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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
After introducing the student to the discipline of medical anthropology, the course focuses on the interaction between disease and culture and on the characteristics and functions of diverse medical systems.
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3.00 Credits
Presents a review and discussion of social scientific research concerning the nature of race and ethnicity and their expression as social and cultural forces in the organization of multiethnic societies. The focus is multidisciplinary.
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3.00 Credits
Three weeks of practical instruction in the methods and theory of archaeological survey, excavation and laboratory analysis. Students learn field techniques and apply them to investigations of both prehistoric and historic archaeological materials by working with artifacts collected during the field course. In addition to the basic archaeological techniques the class will introduce modern remote sensing methods, including lessons on how to use a total station (laser transit) and equipment for magnetic and resistivity surveys. Student teams will learn how to operate the geophysical survey instruments and will use the instruments to conduct geomagnetic and soil resistivity surveys of a portion of the archaeological features present, and the field school excavations will be designed to evaluate their theories. There are no prerequisites for this course, but prior exposure to an introductory course in anthropology or archaeology is helpful. In addition to tuition, this course requires payment of a laboratory/transportation fee.
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3.00 Credits
In many archaeological sites, pottery is the most common type of artifact recovered. The analysis and interpretation of ceramic remains allow archaeologists to accomplish several goals: establish a chronological sequence, track interaction between different areas, and suggest what types of activities people may have conducted at the site. This course will focus on the ways that archaeologists bridge the gap between the analysis and the interpretation of ceramic data. Class meetings will involve discussion of the readings, student presentations, lectures, and the analysis of archeological ceramics in the archaeological collections of the Department of Anthropology.
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0.00 - 6.00 Credits
This hands-on research course will engage students in an experiential learning environment that immerses them in anthropological method and theory. Using the large Byzantine St. Stephen's skeletal collection from Jerusalem as the cornerstone, historical and archaeological information will be synthesized in a biocultural reconstruction of ancient monastic life. Students will conduct original research, share in an active field trip program, and participate in a lecture program delivered by top scholars in the fields of biological anthropology, classics, and Near Eastern studies. Students will develop a suite of methodological skills in the natural and social sciences, explore artifacts and life ways of the study population, delve into the pertinent literature using several world-class libraries, develop skills for collaborative research, and discover the importance of a holistic approach to a fuller understanding of life in the past.
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3.00 Credits
Flattery, cheating, self-expression, prayer, superiority, solidarity, distancing, play: all these and many more things may be done with language. This course looks at some of the ways humans do things with words. Topics include religious language; silence; politeness and sincerity; truth, deception, lying, and cheating; linguistic variety, identity, and stereotypes; moral evaluations made of language; and language used for power and solidarity.
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0.00 - 12.00 Credits
Intensive independent readings of a special problem area in biological anthropology about which the student will be expected to produce a detailed annotated bibliography and write a scholarly paper.
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1.00 - 3.00 Credits
Intensive independent readings on a special problem area in sociocultural anthropology about which the student will be expected to produce a detailed annotated bibliography and write a scholarly paper.
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3.00 Credits
This course will reconceptualize a variety of human diseases, syndromes and disorders from the standpoint of evolution, in the modern cultural context. The evolution of infectious diseases, menopause, women's reproductive cancers, allergy, pediatric topics, breastfeeding, obstetrics, geriatric medicine, structural and genetic abnormalities, psychiatric disorders, psychological health, eating disorders, nutrition, obesity, myopia, emotional disorders, touch therapy and massage will be examined.
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1.00 - 3.00 Credits
Intensive independent research on a special problem area in archaeology about which the student will be expected to produce a detailed annotated bibliography and write a scholarly paper.
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