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ANP—Anthropology 270 Women and Health: Anthropological and 411 North American Indian Ethnography ANTHROPOLOGY ANP International Perspectives Fall. 3(3-0) P: ANP 201 Fall. 3(3-0) Social and cultural patterns of North American Indian Cross cultural perspectives on the health implications societies. History, economy, politics, social organiza- Department of Anthropology of differing life circumstances for women. Women as tion, religion, and social change. College of Social Science health-care consumers and providers. Health and women's life cycles. 412 Method and Practice in Digital Heritage 200 Navigating Another Culture Spring. 3(3-0) P: ANP 201 or ANP 203 or Fall, Spring, Summer. 2(0-4) 320 Social and Cultural Theory ANP 204 or ANP 206 or approval of depart- Understanding how cultural differences shape per- Fall, Spring. 3(3-0) P: (ANP 201) and com- ment spectives and behavior. Adapting to a new cultural pletion of Tier I writing requirement The application of digital methods and computational setting. Major theoretical traditions of cultural anthropology. approaches to heritage questions, data, materials, Functionalism, symbolism, structuralism, and con- collections. temporary developments. 201 Introduction to Cultural Anthropology Fall, Spring, Summer. 3(3-0) 414 Anthropology of South Asia Origins and diversity of cultural systems. Theories of 321 Anthropology of Social Movements Fall of even years. 3(3-0) P: ANP 201 culture. Patterns of kinship. Religious, economic, and Fall. 3(3-0) Anthropology of India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, political institutions. How social movements within different cultures and Sri Lanka. Religion, social organization, village around the world organize, create or impede change life, urban structures, economic organization, history, on the basis of class, religion, race, ethnicity, lan- and social change. 203 Introduction to Archaeology guage, and territory. Fall, Spring. 3(3-0) SA: ANP 360 Theory, methodology, and techniques of archaeol- 415 China: Culture and Society ogy. Applications to questions about past human be- 325 Anthropology of the Environment and Fall of odd years. 3(3-0) P: ANP 201 havior. History and concepts of archaeology as an Development Socioeconomic and cultural continuity and change anthropological subdiscipline. Spring. 3(3-0) from traditional civilization to the contemporary state Anthropological approaches to contemporary envi- and the communist period. Village and urban society ronmental and development issues and their inter-re- and their relationships. 204 Introduction to Medical Anthropology lation. Summer. 3(3-0) Concepts, methods and theoretical approaches of 417 Introduction to Islam in Africa the field of medical anthropology. 330 Race, Ethnicity, and Nation: Spring of odd years. 3(3-0) Anthropological Approaches to Anthropological and historical literature on Islam in Collective Identity Africa. Spread of Islam, colonialism, slave trade, con- 205 Navigating United States Culture Spring. 3(3-0) RB: ANP 201 version, migration, prayer, Islamic schools, gender, Fall, Spring, Summer. 3(3-0) Understanding race and ethnicity. Models analyzing ethnicity, human rights Anthropological perspectives on social and cultural racial, ethnic, and national identities; boundaries; and patterns that shape life in the United States. Includes collective identities and differentiations. Case studies gender, language, race and ethnicity, subcultures, from cultures worldwide. 419 Anthropology of the Middle East values, class, manners, food. Ethnographic studies, Fall. 3(3-0) P: ANP 201 and methods, as tools to better understand U.S. cul- Anthropological literature of the Middle East and ture. 362 Archaeology of Foragers to Farmers North Africa. Cultural variation, religion, ethnicity, kin- Fall of odd years. 3(3-0) P: ANP 203 or ANP ship, gender, representation, and cultural, political, 264 and economic transformation. 206 Introduction to Physical Anthropology Theories, problems, and issues in the study of forag- Fall, Spring. 3(3-0) SA: ANP 202, ANP 340 ing and farming as adaptive strategies. Archaeologi- Problems, data, and methods of physical anthropol- cal evidence for the appearance and development of 420 Language and Culture ogy. Human genetics, hominid evolution, primate food production in prehistory. Fall, Spring. 3(3-0) Interdepartmental with studies, human osteology, and human diversity. English. Administered by Anthropology. P: (ENG 302 or ANP 201 or ANP 320 or LIN 200 363 Rise of Civilization or LIN 401) and Completion of Tier I Writing 220 Gender Relations in Comparative Spring. 3(3-0) P: ANP 203 or ANP 264 Requirement Perspective Archaeological evidence for the appearance and de- Domain, issues, and methods of cultural linguistics. Spring. 3(3-0) velopment of the world's earliest prehistoric civiliza- Relationship between language and culture. Lan- Gender relations in different cultures. Economic and tions. The nature of complex societies and the com- guage and ethnicity, status, and role. Pidgin and Cre- domestic division of labor between the sexes as a parative evolution of states. ole languages. Crosscultural communication. factor underlying power differentials. 364 Pseudoarchaeology 422 Religion and Culture 236 The Anthropology of Peace and Justice Fall of odd years. 3(3-0) Fall, Spring. 3(3-0) P: (ANP 201) or comple- Spring of odd years, Summer. 3(3-0) SA: Critical survey and discussion of pseudoarchaeologi- tion of Tier I writing requirement ANP 336 cal and pseudoscientific ideas about archaeology, ar- The anthropology of religion and the symbolic analy- Anthropological, theoretical, ethnographic, and inter- chaeologists, and the human past. sis of ritual. Theoretical and ethnographic literature. disciplinary approaches to the study of peace and jus- tice. Violence, nonviolence, international law, social movements, economic justice, environmental racism, 370 Culture, Health, and Illness 423 Psychological Anthropology memory and trauma. Fall, Spring. 3(3-0) P: (ANP 201 or ANP 204) Spring of even years. 3(3-0) P: ANP 201 or completion of Tier I writing requirement Cross-cultural perspectives on culture and personal- Cross-cultural perspectives on the definition and ity. Enculturation, life-cycle, person and self, emotion 264 Great Discoveries in Archaeology treatment of illness. and cognition, mental illness. Spring. 3(3-0) Great discoveries in archaeology that have captured the public's imagination and shaped Western 410 Anthropology of Latin America 425 Issues in Medical Anthropology thought, from Olduvai Gorge and Stonehenge to Fall. 3(3-0) P: Completion of Tier I Writing Fall. 3(3-0) A student may earn a maximum Macchu Pichu. Requirement R: Not open to freshmen. of 6 credits in all enrollments for this course. Comparative analysis of significant social issues con- P: ANP 201 or ANP 204 SA: ANP 435 fronting contemporary Latin American countries. Selected topics in the anthropological investigation of health issues with an emphasis on critical analysis of cultural, historical, and conceptual bases for trends in health research. Topics vary. 1 ANP—Anthropology 426 Urban Anthropology 441 Osteology and Forensic Anthropology 471 The Anthropology of Alternative Spring of odd years. 3(3-0) Spring, Summer of even years. 4(3-2) Sum- Medicine The anthropological approach to urban issues. mer: Abroad. P: ANP 206 or CJ 210 Fall of odd years. 3(3-0) P: (ANP 201) and Cross-cultural perspectives on the informal economy, Human bone and skeletal biology and analysis. Meth- completion of Tier I writing requirement RB: power, ideology, and community. ods of forensic anthropology. Analysis of skeletal re- ANP 270 or (ANP 370 or concurrently) mains, forensic pathology, and forensic archaeology. Anthropological study of alternative medicine and ethnomedicine in the United States and around the 429 Ethnographic Field Methods world. Cross-cultural study of concepts of health and Fall, Spring. 4(3-2) P: (ANP 201) and com- 443 Human Adaptability illness, diagnosis, and treatment. pletion of Tier I writing requirement R: Not Fall. 3(3-0) P: ANP 206 open to freshmen or sophomores. Human adaptation to physical, biological and social Field research in cultural anthropology. Research de- environments. Adaptive models from ecology, de- 475 Organizational Anthropology sign, participant observation, relationship of tech- mography, genetics, physiology, nutrition and medi- Fall. 3(3-0) RB: Acquaintance with issues of niques to methods, and ethics. cine. Theoretical and methodological issues in hu- culture, power, and communication that oc- man adaptation studies across various populations. cur in geographically dispersed teamwork from any area of endeavor. Ability to report 431 Gender, Environment and Development on issues to highlight effective practices and Fall of odd years. 3(3-0) P: ANP 201 RB: 451 European Archaeology pitfalls. R: Open to juniors or seniors or grad- Course work in international development Spring of even years. 3(3-0) P: ANP 203 or uate students. and/or gender studies. ANP 264 Anthropological study of organizations, focusing on Relationship among processes of environmental Patterns of change in technology, subsistence, econ- geographically dispersed and culturally disparate or- change, development and gender differentiation. An- omy, settlement, social organization, and political ganizations. thropological perspectives. Case studies of major complexity from the earliest human occupation theoretical approaches. Gendered participation envi- through the Iron Age. Major issues