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1.00 - 4.00 Credits
Fall, Spring. Credits: 1,2,4. This course allows senior and advanced junior majors to become active participants in ongoing departmental research projects. Prerequisites: Permission of instructor.
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4.00 Credits
Fall, Spring. Credits: 4. Supervised experience for Junior and Senior anthropology/sociology majors in applying anthropological and/or sociological knowledge and principles in a field or real-world setting which might include non-profit community agencies, museums, and cultural resource management firms. A journal and/or final paper on the experience will be required. Prerequisites beyond Anthropology/Sociology 103 and 105 will depend on the individual project. Prerequisites: Permission of instructor and department chair is required.
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4.00 Credits
Spring. Credits: 4. This capstone course requires students to integrate knowledge and skills that have been acquired throughout their studies as majors in the department. Students will engage in an ongoing critical analysis of contemporary contributions to theory and research in anthropology and sociology. Students will design and conduct a research project that culminates in a research paper and presentation. Prerequisites: Anthropology/Sociology 103, 105, 261, 262, and 275.
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4.00 - 8.00 Credits
Fall, Spring. Credits: 4-8. Open to candidates for honors in the department. A tutorial consisting of advanced original research. Prerequisites: Permission of instructor.
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4.00 Credits
Spring. Credits: 4. While we are symbol users and inhabitants of imagined worlds, we are also tool makers whose hands are "dirtied" in manipulating the world. This course will focus attention on of our "materiality" and our engagement with the material world. Examples of material culture studies will be drawn from such disciplines as archaeology, anthropology, geography, history, art history, folklore, popular culture, architecture, and museum studies. Material culture studies, while a rich source of information is also a challenging arena for the study of individuals, societies and cultures because objects neither "speak" unambiguously nor directly to us. Students will come to appreciate how astute observation underpinned by theoretical acumen and the clever framing of questions can allow us to "learn from things." This course is cross-listed as Anthropology/Sociolog
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4.00 Credits
Credits: 4. This class will expose students to a range of archaeological methods used in the field, laboratory and museum to find, record, date, preserve and contextualize physical materials. Basic methods of investigation and research will be discussed through the examination of site survey, excavation and the analysis of artifacts. Students will be introduced to various systems of archaeological classification and analytical techniques for understanding objects such as lithic artifacts, pottery, human skeletal remains, and other historic and prehistoric artifacts. Artifact illustration, photography, cataloguing and curating will also be discussed. (Course offered every third year; scheduled for 2006-2007.)
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4.00 Credits
Credits: 4. Degree Requirement: F11 A supervised training course (ordinarily in the summer) in archeological methods at a controlled excavation. Students will live on the site and participate as crewmembers in the excavation, registration, restoration and publication of archaeological remains. Most students will participate in the Rhodes summer field school at the Ames Plantation, but alternative field schools in the USA or abroad are acceptable alternatives pending the approval of the chair of the Archaeology Program.
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4.00 Credits
Credits: 4. A supervised learning experience involving archaeological and/or material culture studies out of state, abroad, or in the community outside of the college. This may include museums, laboratories, cultural resource management firms, cultural conservation projects, historical landmarks, surveying firms, etc. The student and the faculty advisor will devise the program of field work and submit it for approval to the chair of the Archaeology Program.
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4.00 Credits
Students taking intermediate studio courses will explore issues concerning media and methods relevant to individually designated concepts and investigations. Students are expected to spend twelve hours per week on research and production. Students must have permission from the instructor before registration. Studio courses require 138 hours of work per term for four credits. A studio fee may be required for studio courses to cover the expense of materials and equipment.
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4.00 Credits
Fall, Spring. Credits: 4. Degree Requirements: Fine Arts, F5. An introduction to drawing in various media.
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