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Course Criteria
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25.00 Credits
Introduction to American Sign Language. Practice in signing and comprehension in American Sign Language (Ameslan or ASL). .25 unit - VonFeldt.
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25.00 Credits
Introduction to American Sign Language. Practice in signing and comprehension in American Sign Language (Ameslan or ASL). .25 unit - VonFeldt.
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3.00 Credits
The fossil record of human and non-human primate evolution. Emphasizes how the paleoanthropologist goes about understanding and interpreting the fossil record, including problems of classification, evolutionary relationships, dating and behavioral reconstructions. Complementary laboratory work enhances classroom experience. (Meets the requirement for Natural Science credit.) (Does not meet the divisional requirement in the Social Sciences or the outside unit requirement for students majoring in the Natural Sciences.) Prerequisite: Anthropology 101 or consent of instructor. (Meets the Critical Perspectives: Scientific Investigation of the Natural World requirement.) (Not offered 2008-09.) 1 unit.
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3.00 Credits
Beginning with the genetic base, this course provides an anthropological approach to understanding biological variation within and between human populations. Traits of known and unknown inheritance, physiological adaptations, concept of race and interactions of human biology and culture are emphasized. Some laboratory exercises. (Meets the requirement for Natural Science credit.) (Does not meet the divisional requirement in the Social Sciences or the outside unit requirement for students majoring in the Natural Sciences.) Prerequisite: Anthropology 101 or consent of instructor. 1 unit - Fish.
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5.00 - 9.00 Credits
Andean South America was home to some of the first and most complex societies in the Western hemisphere. People in the Andes built large cities and established states that came to control large areas. This course will focus exclusively on the development and expansion of states and empires in the pre-Columbian Andes, concentrating attention on Moche, Wari, Tiwanaku and the Inka. Emphasis will be placed on the use of ceremonial and monumental architecture, the development of pristine states, urbanism, and imperial expansion. No credit if taken after AN 207: Prehistory of the Andes. (Meets the Critical Perspectives: Diverse Cultures and Critiques requirement.) (Not offered 2008-09.) .5 unit.
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1.00 Credits
Human habitation of a single continent or other major areas from earliest times, with emphasis on human interaction with environment. Changes in cultural patterns over time as manifested in the archaeological record. Block 7: Prehistory: The Southwest. This course provides a detailed look at the lifeways of the prehistoric peoples of the American Southwest. We will examine archaeological evidence and explore the major research issues for the Paleoindian, Archaic, and Ancestral Puebloan peoples who occupied the Colorado Plateau and adjacent areas between 11,500 B.C. and Spanish contact at A.D.1540. No previous knowledge of archaeology is required. (Meets the Critical Perspectives: Diverse Cultures and Critiques requirement.) (Also listed as Southwest Studies 204.) 1 unit - Department.
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1.00 - 9.00 Credits
This course will examine the patterns of development of Andean culture from its earliest roots over five millennia ago through the Spanish conquest in the 16th century. We will look at how this unique environment gave birth to highly efficient adaptations and cultural systems. Emphasis will be placed on trade and interaction in the Andean sphere, the development of complex social and political structures, and early contacts with Europeans. The focus will be on recent archaeological investigations and interpretations combined with appropriate analogy from ethnohistory and ethnography. No credit if taken after AN 203: States and Empires in the Ancient Andes. (Meets the Critical Perspectives: Diverse Cultures and Critiques requirement.) (Not offered 2008-09.) 1 unit.
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1.00 Credits
Courses taught occasionally by visiting professors or by permanent faculty. Topics will vary from year to year. Block 1: Topics in Anthropology: Political Ecology of the. Surveys the geographic, historic and political diversity of Southwestern livelihoods and cultural strategies. Highlights the struggles and problem solving efforts of local-regional peoples in changing ecological and economic conditions. Uses political ecology as a framework and lens for understanding nature-society problems and solutions. Multi-day-off-campus field trip. (Meets the Critical Perspectives: Diverse Cultures and Critiques requirement.) (Also listed as Southwest Studies 301.) 1 unit - Perramond. Block 4: Topics in Anthropology: Language and Speech in American Society. This course surveys the various ways of speaking found in American society and explores the foundations for such linguistic diversity from the perspective of linguistic anthropology and sociolinguistics. A significant portion of the course will be spent understanding the sociocultural categories that influence language use, such as gender, ethnicity, and class and the ways in which these categories relate to language and speech in America. We will also pay special attention to language stereotypes and regional identities, non-verbal communication, institutional interactions, and the relationship between language and power. Hands-on field projects exploring language use will be a key component of the course. (Also listed as American Cultural Studies 200.) 1 unit - Haney. Block 4: Topics in Anthropology: Civilizational Collapse. Explores the histories, causes, and outcomes of two or more past cases of civilizational collapse, such as the lowland Maya in Central America and Mesa Verde in the American Southwest. We will discuss the roles of population pressure, warfare, environmental degradation, and internal cultural conflict in explaining past collapses and discuss whether there were tipping points at which disintegration became inevitable. We will use recent archaeological data and interpretations from the case studies to discover what they reveal about the collapse of past civilizations and consider what this teaches us as our own civilization confronts threats such as global climate change. 1 unit - Wilshusen.
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3.00 Credits
Courses taught occasionally by visiting professors or by permanent faculty. Topics will vary from year to year. Block 5: Topics in Anthropology: Theory, and Practice of Community Based Research in the Southwest. Community-based research is increasingly utilized top prepare students anticipating community-serving careers in health, law, medicine, urban and regional planning, environmental science and social work. Community-based research is an interdisciplinary and systematic investigation conducted at the request of and/or in collaboration with communities of people affected by the problem to be studies. Coursework includes comparing and contrasting traditional academic research with community-based research theories and methods, consideration of race, culture, class and gender on research outcomes. Students will apply CBR theory, methods, and skills to existing community research projects in Colorado and New Mexico. Prerequisite: ( possible field trip). (Also listed as American Cultural Studies 200 and Southwest Studies 200.) 1 unit - Varela.
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1.00 - 9.00 Credits
Culture history and contemporary ethnic relations in geographic regions of non-Western areas of the world or of minority groups in the Western world. Areas offered vary; examples: native cultures of the Pacific Islands, the Arctic, Meso-America, North American Indians, etc. (Meets the Critical Perspectives: Diverse Cultures and Critiques requirement.) (Not offered 2008-09.) 1 unit.
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