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ANTH 200 INTRODUCTION TO THE SCIENTIFIC STUDY OF Credits 3.00 Spring 97
* FOUNDATION 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*309 Gildea, Spike
ANTH 206 INTRO TO WORLD PREHISTORY Credits 3.00 Spring 97
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP II
Survey of the world's past cultures. Emphasis on major archaeological
discoveries from Olduvai Gorge to Pompeii.
001 TTH 10:50AM-12:05PM SH*307 McIntosh, Susan
ANTH 300 LINGUISTIC ANALYSIS Credits 3.00 Spring 97
* FOUNDATION 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 Pulju, Timothy
ANTH 308 HISTORY AS A CULTURAL MYTH Credits 3.00 Spring 97
* 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.
001 MWF 11:00AM-11:50AM SH*307 Taylor, Julie
ANTH 309 GLOBAL CULTURES Credits 3.00 Spring 97
* 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 citizenship, and the internationalization of
professional and popular culture.
001 TTH 02:30PM-03:50PM PL*117 Lee, Benjamin
ANTH 317 CULTURAL THEORY & ANTH RSCH Credits 3.00 Spring 97
* FOUNDATION COURSE: GROUP II
A critical survey of the sources and senses of the working vocabulary of
contemporary social and cultural anthropology. Special attention is
paid to the strengths and shortcomings of the anthropological habit of
borrowing concepts and diagnostic categories from other fields.
A FOUNDATION COURSE.
001 MWF 10:00AM-10:50AM FL*406 Faubion, James
ANTH 319 SYMBOLISM AND POWER Credits 3.00 Spring 97
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP II
This course will use both traditional and contemporary readings to
emphasize the trend in cultural analysis from a view of culture as
monolithic and static to perceptions that any culture is internally
varied and contradictory as well as changing and complex.
001 M 02:00PM-05:00PM SH*207B Taylor, Julie
ANTH 322 CULTURES AND IDENTITIES Credits 3.00 Spring 97
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP II
How does culture shape who we think we are? This course will look at
the production and distinction of identities through examining the
"sources of the self" in historical and comparative frameworks.
001 W 02:00PM-05:00PM SH*207B Lee, Benjamin
ANTH 325 SEX, SELF, AND SOCIETY IN ANCIENT GREECE Credits 3.00 Spring 97
* 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.
001 TTH 01:00PM-02:20PM GRB*212W Faubion, James
ANTH 335 ANTHROPOLOGY AS CULTURAL CRITIQUE Credits 3.00 Spring 97
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP II
The critical assessment and interpretation of Euroamerican social
institutions and cultural forms have always been an integral part of
anthropology's intellectual project. This course will explain the
techniques, history, and achievements of such critique. It will also
view the purpose in the context of a more general tradition of critical
social thought in the West, especially the U.S.
001 M 02:00PM-05:00PM FL*412 Marcus, George
ANTH 343 20TH CENTURY RELIGIOUS MOVEMENTS IN AFR Credits 3.00 Spring 97
Discuss 20th century religious movements and the religious,
sociological, and political factors leading to their rise, also
missionary and colonial reactions to them. Examines their relationship
to indigenous religions, political praxis, their focus on this-worldly
salvation in the wake of political and economic marginality.
Prereq- permission of instructor.
Also offered as Reli 342.
001 MWF 11:00AM-11:50AM BL*123 Bongmba, Elias
ANTH 353 CULTURES OF INDIA Credits 3.00 Spring 97
* 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
ANTH 362 ARCHEOLOGICAL FIELD TECH Credits 3.00 Spring 97
* 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 W 02:00PM-05:00PM SH*103 McIntosh, Roderick
ANTH 381 MEDICAL ANTHROPOLOGY Credits 3.00 Spring 97
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP II
Cultural, ecological, and biological perspectives on human health and
disease throughout the world.
001 TTH 10:50AM-12:05PM SH*309 Georges, Eugenia
ANTH 402 SYNTAX AND SEMANTICS Credits 3.00 Spring 97
* 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 01:00PM-01:50PM RH*319 Davis, Philip
ANTH 404 INDEPENDENT STUDY Credits 1.00 Spring 97
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
002 TBA TBA TBA Faubion, James
003 TBA TBA TBA Georges, Eugenia
004 TBA TBA TBA Lee, Benjamin
005 TBA TBA TBA McIntosh, Roderick
006 McIntosh, Susan
007 Milun, Kathryn
008 Taylor, Julie
009 Tyler, Stephen
ANTH 408 FIELD TECHNIQUES AND ANALYSIS Credits 3.00 Spring 97
Continuation of Anth 407.
Also offered as Ling 408.
001 TBA TBA Davis, Philip
ANTH 412 RHETORIC Credits 3.00 Spring 97
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 PL*117 Tyler, Stephen
ANTH 416 THEORIES OF MODERNITY/ POSTMODERNITY: I Credits 3.00 Spring 97
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP II
Part one focuses on the relation between critical theory and
post-structuralism. Readings from Marx, Althusser, Adorno, and Habermas
cover basic concepts like ideology, reification, etc. Part two looks at
new analytical categories of social analysis such as the body, global
culture, space, etc.
001 TTH 09:25AM-10:40AM PL*117 Milun, Kathryn
ANTH 419 LAW & SOCIETY Credits 3.00 Spring 97
In addition to focussing on works associated with critical legal studies
and its anticedent legal realism, the course will examine a number of
cases in the international domain that challenge concepts of civil
society arising with the modern nation state.
Prereq- If undergrad, consent of instructor required.
Enrollment limited to 20
001 TH 02:30PM-05:00PM SH*462 Milun, Kathryn
ANTH 446 ADV TOPICS: BIOMEDICAL ANTH Credits 3.00 Spring 97
Seminar on contemporary research on the biomedical aspects of human
health and disease. Includes topics from medical ecology and
epidemiology.
001 TH 02:00PM-05:00PM FL*406 Georges, Eugenia
ANTH 458 HUMAN OSTEOLOGY Credits 3.00 Spring 97
Introduction to the analysis of human skeletal material from
archaeological sites.
001 TTH 02:30PM-03:50PM SH*103 McIntosh, Susan
ANTH 474 ADV SEMINAR ON THE PREHISTORIC LANDSCAPE Credits 3.00 Spring 97
The interaction of human geography (cultural ecology) and the physical
landscape (geomorphology and physical geography) as applied to past and
present settlement on major floodplains.
001 W 07:00PM-10:00PM SH*103 McIntosh, Roderick
ANTH 491 DIRECTED HONORS RESEARCH Credits 3.00 Spring 97
See Anth 490.
001 TBA TBA Marcus, George
002 Faubion, James
003 Georges, Eugenia
004 Lee, Benjamin
005 McIntosh, Roderick
006 McIntosh, Susan
007 Milun, Kathryn
008 Taylor, Julie
009 Tyler, Stephen
ANTH 508 HISTORY AS A CULTURAL MYTH Credits 3.00 Spring 97
See Anth 308.
001 MWF 11:00AM-11:50AM SH*307 Taylor, Julie
ANTH 509 GLOBAL CULTURES Credits 3.00 Spring 97
See Anth 309.
001 TTH 02:30PM-03:50PM PL*117 Lee, Benjamin
ANTH 516 INTRO TO WORLD PREHISTORY Credits 3.00 Spring 97
See Anth 206.
001 TTH 10:50AM-12:05PM SH*307 McIntosh, Susan
ANTH 517 CULTURAL THEORY AND ANTH RSCH Credits 3.00 Spring 97
See Anth 317.
001 MWF 10:00AM-10:50AM FL*406 Faubion, James
ANTH 519 SYMBOLISM AND POWER Credits 3.00 Spring 97
See Anth 319.
001 M 02:00PM-05:00PM SH*207B Taylor, Julie
ANTH 522 CULTURES AND IDENTITIES Credits 3.00 Spring 97
See Anth 322.
001 W 02:00PM-05:00PM SH*207B Lee, Benjamin
ANTH 525 SEX, SELF, AND SOCIETY IN ANCIENT GREECE Credits 3.00 Spring 97
See Anth 325.
001 TTH 01:00PM-02:20PM GRB*212W Faubion, James
ANTH 535 ANTHROPOLOGY AS CULTURAL CRITIQUE Credits 3.00 Spring 97
See ANTH 335.
001 M 02:00PM-05:00PM FL*412 Marcus, George
ANTH 553 CULTURES OF INDIA Credits 3.00 Spring 97
See Anth 353.
001 TTH 09:25AM-10:40AM SH*309 Tyler, Stephen
ANTH 562 ARCHAEOLOGICAL FIELD TECH Credits 3.00 Spring 97
See Anth 362.
001 W 02:00PM-05:00PM SH*103 McIntosh, Roderick
ANTH 581 MEDICAL ANTHROPOLOGY Credits 3.00 Spring 97
See Anth 381.
001 TTH 10:50AM-12:05PM SH*309 Georges, Eugenia
ANTH 600 INDEPENDENT STUDY Credits 3.00 Spring 97
001 TBA TBA Marcus, George
002 TBA TBA Faubion, James
003 TBA TBA Georges, Eugenia
004 Lee, Benjamin
005 McIntosh, Roderick
006 McIntosh, Susan
007 Milun, Kathryn
008 Taylor, Julie
009 Tyler, Stephen
ANTH 608 FIELD TECHNIQUES AND ANALYSIS Credits 3.00 Spring 97
See Anth 408.
001 TBA TBA Gildea, Spike
ANTH 612 RHETORIC Credits 3.00 Spring 97
See Anth 412.
001 TTH 10:50AM-12:05PM PL*117 Tyler, Stephen
ANTH 616 THEORIES OF MODERNITY/ POSTMODERNITY: I Credits 3.00 Spring 97
See Anth 416.
001 TTH 09:25AM-10:40AM PL*117 Milun, Kathryn
ANTH 619 LAW & SOCIETY Credits 3.00 Spring 97
See Anth 419.
001 TH 02:30PM-05:00PM SH*462 Milun, Kathryn
ANTH 646 ADV TOPICS: BIOMEDICAL ANTH Credits 3.00 Spring 97
See Anth 446.
001 TH 02:00PM-05:00PM FL*406 Georges, Eugenia
ANTH 658 HUMAN OSTEOLOGY Credits 3.00 Spring 97
See Anth 458.
001 TTH 02:30PM-03:50PM SH*103 McIntosh, Susan
ANTH 674 ADV SEMINAR ON THE PREHISTORIC LANDSCAPE Credits 3.00 Spring 97
001 W 07:00PM-10:00PM SH*103 McIntosh, Roderick
ANTH 800 RESEARCH AND THESIS Credits 3.00 Spring 97
001 TBA TBA TBA
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