Courses

Provides an advanced historical introduction to archaeological theory and methods. Designed to help students understand why certain issues have been and are important to the development of archaeology, especially American archaeology. Explores issues within the context of the history of anthropology and American society as a whole. Prerequisites: Restricted to Graduate Students only.

Same as ANTH 4350.

Same as ANTH 4380. Prerequisites: Restricted to Graduate Students only.

Same as ANTH 4390. Prerequisites: Restricted to Graduate Students only.

Focuses on the design of research including constructing empirical arguments and testing them, data gathering, site formation processes, field strategies (archival resources, mapping, field survey, surface collecting/recording, excavation and preliminary analysis) and artifact analysis as it relates to research design.

Same as ANTH 4420.

Same as ANTH 4430.

Same as ANTH 4440. Prerequisites: Restricted to Graduate Students only.

Same as ANTH 4500. Prerequisites: Restricted to Graduate Students only.

Same as ANTH 4510.

Same as ANTH 4520.

Same as ANTH 4530. Prerequisites: Restricted to Graduate Students only.

Same as ANTH 4560.

Same as ANTH 4570. Prerequisites: Restricted to Graduate Students only.

Reviews and critically examines the major theoretical perspectives for understanding the relationship between human social behavior and the environment developed in the social sciences, especially anthropology, over the last 100 years.

Same as ANTH 4610.

Same as ANTH 4630.

Same as ANTH 4730.

Same as ANTH 4750.

Same as ANTH 4760. Prerequisites: Restricted to Graduate Students only.

Provides a graduate-level overview of analytic issues relevant to all phases of archaeological research and of the diversity of theoretical perspectives within the field as a whole. Course is required for all first-year graduate students in anthropology. Prereq., graduate status in anthropology. Prerequisites: Restricted to Graduate Students only.

Provides an intense, graduate-level introduction to the discipline of cultural anthropology, with an emphasis upon critically assessing those methods, theories, and works that have shaped the field from the 19th century to the present time. Required of all first-year graduate students in anthropology. Restricted to anthropology graduate students or instructor consent. Prerequisites: Restricted to Graduate Students only.

Details the history of theory and practice in contemporary cultural anthropology, considering the development of major theoretical schools of thought and the integration of general social theory within anthropology. Required of masters students in cultural anthropology. Restricted to ANTH graduate students or instructor consent. Prerequisites: Restricted to Anthropology graduate students only.

Discusses how biological anthropologists use evidence and concepts from evolutionary theory, human biology, and ecology to understand the evolution, diversification, and adaptation of human populations. Required of all first-year graduate students in anthropology. Prereq., graduate status in anthropology. Prerequisites: Restricted to Graduate Students only.