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  • ANTHRO 4196: Theory and Practice of Contemporary Archaeology

    3.00 Credits
    Temple University

    This writing intensive course is the capstone seminar for anthropology majors with a focus on archaeology. This course is designed to provide students with an overview of the theoretical approaches that are currently employed in archaeological research and the methods utilized in putting these theories into practice. Students will be expected to design a research project that will include a field work component to collect data and a laboratory component to analyze the data. The research proposal will be written in sections (e.g. formulation of a research question; literature review; methods to be employed in carrying out the research; anticipated results and their significance); each section will be discussed in class, revised and resubmitted before moving on to the next section. The final proposal will be presented in class for feedback before the final written version is submitted at the end of the course. Prerequisite:    ENGLISH 0802; ANTHRO 2104; 1 course from ANTHRO 3170, 3771, 3175, or 3189; and three Anthropology courses at the 3000-level
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  • ANTHRO 4396: History of Anthropological Theory

    3.00 Credits
    Temple University

    This is the capstone course for the general anthropology undergraduate major, and it is a writing intensive course as well. This course historicizes, contextualizes, and explores the major theoretical schools in anthropology from the mid-19th century up through the present, including social evolutionism, historical particularism, structural-functionalism, cultural materialism, structuralism, symbolic anthropology, political-economy approaches, postcolonial critiques, feminist critiques, the crisis in ethnographic representation, and poststructuralist approaches.

    Note: This course is primarily oriented towards advanced anthropology undergraduate majors, but advanced undergraduates in other social sciences and humanities majors are also welcome to enroll if they have had some exposure to sociocultural anthropology. Mode: Seminar. Prerequisite:    At least two courses in Anthropology or permission of instructor

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  • ANTHRO 4397: Advanced Seminar in Medical Anthropology

    3.00 Credits
    Temple University

    This course is designed for advanced undergraduate students interested in understanding special topics in the field of contemporary sociocultural medical anthropology. Previous topics taught include the following: the anthropology of the body, science and technology studies, the anthropology of Chinese medicines, and the anthropology of nutrition. Be sure to check with the instructor who is offering the course to find out the specific course description for any given semester. Note also that this course meets the capstone requirement of the human biology track major within the Anthropology Department (though note that you do not have to be a human biology track major to take the course), and that it serves as a writing intensive course.

    Note: Be sure to read course description above carefully. This is a variable topics course in advanced medical anthropology that meets the capstone requirement for the human biology track major and is a writing intensive course. Be sure to contact course instructor for the specific topic any given semester. Mode: Seminar.

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  • ANTHRO 4398: Contemporary Research in Socio-Cultural Anthropology

    3.00 Credits
    Temple University

    This course meets the capstone requirement for the general anthropology undergraduate major and is a writing-intensive course. It serves as the culminating experience of undergraduate training in the general anthropology major. As a capstone course, this class builds on and applies the theoretical, historical, and methodological approaches to which general anthropology majors have been exposed in previous course work. Over the course of the semester, students will explore the ethics of ethnographic field methods, as well as develop and engage an original research project. Course texts address the unique questions raised by distinct fieldwork settings, such as institutional contexts, multi-sited research, the study of elite populations, and marginalized sub-cultures. The book length ethnographies we will read are paired with theoretical texts from which ethnographers draw to develop their arguments. Students will be encouraged to consider how theory can provoke or prevent insight during ethnographic fieldwork. Students will expand their capacity to write well in the specific genres practiced and highly valued by socio-cultural anthropologists. A portion of class time will be devoted to peer writing review, instruction and analysis of ethnographic field notes, and interviewing techniques. Students will interpret their original ethnographic evidence and be asked to hone an argument, moving from practice to theory. Topics, conceptual approaches, and regional specialization will vary. Please contact the instructor for additional information. Prerequisite:    ANTHRO 2396 and one Methods course and ANTHRO 3301 and two additional ANTHRO courses at the 3000-level
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  • ANTHRO 4444: Anthropological Problems in Visual Production

    3.00 Credits
    Temple University

    The introduction of visual recording techniques to a sample of problems in the anthropology of visual communication. Discussions will include ways anthropologists construct problems, develop observational strategies, select appropriate image-making technology, work in field conditions, among others. Strategies of representation connected to the integration of cultural and film theories will be explored in conjunction with a wide range of film examples. Students will be introduced to the department’s production facilities and do short exercises in image making, viewing, and interpretation.

    Note: A lab fee may be necessary depending on the extent of each semester’s assignments. Mode: Seminar and experiential learning.

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  • ANTHRO 4496: Research in Visual Anthropology

    3.00 Credits
    Temple University

    As the required capstone course for the Visual Anthropology track in the major, students will review, integrate and operationalize what they have learned in previous coursework. By undertaking an original brief study in visual anthropology, students will participate in all phases of work including selecting a problem, formulating and writing a proposal, doing background library research, undertaking a period of fieldwork, data analysis, writing up findings and results, and making a final oral presentation. Students will be responsible for writing assignments at each stage of the process and a final report. Students may work individually or in pairs. Camera work is optional but encouraged. Mode: Seminar and experiential learning. Prerequisite:    ANTHRO 2408 (0158) and one 3000-level Visual Anthropology course or permission of the instructor
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  • ANTHRO 4596: Socio-Cultural Ecologies of Language

    3.00 Credits
    Temple University

    This is one of the courses that meet the capstone requirement for the general anthropology undergraduate major. This is also a writing-intensive course, and it is designed for advanced undergraduate anthropology students interested in the mutually-constitutive intersections between language, culture, and social interaction. This course focuses on contemporary linguistic anthropology, as an autonomous sub-discipline, with its own research agenda and methods. The course readings feature a variety of book-length, linguistic anthropology ethnographies, as well as more general theoretical pieces that will be useful for considering different approaches. Through specific case studies drawn from a variety of ethnographic settings, this course explores how language structures and communicative practices are powerful semiotic resources for individual social actors and communities. Also, using the resources of the Linguistic Anthropology Laboratory, students will analyze data and examine how the socio-cultural organization of language use is not a mere reflection of pre-existing social structures and cultural practices, but is in fact constitutive of the latter. Prerequisite:    ENGLISH 0802 and ANTHRO 2507 and one Methods in Anthropology course and three Anthropology courses at 3000-level; or permission of the instructor
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  • ANTHRO 4796: Biocultural Adaptations in Human Populations

    3.00 Credits
    Temple University

    An evaluation of adaptation, selection, and ecological concepts as the bases for models integrating human biology and culture, and for explaining change. Mode: Seminar.
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  • ANTHRO 4797: Evolutionary Perspectives on Reproduction

    3.00 Credits
    Temple University

    This course surveys classic and contemporary literature on human life history evolution, reproductive physiology, and reproductive ecology. It begins by covering some basic information in life history theory and comparative reproductive biology. Secondly, it surveys key issues in the field organized by the stages and events of the life cycle using the following approach: what is the underlying physiology, how do humans compare to the non-human primates and what explanations have been proposed to account for our differences, what factors modulate the expression of life history characteristics among human populations? Mode: Seminar and experiential learning. Prerequisite:    ANTHRO 2705 (0125) and two of the following: ANTHRO 2761 (0161), 2762 (0162), 2763 (0163), 2764 (0164)
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  • ANTHRO 4798: Seminar in Human and Primate Evolution

    3.00 Credits
    Temple University

    An in-depth review of the synthetic theory of evolution and special topics in evolutionary theory. Emphasis will be placed on human evolution, human bio-cultural adaptation, and evolutionary biology. Mode: Seminar.
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