Spring 2026 Grad Courses

Spring 2026 Grad Courses

ANT 600 M001 - Queering Archaeology (Selected Topics)

Instructor: Julia Jong Haines

Time/Location: M/W 3:45-5:05, HBC 323A

Course Description:

TBA

ANT 600 M003 - Anthropology and Environment (Selected Topics)

Instructor: Mona Bhan

Time/Location: Tu/Th 9:30-10:50, Maxwell 108

Course Description:

TBA

ANT 624 M001 - Negotiation: Theory and Practice

Instructor: Robert Rubinstein

Time/Location: Tu 5:00-6:30, ONLINE SYNCHRONOUS

Course Description:

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 629 M001 - Transformation of Easter Europe

Instructor: Lauren Woodard

Time/Location: Tu/Th 11:00-12:20, School of Management 304

Course Description:

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 631 M001 - Method and Theory in Biological Anthropology

Instructor: Shannon Novak

Time/Location: Tu 2:00-4:45, Maxwell 205A

Course Description:

Mechanisms of human adaptation to environmental stress; emphasizing human variation. Cultural and biological modes of adaptation. Paradigmatic and methodological issues, with special emphasis on biocultural and contemporary approaches.

ANT 639 M001 - Climate Change and Human Origins

Instructor: Chris DeCorse & Chistopher Scholz

Time/Location: M 3:45-6:30, Heroy 333C

Course Description:

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.

ANT 642 M001 - Methods in Archaeology

Instructor: Theresa Singleton

Time/Location: Tu/Th 2:00-3:20, Life Sciences 156

Course Description:

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 663 M001 - Global Health

Instructor: Robert Rubinstein

Time/Location: M 5:15-8:00, Falk 100

Course Description:

Global health in anthropological perspective. Examines how culture affects people's experience and response to morbidity and mortality. Considers topics like gender and health, reproductive health, infectious disease, health and inequality and health and war.

ANT 671 M001 - Dimensions of Bilingualism and Multiculturalism

Instructor: Maria Emma Ticio Quesada

Time/Location: Tu/Th 2:00-3:20, Eggers 111

Course Description:

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 671. Contact the Department of Linguistics for more info)

ANT 681 M001 - Ethnographic Techniques

Instructor: Jok Madut Jok

Time/Location: M/W 3:45-5:05, Hall of Languages 105

Course Description:

Research methods and techniques in cultural anthropology. Participant observation, interviewing, establishing rapport, research design, recording and analyzing field data, etc.

ANT 711 M001 - Current Anthropological Theory

Instructor: Azra Hromadžić

Time/Location: F 9:30-12:15, Maxwell Hall 205A

Course Description:

Theoretical issues of the past two decades. Includes feminism and anthropology. Reflexive and interpretive ethnography. Sociobiology versus culturology. Marxist anthropology.

ANT 741 M001 - Archaeological Theroy

Instructor: Guido Pezzarossi

Time/Location: W 2:15-5:00, Maxwell Hall 205A

Course Description:

In-depth examination of contemporary theory in archaeology and application to archaeological research. While focusing on processual approach, the course will examine critical, post-processual, structural, and symbolic archaeology.