Courses
Course Descriptions 44000-49999
Course Descriptions 10000s-20000s
Course Descriptions 30000s
Course Descriptions 40000-43999
ANTH 44810
Patterns and Contexts of Human-Monkey Interactions on Gibraltar
Research Intensive, Methods, or Elective
Permission required.
This field course centers around 4 weeks of intensive training, data collection, and analyses on topics related to the behavior, biology and cultural contexts of the interactions between humans and macaque monkeys (Macaca sylvanus) in Gibraltar. Students will be trained in behavioral observation techniques and collect data on human and monkey interactions and general behavior. Students will also obtain experience by conducting supervised field physiological examinations and learning assessment techniques for evaluating macaque health. Lectures, field practicum, interactions with diverse specialists and local experts will provide the instructional aspects of this course. Special foci of the course include macaque behavior and evolution, human behavior and epidemiology, and the cultural and ecological history of Gibraltar. All students will be required to propose and perform a brief original research project which will result in a research paper due shortly after the completion of the field portion of the course.
ANTH 44850
Archaeological Fieldwork on the Kerak Plateau, Jordan
Research Intensive, Methods, or Elective
Eight weeks of intensive archaeological fieldwork to investigate the earliest period of urbanism on the Kerak Plateau, Jordan. Students will be introduced to archaeological methodologies of surface survey, impact assessment, and test excavations. Students will also learn analytical techniques by working with material culture and other archaeological remains they've excavated, namely ceramics, lithics, architecture, fauna, and paleobotanical remains. Students will also learn about the prehistory and history of Jordan through a series of lectures and field trips in the region. Students must have taken ANTH 30102 as a prerequisite, or another upper-level archaeology course. By permission of instructor only, application necessary (see Dept of Anthropology for application).
http://www.nd.edu/~mchesson/khirbet
ANTH 45030 Majors and minors only
Mexican Immigration: A South Bend Case Study
Methods or Elective
Cross-listed from: ILS
This course uses experiential learning in the Mexican community of South Bend in order to understand how Mexican migrants conduct their lives across the vast distances separating South Bend and their homeland. The course begins with readings in social science and fiction about transnationalism, Mexican-U.S. migration and the history and sociology of the local community. Next we learn ethical fieldwork methods in preparation for community research. Students working in two-person teams will gather data on local and transnational households and kin networks, political involvement, employment, consumption practices, cultural activities and religious life, working through contacts with social service agencies, the Mexican consulate, and Mexican- or Latino-run media, businesses, food stores, and sports leagues. We will document the innovative adaptations of this migrant community, especially the growth of an ethnic enclave of small businesses that both unite Mexicans as an ethnic group and sustain their ties to their homeland. We intend to compile the research in a volume published by Latino Studies to be given to those who shared their lives with us and to entities that are committed to helping them.
ANTH 45105
Advanced Human Ethology
Methods or Elective
This class is intended for students who completed Human Ethology, a prerequisite for enrollment. It provides the opportunity to discuss the material and topics presented in the lecture course and will culminate with each student choosing a research topic and presenting it in the form of Powerpoint to the class. A second requirement in addition to weekly readings, discussion and or reviews of many articles read previously will be the completion of a significant observational study of some aspect of human behavior covered by class material. The topics to be investigated include but are not limited to the evolutionary and cultural perspectives on human aggression, sleep, laughter, grief, sex differences in behavior, institutional sports, play, parenting, infant care practices, or communication (especially non-verbal). The class fulfills a methods requirement for the anthropology major.
ANTH 45150
Life Histories: Genetics and Evolution
Methods or Elective
This is an upper-level course on methods and models for understanding primate life histories--their patterns of growth and development, maturation, reproduction, and aging--from an evolutionary perspective. After a basic introduction to the field, it consists of units on population demography, within-population analysis of phenotypic microevolution, life history trade-offs, and between-species comparisons addressing macroevolutionary trends. The place of humans within primate and mammalian diversity will be a broad theme of the course dealt with in each unit. Particular attention will be given to quantitative genetic and optimality models of life history evolution. Presentation of techniques will be done in lectures and in-class discussion of selected readings. Students will complete projects in each unit to demonstrate competence.
ANTH 45200
Evolutionary Medicine
Methods
Seniors only
This course will reconceptualize a variety of human diseases, syndromes and disorders from the standpoint of evolution, in the modern cultural context. The evolution of infectious diseases will be considered, especially the evolution of HIV and the role of antibiotics in promoting antibiotic-resistant strains of bacteria. Menopause, women¿s reproductive cancers, allergy, pediatric topics (colic, physiologic jaundice, sleep problems, SIDS), breast feeding, obstetrics, geriatric medicine, structural and genetic abnormalities, psychiatric disorders, psychological health, eating disorders, nutrition, obesity, myopia, emotional disorders, touch therapy and massage will be examined in the context of this exciting and emerging new field. Four-person teams of students will explore one area of evolutionary medicine and present a joint poster session as his or her final project.
ANTH 45308
Native North American Art
Methods or Elective
Native North American art existed for thousands of years and continues to be created today. Its original context was often sacred (both public and private) and/or political or decorative. Contact with Western Europeans and their art traditions along with the art traditions of Africans, Asians, and South Americans beginning about 1600 A.D. and thereafter modified form, technique, and context of Native North American art. However, traditional form, techniques, and context continued through the centuries since 1600.
The perception of this art also changed. Most frequently until into the 20th century, the art of Native North Americans was viewed as craft by non-native North Americans and Europeans, but during the 20th century that view was modified. Native American artists also began to view their own art differently. This change occurred among artists working in traditional mediums as well as those producing art using non-traditional mediums.
The collections of Native North American art curated at the Snite Museum exemplify the changing content, techniques, and contexts of this art. This course will allow students to work with our collections under direct supervision. The use of our collections will permit students to observe some of the changes in art which have occurred in the last hundred and fifty years. The students’ final projects will include a visual presentation of a particular change in material, context, or technique which they have determined through research and direct examination of selected pieces from our collections. For this reason the course will be limited to 15 students and will be sometimes held in the Snite Museum, during hours when the museum is not usually open to the public.
The culminating activity will be to create a small exhibit which will be displayed at the Snite opening sometime at the end of the semester.
ANTH 45339
Cultures of Fear/Horror Film
Methods or Elective
Horror and fear play seminal roles in the construction of cultural mythos and practice. In the modern and post-modern eras, the horror film and a culture of fear have come to prominence as core elements of cinematic expression. In this course we will examine the construction and application of central themes in the scope of international horror cinema and how they reveal salient aspects of cultural similarities and differences including: gender, sexuality, violence and socio-political climates. Students will contextualize the films via texts drawing from anthropology, film studies, basic film production and culture theory. Course work will include research papers and the production of a short visual video piece representing the students' interpretations of "What is scary?"
ANTH 45390
Ethnographic Method and Writing for Change
Methods or Elective
Juniors, seniors, graduate students only
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The notion that a written text can itself be a “site of resistance,” a location where political commitment and rigorous scholarship intersect, undergirds this course on ethnographic method. We study the construction and interpretation of field notes, subjectivity and objectivity in research, ethical issues in fieldwork, feminist and postcolonial critiques of ethnographic practice, “voice” and oral history, and aspects of ethnographic inquiry that impact on change processes. Students engage in field projects in the local community and produce experimental ethnographic text as a central part of coursework. We also examine the writing process, rhetorical style, the responsibilities of the author, and polyvocalism and inclusivity. Ethnography as a nexus of theory and practice, of scholarship and action, emerges from our work in the course.
ANTH 45500
Theory and Method in Archaeology
Methods or Elective
Archaeology is an approach toward understanding the human condition which relies on an analysis of the material culture remains of a society. Many different disciplines (e.g. anthropology, history, theology, classics and art history) can benefit from archaeological approaches, and the course may be useful for individuals from any of these disciplines who may have an interest in the archaeological problems of their own field of study.
This course is an examination of the growth of American archaeology as a unique discipline. Both the history of archaeology and modern archaeological theories will be examined by selected readings, lectures, and seminar-style discussions. The procedures used for archaeological research will also be covered, from the various methods of identifying sites, through excavation procedures, to the analysis of materials in the laboratory. (These topics are covered in the classroom because this is not a field course.)
Theory and Method in Archaeology provides an in-depth review of modern archaeological theory and practice and is intended for anthropology majors or other advanced students who have taken courses in anthropology.
ANTH 45510
Historical Archaeology
Methods, or Elective
In this course, we will explore the methodological and theoretical foundations for the archaeology of the post-Columbian world. The class examines how historical archaeologists have interpreted life in the world of global capitalism and colonization over the last half millennium and how archaeological insights can be used to understand and critique our own world. The distinctive analytical techniques of historical archaeology will be studied, including documentary research, uses of oral histories, artifact analysis methods, and field excavation techniques. This course probes the interdisciplinary nature of historical archaeology and investigates the influence of class, gender, and ethnicity on the creation, use, and modification of the material world.
ANTH 45520
Gender and Archaeology
Methods, or Elective
In this course, students will explore the potential for studying and reconstructing a prehistory of people through archaeology. We will consider the historical and theoretical foundations of creating an engendered past, the methodological and practical aspects of "doing" engendered archaeology, and the intersection between political feminism, archaeological knowledge production, and the politics of an engendered archaeology. Topics for consideration include feminist perspectives on science, anthropology, and archaeology; concepts of gender in prehistory and the present; women's and men's relations to craft production, state formation, and space; and the complex relationship between feminism, archaeology, and the politics of women and men in archaeology and the archaeological past. Under the broad theoretical, political and historical umbrella of feminism, archaeologists today are negotiating their own paths toward an engendered past from multiple directions, and this course will explore the diversity of these approaches toward creating a prehistory of people.
ANTH 45816
Mother-Baby Behavioral Sleep Laboratory
Research Intensive, Methods, or Elective
Permission required
This course examines Western sleeping arrangement of infants and children, nighttime nurturing patterns by parents, and the cultural values and ideologies that underlie them. Research will be conducted in a sleep laboratory on the sleep behavior of mothers, fathers and children from the local community.
Students will be responsible for running overnight observational studies, in a "problem" oriented context. Feeding patterns, parental attitudes and expectations, and nighttime nurturing, as well as behavior during sleep, will be examined in relationship to the particular social and developmental goals parents describe. Data collected by students in the form of video tape overnight studies and questionnaires will contribute new knowledge to the field of pediatric sleep medicine.
ANTH 45817 Majors only
Human Osteology
Research Intensive, Methods, or Elective
4 Credit Hour Course
Juniors, seniors only
This lab-intensive course will explore the methods used in physical anthropology for studying individual human skeletal remains, as well as those employed to establish biocultural connections at the population level. Forensic techniques utilized in individual identification will be developed in the first third of the course. Students will become very familiar with human skeletal anatomy and bone physiology. In the latter portions of the course, students will develop skills using bio-ethnographic tools such as paleodemography and paleopathology, and the techniques used in the reconstruction of ancient health and nutrition. Ultimately, each student will be able to identify fragmentary skeletal material typical of that found in many archaeological settings, and, using independent lines of evidence, establish a bio-ethnographic framework for ancient populations.
http://www.nd.edu/~humosteo
ANTH 45818
Fieldschool in Biocultural Anthropology
Research Intensive, Methods, or Elective
The Jerusalem field school will engage students in an experiential learning environment which immerses them in anthropological method and theory. Using the large Byzantine St. Stephen's skeletal collection as the cornerstone, historical and archaeological information will be synthesized in a biocultural reconstruction of ancient monastic life. Students will conduct original research, share in a field trip program visiting numerous Byzantine sites and area research institutions, and will participate in a lecture program delivered by top scholars in the fields of biological anthropology, classics, and Near Eastern studies. Students will develop a suite of methodological skills in the natural and social sciences, explore regional topography for an appreciation of the environmental constraints effecting human adaptability, delve into the pertinent literature using several world-class libraries, develop skills for collaborative research, and discover the importance of a holistic approach to a fuller understanding of life in the past.
ANTH 45820
Researching Disease: Methods in Medical Anthropology
Research Intensive, Methods, or Elective
This class will provide extensive classroom and hands-on training in research methods for medical anthropology. It will place slightly greater emphasis on qualitative methods, such as participant observation and interviewing, but will provide an overview of quantitative methods (including building surveys and some basic statistical analysis). Students will learn by doing, conducting original research on contemporary health issues in the local community (such as HIV/AIDS and substance abuse).
ANTH 45826
Anthropology of Reproduction
Research Intensive or Methods
Juniors and Seniors
In this course we will examine a variety of issues related to reproduction. We will concentrate on anthropological studies related primarily to reproductive health throughout the life cycle, such as sexuality, pregnancy and childbirth, midwifery, reproductive freedom, and the politics of the nation-state as they affect women¿s (and men¿s) reproductive lives. We will use ethnographic readings and examples from around the world to illustrate our discussions and gain an understanding of the complex intertwining of local and global politics regarding reproductive experiences and choices. An integral part of the course will be an ethnographic research project wherein you will apply anthropological theories and methods.
ANTH 45830
Documentary: Critical Analysis and Method
Research Intensive, Methods, or Elective
We see documentaries in many different forms every day via journalism, reality television, the Discovery channel and the non-fiction film. Documenting ourselves and others has become a major component of the American discourse for education, entertainment and propoganda purposes. This course turns a critical, anthropological and methodological eye towards interpreting, constructing and contextualizing the docummentary. The students will view and analyze a variety of documentary formats as well as participate in the production of a short video documentary. Lectures and readings will be drawn from anthropology, culture theory, film theory and practice with an emphasis on elements of production.
ANTH 45832
Anthropology of War and Peace
Research Intensive, Methods, or Elective
This class will explore the human capacity for war and for peace. Research suggests that for 90% of human history (which extends back tens of thousands of years) there was no war. Today, war is firmly entrenched in the world. At the same time, peace is critical to human advancement, social stability, and, some would argue, cultural creativity. Anthropology provides a unique perspective on violence and conflict resolution as anthropologists often go to the frontlines to document the experience of war and peacebuilding firsthand. They observe and collect stories of war and peace told by those directly involved; across cultural, ethnic, gender, and age differences--they interview soldiers and civilians, rogues and heroes, adults and children. The course will explore examples of the many forms of war in the world today, from tribal conflicts through guerrilla warfare to conventional and nuclear war. It will also study societies without war and populations with innovative ideas about peace. Questions about war and peace are really questions about the human condition. The class will discuss such issues as what is the place of war and peace in human society; whether violence is inherent in human nature or learned; and what the future of war and peace is likely to be on our planet. We will investigate answers that range from four-star generals to tribal elders; from arms merchants to ND students.
ANTH 45833
Global Crime and Corruption
Research Intensive, Methods, or Elective
As the world of the 21st century globalizes, so too does crime. Millions of people and trillions of dollars circulate in illicit economies worldwide. This represents power blocks larger and more powerful than many of the world’s countries.
This class will look at what constitutes the illegal today, who is engaged in crime and corruption, and what kinds of economic, political and social powers they wield. It will also look at the societies and cultures of ‘out-laws’. For example, internationalization has influenced crime in much the same ways that it has multinationals and nongovernmental organizations: criminal networks now span continents, forge trade agreements and hone foreign policies with other criminal organizations, and set up sophisticated systems of information, exchange, and control. Anthropology – with its studies of cultures – provides a dynamic approach to the illegal: what customs inform law abiders and criminals, what values guide their actions, what behaviors shape their worlds? The course will explore the many kinds and levels of criminality and corruption: how do we consider the differences (or similarities) among, for example, drug and arms smugglers, white collar corruption, gem runners or modern day slavers, and governmental or multinational corporate crime? What impact does each have on our world and in our lives? What solutions exist?
Class is interactive in nature, and in addition to the normal reading and writing, students will do an anthropological class project on a topic of their choice concerning global crime and corruption.
ANTH 45835 Majors and minors only
Anthropology of Christianity
Research Intensive, Methods, or Elective
This course considers Christianity as a topic of anthropological study. Our goal is to explore the vast diversity of ways Christianity has been articulated and experienced through time and within different cultures, even as we seek out some of the fundamental tenants, themes, and continuities that have characterized its emergence as a global religious system, faith, and practice. Among the variations of Christianity to be studied are first century churches in the Mediterranean region, early Roman, Byzantine, and Reformation churches, Victorian era missionary movements, indigenous churches in Africa and South America, contemporary Catholic and mainline Protestant churches, and the rapidly growing evangelical, charismatic, and Pentecostal movements. In addition to the historical and cross-cultural framework embedded within the course, topics to be considered include: definitions and theories of religion; the question of conversion in Christianity; Christianity, colonialism, and capitalism; religious syncretism and enculturation; gender and women’s experience within Christianity; and contemporary Christianity and the twin trends of fundamentalism and secularization. In addition to reading and participating in our in-class seminar, each student will conduct an ethnographic research project that explores some facet of Christian experience in the Notre Dame area and relates it to broader trends in America and beyond.
ANTH 45838
Ethnography of Notre Dame
Research Intensive , ANTH Methods
The ultimate goal of this course is for students, together, to produce a book on the culture and student life of Notre Dame. In doing this project, students will learn all the core skills of a practicing anthropologist: ethnography/research, analysis, exploration of theory, professional writing, and the production of a polished work of anthropology worthy of being in a library. This work will be done as a group ¿ while each student will be responsible for developing a particular topic for the book, the class as a whole will decide how the book should be developed and produced.
ANTH 45842 Juniors and seniors only
Doing Things with Words
Research Intensive, Methods, or Elective
Flattery, cheating, self-expression, prayer, superiority, solidarity, distancing, play: all these and many more things may be done with language. This course looks at some of the ways humans do things with words. Topics include religious language; silence; politeness and sincerity; truth, deception, lying, and cheating; linguistic variety, identity, and stereotypes; moral evaluations made of language; and language used for power and solidarity.
ANTH 45850 Majors and minors or by permission
Archaeology of Everyday Life
Research Intensive, Methods, or Elective
While archaeology is most famous for investigating the temples and tombs of “lost civilizations,” the vast majority of the archaeological record encompasses the material traces of ordinary people in their everyday lives. In this course, students will explore the archaeological remains of peoples’ houses, daily tasks, deaths, jobs, communities, and religions. We will pay particular attention to how archaeologists reconstruct the social, economic, ritual, and political fabric of daily life in the archaeological past, and thus will be drawing on anthropological frameworks for understanding issues of identity, gender, sexuality, race, mortuary practices, constructing communities, and social differentiation.
ANTH 45851
Space, Place, and Landscape
In this course, we will explore human relationships to the built environment and the complex ways in which people consciously and unconsciously shape the world around them. Cultural landscapes are not empty spaces, but rather places we imbue with meaning and significance. We are particularly interested in the ways in which the built environment has worked as an agent of cultural power as well as how social relations (notably class, gender, and ethnicity) have been codified and reproduced through landscapes. We will examine how people perceive, experience, and contextualize social spaces at the intersection of symbolic processes, senses of place, memory, and identity formation as well as how these change through time and across space. As an interdisciplinary endeavor, we will draw from history, geography, art, environmental science, architecture, landscape studies, anthropology, and urban planning, among other disciplines. Students will undertake a significant original research project that investigates the human experience through space, place, and landscape.
ANTH 45854 Majors and minors only or permission of instructor
Museum Anthropology: An Introduction
Research Intensive, Methods, or Elective
An introduction to the history, philosophy, and professional practices of museums. It includes an examination of the ethical and practical issues of museum work, including current controversies, through readings, discussions, and hands-on experience. Emphasis is on the role of anthropologists in museums and the exhibition of non-Western European art in museums, which focus on art, ethnography, or history. Students will work individually and collaboratively on projects, including an exhibition for display within the anthropology department.
ANTH 45855
Archaeology and Material Culture
Research Intensive, Methods, or Elective
This will be an archaeology lab class which will provide an activity-based setting to explore the meanings and interpretations of archaeological artifacts. It will provide an in-depth introduction to basic laboratory methods for the organization, curation, and analysis of artifacts such as pottery, stone tools, metals, soil samples, and floral and faunal remains. Lab exercises will introduce course concepts which students will use to analyze a small collection of artifacts from an archaeological site, housed in the Reyniers Building. By the end of the semester, students will present the results of a team project based on one class of materials from the collections.
ANTH 45856
Pottery in Archaeology
Research Intensive, Methods, or Elective
In many archaeological sites, pottery is the most common type of artifact recovered. The analysis and interpretation of ceramic remains allow archaeologists to accomplish several goals: establish a chronological sequence, track interaction between different areas, and suggest what types of activities people may have conducted at the site. This course will focus on the ways that archaeologists bridge the gap between the analysis and the interpretation of ceramic data. Class meetings will involve discussion of the readings, student presentations, lectures, and the analysis of archeological ceramics in the archaeological collections of the Department of Anthropology.
ANTH 45857
Archaeological Materials Analysis: Lithic Technology
Research Intensive, Methods, or Elective
4 credit hour course
$30 lab fee for raw materials
Prehistoric stone tools represent the oldest form of Human technology. Much of human prehistory worldwide and throughout ancient times is decipherable primarily through stone tools. In this class experimental replication of stone technologies is viewed as an essential method to understanding past technologies. Organized as a series of practical laboratory exercises, in this class we deal with a broad survey of the fundamental concepts of stone tool technology, including mechanical properties of tool stone; stone heat treatment; prehistoric quarrying and mining strategies and elementary concepts of flaking stone. Students gain familiarity with these topics in a laboratory context by participating in flint knapping practice and working intensively with several archaeological collections. In addition to the laboratory exercises, students will present the results of a team project based on hands-on manufacture of tools, or analysis of materials from archaeological collections.
http://www.nd.edu/~ikuijt/lithics
ANTH 45860
Food and Culture
Research Intensive, Methods, or Elective
All humans eat, but the variations in what, how, and why we eat are dazzling. This course examines the many roles of food played in a variety of cultures. We consider food choices and taboos, religious and symbolic meanings of food, dining and social interactions, obesity and thinness, and the political and industrial issues of fast food and the slow food movement. There will be practical and field studies associated with the course.
ANTH 45862 Majors and minors only
Anthropology of Emotion
Research Intensive, Methods, or Elective
Do people within different cultural and historical contexts “feel” in the same ways? Are the emotions we recognize universal, or are they learned? How has language shaped the way we define and think about emotions, and what role do these ideas play in shaping our thinking about personhood and gender, our perceptions of the body, and our experiences of health and illness? This course addresses these questions by surveying the most important anthropological, historical, and psychological approaches to the study of emotion. We will also think about affect as that quality or state which exceeds or escapes being captured by categories, including nameable “emotions,” and which can never quite be completely controlled. The course will conclude with specific ethnographic and historical case studies, including examinations of love, anger, jealousy, sympathy, and shame. Course requirements include active class participation, several short exercises in methods, presentations, a midterm exam, and a final research paper on a course-related topic of each student’s choice.
ANTH 45865 Juniors, seniors, graduate students only.
The Anthropology of Childhood and Education
Research Intensive, Methods, or Elective
Concepts of human growth vary extraordinarily across time and space. When children become full-fledged persons, when they can reason, when or whether they should be independent from their parents, and how all this happens are variable and illuminating. Education–-either formal or informal-–reflects and also constitutes a society’s view of childhood. This course provides a (selective) cross-cultural survey of childhood and education, looking at stages from pregnancy and infancy to late adolescence. Students will devise and conduct projects of their own.
ANTH 45870
Terrorism
Research Intensive, Methods, or Elective
Looking at terrorism through the anthropological lens means studying violent actors close up and face-to-face. It also means exploring the culture of counter-terrorism, with its own discourse, belief system, and rituals. In this seminar we question basic assumptions of the “war on terror,” using ethnographic literature to challenge conceptions and policies on terrorism today. Is “terrorism” in fact a definable term? How can we use the experience-near methods of anthropology to study people cognitively and politically placed as irretrievably distant? Differences among terrorism, crime, and revolution are explored through examination of specific cases. Building peace in a climate of violence is the ultimate aim of our study.
ANTH 45875
Anthropology of Poverty
Research Intensive, Methods, or Elective
What is poverty? What does it mean to be poor, destitute and powerless? Does poverty in the developed world refer to the same conditions and factors that determine poverty in developing and undeveloped countries? What does genteel poverty mean? Does the ability to possess material goods and to consume indicate lack of poverty? What is the cycle of poverty? Can one break out of it? This course will address these and other questions on poverty through anthropological analysis. The course is divided into two parts: a) poverty in the pre-industrial era, and b) poverty in contemporary societies. Topics covered in Part A include the beginnings of poverty and social inequality in the earliest complex urban societies of the Middle East, Africa and South Asia, urbanism, production, distribution and poverty in various time periods including classical Greece and Rome, the Middle Ages and the Early Modern Era, and slavery, colonialism and poverty. Part B will address issues such as the relationship between industrialism, colonialism and poverty in 19th and 20th centuries, instituted poverty in post-colonial and post-industrial societies, and global manifestations of poverty in the 21st century. The course materials include readings from anthropology (archaeology, cultural anthropology, and biological anthropology), history, economics, theology, political science, as well as documentaries and films.
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ANTH 46xxx
Directed Readings in
46100: Biological Anthropology
46110: Bioarchaeology
46200: Medical Anthropology
46300: Sociocultural Anthropology
46400: Linguistic Anthropology
46500: Archaeology
Permission Required. Junior or Senior standing, Dean's list, consent of instructor.
Research Intensive or Elective
Intensive independent readings on a special problem area in the chosen field about which the student will be expected to produce a detailed annotated bibliography and write a scholarly paper.
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ANTH 48xxx
Directed Research in
48100: Biological Anthropology
48110: Bioarchaeology
48120: Sleep Lab
48300: Sociocultural Anthropology
48500: Archaeology
Permission Required. Junior or Senior standing, Dean's list, consent of instructor.
Research Intensive or Elective
Intensive independent research on a special problem area in the chosen field about which the student will be expected to produce a detailed annotated bibliography and write a scholarly paper.
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ANTH 48900
Anthropology Senior Thesis
Permission Required. Senior standing, Dean's list. By invitation of instructor.
Senior Honors Experience or Elective
This course, which continues for two semesters, provides the student with the opportunity for independent study and the development of skills in research and writing during the senior year of undergraduate work. The effort is the student's own from the decision on the topic to the conclusion presented in the final paper. A thesis director is chosen to guide the student and provide assistance.
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