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Undergraduate Anthropology

2013 Spring Term

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CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY (GS)

ANTHROPL 218

Varieties of human cultures past and present throughout the world, emphasizing the comparative study of social systems.

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TOMBS, TEMPLES & BURIED TREASURE: INTRODUCTION TO ARCHAEOLOGY (GS)

ANTHROPL 220

This course introduces student to the basic work of archaeology. It aims to dispel popular myths about the field perpetuated by the popular media. In place of those myths it presents methods of archaeological research and the discoveries such research has produced. These discoveries reveal the 4 million year history of humans and their ancestors before the invention of written records.

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NATIVE NORTH AMERICA TODAY: PEOPLE, CULTURE AND SURVIVAL (DV)

ANTHROPL 305

This course, while assessing anthropology's long-term relationship with Native North America, primarily presents an opportunity for students to engage with the representation of contemporary Native cultures (and identity) through ethnographic reading and study. This will be accomplished through autobiographic, ethnographic, and medical anthropological literatures (and other media forms). Students will be asked to react through discussion, writing, and examination.

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FORENSIC DOCUMENTATION

ANTHROPL 325

This is an advanced course for students who wish to explore the area of recovery and identification of human skeletal remains. This class is offered as an introduction to the field of Forensic Science. It also provides us with opportunity to see an application of scientific knowledge to jurisprudence. A detailed look into the events surrounding death will be examined. Since we will deal directly with the human body, some prior knowledge of the human body will be helpful although we will cover this material in class.

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MAYAS, AZTECS AND INCAS: PRECOLUMBIAN CIVILZATIONS

ANTHROPL 365

Cultures like the Mayas, Aztec,and Inca, surprised, shocked, and even appalled Europeans when the first encountered each other. This course examines historical, social, and technological aspects of these three great civilizations and their predecessors and seeks to understand them in a way that informs the modern world

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ANTHROPOLOGICAL THEORY

ANTHROPL 420

This course is a broad survey of anthropological theory. The goal is to understand anthropology's specific historical trajectory as it relates to theory and to see how anthropological theory has been put into practice/informed ethnographic writing, both classic and contemporary monographs. Students will be expected to engage at a high level through critical reading and critical writing assignments.

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ADVANCED FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY: BIOARCHAEOLOGY, TRAUMA & PATHOLOGY

ANTHROPL 425

The course is a practicum in forensic anthropology. Student will gain an understanding of osteology, trauma and pathology as it relates to interpretation of human remains. The effect of culture on the human skeleton will be shown using examples from archaeology. Students will survey, inventory, a mock crime scene. They will produce a forensic report and present it in a mock court situation.

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INDEPENDENT STUDY IN ANTHROPOLOGY

ANTHROPL 498

Study of a selected topic or topics under the direction of a faculty member.

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INDEPENDENT STUDY - UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH

ANTHROPL 498R

Study of a selected topic or topics under the direction of a faculty member. Repeatable.