Rice Course Schedule, Spring 2001
Anthropology (ANTH)
Rice Course Schedule as of 05/08/2001.
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ANTH 200 INTRO TO THE SCIENTIFIC STUDY OF LANGUAG Credits 3.00 Spring 01 * DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP II * RESTRICTED DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP II Introduction to concepts and terminology in the scientific study of language. Includes sound systems (phonology), construction of words (morphology), organization of words in the sentence (syntax), meaning (semantics), and information flow (pragmatics), as well as a survey of interdisciplinary uses of linguistics such as historical linguistics (archaeology), dialectology (sociology), and language acquistion (psychology, cognitive sciences, and language teaching). Also offered as LING 200. Also offered as LING 200 001 SH 309 - MWF 10:00AM - 10:50AM Englebretson, Robert Enr: 12 Max: NA 002 SS 106 - TTH 09:25AM - 10:40AM Young, Hilary Enr: 7 Max: NA ANTH 300 LINGUISTIC ANALYSIS Credits 3.00 Spring 01 * DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP II * RESTRICTED DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP II Language as an object of scientific analysis, focused on how different languages organize semantic and pragmatic information into simple sentences. Topics: morphology, syntactic categories and constituency, propositional semantics, tense-aspect-modality, pragmatic information status, grammatical relations, and voice systems. Also offered as Ling 300. Pre-req: Ling 200 or permission of instructor. 001 SH 307 - MWF 01:00PM - 01:50PM Englebretson, Robert Enr: 0 Max: NA ANTH 306 HISTORY OF ANTHROPOLOGICAL IDEAS Credits 3.00 Spring 01 * DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP II Introduction to the history of anthropology, its theories, and its methods, with emphasis on social and cultural anthropology. 001 SH 305 - TTH 01:00PM - 02:00PM Faubion, James D. Enr: 6 Max: NA ANTH 308 HISTORY AS CULTURAL NARRATIVE Credits 3.00 Spring 01 * DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP II How do people make sense of the past? Whose histories are told?-when? how? This course course explores histories-both the Western discipline of history and local, everyday constructions of temporality, power, and the past-as contested narratives in particular cultures and times. 001 SH 307 - TTH 04:00PM - 05:20PM Helper, Laura Enr: 2 Max: NA ANTH 309 GLOBAL CULTURES Credits 3.00 Spring 01 * DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP II This course will examine specific cultural debates and issues that have "overflowed" national boundaries. Topics will include student movements, democracy and citizenships, and the internationalization of professional and popular culture. 001 SH 460 - W 02:00PM - 05:00PM Elfimov, Alexei L. Enr: 38 Max: NA ANTH 338 READING POPULAR CULTURE Credits 3.00 Spring 01 * DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP II Cultural anthropology offers useful tools for studying popular culture: the culture concept itself, the ethnographic tradition, and an ongoing attention to local knowledge and everyday life. This course uses these and other strategies to ground "popular culture" in culture and history, exploring how ordinary people have negotiated cultural forms at three conjunctures--New York City in the 1920s, Memphis in the 1950s, and Houston now--with particular attention to constructions of race. 001 SS 337 - TTH 09:25AM - 10:40AM Helper, Laura Enr: 32 Max: NA ANTH 343 NEW RELIGIOUS MOVEMENTS IN AFRICA Credits 3.00 Spring 01 Discuss new religious movements and the religious, sociological, and political factors leading to their rise, also missionary and colonial reactions to them. Examine their salvation in the wake of political and economic marginality. Also offered as Reli 342. Prereq- permission of instructor. 001 HUM 226 - MWF 02:00PM - 02:50PM Bongmba, Elias K. Enr: 4 Max: NA ANTH 344 CITY/CULTURE Credits 3.00 Spring 01 * DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP II The course treats both the theorization and the ethnographic exploration of the urban imaginary; urban spaces and practices; urban, suburban, and post-urban planning; city-states, colonial cities, and capital cities; and the late 20th century metropolis. 001 SH 303 - TTH 02:30PM - 03:50PM Elfimov, Alexei L. Enr: 20 Max: NA ANTH 353 CULTURES OF INDIA Credits 3.00 Spring 01 * DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP II Summary of the prehistory, ethnography, and ethnology of the Indian subcontinent. Special emphasis on Hinduism, Buddhism, and Indian philosophy. 001 SH 309 - TTH 09:25AM - 10:40AM Tyler, Stephen A. Enr: 41 Max: NA ANTH 360 MODERNITY & SOCIAL SPACE Credits 3.00 Spring 01 * DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP II Modernity can be usefully descibed as the transmutation of time and space. Looking especially at New York and Paris, this course considers specific changes in the production and experience of social space: changes in large-scale construction and urban renewal projects, in the mapping of desires and fears and identities, in negotiations of citizenship, in relations of produciton and consumption, and in musical and other leisure practices. 001 SH 460 - F 02:00PM - 05:00PM Helper, Laura Enr: 10 Max: NA ANTH 362 ARCHEOLOGICAL FIELD TECHNIQUES Credits 3.00 Spring 01 * 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 KH 105 - W 02:00PM - 05:00PM McIntosh, Roderick J. Enr: 13 Max: NA ANTH 388 THE LIFE CYCLE: A BIOCULTURAL VIEW Credits 3.00 Spring 01 * DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP II The human life cycle from conception to death. Focus is on the interaction between biological processes and culture. Also offered as WGST 335. 001 KH 101 - TTH 01:00PM - 02:20PM Georges, Eugenia Enr: 29 Max: NA ANTH 402 SYNTAX AND SEMANTICS Credits 3.00 Spring 01 * 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 SH 352A - MWF 10:00AM - 10:50AM Davis, Philip W. Enr: 0 Max: NA ANTH 404 INDEPENDENT STUDY Credits Spring 01 * DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP II 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 E. Enr: 2 Max: NA 002 TBA - TBA Faubion, James D. Enr: 0 Max: NA 003 TBA - TBA Georges, Eugenia Enr: 2 Max: NA 004 TBA - TBA Lee, Benjamin Enr: 0 Max: NA 005 TBA - TBA McIntosh, Roderick J. Enr: 0 Max: NA 006 TBA - TBA McIntosh, Susan K. Enr: 1 Max: NA 007 TBA - TBA Elfimov, Alexei L. Enr: 0 Max: NA 008 TBA - TBA Taylor, Julie M. Enr: 0 Max: NA 009 TBA - TBA Tyler, Stephen A. Enr: 1 Max: NA ANTH 408 FIELD TECHNIQUES AND ANALYSIS Credits 3.00 Spring 01 Continuation of Anth 407/Ling 407. Also offered as LING 408. Permission of instructor. 001 SH 562 - M 11:00AM - 12:15PM Davis, Philip W. Enr: 0 Max: NA ANTH 414 HERMENEUTICS AND LINGUISTIC ANTHROPOLOGY Credits 3.00 Spring 01 * DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP II Application of linguistic theory and method in the analysis of cultural materials. Discourse analysis; the structure and interpretation of texts and conversation. Also offered as Ling 414. 001 SH 207A - TTH 10:50AM - 12:05PM Tyler, Stephen A. Enr: 2 Max: NA ANTH 446 ADVANCED TOPICS IN BIOMEDICAL ANTHROPOLO Credits 3.00 Spring 01 Seminar on contemporary research on the biomedical aspects of human health and disease. Includes topics from medical ecology and epidemiology. Prereq- Anth 381 or permission of the instructor. 001 SH 207A - F 02:00PM - 05:00PM Georges, Eugenia Enr: 7 Max: NA ANTH 450 ANTHROPOLOGY IN THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD: Credits 3.00 Spring 01 This seminar is designed specifically for juniors and seniors who have declared anthropology as a major, and is intended as an opportunity for them to survey the various applications and points of relevance of anthropology in the rapid transformations of contemporary societies and cultures. It is meant to both assess and challenge the forms of knowledge that anthropology has produced since its inception as a discipline. 001 SH 352A - M 02:00PM - 05:00PM Marcus, George E. Enr: 3 Max: NA ANTH 458 HUMAN OSTEOLOGY Credits 3.00 Spring 01 Introduction to the analysis of human skeletal material from archaeological sites. 001 TBA - TTH 02:30PM - 03:50PM McIntosh, Susan K. Enr: 7 Max: NA ANTH 463 WEST AFRICAN PREHISTORY Credits 3.00 Spring 01 * DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP II Seminar in providing in-depth consideration of the later prehistoric archaeology (late Stone Age and Iron Age) of the West African subcontinent. Pre-req-Anth 205 or permission of instructor. 001 SH 460 - TTH 10:50AM - 12:05PM McIntosh, Susan K. Enr: 6 Max: NA ANTH 468 PALAEOCLIMATE & HUMAN RESPONSE Credits 3.00 Spring 01 * DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP II Palaeoscientists have records extending through the Holocene of forcing process, such as climate, that influence humans. We examine these records and their impact on past and present society. We explore the concept of social memory, used to understand how past communities use information about climate change and past responses in long term adaptive strategies. Also offered as GEOL 468. 001 SH 352A - MWF 01:00PM - 01:50PM McIntosh, Roderick J. Enr: 5 Max: NA ANTH 470 PROPHETS, REFORMERS, REVOLUTIONARIES Credits 3.00 Spring 01 This course explores social and cultural movements and the figures by whom such movements arew inspired and guided. Specific topics to be treated include sectarianism and millenialism, intellectual vanguardism, and the "new" politics of identity and intersubjectivity. 001 SH 460 - M 02:00PM - 05:00PM Faubion, James D. Enr: 7 Max: NA ANTH 484 CULTURE, MEDIA, SOCIETY: EXILE & DIASPOR Credits 4.00 Spring 01 Examination of cultural productions as vehicles for communication across national, cultural, and other boundaries, using contemporary theoris 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. Also offered as HART 484. 001 Med Cntr 100 - TH 01:00PM - 05:00PM Naficy, Hamid Enr: 2 Max: ANTH 491 DIRECTED HONORS RESEARCH Credits 3.00 Spring 01 A two-semester sequence of independent research culminating in the preparation and defense of an honors thesis. Open only to candidates formally accepted into the honors program. 001 TBA - TBA Marcus, George E. Enr: 0 Max: NA 002 TBA - TBA Faubion, James D. Enr: 0 Max: NA 003 TBA - TBA Georges, Eugenia Enr: 1 Max: NA 004 TBA - TBA Lee, Benjamin Enr: 0 Max: NA 005 TBA - TBA McIntosh, Roderick J. Enr: 0 Max: NA 006 TBA - TBA McIntosh, Susan K. Enr: 0 Max: NA 007 TBA - TBA Elfimov, Alexei L. Enr: 0 Max: NA 008 TBA - TBA Taylor, Julie M. Enr: 0 Max: NA 009 TBA - TBA Tyler, Stephen A. Enr: 0 Max: NA ANTH 506 HISTORY OF ANTHROPOLOGICAL IDEAS Credits 3.00 Spring 01 Graduate version of Anth 306. 001 SH 305 - TTH 01:00PM - 02:20PM Faubion, James D. Enr: 6 Max: NA ANTH 508 HISTORY AS CULTURAL NARRATIVE Credits 3.00 Spring 01 Graduate version of ANTH 308. 001 SH 307 - TTH 04:00PM - 05:20PM Helper, Laura Enr: 0 Max: NA ANTH 509 GLOBAL CULTURES Credits 3.00 Spring 01 Graduate version of ANTH 309. 001 SH 460 - W 02:00PM - 05:00PM Elfimov, Alexei L. Enr: 0 Max: NA ANTH 538 READING POPULAR CULTURE Credits 3.00 Spring 01 Graduate version of Anth 338. 001 SS 337 - TTH 09:25AM - 10:40AM Helper, Laura Enr: 3 Max: NA ANTH 544 CITY/CULTURE Credits 3.00 Spring 01 Graduate version of Anth 344. 001 SH 303 - TTH 02:30PM - 03:50PM Elfimov, Alexei L. Enr: 0 Max: NA ANTH 553 CULTURES OF INDIA Credits 3.00 Spring 01 Graduate of verison of Anth 353. 001 SH 309 - TTH 09:25AM - 10:40AM Tyler, Stephen A. Enr: 1 Max: NA ANTH 560 MODERNITY & SOCIAL SPACE Credits 3.00 Spring 01 Graduate version on Anth 360. 001 SH 460 - F 02:00PM - 05:00PM Helper, Laura Enr: 1 Max: NA ANTH 562 ARCHAEOLOGICAL FIELD TECHNIQUES Credits 3.00 Spring 01 Graduate verison of Anth 362. 001 KH 105 - W 02:00PM - 05:00PM McIntosh, Roderick J. Enr: 2 Max: NA ANTH 571 MONEY AND EVERYDAY LIFE Credits 3.00 Spring 01 * DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP II Graduate version Anth 371. 001 TBA - W 12:00AM - 12:00AM Lee, Benjamin Enr: 0 Max: NA ANTH 588 LIFE CYCLE: A BIOCULTURAL VIEW Credits 3.00 Spring 01 Graduate version of Anth 388. 001 KH 101 - TTH 01:00PM - 02:20PM Georges, Eugenia Enr: 0 Max: NA ANTH 600 INDEPENDENT STUDY Credits Spring 01 No description. 001 TBA - TBA Marcus, George E. Enr: 7 Max: NA 002 TBA - TBA Faubion, James D. Enr: 2 Max: NA 003 TBA - TBA Georges, Eugenia Enr: 2 Max: NA 004 TBA - TBA Lee, Benjamin Enr: 0 Max: NA 005 TBA - TBA McIntosh, Roderick J. Enr: 0 Max: NA 006 TBA - TBA McIntosh, Susan K. Enr: 0 Max: NA 007 TBA - TBA Elfimov, Alexei L. Enr: 0 Max: NA 008 TBA - TBA Taylor, Julie M. Enr: 0 Max: NA 009 TBA - TBA Tyler, Stephen A. Enr: 2 Max: NA ANTH 608 FIELD TECHNIQUES AND ANALYSIS Credits 3.00 Spring 01 Graduate verison of Anth 408. 001 TBA - TBA Davis, Philip W. Enr: 0 Max: NA ANTH 614 HERMENEUTICS & LINGUISTIC ANTHROPOLOGY Credits 3.00 Spring 01 Graduate version of Anth 414. 001 SH 207A - TTH 10:50AM - 12:05PM Tyler, Stephen A. Enr: 5 Max: NA ANTH 646 ADVANCED TOPICS IN BIOMEDICAL ANTHROPOLO Credits 3.00 Spring 01 Graduate verison of Anth 446. Pre-req- Permission of instructor. 001 SH 207A - F 02:00PM - 05:00PM Georges, Eugenia Enr: 1 Max: NA ANTH 658 HUMAN OSTEOLOGY Credits 3.00 Spring 01 Graduate version of Anth 458. 001 TBA - TTH 02:30PM - 03:50PM McIntosh, Susan K. Enr: 1 Max: NA ANTH 663 WEST AFRICAN PREHISTORY Credits 3.00 Spring 01 Graduate version of Anth 463. 001 SH 460 - TTH 10:50AM - 12:05PM McIntosh, Susan K. Enr: 0 Max: NA ANTH 668 PALAEOCLIMATE & HUMAN RESPONSE Credits 3.00 Spring 01 Graduate version of ANTH 468. 001 SH 352A - MWF 01:00PM - 01:50PM McIntosh, Roderick J. Enr: 0 Max: NA ANTH 670 PROPHETS, REFORMERS, REVOLUTIONARIES Credits 3.00 Spring 01 Graduate version of Anth 470. 001 SH 460 - M 02:00PM - 05:00PM Faubion, James D. Enr: 1 Max: NA ANTH 684 CULTURE, MEDIA, SOCIETY: EXILE & DIASPOR Credits 4.00 Spring 01 Graduate verison of Anth 484. Also offered as HART 684. 001 Med Cntr 100 - TH 01:00PM - 05:00PM Naficy, Hamid Enr: 0 Max: NA ANTH 800 RESEARCH AND THESIS Credits Spring 01 No description. 001 TBA - TBA Staff Enr: 16 Max: NA
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