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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
Provides theories of social organization, interrelations of social institutions, and current anthropological methods of interpretation. Prerequisite: ANTH 1200.
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3.00 Credits
Examines representative theories of change, factors involved, dynamics of modernization and applied anthropology. Dual listed with ANTH 5340. Prerequisite: ANTH 1200.
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3.00 Credits
Understandings of health and illness vary widely. Taking a comparative historical approach, this class examines how an individual's interactions with sociocultural and physical environments influence the experiences of health and illness. Topics include symbolic healing, biomedicine as a cultural system, disease and international development, and the global politics of AIDS and other pandemics. Dual listed with ANTH 5350. Prerequisite: ANTH 1200, SOC 1000.
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3.00 Credits
Introduces methods and theories anthropologists use to analyze personality, socialization, mental illness and cognition in non-western societies. Dual listed with ANTH 5360. Prerequisite: ANTH 1200.
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3.00 Credits
Offers anthropological interpretation of visual representations and media, including analysis of the development of ethnographic films and their contemporary use. Visual representations of many cultures as well as mainstream United States examples are analyzed. Prerequisite: ANTH 1200.
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3.00 Credits
Demonstrates the interrelationship of language and culture in several Native American communities. Examines anthropological and linguistic theories regarding language spread and the peopling of North America, narrative performance, translation, and the connection between linguistic structures and cultural features. Dual listed with ANTH 5740; cross listed with NAIS 4740. Prerequisite: ANTH 2000 or consent of instructor.
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3.00 Credits
An introduction to fundamentals of linguistic study, including phonology, morphology, semantics, pragmatics, and syntax, with a focus on the application of linguistic theory. Cross listed with ENGL 4750 and LANG 4750. Prerequisite: 8 hours of foreign language. (Normally offered once a year)
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3.00 Credits
Demonstrates interrelationships between language, human biology, and culture. In particular, the relevance of the study of language to biological anthropology, archaeology, and cultural anthropology is emphasized. Examines classic approaches in anthropological linguistics and recent controversies such as the origin of language in human evolution. Dual listed with ANTH 5760. Prerequisites: junior or senior status and appropriate background in anthropology and foreign language study.
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3.00 Credits
This course examines various forms of language play and the role of language characteristics (ambiguity, phonology, homophony, etc.) in creating humorous utterances and texts. Anthropological understandings of humor and its use also will be explored. Students will construct and analyze forms of humor throughout the course. Dual listed with ANTH 5765. Prerequisite: ANTH 2000 or consent of the instructor.
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3.00 Credits
Following an introduction to the fundamentals of linguistic study, an examination of the relationship and interactions among language, society, and culture, including linguistic and social behaviors with regard to the creation and modification of cultural identity. Cross listed with ENGL 4770 and LANG 4770. Prerequisite: 8 hours of foreign language. (Normally offered once a year)
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