Cultural Anthropology (ANTH)

105. Introduction to Cultural Anthropology (3) (F, W, Sp) Designed to acquaint the student with social anthropology, ethnology, archaeology, and linguistics, with special emphasis on the contemporary applications of cultural anthropology.

210. Contemporary Pacific Societies (3) (W) Study of contemporary issues of nation-building and modernity in Pacific Island societies ( Polynesia, Micronesia, Melanesia) (Prerequisite: ANTH 105).

280. World Prehistory (3) (W) Explores the cultural developments of humanity preceding the advent of recorded history. Includes the development of technology, social systems, symbolic representations, and environmental adaptations.

310. Anthropology Theory (3) (F) A thorough review of the social and cultural theories that have informed anthropological inquiry, especially as they relate to problems in cultural studies (Prerequisite: ANTH 105 and ICS 251).

322. Ethnographic Skills (3) (F) Ethnographic methodologies including entrée, observations, interviewing, note taking, systematic organization of filed data, transcription, translation, interpreting, analysis, critical reflexivity and professional report writing (Prerequisite: ANTH 105).

385. Oceanic Prehistory (3) (F, odd years) The prehistory of Polynesia, Melanesia, and Micronesia describing the development of oceanic culture and society from its ancient past to the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. (Prerequisite: ANTH 210)

445. Issues in Current Anthropology (3) (Sp) Exploration of the critical issues that current anthropologists engage through attention to contemporary ethnographic case studies and theoretical perspectives (Prerequisite: ANTH 105 and ICS 251).

447. Applied and Developmental Anthropology (3) (W) Detailed consideration of applied anthropology within the context of medicine, international development, business and industry, education, law/criminal justice, environmental issues and advocacy (Prerequisite: ANTH 105).