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ANTH 380Y - Special Topics In Anthropology
Credits: 4
Particular themes and problems determined in advance. May be repeated for credit if topic varies.
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ANTH 380Z - Special Topics In Anthropology
Credits: 4
Particular themes and problems determined in advance. May be repeated for credit if topic varies.
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ANTH 381A - Special Topics In Anthropology
Credits: 2
SPECIAL TOPICS IN ANTHROPOLOGY.
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ANTH 381B - Special Topics In Anthropology
Credits: 2
SPECIAL TOPICS IN ANTHROPOLOGY.
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ANTH 381C - Special Topics In Anthropology
Credits: 2
SPECIAL TOPICS IN ANTHROPOLOGY.
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ANTH 381D - Special Topics In Anthropology
Credits: 2
SPECIAL TOPICS IN ANTHROPOLOGY.
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ANTH 381E - Special Topics In Anthropology
Credits: 2
SPECIAL TOPICS IN ANTHROPOLOGY.
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ANTH 381F - Special Topics In Anthropology
Credits: 2
SPECIAL TOPICS IN ANTHROPOLOGY.
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ANTH 381G - Special Topics In Anthropology
Credits: 2
SPECIAL TOPICS IN ANTHROPOLOGY.
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ANTH 381H - Special Topics In Anthropology
Credits: 2
SPECIAL TOPICS IN ANTHROPOLOGY.
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ANTH 382A - Special Topics In Anthropology
Credits: 4
Special Topics In Anthropology. Subject matter varies by offering.
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ANTH 382B - Special Topics In Anthropology
Credits: 4
Special Topics In Anthropology. Subject matter varies by offering.
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ANTH 382C - Special Topics In Anthropology
Credits: 4
Special Topics In Anthropology. Subject matter varies by offering.
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ANTH 382D - Special Topics In Anthropology
Credits: 4
Special Topics In Anthropology. Subject matter varies by offering.
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ANTH 382L - Special Topics In Anthropology
Credits: 4
Special Topics In Anthropology. Subject matter varies by offering.
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ANTH 390 - Intro to Global Studies
Credits: 1
This course introduces the Global Studies program within the framework of relevant anthropological and social scientific perspectives. Students gain knowledge & skills to make the most of studying abroad, virtual fieldwork, and/or other global experiences. Explores the cultural, geographic, sociological, and historical characteristics of a target culture and prompts students to relate differences to their own culture(s)’ values and customs, and considers their implications. Offered online asynchronous in Winter and Summer sessions. Cross-listed as GLST 390. Students must be declared Global Studies minors to take ANTH/GLST 390 and 392.
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ANTH 392 - Cross-Cultural Research Method
Credits: 1
This course introduces students to a variety of relevant research methods and the importance of intercultural competence. Because this is an interdisciplinary program, students will combine methodological approaches relevant to their major(s) to aid in developing a Capstone project. Additionally, students will explore strategies for intercultural adjustment and communication, and common grounds between anticipated global experiences and their areas of academic and career interests. Offered online asynchronous in Summer II sessions, and fall & spring semesters. Cross-listed as GLST 392.
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ANTH 393 - Basic Research in Anthro
Credits: Variable
This course prepares students to conduct research in anthropology. Students are immersed in field and/or laboratory research training (at the basic level) that helps to prepare them for more advanced research in anthropological and related sciences. Registration is by permission of instructor only. Offered regularly.
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ANTH 410 - Language and Identity
Credits: 4
In this seminar, we will explore the role of language in the dynamic construction of social and cultural identities. After a brief historical overview on the intricate interplay between language, thought, and culture, we will explore identity not as a static category, rather as a dynamic process in continuous negotiation with both the self and with other identities. We will be able to analyze how speakers enact, legitimate, and protect their culturally specific positionings through communicative interactions in various sociocultural settings. Prerequisite: At least one LING course at the 200 level or above. Offered every two years.
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ANTH 411 - Seminar: Andean Archaeology
Credits: 4
Women’s reactions to current changes in the economic, social and political institutions in the Middle East. Avoids the assumption of women as an ‘oppressed’ subject and deals instead with the impact of these changes on the lives of both men and women. Emphasizes the complexity of women’s lives, which so far has been ignored by the assumption of their universal state of powerlessness. Orientation is comparative and analytical. Prerequisite: ANTH 262. Offered regularly.
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ANTH 426 - Ancient DNA and Forensics Lab
Credits: 4
This wet lab course teaches students core lab techniques of ancient DNA research, including DNA extraction from ancient bones, teeth, hair, and tissue, and PCR amplification and sequencing of extracted DNA. Species and human population identifications are employed using genetic data. Phylogenetic and population genetic inference techniques are taught to analyze the data. Special emphasis given to techniques for PCR amplification of inhibited DNA and sterile techniques for preventing modern DNA contamination. Biological anthro course. Prerequisite: ANTH 168 and 333.
Course Fees Course fee applies. Refer to the Schedule of Classes.
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ANTH 427 - Case Studies in Global Health
Credits: 4
This course explores multiple facets of global health: research and funding priorities; interactions between academics, international organizations, state governments, and small communities; and, conflict between local and international norms and values, through in-depth examination of two case studies. The case studies will represent one traditionally non-Western content area (for example, female genital cutting/mutilation in sub-Saharan Africa and the African diaspora, iron deficiency in East Africa, or global polio eradication) and one primarily Western content area (for example, routine childhood immunization or male circumcision in the US and Europe). Additional student-led case studies will tailor some course content to students’ interests. Restricted to juniors and seniors only; admission by permission of the instructor. Offered in fall only.
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ANTH 429 - Anthropology and Global Health
Credits: 4
This seminar-style course examines, through an anthropological lens, current trends and issues in health and well-being that are inherently global in nature: they transcend geographic boundaries and differences in wealth and industrialization. Topics may include maternal and child health, emerging infectious diseases, nutrition, and the rise of chronic disease. Global health is an inherently transdisciplinary field; this course views topics in global health from an anthropological perspective and situates anthropology among other disciplines, including public health and biomedicine, in efforts to understand disease and improve health. Offered regularly.
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ANTH 443 - Language Culture And Semiotics
Credits: 4
Introduction to semiotic theories of meaning in anthropology, linguistics and other related fields. Focuses on the contextual mediation of cultural meaning through various typologies of signs. Different semiotic methods and techniques contrasted. Analyses developed for broadly cultural and specifically linguistic projects. Problems of interpretation and their relation to science explored throughout. Linguistic anthro course.
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ANTH 444 - Transnational Life of Language
Credits: 4
This course will explore transnationalism as one of the most important effects of globalization and a focal domain of interest in the study of new forms of identity construction and communication. It examines a wide variety of transnational issues such as how globalized economies determine new interactions between centers and peripheries; global models of education and social advancement as a result of students traveling transnationally; urban centers being transformed into super-diverse sites of encounters of peoples from a variety of cultural and linguistic background; the importance of the new globalizing media in allowing displaced populations to stay in touch and the formation of virtual communities; how the construction of transnational identities is negotiated within these transnational scenes. Prerequisite: At least one LING course at the 200 level or above. Offered every two years.
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ANTH 446 - Language and Migration
Credits: 4
The objective of this course is to critically examine the role of language use as it plays out in migratory processes in the United States and in Europe. How does language play a role in creating or removing boundaries around migrant groups? How are exclusion and inclusion of migrants performed through language use? These and other questions will be addressed in this course by reading the most current literature on these key issues. Students will explore topics including the effects of mobility on a range of practices that include parenting, health, gender roles, marriage, politics; the everyday practices of transnational living in a variety of cross-cultural settings; the theory and methodology linguistic anthropologists use to better understand migrants-experience; and the ways in which migration has been politicized through language. Prre-requisite: ANTH 170 or ANTH 114. Offered Regularly.
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ANTH 447 - Narrative in Culture & Society
Credits: 4
In this course, we will explore the role of storytelling in our everyday social life. We will investigate stories told in various contexts, by not only looking at their literal content-the story-but especially by studying their relationship to the interaction itself-the storytelling event. We will explore how narratives emerge dynamically between the interviewer and the interviewee or between narrators and their audience, and how narrators and other speech participants co-construct their identity in interaction while telling stories. We will examine a wide range of storytelling events, ranging from autobiographical narratives to digital storytelling. Prerequisite: ANTH or Ling course at 200-level or above. Offered every two years.
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ANTH 451 - Political Ecology
Credits: 4
The course is concerned with the politics of ecology under capitalism. It focuses on cultural representations of nature and the current environmental crisis. Discussions will address current debates on scarcity, population growth, sustainability, the privatization of nature, global warming, bioregionalism, biopower, nature/capital, ecological movements, cities and nature, and environmental planning. Readings draw from theoretical traditions in the social sciences and humanities. Sociocultural anthro course. Prerequisite: ANTH 166 or consent of instructor.
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ANTH 452 - Contemporary Facism
Credits: 4
The course is concerned with fascism in our time, a fascism that has distinctive contemporary features that are not fully or necessarily congruent with its historical manifestations. Specifically, we will examine how and why the most discredited ideas and sensibilities of the modern era-ideas that yielded the indelible horrors of the twentieth century-have become persuasive, compelling even, in the new century. Prerequisite: ANTH 166, ANTH 111, ANTH 364, PLSC 389D or permission of instructor.
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ANTH 453 - Ethnographic Analysis
Credits: 4
Ethnography is an intellectual method by which our subjects and we experiment with the nature of thought and action in our time, the practical and ethical contingencies that mediate our communicative action, our sentiments, our expectations, and our lives together. In this seminar we will read a series of texts that pursue these possibilities. Sociocultural anthro course. Prerequisite: ANTH 166.
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ANTH 454 - Kinship, Gender & Sexuality
Credits: 4
Examines differences and power through focus on kinship, gender, and sexuality. Explores relationships between “nature” and culture; “naturalization” of social differences and hierarchies; how kinship binds people to social structures; how ideologies of kinship, gender, and sexuality shape larger social projects. Case studies include “family values” campaigns, gay marriage debates, prostitution, new reproductive technologies, queer subcultures, colonialism, nationalism. Sociocultural Anthro course. Recommended prerequisites ANTH 166 or ANTH 221.
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ANTH 455 - Cultures of Expertise
Credits: 4
The seminar examines the challenges posed in adapting ethnographic practices to analyze diverse settings such as science labs, experimental arts programs, and financial institutions. The issue that draws together these studies is how experts create, manage, and manipulate knowledge within contexts in which “research,” broadly conceived, plays a decisive role. Sociocultural anthro course. Prerequisite: ANTH 166.
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ANTH 456 - Global Health
Credits: 4
This course is designed to explore the impact of globalization on health while examining the relationships between culture and health promotion/disease prevention issues globally. Students will analyze the cultural, social, economic, political and environmental factors that impact health and development in Non-Western contexts. A multi-disciplinary perspective entailing but not limited to, history, sociology, social psychology, anthropology, and public health will be offered by way of reading assignments, didactic instruction, class discussions, and course assignments. Offered every fall.
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ANTH 463 - Sexuality Studies Seminar
Credits: 4
Examines current work in sexuality studies, emphasizing ethnographic studies but extending to historical and interdisciplinary scholarship. Specific topics will vary by offering but include questions of methodology and the politics of representation. Central course projects will explore how sexuality is articulated through social differences of gender, race, class, nation, and colonial experience and thus how sexuality articulates with power/ knowledge formations and relations of privilege and subordination. Sociocultural anthro course. Prerequisite: ANTH 166 or 221 or consent of instructor.
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ANTH 465 - The Body
Credits: 4
Examines how bodies are produced as socially meaningful and in what embodiment consists, drawing on social theories of gender and sexedness, identity and difference, sexuality, heteronormativity, and racialization. Investigates how large-scale social processes (colonialism, nationalism, neoliberalism) are interpolated through specific bodies. Explores cultural differences in understandings of the body and enactments of embodiment and, thus, comparative questions about materiality, performativity, and bodies as cultural artifacts. Sociocultural anthro course. Prerequisite: ANTH 166 or 221 or consent of instructor.
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ANTH 470 - Paleoethnobotany
Credits: 4
Paleoethnobotany, also called archaeobotany, is the archaeological investigation of the relationship between people and plants. The goals of this course are to promote an understanding of the development, application, and methodology of the discipline. Instruction includes both lecture and labs. Lecture themes focus on how paleoethnobotanists study ancient foodways, beverages, traditional medicine, evolution of subsistence strategies, crops and farming practices, and broader archaeological understandings of past societies. As a laboratory class, we will also engage in hands-on microscopic analysis of paleoethnobotanical samples. Labs will include macrobotanical analysis procedures, statistical quantification, and data presentation. Prerequisite: ANTH 167. Offered every fall.
Course Fees Course fee applies. Refer to the Schedule of Classes.
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ANTH 471 - Ceramic Analysis
Credits: 4
Students will learn the deep history of ceramic use and production by human beings over the last 10,000 years. Through hands-on studies, lab-based research, and experimental work, students will engage with the physical properties of pottery. Students will also learn how archaeologists use ceramics to better understand past societies. Prerequisites: ANTH 167 or 169, or ANTH 345, 372, 373, 470, 472, 475. Offered every other year.
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ANTH 472 - Experimental Archaeology
Credits: 4
Course addresses the history, theory, and methods of experimental archaeology. Experimental archaeology has been invaluable in archaeological interpretation, and an understanding of how this field has developed is useful in multiple aspects of the interpretation of material culture. In this class, students can expect to learn how to design and carry out an archaeological experiment, as well as learn the limits of experimentation in a range of material specialties. Archaeological lab/methods course.Prerequisite: ANTH 167 and/or one 200-level or higher archaeology course.
Course Fees Course fee applies. Refer to the Schedule of Classes.
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ANTH 473 - Lithic Technology
Credits: 4
Course addresses history, theory, and methods of lithic technology, including its value in archaeological interpretation and multiple aspects of the interpretation of material culture. Topics include the nature and provenience of rocks commonly used for stone tools (petrography, sourcing, prehistoric procurement strategies); different methods of knapping and tool making; spatial analysis; local and regional organization of lithic production in different prehistoric contexts and case studies (readings and work on actual artifacts). Students will also learn the basics of flintknapping to better understand the role of constraints and styles within communities of practice. Archaeological lab/methods course. Prerequisite: ANTH 167 and/or one 200-level or higher archaeology course.
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ANTH 474 - Archaeometry
Credits: 4
This course will address the history, theory, and methods of Archaeometry. In its broadest sense, “archaeometry” (or “archaeological science”) represents the interface between archaeology and the natural and physical sciences. Typically considered as an interdisciplinary area of research,
archaeometry often requires a close collaboration between archaeologists, geologists, historians and art historians, museum curators, and above all scientists who apply modern instrumental techniques to extract structural and compositional information from ancient artifacts and materials. Thus, the range of applications is rather large, from archaeological research including topics such as geophysical prospection, sourcing of lithic, ceramic and metallic materials, tool function, and dating techniques, to conservation of museum artifacts and historic monuments, including questions about dating and even art forgery. The course will address the full range of these topics through case studies, particularly focusing on those relevant to current anthropological debates. Prerequisite: ANTH 167 or ANTH 125. Offered every two years.
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ANTH 475 - Lab Methods in Archaeology
Credits: 4
Post-excavation study of materials recovered, instruction and practice in laboratory analysis of artifactual materials, methods of typological classification, interpretation of analytical results, illustration and writing of archaeological reports. Archaeological lab/methods course. Prerequisites: ANTH 167.
Course Fees Course fee applies. Refer to the Schedule of Classes.
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ANTH 476 - Museums&The Art Of Exhibitions
Credits: 4
An introduction to museums and their relationship to the public. Includes an overview of the history of exhibiting material culture in museums. The main aim is to mount an exhibit of material from the recent past in the Binghamton area, collected by course participants. Students learn to create appropriate texts to accompany the exhibited material and to arrange an exhibit space at Binghamton University. This is done in conjunction with theoretical readings about the planning of museum spaces. Prerequisite: ANTH 166, 167, 169, 227 or consent of instructor.
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ANTH 477 - Gender & Feminist Archaeology
Credits: 4
The study of gender in archaeology has existed for about thirty years, and feminist archaeology is even younger, but these approaches have had a major, if uneven, impact on how archaeology is now done. In this course we will look at the historical development of gender and feminist archaeologies, we will consider various case studies that use gendered and feminist approaches, potential future trends in these areas, and approaches inspired at least in part by gender and feminist studies. Prerequisite: ANTH 167 or equivalent; OR 200-level or above WGSS; OR instructor permission. Offered every other academic year.
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ANTH 478 - Arch of Eastern Woodlands
Credits: 4
Students will study the history of human occupation of the Eastern Woodlands, defined as North America east of the Mississippi River. Spanning at least 13,000 years, this course will focus on the Native American societies located in the Eastern Woodlands and their remarkable innovations, social formations, and rich traditions. Prerequisites: ANTH 111, 167, or 169, or any ANTH 200, 300, or 400 course. Offered every other year.
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ANTH 479 - Anthropology of Domestication
Credits: 4
Domestication is one of the most significant evolutionary turning points in prehistory resulting in novel plant and animal species, while also transforming human society. In this course, we will examine how archaeologists document domestication, and when and where domestication occurred. We will examine theoretical frameworks that archaeologists use to explain why humans first started farming. For example, did climate change push humans to abandon hunting/gathering in favor of farming? Was it overpopulation? Status competition marked by feasting? Case studies will focus on the origins of agriculture in southeast Asia, the Near East, Africa, eastern North America, Mesoamerica, and South America. Prerequisite: ANTH 167 or 236. Offered regularly.
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ANTH 480A - Topics In Anthropology
Credits: 4
Particular themes and topics determined in advance. May be taken more than once if topic varies. Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
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ANTH 480B - Topics In Anthropology
Credits: 4
Particular themes and topics determined in advance. May be taken more than once if topic varies. Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
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ANTH 480C - Topics In Anthropology
Credits: 4
Particular themes and topics determined in advance. May be taken more than once if topic varies. Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
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ANTH 480D - Topics In Anthropology
Credits: 4
Particular themes and topics determined in advance. May be taken more than once if topic varies. Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
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ANTH 480E - Topics In Anthropology
Credits: 4
Particular themes and topics determined in advance. May be taken more than once if topic varies. Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
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ANTH 480F - Topics In Anthropology
Credits: 4
Particular themes and topics determined in advance. May be taken more than once if topic varies. Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
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ANTH 480G - Topics In Anthropology
Credits: 4
Particular themes and topics determined in advance. May be taken more than once if topic varies. Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
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ANTH 480H - Topics In Anthropology
Credits: 4
Particular themes and topics determined in advance. May be taken more than once if topic varies. Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
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ANTH 480I - Topics In Anthropology
Credits: 4
Particular themes and topics determined in advance. May be taken more than once if topic varies. Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
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ANTH 480J - Topics In Anthropology
Credits: 4
Particular themes and topics determined in advance. May be taken more than once if topic varies. Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
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ANTH 480K - Topics In Anthropology
Credits: 4
Particular themes and topics determined in advance. May be taken more than once if topic varies. Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
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ANTH 480L - Topics In Anthropology
Credits: 4
Particular themes and topics determined in advance. May be taken more than once if topic varies. Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
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ANTH 480M - Topics In Anthropology
Credits: 4
Particular themes and topics determined in advance. May be taken more than once if topic varies. Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
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ANTH 480N - Topics In Anthropology
Credits: 4
Particular themes and topics determined in advance. May be taken more than once if topic varies. Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
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ANTH 480O - Topics In Anthropology
Credits: 4
Particular themes and topics determined in advance. May be taken more than once if topic varies. Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
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ANTH 480P - Topics In Anthropology
Credits: 4
Particular themes and topics determined in advance. May be taken more than once if topic varies. Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
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ANTH 480Q - Topics In Anthropology
Credits: 4
Particular themes and topics determined in advance. May be taken more than once if topic varies. Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
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ANTH 480R - Topics In Anthropology
Credits: 4
Particular themes and topics determined in advance. May be taken more than once if topic varies. Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
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ANTH 480S - Topics In Anthropology
Credits: 4
Particular themes and topics determined in advance. May be taken more than once if topic varies. Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
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ANTH 480T - Topics In Anthropology
Credits: 4
Particular themes and topics determined in advance. May be taken more than once if topic varies. Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
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ANTH 480U - Topics In Anthropology
Credits: 4
Particular themes and topics determined in advance. May be taken more than once if topic varies. Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
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ANTH 480V - Topics In Anthropology
Credits: 4
Particular themes and topics determined in advance. May be taken more than once if topic varies. Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
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ANTH 480W - Topics In Anthropology
Credits: 4
Particular themes and topics determined in advance. May be taken more than once if topic varies. Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
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ANTH 480X - Topics In Anthropology
Credits: 4
Particular themes and topics determined in advance. May be taken more than once if topic varies. Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
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ANTH 480Y - Topics In Anthropology
Credits: 4
Particular themes and topics determined in advance. May be taken more than once if topic varies. Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
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ANTH 480Z - Topics In Anthropology
Credits: 4
Particular themes and topics determined in advance. May be taken more than once if topic varies. Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
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ANTH 481A - Topics in Anthropology
Credits: 2
Topics in Anthropology. Subject matter varies by offering.
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ANTH 481M - Topics In Anthropology
Credits: 2
Topics in Anthropology. Subject matter varies by offering.
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ANTH 482A - Topics in Anthropology
Credits: 4
Topics in Anthropology. Subject matter varies by offering.
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ANTH 482B - Topics in Anthropology
Credits: 4
Topics in Anthropology. Subject matter varies by offering.
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ANTH 482C - Topics in Anthropology
Credits: 4
Topics in Anthropology. Subject matter varies by offering.
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ANTH 482E - Topics in Anthropology
Credits: 4
Topics in Anthropology. Subject matter varies by offering.
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ANTH 482F - Topics in Anthropology
Credits: 4
Topics in Anthropology. Subject matter varies by offering.
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ANTH 482G - Topics in Anthropology
Credits: 4
Topics in Anthropology. Subject matter varies by offering.
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ANTH 482H - Topics in Anthropology
Credits: 4
Topics in Anthropology. Subject matter varies by offering.
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ANTH 482I - Topics in Anthropology
Credits: 4
Topics in Anthropology. Subject matter varies by offering.
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ANTH 482J - Topics in Anthropology
Credits: 4
Topics in Anthropology. Subject matter varies by offering.
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ANTH 482K - Topics in Anthropology
Credits: 4
Topics in Anthropology. Subject matter varies by offering.
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ANTH 482L - Topics in Anthropology
Credits: 4
Topics in Anthropology. Subject matter varies by offering.
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ANTH 482T - Topics in Anthropology
Credits: 4
Topics in Anthropology. Subject matter varies by offering.
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ANTH 482U - Topics in Anthropology
Credits: 4
Topics in Anthropology. Subject matter varies by offering.
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ANTH 482V - Topics in Anthropology
Credits: 4
Topics in Anthropology. Subject matter varies by offering.
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ANTH 482W - Topics in Anthropology
Credits: 4
Topics in Anthropology. Subject matter varies by offering.
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ANTH 490A - Global Studies Capstone Sem
Credits: Variable
In this seminar students engage in cross-disciplinary work to examine global/local issues with a holistic approach and develop a robust interdisciplinary project using nuanced anthropological approaches. The resulting signature capstone project will take the form of a multimodal online publication that can be included in professional portfolios. Students must attend weekly class meetings and participate in a collaborative learning community to develop, prepare, and present capstone projects. Students do reflective work relating their internationally-oriented coursework, world language skills, study-abroad and/or global learning experiences, and related studies to their education and personal and career goals. (2/4). Enrollment for 4-credits requires instructor’s permission and student’s submission of an acceptable prospectus for an ambitious capstone project. Prerequisite: ANTH/GLST 392; this course is for Global Studies minors only. Offered in Fall and Spring semesters. Cross-listed as ANTH 490A.
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ANTH 491 - Practicum In College Teaching
Credits: Variable
Independent study in teaching a particular Anthropology course. Assignments are directed by course instructor and may include: development of course materials (syllabus, assignments, exams); reading exams; lecturing and leading discussions; laboratory supervision; academic counseling of students. May be repeated for no more than 8 credits total; credit may not be earned in conjunction with student enrolling in course. May not be used to satisfy major or Harpur College Distribution requirements. Prerequisites: consent of instructor and department’s Director of Undergraduate Studies. Pass/Fail only.
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ANTH 493 - Advanced Research in Anthro
Credits: Variable
This course prepares students to conduct advanced research in anthropology. Students are immersed in field and/or laboratory research training (at the advanced level) that helps to prepare them for professional careers or for post-graduate training in anthropological and related sciences. Registration is by permission of instructor only. Offered regularly.
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ANTH 495 - Internship Project
Credits: Variable
Internship project under guidance of faculty member, in an institution, agency or program. Requires consent of instructor.
Students who wish to participate in an internship and who have previously been convicted of a
felony are advised that they will be asked about their prior criminal history. This may impede
your ability to participate in certain internships. Students who have concerns about such matters,
or are looking for additional information, are advised to contact the dean’s office of their
intended academic program.
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ANTH 497 - Independent Work
Credits: Variable
Meets special needs and interests of advanced students on tutorial or seminar basis. Prerequisites: consent of instructor and department’s Director of Undergraduate Studies.
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ANTH 497A - Independent Work
Credits: Variable
Meets special needs and interests of advanced students on tutorial or seminar basis. Prerequisites: consent of instructor and department’s Director of Undergraduate Studies.
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ANTH 499 - Senior Honors
Credits: Variable
Meets special needs and interests of honors students during the writing of their honors theses. Prerequisites: consent of instructor (student’s honors thesis supervisor) and Director of Undergraduate Studies.
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ANTH 501 - Hist of Anthropology
Credits: 4
Thematic treatment of the development of anthropological thought, emphasizing a holistic approach to anthropology, with limited separation of the subdisciplines. Offered every Fall semester.
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ANTH 511 - The Global & Local in Anthro
Credits: Variable
Critically examines the different meanings of globalization and the impact of this process in anthropological thinking. Course also discusses other related concepts currently employed in anthropological research (e.g., transnationalism, locality, deterritorialization, hyperreality, postcoloniality, hybridity). Because globalization is a spatial category, we will pay particular attention to the way that thinking about space is making anthropologists redefine themselves. Occasional.
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ANTH 512 - Political Ecology
Credits: Variable
A critical examination of the development of environmentalism in the late 20th century and the new millennium. Concerned with the politics of ecology under capitalism; also focuses on cultural representations of nature and the current environmental crisis. Discussions address current debates on scarcity, population growth, sustainability, the privatization of nature, global warming, bioreligionalism, biopower, nature/capital, ecological movements, cities and nature, and environmental planning. Readings cover issues related to both the “green” and “brown” agendas and draw from various theoretical traditions in the social and human sciences. Occasional.
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ANTH 513 - Consumption,Culture& Modernity
Credits: Variable
Examines how and why consumption has become a central concern in social theory. Why have we shifted our focus from production to consumption? What is the relationship between the cultural turn and the interest in consumption? How is consumption related to current concerns with the individual, self and identity? How is the analysis of consumption linked to debates on modernity and post-modernity? Looks at the contributions from political, economic and cultural approaches to the examination of consumption. Discusses current debates on the meanings of the market, commodities, things and gifts. Occasional.
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ANTH 514 - Sexuality Studies in Anthropol
Credits: Variable
Focuses on the study of sexuality in varied sociocultural and historical contexts and from varied theoretical perspectives. We begin with an examination of the histories of sexuality studies, including the emergence of feminist sexuality studies and queer anthropology, and then turn our focus for the body of our seminar to engaging specific ethnographies and historical works in sexuality studies. Across our readings, we will give particular attention to the ways sexuality articulates through and is articulated by differences of race, class, gender, nation, and colonial experience, and thus with social power and relations of privilege and subordination. While this seminar does not explicitly focus on queer anthropology, we will substantively engage with the growing body of LGBTQ work in anthropology, including its relationships to feminist anthropology. Occasional.
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