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ANTH   200 INTRODUCTION TO THE SCIENTIFIC STUDY OF  Credits 3.00  Spring 2000
           * RESTRICTED DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP II
An introduction to the scientific study of language. The methods of
linguistic prehistory. The language families of the world and the
interrelationship of language and thought.
Also offered as Ling 200.
A FOUNDATION COURSE.
001 MWF     10:00AM-10:50AM SH*303   Niedzielski, Nancy             *CURRENT ENR: 0

ANTH   201 INTRO SOCIAL/CULTURAL ANTH               Credits 3.00  Spring 2000
           * RESTRICTED DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP II
An introduction to the history, methods, and concepts of the discipline
devoted to the systematic description and understanding of cultural
diversity in human societies.
A FOUNDATION COURSE.
001 TTH     09:25AM-10:40AM SS*106   Sutherland, Anne               *CURRENT ENR: 0

ANTH   205 INTRO-ARCHAEOLOGY                        Credits 3.00  Spring 2000
           * DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP II
Principles and methods of archaeology; an introduction to the elementary
concepts of the discipline through a series of case studies.
001 MWF     09:00AM-09:50AM SH*309   Lippert, Dorothy               *CURRENT ENR: 0

ANTH   280 ANTHROPOLOGY OF THE  MIDDLE EAST         Credits 3.00  Spring 2000
           * DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP II
This course provides an introduction to and critical examination of the
extensive ethnographic literature written by sociocultural
anthropolgists on the peoples and cultures of the Middle East (including
North Africa). Major themes of this literature are reviewed and
analyzed, and current trends are studied by reading recent works.
001 TTH     10:50AM-12:05PM TBA      Fuller, Mia                    *CURRENT ENR: 0

ANTH   290 THE HISTORY AND ETHNOGRAPHY OF           Credits 3.00  Spring 2000
           * DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP II
This course focuses intensively on the history and ethnography of a
single people, the selection of which changes from year to year.  Using
all available materials, this course provides an introduction to the
approaches of the discipline and how they have changed, registered by
the different ways anthropologists and others have represented over
time, the same subjects.
001 MWF     10:00AM-10:50AM SH*460   Marcus, George                 *CURRENT ENR: 0

ANTH   300 LINGUISTIC ANALYSIS                      Credits 3.00  Spring 2000
           * RESTRICTED DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP II
English and other languages as objects of scientific analysis.
Phonological structure, morphology and syntax, semantic structures, and
techniques of linguistic analysis.
Also offered as Ling 300.
A FOUNDATION COURSE.
001 MWF     11:00AM-11:50AM SH*207B  Fleck, David                   *CURRENT ENR: 0

ANTH   308 HISTORY AS A CULTURAL MYTH               Credits 3.00  Spring 2000
           * DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP II
Ideas of history and attitudes toward the past as culturally conditioned
phenomena.  Emphasizes history as statement of cultural values as well
as conceptualizations of cause, change, time, and reality.
Also offered as Wgst 336.
001 W       02:00PM-05:00PM SH*460   Taylor, Julie                  *CURRENT ENR: 0

ANTH   315 ANTHROPOLOGY OF MEMORY                   Credits 3.00  Spring 2000
           * DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP II
In this course we focus on aspects of collective memory (or amnesia) and
oral history that directly affect the maintenance of social integrity
or group/national self-constructions. We sample psychological and
philosophical theories of memory, and read ethnographic studies of the
operations of memory in particular contexts.
001 TTH     01:00PM-02:20PM SH*305   Fuller, Mia                    *CURRENT ENR: 0

ANTH   316 CULTURAL ANALYSIS                        Credits 3.00  Spring 2000
This course is specifically intended for lower level undergraduates as a
means of gaining familiarity with the analytical tradition of cultural
anthropology from the beginning of the Twentieth Century.  The course is
intended to provide students with background for upper level courses in
the department.
001 MWF     11:00AM-11:50AM SH*462   Marcus, George                 *CURRENT ENR: 0
001                                  Sutherland, Anne               *CURRENT ENR: 0

ANTH   329 BODIES, SENSUALITIES & ART               Credits 3.00  Spring 2000
Cross-cultural approaches to art and the senses.  Students my engage any
medium.  Emphasis to be placed on issues generated from performance in
the arts rather than from academia.  Contrasts art and academic
knowledge to explore alternative epistemologies and aesthetics.
001 TTH     04:00PM-05:20PM SH*307   Taylor, Julie                  *CURRENT ENR: 0

ANTH   353 CULTURES OF INDIA                        Credits 3.00  Spring 2000
           * DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP II
Summary of the prehistory, ethnography, and ethnology of the Indian
subcontinent.  Special emphasis on Hinduism, Buddhism, and Indian
philosophy.
001 TTH     09:25AM-10:40AM SH*309   Tyler, Stephen                 *CURRENT ENR: 0

ANTH   360 MODERNITY & SOCIAL SPACE                 Credits 3.00  Spring 2000
           * DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP II
Modernity can be usefully described as the transmutation of time and
space.  In this course we will focus on specific changes in the pro-
duction of social space.  How, for example, is global space produced--
legally, in international law, economically by multinational
corporations, and culturally through satelite communications systems?
While changes in the public spaces of urban/suburban America tell us
something about the values of those who produce such space, they also
tell us about the cultural and political consciousness/unconsciousness
of those who use it.  Theories from a variety of disciplines will be
mobilized to help us understand these changes in social space.
001 M       02:00PM-05:00PM SH*460   Fuller, Mia                    *CURRENT ENR: 0

ANTH   362 ARCHEOLOGICAL FIELD TECH                 Credits 3.00  Spring 2000
           * DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP II
Methods used in field work, laboratory analysis, and interpretation of
archaeological data from a local site excavated by the class.
Prereq- Anth 205.
001 T       02:30PM-05:30PM          McIntosh, Susan                *CURRENT ENR: 0

ANTH   388 LIFE CYCLE: A BIOCULTURAL VIEW           Credits 3.00  Spring 2000
           * DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP II
The human life cycle from conception to death. Focus is on the
interaction between biological processes and culture.
001 T       02:30PM-05:30PM ML*251   Elfimov, Alexei                *CURRENT ENR: 0

ANTH   402 SEMINAR IN SYNTAX & SEMANTICS            Credits 3.00  Spring 2000
           * DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP II
Study of semantic categories and their formal expression in
morphological, syntactic, and lexical units and patterns.
Also offered as Ling 402.
001 MWF     10:00AM-10:50AM RH*239   Davis, Philip                  *CURRENT ENR: 0

ANTH   404 INDEPENDENT STUDY                        Credits 1.00  Spring 2000
Directed reading and preparation of written papers on anthropological
subjects not offered in the curriculum and advanced study of subjects on
which courses are offered.
001 TBA     TBA                      Marcus, George                 *CURRENT ENR: 0
002 TBA     TBA                      Faubion, James                 *CURRENT ENR: 0
003 TBA     TBA                      Georges, Eugenia               *CURRENT ENR: 0
004 TBA     TBA                      Lee, Benjamin                  *CURRENT ENR: 0
005 TBA     TBA                      McIntosh, Roderick             *CURRENT ENR: 0
006                                  McIntosh, Susan                *CURRENT ENR: 0
007                                  Milun, Kathryn                 *CURRENT ENR: 0
008                                  Taylor, Julie                  *CURRENT ENR: 0
009                                  Tyler, Stephen                 *CURRENT ENR: 0
011 TBA     TBA             TBA      Sutherland, Anne               *CURRENT ENR: 0
012 TBA     TBA             TBA      Fuller, Mia                    *CURRENT ENR: 0

ANTH   408 FIELD TECHNIQUES AND ANALYSIS            Credits 3.00  Spring 2000
Continuation of Anth 407.
Also offered as Ling 408.
001 TBA     TBA                      Gildea, Spike                  *CURRENT ENR: 0

ANTH   412 RHETORIC                                 Credits 3.00  Spring 2000
           * DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP I
Overview of classical thoeries. Intensive discussion of contemporary
thoeries and applications in a wide variety of disciplines.
Also offered as Ling 410.
001 TTH     10:50AM-12:05PM SH*460   Tyler, Stephen                 *CURRENT ENR: 0

ANTH   423 AFRICAN MYTHS & RITUAL                   Credits 3.00  Spring 2000
           * DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP I
Explore and analyze specific myths and rituals which provide
legitimation for community ceremonies and which serve as basis for the
negotiation of power and ideology for members within that community.
Readings from classic theorists:  Gennap & Turner; and contemporary
theorists:  Werbner, Heusch, Comaroff and Ray.
Also offered as Reli 423.
001 TTH     10:50AM-12:05PM RH*111   Bongmba, Elias                 *CURRENT ENR: 0

ANTH   458 HUMAN OSTEOLOGY                          Credits 3.00  Spring 2000
Introduction to the analysis of human skeletal material from
archaeological sites.
001 TTH     01:00PM-02:20PM          McIntosh, Susan                *CURRENT ENR: 0

ANTH   471 CULTURE, MEDIA, SOCIETY: EXILE & DIASPOR Credits 4.00  Spring 2000
Examination of cultural productions as vehicles for communication across
national, cultural, and other boundaries, using contemporary theories of
culture and media.  Includes the creation of meaning and cultural
capital, the representation of minority and alternative views, and the
construction of individual and group identities.
Enrollment is limited to 15.
Also offered as Hart 471.
001 T       01:00PM-05:00PM MECN*100 Naficy, Hamid                  *CURRENT ENR: 0

ANTH   491 DIRECTED HONORS RESEARCH                 Credits 3.00  Spring 2000
See Anth 490.
001 TBA     TBA                      Marcus, George                 *CURRENT ENR: 0
002                                  Faubion, James                 *CURRENT ENR: 0
003                                  Georges, Eugenia               *CURRENT ENR: 0
004                                  Lee, Benjamin                  *CURRENT ENR: 0
005                                  McIntosh, Roderick             *CURRENT ENR: 0
006                                  McIntosh, Susan                *CURRENT ENR: 0
007                                  Milun, Kathryn                 *CURRENT ENR: 0
008                                  Taylor, Julie                  *CURRENT ENR: 0
009                                  Tyler, Stephen                 *CURRENT ENR: 0

ANTH   508 HISTORY AS A CULTURAL MYTH               Credits 3.00  Spring 2000
See Anth 308.
001 W       02:00PM-05:00PM SH*460   Taylor, Julie                  *CURRENT ENR: 0

ANTH   515 ANTHROPOLOGY OF MEMORY                   Credits 3.00  Spring 2000
See Anth 315.
001 TTH     01:00PM-02:20PM SH*305   Fuller, Mia                    *CURRENT ENR: 0

ANTH   553 CULTURES OF INDIA                        Credits 3.00  Spring 2000
See Anth 353.
001 TTH     09:25AM-10:40AM SH*309   Tyler, Stephen                 *CURRENT ENR: 0

ANTH   560 MODERNITY & SOCIAL SPACE                 Credits 3.00  Spring 2000
See Anth 360.
001 M       02:00PM-05:00PM SH*460   Fuller, Mia                    *CURRENT ENR: 0

ANTH   562 ARCHAEOLOGICAL FIELD TECH                Credits 3.00  Spring 2000
See Anth 362.
001 T       02:30PM-05:30PM          McIntosh, Susan                *CURRENT ENR: 0

ANTH   571 CULTURE, MEDIA, SOCIETY: EXILE & DIASPOR Credits 4.00  Spring 2000
See Anth 471.
001 T       01:00PM-05:00PM          Naficy, Hamid                  *CURRENT ENR: 0

ANTH   588 LIFE CYCLE: A BIOCULTURAL VIEW           Credits 3.00  Spring 2000
See Anth 388.
001 T       02:30PM-05:30PM ML*251   Elfimov, Alexei                *CURRENT ENR: 0

ANTH   600 INDEPENDENT STUDY                        Credits 3.00  Spring 2000
001 TBA     TBA                      Marcus, George                 *CURRENT ENR: 0
002 TBA     TBA                      Faubion, James                 *CURRENT ENR: 0
003 TBA     TBA                      Georges, Eugenia               *CURRENT ENR: 0
004                                  Lee, Benjamin                  *CURRENT ENR: 0
005                                  McIntosh, Roderick             *CURRENT ENR: 0
006                                  McIntosh, Susan                *CURRENT ENR: 0
007                                  Milun, Kathryn                 *CURRENT ENR: 0
008                                  Taylor, Julie                  *CURRENT ENR: 0
009                                  Tyler, Stephen                 *CURRENT ENR: 0
011 TBA     TBA             TBA      Sutherland, Anne               *CURRENT ENR: 0
012 TBA     TBA             TBA      Fuller, Mia                    *CURRENT ENR: 0

ANTH   608 FIELD TECHNIQUES AND ANALYSIS            Credits 3.00  Spring 2000
See Anth 408.
001 TBA     TBA                      Gildea, Spike                  *CURRENT ENR: 0

ANTH   612 RHETORIC                                 Credits 3.00  Spring 2000
See Anth 412.
001 TTH     10:50AM-12:05PM SH*460   Tyler, Stephen                 *CURRENT ENR: 0

ANTH   650 PEDAGOGY                                 Credits 3.00  Spring 2000
Training in the basic elements of teaching in anthropology to be taken
in conjunction with applied graduate student teaching in ANTH 316.
Prereq- Third year graduate students and above.
001 TBA     TBA                      Marcus, George                 *CURRENT ENR: 0
001                                  Sutherland, Anne               *CURRENT ENR: 0

ANTH   658 HUMAN OSTEOLOGY                          Credits 3.00  Spring 2000
See Anth 458.
001 TTH     01:00PM-02:20PM          McIntosh, Susan                *CURRENT ENR: 0

ANTH   800 RESEARCH AND THESIS                      Credits 3.00  Spring 2000
001 TBA     TBA                      TBA                            *CURRENT ENR: 0

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