ANTH 150: Human Adaptation
Studies human evolution. Examines prehistoric and recent developments of culture, and common features and principle variations in cultural behavior.
Designation
DS
Anthropology
M. Kirkendall
Course Descriptions
ANTH 151: Emerging Humanity: Introduction to human biological evolution and the archaeology of culture in the world prior to AD 1500.
Introduces human biological evolution, concepts and practices of archaeology and anthropology. Topics include the fossil record of human biological evolution, archaeology of culture of the world prior to AD 1500, the development of technology, the origins of plant and animal domestication, the genesis of cities and urbanism, and the political and ecological consequences of human impact on the natural environment.
Designation
FGA
Prerequisites
ENG 22 with grade C or better, or placement at ENG 100, or consent.
ANTH 152: Culture and Humanity
Provides an introduction to Cultural Anthropology. Students examine the interaction between the natural environment, human cultures, using a multi-cultural perspective through which they interpret the post-1500 world.
Designation
FGB
Prerequisites
ENG 22 with grade C or better, or placement at ENG 100, or consent.
ANTH 165: Heritage Sites in Archaeology
Introduces the concepts and practices of archeology, historical research, historic site preservation, and heritage management. Combines lecture, laboratory, and fieldwork.
Designation
HI
DS
Prerequisites
ENG 100 with grade C or better, or consent.
ANTH 200: Cultural Anthropology
Studies the concept of culture and basic tools for analyzing cultural behavior. Topics include patterning and integration, dynamics of culture, culture and the individual, cultural change, and anthropology and the future.
Designation
DS
Prerequisites
ENG 22 with grade C or better, or placement at ENG 100, or consent.
ANTH 210: Archaeology
Introduces prehistoric archaeology. Surveys cultural growth in prehistoric times. Explains methods and techniques of excavation and laboratory analysis.
Designation
DS
Recommended Prep
ANTH 150, 200, or 215.
ANTH 210L: Archaeology Laboratory
Teaches methods and techniques of archaeological excavation. Uses laboratory techniques to analyze data.
Designation
DY
Prerequisites
ANTH 210 with grade C or better (or concurrent), or consent.
ANTH 215: Physical Anthropology
Introduces students to the study of human biological make-up, origins of that make-up, and the pre-history of human biological and cultural development.
Designation
DB
Prerequisites
ENG 22 with grade C or better, or placement at ENG 100, or consent.
ANTH 225: Medical Anthropology
Surveys human health and disease, and how they relate to cultural practices, belief systems, and environmental factors. Seeks to bridge the health sciences and anthropology by focusing on how social and environmental factors affect health. Explores alternative ways of understanding and treating disease. Includes ethno-medicine, the traditional healing and health practices of a selection of cultures, paleopathology, epidemiology, and human adaptation.
Designation
DS
Recommended Prep
ANTH 200 or 215 (or concurrent).
Prerequisites
ENG 22 with grade C or better, or placement at ENG 100, or consent.
ANTH 235: Peoples of the Pacific
Surveys the cultural areas of the Pacific from pre-contact to present day. Covers prehistoric migration patterns, historical movements, and present day distributions, including western colonization and current problems. (Crosslisted as HIST 288.)
Designation
DH
Recommended Prep
HIST 152 or ANTH 200.
Prerequisites
ENG 22 with grade C or better, or placement at ENG 100, or consent.
ANTH 281: Archaeological Field Techniques
Applies archaeological techniques including survey, excavation, mapping, and photography. Taught entirely in the field at an archaeological site.
Designation
DS
Prerequisites
ANTH 210 with grade C or better (or concurrent), or consent.