2017-2018 Undergraduate Course Catalog 
    
    Mar 29, 2024  
2017-2018 Undergraduate Course Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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Anthropology

  
  • ANT 100 - Selected Topics

    College of Arts and Sciences
    1-6 credit(s) Upon sufficient interest
    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 111 - Introduction to Cultural Anthropology

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Every semester
    Economics, politics, religion, symbolism, rites of passage, developmental cycle, and expressive culture. Required for Anthropology majors.
  
  • ANT 112 - Introduction to African American Studies

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Every semester
    Crosslisted with: AAS 112 
    Historical and sociopolitical materials. Approaches to studying the African American experience, antecedents from African past, and special problems.
  
  • ANT 121 - Peoples and Cultures of the World

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Every semester
    Case studies of global cultural diversity. Exploration of daily life, rites of passage, marriage, family, work, politics, social life, religion, ritual, and art among foraging, agricultural, and industrial societies.
  
  • ANT 131 - Introduction to Biological Anthropology

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Biological anthropology subfields; anthropology’s relationship to history of science. Evolutionary theory; mechanisms of evolution; survey of the non-human primates; humans ancestral to modern Homo sapiens; and modern human variation. Required for Anthropology majors.
  
  • ANT 141 - Introduction to Archaeology and Prehistory

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Survey of the prehistoric past spanning the origins of humankind through the rise of complex societies. Class activities and field trips provide a hands on introduction to archaeological interpretation.
  
  • ANT 145 - Introduction to Historical Archaeology

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Crosslisted with: HST 145 
    Role of history and archaeology in our understanding of 17th- to 19th-century Europe, Africa, and America. Historical archaeology as a mechanism to critique perceptions of the past. Firsthand record of ethnic groups and cultural settings not recorded in writing.
  
  • ANT 185 - Global Encounters:Comparing World Views & Values Cross-Culturally

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Predominant views of reality and values in the cultures of Asia, Africa, and the Americas. Humanistic study of cultures and nature of cross-cultural understanding.
  
  • ANT 200 - Selected Topics

    College of Arts and Sciences
    1-6 credit(s) Upon sufficient interest
    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 202 - Languages of the World

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Crosslisted with: LIN 202 
    Introduction to Universal Grammar. Similarities and differences in structures of human languages. Syntax and morphology. Theory development.
    PREREQ: LIN 201 
  
  • ANT 221 - Morality and Community

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Odd academic yr e.g. 2007-8
    Crosslisted with: REL 221 
    Examines how globally diverse religious groups create distinct moral systems in order to provide their members with the feeling of belonging to unique and meaningful communities.
  
  • ANT 249 - Archaeology at the Movies:The Scientific Study of the Past in Popular Culture

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Introduction to modern archaeology and the scientific study of the past. Utilizing fictional portrayals of archaeological interpretation in popular culture the course examines some of the major research questions of modern anthropology.
  
  • ANT 270 - Experience Credit

    College of Arts and Sciences
    1-6 credit(s) Every semester
    Participation in a discipline- or subject-related experience. Students must be evaluated by written or oral reports or an examination. Limited to those in good academic standing.
    Repeatable
  
  • ANT 273 - Indigenous Religions

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Even Academic Yr e.g. 2004-5
    Crosslisted with: NAT 244 , REL 244 
    The connections between material life and religious life in cultures throughout the world. The diverse ways that various cultures inhabit their landscapes.
  
  • ANT 290 - Independent Study

    College of Arts and Sciences
    1-6 credit(s) Every semester
    In-depth exploration of a problem or problems. Individual independent study upon a plan submitted by the student. Admission by consent of supervising instructor or instructors and the department.
    Repeatable
  
  • ANT 300 - Selected Topics

    College of Arts and Sciences
    1-6 credit(s) Upon sufficient interest
    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 311 - Anthropological Theory

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Every semester
    Anthropological theory focusing on debates about human nature, cultural and racial diversity, and the goals of anthropology as a discipline. Required for majors.
  
  • ANT 318 - African Cultures

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    Selected contemporary African cultures. West Africa and the impact of the slave trade. Aspects of colonialism and neocolonialism and their relationship to current social and political development.
  
  • ANT 322 - South American Cultures

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Crosslisted with: LAS 318 
    Archaeology and cultural history. Racial, linguistic, and cultural areas from 1492 to today. Studies of contemporary Indian and Mestizo populations.
  
  • ANT 323 - Peoples and Cultures of North America

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    Crosslisted with: NAT 323 
    Racial, linguistic, and cultural areas of North America from the Rio Grande to the Arctic. Selected areas and tribes. Data from archaeology, historical records, and contemporary anthropological fieldwork.
  
  • ANT 324 - Modern South Asian Cultures

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Upon sufficient interest
    Crosslisted with: SAS 324 , WGS 324 
    Societies of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka. Social organization, economic and political structures, religions and world view, survey of languages, the arts. Transition and modernization, rural and urban problems.
  
  • ANT 325 - Anthropology of American Life in Film

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Analysis of American culture using film and literature. Concept of “national character.” Major cultural configurations and themes.
  
  • ANT 326 - Africa Through the Novel

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    Crosslisted with: WGS 327 
    Cultural, political, and social life of Africa and Africans through African literature. Each semester deals with a motif (e.g., novels of Achebe).
  
  • ANT 327 - Anthropology of Race in Latin America and the Caribbean

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    History of racial ideologies in Latin America and the Caribbean; interactions of racial ideologies with self concepts and life chances; racial ideologies’ shaping of expressive culture and religion; antiracism movements and legislation; race and transnational migration.
  
  • ANT 332 - Intro to Forensic Anthropology

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s)
    Crosslisted with: FSC 332  
    Introduction to the analysis of human skeletal remains to determine a biological profile of the deceased. Methods used by forensic anthropologists, including osteological, archaeological, and cross-cultural techniques are studied as applied to medicolegal investigations.
  
  • ANT 343 - The Maya: Ancient and Modern

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Even Academic Yr e.g. 2004-5
    This course provides an introduction to the history and culture of the Maya; from the deep past to the modern world. Anthropologically informed archaeological, documentary and ethnographic research will guide our critical exploration.
  
  • ANT 346 - Gender Through the Ages

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    The study of gender in archaeology from the late Stone Age to Modern era.
  
  • ANT 348 - Mummies, Tombs, and Treasure

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    Drawing on exciting discoveries from the history of archaeology the course traces the fields history from the first antiquarians to the emergence of the field as a scientific discipline.
  
  • ANT 352 - Food, Culture and Identity

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Every semester
    Offered only in London. Introduction to a variety of critical approaches; questions about power and representation; role of food in construction of identity.
    PREREQ: RENEE CROWN HONORS PROGRAM OR 3.4 MINIMUM GPA
  
  • ANT 355 - Spanish Society and Pop Culture

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Every semester
    Crosslisted with: SOC 345 
    Offered only in Madrid. Explores what is considered important, good, and fashionable in Spain today and how these values relate to historical developments as well as foreign influences.
    PREREQ: SPA 201 
  
  • ANT 356 - Applied Anthropology

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    Describes past and present uses of anthropology in social policy. Examines the discipline’s role in addressing global issues such as economic development, environmental degradation, indigenous rights, refugees, and health care. Careers in nonacademic settings.
  
  • ANT 357 - Health, Healing, and Culture

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Odd academic yr e.g. 2007-8
    Cross-cultural perspective on illness, health, medicine, and the body; medical pluralism; biomedicalization; illness and moral reasoning; local and global political economies of health and healing; globalization and medicine. Applied medical anthropology.
  
  • ANT 358 - Peace, War and Security

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Even Academic Yr e.g. 2004-5
    Anthropology of peace, war and security examining the biological basis for war, archaeology of early warfare, effects of colonial expansion among indigenous peoples and postcolonial society, contemporary peacekeeping, and humanitarian intervention.
  
  • ANT 363 - Anthropology of Family Life

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Crosslisted with: WGS 363 
    Historical and cross-cultural study of forms of family and domestic organization, marriage, status and sex roles, ideals, and customs of family life.
  
  • ANT 365 - Sexual Attraction in Cross-cultural Perspective

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Even Academic Yr e.g. 2004-5
    Sexual attractiveness across cultures. Cultural differences as well as cultural universals.
  
  • ANT 367 - Gender in a Globalizing World

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    Crosslisted with: GEO 367 , WGS 367 
    Economic and cultural processes of globalization as they affect different groups of men, women, and households; including gender and work, development and environmental change, and redefinitions of masculinity and femininity across the globe.
  
  • ANT 373 - Magic and Religion

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Every semester
    Crosscultural study of magical and religious behavior, ritual, and belief systems in simple and complex societies. Specialists and their craft: shamans, priests. Curing, possession, witchcraft. Millennial and counterculture movements. Religious ideologies and innovations.
  
  • ANT 376 - Folklore

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Upon sufficient interest
    Folklore as a cultural system expressing the value orientations of nonliterate, illiterate, and minority populations. Various genres of folklore (myth, song, art) and the folklore of several specific societies.
  
  • ANT 377 - Quilts and Community

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Even Academic Yr e.g. 2004-5
    Explores role of quilts and quilting communities. Discussion, films, exploration of quilts and their makers-and communities that result. Class learns quilt making process. No sewing experience required.
  
  • ANT 380 - International Course

    College of Arts and Sciences
    1-6 credit(s)
    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
  
  • ANT 381 - Ancient Rituals and Beliefs in Modern Spain

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Offered only in Madrid. From Paleolithic and Neolithic settlements of the Iberian Peninsula to modern immigration into Spain, this course examines the complex layering of ancient belief systems in a modern country, using Spain as a laboratory.
  
  • ANT 382 - Health in the Middle East

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    Crosslisted with: HTW 382 , MES 382 
    Surveys major cultural, biological and environmental features of the Middle East and relates them to aspects of health including infectious disease, chronic disease, reproductive health, population, war, poverty and globalization.
  
  • ANT 390 - Independent Study

    College of Arts and Sciences
    1-6 credit(s) Every semester
    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 400 - Selected Topics

    College of Arts and Sciences
    1-6 credit(s) Upon sufficient interest
    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 402 - Ethnic History of Britain

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Every semester
    Crosslisted with: HST 422 
    Offered only in London. Examines the ways in which migration has shaped and reworked British national identity over the past two thousand years through the study of original historical sources, literature, film and music, and explores the contributions that migrants have made to modern British society.
  
  • ANT 403 - Culture, Confucianism and Chinese Modernity

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Crosslisted with: HST 443 
    Offered only in Beijing. Contemporary China from historical and cultural perspectives. Exploration of political and ideological conflicts between China and the West. Patterns of Chinese culture. Impact of Confucianism on Chinese society and its influence outside of China
  
  • ANT 404 - Family and Gender in Renaissance Italy

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s)
    Crosslisted with: HST 404 , WGS 404 
    Historical and interdisciplinary exploration of life stages, rites of passage, marriage, family, social life, sodomy, prostitution, career options, and alternate life strategies as illustrated by case studies. Offered only in Florence.
  
  • ANT 405 - Conservation and Management Protected Areas: South Africa-OTS

    College of Arts and Sciences
    4 credit(s) Irregularly
    Crosslisted with: GEO 405 
    Taught in South Africa through the Organization for Tropical Studies program. Analyze management of wildlife and natural resources within ecological, political, social, historical, and economic context of South Africa.
  
  • ANT 406 - History and Culture of South Africa OTS

    College of Arts and Sciences
    4 credit(s)
    Taught in South Africa through OTS program. Human history of South Africa. Range of cultural, social aspects of current South African society. Origin and maintenance of cultural diversity of region, archaeological records, early migration patterns.
  
  • ANT 407 - Environment and Policy in the Tropics OTS

    College of Arts and Sciences
    4 credit(s)
    Taught in Costa Rica through OTS program. Issues conservation biology and policy: habitat degradation and fragmentation, design of nature reserves, land-use planning, agro ecosystems, environmental economics, and conservation ethics.
  
  • ANT 408 - The Practice of Eros:A History of Sexuality in Europe (1400-1800)

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s)
    Crosslisted with: HST 408 , WGS 408 
    Authorized and “alternative” sexuality in Europe 15th to 18th centuries (especially Italy, France, and England.) “Licit love” (courtship, marriage, conjugal relations) as opposed to “illicit unions” (adultery, rape, prostitution, bestiality, homosexuality, lesbianism). Offered only in Florence.
  
  • ANT 409 - A History of Witchcraft

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s)
    Crosslisted with: HST 409 , REL 409 , WGS 409 
    History of witchcraft from various perspectives: its intellectual roots, the causes and dynamics of the witch-hunt, and the beliefs and self-perceptions of those who were called “witches”. Offered only in Florence.
  
  • ANT 414 - Cities, Spaces and Power

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Odd academic yr e.g. 2007-8
    Double Numbered with: ANT 614
    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 415 - Culture &Personality

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    The person-in-culture and the function of culture in personality formation. Cross-cultural problems of child rearing, learning and education, life-cycle patterns, cultural conditioning, normality, and deviance. The individual and cultural milieu.
  
  • ANT 416 - Political Anthropology

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    Double Numbered with: ANT 616
    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 417 - Economic Anthropology

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    Survey of primitive modes of production: major adaptive strategies (collecting, hunting, horticulture, and pastoralism), division of labor, and ecological influences impinging on these productive techniques.
    PREREQ: ANT 111 
  
  • ANT 421 - Gender & Sexuality in South Asia

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Odd academic yr e.g. 2007-8
    Crosslisted with: SAS 421 
    Double Numbered with: ANT 621
    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 422 - Etruscans and Romans: Ancient Art and Society in Italy

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Crosslisted with: HOA 303  
    Explores art and society of ancient Italy from ca. 1000 B.C. to A.D. 138, with special emphasis on the early Etruscans through Rome under Hadrian. Requires previous course in art history. Offered only in Florence.
    PREREQ: ANY HOA 100-499
  
  • ANT 423 - Effects of Globalization in Latin America

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Odd academic yr e.g. 2007-8
    Crosslisted with: LAS 423
    Double Numbered with: ANT 623
    A grassroots view of major transformations in Latin America due to globalization/global change, including adaptations to global warming, effects of and reactions to neo-liberal policies, internal and international migration, ethnic movements and social revolutions.
  
  • ANT 424 - Negotiation: Theory and Practice

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Double Numbered with: ANT 624
    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 426 - Cultures and Politics of Afghanistan and Pakistan

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Even Academic Yr e.g. 2004-5
    Crosslisted with: IRP 426 , SAS 426 
    Double Numbered with: ANT 626
    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 427 - Brazil: Anthropological Perspectives

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    Double Numbered with: ANT 627
    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 428 - Transformation of Eastern Europe

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    Double Numbered with: ANT 629
    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 429 - Cultures of the Iberian Peninsula

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Taught in Spanish. A general cultural introduction to the peoples who populated Spain and Portugal. Emphasis on those living in the Iberian peninsula before Roman and Carthaginian settlement and their influence on future generations. Field study tours to archeological and historic sites. Offered only in Madrid.
  
  • ANT 431 - Human Variation

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    Genetics as applied by anthropologists to humans. Description of the genetic systems most commonly studied. Descriptions of polygenic, polymorphic mvariations and the methods by which theya re gathered.
  
  • ANT 433 - Human Osteology

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Even Academic Yr e.g. 2004-5
    Double Numbered with: ANT 633
    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 434 - Anthropology of Death

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Even Academic Yr e.g. 2004-5
    Double Numbered with: ANT 634
    Death in anthropological perspective. Survey of the many ways death has entered into the work of archaeologists, biological anthropologists, ethnographers and social theorists.
  
  • ANT 436 - Bioarchaeology

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Even Academic Yr e.g. 2004-5
    Double Numbered with: ANT 636
    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 438 - Beyond the Biological Need to Eat: The Archaeology of Food

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Even Academic Yr e.g. 2004-5
    Double Numbered with: ANT 638
    What does it mean for something to be ¿good to eat?¿ Survey of anthropological and archaeological perspectives on how culture, politics, and power inform what and how we eat. Additional work required of graduate students.
  
  • ANT 439 - Climate Change and Human Origins

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Odd academic yr e.g. 2007-8
    Crosslisted with: EAR 407
    Double Numbered with: ANT 639
    This course considers the influence of long term climate changes on hominid evolution and human adaptation, as well as how abrupt climate events and transitions may have impacted the distribution of human populations, the development of agriculture, human conflict and societal change. Additional work required of graduate students.
  
  • ANT 442 - Methods in Archaeology

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Odd academic yr e.g. 2007-8
    Double Numbered with: ANT 642
    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.
    PREREQ: ANT 141  OR ANT 145 
  
  • ANT 443 - Field Methods in Archaeology

    College of Arts and Sciences
    6 credit(s) Only during the summer
    Supervised training in the excavation of archaeological sites, including analysis, cataloging and accessioning of artifacts.
    Repeatable
  
  • ANT 444 - Laboratory Analysis in Archaeology

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Even Academic Yr e.g. 2004-5
    Double Numbered with: ANT 644
    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.
    PREREQ: ANT 141  OR ANT 145 
  
  • ANT 445 - Public Policy and Archaeology

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    Crosslisted with: NAT 445 
    Double Numbered with: ANT 645
    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 446 - Caribbean Archaeology

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    Double Numbered with: ANT 646
    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 447 - Archaeology of North America

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    Crosslisted with: NAT 447 
    Double Numbered with: ANT 647
    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.
    PREREQ: ANT 141  OR ANT 145 
  
  • ANT 448 - Imperial Remains: The Archaeology of Colonialism

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Even Academic Yr e.g. 2004-5
    This course provides an introduction to the archaeology and anthropology of colonialism, with a particular focus on the variety of approaches to the study of colonization used by archaeologists. Additional work required of graduate students.
  
  • ANT 449 - World Heritage Sites

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Even Academic Yr e.g. 2004-5
    Double Numbered with: ANT 649
    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 450 - Undergrad Research Prog

    College of Arts and Sciences
    1-6 credit(s) Every semester
    Repeatable
  
  • ANT 452 - Anthropology and Public Policy

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    Double Numbered with: ANT 652
    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 453 - Poverty, Policy, and Human Services

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    Double Numbered with: ANT 653
    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 455 - Culture and AIDS

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    Crosslisted with: WGS 455 
    Double Numbered with: ANT 655
    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 456 - Representations of Indigenous Peoples in Popular Culture

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    Crosslisted with: NAT 456 
    Double Numbered with: ANT 656
    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 458 - Anthropology of Social Change

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Introduces the basic concepts used by anthropologists to study change. Cultural heterogeneity of people of the Iberian peninsula, used as a means to understand social and cultural change in contemporary Spain and Portugal. Some themes examined include culture contact and acculturation, planned and nondirected change, and role of individual. Offered only in Madrid.
  
  • ANT 459 - Contemporary Native North American Issues

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    Crosslisted with: NAT 459 
    Double Numbered with: ANT 659
    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 461 - Museums and Native Americans

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    Crosslisted with: NAT 461 
    Double Numbered with: ANT 661
    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 462 - Culture and Reproductive Health and Medicine

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    Crosslisted with: HTW 462 , WGS 462 
    Double Numbered with: ANT 662
    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 463 - Global Health

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    Crosslisted with: HTW 463 
    Double Numbered with: ANT 663
    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 465 - Critical Issues in Medical Anthropology

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Odd academic yr e.g. 2007-8
    Double Numbered with: ANT 665
    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 466 - Culture and Sexual Behavior

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    Double Numbered with: ANT 666
    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 467 - Culture and Mental Disorders

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Even Academic Yr e.g. 2004-5
    Double Numbered with: ANT 667
    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 468 - Middle East in Anthropological Perspective

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    Crosslisted with: IRP 468 , MES 468 
    Double Numbered with: ANT 668
    Anthropology of the social, cultural, geographical, and political realities of the Middle East. Additional work required of graduate students.
  
  • ANT 469 - Medical Anthropology in Ecological Perspective

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Odd academic yr e.g. 2007-8
    Double Numbered with: ANT 669
    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 470 - Experience Credit

    College of Arts and Sciences
    1-6 credit(s) Every semester
    Participation in a discipline- or subject-related experience. Students must be evaluated by written or oral reports or an examination. Limited to those in good academic standing.
    Repeatable
  
  • ANT 471 - Religion and Society in Brazil

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3-4 credit(s) Irregularly
    Crosslisted with: REL 471  
    Role of religion in society; religions of Brazil, including Catholicism, liberation theology, afro-religions. Spring break field stay in Rio de Janeiro; methods of study; preparation of research proposal.
  
  • ANT 472 - Language, Culture, and Society

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Crosslisted with: LIN 472 , WGS 472 
    Double Numbered with: ANT 672
    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 473 - Peace and Conflict in the Balkans: Anthropological Perspectives

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    Double Numbered with: ANT 673
    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 475 - Culture and Disputing

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    Double Numbered with: ANT 675
    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 476 - Women, War and Peace

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Even Academic Yr e.g. 2004-5
    Double Numbered with: ANT 676
    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 477 - Culture and Conflict

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    Double Numbered with: ANT 677
    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.
 

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