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Course Criteria
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4.00 Credits
This course provides analysis of substantive issues in anthropology. Topics vary each semester the course is offered and reflect current interests of students and the instructor. May be repeated for credit.
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3.00 Credits
This course presents an overview of the development, florescence, and decline of Ancient Egyptian culture using research from anthropology, archaeology, and history. Students explore the political, economic, and social Majors, Minors, Other Programs of Study, Course Descriptions history of Egypt, as well as technological and material aspects.
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3.00 Credits
This course is structured to expose students to a variety of concepts and skills used to analyze precontact Native American and Euro- American material culture of the 1 7th through 20th centuries. Students work in the archaeological laboratory.
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3.00 Credits
This course focuses on the ways societies use kinship to structure social behavior and organization. Students learn kinship terminology and systems cross-culturally with particular emphasis on feminist and postmodern challenges to critically analyze the changing landscape of kinship that will define families in the 21st century.
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4.00 Credits
In this course students learn how to design and conduct anthropological research, and critically assess a research proposal and report. Students develop research skills by completing and presenting individual or group projects. Topics include funding and the political context, research design, sampling, data collection and analysis, interpretation of data, and research report writing. Prerequisite: ANTH 101 and ANTH 201.
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3.00 Credits
This course examines the principles that organize everyday life in the cultures of Africa. The wide variety of African cultural systems is examined. The origins of African peoples and their historical development are reviewed. The impact of exogenous forces on African life is discussed. Africa's place in world affairs is explored and prospects for the future investigated.
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3.00 - 4.00 Credits
A variety of off-campus experiential learning opportunities can be arranged through the director of internships. The off-campus internship is an individually designed experience that allows the student to explore the relationships between learning in the classroom and the practical application of knowledge in everyday work situations. Prerequisites: admission to the Internship Program and approval of the department chair. ( See "Internships" under "AcademiPolicies" section.) Credit/No credit grading.
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3.00 Credits
This 1 0-week course in archaeological methodology is sponsored by Historic St. Mary's City and St. Mary's College. Practical experience is supplemented by seminars. This course is cross-listed as HIST 410. Students may receive credit for either course but not both.
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3.00 Credits
The course provides an introduction to archaeological curation, conservation, and collections management, with emphasis on understanding, managing, and preserving historic and prehistoric artifacts and their documentation, including their use by anthropologists and historians, and ethical issues concerning preservation of the past. Students will learn to identify, document, and photograph artifacts; they will learn methods of artifact stabilization, conservation, and analysis, working with advanced laboratory equipment.
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3.00 Credits
The study of the Euro-American in North America through history and archaeology. Method and theory are emphasized. Prerequisite: ANTH 101 or ANTH 281, or one or more American history courses, or consent of the instructor.
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