Anthropology

Course Offerings Spring 2013

Course Code	Title/Instructor	Meets
ANTH 100-01	Intro to Biological Anthro Instructor: Maria Bruno Course Description: This course provides a comprehensive introduction to the field of biological anthropology. We will examine the development of evolutionary theory. We will then apply evolutionary theory to understand principles of inheritance, familial and population genetics in humans, human biological diversity and adaptations to different environments, behavioral and ecological diversity in nonhuman primates, and the analysis of the human skeleton and fossil record to understand the origin and evolution of the human family. Three hours classroom and three hours laboratory a week. This course fulfills the DIV III lab-science distribution requirement. Offered three semesters over a two-year period.	1330:M DENNY 115 0830:MWF DENNY 313
ANTH 100-02	Intro to Biological Anthro Instructor: Alexandra Klales Course Description: This course provides a comprehensive introduction to the field of biological anthropology. We will examine the development of evolutionary theory. We will then apply evolutionary theory to understand principles of inheritance, familial and population genetics in humans, human biological diversity and adaptations to different environments, behavioral and ecological diversity in nonhuman primates, and the analysis of the human skeleton and fossil record to understand the origin and evolution of the human family. Three hours classroom and three hours laboratory a week. This course fulfills the DIV III lab-science distribution requirement. Offered three semesters over a two-year period.	1130:MWF DENNY 115 1330:T DENNY 115
ANTH 100-03	Intro to Biological Anthro Instructor: Alexandra Klales Course Description: This course provides a comprehensive introduction to the field of biological anthropology. We will examine the development of evolutionary theory. We will then apply evolutionary theory to understand principles of inheritance, familial and population genetics in humans, human biological diversity and adaptations to different environments, behavioral and ecological diversity in nonhuman primates, and the analysis of the human skeleton and fossil record to understand the origin and evolution of the human family. Three hours classroom and three hours laboratory a week. This course fulfills the DIV III lab-science distribution requirement. Offered three semesters over a two-year period.	1130:MWF DENNY 115 1330:W DENNY 115
ANTH 101-01	Anthro for the 21st Century Instructor: James Ellison Course Description: The primary focus is on cultural anthropology, or the comparative study of human diversity across cultures. Other subfields within anthropology, namely archaeology, biological anthropology, and linguistic anthropology will also contribute perspectives. The goal is to demonstrate how anthropological perspectives enlighten our understanding of contemporary social phenomena and problems, highlighting the relevance of anthropology to everyday lives and especially to issues of human diversity. This course fulfills the DIV II social sciences distribution requirement and the Comparative Civilizations graduation requirement. Offered every semester.	0900:TR DENNY 311
ANTH 212-01	Development Anthropology Instructor: Kjell Enge Course Description: Sociocultural change, development, and modernization in both Western society and the Third World are examined in terms of theory and practice. Emphasis is on the planning, administration, and evaluation of development projects in agriculture, energy, education, health, and nutrition. The increasingly important role of professional anthropologists and anthropological data is examined in the context of government policies and international business. This course fulfills the DIV II social sciences distribution requirement. Offered every other year.	1030:TR DENNY 21
ANTH 217-01	Cross-Cult Perspect of Gender Instructor: Ann Hill Course Description: Cross-listed with WGST 217-01. Permission of Instructor Required	1030:MWF DENNY 211
ANTH 225-01	Human Osteology Instructor: Karen Weinstein Course Description: This course offers an intensive examination of human biological diversity as revealed through the study of human skeletal remains. We will focus on techniques used to identify skeletal remains in archaeological, paleontological, and forensic contexts, as well as examining human skeletal responses to environmental stress and human growth and development throughout the life cycle. Prerequisite: 100 or 229 or permission of the instructor. This course fulfills the DIV II social sciences distribution requirement. Offered every other year.	0930:MWF DENNY 115
ANTH 240-01	Qualitative Methods Instructor: Helene Lee Course Description: Cross-listed with SOCI 240-01.	0900:TR DENNY 103
ANTH 241-01	Measurement & Quantification Instructor: Kjell Enge Course Description: Cross-listed with SOCI 244-01.	1330:R STERN 11 1330:T STERN 11
ANTH 241-02	Measurement & Quantification Instructor: Amy Steinbugler Course Description: Cross-listed with SOCI 244-02.Permission of Instructor Required	1330:MR DENNY 112
ANTH 245-01	Contemporary Japanese Society Instructor: Shawn Bender Course Description: Cross-listed with EASN 206-01. This course is an introduction to the society and culture of modern Japan. We will examine such major social institutions in Japan as families, communities, workplaces, and belief systems. The impact of modernity on these institutions, the evolving relationship between roles, and popular culture will also be covered.	1330:TF DENNY 304
ANTH 255-01	Global Eastern Africa Instructor: James Ellison Course Description: Cross-listed with AFST 220-04. Global Eastern Africa This course examines global connections in the intersections of culture and power that underlie contemporary issues in eastern Africa. The globally marketed indigenous cultures and exotic landscapes of eastern Africa, like current dilemmas of disease and economic development, are products of complex local and transnational processes (gendered, cultural, social, economic, and political) that developed over time. To understand ethnicity, the success or failure of development projects, the social and economic contexts of tourism, responses to the AIDS crisis, the increasing presence of multinational corporations, and other contemporary issues, we will develop an ethnographic perspective that situates cultural knowledge and practice in colonial and postcolonial contexts. While our focus is on eastern Africa, the course will offer students ways to think about research and processes in other contexts.	1330:MR DENNY 303
ANTH 300-01	Archaeological Method & Theory Instructor: Maria Bruno Course Description: Cross-listed with ARCH 300-01.	1330:W DEAL 1
ANTH 331-01	Principles of Human Evolution Instructor: Karen Weinstein Course Description: This course offers an intensive examination of the evolution of the human family, from our earliest ancestors to the origin and dispersal of modern humans. We use skeletal biology, geology, and archaeology to understand the human evolutionary record. Prerequisite: Any of the following: 100, 216, 218, 229 or BIOL 100-level course. This course fulfills the DIV II social sciences distribution requirement and WR graduation requirements. Offered every spring.	1030:MWF DENNY 115
ANTH 400-01	Senior Colloquium Instructor: Karen Weinstein Course Description: This course is based on student independent research projects, supervised by the faculty colloquium coordinator, with special advisement from faculty colleagues. Students taking the course are encouraged to build on previous fieldwork experience or to develop new, community-based projects. In some cases, archival research may be substituted for fieldwork. The course can accommodate honors projects begun with faculty mentoring and aimed at publication. Prerequisite: 240, 241. This course fulfills the DIV II social sciences distribution requirement. Offered every year.	1330:W DENNY 112