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30.00 Credits
This course offers a guided framework for practical experience for work carried out by students in discipline related governmental and non-governmental agency projects. Interns will be involved in effective public service in order to promote student understanding of complex social, political, economic, scientific and philosophical issues. Internship examples include, but are not limited to, work in archaeological, museum, and public health contexts. Course credit is based on 1) satisfactory performance of 30 hours of work for each credit earned; 2) fulfillment of a learning contract with a faculty sponsor; and 3) the satisfactory completion of a final project, usually a paper. Credits: 1-6
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3.00 Credits
This lecture course covers laboratory techniques and the analysis of prehistoric artifacts, with special emphasis on lithic, ceramic and bone technologies. This course also introduces the student to the preparation of technical reports. Prerequisites: ANTH 201 Credits: 4 Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (4-0)
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4.00 Credits
This course provides a comprehensive survey of the major cultural traditions of the prehistoric Southwestern United States, including the environmental and social factors that contributed to their distinctiveness. Credits: 4 Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (4-0)
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4.00 Credits
This course will explore the ancient societies of the Old World from an archaeological perspective. Possible topics include, but are not limited to, European Prehistory, Ancient Egypt, Archaeology of Greece and Rome, African Prehistory, and the Prehistory of China. Credits: 4 Repeatable: Repeatable for a maximum of 8 credits, provided the topics are different. Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (4-0)
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4.00 Credits
The primary focus of this course is the development of the indigenous cultures of the Americas. Potential topics include overviews of North, South, or Central America as well as more regionally focused curricula. The latter might include topics like Woodland Culture, the Plains, the Maya, etc. Credits: 4 Repeatable: Repeatable for a maximum of 8 credits, provided the topics are different. Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (4-0)
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4.00 Credits
This course explores the fascinating social landmarks in human prehistory by examining various topics from a global anthropological perspective. Possible topics may include: the rise and fall of ancient states, the origins and spread of agriculture, hunter-gatherer lifestyles, and the archaeology of warfare. Credits: 4 Repeatable: Repeatable for a maximum of 8 credits, provided the topics are different. Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (4-0)
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4.00 Credits
This course provides a comparative study of major cultural topics concerning contemporary ethnic groups of central Mexico and northern Central America. Geography, demography, ecology and prehistory will be touched upon, while social, economic and political systems will be studied in more depth. Credits: 4 Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (3-0)
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4.00 Credits
Peoples of indigenous ancestry who live in the Andes region of South America (and who live as transnational migrants outside of the Andes) are studied in their environmental and sociopolitical contexts. Phenomena such as global indigenous rights, colonialism, Euro-American imperialism, and pre-Hispanic legacies are examined. Native perspectives are included through the study of political documents, myths, and other Native authored texts. Credits: 4 Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (4-0)
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3.00 Credits
This course offers an in depth, interdisciplinary analysis of the nature and origin of gender concepts cross culturally, particularly as they relate to explaining gender hierarchy. Topics to be covered include the contributions of feminist thought to social scientific theories, the cultural construction of gender categories, and the relationship of gender to power. This course is the same as WS 355; credit will be given for only one of these courses. Credits: 4 Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (4-0)
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4.00 Credits
This course provides a comparative study of human populations in ecosystems, stressing the relationship between culture and the biophysical environment with the focus on cultural adaptations. Implications for anthropological theory, sociocultural evolution and contemporary problems will be investigated. Credits: 4 Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (4-0)
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