Spring 2026 Undergrad Courses
ANT 111 M001 - Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
Instructor: Amanda Hilton
Time/Location: Tu/Th 12:30-1:25 Heroy Auditorium
Course Description:
Economics, politics, religion, symbolism, rites of passage, developmental cycle, and expressive culture. Required for Anthropology majors.
ANT 112 M001 - Introduction to African American Studies
Instructor: Herbert Ruffin
Time/Location: M 2:15-3:35 Link Hall 160
Course Description:
Historical and sociopolitical materials. Approaches to studying the African American experience, antecedents from African past, and special problems. (Crosslisted with AAS 112. Contact the Department of African American Studies for more info)
ANT 121 M001 - Peoples and Cultures of the World
Instructor: Robert Rubinstein
Time/Location: M/W 10:35-11:30 Watson Theater
Course Description:
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 M001 - Introduction to Biological Anthropology
Instructor: Shannon Novak
Time/Location: M/W 11:40-12:35 HBC Gifford Auditorium
Course Description:
Biological anthropology subfields; anthropology's relationship to history of science. Evolutionary theory; mechanisms of evolution; survey of the non-human primates; humans ancestral to modern Homo sapiens; and modern human variation.
ANT 145 M001 - Archaeology of and in the Modern World
Instructor: Heather Law Pezzarossi
Time/Location: M/W 12:45-1:40 Marley 216
Course Description:
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 of ethnic groups and cultural settings not recorded in writing.
ANT 185 M001 - Global Encounters
Instructor: Azra Hromadžić
Time/Location: Tu/Th 9:30-10:25 Marley 216
Course Description:
Predominant views of reality and values in the cultures of Asia, Africa, and the Americas. Humanistic study of cultures and nature of cross-cultural understanding.
ANT 202 M001 - Diversity of World Languages
Instructor: Kenji Oda
Time/Location: M/W 10:35-11:30 Hall of Languages 214
Course Description:
Broad survey of world languages, language diversity, identity, contact, and shift. Non-technical overview of linguistic phenomena, language documentation, preservation, and revitalization. (Crosslisted with LIN 202. Contact the Department of Linguistics for more info)
ANT 249 M001 - Archaeology at the Movies
Instructor: Chris DeCorse
Time/Location: Tu 5:00-7:45 Life Sciences 105
Course Description:
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 questions of modern anthropology.
ANT 300 M001 - Migration, Borders, Belonging (Selected Topics)
Instructor: Lauren Woodard
Time/Location: M/W 2:15-3:35 Tolley 104
Course Description:
TBA
ANT 300 M002 - Labor and Captivity in Archaeology (Selected Topics)
Instructor: Julia Jong Haines
Time/Location: M/W 2:15-3:35 Link Hall 156
Course Description:
TBA
ANT 311 M001 - Anthropological Theory
Instructor: Heather Law Pezzarossi
Time/Location: Tu/Th 2:00-3:20 Life Sciences 200
Course Description:
Anthropological theory focusing on debates about human nature, cultural and racial diversity, and the goals of anthropology as a discipline.
ANT 324 M001 - Modern South Asian Cultures
Instructor: Mona Bhan
Time/Location: Tu/Th 12:30-1:50 Life Sciences 156
Course Description:
Societies of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka. Social organization, economic and political structures, religions and world view, survey of languages, the arts. Transition and modernization, rural and urban problems.
ANT 342 M001 - Archaeology of American Life
Instructor: Theresa Singleton
Time/Location: Tu/Th 11:00-12:20 Hall of Languages 111
Course Description:
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 M001 - The Maya: Ancient and Modern
Instructor: Guido Pezzarossi
Time/Location: Tu/Th 12:30-1:50 Marley 407
Course Description:
This course provides an introduction to the history and culture of the Maya; from the deep past to the modern world. Anthropologically informed archaeological, documentary and ethnographic research will guide our critical exploration.
ANT 357 M001 - Health, Healing, and Culture
Instructor: Kyrstin Mallon Andrews
Time/Location: Tu/Th 12:30-1:50 Eggers 070
Course Description:
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 371 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 371. Contact the Department of Linguistics for more info)
ANT 373 M002 - Magic and Religion
Instructor: Amanda Hilton
Time/Location: Tu/Th 2:00-3:20 Carnegie 122
Course Description:
Crosscultural 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 400 M001 - Queering Archaeology (Selected Topics)
Instructor: Julia Jong Haines
Time/Location: M/W 3:45-5:05 HBC 323A
Course Description:
TBA
ANT 400 M003 - Anthropology and Environment (Selected Topics)
Instructor: Mona Bhan
Time/Location: Tu/Th 9:30-10:50 Maxwell 108
Course Description:
TBA
ANT 424 M001 - Negotiation: Theory and Practice
Instructor: Robert Rubinstein
Time/Location: Tu 5:00-6:30 ONLINE SYNC
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 428 M001 - Transformation of Eastern 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 439 M001 - Climate Change and Human Origins
Instructor: Chris DeCorse & Christopher 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 442 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 463 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 481 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.