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ANTHROPOLOGY (ANTH)ANTH 110 Introduction to AnthropologyDescription: Introduction to the study of society and culture, integratingthe four major subfields of anthropology: archaeology, culturalanthropology, linguistics, and physical anthropology.Credit Hours: 3Max credits per semester: 3Max credits per degree: 3Format: LECPrerequisite for: ANTH 374; ANTH 385ACE: ACE 6 Social Science ACE 9 Global/DiversityGroups: Additional Anthropology Course

ANTH 130 Anthropology of the Great PlainsDescription: An introductory survey of the peoples and cultures whohave lived in the Great Plains. It assumes no detailed knowledgeof anthropological concepts and methods. North American andEuroamerican Plains life-styles from the prehistoric past, early historic,and modern periods. Emphasis on the ways different people used andadapted to the Plains. Common themes and artifacts of Plains peoplegiven special treatment.Credit Hours: 3Max credits per semester: 3Max credits per degree: 3Format: LECACE: ACE 6 Social ScienceGroups: Additional Anthropology Course

ANTH 142 Basics of Biological AnthropologyDescription: Interpret, analyze, infer processes of human and non-humanprimate biological change from genetics to morphology through time.Credit Hours: 3Max credits per semester: 3Max credits per degree: 3Format: LECACE: ACE 4 Science

ANTH 170 Introduction to Great Plains StudiesCrosslisted with: GEOG 170, GPSP 170, NRES 170, SOCI 170Description: Interdisciplinary study of the natural environment, socialenvironment, human heritage, arts and humanities of the Great Plains.Credit Hours: 3Max credits per semester: 3Max credits per degree: 3Format: LECGroups: Regional Geography

ANTH 189H University Honors SeminarPrerequisites: Good standing in University Honors Program or byinvitation.Description: Topics vary.Credit Hours: 3Max credits per semester: 3Max credits per degree: 3Format: LECACE: ACE 9 Global/DiversityGroups: Additional Anthropology Course

ANTH 192 Special Topics in AnthropologyDescription: Introduction to a wide range of topics in Anthropology.Credit Hours: 3Max credits per semester: 3Max credits per degree: 3Format: LECGroups: Introductory

ANTH 206 Art of Ancient Egypt & MesopotamiaCrosslisted with: AHIS 206, CLAS 206Description: A survey of the history of civilization and arts in the FertileCrescent including Mesopotamia, Egypt, the Levant and Syria from thetenth millennium BC to the first millennium BC, with particular attentionpaid to the Bronze Age.Credit Hours: 3Max credits per semester: 3Max credits per degree: 3Format: LECACE: ACE 7 Arts ACE 9 Global/Diversity

ANTH 212 Introduction to Cultural AnthropologyCrosslisted with: ETHN 212Description: Introduction to ethnology and its subfields. Standard topics,problems, and theories considered in ethnology, social anthropology,culture and personality, and applied anthropology.Credit Hours: 3Max credits per semester: 3Max credits per degree: 3Format: LECACE: ACE 6 Social ScienceGroups: Introductory

ANTH 215 Anthropology of DeathDescription: Past and present survey of human beliefs and practicesrelated to death.Credit Hours: 3Max credits per semester: 3Max credits per degree: 3Format: LECACE: ACE 6 Social ScienceGroups: Additional Anthropology Course

ANTH 232 Introduction to ArchaeologyDescription: Introduction to what archaeologists do and what they havelearned about humans in the past. Emphasis on methods archaeologistsuse to study the past and traces the record of human developments up tothe rise of cities.Credit Hours: 3Max credits per semester: 3Max credits per degree: 3Format: LECPrerequisite for: AHIS 314, CLAS 314; AHIS 316, CLAS 316; ANTH 332ACE: ACE 4 ScienceGroups: Introductory

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ANTH 237 Ancient MesoamericaCrosslisted with: ETHN 237, LAMS 237Description: Ancient civilizations of Mexico and Central Americaincluding the Ancient Maya, Aztecs, and Toltecs. Anthropologicaltheories and methods dealing with archaeological data about urbanism,architecture, art, human-environment interaction, etc. in ancientMesoamerica.Credit Hours: 3Max credits per semester: 3Max credits per degree: 3Format: LECACE: ACE 9 Global/Diversity ACE 6 Social Science

ANTH 242 Introduction to Biological AnthropologyPrerequisites: Must enroll in both ANTH 242 (lecture) and ANTH 242L(lab)Description: Biological anthropology is the study of human and nonhuman primate biological evolution and biocultural variation. Thisincludes genetics, mechanisms of change, growth and development,primate ecology, and the fossil record.Credit Hours: 3Max credits per semester: 3Max credits per degree: 3Format: LECPrerequisite for: ANTH 374; ANTH 385ACE: ACE 4 ScienceGroups: Introductory

ANTH 242L Introduction to Biological Anthropology LaboratoryPrerequisites: Must enroll in both ANTH 242 (lecture) and ANTH 242L(lab)Description: Laboratory exercises and analyses that complementmaterial covered in ANTH 242.Credit Hours: 1Max credits per semester: 1Max credits per degree: 1Format: LABGroups: Introductory

ANTH 252 World Archaeology, Global HeritageCrosslisted with: CLAS 252Description: Introduction to complex societies around the world and therole of archaeological heritage in contemporary debates.Credit Hours: 3Max credits per semester: 3Max credits per degree: 3Format: LECACE: ACE 6 Social Science ACE 9 Global/DiversityGroups: Archaeology

ANTH 261 Conflict and Conflict ResolutionCrosslisted with: POLS 261, SOCI 261Description: Introduction to the study of the biological, economic,political-historical, and cultural bases of war and group conflict.Credit Hours: 3Max credits per semester: 3Max credits per degree: 3Format: LECGroups: International Relations&Compar

ANTH 290 FieldworkPrerequisites: Permission.Notes: Only 3 credit hours of ANTH 290 will count towards theAnthropology major.Description: By participation in research projects students learn basicfield techniques and the relationship between research design andexecution.Credit Hours: 1-6Min credits per semester: 1Max credits per semester: 6Max credits per degree: 6Format: FLDGroups: Laboratory and Field Training

ANTH 291 Laboratory Work in ArchaeologyPrerequisites: PermissionNotes: Only 3 hours of ANTH 291 is allowed towards the ANTH major.Description: Practical experience in the preparation and manipulationof archaeological materials. Experience gained through participation infaculty-guided laboratory projects.Credit Hours: 1-6Min credits per semester: 1Max credits per semester: 6Max credits per degree: 6Format: LABGroups: Laboratory and Field Training

ANTH 292 Special Topics in AnthropologyDescription: Examination of current topic from an anthropologicalperspective.Credit Hours: 1-6Min credits per semester: 1Max credits per semester: 6Max credits per degree: 12Format: LEC

ANTH 332 Archaeological Collections and Collections ManagementPrerequisites: ANTH 232Description: Overview of theory, method, and practice related toarchaeological collections management and other post-fieldworkactivities.Credit Hours: 3Max credits per semester: 3Max credits per degree: 3Format: LECACE: ACE 8 Civic/Ethics/StewardshipGroups: Archaeology

ANTH 337 Archaeology of the American SouthwestDescription: Advanced survey of past and present indigenous cultures ofthe American Southwest.Credit Hours: 3Max credits per semester: 3Max credits per degree: 3Format: LECACE: ACE 6 Social ScienceGroups: Archaeology

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ANTH 344 Human OsteologyCrosslisted with: ANTH 844Description: Study of human osteology including histology, pathology,biomechanics and taphonomy.Credit Hours: 3Max credits per semester: 3Max credits per degree: 3Format: LEC

ANTH 350 Peoples and Cultures of Native Latin AmericaCrosslisted with: ETHN 350Prerequisites: 6 hours of ANTH.Description: Introduction to the ethnography of native Latin Americaoutlining the history and lifeways of indigenous peoples of the region.Indigenous culture, and change and resistance to European colonialismfrom the pre-Columbian through modern periods. Contemporaryindigenous political organizing around issue of human and culture rights,the effects of globalization, and the environment.Credit Hours: 3Max credits per semester: 3Max credits per degree: 3Format: LECGroups: Cultural Anthropology

ANTH 351 Indigenous Peoples of North AmericaCrosslisted with: ETHN 351Prerequisites: 3 hrs ANTH.Description: Overview of the pre-contact, contact and post-contactexperiences of indigenous peoples of North America.Credit Hours: 3Max credits per semester: 3Max credits per degree: 3Format: LECPrerequisite for: ANTH 451, ANTH 851, ETHN 451Groups: Cultural Anthropology

ANTH 352 Indigenous Peoples of the Great PlainsCrosslisted with: ETHN 352Prerequisites: 3 hrs ANTH.Description: Overview of the pre-colonial, colonial and post-colonialexperiences of indigenous peoples of the Great Plains region in NorthAmerica.Credit Hours: 3Max credits per semester: 3Max credits per degree: 3Format: LECPrerequisite for: ANTH 451, ANTH 851, ETHN 451ACE: ACE 8 Civic/Ethics/StewardshipGroups: Cultural Anthropology

ANTH 353 Anthropology of WarDescription: Causes, conduct, and consequences of socially organizedaggression and combat; an evolutionary survey of "warfare" as conductedby insects, nonhuman primates, and human societies from simplehunting and gathering bands to modern states; anthropological,sociological, psychological, and evolutionary biological theories of thecauses of warfare; the relationship between warfare and demography,disease, ideology, colonialism, technology, economy and child rearing;and the nature of societies with no record of war and the mechanismsutilized by warlike societies to create peace. Warfare in different times,places, and levels of social complexity.Credit Hours: 3Max credits per semester: 3Max credits per degree: 3Format: LECGroups: Cultural Anthropology

ANTH 362 Peoples and Cultures of AfricaCrosslisted with: ETHN 362Prerequisites: 3 hrs ANTH.Description: Introduction to the ethnological complexity and culturaldiversity of the native ways of life based on the ethnographies of severaldiffering peoples in relation to the areal cultural patterns in contrastinggeographical regions. Relations to other portions of the world in culturehistory and colonial relations.Credit Hours: 3Max credits per semester: 3Max credits per degree: 3Format: LECACE: ACE 6 Social ScienceGroups: Cultural Anthropology

ANTH 366 Peoples and Cultures of East AsiaPrerequisites: 6 hrs of ANTH.Description: Survey of the historic and recent cultural diversity of the EastAsian cultural sphere. The historical development of Chinese, Japanese,and Korean cultures through recent modernization is reviewed and otherneighboring and minority cultures are described. Recognizing the centralrole of Chinese civilization, a main emphasis is upon the interactionbetween it and surrounding cultures.Credit Hours: 3Max credits per semester: 3Max credits per degree: 3Format: LECGroups: Cultural Anthropology

ANTH 374 Primate Behavior and EcologyPrerequisites: ANTH 110 or ANTH 242Description: Physical and behavioral diversity of primates through theevolutionary framework.Credit Hours: 3Max credits per semester: 3Max credits per degree: 3Format: LECACE: ACE 4 Science

ANTH 385 Human OriginsPrerequisites: ANTH 110 or ANTH 242 or permission of the instructorDescription: Explores the evolutionary history of humans and our closerelatives.Credit Hours: 3Max credits per semester: 3Max credits per degree: 3Format: LEC

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ANTH 386 Digital Heritage ToolsDescription: Introduction to concept of heritage, digital heritageapplications, and hands-on experience in creating digital heritageproducts using desktop and mobile devices.Credit Hours: 3Max credits per semester: 3Max credits per degree: 3Format: LECACE: ACE 9 Global/Diversity

ANTH 389 GIS in ArchaeologyDescription: Introduction to Geographic Information Systems (GIS) inarchaeology and anthropology; lecture provides fundamental spatialconcepts and a computer lab teaches skills on data acquisition, dataintegration, spatial analysis, and digital cartographyCredit Hours: 3Max credits per semester: 3Max credits per degree: 3Format: LEC

ANTH 392 Special Topics in AnthropologyDescription: Advanced exploration of current topics from ananthropological perspective.Credit Hours: 1-6Min credits per semester: 1Max credits per semester: 6Max credits per degree: 12Format: LEC

ANTH 396 Advanced ReadingsPrerequisites: Permission.Description: Tutorial course in areas of special interest.Credit Hours: 1-6Min credits per semester: 1Max credits per semester: 6Max credits per degree: 6Format: INDGroups: Integrative Courses, Research

ANTH 399H Honors CoursePrerequisites: Good standing in the University Honors Program andpermission.Notes: Open to candidates for degrees with distinction, with highdistinction, and with highest distinction in the College of Arts andSciences.Credit Hours: 1-6Min credits per semester: 1Max credits per semester: 6Max credits per degree: 6Format: LECGroups: Integrative Courses, Research

ANTH 406 Visualizing the Ancient CityCrosslisted with: AHIS 406, AHIS 806, ANTH 806, CLAS 406, CLAS 806Prerequisites: Junior standingNotes: Recommend some background knowledge of ancient art, history,or languages, a general background course such as AHIS 101, ANTH 252,CLAS 209/210, or any of the courses listed in the Archaeology or DigitalHumanities minors. Computer/design skills welcome but not necessary.Description: A new approach to looking at the history and development ofancient cities, combining history and archaeology with digital methods, inparticular 3D modeling.Credit Hours: 3Max credits per semester: 3Max credits per degree: 3Format: LEC

ANTH 410 Gender: An Anthropological PerspectiveCrosslisted with: ANTH 810, WMNS 410, WMNS 810Prerequisites: 6 hrs ANTHDescription: Theoretical approaches to gender. Emphasis is placed oncross-cultural differences in gender socialization of as it pertains tosexual behavior, power within domestic and public spheres, and theimpact of gender on individual aspirations.Credit Hours: 3Max credits per semester: 3Max credits per degree: 3Format: LECGroups: Cultural Anthropology

ANTH 412 Family, Marriage, and KinshipCrosslisted with: ANTH 812Prerequisites: ANTH 212Description: Cross-cultural variation in family, marriage, and kinship andtheories that account for variation in these fundamental areas of sociallife.Credit Hours: 3Max credits per semester: 3Max credits per degree: 3Format: LECGroups: Cultural Anthropology

ANTH 416 Digital AnthropologiesCrosslisted with: ANTH 816Prerequisites: 12 hours of anthropology or graduate student standingDescription: Survey of digital methods and emergent technologies inAnthropology.Credit Hours: 3Max credits per semester: 3Max credits per degree: 3Format: LEC

ANTH 417 History of Anthropological TheoryCrosslisted with: ANTH 817Prerequisites: 9 hrs ANTH.Description: Origins and developments of anthropological theory, method,and thought. Historical growth of the discipline and schools of thoughtfrom The Enlightenment through The Contemporary Period.Credit Hours: 3Max credits per semester: 3Max credits per degree: 3Format: LECGroups: Cultural Anthropology

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ANTH 418 Ethnology and MuseumsCrosslisted with: ANTH 818Prerequisites: 6 hours of anthropology including ANTH 212Description: Explores historical and contemporary aspects of themissions, ethical and political issues concerning exhibits and collectionsheld by museums.Credit Hours: 3Max credits per semester: 3Max credits per degree: 3Format: LECGroups: Cultural Anthropology

ANTH 419 Art and Anthropology of Native North AmericansCrosslisted with: ANTH 819Description: Explores the art of indigenous peoples in the United States.A spectrum of styles, contexts and symbolic meaning will be studiedin addition to social aspects of taste, and issues concerning culturalappropriation and the repatriation of religious iconography.Credit Hours: 3Max credits per semester: 3Max credits per degree: 3Format: LECGroups: Cultural Anthropology

ANTH 422 Medical AnthropologyCrosslisted with: ANTH 822Description: Focuses on theoretical and applied significance ofhealth related practices in local and cross-cultural contexts. Culturalconstructions of disease, intervention and treatment strategies exploredhistorically and contemporarily.Credit Hours: 3Max credits per semester: 3Max credits per degree: 3Format: LECGroups: Biological Anthropology

ANTH 429A Food Security: A Global PerspectiveCrosslisted with: ANTH 829A, AGRO 429A, AGRO 829A, HORT 429A,HORT 829A, NRES 429A, NRES 829A, NUTR 429A, NUTR 829APrerequisites: Junior standingDescription: Overview of the technical and sociocultural dimensions ofglobal food insecurity.Credit Hours: 3Max credits per semester: 3Max credits per degree: 3Format: LEC

ANTH 430 Nutritional AnthropologyCrosslisted with: ANTH 830, NUTR 430, NUTR 830Prerequisites: ANTH 242 or equivalent.Description: Anthropological approaches to the study of nutrition.Background to nutrition science; bio-cultural aspects of obesity, fertility,lactose intolerance, and infant feeding practices; biological differencesin nutritional requirements, fertility, and mortality; interpretation ofnutritional deficiencies in skeletal remains; reconstructing prehistoricdiets from archaeological evidence; and evaluation of relationshipsbetween dietary patterns and dental remains in fossil record.Credit Hours: 3Max credits per semester: 3Max credits per degree: 3Format: LECGroups: Biological Anthropology

ANTH 431 Historical Archaeology: Current TopicsCrosslisted with: ANTH 831Description: Development of Historical Archaeology and current researchin the field.Credit Hours: 3Max credits per semester: 3Max credits per degree: 3Format: LEC

ANTH 432 History and Theory of ArchaeologyCrosslisted with: ANTH 832Prerequisites: 9 hrs ANTHDescription: Current concepts and theories used in archaeology tointerpret the archaeological record.Credit Hours: 3Max credits per semester: 3Max credits per degree: 3Format: LECGroups: Archaeology

ANTH 433 North American ArchaeologyCrosslisted with: ANTH 833Prerequisites: 9 hrs ANTH including ANTH 232Description: An areal survey of North American archaeology,methodology, history, and current trends of research. North Americanprehistory from earliest occupations to The Contact Period.Credit Hours: 3Max credits per semester: 3Max credits per degree: 3Format: LECACE: ACE 10 Integrated ProductGroups: Archaeology

ANTH 434 Introduction to Great Plains ArchaeologyCrosslisted with: ANTH 834Prerequisites: 9 hrs ANTH including ANTH 232.Description: Introduction to the history of archaeological research,taxonomic issues, cultural sequences, and current research topics withinthe Great Plains area of North America.Credit Hours: 3Max credits per semester: 3Max credits per degree: 3Format: LECGroups: Archaeology

ANTH 435 Introduction to Heritage Management ArchaeologyCrosslisted with: ANTH 835Prerequisites: ANTH 232Description: Introduction to the nature and purpose of historicpreservation as it pertains to resource management and archaeologicalresearch. Legislation that forms the basis for: cultural resourcemanagement principles; integration of state programs; andarchaeological contractors; within the overall framework of landmodification planning.Credit Hours: 3Max credits per semester: 3Max credits per degree: 3Format: LECGroups: Archaeology

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ANTH 436 The Ancient MayaCrosslisted with: ANTH 836, LAMS 436Description: Introduction to the prehistory of the Maya region and itsperiphery. Features of the Ancient Maya political, economic, religious,gender and material structures. Main substantive, theoretical andpolitical debates in Mesoamerican scholarship. Interdisciplinary researchand the types of methods used to create knowledge about Mayacivilization.Credit Hours: 3Max credits per semester: 3Max credits per degree: 3Format: LECGroups: Archaeology

ANTH 438 Archaeologies of EuropeCrosslisted with: ANTH 838, CLAS 438, CLAS 838Description: Survey of the material remains of Europe and of the variousapproaches to the study of the European past.Credit Hours: 3Max credits per semester: 3Max credits per degree: 3Format: LECGroups: Archaeology

ANTH 442 Human VariationCrosslisted with: ANTH 842Description: Biological variation of modern humas worldwide throughtime and space. Standard measurements of phenotypic, e.g. elementaryanthropometry. Biological adaptation to environment using recenttheoretical perspectives.Credit Hours: 3Max credits per semester: 3Max credits per degree: 3Format: LECACE: ACE 10 Integrated Product ACE 9 Global/DiversityGroups: Biological Anthropology

ANTH 443 Dental AnthropologyCrosslisted with: ANTH 843Description: Cranio-facial anatomy, development and morphology as wellas forensic uses of dentition.Credit Hours: 3Max credits per semester: 3Max credits per degree: 3Format: LEC

ANTH 448 Human Growth and DevelopmentCrosslisted with: ANTH 848, BIOS 448, BIOS 848Prerequisites: ANTH 242 and 242L, or BIOS 101 and 101L.Description: Biological diversity from an evolutionary perspective.The history of the study of human physical growth and biologicalprinciples of growth. Genetic, epigenetic and hormonal effects on humanand other mammal growth patterns, and environmental factors thatinfluence growth. Effects of nutrition, disease, socio-economic status,pollution, etc. Unique features of human growth in its various stages.How anthropologists interpret variation in growth patterns among humanpopulations and the possible adaptive significance of this variation.Credit Hours: 3Max credits per semester: 3Max credits per degree: 3Format: LECGroups: Biological Anthropology

ANTH 451 Contemporary Issues of Indigenous Peoples in North AmericaCrosslisted with: ANTH 851, ETHN 451Prerequisites: ANTH 351 or 352.Description: Political, economic, and social issues concerning indigenouspeoples in North America.Credit Hours: 3Max credits per semester: 3Max credits per degree: 3Format: LECACE: ACE 10 Integrated ProductGroups: Cultural Anthropology

ANTH 454 Ethnographic Field SchoolCrosslisted with: ANTH 854Prerequisites: Permission of instructor.Description: Advanced comparative study of the contemporarypopulations in a selected area of North America (occasionally outsideof the USA) that may combine the traditional survey of ethnographicliterature with personal observation, participation, and experientiallearning activities in rural, urban, or traditional settings. The ethnographicfocus (e.g., Native Americans, recent immigrants to the USA, historicpractices) changes depending on research opportunities.Credit Hours: 1-6Min credits per semester: 1Max credits per semester: 6Max credits per degree: 6Format: FLDGroups: Cultural Anthropology

ANTH 461 Geospatial Approaches in Digital Humanities and SocialSciencesCrosslisted with: ANTH 861, CLAS 461, CLAS 861, GEOG 461, GEOG 861,HIST 461, HIST 861Description: Study of geographic concepts and critical analysis ofapplications of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in humanitiesand social sciences and application of geospatial tools for humanitiesand social science research; learn how to collect, manage, analyze, andvisualize spatial data for real-world projectsCredit Hours: 3Max credits per semester: 3Max credits per degree: 3Format: LECGroups: Techniques

ANTH 467 Gender and Material CultureCrosslisted with: TMFD 477, TMFD 877, WMNS 477, WMNS 877,ANTH 867Prerequisites: Junior Standing; 3 hours in any of the following areas:ANTH, SOCI, HIST, AHIS, TMFD or WMNS.Description: In depth analysis of the relationship between materialculture and gender roles, categories, and performances. Engages withtheoretical frameworks for material culture and gender, as well as topicssuch as the body, clothing, the built environment, technology and media.Credit Hours: 3Max credits per semester: 3Max credits per degree: 3Format: LEC

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ANTH 471 Digital Humanities PracticumCrosslisted with: ENGL 472, ENGL 872, HIST 472, HIST 872, ANTH 871,MODL 472, MODL 872Prerequisites: Junior standing.Description: Provide students with real, in-depth experience incollaboratively creating digital humanities projects. Guided by facultywith expertise in a broad range of digital humanities methods andresources, students work in teams to tackle challenges proposed by UNLresearchers and/or local and regional humanities organizations.Credit Hours: 3Max credits per semester: 3Max credits per degree: 3Format: LECGroups: Digital Humanities

ANTH 472 Belief Systems: Animism to ZombiesCrosslisted with: ANTH 872Description: Explores the diversity of beliefs and rituals surrounding themysteries of birth, life, death and beyond.Credit Hours: 3Max credits per semester: 3Max credits per degree: 3Format: LECGroups: Cultural Anthropology

ANTH 473 Ecological AnthropologyCrosslisted with: ANTH 873, NRES 873Description: Human adaptive systems and their ecological contexts.The dynamic inter-relationships between subsistence, technology, socialbehavior, human demography, and ecological variability.Credit Hours: 3Max credits per semester: 3Max credits per degree: 3Format: LECGroups: Cultural Anthropology

ANTH 474 Applied and Development AnthropologyCrosslisted with: ANTH 874Prerequisites: ANTH 212.Description: Efforts by anthropologists and other trained specialists toinfluence the process of development and socioeconomic change in themodern world.Credit Hours: 3Max credits per semester: 3Max credits per degree: 3Format: LECACE: ACE 6 Social ScienceGroups: Cultural Anthropology

ANTH 475 Artisan Technologies Past and PresentCrosslisted with: ANTH 875Prerequisites: 9 hrs ANTH.Description: Study of selected technologies from around the world at thepre-industrial level of production. Examine hand made art and utilitarianartifacts with the goal of understanding them through replication.Analyze technology within its cultural setting.Credit Hours: 3Max credits per semester: 3Max credits per degree: 3Format: LECGroups: Cultural Anthropology

ANTH 476 Human Rights, Environment, and DevelopmentCrosslisted with: ANTH 876Prerequisites: ANTH 212Description: Human rights from an anthropological perspective.International human rights, development, and the environment; Westernand non-Western perspectives on human rights; individual rights andcollective (group) rights; social, economic, and cultural rights; women'srights; gay rights; indigenous peoples and minority groups' rights; andplanetary (environmental) rights. Rights to food, culture, development,and a healthy ecosystem.Credit Hours: 3Max credits per semester: 3Max credits per degree: 3Format: LECGroups: Cultural Anthropology

ANTH 477 Hunters-GatherersCrosslisted with: ANTH 877Prerequisites: 9 hrs ANTH including ANTH 212.Description: Survey of hunter-gatherer society and its ecological andsocial adaptations. Hunters-gatherers and their important role in humanhistory and evolution.Credit Hours: 3Max credits per semester: 3Max credits per degree: 3Format: LECGroups: Cultural Anthropology

ANTH 478 Pro-seminar in Latin American StudiesCrosslisted with: GEOG 478, HIST 478, LAMS 478, POLS 478, SOCI 478,MODL 478, EDPS 478, ANTH 878, GEOG 878, HIST 878, POLS 878,SOCI 878, MODL 878, EDPS 878Prerequisites: Junior standing and permissionNotes: Topical seminar required for all Latin American Studies majors.Description: An interdisciplinary analysis of topical issues in LatinAmerican Studies.Credit Hours: 3Max credits per semester: 3Max credits per degree: 6Format: LECGroups: Regional Geography Lat Am,Asian,Middle East Hist IntegrativeCourses, Research International Relations&Compar

ANTH 479 Pro-seminar in International Relations ICrosslisted with: ECON 466, POLS 466, POLS 866, AECN 467, ANTH 879,ECON 866, GEOG 448, GEOG 848, HIST 479, HIST 879, SOCI 466, SOCI 866Prerequisites: Senior standing and permission.Description: Topic varies.Credit Hours: 3Max credits per semester: 3Max credits per degree: 3Format: LECGroups: International Relations&Compar Human-Economic GeographyComp Intrntnl & Reg Develpmnt Integrative Courses, Research Variablegroup based on topic

ANTH 481 Landscape ArchaeologyCrosslisted with: ANTH 881Description: Survey of theory, method, and practice in describing andinterpreting archaeological landscapes.Credit Hours: 3Max credits per semester: 3Max credits per degree: 3Format: LAB

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ANTH 482 Field Methods in EthnographyCrosslisted with: ANTH 882Prerequisites: ANTH 212Description: Introduction to practical and theoretical issues involved indesigning and undertaking qualitative field research.Credit Hours: 3Max credits per semester: 3Max credits per degree: 3Format: LECGroups: Integrative Courses, Research

ANTH 484 Quantitative Methods in AnthropologyCrosslisted with: ANTH 884Prerequisites: 9 hrs ANTH; STAT 218 or eqivalent.Description: Collection, management, and analysis of quantitativeanthropological data. Methods of exploratory and confirmatory dataanalysis. Computer-assisted analysis.Credit Hours: 3Max credits per semester: 3Max credits per degree: 3Format: LECGroups: Laboratory and Field Training

ANTH 485 Pro-seminar in AnthropologyCrosslisted with: ANTH 885Prerequisites: Permission.Credit Hours: 1-3Min credits per semester: 1Max credits per semester: 3Max credits per degree: 3Format: LECGroups: Integrative Courses, Research

ANTH 487 Analysis of Archaeological MaterialsCrosslisted with: ANTH 887Prerequisites: ANTH 232Notes: ANTH 487/887 may be repeated. Topics vary by semester.Description: Survey of vocabulary, techniques, and ideas needed toresearch major materials found in archaeological sites.Credit Hours: 3Max credits per semester: 3Max credits per degree: 9Format: LECGroups: Archaeology

ANTH 487A Analysis of Archaeological Materials - CeramicsCrosslisted with: ANTH 887APrerequisites: ANTH 232Description: Survey of vocabulary, techniques, and ideas needed toresearch major materials found in archaeological sites. ANTH 487/887may be repeated. Topics vary by semester.Credit Hours: 3Max credits per semester: 3Max credits per degree: 9Format: LEC

ANTH 487B Analysis of Archaeological Materials - LithicsCrosslisted with: ANTH 887BPrerequisites: ANTH 232Description: Survey of vocabulary, techniques, and ideas needed toresearch major materials found in archaeological sites. ANTH 487/887may be repeated. Topics vary by semester.Credit Hours: 3Max credits per semester: 3Max credits per degree: 9Format: LEC

ANTH 487D Analysis of Archaeological Materials - ArchaeofaunaCrosslisted with: ANTH 887DPrerequisites: ANTH 232Description: Survey of vocabulary, techniques, and ideas needed toresearch major materials found in archaeological sites. ANTH 487/887may be repeated. Topics vary by semester.Credit Hours: 3Max credits per semester: 3Max credits per degree: 9Format: LEC

ANTH 487E Analysis of Archaeological Materials - Historic MaterialCultureCrosslisted with: ANTH 887EPrerequisites: ANTH 232Description: Survey of vocabulary, techniques, and ideas needed toresearch major materials found in archaeological sites. ANTH 487/887may be repeated. Topics vary by semester.Credit Hours: 3Max credits per semester: 3Max credits per degree: 9Format: LEC

ANTH 488 Contentious Issues in AnthropologyCrosslisted with: ANTH 888Prerequisites: 9 hrs of anthropology beyond ANTH 110.Description: Recent controversial issues through the integration ofbiological, cultural, and archaeological branches of anthropology.Credit Hours: 3Max credits per semester: 3Max credits per degree: 3Format: LECACE: ACE 10 Integrated ProductGroups: Integrative Courses, Research

ANTH 490 Advanced Field WorkCrosslisted with: ANTH 890Prerequisites: ANTH 290 or equivalent.Description: Further practical experience in field research.Credit Hours: 1-6Min credits per semester: 1Max credits per semester: 6Max credits per degree: 24Format: FLDGroups: Laboratory and Field Training

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ANTH 491 Advanced Laboratory WorkCrosslisted with: ANTH 891Prerequisites: PermissionNotes: Only 3 credit hours of ANTH 491 will count toward the major inANTH. Open only to advanced students wishing to complete a researchproject they have developed with ANTH faculty guidance.Credit Hours: 1-6Min credits per semester: 1Max credits per semester: 6Max credits per degree: 6Format: LABGroups: Laboratory and Field Training

ANTH 491A Special TopicsCrosslisted with: JOMC 491, JOMC 891, ANTH 891ANotes: 12 hours max special topics hours at all levels (100, 200, 300, 400)per degree. May be repeated up to three times so long as the topics aredifferent.Description: Topics vary each term.Credit Hours: 1-4Min credits per semester: 1Max credits per semester: 4Max credits per degree: 12Format: LEC

ANTH 495 Internship in AnthropologyCrosslisted with: ANTH 895Prerequisites: Sophomore standing; and permission.Description: A structured professional experience outside the traditionalacademic setting designed to allow students to learn and useanthropological skills and knowledge and to develop professionalnetworks.Credit Hours: 1-6Min credits per semester: 1Max credits per semester: 6Max credits per degree: 6Format: FLDGroups: Integrative Courses, Research

ANTH 496 Special Readings in AnthropologyCrosslisted with: ANTH 896Prerequisites: Permission.Credit Hours: 1-6Min credits per semester: 1Max credits per semester: 6Max credits per degree: 6Format: INDGroups: Integrative Courses, Research

ANTH 498 Advanced Current Topics in AnthropologyCrosslisted with: ANTH 898Prerequisites: Permission.Description: Seminar on current issues and problems in anthropology.Credit Hours: 1-6Min credits per semester: 1Max credits per semester: 6Max credits per degree: 6Format: LECGroups: Integrative Courses, Research

ANTH 499 Senior Research ThesisPrerequisites: Senior standing and permission.Credit Hours: 1-6Min credits per semester: 1Max credits per semester: 6Max credits per degree: 6Format: INDGroups: Integrative Courses, Research