Rice Course Schedule, Fall 2002
Anthropology (ANTH)
Rice Course Schedule as of 11/26/2002.
This schedule is maintained by the Office of the Registrar
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NOTE: Course web pages are available for some ANTH courses.
ANTH 200 INTRO TO THE SCIENTIFIC STUDY OF LANGUAG Credits 3.00 Fall 02
* 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. Enrollment is limited to 80.
001 SH 301 - MWF 10:00AM - 10:50AM Niedzielski, Nancy Enr: 22 Max: 80
ANTH 201 INTRO SOCIAL/CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY Credits 3.00 Fall 02
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP II
* RESTRICTED DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP II
Introduction to the history, methods, and concepts of social/cultural
anthropology, which is devoted to the systematic description and understanding
of cultural diversity in human societies.
001 HZ AMP - TTH 01:00PM - 02:20PM Georges, Eugenia Enr: 231 Max: 0
ANTH 203 HUMAN ANTIQUITY:AN INTRODUCTION TO PHYSI Credits 3.00 Fall 02
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP II
This course offers a broad introduction to the human past as revealed by
evolutionary studies of both biochemical and fossil evidence, and by
archaeological studies of human cultural behavior. Replaces ANTH 203
Introduction to Physical Anthropology and ANTH 206 Introduction to World
Prehistory. Students who have taken ANTH 206 prior to 2000 may not take 203 for
credit.
001 RH 305 - TTH 02:30PM - 03:50PM McIntosh, Susan K. Enr: 34 Max: NA
ANTH 205 INTRO TO ARCHAEOLOGY Credits 3.00 Fall 02
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP II
An introduction to the elementary concepts of the discipline through a series
of case studies.
001 SH 207B - TTH 09:25AM - 10:40AM McIntosh, Roderick J. Enr: 36 Max: 0
ANTH 300 LINGUISTIC ANALYSIS Credits 3.00 Fall 02
* 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 305 - MWF 11:00AM - 11:50AM Englebretson, Robert Enr: 0 Max: 0
ANTH 312 AFRICAN PREHISTORY Credits 3.00 Fall 02
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP II
Thematic coverage of developments throughout the African continent from the
Lower Paleolithic to medieval times, with emphasis on food production,
metallurgy and the rise of cities and complex societies.
001 SH 207B - TTH 01:00PM - 02:20PM McIntosh, Roderick J. Enr: 14 Max: NA
ANTH 313 LANGUAGE AND CULTURE Credits 3.00 Fall 02
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP II
Investigates the relation between language and thought, language and world
view, language and logic. Also offered as LING 313.
001 SH 303 - TTH 09:25AM - 10:40AM Tyler, Stephen A. Enr: 7 Max: NA
ANTH 314 GENETICS: BIOLOGICAL, CULTURE-HISTORICAL Credits 3.00 Fall 02
The course uses an interdisciplinary perspective to examine the claims and
counter-claims made regarding genetics and new technologies for identifying and
manipulating genetic material. The course will cover biological basics of
genes, DNA, and sequencing techniques; cultural and historical aspects to
genetics, including essentialism and eugenics past and present; ethical issues
arising from new genetic technologies; and policy issues. Also offered as UNIV
314 and BIOS 307. Not open to Freshmen. Enrollment is limited to 35.
001 SH 303 - TTH 10:50AM - 12:05PM Georges, Eugenia Enr: 20 Max: 13
McIntosh, Susan K.
ANTH 315 INTRODUCTION TO THE ANTHROPOLOGY OF INFO Credits 3.00 Fall 02
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP II
History and social study of information and network technologies. Thematic
focus on communication, exchange, information/knowledge production and
institutions of property and contract law. Empirical topics include networking
technologies, money and financial institutions, free software and open source,
cryptography, standards bodies, history of the internet, patents, copyright,
trademark, and contract law. Includes North America, Europe, and South Asia.
001 RH 204 - TTH 09:25AM - 10:40AM Kelty, Christopher Enr: 10 Max: 0
ANTH 316 CULTURAL ANALYSIS Credits 3.00 Fall 02
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP II
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 SH 207B - MWF 11:00AM - 11:50AM Marcus, George E. Enr: 13 Max: 0
Powell, Michael George
Stringer, Tish Marie
ANTH 318 GRAPHING, COUNTING, FILMING: REPRESENTAT Credits 3.00 Fall 02
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP II
Cinema originated in the inscription of physiology on film; this was quickly
followed by biology, ethology and ethnology done by cinematography. This course
examines the historical, critical and methodological relations between film as
medium or method of visual investigation and cinema as site of cultural
analysis. Also offered as HART 381.
001 RH 205 - M 02:00PM - 05:00PM Landecker, Hannah Enr: 7 Max: NA
ANTH 325 SEX, SELF, AND SOCIETY IN ANCIENT GREECE Credits 3.00 Fall 02
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP II
An introductory venture into conducting fieldwork in the past. The course
treats a wide range of artifacts, from philosophical essays to vase paintings.
It derives its focus from a rich corpus of recent research into the ancient
problemization of desire and self-control.
Also offered as WGST 332.
001 HUM 118 - TTH 10:50AM - 12:05PM Faubion, James D. Enr: 15 Max: 0
ANTH 328 VIOLENCE, TERROR, AND SOCIAL TRAUMA Credits 3.00 Fall 02
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP II
This course addresses the central place of violence in our society and its
relations with social and political terror in other cultures. Readings, film,
and theatre probe everyday violence as well as spectacular violent events of
our times. Aftermath, including cross generational trauma, will be explored.
001 SH 309 - TTH 04:00PM - 05:20PM Taylor, Julie M. Enr: 23 Max: 0
ANTH 371 MONEY AND EVERYDAY LIFE Credits 3.00 Fall 02
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP II
Money is such a part of everday modern life that it is hard for us to imagine
living wihout it. Yet in many pre-modern societies, gift-exchange was as
important as money is in our own. This course will look at the cultural
dimensions of systems of exchange, ranging from gift-giving among Northwest
Coast Indians to foreign currency exchanges between financial institutions.
Along with the classic work of Marx and Simmel on money and capital, we will
also cover some of the anthropological work on gifts and exchange, such as that
of Mauss, Levi-Strauss, and Bourdies, as well as some of the contemporary
debates initiated by Bataille and Derrida.
001 SH 207B - TTH 02:30PM - 03:50PM Lee, Benjamin Enr: 10 Max: 0
ANTH 379 GIFTS AND CONTRACTS Credits 3.00 Fall 02
This course uses philosophical, literary, and economic approaches to examine
the role that gifts and contracts play in everyday life and in constructing
society and culture. Authors discussed include: Derrida, Marx, Mauss, David
Lewis, Schelling, Von Neumann and Morgenstern. Enrollment is limited to 20.
001 SH 207A - W 02:00PM - 05:00PM Lee, Benjamin Enr: 3 Max: 20
ANTH 404 INDEPENDENT STUDY Credits Fall 02
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: 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 Kelty, Christopher Enr: 0 Max: NA
008 TBA - TBA Taylor, Julie M. Enr: 0 Max: NA
009 TBA - TBA Tyler, Stephen A. Enr: 0 Max: NA
010 TBA - TBA Landecker, Hannah Enr: 1 Max: NA
ANTH 407 FIELD TECHNIQUES AND ANALYSIS Credits 3.00 Fall 02
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP II
Study of techniques and practice in the observation, analysis, and recording of
a human language. Includes discussion of ethical issues in working with
indigenous peoples. Limited enrollment. LING 300, 301, and 402 recommended.
Also offered as LING 407.
Permission of instructor
001 TBA - TBA Kemmer, Suzanne E. Enr: 0 Max: 0
ANTH 414 HERMENEUTICS AND LINGUISTIC ANTHROPOLOGY Credits 3.00 Fall 02
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP II
Application of linguistic theory and method in the analysis of cultural
materials. Includes discourse analysis and the structure and interpretation of
texts and conversation.
Also offered as Ling 414.
001 SH 460 - TTH 10:50AM - 12:05PM Tyler, Stephen A. Enr: 4 Max: 0
ANTH 415 THEORIES OF MODERNITY/ POSTMODERNITY: I Credits 3.00 Fall 02
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP II
An advanced course for graduate students and undergraduate majors with
interests in the interdisciplinary field of cultural studies. Readings in the
work of Marx, Weber, and Durkheim, Saussure, Gadamer, Derrida, Bahktin,
Foucault, and others.
001 SH 460 - TTH 01:00PM - 02:20PM Faubion, James D. Enr: 8 Max: 0
ANTH 430 EXPERIMENTAL WRITING & ANTHROPOLOGY Credits 3.00 Fall 02
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP II
Explores relationships between ethnography and other genres. Emphasizes
experimental styles, including combinations of ethnographic and personal
material, and problems of writing to communicate experiences like violence and
art.
001 SH 460 - W 07:00PM - 10:00PM Taylor, Julie M. Enr: 2 Max: 0
ANTH 440 RENOVATING LIFE: SOCIAL SCIENCE AND BIOS Credits 3.00 Fall 02
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP II
This course focuses on anthropology of the life sciences. We will examine how
this work takes contemporary biosciences as a site for cultural analysis, and
also the allied proposals that this represents an opportunity to renovate
classic anthropological analyses and categories of kinship, reproduction, the
body, life, death and identity.
001 RH 305 - TTH 02:30PM - 03:50PM Landecker, Hannah Enr: 2 Max: 0
ANTH 482 NON-WESTERN CINEMA: THIRD WORLD CINEMAS Credits 4.00 Fall 02
Study of significant national cinemas, film movements, and filmmakers of the
Third World from Africa to Latin America and from the Middle East to China.
Includes colonial and postcolonial discourses. Limited enrollment. Also offered
as HART 482.
001 Med Cntr 100 - W 01:00PM - 05:00PM Naficy, Hamid Enr: 3 Max: NA
ANTH 490 DIRECTED HONORS RESEARCH Credits 3.00 Fall 02
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: 0 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 Kelty, Christopher Enr: 0 Max: NA
008 TBA - TBA Taylor, Julie M. Enr: 1 Max: NA
009 TBA - TBA Tyler, Stephen A. Enr: 0 Max: NA
010 TBA - TBA Landecker, Hannah Enr: 1 Max: NA
ANTH 505 INTRO TO ARCHAEOLOGY Credits 3.00 Fall 02
Graduate version of Anth 205.
001 SH 207B - TTH 09:25AM - 10:40AM McIntosh, Roderick J. Enr: 0 Max: 0
ANTH 512 AFRICAN PREHISTORY Credits 3.00 Fall 02
Graduate version of ANTH 312.
001 SH 207B - TTH 01:00PM - 02:20PM McIntosh, Roderick J. Enr: 0 Max: NA
ANTH 513 LANGUAGE AND CULTURE Credits 3.00 Fall 02
Graduate version of Anth 313.
001 SH 303 - TTH 09:25AM - 10:40AM Tyler, Stephen A. Enr: 0 Max: 0
ANTH 515 INTRODUCTION TO THE ANTHROPOLOGY OF INFO Credits 3.00 Fall 02
Graduate version of Anth 315.
001 RH 204 - TTH 09:25AM - 10:40AM Kelty, Christopher Enr: 2 Max: 0
ANTH 518 GRAPHING, COUNTING, FILMING: REPRESENTAT Credits 3.00 Fall 02
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP II
Graduate version of Anth 318.
001 RH 205 - M 02:00PM - 05:00PM Landecker, Hannah Enr: 0 Max: 0
ANTH 525 SEX, SELF, AND SOCIETY IN ANCIENT GREECE Credits 3.00 Fall 02
Graduate version of Anth 325.
001 SH 307 - TTH 10:50AM - 12:05PM Faubion, James D. Enr: 0 Max: 0
ANTH 528 VIOLENCE, TERROR AND SOCIAL TRAUMA Credits 3.00 Fall 02
Graduate version of Anth 328.
001 SH 309 - TTH 04:00PM - 05:20PM Taylor, Julie M. Enr: 3 Max: 0
ANTH 571 MONEY AND EVERYDAY LIFE Credits 3.00 Fall 02
Graduate version of Anth 371.
001 SH 207B - TTH 02:30PM - 03:50PM Lee, Benjamin Enr: 0 Max: 0
ANTH 579 GIFTS AND CONTRACTS Credits 3.00 Fall 02
Graduate version of Anth 379.
001 SH 207A - W 02:00PM - 05:00PM Lee, Benjamin Enr: 4 Max: 0
ANTH 582 NON-WESTERN CINEMA: THIRD-WORLD CINEMAS Credits Fall 02
Graduate version of Anth 382.
001 Med Cntr 100 - W 01:00PM - 05:00PM Naficy, Hamid Enr: 0 Max: NA
ANTH 600 INDEPENDENT STUDY Credits Fall 02
No description.
001 TBA - TBA Marcus, George E. Enr: 6 Max: 0
002 TBA - TBA Faubion, James D. Enr: 10 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 Kelty, Christopher Enr: 2 Max: NA
008 TBA - TBA Taylor, Julie M. Enr: 1 Max: NA
009 TBA - TBA Tyler, Stephen A. Enr: 1 Max: NA
010 TBA - TBA Landecker, Hannah Enr: 0 Max: NA
ANTH 601 PROSEMINAR IN ANTHROPOLOGY Credits 3.00 Fall 02
Mapping the current fields of anthropological discourses, examining the debates
in and between each of these fields, and discussing how these debates are
conducted in the domains of fieldwork, ethnographic writing, and in the
construction of careers in anthropology.
001 SH 207A - M 02:00PM - 05:00PM Marcus, George E. Enr: 4 Max: 0
ANTH 605 FIELDWORK Credits 4.00 Fall 02
Fieldwork-- In which students pursue ethnographic research, learn to manage
information and create presentations using a variety of tools and technologies.
Topics and themes change. Erollment is limited to 10.
001 FL SYM - TTH 05:00PM - 07:00PM Kelty, Christopher Enr: 6 Max: 10
ANTH 614 HERMENEUTICS & LINGUISTIC ANTHROPOLOGY Credits 3.00 Fall 02
Graduate version of Anth 414.
001 SH 460 - TTH 10:50AM - 12:05PM Tyler, Stephen A. Enr: 0 Max: NA
ANTH 615 THEORIES OF MODERNITY/ POSTMODERNITY I Credits 3.00 Fall 02
Graduate of version of Anth 415.
001 SH 460 - TTH 01:00PM - 02:20PM Faubion, James D. Enr: 6 Max: 0
ANTH 630 EXPERIMENTAL WRITING & ANTHROPOLOGY Credits 3.00 Fall 02
Graduate version of Anth 430.
001 SH 460 - W 07:00PM - 10:00PM Taylor, Julie M. Enr: 1 Max: 0
ANTH 640 RENOVATING LIFE: SOCIAL SCIENCE AND BIOS Credits 3.00 Fall 02
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP II
Graduate version of Anth 440.
001 RH 305 - TTH 02:30PM - 03:50PM Landecker, Hannah Enr: 3 Max: 0
ANTH 650 PEDAGOGY Credits 3.00 Fall 02
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 and above graduate students.
001 TBA - TBA Marcus, George E. Enr: 2 Max: 0
ANTH 682 NON-WESTERN CINEMA: THIRD-WORLD CINEMAS Credits Fall 02
Graduate version of Anth 482.
001 Med Cntr 100 - W 01:00PM - 05:00PM Naficy, Hamid Enr: 2 Max: NA
ANTH 800 RESEARCH AND THESIS Credits Fall 02
No description.
001 TBA - TBA Staff Enr: 17 Max: 0
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