Undergraduate Courses (Anthropology ANT)

Undergraduate Courses (Anthropology ANT)

Code indicating how frequently the course is offered, variations are:

  • S -  Every semester

  • Y - At least 1x  fall or spring

  • E - Even Academic Yr (e.g., 2004-05)

  • O - Odd Academic Yr (e.g., 2004-05)

  • SI - Upon sufficient student interest

  • IR - Irregularly

  • SS - Only during the summer



ANT - 100 Selected Topics   SI
Exploration of a topic (to be determined) not covered by the standard curriculum but of interest to faculty and students in a particular semester.
Repeatable.

ANT 111 - Introduction to Cultural Anthropology   S
Economics, politics, religion, symbolism, rites of passage, developmental cycle, and expressive culture. Required for Anthropology majors.

ANT 112 - Introduction to African American Studies    S 
Historical and sociopolitical materials. Approaches to studying the African American experience, antecedents from African past, and special problems.
Crosslisted with AAS 112

ANT 121 - Peoples and Cultures of the World   S
Case studies of global cultural diversity. Exploration of daily life, rites of passage, marriage, family, work, politics, social life, religion, ritual, and art among foraging, agricultural, and industrial societies.

ANT 131 - Introduction to Biological Anthropology    Y
Biological anthropology subfields; anthropology's relationship to history of science. Evolution theory; mechanisms of evolution; survey of the non-human primates; humans ancestral to modern Homo sapiens; and modern human variation. Required for Anthropology majors.

ANT 141 - Introduction to Archaeology and Prehistory   Y  
Survey of the prehistoric past spanning the origins of humankind through the rise of complex societies. Class activities and field trip provide a hands-on introduction to archaeological interpretation.

ANT 145 - Archaeology of and in the Modern World      Y
Role of history and archaeology in our understanding of 17th- to 19th-century Europe, Africa, and America. Historical archaeology as a mechanism to critique perceptions of the past. Firsthand record ethnic groups and cultural settings not recorded in writing.
Crosslisted with HST 145

ANT 185 - Global Encounters: Comparing World Views & Values Cross-Culturally    Y 
Predominant views of reality and values in the cultures of Asia, Africa, and the Americas. Humanistic study of cultures and the nature of cross-cultural understanding.

ANT 200 - Selected Topics    SI
Exploration of a topic (to be determined) not covered by the standard curriculum but of interest to faculty and students in a particular semester. 
Repeatable

ANT 202 - Diversity of World Languages    Y 
Broad survey of world languages, language diversity, identity, contact, and shift. Non-technical overview of linguist phenomena, language documentation, preservation, and revitalization.
Crosslisted with LIN 202

ANT 221 - Morality and Community    O 
Examines how globally diverse religious groups create distinct moral systems in order to provide their members with the feeling of belonging to unique and meaningful communities.
Crosslisted with REL 221

ANT 249 - Archaeology at the Movies: The Scientific Study of the Past in Popular Culture    Y
Introduction to modern archaeology and the scientific study of the past. Utilizing fictional portrayals of archaeological interpretation in popular culture the course examines some of the major research question of modern anthropology.

ANT 270 - Experience Credit    S 
Participation in a discipline-or subject-related experience.  Students must be evaluated by written or oral reports or an examination.  Limited to those in good academic standing.
Repeatable

ANT 273 - Indigenous Religions     E 
The connections between material life and religious life in cultures throughout the world. The diverse ways that various cultures inhabit their landscapes.
Crosslisted with NAT 244, REL 244

ANT 290 - Independent Study   S
In-depth exploration of a problem or problems. Individual independent study upon a plan submitted by the student. Admission by consent of supervising instruction or instructors and the department. 
Repeatable

ANT 300 - Selected Topics   SI
Exploration of a topic (to be determined) not covered by the standard curriculum but of interest to faculty and student in a particular semester. 
Repeatable

ANT 311 - Anthropological Theory    S  
Introduction to anthropological theory focusing on the insights and perspectives the discipline brings to historical and contemporary social issues, including fundamentalism. Required for Anthropology majors.

ANT 318 - African Cultures     IR 
Selected contemporary African cultures. West Africa and the impact of the slave trade. Aspects of colonialism and neocolonialism and their relationships to current social and political development.

ANT 322 - South American Cultures     Y 
Archaeology and cultural history. Racial, linguistic, and cultural areas from 1492 to today. Studies of contemporary Indian and Mestizo populations.
Crosslisted with LAS 318

ANT 323 - Peoples and Cultures of North America    IR  
Racial, linguistic and cultural areas of North America from the Rio Grande to the Arctic. Selected areas and tribes. Data from archaeology, historical records, and contemporary anthropological fieldwork.
Crosslisted with NAT 323

ANT 324 - Modern South Asian Cultures     SI 
Societies of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka. Social organization, economic and political structures, religions and worldview, survey of languages, the arts. Transition and modernization, rural and urban problems.
Crosslisted with SAS 324, WGS 324

ANT 325 - Anthropology of American Life in Film    Y
Analysis of American culture using film and literature. Concept of ‘national character.’ Major cultural configurations and themes.

ANT 326 - Africa Through the Novel    IR 
Cultural, political and social life of Africa and Africans through African literature. Each semester deals with a motif (e.g., novels of Achebe).
Crosslisted with WGS 327

ANT 327 - Anthropology of Race in Latin America and the Caribbean     IR
History of racial ideologies in Latin America and the Caribbean; interactions of racial ideologies with self concepts and life chances; racial ideologies' shaping of expressive culture and religion; antiracism movements and legislation; race and transnational migration.

ANT 332 - Introduction to Forensic Anthropology     IR
Introduction to the analysis of human skeletal remains to determine a biological profile of the deceased. Methods used by forensic anthropologists, including osteological, archaeological, and cross-cultural techniques are studied as applied to medicolegal investigations.
Crosslisted with FSC 332

ANT 342 - Archaeology of American Life     IR
Examines archaeological studies of 19th-century life in the United States. Topics include: the archaeology of slavery, race, labor, social reform, public institutions (prisons, asylums, almshouses, etc.), health and sanitation, and industrialization.

ANT 343 - The Maya: Ancient and Modern     E
This course provides an introduction to the history and culture if the Maya; from the deep past to the modern world. Anthropologically informed archaeological, documentary and ethnographic research will guide our critical exploration.

ANT 345 - Cyborgs, Aliens & Other Worlds     E
This course provides students an introduction to anthropological and archaeological concepts, ideas, perspectives and critiques via the medium of science fiction novels, short stories and film.

ANT 346 - Gender in the Past     IR
The study of gender and sexuality in archaeology from the late Stone Age to the 1800s.

ANT 348 - Mummies, Tombs, and Treasure    IR 
Drawing on exciting discoveries from the history of archaeology the course traces the fields of history from the first antiquarians to the emergence of the field as a scientific discipline. 

ANT 352 - Food, Culture and Identity     S
Introduction to a variety of critical approaches; questions about power and representation; role of food in construction of identity. 
OFFERED IN LONDON ONLY

ANT 355 - Spanish Society and Pop Culture   S
Explores what is considered important, good and fashionable in Spain today and how these values relate to historical developments as well as foreign influences.  
OFFERED IN MADRID ONLY, crosslisted with SOC 345

ANT 356 - Applied Anthropology     IR 
Describes past and present uses of anthropology in social policy. Examines the discipline’s role in addressing global issues such as economic development, environmental degradation, indigenous rights, refugees and health care. Careers in non-academic settings.

ANT 357 - Health, Healing, and Culture    O
Cross-cultural perspective on illness, health, medicine, and the body; medical pluralism; biomedicalization; illness and moral reasoning; local and global political economies of health and healing; globalization and medicine. Applied medical anthropology.

ANT 358 - Peace, War and Security     E
Anthropology of peace, war and security examining the biological basis for war, archaeology of early warfare, effects of colonial expansion among indigenous people and postcolonial society, contemporary peacekeeping, and humanitarian intervention.

ANT 363 - Anthropology of Family Life     Y 
Historical and cross-cultural study of forms of family and domestic organization, marriage, status and sex roles, ideals, and customs of family life.
Crosslisted with WGS 363

ANT 365 - Sexual Attraction in Cross-cultural Perspective    E
Sexual attractiveness across cultures. Cultural differences as well as cultural universals.

ANT 367 - Gender in a Globalizing World    IR 
Economic and cultural processes of globalization as they affect different groups of men, women, and households; including gender and work, gender and the media, and redefinitions of masculinity and femininity across the globe.
Crosslisted with GEO 367, WGS 367

ANT 371 - Dimensions of Bilingualism and Multiculturalism     Y
Foundations, theory, and practice of bilingual/bicultural education. Critical concepts of linguistic, sociolinguistic, psycholinguistic issues and methods as applied to bilingualism/multiculturalism.
Crosslisted with LIN 371

ANT - 373 Magic and Religion     S
Cross-cultural study of magical and religious behavior, ritual and belief systems in simple and complex societies. Specialists and their craft: Shamans, priests. Curing, possession, witchcraft. Millennial and counterculture movements. Religious ideologies and innovations.

ANT 374 - Topics in Sociolinguistics    SI
Functions of language in society. Geographical, socioeconomic, and male-female differentiation. Functions of various types of speech events.
Crosslisted with LIN 374, SOC 372

ANT 375 - Forensic Linguistics     Y
Examines the application of core linguistic concepts (including concepts of sociopsychological/pragmatic/discourse analysis), and interpretive techniques to investigate crimes, and other legal matters in which language data is used as pertinent evidence.
Crosslisted with LIN 375

ANT 376 - Folklore      SI
Folklore as a cultural system expressing the value orientations of nonliterate, illiterate, and minority populations. Various genres of  folklore (myth, song, art) and the folklore of several specific societies.

ANT 377 - Quilts and Community     E
Explores role of quilts and quilting communities. Discussion, films, exploration of quilts and their makers-and communities that result. Class learns quilt making process. No sewing experience required.

ANT 378 - Language Variation and Change     IR
An exploration of the theories, qualitative and quantitative methods, and the ideological, social, cultural, linguistic and structural factors involved in the study of language variation and change.
Crosslisted with LIN 373

ANT 380 - International Course 
Offered through SUAbroad by educational institution outside the United States. Student registers for the course at the foreign institution and is graded according to that institution’s practice. SUAbroad works with the S.U. academic department to assign the appropriate course level, title, and grade for the student’s transcript.
Repeatable

ANT 381 - Ancient Rituals and Beliefs in Modern Spain     Y
From Paleolithic and Neolithic settlements of the Iberian Peninsula to modern immigration into Spain.  This course examines the complex layering of ancient belief systems in a modern country, using Spain as a laboratory.
OFFERED IN MADRID ONLY

ANT 382 - Health in the Middle East     IR
Surveys major cultural, biological and environmental features of the Middle East and relates them to aspects of health including infectious disease, chronic disease, reproductive health, population, war, poverty and globalization.
Crosslisted with MES 382, PHP 382

ANT 390 - Independent Study    S
Exploration of a problem or problems, in depth. Individual independent study upon a plan submitted by the student. Admission by consent of supervising instruction or instructor(s) and the department. 
Repeatable

ANT 400 - Selected Topics   SI
Exploration of a topic (to be determined) not covered by the standard curriculum but of interest to faculty and students in a particular semester. 
Repeatable

ANT 402 - Ethnic History of Britain    S
Examines the ways in which migration has shaped and reworked British national identity over the past two thousand years through the study of original historical sources, literature, film and music, and explores the contributions that migrants have made to modern British society.
OFFERED IN LONDON ONLY, crosslisted with HST 422

ANT 405 - Conservation and Management Protected Areas: South Africa-OTS     IR
Analyze management of wildlife and natural resources within ecological, political, social, historical, and economic context of South Africa.
Taught in South Africa through the Organization for Tropical Studies program, crosslisted with GEO 405

ANT 406 History and Culture of South Africa-OTS     IR
Human history of South Africa. Range of cultural, social aspects of current South African society. Origin and maintenance of cultural diversity of region, archaeological records, early migration patterns.
Taught in South Africa through the Organization for Tropical Studies Program

ANT 407 Environment and Policy in the Tropics-OTS    IR
Issues conservation biology and policy: habitat degradation and fragmentation, design of nature reserves, land-use planning, agro ecosystems, environmental economics, and conservation ethics.
Taught in South Africa through the Organization for Tropical Studies Program

ANT 408 - The Practice of Eros: A History of Sexuality in Europe (1400-1800)      IR
Authorized and "alternative" sexuality in Europe 15th to 18th centuries (especially Italy, France, and England) "Licit love" (courtship, marriage, conjugal relations) as opposed to "illicit unions" (adultery, rape, prostitution, bestiality, homosexuality, lesbianism).
OFFERED IN FLORENCE ONLY, crosslisted with HST 408, WGS 408

ANT 409 - A History of Witchcraft    IR 
History of witchcraft from various perspectives: its intellectual roots, the causes and dynamics of the witch-hunt, and the beliefs and self-perceptions of those who were called "witches".
OFFERED IN FLORENCE ONLY, crosslisted with HST 409, REL 409, WGS 409

ANT 414 - Cities, Spaces and Power    O 
Processes of urbanization, migration, adjustment of peasants in cities, ethnic and cultural variation in urban areas. Cultural differences in industrial development. Uses of applied anthropology in urban situations.
SOMETIMES OFFERED ABROAD

ANT 415 - Culture and Personality     IR 
The person-in-culture and the function of culture in personality formation. Cross-cultural problems of child-rearing, learning and education, life-cycle patterns, cultural conditioning, normality and deviance. The individual and cultural milieu.

ANT 416 - Political Anthropology    IR  
Social power in the global political economy. Co-existence of various emergent and residual social formations, such as tribe, peasant, and state. Conflicts over identities in terms of nationality, gender, ethnicity, race and/or class.

ANT 417 - Economic Anthropology    IR 
Survey of primitive modes of production: Major adaptive strategies (collecting, hunting, horticulture, and pastoralism), division of labor, and ecological influences impinging on these productive techniques. 

ANT 421 - Gender and Sexuality in South Asia     O
Topics explored relating to gender and sexuality include: colonialism; nationalism; development; globalization; kinship; the life cycle; caste and class; religion; same sex/ "third sex" identities.
Crosslisted with SAS 421

ANT 422 - Etruscans and Romans: Ancient Art and Society in Italy    Y
Explores art and society of ancient Italy from ca. 1000 B.C. to A.D. 138, with special emphasis on the early Etruscans through Rome under Hadrian. Requires previous course in art history.
OFFERED IN FLORENCE ONLY, crosslisted with HOA 303

ANT 423 - Effects of Globalization in Latin America      O
A grassroots view of major transformations in Latin America due to globalization/global change, including adaptations to global warming, effects of and reactions to neo-liberal policies, internal and international migration, ethnic movements and social revolutions.
Crosslisted with LAS 423

ANT 424 - Negotiation: Theory and Practice     Y
Negotiation skills for resolving differences effectively and achieving mutually satisfying outcomes. Position based versus interest based negotiation. Advanced techniques of communication such as chunking, reframing, anchoring, metaphor and rapport to obtain negotiation outcomes of excellence.

ANT 426 - Cultures and Politics of Afghanistan and Pakistan     E
Introduction to Afghanistan and Pakistan, recent histories, cultures, current politics. Covers geography, religious systems, gender roles, economic systems, foreign policy issues, refugees, migration.
Crosslisted with SAS 426

ANT 427 - Brazil: Anthropological Perspectives    IR
History and culture of Brazil; indigenous populations; Afro-Brazilians; race and ethnic relations; development; kinship; gender; religion; urbanization; politics; nationalism; globalization.

ANT 428 - Transformation of Eastern Europe     IR
Change and continuity after the demise of communism as experienced by ordinary citizens. Transformations in agriculture, industry, social, and political institutions; the rise of ethnic nationalism; and ethnic conflict.

ANT 431 - Human Variation    IR
Genetics as applied by anthropologists to humans. Description of the genetic systems most commonly studied. Descriptions of polygenic, polymorphic variations and the methods by which they are gathered.

ANT 433 - Human Osteology     E 
This course is an intensive study of the human skeletal system. The focus is identification of fragmentary skeletal elements and their osseous structure, skills relevant to archaeological and forensic contexts. Laboratory practicum forms the basis.

ANT 434 - Anthropology of Death    E
Death in anthropological perspective. Survey of the many ways death has entered into the work of archaeologists, biological anthropologists, ethnographers and social theorists. 

ANT 436 - Bioarchaeology     E
Surveys the analysis of human skeletal remains in archaeological and medico-legal settings. Methods and techniques of analysis and interpretation will be emphasized. Case studies will be used to illustrate application to variable social and historical contexts.

ANT 438 - Beyond the Biological Need to Eat: The Archaeology of Food    E
What does it mean for something to be good to eat? Survey of anthropological and archaeological perspectives on how culture, politics, and power inform what and how we eat.

ANT 439 - Climate Change and Human Origins   O
This course considers the influence of long term climate changes on hominid evolution and human adaptation, as well as how abrupt climate events and transitions may have impacted the distribution of human populations, the development of agriculture, human conflict and societal change.
Crosslisted with EAR 407

ANT 442 - Methods in Archaeology    O  
Formulation and conduct of archaeological research with a focus on field and laboratory methods used to obtain and analyze data. Survey techniques, excavation strategies, archaeological classification, and data base management.

ANT 443 - Field Methods in Archaeology    SS 
Supervised training in excavation of prehistoric archaeological site, including cataloging and accessioning of artifacts.
Repeatable

ANT 444 - Laboratory Analysis in Archaeology    E  
Introduction to archaeological materials analysis, artifact-classification systems, processing of data, materials analysis (ceramic, lithic, etc.). Conservation and curation of collections.

ANT 445 - Public Policy and Archaeology    IR 
Proactive critique of public policy and implementation efforts to preserve and protect archaeological and historical sites and resources.
Crosslisted with NAT 445

ANT 446 - Caribbean Archaeology     IR  
Caribbean archaeology from the region’s early prehistory through the historic period. Cultural diversity, indigenous societies, Hispanic and colonial impacts, and the African Diaspora.

ANT 447 - Archaeology of North America     IR
Introduction to the regional prehistory of North America north of Mexico, from the late Pleistocene until European contact. Adaptation of prehistoric human populations to their ecosystems.
Crosslisted with NAT 447

ANT 448 - Imperial Remains: The Archaeology of Colonialism    E
This course provides an introduction to the archaeology and anthropology of colonialism, with a particular focus on the variety of approaches to the study of colonization used by archaeologists.

ANT 449 - World Heritage Sites    E
A seminar exploring global perspectives on UNESCO World Heritage Sites. Review of laws and policies aimed at protecting cultural and natural sites that have been defined as universally significant. Includes evaluation and critique of policies and practices.

ANT 450 - Undergrad Research Program     S
Repeatable

ANT 452 - Anthropology and Public Policy     IR  
Cultural aspects of the development and implementation of public policy. Emphasizing decision-making methodologies and ethnographic studies of the consequences of implemented policies.

ANT 453 - Poverty, Policy, and Human Services      IR
National programs and local interventions that address poverty related social conditions in Syracuse and Onondaga county. Field study of current policies and practices in government and in health, education, and human services agencies.

ANT 455 - Culture and AIDS     IR  
Relationship between AIDS and cultures in which it spreads. Cultural practices and sexuality and social effects of widespread AIDS, including healthcare in Asia, Africa, Latin America and USA.
Crosslisted with WGS 455

ANT 456 - Representations of Indigenous Peoples in Popular Cultures    IR
Contested images used by colonizers and other non-indigenous people to represent Native Americans and other indigenous peoples. How indigenous people represent themselves in a variety of media.

ANT 459 - Contemporary Native North American Issues     IR  
Contemporary issues including federal Indian policy, population controls, fishing rights, religious freedom, land disputes, gaming, repatriation, environmental colonialism and Native American artistic response.
Crosslisted with NAT 459

ANT 461 - Museums and Native Americans    IR  
The contested relationships among Native North Americans and Museums from earliest contact until the present. Topics include: “salvage” ethnography, collecting practices, exhibition and recent shifts in power.
Crosslisted with NAT 461

ANT 462 - Culture and Reproductive Health and Medicine    IR
Cultural anthropological approaches to cross-cultural variations in reproductive practices (pregnancy, childbirth, infertility, etc.). Impact of globalization, biomedicalization, international development on reproduction and reproductive health. Medical anthropology and gender studies.
Crosslisted with PHP 462, WGS 462

ANT 463 - Global Health    IR
Global health in anthropological perspective. Examines how culture affects people's experiences and response to morbidity and morality. Considers topics like gender and health, reproductive health, infectious disease, health and inequality and health and war.
Crosslisted with PHP 463

ANT 465 - Critical Issues in Medical Anthropology     O 
Illness and healing in ecological and cross-cultural perspectives; strengths and weaknesses of Western and non-Western methods of healing; problems of introducing Western medicine to other cultures.

ANT 466 - Culture and Sexual Behavior    IR 
Cross-cultural patterns of dating and courtship, sexuality, marriage, fertility, and divorce from biosocial and medical perspectives.

ANT 467 - Culture and Mental Disorders     E  
Mental disorders viewed as illnesses or social constructions. Cross-cultural variation and universals. Western and non-Western methods of treatment.

ANT 468 - Middle East in Anthological Perspective    IR
Anthropology of the social, cultural, geographical, and political realities of the Middle East.
Crosslisted with MES 468

ANT 469 - Medical Anthropology in Ecological Perspective    O
Interaction of biological and cultural factors in disease causation, diagnosis, and treatment in Western and non-Western societies. Introducing Western medicine to non-Western cultures.

ANT 470 - Experience Credit     S
Participation in a discipline or subject related experience. Students must be evaluated by written or oral reports or an examination. Limited to those in good academic standing.
Repeatable

ANT 471 - Religion and Society in Brazil    IR
Role of religion in society; religions of Brazil, including Catholicism, liberation theology, afro-religions. Spring break field stay in Rio de Janeiro; methods of study; preparation of research proposal.
Crosslisted with REL 471

ANT 473 - Peace and Conflict in the Balkans: Anthropological Perspectives     IR
Introduction to Balkan histories, cultures, and societies. Topics include ethnic nationalism, the wars of Yugoslav dissolution, effects of international humanitarian interventions on everyday life, and politics of reconciliation and reconstruction.

ANT 475 - Culture and Disputing     IR 
Explores modalities of disputing, dispute resolution, and conflict management in cross-cultural perspective. Decision making in meetings and organizations, negotiation, mediation, inter-cultural negotiation, and third party interventions. Ethnographic materials are drawn from many cultures.

ANT 476 - Women, War and Peace    E 
Examines global politics, war and violence through a gender-sensitive lens. The topics include human trafficking, prostitution, militarization, poverty, nationalism, ethnic conflict, war-rapes, torture, genocide, reconciliation and recovery.  

ANT 477 - Culture and Conflict     IR 
An overview of conflict in cross-cultural perspective. Covers a variety of approaches to using cultural analysis in the study of conflict and reviews case studies of specific conflicts. 

ANT 479 - Anthropology of Global Transformations    IR 
Impact of global processes, including industrialization, capitalist expansion, transnational migration, environmental change, and international tourism on the daily lives of men and women in Third World contexts.

ANT 481 - Ethnographic Techniques     O 
Research methods and techniques in cultural anthropology. Participant observation, interviewing, establishing rapport, recording field data, use of photographic and recording equipment, etc.

ANT 482 - Life Histories/Narratives   IR 
Evaluation of personal narratives (fieldwork memoirs, reflexive writing), oral histories and testimonials of respondents, a means of personalizing ethnographic discourse, giving more direct voice to respondents, and increasing multivocality. Issues of reflexivity, subjectivity, authority.

ANT 483 - Social Movement Theory    IR 
Theoretical approaches to analysis of social movements including Marxist and other Utopian traditions of social analysis, rational choice and resource mobilization models, new social movement theory, and Gramscian analysis of power and resistance.

ANT 490 - Independent Study    S
Exploration of a problem, or problems, in depth. Individual independent study upon a plan submitted by the student. Admission by consent of supervising instructor(s) and the department. 
Repeatable

ANT 494 - Underground Railroad    SI
Myth and history of the Underground in the context of African American freedom efforts. Emphasis on events, personalities, and sites in Upstate New York. Student field research and exploration of archival and Internet resources.
Crosslisted with AAS 434, HST 434

ANT 495 - Research for Distinction in Anthropology    S
Research and background study in preparation to write a capstone "Distinction" paper. The project will involve significant library and/or field work under faculty supervision/ GPA requirement and faculty approvals needed.  

ANT 496 - Distinction in Anthropology    S
Distinction paper: Advanced research under the supervision of a faculty supervisor. The capstone "Distinction in Anthropology" paper involves significant library and/or field work. GPA requirements and faculty approvals needed. 

ANT 499 - Honors Capstone Project    SI
Completion of an Honors Capstone Project under the supervision of a faculty member. 
Repeatable

ANT 500 - Selected Topics       SI
Exploration of a topic (to be determined) not covered by the standard curriculum but of interest to faculty and students in a particular semester.
Repeatable

ANT 553 - Women and Social Change    E
Function of changes in women’s roles in sociocultural urbanization, revolution, and modernization. Women in Third World countries compared to women in industrialized countries.
Crosslisted with WGS 553

ANT 574 - Anthropology and Physical Design     E 
Interrelationship of social and spatial organization in traditional and modern societies. Nonverbal communication: use of space, territoriality, and impact of physical design on human behavior.