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  • 3.00 Credits

    Credit Hours: 3.00. This course explores the types of information that can be recovered from bones, including age, sex, size, pathology, diet and demography as well as how this information can be utilized to obtain an integrated picture of an individual. The skills learned are applicable to forensic anthropology, archaeology, human evolution and anatomy. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring. 3.000 Credit Hours Levels: Graduate, Professional, Undergraduate Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Regional Campus Only College Course Attributes: Upper Division
  • 3.00 Credits

    Credit Hours: 3.00. The study of human growth and development from a biocultural perspective including the physical mechanisms, and social, cultural, and environmental factors that lead to normal growth and development throughout the human life cycle. Causal factors, patterns of expression, and methods of assessment are stressed. Also available for graduate credit. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. 3.000 Credit Hours Levels: Graduate, Professional, Undergraduate Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Regional Campus Only College Course Attributes: Upper Division
  • 3.00 Credits

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Anthropogical analysis of American society; marriage, descent, kinship organization, religion, social stratification and economic basis of social structure. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. 3.000 Credit Hours Levels: Graduate, Professional, Undergraduate Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Regional Campus Only College Course Attributes: Lower Division
  • 3.00 Credits

    Credit Hours: 3.00. An introduction to the variations and diversities of living human groups. Social structure, religion, ecology, marriage, and personality variations of peoples of the world. Emphasis on preliterate cultures. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. 3.000 Credit Hours Levels: Graduate, Professional, Undergraduate Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Regional Campus Only College Course Attributes: Lower Division
  • 3.00 Credits

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Intermediate survey of theories and problems in social and cultural anthropology. Historical development, methods of inquiry, focal problems, and contemporary theoretical perspectives. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. 3.000 Credit Hours Levels: Graduate, Professional, Undergraduate Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Regional Campus Only College Course Attributes: Lower Division
  • 1.00 - 3.00 Credits

    Credit Hours: 1.00 to 3.00. An ethnographic survey of a selected culture area or ethnic group. (May not be repeated for more than 6 credit hours.). Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. 1.000 TO 3.000 Credit Hours Levels: Graduate, Professional, Undergraduate Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Regional Campus Only College IUPUI Courses-IUPUI Department Course Attributes: Upper Division, Variable Title
  • 3.00 Credits

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Introduction to two representative groups of Plain People: Old Order (house) Amish and Old German Baptist Brethren. Topics include their beliefs and practices, societal structure, sense of community (in language, dress, architecture, transportation, schooling, demography), and the special problems which beset them as traditional societies in a technocratic age. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. 3.000 Credit Hours Levels: Graduate, Professional, Undergraduate Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Regional Campus Only College Course Attributes: Upper Division
  • 3.00 Credits

    Credit Hours: 3.00. The vitality and diversity of African cultures today testifies to the tenacity and creativity of human societies who have faced seveer ecological, political, and social pressures throughout their histories. During the semester, we will explore six cultures in depth throug reading ethnographies that explore a broad spectrum of social situations across the continent. Books, videos, and CD-ROMS will guide us from deserts to deep forests, from city neighborhoods to remove villages, and into communities on every side of sub-Saharan Africa-West, Central, East and South. The authors present different backgrounds and interests in specific topics and theories. Africans also wrestle with issues we share, like changing family values, religious loyalities, interethnic relations, dirty politics, budget cuts, hunger and protecting national prosperity. The course requires consistently preparing for class meetings, taking an active part in discussions and group activities during class, completing worksheets and other assignments outside of class, and three essay exams including the final. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. 3.000 Credit Hours Levels: Graduate, Professional, Undergraduate Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Regional Campus Only College Course Attributes: Upper Division
  • 3.00 Credits

    Credit Hours: 3.00. This course will introduce students to the cultural variety and complexity of prehistoric native North Americans. The course focuses on the various environmental adaptations, lifeways, social systems, and material culture that have been revealed through archaeological research. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. 3.000 Credit Hours Levels: Graduate, Professional, Undergraduate Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Regional Campus Only College Course Attributes: Upper Division
  • 3.00 Credits

    Credit Hours: 3.00. An examination of the political, economic, ecological, religious, kinship, and warfare patterns of representative North American Indian tribes before and at the time of European contact. Approved by Arts and Sciences for the nonwestern culture studies requirement. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. 3.000 Credit Hours Levels: Graduate, Professional, Undergraduate Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Regional Campus Only College Course Attributes: Upper Division
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