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3.00 Credits
3 INQ ANTH 303. Visual aspects of culture and the use of images for the description, analysis, communication, and interpretation of human behavior. Media examined include, but are not limited to, still photography, film, video, new media, and art.
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3.00 Credits
3 INQ This course introduces students to material culture studies, broadly defined as the study of human-made artifacts or objects that reflect the beliefs, values, ideas, attitudes, and assumptions of a particular culture or society at a given point in time. This course investigates the rich potential of things and their interpretation from an anthropological perspective.
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3.00 Credits
3 FA ANTH 303. Introduction to study of folklore, with emphasis on theoretical underpinnings of discipline. Both oral and material cultural traditions will be considered, along with genres of folklore from various cultures around the world.
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3.00 Credits
3 SP ANTH 304 or permission of instructor. Contemporary applications of anthropological linguistics. Variable topic, with focus on current applied problems and methodologies (e.g., language and ethnic identity; intercultural communication; gender and language; classroom communicative styles; occupational jargons; archaeolinguistics; folk taxonomies; language maintenance and shift; discourse analysis). Includes collection and analysis of relevant data.
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3.00 Credits
3 FA Offers practical training in collections management techniques, including registration methods, curatorial practices, and the care, preservation, and conservation of museum specimens.
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3.00 Credits
3 INQ Permission of instructor. This course serves as an introduction to the method and theory of preserving objects for the purposes of exhibit, research, and for posterity. The course is structured in a seminar/laboratory format designed to familiarize students with the chemicals, equipment, and procedures used in treating artifacts. The course covers conservation ethics and guidelines, deterioration processes, and the conservation of organic and inorganic materials.
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3.00 Credits
3 SP This course introduces students to all stages of the exhibit planning process, from the initial concept to the final product. Students are introduced to the methodologies and approaches of current museum practices, including industry standards in design and implementation, the importance of visitor studies, and the underlying educational foundation for developing interpretive museum exhibits.
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3.00 Credits
3 FA This course focuses on the creation of an actual museum exhibit for the annual spring Museum of Anthropology student-created exhibition. Students are required to undertake all phases of the research and design process and final installation.
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3.00 Credits
3 SP ANTH 112 or ANTH 302. Zooarchaeology involves the identification and interpretation of animal remains from archaeological sites. Topics covered include the nature of the archaeofaunal record, units of quantification, taphonomy, the selective utilization of animals and subsistence strategies. A variety of case studies will also be reviewed. Laboratory activity centers around the identification of archaeofaunal remains from selected locations in California.
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3.00 Credits
3 SM ANTH 112 or ANTH 302; permission of instructor required. An intensive field-based introduction to identification techniques and interpretive procedures used in the analysis of animal remains from archaeological sites. Ecological principles will be explored through field observations. A laboratory component will involve the identification of vertebrate osteological remains from sites in Northern California and the Great Basin.
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