to archaeo-logical materials analysis, artifact-classification systems, processing of data, materials analyses (ceramic, lithic, etc.). Conservation and curation of collections. Extra work required of graduate students.
  
• ANT 645 - Public Policy and Archaeology

  3 credit(s) Irregularly

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  Crosslisted with: NAT 645 
  Double Numbered with: ANT 445
  Proactive critique of public policy and implementation efforts to preserve and protect archaeological and historical sites and resources. Additional work required of graduate students.
  
• ANT 646 - Caribbean Archaeology

  3 credit(s) Irregularly

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  Double Numbered with: ANT 446
  Caribbean archaeology from the region’s early prehistory through the historic period. Cultural diversity, indigenous societies, Hispanic and colonial impacts, and the African Diaspora.
  
• ANT 647 - Archaeology of North America

  3 credit(s) Irregularly

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  Crosslisted with: NAT 647 
  Double Numbered with: ANT 447
  Introduction to the regional prehistory of North America north of Mexico, from the late Pleistocene until European contact. Adaptation of prehistoric human populations to their ecosystems. Additional work required of graduate students.
  
• ANT 648 - History of Archaeology

  3 credit(s) Irregularly

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  Double Numbered with: ANT 348
  Tracing the discipline’s origins with the Renaissance dilettante. Brief survey of scientific and quantitative methods.
  
• ANT 649 - World Heritage Sites

  3 credit(s) Even Academic Yr e.g. 2004-5

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  Double Numbered with: ANT 449
  A seminar exploring global perspectives on UNESCO World Heritage Sites. Review of laws and policies aimed at protecting cultural and natural sites that have been defined as universally significant. Includes evaluation and critique of policies and practices. Additional work required of graduate students.
  
• ANT 651 - Classics in the Sociology of Religion and Morals

  3 credit(s) Irregularly

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  Crosslisted with: REL 651 , SOC 651 
  Classical sociological writings of Emile Durkheim and Max Weber and their contemporary significance.
  
• ANT 652 - Anthropology and Public Policy

  3 credit(s) Irregularly

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  Double Numbered with: ANT 452
  Cultural aspects of the development and implementation of public policy. Emphasizing decision making methodologies and ethnographic studies of the consequences of implemented policies. Additional work required of graduate students.
  
• ANT 653 - Poverty/Policy&Humn Svce

  3 credit(s) Irregularly

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  Double Numbered with: ANT 453
  National programs and local interventions that address poverty related social conditions in Syracuse and Onondaga county. Field study of current policies and practices in government and in health, education, and human services agencies. Additional work required of graduate students.
  
• ANT 655 - Culture and AIDS

  3 credit(s) Irregularly

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  Crosslisted with: WGS 655 
  Double Numbered with: ANT 455
  Relationship between AIDS and cultures in which it spreads. Cultural practices and sexuality and social effects of widespread AIDS, including healthcare in Asia, Africa, Latin America, and USA. Additional work required of graduate students.
  
• ANT 656 - Representations of Indigenous Peoples in Popular Culture

  3 credit(s) Irregularly

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  Crosslisted with: NAT 656 
  Double Numbered with: ANT 456
  Contested images used by colonizers and other non-indigenous people to represent Native Americans and other indigenous peoples. How indigenous people represent themselves in a variety of media. Additional work required of graduate students.
  
• ANT 657 - Race in Latin America and the Caribbean

  3 credit(s) Irregularly

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  Theoretical approaches to race; history of racial ideologies; how racial ideologies influence self-concepts and life chances; interactions of racial ideologies with expressive culture and religion; antiracism movements; state efforts to dismantle racial inequality; race and transnational migration.
  
• ANT 659 - Contemporary Native North American Issues

  3 credit(s) Irregularly

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  Crosslisted with: NAT 659 
  Double Numbered with: ANT 459
  Contemporary issues including federal Indian policy, population controls, fishing rights, religious freedom, land disputes, gaming, repatriation, environmental colonialism, and Native American artistic response. Additional work required of graduate students.
  
• ANT 661 - Museums and Native Americans

  3 credit(s) Irregularly

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  Crosslisted with: NAT 661 
  Double Numbered with: ANT 461
  The contested relationships among Native North Americans and museums from earliest contact until the present. Topics include: “salvage” ethnography, collecting practices, exhibition, and recent shifts in power. Additional work required of graduate students.
  
• ANT 662 - Culture and Reproductive Health and Medicine

  3 credit(s) Irregularly

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  Crosslisted with: HTW 662 
  Double Numbered with: ANT 462
  Cultural anthropological approaches to cross-cultural variations in reproductive practices (pregnancy, childbirth, infertility, etc.) Impact of globalization, biomedicalization, international development on reproduction and reproductive health. Medical anthropology and gender studies.
  
• ANT 663 - Global Health

  3 credit(s) Irregularly

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  Crosslisted with: HTW 663 
  Double Numbered with: ANT 463
  Global health in anthropological perspective. Examines how culture affects people’s experience and response to morbidity and mortality. Considers topics like gender and health, reproductive health, infectious disease, health and inequality and health and war.
  
• ANT 665 - Critical Issues in Medical Anthropology

  3 credit(s) Odd academic yr e.g. 2007-8

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  Double Numbered with: ANT 465
  Illness and healing in ecological and cross-cultural perspectives; strengths and weaknesses of Western and non-Western methods of healing; problems of introducing Western medicine to other cultures. Additional work required of graduate students.
  
• ANT 666 - Culture and Sexual Behavior

  3 credit(s) Irregularly

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  Double Numbered with: ANT 466
  Cross-cultural patterns of dating and court-ship, sexuality, marriage, fertility, and divorce from biosocial and medical perspectives. Additional work required of graduate students.
  
• ANT 667 - Culture and Mental Disorders

  3 credit(s) Even Academic Yr e.g. 2004-5

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  Double Numbered with: ANT 467
  Mental disorders viewed as illnesses or social constructions. Cross-cultural variation and universals. Western and non-Western methods of treatment. Additional work required of graduate students.
  
• ANT 668 - Middle East in Anthropological Perspective

  3 credit(s) Irregularly

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  Crosslisted with: MES 668 , PAI 668 
  Double Numbered with: ANT 468
  Anthropology of the social, cultural, geographical, and political realities of the Middle East. Additional work required of graduate students.
  
• ANT 669 - Medical Anthropology in Ecological Perspective

  3 credit(s) Odd academic yr e.g. 2007-8

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  Double Numbered with: ANT 469
  Interaction of biological and cultural factors in disease causation, diagnosis, and treatment in Western and non-Western societies. Introducing Western medicine to non-Western cultures. Additional work required of graduate students.
  
• ANT 670 - Experience Credit

  1-6 credit(s) Every semester

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  Participation in a discipline or subject related experience. Student must be evaluated by written or oral reports or an examination. Permission in advance with the consent of the department chairperson, instructor, and dean. Limited to those in good academic standing.
  Repeatable
  
• ANT 672 - Language, Culture, and Society

  3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring

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  Crosslisted with: LIN 672 , WGS 672 
  Double Numbered with: ANT 472
  Cross-cultural survey of the role of language in culture and society, including cognition and language usage along the dimensions of class, gender, race, ethnicity, and social status.
  
• ANT 673 - Peace and Conflict in the Balkans: Anthropological Perspectives

  3 credit(s) Irregularly

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  Double Numbered with: ANT 473
  Introduction to Balkan histories, cultures, and societies. Topics include ethnic nationalism, the wars of Yugoslav dissolution, effects of international humanitarian interventions on everyday life, and politics of reconciliation and reconstruction. Additional work required of graduate students.
  
• ANT 674 - Culture and Folklore

  3 credit(s) Irregularly

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  Crosslisted with: WGS 674 
  Double Numbered with: ANT 474
  Ways in which folklore (oral and material traditions, including personal narratives), reflects key cultural ideas such as gender, ethnicity, and history. Analytical methods for examining folk traditions. Additional work required of graduate students.
  
• ANT 675 - Culture and Disputing

  3 credit(s) Irregularly

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  Double Numbered with: ANT 475
  Explores modalities of disputing, dispute resolution, and conflict management in cross-cultural perspective. Decision making in meetings and organizations, negotiation, mediation, intercultural negotiation, and third party interventions. Ethnographic materials are drawn from many cultures. Additional work required of graduate students.
  
• ANT 676 - Women, War and Peace

  3 credit(s) Even Academic Yr e.g. 2004-5

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  Double Numbered with: ANT 476
  Examines global politics, war and violence through a gender-sensitive lens. The topics include human trafficking, prostitution, militarization, poverty, nationalism, ethnic conflict, war-rapes, torture, genocide, reconciliation and recovery. Additional work required of graduate students.
  
• ANT 677 - Culture and Conflict

  3 credit(s) Irregularly

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  Double Numbered with: ANT 477
  An overview of conflict in cross-cultural perspective. Covers a variety of approaches to using cultural analysis in the study of conflict and reviews case studies of specific conflicts. Additional work required of graduate students.
  
• ANT 679 - Anthropology of Global Transformations

  3 credit(s) Irregularly

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  Double Numbered with: ANT 479
  Impact of global processes, including industrialization, capitalist expansion, transnational migration, environmental change, and international tourism on the daily lives of men and women in Third World contexts. Additional work required of graduate students.
  
• ANT 681 - Ethnographic Techniques

  3 credit(s) Odd academic yr e.g. 2007-8

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  Double Numbered with: ANT 481
  Research methods and techniques in cultural anthropology. Participant observation, interviewing, establishing rapport, research design, recording and analyzing field data, etc.
  
• ANT 682 - Life Histories/Narratives

  3 credit(s) Irregularly

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  Double Numbered with: ANT 482
  Evaluation of personal narratives (fieldwork memoirs, reflexive writings), oral histories and testimonials of respondents, a means of personalizing ethnographic discourse, giving more direct voice to respondents, and increasing multivocality. Issues of reflexivity, subjectivity, authority. Additional work required of graduate students.
  
• ANT 683 - Social Movement Theory

  3 credit(s) Irregularly

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  Double Numbered with: ANT 483
  Theoretical approaches to analysis of social movements including Marxist and other Utopian traditions of social analysis, rational choice and resource mobilization models, new social movement theory, and Gramscian analysis of power and resistance. Additional work required of graduate students.
  
• ANT 684 - Social Movement Research Methods

  3 credit(s) Irregularly

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  Double Numbered with: ANT 484
  A range of research methodologies relevant to the study of social movements. Stimulates critical thinking about these methodologies’ ethical implications. Students develop proposals for projects carried out the following semester.
  
• ANT 686 - Comparative Cultural Analysis: Africa

  3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring

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  Africa through social anthropology complemented by history. Discuss diverse societies to illustrate principles and features of societal life and organization. The major cultural focus is on West Africa, traditional society, colonial legacy, and change.
  
• ANT 689 - Memory, Culture, Religion

  3 credit(s) Irregularly

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  Crosslisted with: REL 689 
  Collective memory and constructions of the past as cultural phenomena; the roles religious identities, values, and institutions play as individuals, communities, and nations recollect particular moments, eras, crises, and localities.
  
• ANT 690 - Independent Study

  1-6 credit(s) Every semester

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  Exploration of a problem, or problems, in depth. Individual independent study upon a plan submitted by the student. Admission by consent of supervising instructor(s) and the department.
  Repeatable
  
• ANT 691 - Critical Issues in the Study of Native Americans

  3 credit(s) Irregularly

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  Crosslisted with: REL 642 
  Methodological issues related to studies of indigenous traditions and develops interpretive strategies for using literature about Native American religions.
  
• ANT 694 - Underground Railroad

  3 credit(s) Upon sufficient interest

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  Crosslisted with: AAS 634 , HST 634 
  Double Numbered with: ANT 494
  Myth and history of the Underground in the context of African American freedom efforts. Emphasis on events, personalities, and sites in upstate New York. Student field research and exploration of archival and Internet resources. Additional work required of graduate students.
  
• ANT 699 - Writing Religions and Cultures: Ethnographic Practice

  3 credit(s) Irregularly

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  Crosslisted with: REL 699 
  A range of aims and strategies for writing ethnographies of religion in the multiple contexts of culture, history, and politics.
  
• ANT 700 - Selected Topics

  1-3 credit(s) Upon sufficient interest

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  Exploration of a topic (to be determined) not covered by the standard curriculum but of interest to faculty and students in a particular semester.
  Repeatable
  
• ANT 701 - Seminar on Multilateral Peacekeeping

  3 credit(s) Irregularly

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  Crosslisted with: PAI 701 
  One-week intensive course in New York City between fall and spring semesters with follow-up sessions in Syracuse. Combination of peacekeeping theory, analysis, and practice of operations. Speakers from United Nations, nongovernmental organizations, and U.S. government.
  
• ANT 707 - Culture in World Affairs

  3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring

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  Crosslisted with: MES 707 , PAI 707 
  A systematic survey of the ways in which local, organizational, and transnational issues in world affairs are affected by culture.
  
• ANT 711 - Current Anthropological Theory

  3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring

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  Theoretical issues of the past two decades. Includes feminism and anthropology. Reflexive and interpretive ethnography. Sociobiology versus culturology. Marxist anthropology.
  
• ANT 713 - Proposal Writing

  3 credit(s) Only during the summer

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  Crosslisted with: CAS 713 
  A two-week workshop during which graduate students draft a proposal for dissertation or other research; includes extensive evaluation of ongoing drafts.
  
• ANT 741 - Archaeological Theory

  3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring

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  In-depth examination of contemporary theory in archaeology and application to archaeological research. While focusing on processual approach, the course will examine critical, post-processual, structural, and symbolic archaeology.
  
• ANT 756 - Development Anthropology

  3 credit(s) Irregularly

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  Provides students of public administration with an overview of the use of sociocultural analysis in international development policy, planning, project implementation, impact analysis, monitoring, and evaluation. Political and ethical issues regarding development professionalism.
  
• ANT 764 - Gender and Globalization

  3 credit(s) Irregularly

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  Crosslisted with: GEO 764 , WGS 764 
  The impact of the increasing hypermobility of capital and culture flows across borders on gender relations.
  
• ANT 800 - Selected Topics

  1-3 credit(s) Upon sufficient interest

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  Exploration of a topic (to be determined) not covered by the standard curriculum but of interest to faculty and students in a particular semester.
  Repeatable
  
• ANT 970 - Experience Credit

  1-6 credit(s) Every semester

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  Participation in a discipline or subject related experience. Student must be evaluated by written or oral reports or an examination. Permission in advance with the consent of the department chairperson, instructor, and dean. Limited to those in good academic standing.
  Repeatable
  
• ANT 990 - Independent Study

  1-6 credit(s) Every semester

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  Exploration of a problem, or problems, in depth. Individual independent study upon a plan submitted by the student. Admission by consent of supervising instructor(s) and the department.
  Repeatable
  
• ANT 997 - Masters Thesis

  1-6 credit(s) Every semester

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  Repeatable
  
• ANT 999 - Dissertation

  1-15 credit(s) Every semester

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  Repeatable
  

Economics

• ECN 500 - Selected Topics

  1-3 credit(s) Irregularly

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  Exploration of a topic (to be determined) not covered by the standard curriculum but of interest to faculty and students in a particular semester.
  Repeatable
  
• ECN 505 - Mathematical Economics

  3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring

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  Introduction to use of basic mathematical techniques in economic analysis.
  PREREQ: (ECN 301 OR 311) AND (MAT 284 OR 285 OR 286 OR 295 OR 296)
  
• ECN 510 - Special Topics in Economics

  3 credit(s) Irregularly

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  Various special topics of economics issues offered as available.
  PREREQ: ECN 301 OR 311
  Repeatable 5 time(s), 18 credits maximum
  
• ECN 521 - Economic Statistics

  3 credit(s) Every semester

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  Statistical methods applied to economics. Conventional descriptive statistics, conceptual and measurement problems peculiar to economics. Analytical statistics, including time-series analysis, elementary theory of probability and statistical inference, correlation and regression analysis. Nonparametric methods. This course is not suitable for students who have taken six credits of statistics to fulfill their quantitative skills requirement. Quantitative skill requirements of liberal arts core is recommended.
  PREREQ: (ECN 101 AND 102) OR 203
  
• ECN 522 - Econometric Methods

  3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring

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  Statistical procedures. Problems of estimating parameters in regression models of economic behavior.
  PREREQ: ECN 521  AND (ECN 301 OR 311)
  
• ECN 525 - Economics and Gender

  3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring

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  Crosslisted with: WGS 525 
  Offered only in Strasbourg. European economy, with central focus on economic principles underlying decisions to create and extend scope of European Community and on economic policies EU has followed since creation.
  
• ECN 566 - International Macroeconomics and Finance

  3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring

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  Monetary, fiscal, and regulatory consequences of mushrooming international financial markets including equities, bonds and other securities, commodity and options contracts, and bank deposits and loans.
  PREREQ: ECN 302
  
• ECN 580 - International Course

  1-12 credit(s) Upon sufficient interest

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  Offered through SUAbroad by educational institution outside the United States. Student registers for the course at the foreign institution and is graded according to that institution’s practice. SUAbroad works with the S.U. academic department to assign the appropriate course level, title, and grade for the student’s transcript.
  Repeatable
  
• ECN 600 - Selected Topics

  1-3 credit(s) Irregularly

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  Exploration of a topic (to be determined) not covered by the standard curriculum but of interest to faculty and students in a particular semester. *
  Repeatable
  
• ECN 601 - Survey Microeconomic Theory

  3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring

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  Microeconomics. For graduates with little recent work in economics.
  
• ECN 602 - Survey Macroeconomic Theory

  3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring

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  Macroeconomics. For graduates with little recent work in economics.
  
• ECN 604 - Economics for Managers

  3 credit(s) Irregularly

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  Micro- and macroeconomic theory for managerial decision making. Forecasting. Not open to students seeking advanced degrees in economics.
  
• ECN 605 - Mathematics for Economists

  3 credit(s) Only during the summer

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  A review of mathematical techniques required in economics. Calculus, matrix, algebra, difference and differential equations, and set theory. Open to economics Ph.D. and Applied Statistics masters students only. Two semesters of calculus required.
  
• ECN 610 - Special Topics in Economics

  3 credit(s) Irregularly

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  Various special topics of economics issues offered as available.
  PREREQ: ECN 601 
  Repeatable 5 time(s), 18 credits maximum
  
• ECN 611 - Microeconomics I

  3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring

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  Consumer and firm theory. Emphasis on the development of analytic techniques and the ability to apply them to economic models.
  PREREQ: ECN 301, ECN 302, ECN 602 
  
• ECN 612 - Microeconomics II

  3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring

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  General equilibrium theory and advanced topics in economic theory.
  PREREQ: ECN 611 
  
• ECN 613 - Macroeconomics I

  3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring

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  Aggregate economic analysis. Emphasizes macroeconomic models and main currents in contemporary macroeconomic thought.
  
• ECN 614 - Macroeconomics II

  3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring

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  Advanced topics and recent developments in macroeconomics. Inflation theory, monetary theory, open economies, rational expectations, and current controversies.
  PREREQ: ECN 613 
  
• ECN 615 - History of Economic Thought

  3 credit(s) Irregularly

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  Economic theories from antiquity to the 20th century.
  
• ECN 620 - Foundations of Econometrics

  3 credit(s) Only during the summer

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  Probability and statistics. Random variables, joint probability distributions, point estimation, and hypothesis testing procedures. May not be repeated for credit. Open to economics Ph.D. and Applied Statistics masters students only. Two semesters of calculus required.
  
• ECN 621 - Econometrics I

  3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring

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  Mathematical formulation of economic models. Statistical problems of estimating parameters in regression analysis.
  PREREQ: ECN 605  AND ECN 620 
  
• ECN 622 - Econometrics II

  3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring

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  Estimation problems and techniques in more complex economic models.
  PREREQ: ECN 621 
  
• ECN 631 - Public Finance

  3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring

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  Economics of expenditure and taxation decisions of U.S. federal government. Public choice, economics of transfer payments to individuals, personal and corporate income taxation, and economics of social security program. For Master’s candidates.
  
• ECN 635 - State and Local Government Finance

  3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring

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  Crosslisted with: PAI 735 
  Expenditures and revenues of state and local governments. Fiscal aspects of intergovernmental relations.
  PREREQ: ECN 601 
  
• ECN 655 - Economics of Health and Medical Care

  3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring

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  Crosslisted with: PAI 736 
  Economic theory, empirics and public policy concerning health and medical care in the U.S. Primary objective to analyze health care problems from an economic perspective. Prereq (for ECN 655): ECN 601 or equivalent; (for PPA 736): PPA 723.
  PREREQ: ECN 601 
  
• ECN 661 - Economics of Development

  3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring

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  Crosslisted with: PAI 757 
  Economic development in international settings. Labor and employment, population, education, health and nutrition. Why some countries have rapid economic development, and others low growth and pervasive poverty.
  PREREQ: PAI 723