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  • ANTH 151: Human Cultures

    1.00 - 2.00 Credits
    DePauw University

    Group 2,1 course An introduction to the perspectives, methods and ideas of cultural anthropology. Analysis of human diversity and similarities among people throughout the world, both Western and non-Western, through cross-cultural comparison. Topics include: culture and society; ethnographic research; ethnocentrism vs. cultural relativism; how societies adapt to their environment; different forms of marriage and social relationships; male, female and other forms of gender; the social functions of religion; and processes of socio-cultural change. May not be taken pass/fail.
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  • ANTH 153: Human Origins

    1.00 Credits
    DePauw University

    Group 1, 1 course An introduction to physical anthropology and archaeology, showing how biology and culture enable humankind to survive in many different environments. Topics discussed include primate behavior, fossil humans, tools and society, and the relationships between biology and human behavior. May not be taken pass/fail.
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  • ANTH 156: Advanced Placement in Human Geography

    1.00 Credits
    DePauw University

    1 course Advanced placement credit for entering first-year students in Human Geography.
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  • ANTH 197A: First-Year Seminar

    1.00 Credits
    DePauw University

    1 course This course, designed especially for first-year students, explores an innovative or timely issue in anthropology. Anthropological perspectives and ways of knowing are used to study a particular topic in depth. Ethical and comparative dimensions to the issue will be examined. Topics might include: Culture and Morality, Women and Work, Culture and Medicine, Human Rights and Cultural Survival, and Culture and Violence. Seminars are small and emphasize writing and class discussion. Prerequisite: first-year students only.
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  • ANTH 252: Anthropology of Power and Violence

    1.00 - 2.00 Credits
    DePauw University

    Group 2,1 course Are humans by nature violent If so, then how do we explain cooperation in human communities If cooperation is the norm, then how do we account for warfare What are the foundations of power and inequalities in societies In this course we explore many of these classical topics from an interdisciplinary perspective that encompasses biology, philosophy, history, and ethics. But all of this is informed by anthropology's cross-cultural and cross-temporal perspective.
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  • ANTH 253: Environmental Anthropology

    1.00 - 2.00 Credits
    DePauw University

    Group 2,1 course A study of the relationships between humans and their environment, with special emphasis on how human lifestyles may be understood as responses to environmental challenges. Prerequisite: ANTH 151 or 153 or sophomore standing.
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  • ANTH 254: Anthropology of Religion

    1.00 - 2.00 Credits
    DePauw University

    Group 2,1 course The study of religious beliefs and rituals from different cultures around the world, mainly in small-scale and agricultural societies (e.g., Africa, Indonesia, Pacific Islands, South America) but may also include Judaism, Christianity and Islam. Instead of a theological perspective, the course studies religion in its socio-cultural context. Emphasis is on general theories that explain the functions of religion as well as case-studies that examine the particular meanings of religions. Topics may include: totemism; death, ghosts and the soul; magic versus science; myth; sorcery and witchcraft; male and female initiation ceremonies; purity and pollution beliefs; religion and social change. Prerequisite: ANTH 151, sophomore standing or permission of instructor.
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  • ANTH 255: The Anthropology of Gender

    1.00 - 2.00 Credits
    DePauw University

    Group 2,1 course This class explores anthropological theories of gender differences and inequalities in cross-cultural contexts. The course examines the role of kinship, reproduction, politics and economic systems in the shifting determinations of gender in various contexts. It also questions the meanings of masculinity, transsexual/transgender issues and the roles of women in global contexts. In this course, the various ways that anthropology has theorized and understood questions of gender are explored and made relevant to contemporary societies. Prerequisite: ANTH 151, sophomore standing or permission of instructor.
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  • ANTH 257: Culture,Medicine and Health

    1.00 - 2.00 Credits
    DePauw University

    Group 2,1 course What is sickness What is health How do these ideas vary across cultures and history This course investigates how and why people explain what it means to be "well" or "unwell" in society. It examines such topics as: Western biomedicine, the body and gender; access to health care in differing cultural and political contexts, ethics, death and dying, birth and the politics of reproduction, drugs and how we think we "treat" illness or choose not to.
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  • ANTH 258: Archaeology

    1.00 - 2.00 Credits
    DePauw University

    Group 2,1 course (formerly ANTH 354) Archaeology is much more than digging into the ancient past. It is also a form of detective work that allows us to understand ancient as well as modern societies by uncovering the clues of their material remains. In this course, we see how archaeologists show how and why civilizations rise and collapse. Prerequisite: ANTH 151, ANTH 153 or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for ANTH 354.
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