ANTHROPOLOGY COURSE DESCRIPTION

ANTH 2301 Physical Anthropology
Natural Science Core
Credit 3 (3 lecture)

Introduction to Physical Anthropology explores the relationship between culture and biology through the methods, theory and research of biological anthropology. Students learn about basic mechanisms of genetic change in populations and the relationships between humans and the other primates. The appearance of humans and their bipedal ancestors approximately 4.0 million years ago and their culture history through the Paleolithic age are examined in detail. Students learn about biological variation and adaptation in human populations, responses to the environment, race, and other issues and their applications.

ANTH 2302 Introduction to Archaelogy
Social Science Core & Cross Cultural Core
Credit 3 (3 lecture)

Introduction to Archaeology provides a survey of the basic methods, theory and research of scientific archaeology. Human cultures and behaviors are identified and interpreted from material remains of over 2.5 million years of the human past. Students learn how anthropologists build cultural history from artifacts and material evidence of human activity and how they reconstruct past lifeways and explain similarities and differences of human cultures.

ANTH 2346 General Anthropology
Social Science Core & Cross Cultural Core
Credit 3 (3 lecture)

This introductory survey of the four subfields of anthropology focuses on the cultural and biological diversity of humans including hominid pre-history, the emergence of Paleolithic cultures, and the agricultural and urban revolutions from an anthropological perspective. Past and present human adaptations and culture are surveyed and analyzed using the comparative and holistic approach of biological anthropology, archaeology, linguistics and ethnology. Core curriculum course.

ANTH 2351 Cultural Anthropology
Social Science & Cross Cultural Core
Credit 3 (3 lecture)

This course focuses on culture - the ways people live and give meaning, form and organization to their lives as they adapt to various environments and conditions both in and beyond the borders of the United States. Study of the descriptions and analysis of cultural diversity provide the basis for evaluating cultural components of everyday life including recognition of ethnocentrism, intercultural communication and understanding local and "global" culture in a multicultural and transforming world. Core curriculum course.

ANTH 2388 Academic Cooperation in Anthropology
Social Science & Cross Cultural Core
Credit 3 (1 lecture, 16 lab)

An instructional program designed to integrate on-campus study with practical handson experience in anthropology. In conjunction with class seminars, the individual student will set specific goals and objectives in
the study of human culture and social behavior and/or institutions and processes.

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