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Course Criteria
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4.00 Credits
This course introduces humans as biological organisms, descended from animal ancestors and closely related other living primates. The processes involved in evolution such as natural selection, population genetics, genetic inheritance, and biological adaptation will be discussed. Human ancestry, inferred from the fossil record, will be a primary focus, especially those attributes and selection pressures that led to behaviorally modern humans.
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4.00 Credits
This course examines how the physical remains of past cultures are used to reconstruct vanished societies, explain their origins, and understand the factors that contributed to their ultimate collapse. It focuses on the universal cultural, economic and ecological factors that affected ancient peoples and how these staged the modern world.
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3.00 Credits
This course will introduce field and laboratory archaeology and covers the full scope of the scientific methods used to locate, excavate, analyze and interpret the material evidence of vanished prehistoric cultures. Particular focus will be given to field work, including an intensive two-day excavation of a Native American site in southwestern Minnesota. The laboratory component will also include hands-on interaction with artifacts, interpreting, and cataloging materials recently recovered by teams from Normandale.
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3.00 Credits
This course will evaluate the prehistory and cultures in Minnesota from the earliest prehistoric human presence to the time of contact with European settlements. Students will examine how the physical remains of past cultures in Minnesota are used to reconstruct the past. The focus will be on the environmental and resource factors that affected these early cultural groups in Minnesota.
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3.00 Credits
This course introduces students to the ways that medical anthropologists understand disease, illness, suffering, and healing as it occurs in a complex weave of biological, psychological, cultural, environmental, and political-economic processes. Particular emphasis, through case studies, will be placed upon the cultural context in which illnesses and suffering are experienced, narrated, and addressed. The importance of cultural competence in health-related practices (the ability to understand and communicate effectively with people from different cultures) will be emphasized throughout this course.
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1.00 - 5.00 Credits
Examination of a special topic in anthropology. Topics courses do not satisfy goals of the Minnesota Transfer Curriculum.
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2.00 - 4.00 Credits
This internship course explores museology careers and training in a supervised work setting and combines theory with field experience in an approved museum environment. Students must complete 45 hours per credit on the job, additional academic work, and meet with a faculty member monthly for the duration of this internship. Students may earn 2 to 4 credits.
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3.00 Credits
Examination of a special topic in anthropology, intended for second-year students (e.g. Archaeology Field School).
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3.00 Credits
Introduction to the concepts underlying the creation and appreciation of the visual arts. Examination of works of Western and non-Western art: the visual elements and principles of design, art mediums, expression, and style. In addition to lecture, weekly studio sessions allow for the exploration of the creative process in works of art using a variety of materials.
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3.00 Credits
Examines major Western art movements from Paleolithic cave painting through the Renaissance and Reformation in Northern Europe. Explores architecture, sculpture, painting, and craft through lecture, discussion, and written assignments.
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