Fall Semester 2000 through Summer Semester 2002
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Professors: John E. Blank, Laura Martin; Professor Emeritus: Willis E. Sibley; Associate Professors: Paul L. Aspelin, Peter S. Dunham, John W. Lallo, Robert P. Mensforth, Ronald A. Reminick, Jeffrey P. Williams (Chairperson); Associate Professor Emerita: Lauren A. Corwin; Assistant Professor: Barbara G. Hoffman.

Note: With regard to course prerequisites, the word equivalent designates transfer credits deemed acceptable by the Anthropology Department Curriculum Committee.

ANT 100 Introduction to Anthropology (3-0-3). Exploration of a selection of broad-ranging issues common to all human beings and the contributions of anthropology to understanding those issues from a cross-cultural perspective. Each topic is explored in-depth from the perspectives of all four subfields of anthropology: archaeology, physical anthropology, cultural anthropology, and linguistic anthropology. Social Science. Return to top

ANT 101 Human Biocultural Evolution (3-0-3). Formerly ANT 110. Outline of evolutionary theory and human evolution from the earliest primates to modern humans; development of culture from the beginning of tool use and tool manufacture up to the agricultural revolution and the rise of civilization; consideration of human biological and cultural diversity. Return to top

ANT 102 The Study of Culture (3-0-3). Formerly ANT 130 Cultural Anthropology. Introduction to the ways in which anthropologists study living cultures and languages and the foundation for further study in cultural and linguistic anthropology. Materials from a number of the world's cultures and languages are presented through lectures, demonstrations, videos, and films.  Social Science. Return to top

ANT 150 World Slavery (3-0-3). Survey of the institutions of slavery in the world's societies. This course takes an anthropological approach to comparative analysis of slavery and its congeners across cultural, historical and social backgrounds. Topics to be covered include the role of status and power in human societies, the definition of slavery, servitude, the philosophy of slavery, ideologies of abolition, society after slavery, indigenous concepts of social classification, etc. Societies to be surveyed include those of the Northwest Coast of Native North America, the Caribbean, the Middle East, the South Pacific, Korea, India, Southeast Asia, etc. Social Science. Return to top

ANT 171 Native Civilizations of the Americas (3-0-3). Introduction to how archaeologist excavate, analyze, and interpret past cultures, with an examination and comparison of cultural development in four separate geographical areas: the American Great Lakes-Ohio Valley Region, the American Southwest, the Mesoamerican Lowlands and Highlands (Belize and Guatemala), and the South American Highland (Peru and Equador). Social Science, Nonwestern Cultural Civilization. Return to top

ANT 211 Human Biocultural Evolution Lab (0-1-1). Hands-on laboratory experience performing analytical exercises using data from topics presented in ANT 201. Return to top

ANT 212 Study of Culture Lab (0-1-1). Hands-on laboratory experience performing analytical exercises using data from topics presented in ANT 202. Return to top

ANT 221 Culture and Human Sexuality (3-0-3). Examination of the importance of culture for understanding human sexuality, especially as it affects health. Topics covered include biological, social, emotional, cognitive and spiritual issues related to sexuality. Contemporary political, legal and health issues are discussed critically. Social Science. Return to top

ANT 227 Power, Authority and Society in Nonwestern Cultures (3-0-3). Examination of the ways selected groups of Asian, African, and Latin American societies organize themselves with respect to power and authority to cope with common social problems. Attention given to how change in political organization takes place. Cross-listed with PSC 227. Arts and Sciences Foreign Culture course. Nonwestern Culture and Civilization. Return to top

ANT 260 Language, Society and Culture (3-0-3). An overview of all aspects of the social and cultural relations of language and a survey of the basic aspects of linguistic study (phonology, morphology, syntax and semantics). Includes an examination of various social and political aspects of language, such as the issue of "official languages," the suppression of "Fourth World" languages, the linguistic consequences of cultures coming into contact or conflict, and the relationship between socio-economic stratification and dialect. Professional applications of linguistics in other fields, including anthropology (the documentation and cultural preservation of "Fourth World" languages); education (teaching English as a Second Language, dialect diversity in the schools, language acquisition); and the publication industry (translation, lexicography) are also reviewed. Cross-listed with ENG/LIN/MLA 260. Social Science, Writing. Return to top

ANT 270 African-American Culture (4-0-4). Formerly ANT 270 Black Culture, Social Organization and Personality. Focus on the social and cultural ecology of contemporary black communities in America; includes an examination of how cultural history shapes present activities, attitudes, and beliefs. Specific topics include family organization, sex roles, child development, and social and religious movements. Black Studies course, African-American Experience, Human Diversity. Return to top

ANT 275 Mayan Language and Culture (4-0-4). Formerly ANT 275. An account of the relation of language to culture among Mayan people, now and in the past, and of language as a source of cultural knowledge. Course is organized around a set of pervasive themes present in Mayan culture and reflected in Mayan language, lifeways, and expressive art since Classic times. Arts and Sciences Foreign Culture. Nonwestern Culture and Civilization. Return to top

ANT 280 Anthropology of Adulthood and Aging (4-0-4). The nature and processes of adulthood and aging are examined in a cross-cultural perspective. Examination of differences in culture, ethnicity, environment and ecology as they influence the experience of growing old in selected modern and traditional societies around the world. Elective course for the Concentration in Gerontological Studies. Human Diversity. Return to top

ANT 293 Topics in Anthropology (1-4 semester hours). Formerly ANT 260 Special Topics in Anthropology. Topics reflect material of special or timely interest, such as food and culture, multimedia software, Mesoameri-can art, expressive culture, the anthropology of music, forensics, and human anatomy. May be repeated when topics vary. Return to top

ANT 301 Biological Anthropology (4-0-4). Formerly ANT 311. Prerequisite: ANT 201 Human Biocultural Evolution (formerly ANT 110) or equivalent. Emphasis on two fundamental areas of human biological evolution: human population genetics and reproductive fitness; and the adaptive significance of contemporary human biological variation. Topics explore the extent to which environmental factors such as geographic location, climate, attitude, diet, and disease influence the growth, development, nutritional status, and demographic characteristics of extant human groups. Return to top

ANT 302 Archaeology (4-0-4). Formerly ANT 302 Prehistory: Method and Theory. Prerequisite: ANT 201 Human Biocultural Evolution (formerly ANT 110). Detailed consideration of field and laboratory methods, theoretical models, and their applications in archaeology. Return to top

ANT 303 Cultural Anthropology (4-0-4). Formerly ANT 303 Theory in Socio-cultural Anthropology. Prerequisite: ANT 202 Study of Culture (formerly ANT 130 Cultural Anthropology). Overview of the developmental history of method and theory in social and cultural anthropology. Topics include structural-functionalism, symbolic anthropology, cultural materialism, structuralism, and postmodernism. The methodology of ethnographic fieldwork also is addressed in detail. Return to top

ANT 304 Linguistic Anthropology (4-0-4). Formerly ANT 325 Introduction to Linguistics. Prerequisite: ANT 202 Study of Culture (formerly ANT 130 Cultural Anthropology). Introduction to the study of language, culture, and society. Topics include principles of linguistic analysis (phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, and semantics); the ethnography of speaking, quantitative sociolinguistics, language contact and change, language and expressive culture, and language and gender. Return to top

ANT 305 Quantitative Anthropology (3-2-4). Formerly ANT 345. Sampling, research methods, and practical applications of parametric and nonparametric statistical procedures to anthropological analysis. Return to top

ANT 310 Human Osteology (4-0-4). Formerly ANT 304. Introduction to the structure and function of the human musculoskeletal system. Familiarization with methods used in the excavation, identification, analysis, and preservation of prehistoric human skeletal remains. Includes consideration of anthropological vs. forensic perspectives, goals, and applications. Lecture content and lab exercises focus on quantitative and qualitative methods used to analyze growth and development of the skeleton, age and sex estimation, stature reconstruction, race determination, paleodemography, paleopathology, and the methods of assessing nutritional status of earlier human groups. Return to top

ANT 311 Medical Anthropology (4-0-4). Formerly ANT 309. Prerequisite: ANT 201 Human Biocultural Evolution (formerly ANT 110) or equivalent. Anthropological approaches to the study of disease in Western and Nonwestern societies. Emphasis on beliefs in the supernatural, folk medicine, scientific vs. non-scientific medicine, and modern approaches to epidemiology. Return to top

ANT 312 Primate Behavior (4-0-4). Prerequisite: ANT 201 Human Biocultural Evolution (formerly ANT 110). Focus on the marked diversity and adaptive significance of primate behavior in nature. Dietary patterns and feeding strategies, locomotor adaptations, reproductive behaviors, territoriality, social organization, predator pressure, interspecific competition, parental investment, play behavior and learning, and primate intelligence are explored within the framework of evolutionary ecology, zoology, and geographic distribution. The extent to which primate behavior studies shed light on the evolution of human behavior is also examined. Return to top

ANT 313 Human Paleontology (4-0-4). Formerly ANT 380. Prerequisite: ANT 201 Human Biocultural Evolution (formerly ANT 110) or ANT 310 Human Osteology (formerly ANT 304). Fossil evidence of hominid evolution and the development of contemporary human origin theories are explored in an historical, ecological, and geochronological framework. Lectures consider benefits and liabilities of analogistic, deterministic, and gender-oriented models posited to explain the evolution of behavioral and anatomical characteristics unique to humans. Laboratory exercises acquaint students with methods used to identify, analyze, and interpret key morphological and behavioral trail complexes which serve as the basis for reconstructing the phylogeny of the Hominidae. Return to top

ANT 320 Anthropology of Religion (4-0-4). Formerly ANT 301. Prerequisite: ANT 202 Study of Culture (formerly ANT 130 Cultural Anthropology) OR junior or senior standing. Study of the universal components and structures of the institutions of religion and religious experience. Comparison of the diversity of religions in the traditional and modern milieu. Return to top

ANT 321 Psychological Anthropology (4-0-4). Formerly ANT 305. Prerequisite: ANT 202 Study of Culture (formerly ANT 130 Cultural Anthropology) or equivalent OR junior or senior standing. Anthropological approach to the study of personality, emphasizing comparison of social and cultural factors that produce culturally variable attitudes and beliefs about the nature of the social, environmental, and supernatural worlds of the individual. Topics include the structure and dynamics of symbolic expression, ecologies of stability and stress, and types of adaptive and maladaptive coping processes in the contexts of social change and modernization. Return to top

ANT 322 Writing About Culture (4-0-4). Formerly ANT 245. Prerequisites: Completion of ENG 101 and 102 and one course in anthropology. Reading and analysis of first-person accounts, scientific narratives, ethnographies, ethnologies, and anthropological fiction. Examination of how various writing styles affect communication among and between social scientists. Writing. Return to top

ANT 323 Visual Anthropology (4-0-4). Note: Students are urged to take ANT 100 Introduction to Anthropology or ANT 202 Study of Culture (formerly ANT 130 Cultural Anthropology) before taking this course. Exploration of the production and use of ethnographic videos and films in anthropological research and teaching. Issues of perspective, adequacy of representation, authorship, and authority are examined through participant observation of showings of ethnographic films and videos and by confronting choices faced by the ethnographer in editing an ethnographic video. Return to top

ANT 324 Anthropology of Gender (4-0-4). Formerly ANT 234 Women and Men in Anthropological Perspective. Note: Students are urged to take ANT 100 Introduction to Anthropology or ANT 202 Study of Culture (formerly ANT 130 Cultural Anthropology) before taking this course. Exploration of the cultural construction of gender in a variety of human societies from an anthropological perspective. Includes an examination of the different ways in which males and females are thought of, treated, and expected to behave in different cultural settings, taking into account aspects of gender systems such as division of labor, stratification, gender roles, and their variation throughout the life cycle. Women's Studies course, Human Diversity. Return to top

ANT 331 North American Prehistory (4-0-4). Formerly ANT 371. Overview of the archaeology of North America, including the United States and Canada. Topics include the peopling of the New World, hunter-gatherers, human settlement of the Arctic, agriculturalists, historic period aboriginal sites, burial sites, and regional developments from New England, the Midwest, the Southeast, Plains, Plateau and Northwest Coast, and California. Return to top

ANT 332 World Prehistory (4-0-4). Formerly ANT 372. Overview of the major human achievements around the world, from early humans to the development of agriculture and the rise of the state. Topics covered in this "muddle in the middle" include early humans, hunter-gatherers, Neanderthals, the Mousterian problem, Upper Paleolithic art, horticulturalists, and the peopling of remote areas of the world. Examples are derived from Africa, Asia, Europe, Mesoamerica, North America, South America, and Oceania. Return to top

ANT 336 Lab Methods in Archaeology (4-0-4). Formerly ANT 358. Introduction to laboratory methods used in archaeological research. Return to top

ANT 337 Field Methods in Archaeology (4-0-4). Formerly ANT 357. Hands-on introduction to archaeological field techniques. Topics include surveying and excavation methods, including transit contour mapping, establishing a site grid and elevation datum, shovel and auger testing, hand excavation of squares, remote sensing, and data recording. Return to top

ANT 340 Phonology (4-0-4). Formerly ANT 326. Introduction to the scientific study of the sound systems of the world's living languages. Includes discussion of the basics of phonetic transcription and phonemic analysis and the development of formal models in phonology. Topics include articulatory and acoustic phonetics, the phoneme, phonological rules and representations, nonlinear models, harmony processes, prosodic morphology, and sound symbolism. Cross-listed with LIN 340. Return to top

ANT 341 Morphology and Syntax (4-0-4). Formerly ANT 327. Introduction to the description and analysis of word formation processes and sentence structure from a cross-linguistic perspective. Instruction in basic morphemic analysis and constituent testing using data drawn from languages outside the Indo-European family. Also includes an introduction to typological analysis in the study of morpho-syntax. Cross-listed with LIN 341. Return to top

ANT 342 Languages in Contact (4-0-4). Formerly ANT 341 Languages and Cultures in Contact. Introduction to the study of linguistic responses to culture contact in a variety of socio-historical contexts. Topics include language and trade, language and colonialism, pidgins and pidginization, Creoles and creolization, dialect contact, and the formation of koines. Cross-listed with LIN 342. Return to top

ANT 343 Language and Gender (4-0-4). Note: Students are urged to take ANT 100 Introduction to Anthropology or ANT 202 Study of Culture (formerly ANT 130 Cultural Anthropology) before taking this course. Exploration of the connections between language and gender systems through a variety of theoretical perspectives, methodologies, and findings in recent research drawn from anthropological, linguistic, and psychological studies. Questions addressed include: How do patterns of speaking and interpreting reflect, perpetuate, and create experience of gender? What do controversies about sexism and other biases in language suggest about the connections between language, thought, and social-political issues? Do differences in language use reflect or contribute to the dominance of one gender over another? Or are differences in language use merely indicative of different cultures or subcultures linked to gender? Women's Studies course. Human Diversity. Return to top

ANT 344 Sociolinguistics (4-0-4). Formerly ANT 353 Linguistic Field Methods. Prerequisite: ANT 304 Linguistic Anthropology (formerly ANT 325 Introduction to Linguistics). An introduction to theory and method in sociolinguistics with examination of both the quantitative and the qualitative paradigms. Quantitative sociolinguistics, also known as variation theory, correlates linguistic variation with social structure relying on the statistical treatment of data. The qualitative paradigm also examines language variation in relation to social structure but has been more traditionally concerned with language use in social context in Nonwestern societies. Return to top

ANT 351 Native North Americans (4-0-4). Formerly ANT 332. Overview of the Native North American peoples, their past and present conditions, origins, cultural variety, and their interaction with European, American, and Canadian cultures. Arts and Sciences Foreign Culture course. Nonwestern Culture and Civilization. Return to top

ANT 352 Native South Americans (4-0-4). Formerly ANT 335. Overview of the indigenous cultures of South America using case studies to represent major culture areas, traditions, and questions of anthropological concern. Arts and Sciences Foreign Culture course. Nonwestern Culture and Civilization. Return to top

ANT 353 Cultures of Africa (4-0-4). Formerly ANT 336 Culture and Change in Africa. Introduction to the multiple cultures of contemporary Africa from a number of different perspectives. Black Studies course. Arts and Sciences Foreign Culture course. Nonwestern Culture and Civilization. Return to top

ANT 354 Cultures of Oceania (4-0-4). Formerly ANT 333 Peoples and Cultures of Oceania. Introduction to the extremely diverse cultural areas of Polynesia, Micronesia, Melanesia, and Australia. Topics include trade and exchange, gender relations and sexuality, culture contact and change, indigenous land rights, totemism, political authority, language distribution and use, warfare and headhunting, expressive arts, and socialization. Arts and Sciences Foreign Culture course. Nonwestern Culture and Civilization. Return to top

ANT 355 Cultures of Southeast Asia (4-0-4). Formerly ANT 337. Introductory survey of the peoples and cultures of both mainland and insular Southeast Asia. Examines both historical and contemporary societies. Topics include kinship systems, religion and possession, warfare and headhunting, and the effects of the Vietnam War on the people and culture. Asian Studies course. Arts and Sciences Foreign Culture course. Nonwestern Culture and Civilization. Return to top

ANT 356 Ethiopia (4-0-4). A survey of the land, ecologies, peoples, and cultures of Ethiopia, which examines ancient and traditional ways of life as well as contemporary issues and developments. Emphasis on Abyssinia. Black Studies course. Arts and Sciences Foreign Culture course. Nonwestern Culture and Civilization. Return to top

ANT 358 Caribbean Societies (4-0-4). Survey of the historical and contemporary societies of the Caribbean socio-cultural region, with primary focus on the non-Hispanic regions of the Caribbean (such as those areas whose colonial history is with England, France, Sweden, and the Netherlands). Assumes no prior knowledge of anthropology. Arts and Sciences Foreign Culture course. Nonwestern Culture and Civilization. Return to top

ANT 375 Ethnographic Field Methods (4-0-4). Instruction in the methods of ethnographic observation, analysis, and description, with exposure to different research methods in ethnography and sociolinguistics. Topics include elicitation, social network analysis, participant/observation, consultants, ethics, data management, and ethnographic writing. Return to top

ANT 393 Area Studies in Archaeology (4-0-4). Formerly ANT 370. Prerequisite: ANT 201 Human Biocultural Evolution (formerly ANT 110). Exploration of the principal developments, primary explanations, and main issues in the prehistory and/or historical archaeology of a particular area. Return to top

ANT 394 Area Studies in Anthropology (4-0-4). Formerly ANT 330. Comparative study of cultures and societies of major world areas. May be repeated for credit by studying different areas. Courses on Asia (China, India, Indonesia) are Asian Studies courses. Contact the Anthropology Department for current offerings. Return to top

ANT 435 Archaeology Field School (4-0-4). Formerly ANT 440. Prerequisite: At least one course in anthropology. Assist with testing and excavation of archaeological sites in various locations. Training in archaeological field techniques, methods of data recording, laboratory procedures, and data analysis. Return to top

ANT 493 Topics in Anthropology (1-4 semester hours). Formerly ANT 460 Special Topics in Anthropology. Topics reflect material of special or timely interest, such as food and culture, multimedia software, Mesoameri-can art, expressive culture, the anthropology of music, folk voices, forensics, and human anatomy. May be repeated when topic varies. Designated titles fulfill the Arts and Sciences Foreign Culture requirement. Return to top

ANT 494 Advanced Area Studies in Anthropology (4-0-4). Prerequisites: ANT 202 Study of Culture (formerly ANT 130 Cultural Anthropology) and appropriate ANT 35X area studies course. In-depth study of specific questions of anthropological concerns in a particular cultural area. Topic and area may vary with each offering. May be repeated for credit with different topic/area. Return to top

ANT 496 Independent Study in Anthropology (1-4 semester hours). Formerly ANT 401 Reading-Research. Prerequisites: Junior standing. Written permission of instructor and chairperson is required for registration. Independent student research on selected advanced topics in anthropology under the direction of the faculty. Return to top