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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: 6 credits in ANT, SOC, or WMS and junior status. Theories of globalization and feminist anthropology are used to examine how globalization affects the well-being and potential of women in the areas of work, reproduction, religion, leadership, and activism. 3 credits.
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4.00 Credits
Prerequisite: ANT 102 A hands-on examination of the fossil evidence of human evolution. Topics include the skeletal anatomy of modern humans and great apes and the fossil evidence of early hominids including Orrorin, Sahelanthropus, Ardipithecus, Australopithecus, early Homo, Homo erectus, Homo neanderthalensis and Homo sapiens. Recent discoveries and controversies in paleoanthropology will be highlighted. 4 credits.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: ANT 322 An advanced study of research themes in forensic anthropology. Students examine the primary literature to critically evaluate new research on human skeletal remains. In this seminar-style class, students lead and participate in discussions and produce critical writing pieces on several topics related to forensic anthropology. Topics include trauma and pathological conditions, positive identification, and the use of forensic anthropology in human rights investigations. 3 credits.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: ANT 102 or ANT 205 An introduction to the methods used by archaeologists to catalog, curate and analyze artifacts and ecofacts. Topics include taphonomy, middle-range research including experimental, actualistic and ethnoarchaeological methods, introduction to flintknapping and lithic artifact analysis, and introduction to zooarchaeological identification and faunal analysis. 3 credits.
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3.00 Credits
Introduction to historical and descriptive linguistics, focusing on Bloomfieldian, Transformational, and Stratificational theory. Practical problems in phonology, morphology, and syntax. The influence of linguistics on anthropological theory and practice, including such fields as structuralism, formal semantic analysis, ethnoscience, language and culture, and lexicostatistics. Prerequisite: 12 credits of anthropology. 3 credits.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: 9 credits of ANT or SOC and junior status. Explanation and analysis of ethnographic field methods. Applying anthropological theory to research. Designing and conducting anthropological research and ethnographic writing. Exploration of ethical issues of fieldwork. 3 credits.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: 3 credits of ANT or GEO. Introduction to and participation in the various methods involved in archaeological fieldwork, laboratory analysis and experimental techniques. Emphasizes hands-on experience, demonstrations, and applications of modern techniques to archaeological problems. 4 credits.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: 9 credits of ANT and junior status. Major theoretical contributions to the field. Development and evaluation of: culture as a scientific concept, early evolutionism and other determinisms, diffusionism, neo evolutionism, functionalism, culture and personality, formal semantic analysis, and ethnoscience. 3 credits.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: 18 credits of ANT. Students apply theoretical and field knowledge to selected topics drawn from current issues in anthropology. A major research paper and presentation are required. 3 credits.
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3.00 - 9.00 Credits
Prerequisite: departmental permission. Practical field training and work assignment in physical anthropology, archaeology, linguistics or ethnology, under qualified supervision in conjunction with departmental faculty. Repeatable up to 12 credits. 3-6 credits.
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