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  • ANT 358: Caribbean Societies

    4.00 Credits
    Cleveland State University

    Survey of the historical and contemporary societies of the Caribbean socio-cultural region, with primary focus on the non-Hispanic regions of the Caribbean (those areas whose colonial history is with England, France, Sweden and the Netherlands). Assumes no prior knowledge of anthropology. Foreign Culture course.
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  • ANT 365: The Asian American Experience

    4.00 Credits
    Cleveland State University

    This course deals with developing a better understanding of the evolution and settlement patterns, religious and social institutions, and help-seeking patterns of Asian Americans, one of the fastest growing visible minority groups in our society. The course will focus on Indian Americans and Chinese Americans, the two largest Asian American groups in Northeast Ohio. Other Asian groups, such as Filipinos, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese, and other Southeastern and South Asian communities will also be highlighted, with special emphasis on Asian communities in Northeast Ohio. Cross-listed with SWK 355.
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  • ANT 366: Native Peoples of the Southwest

    4.00 Credits
    Cleveland State University

    An in-depth examination of the Southwest culture area of Native North America found primarily within Arizona and New Mexico and parts of Colorado and Nevada. The course focuses on the ethnography of the region, with a brief overview of the archaeological basis of contemporary settlement. While not strictly enforced, it is strongly recommended that students either have taken or are concurrently enrolled in ANT 351 Native North Americans.
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  • ANT 375: Ethnographic Field Methods

    4.00 Credits
    Cleveland State University

    Instruction in the methods of ethnographic observation, analysis, and description, with exposure to different research methods in ethnography and sociolinguistics. Topics covered include elicitation, social network analysis, participant observation, consultants, ethics, data management, and ethnographic writing.
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  • ANT 385: The Anthropology of Tourism

    4.00 Credits
    Cleveland State University

    An introduction to the study of tourism from the perspective of anthropology. Although the anthropology of tourism is a relatively new field of social science inquiry, its objects of study—travel, cross-cultural interaction, and culture change—are as old as the discipline of anthropology itself. Topics covered include defining tourism, typologies of tourism and tourists, the theory of tourism, tourist arts and crafts, ethnicity and heritage in tourism, sustainable tourism, eco-tourism, the social and cultural impacts of tourism, and managing tourism.
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  • ANT 393: Area Studies in Archaeology

    4.00 Credits
    Cleveland State University

    Prerequisite: ANT 101 Human Biocultural Evolution. Exploration of the principal developments, primary explanations, and main issues in the study of the prehistory and/or historical archaeology of a particular area, region, or place. Similar to area studies in anthropology courses, with emphasis on the past culture of a target area rather than its contemporary culture. Mesoamerica, the Maya area, and Belize have been covered in recent years; other areas may also be covered.
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  • ANT 394: Area Studies in Anthropology

    4.00 Credits
    Cleveland State University

    Comparative study of cultures and societies of major world areas. May be repeated up to 12 credit hours by studying different areas.
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  • ANT 401: Forensic Anthropology

    4.00 Credits
    Cleveland State University

    This course provides students with an introduction to the forensic sciences. Readings emphasize the diverse roles that forensic evidence plays in local, regional, national and international law enforcement and judicial applications. Introductory topics include forensic chemistry, pathology, dentistry, DNA fingerprinting, botany, palynology, entomology, geology, engineering, sociology, psychology, psychiatry, and forensic anthropology and archaeology. Special topics include the determination of age, sex, ancestry, and stature from human skeletal remains along with identification of skeletal trauma, features of individuation, and applications of craniofacial reconstruction. Additional topics focus on standard death scene and crime scene methods of evidence collection used in the study of criminalistics.
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  • ANT 440: Southwest Field Experience

    6.00 Credits
    Cleveland State University

    Prerequisites: ANT 366 Native Peoples of the Southwest and permission of instructor. This course provides the curricular foundations for the supervised field experience in anthropology, a program that is offered annually in the second six-week summer session. There is a two-week orientation and preparation on campus followed by a four-week stay in the Southwest (New Mexico and Arizona), where students experience tourism in Native American communities.
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  • ANT 447: Maya Hieroglyphic Writing II

    4.00 Credits
    Cleveland State University

    Prerequisite: ANT 347. Building on the basic knowledge and skills learned in ANT 347, students will decipher increasingly more challenging texts in order to reach a more sophisticated understanding of Maya hieroglyphic decipherment, and its implications for understanding and revising the history of Classic Maya civilization. Cross-listed with LIN/MLA 447.
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