Archaeological Field School – Summer 2019
Anthro 567: Archaeological Field School, 6 credits
Instructor: Prof. John D. Richards
Location: SE Wisconsin
Prerequisites: Anthro 103 or equivalent, and consent of instructor
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Graduate Course List
Aspects of popular culture including music, information technology, tourism, and film, video, and museum-spectacles in light of anthropological theory.
Prerequisites: jr st; grade of C or better in English 102(P) or score of 637 or higher on EPT.
Last Taught: Spring 2016, Spring 2015.
Aspects of popular culture including music, information technology, tourism, and film, video, and museum-spectacles in light of anthropological theory.
Prerequisites: jr st; grade of C or better in English 102(P) or score of 637 or higher on EPT.
Last Taught: Spring 2016, Spring 2015.
Archaeological evidence for the origin and maintenance of violence and warfare in prehistory. How archaeological inquiry is affected by current politics, ethics, and morality.
Prerequisites: jr st; Anthro 103(P) or cons instr.
Last Taught: Fall 2018, Fall 2016.
Archaeological evidence for the origin and maintenance of violence and warfare in prehistory. How archaeological inquiry is affected by current politics, ethics, and morality.
Prerequisites: jr st; Anthro 103(P) or cons instr.
Last Taught: Fall 2018, Fall 2016.
Archaeology, folklore and literature of the Celtic peoples in the British Isles and on the continent, explored and analyzed from an anthropological and historical perspective.
Prerequisites: jr st.
Last Taught: Spring 2018, Fall 2014.
Archaeology, folklore and literature of the Celtic peoples in the British Isles and on the continent, explored and analyzed from an anthropological and historical perspective.
Prerequisites: jr st.
Last Taught: Spring 2018, Fall 2014.
Old World cultural development focusing on prehistoric Europe from the Paleolithic to the Roman period; European developments compared to other parts of the Old World.
Prerequisites: jr st; Anthro 103(P) or cons instr.
Last Taught: Spring 2017, Fall 2015.
Old World cultural development focusing on prehistoric Europe from the Paleolithic to the Roman period; European developments compared to other parts of the Old World.
Prerequisites: jr st; Anthro 103(P) or cons instr.
Last Taught: Spring 2017, Fall 2015.
Cultural developments in selected areas of Old and New Worlds; emphasis on origins of plant and animal domestication, sedentary life, and transition to urban civilization.
Prerequisites: jr st; Anthro 103(P) or cons instr.
Last Taught: Fall 2016, Spring 2015.
Cultural developments in selected areas of Old and New Worlds; emphasis on origins of plant and animal domestication, sedentary life, and transition to urban civilization.
Prerequisites: jr st; Anthro 103(P) or cons instr.
Last Taught: Fall 2016, Spring 2015.
Main pre-Columbian cultures on the North American continent, north of Mexico.
Prerequisites: jr st; Anthro 103 (P) or cons instr.
Course Rules: AIS 308 & Anthro 308 are jointly offered; they count as repeats of one another.
Last Taught: Spring 2019, Spring 2014.
Main pre-Columbian cultures on the North American continent, north of Mexico.
Prerequisites: jr st; Anthro 103 (P) or cons instr.
Course Rules: AIS 308 & Anthro 308 are jointly offered; they count as repeats of one another.
Last Taught: Spring 2019, Spring 2014.
Main pre-Columbian cultures and civilizations of Central and South America, including the Caribbean.
Prerequisites: jr st; Anthro 103(P) or cons instr.
Last Taught: Fall 2018, Fall 2016.
Main pre-Columbian cultures and civilizations of Central and South America, including the Caribbean.
Prerequisites: jr st; Anthro 103(P) or cons instr.
Last Taught: Fall 2018, Fall 2016.
Historical development and ecological settings of cultures and civilizations in Mexico and Central America from earliest times to the Spanish conquest.
Prerequisites: jr st; Anthro 103(P) or cons instr.
Course Rules: AIS 310 & Anthro 310 are jointly offered; they count as repeats of one another.
Last Taught: Spring 2015, Spring 2011.
Historical development and ecological settings of cultures and civilizations in Mexico and Central America from earliest times to the Spanish conquest.
Prerequisites: jr st; Anthro 103(P) or cons instr.
Course Rules: AIS 310 & Anthro 310 are jointly offered; they count as repeats of one another.
Last Taught: Spring 2015, Spring 2011.
Historical development of ancient Maya civilization from its origins to the Spanish Conquest.
Prerequisites: jr st; Anthro 103(P) or cons instr.
Course Rules: AIS 311 & Anthro 311 are jointly offered; they count as repeats of one another.
Last Taught: Fall 2015, Fall 2014.
Historical development of ancient Maya civilization from its origins to the Spanish Conquest.
Prerequisites: jr st; Anthro 103(P) or cons instr.
Course Rules: AIS 311 & Anthro 311 are jointly offered; they count as repeats of one another.
Last Taught: Fall 2015, Fall 2014.
Pre-Hispanic cultures of the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico.
Prerequisites: Spring 2018.
Pre-Hispanic cultures of the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico.
Prerequisites: Spring 2018.
Description and analysis of selected indigenous American cultures including subsistence, sociopolitical organizations, beliefs and Euro-American Indian policy.
Prerequisites: jr st; Anthro 102(R).
Course Rules: AIS 314 & Anthro 314 are jointly offered; they count as repeats of one another.
Last Taught: Spring 2018, Spring 2015.
Description and analysis of selected indigenous American cultures including subsistence, sociopolitical organizations, beliefs and Euro-American Indian policy.
Prerequisites: jr st; Anthro 102(R).
Course Rules: AIS 314 & Anthro 314 are jointly offered; they count as repeats of one another.
Last Taught: Spring 2018, Spring 2015.
Description and analysis of the cultures of Africa, especially south of the Sahara.
Prerequisites: Pereq: jr st; Anthro 102(R); grade of C or better in English 102(P) or score 637 or higher on EPT.
Last Taught: Fall 2005, Fall 2003.
Description and analysis of the cultures of Africa, especially south of the Sahara.
Prerequisites: Pereq: jr st; Anthro 102(R); grade of C or better in English 102(P) or score 637 or higher on EPT.
Last Taught: Fall 2005, Fall 2003.
Key topics in the anthropology of Europe, including nationalism and ritual, gender and politics, borders and immigration, and bureaucracy and citizenship.
Prerequisites: jr st; Anthro 102(R).
Last Taught: Fall 2010.
Key topics in the anthropology of Europe, including nationalism and ritual, gender and politics, borders and immigration, and bureaucracy and citizenship.
Prerequisites: jr st; Anthro 102(R).
Last Taught: Fall 2010.
Japanese culture and society, including marriage and the family, work life, education, rural and urban social organization, gender, ritual and life cycle.
Prerequisites: jr st; Anthro 102(R).
Last Taught: Fall 2015, Spring 2014.
Japanese culture and society, including marriage and the family, work life, education, rural and urban social organization, gender, ritual and life cycle.
Prerequisites: jr st; Anthro 102(R).
Last Taught: Fall 2015, Spring 2014.
The subcontinent south of the Himalayas, including India, Nepal, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka.
Prerequisites: jr st; Anthro 102(R).
Last Taught: Spring 2016, Fall 2013.
The subcontinent south of the Himalayas, including India, Nepal, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka.
Prerequisites: jr st; Anthro 102(R).
Last Taught: Spring 2016, Fall 2013.
A comparative study of the processes of nation-formation and of the roles played by race, gender, and music in constructing national identities.
Prerequisites: jr st; Anthro 102(R); grade of C or better in English 102(P) or score 637 or higher on EPT.
Last Taught: Fall 2010, Fall 2009.
A comparative study of the processes of nation-formation and of the roles played by race, gender, and music in constructing national identities.
Prerequisites: jr st; Anthro 102(R); grade of C or better in English 102(P) or score 637 or higher on EPT.
Last Taught: Fall 2010, Fall 2009.
Description and analysis of Southeastern Indian cultures, including subsistence, sociopolitical organizations, beliefs, and Euro-American relations.
Prerequisites: jr st; Anthro 102(R) & 314(R).
Description and analysis of Southeastern Indian cultures, including subsistence, sociopolitical organizations, beliefs, and Euro-American relations.
Prerequisites: jr st; Anthro 102(R) & 314(R).
Anthropological understandings of online games and virtual worlds including: conceptual foundations, current topics, methodological issues, and first-hand experience.
Prerequisites: jr st.
Last Taught: Summer 2019, UWinteriM 2018.
Anthropological understandings of online games and virtual worlds including: conceptual foundations, current topics, methodological issues, and first-hand experience.
Prerequisites: jr st.
Last Taught: Summer 2019, UWinteriM 2018.
How sociocultural processes are confronted and represented through the genre of ethnography; new monographs used to chart innovations in the form.
Prerequisites: jr st; Anthro 102(R).
Last Taught: Spring 2017, Spring 2014.
How sociocultural processes are confronted and represented through the genre of ethnography; new monographs used to chart innovations in the form.
Prerequisites: jr st; Anthro 102(R).
Last Taught: Spring 2017, Spring 2014.
Arts and aesthetics in anthropological perspective; their relation to other aspects of culture, prehistoric and contemporary art, and material culture.
Prerequisites: jr st; Anthro 102(R).
Last Taught: Spring 2018, Fall 2015.
Arts and aesthetics in anthropological perspective; their relation to other aspects of culture, prehistoric and contemporary art, and material culture.
Prerequisites: jr st; Anthro 102(R).
Last Taught: Spring 2018, Fall 2015.
Advanced work in linguistic anthropology designed to give students applied skills in cross-linguistic studies.
Prerequisites: jr st; Anthro 105(360)(P) or cons instr.
Last Taught: Spring 2019, Spring 2018.
Advanced work in linguistic anthropology designed to give students applied skills in cross-linguistic studies.
Prerequisites: jr st; Anthro 105(360)(P) or cons instr.
Last Taught: Spring 2019, Spring 2018.
Role of globalization in the projected extinction of a large number of the world's languages within the next century.
Prerequisites: jr st; a course in social science; a course in linguistic anthro; or cons instr.
Course Rules: AIS 362, Anthro 362, & Global 362 are jointly offered; they count as repeats of one another.
Last Taught: Fall 2014, Spring 2012.
Role of globalization in the projected extinction of a large number of the world's languages within the next century.
Prerequisites: jr st; a course in social science; a course in linguistic anthro; or cons instr.
Course Rules: AIS 362, Anthro 362, & Global 362 are jointly offered; they count as repeats of one another.
Last Taught: Fall 2014, Spring 2012.
Use of GIS in archaeology, cultural anthropology, and physical anthropology.
Prerequisites: jr st; a course in anthro.
Last Taught: Spring 2019, Spring 2017.
Use of GIS in archaeology, cultural anthropology, and physical anthropology.
Prerequisites: jr st; a course in anthro.
Last Taught: Spring 2019, Spring 2017.
Application of the principles of evolutionary theory and behavioral ecology to the social and cultural life of humans and other primates.
Prerequisites: jr st; Anthro 101(R) or 102(R).
Last Taught: Fall 2016, Fall 2014.
Application of the principles of evolutionary theory and behavioral ecology to the social and cultural life of humans and other primates.
Prerequisites: jr st; Anthro 101(R) or 102(R).
Last Taught: Fall 2016, Fall 2014.
Ecological behavioral genetic and multidisciplinary field studies of nonhuman primates.
Prerequisites: jr st; Anthro 301(P) or cons instr; grade of C or better in English 102(P) or score of 637 or higher on EPT.
Last Taught: Spring 2019, Spring 2018.
Ecological behavioral genetic and multidisciplinary field studies of nonhuman primates.
Prerequisites: jr st; Anthro 301(P) or cons instr; grade of C or better in English 102(P) or score of 637 or higher on EPT.
Last Taught: Spring 2019, Spring 2018.
Evolution, adaptation, and distribution of living primates, including humans, comparative primate adaptations and skeletal anatomy. Evolutionary theory and its application to the primate fossil record.
Prerequisites: jr st; Anthro 301(P) or cons instr.
General Education Requirements: NS
Last Taught: Spring 2019, Spring 2016.
Evolution, adaptation, and distribution of living primates, including humans, comparative primate adaptations and skeletal anatomy. Evolutionary theory and its application to the primate fossil record.
Prerequisites: jr st; Anthro 301(P) or cons instr.
General Education Requirements: NS
Last Taught: Spring 2019, Spring 2016.
Morphological and functional examination of the skeletal system. Microscopic and biomedical considerations of bone and cartilage, age, sex, and regional differences among modern human populations. Combined lec/lab.
Prerequisites: jr st; Anthro 301(P) or cons instr.
General Education Requirements: NS
Last Taught: Fall 2018, Fall 2017.
Morphological and functional examination of the skeletal system. Microscopic and biomedical considerations of bone and cartilage, age, sex, and regional differences among modern human populations. Combined lec/lab.
Prerequisites: jr st; Anthro 301(P) or cons instr.
General Education Requirements: NS
Last Taught: Fall 2018, Fall 2017.
Evolutionary principles influencing human populations. Variation within and between human groups.
Prerequisites: jr st; Anthro 301(P) or cons instr; grade of C or better in English 102(P) or score level 4 on EPT.
Last Taught: Spring 2012, Spring 2008.
Evolutionary principles influencing human populations. Variation within and between human groups.
Prerequisites: jr st; Anthro 301(P) or cons instr; grade of C or better in English 102(P) or score level 4 on EPT.
Last Taught: Spring 2012, Spring 2008.
Techniques in the forensic analysis of human skeletal material. Introduction to death investigation and forensic pathology.
Prerequisites: jr st; Anthro 403(P).
Last Taught: Spring 2019, Spring 2018.
Techniques in the forensic analysis of human skeletal material. Introduction to death investigation and forensic pathology.
Prerequisites: jr st; Anthro 403(P).
Last Taught: Spring 2019, Spring 2018.
Evolutionary principles applied to our understanding of infectious and chronic diseases common to human populations, both past and present.
Prerequisites: jr st; Anthro 301(R), Bio Sci 100(R) or 150(R).
Last Taught: Fall 2014, Spring 2013.
Evolutionary principles applied to our understanding of infectious and chronic diseases common to human populations, both past and present.
Prerequisites: jr st; Anthro 301(R), Bio Sci 100(R) or 150(R).
Last Taught: Fall 2014, Spring 2013.
Anthropological theories of human brain evolution, and its role in complex human cultural traits, including sociality, language, tool manufacture, cogntion, and emotion.
Prerequisites: jr st; Anthro 101(P) or Bio Sci 150(P).
Course Rules: Counts as repeat of Anthro 641 with same topic.
Last Taught: Fall 2018, Fall 2016.
Anthropological theories of human brain evolution, and its role in complex human cultural traits, including sociality, language, tool manufacture, cogntion, and emotion.
Prerequisites: jr st; Anthro 101(P) or Bio Sci 150(P).
Course Rules: Counts as repeat of Anthro 641 with same topic.
Last Taught: Fall 2018, Fall 2016.
Roles of hormones in evolution and expression of animal behaviors, particularly aggression, stress, mating, parenting, and cognition; emphasis on humans.
Prerequisites: jr st; intro course in physical anthro, bio sci, or psych.
Course Rules: Counts as repeat of Anthro 641 w/same topic.
Last Taught: Spring 2019, Spring 2017.
Roles of hormones in evolution and expression of animal behaviors, particularly aggression, stress, mating, parenting, and cognition; emphasis on humans.
Prerequisites: jr st; intro course in physical anthro, bio sci, or psych.
Course Rules: Counts as repeat of Anthro 641 w/same topic.
Last Taught: Spring 2019, Spring 2017.
Nature and evolutionary origins of human religion as well as empirical evidence for the effects of religion on human health.
Prerequisites: jr st; Anthro 101(P) or an intro bio sci course.
Last Taught: Spring 2018, Spring 2016.
Nature and evolutionary origins of human religion as well as empirical evidence for the effects of religion on human health.
Prerequisites: jr st; Anthro 101(P) or an intro bio sci course.
Last Taught: Spring 2018, Spring 2016.
Nature of and relationship between power and ideology in past societies; theoretical perspectives and methods used by archaeologists to study power and ideology.
Prerequisites: jr st; Anthro 103(P) or cons instr.
Course Rules: Counts as a repeat of Anthro 641 w/similar title.
Last Taught: Fall 2015, Fall 2012.
Nature of and relationship between power and ideology in past societies; theoretical perspectives and methods used by archaeologists to study power and ideology.
Prerequisites: jr st; Anthro 103(P) or cons instr.
Course Rules: Counts as a repeat of Anthro 641 w/similar title.
Last Taught: Fall 2015, Fall 2012.
Cross-cultural comparison of the world's first cities; the emergence of cities and their role in the development of ancient civilizations.
Prerequisites: jr st; Anthro 103(P) or cons instr.
Last Taught: Spring 2013, Spring 2012.
Cross-cultural comparison of the world's first cities; the emergence of cities and their role in the development of ancient civilizations.
Prerequisites: jr st; Anthro 103(P) or cons instr.
Last Taught: Spring 2013, Spring 2012.
Combination of ethnographic methods with archaeological research questions to achieve a better understanding of material culture.
Prerequisites: jr st; Anthro 102(P) or 103(P) or cons instr.
Course Rules: Counts as a repeat of Anthro 641 w/same topic.
Last Taught: Fall 2016.
Combination of ethnographic methods with archaeological research questions to achieve a better understanding of material culture.
Prerequisites: jr st; Anthro 102(P) or 103(P) or cons instr.
Course Rules: Counts as a repeat of Anthro 641 w/same topic.
Last Taught: Fall 2016.
Cross-cultural comparisons of hunter-gatherer societies, including archaeological, ethnohistorical, and ethnographic approaches.
Prerequisites: jr st; Anthro 102(P) or 103(P) or cons instr.
Last Taught: Fall 2018, Spring 2016.
Cross-cultural comparisons of hunter-gatherer societies, including archaeological, ethnohistorical, and ethnographic approaches.
Prerequisites: jr st; Anthro 102(P) or 103(P) or cons instr.
Last Taught: Fall 2018, Spring 2016.
Social/political ramifications of the study, interpretation, presentation, conservation of the archaeological past; institutions/stakeholders involved in those processes: museums, scholars, ethnic groups, the public.
Prerequisites: jr st; Anthro 102(P) or 103(P) or cons instr.
Course Rules: Counts as a repeat of Anthro 641 w/same topic.
Last Taught: Fall 2016, Spring 2015.
Social/political ramifications of the study, interpretation, presentation, conservation of the archaeological past; institutions/stakeholders involved in those processes: museums, scholars, ethnic groups, the public.
Prerequisites: jr st; Anthro 102(P) or 103(P) or cons instr.
Course Rules: Counts as a repeat of Anthro 641 w/same topic.
Last Taught: Fall 2016, Spring 2015.
Cross-cultural analysis; relation of urban space to community, capitalism, migration, class, globalization, social and artistic movements; methods for ethnographic study.
Prerequisites: jr st; Anthro 102(R).
Last Taught: Fall 2014, Fall 2010.
Cross-cultural analysis; relation of urban space to community, capitalism, migration, class, globalization, social and artistic movements; methods for ethnographic study.
Prerequisites: jr st; Anthro 102(R).
Last Taught: Fall 2014, Fall 2010.
Contemporary global health through the lens of cultural anthropology and related social sciences; local communities' response to globally-directed intervention into disease.
Prerequisites: jr st.
Course Rules: Anthro 439 & Global 439 are jointly offered; they count as repeats of one another.
Last Taught: Fall 2018.
Contemporary global health through the lens of cultural anthropology and related social sciences; local communities' response to globally-directed intervention into disease.
Prerequisites: jr st.
Course Rules: Anthro 439 & Global 439 are jointly offered; they count as repeats of one another.
Last Taught: Fall 2018.
Comparative study of medical systems; cultural meaning of illness and the healing process; social origins of disease.
Prerequisites: jr st; Anthro 102(P); grade of C or better in English 102(P) or score of 637 or higher on EPT.
Last Taught: Fall 2016, Fall 2014.
Comparative study of medical systems; cultural meaning of illness and the healing process; social origins of disease.
Prerequisites: jr st; Anthro 102(P); grade of C or better in English 102(P) or score of 637 or higher on EPT.
Last Taught: Fall 2016, Fall 2014.
Anthropological approaches to contemporary issues of science in society; critical perspectives on knowledge construction with respect to culture and indigenous traditions, race, class and gender.
Prerequisites: jr. st
Last Taught: Fall 2014, Fall 2012.
Anthropological approaches to contemporary issues of science in society; critical perspectives on knowledge construction with respect to culture and indigenous traditions, race, class and gender.
Prerequisites: jr. st
Last Taught: Fall 2014, Fall 2012.
Anthropological study of global humanitarianism through specific case studies. Themes include politics of representation, intervention, war, genocide, trauma, child soldiers, and human trafficking.
Prerequisites: jr st; a social science course (P).
Course Rules: Anthro 442 & Global 442 are jointly offered; they count as repeats of one another.
Last Taught: Spring 2019, Fall 2015.
Anthropological study of global humanitarianism through specific case studies. Themes include politics of representation, intervention, war, genocide, trauma, child soldiers, and human trafficking.
Prerequisites: jr st; a social science course (P).
Course Rules: Anthro 442 & Global 442 are jointly offered; they count as repeats of one another.
Last Taught: Spring 2019, Fall 2015.
The practices of medicine and the distribution of pharmaceuticals globally.
Prerequisites: jr st; Anthro 440(R).
Course Rules: Anthro 443 & Global 443 are jointly offered; they count as repeats of one another.
The practices of medicine and the distribution of pharmaceuticals globally.
Prerequisites: jr st; Anthro 440(R).
Course Rules: Anthro 443 & Global 443 are jointly offered; they count as repeats of one another.
The relationship between individual and society; cultural influences on cognition, personality, identity, and emotion; and the comparative study of mental disorder.
Prerequisites: jr st; Anthro 102(R).
Last Taught: Fall 2013, Fall 2011.
The relationship between individual and society; cultural influences on cognition, personality, identity, and emotion; and the comparative study of mental disorder.
Prerequisites: jr st; Anthro 102(R).
Last Taught: Fall 2013, Fall 2011.
Relationship of child development to particular cultural milieus; methods of child training in different cultures and their effects on the development of adult personality.
Prerequisites: jr st; Anthro 102(R) or Psych 101(R) or Sociol 101(R).
General Education Requirements: SS
Last Taught: Spring 2019, Spring 2018.
Relationship of child development to particular cultural milieus; methods of child training in different cultures and their effects on the development of adult personality.
Prerequisites: jr st; Anthro 102(R) or Psych 101(R) or Sociol 101(R).
General Education Requirements: SS
Last Taught: Spring 2019, Spring 2018.
Historical and theoretical context of human rights discourse; anthropology of human rights; case studies of efforts to protect human rights in particular social settings.
Prerequisites: jr st; Anthro 102(R).
Course Rules: Anthro 447 & Global 447 are jointly offered; they count as repeats of one another.
Last Taught: Fall 2017, Fall 2014.
Historical and theoretical context of human rights discourse; anthropology of human rights; case studies of efforts to protect human rights in particular social settings.
Prerequisites: jr st; Anthro 102(R).
Course Rules: Anthro 447 & Global 447 are jointly offered; they count as repeats of one another.
Last Taught: Fall 2017, Fall 2014.
Relationships of human societies to natural environments; energy systems involved in processes of human adaptation; ways in which culture and society operate as dynamic components of that exchange.
Prerequisites: jr st; Anthro 102(R).
Last Taught: Fall 2017, Spring 2014.
Relationships of human societies to natural environments; energy systems involved in processes of human adaptation; ways in which culture and society operate as dynamic components of that exchange.
Prerequisites: jr st; Anthro 102(R).
Last Taught: Fall 2017, Spring 2014.
Uses and allocation of resources; modes of production and distribution and their relationship to kinship, politics, and other aspects of culture.
Prerequisites: jr st.
Last Taught: Fall 2018, Fall 2016.
Uses and allocation of resources; modes of production and distribution and their relationship to kinship, politics, and other aspects of culture.
Prerequisites: jr st.
Last Taught: Fall 2018, Fall 2016.
Political organization: forms of authority, responsibility, accountability, and power in societies at different levels of social complexity and in different ecological contexts.
Prerequisites: jr st; Anthro 102(R).
Last Taught: Fall 2018, Spring 2017.
Political organization: forms of authority, responsibility, accountability, and power in societies at different levels of social complexity and in different ecological contexts.
Prerequisites: jr st; Anthro 102(R).
Last Taught: Fall 2018, Spring 2017.
Critical examination of the development and current status of the major paradigms and theories employed in anthropological studies.
Prerequisites: sr st; Anthro 102(R).
Last Taught: Spring 2019, Spring 2018.
Critical examination of the development and current status of the major paradigms and theories employed in anthropological studies.
Prerequisites: sr st; Anthro 102(R).
Last Taught: Spring 2019, Spring 2018.
Historic preservation and cultural resource management in American archaeology; the legislative base, federal and state programs, the national register, regional planning, and research orientations.
Prerequisites: jr st.
Last Taught: Fall 2018, Fall 2014.
Historic preservation and cultural resource management in American archaeology; the legislative base, federal and state programs, the national register, regional planning, and research orientations.
Prerequisites: jr st.
Last Taught: Fall 2018, Fall 2014.
Development of the historical archaeology discipline; issues of method and theory; use of documentary, oral, and material culture evidence to interpret the recent past.Counts as repeat of Anthro 641 with same topic. Prereq: jr st; Anthro 103 (P) or cons instr.
Prerequisites: Fall 2017, Fall 2015.
Development of the historical archaeology discipline; issues of method and theory; use of documentary, oral, and material culture evidence to interpret the recent past.Counts as repeat of Anthro 641 with same topic. Prereq: jr st; Anthro 103 (P) or cons instr.
Prerequisites: Fall 2017, Fall 2015.
Practicum in archaeological curation focusing on conservation and preservation, pest management, storage, collection accessibility, accountability, curation policies, federal regulations, and ethics.
Prerequisites: jr st; Anthro 103(P) or cons instr; or grad st.
Course Rules: Counts as repeat of Anthro 641 w/similar topic.
Last Taught: Spring 2017.
Practicum in archaeological curation focusing on conservation and preservation, pest management, storage, collection accessibility, accountability, curation policies, federal regulations, and ethics.
Prerequisites: jr st; Anthro 103(P) or cons instr; or grad st.
Course Rules: Counts as repeat of Anthro 641 w/similar topic.
Last Taught: Spring 2017.
Archaeological study of mortuary behavior and osteology to understand cultural variability in social organization, disease, nutrition, and violence.
Prerequisites: jr st; Anthro 103(P) or cons instr; grade of C or better in English 102(P) or score 637 or higher on EPT.
Last Taught: Fall 2018, Fall 2015.
Archaeological study of mortuary behavior and osteology to understand cultural variability in social organization, disease, nutrition, and violence.
Prerequisites: jr st; Anthro 103(P) or cons instr; grade of C or better in English 102(P) or score 637 or higher on EPT.
Last Taught: Fall 2018, Fall 2015.
Stone tool producion use, and archaeological analysis; experimental knapping, heat treatment, and other exercises. No cr for student w/cr in Anthro 641 w/similar topic.
Prerequisites: jr st; Anthro 103(P) or cons instr.
Last Taught: Fall 2015.
Stone tool producion use, and archaeological analysis; experimental knapping, heat treatment, and other exercises. No cr for student w/cr in Anthro 641 w/similar topic.
Prerequisites: jr st; Anthro 103(P) or cons instr.
Last Taught: Fall 2015.
Theory and method, including practical labs, in the analysis of animal remains from archaeological contexts.
Prerequisites: jr st; Anthro 103(P) or cons instr.
Last Taught: Spring 2019, Spring 2017.
Theory and method, including practical labs, in the analysis of animal remains from archaeological contexts.
Prerequisites: jr st; Anthro 103(P) or cons instr.
Last Taught: Spring 2019, Spring 2017.
Archaeological approaches to ceramic analysis including theory and methods; ethnoarchaeological, experimental, compositional, and stylistic approaches; practical skills including sorting, typing, and reporting ceramic assemblages.
Prerequisites: jr st; Anthro 103(P) or cons instr.
Course Rules: Counts as repeat of Anthro 641 with similar topic.
Last Taught: Fall 2017, Spring 2016.
Archaeological approaches to ceramic analysis including theory and methods; ethnoarchaeological, experimental, compositional, and stylistic approaches; practical skills including sorting, typing, and reporting ceramic assemblages.
Prerequisites: jr st; Anthro 103(P) or cons instr.
Course Rules: Counts as repeat of Anthro 641 with similar topic.
Last Taught: Fall 2017, Spring 2016.
Uses of anthropological concepts, methods, and findings in human problems resulting from culture change.
Prerequisites: jr st; Anthro 102(R).
Last Taught: UWinteriM 2012, UWinteriM 2011.
Uses of anthropological concepts, methods, and findings in human problems resulting from culture change.
Prerequisites: jr st; Anthro 102(R).
Last Taught: UWinteriM 2012, UWinteriM 2011.
Various approaches to the study of religion; religions of selected non-Western societies.
Prerequisites: jr st; Anthro 102(R).
Last Taught: Fall 2015, Fall 2013.
Various approaches to the study of religion; religions of selected non-Western societies.
Prerequisites: jr st; Anthro 102(R).
Last Taught: Fall 2015, Fall 2013.
Problem and research design formulation. How to ask and answer scientific questions using methods and techniques common to all fields of anthropology.
Prerequisites: jr st; Anthro 102(R).
Last Taught: Fall 2018, Fall 2017.
Problem and research design formulation. How to ask and answer scientific questions using methods and techniques common to all fields of anthropology.
Prerequisites: jr st; Anthro 102(R).
Last Taught: Fall 2018, Fall 2017.
Methods of fieldwork for cultural anthropologists; design of field studies; techniques for collection and analysis of field data; field projects.
Prerequisites: jr st; Anthro 102(R).
Last Taught: Spring 2019, Spring 2018.
Methods of fieldwork for cultural anthropologists; design of field studies; techniques for collection and analysis of field data; field projects.
Prerequisites: jr st; Anthro 102(R).
Last Taught: Spring 2019, Spring 2018.
Methods of fieldwork in archaeology; strategies of archaeological investigations; introduction to archaeological site mapping Lec, lab.
Prerequisites: jr st; Anthro 103(P) or cons instr.
Last Taught: Spring 2018, Spring 2016.
Methods of fieldwork in archaeology; strategies of archaeological investigations; introduction to archaeological site mapping Lec, lab.
Prerequisites: jr st; Anthro 103(P) or cons instr.
Last Taught: Spring 2018, Spring 2016.
Seminar in archaeology of specific geographic areas. Consult Schedule of Classes for specific semester's content.
Prerequisites: jr st; Anthro 103(P) or cons instr.
Course Rules: May be retaken w/chg in topic to 9 cr max.
Last Taught: Spring 2018, Fall 2015.
Seminar in archaeology of specific geographic areas. Consult Schedule of Classes for specific semester's content.
Prerequisites: jr st; Anthro 103(P) or cons instr.
Course Rules: May be retaken w/chg in topic to 9 cr max.
Last Taught: Spring 2018, Fall 2015.
Students will organize, describe, analyze, and interpret actual archaeological materials. Each student will assist in writing an archaeological report. Fee assessed according to nature and location of field trips.
Prerequisites: jr st; Anthro 103(P) or cons instr.
Course Rules: May be retaken w/chg in topic to 9 cr max.
Last Taught: Fall 2016, Fall 2014.
Students will organize, describe, analyze, and interpret actual archaeological materials. Each student will assist in writing an archaeological report. Fee assessed according to nature and location of field trips.
Prerequisites: jr st; Anthro 103(P) or cons instr.
Course Rules: May be retaken w/chg in topic to 9 cr max.
Last Taught: Fall 2016, Fall 2014.
Archaeological methods and techniques under field conditions, at one or more sites. Field work five days a week, evening lectures. Fee assessed according to nature and location of field school.
Prerequisites: jr st; cons instr.
Course Rules: May be retaken to 9 cr max.
Last Taught: Summer 2019, Summer 2017.
Archaeological methods and techniques under field conditions, at one or more sites. Field work five days a week, evening lectures. Fee assessed according to nature and location of field school.
Prerequisites: jr st; cons instr.
Course Rules: May be retaken to 9 cr max.
Last Taught: Summer 2019, Summer 2017.
Statistical models and their basic assumptions; statistical inference in biological and cultural anthropology; probability theory; nonparametric and parametric methods.
Prerequisites: jr st; Anthro 101(P) or 102(P) or 103(P) or cons instr.
Last Taught: Spring 2019, Fall 2018.
Statistical models and their basic assumptions; statistical inference in biological and cultural anthropology; probability theory; nonparametric and parametric methods.
Prerequisites: jr st; Anthro 101(P) or 102(P) or 103(P) or cons instr.
Last Taught: Spring 2019, Fall 2018.
Study of bilingual competence, bilingual community, and second language acquisition from sociolinguistic, psycholinguistic, and general linguistic standpoints.
Prerequisites: jr st.
Course Rules: Anthro 570 & Linguis 570 are jointly offered; they count as repeats of one another.
Last Taught: Fall 2018, Fall 2017.
Study of bilingual competence, bilingual community, and second language acquisition from sociolinguistic, psycholinguistic, and general linguistic standpoints.
Prerequisites: jr st.
Course Rules: Anthro 570 & Linguis 570 are jointly offered; they count as repeats of one another.
Last Taught: Fall 2018, Fall 2017.
Fundamentals of museum management, including administration and leadership, programming and exhibits, and collections management.
Prerequisites: jr st.
Fundamentals of museum management, including administration and leadership, programming and exhibits, and collections management.
Prerequisites: jr st.
Supervised practical experience in museums arranged on an individual basis.
Prerequisites: junior standing and ANTHRO 620(P) or consent of instructor.
Course Rules: Retakeable to 6 cr max.
Supervised practical experience in museums arranged on an individual basis.
Prerequisites: junior standing and ANTHRO 620(P) or consent of instructor.
Course Rules: Retakeable to 6 cr max.
Theory and application of radiometric and other numerical dating methods in geology, archaeology, and paleoanthropology.
Prerequisites: jr st, Anthro 101(P) or 103(P) or Geo Sci 100(P), & cons instr; or grad st & cons instr.
Course Rules: Anthro 636 & Geo Sci 636 are jointly offered; they count as repeats of one another.
Theory and application of radiometric and other numerical dating methods in geology, archaeology, and paleoanthropology.
Prerequisites: jr st, Anthro 101(P) or 103(P) or Geo Sci 100(P), & cons instr; or grad st & cons instr.
Course Rules: Anthro 636 & Geo Sci 636 are jointly offered; they count as repeats of one another.
A research seminar in any of the several recognized areas of anthropology.
Prerequisites: jr st, Anthro 101(P) or 102(P) or 103(P); or grad st.
Course Rules: May be retaken w/chg in topic to 9 cr max.
Last Taught: Fall 2017, Fall 2016.
A research seminar in any of the several recognized areas of anthropology.
Prerequisites: jr st, Anthro 101(P) or 102(P) or 103(P); or grad st.
Course Rules: May be retaken w/chg in topic to 9 cr max.
Last Taught: Fall 2017, Fall 2016.
Method, practice, and theory of institutional ethnography. Counts as a repeat of Anthro 641 with the same topic.
Prerequisites: jr st.
Last Taught: Spring 2018.
Method, practice, and theory of institutional ethnography. Counts as a repeat of Anthro 641 with the same topic.
Prerequisites: jr st.
Last Taught: Spring 2018.
Critical examination of peoples and cultures of selected areas of the world.
Prerequisites: grad st.
Course Rules: Retakable w/chg in topic to 9 cr max.
Last Taught: Spring 2018, Summer 2006, Summer 2004, Summer 2002.
History of the museum idea and its contemporary forms; educational, scientific, and changing uses of museums; museums and other institutions; museum professionalism and ethics.
Prerequisites: Anthro 620 (P); grad st; cons instr.
Last Taught: Fall 2018, Fall 2017, Fall 2016, Fall 2015.
Administration and organizational problems in modern museums; finances and budgets; legal-administrative problems; relations with support groups and volunteers, record keeping, management of museum projects.
Prerequisites: grad st; cons instr; grade of B or better in Anthro 620(P).
Last Taught: Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016.
Development and design of the museum visitor experience with a holistic approach including exhibitions, programs, and experience design.
Prerequisites: grad st; cons instr; grade B or better in Anthro 721(P).
Last Taught: Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016.
Practicum in the collection, organization, storage, care and scientific use of museum collections. Projects available in various specialties, dependent upon interest and special faculty arrangements.
Prerequisites: grad st; cons instr; grade B or better in Anthro 721(P).
Last Taught: Fall 2018, Fall 2017, Fall 2016, Fall 2015.
Supervised practical experience in museums arranged on an individual basis.
Prerequisites: grad st; Anthro 720(P); cons instr.
Last Taught: Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Summer 2018, Spring 2018.
Program capstone course, topics include: professional development/networking, resumé/cv and portfolio development, and job search strategies.
Prerequisites: grad st; cons instr; Anthro 722(C).
Seminar on theories of social action. Practice and performance theories and the structure vs. agency debate.
Prerequisites: grad st.
Last Taught: Fall 2018, Spring 2017, Fall 2015, Spring 2014.
Study and practice in major phases of archaeological analysis.
Prerequisites: grad st; cons instr.
Course Rules: Retakable w/chg in topic to 9 cr max.
Last Taught: Spring 2014, Summer 2011, Spring 2009, Fall 1990.
Skills needed to work in academia or an applied field; relevant to any of the four sub-fields or anthropology (archaeology, cultural, biological, or linguistic).
Prerequisites: grad st.
Last Taught: Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016.
Methods of fitting various models to qualitative categorizations of archaeological, ethnographical, and biological data. Includes chi-square and multiclassificatory chi-squares, scaling, cluster analysis, markov chains, and game theory.
Prerequisites: grad st; Anthro 568(R).
Last Taught: Fall 2015, Fall 2013, Fall 2010, Spring 2007.
Allows graduate students to enroll in UWM sponsored program before course work level, content, and credits are determined and/or in specifically-prepared program course work.
Prerequisites: grad st; acceptance in Study Abroad Prog.
Course Rules: Retakable w/ chg in topic.
Last Taught: Summer 2016, Summer 2015, Summer 2014, Summer 2009.
Reviews biological principles essential to an understanding of evolution. Reviews fields central to physical anthropology and human evolution: primatology, paleontology, anatomy, human genetics, population genetics.
Prerequisites: grad st.
Last Taught: Fall 2018, Fall 2017, Fall 2016, Fall 2015.
Surveys current theoretical and methodological concepts in archaeology, and their application to specific research problems. Readings include studies from both the old and new worlds.
Prerequisites: grad st.
Last Taught: Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016.
A survey of major theoretical and methodological issues central to cultural anthropology.
Prerequisites: grad st.
Last Taught: Fall 2018, Fall 2017, Fall 2016, Fall 2015.
A survey of major theoretical and methodological issues central to cultural anthropology.
Prerequisites: grad st.
Last Taught: Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010, Spring 2009.
Available for graduate students who must meet minimum credit load requirement.
Prerequisites: grad st.
Course Rules: Fee for 1 cr will be assessed.
Last Taught: Summer 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018.
Use of museum collections/museums to examine museum work regarding legal considerations, ethics, documentation; use of collections to test theories and develop conceptual exhibits.
Prerequisites: grad st; Anthro 720(P).
Last Taught: Spring 2017.
Content varies.
Prerequisites: grad st; cons instr.
Course Rules: Retakable w/chg in topic to 9 cr max.
Last Taught: Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016.
Prerequisites: grad st; cons instr.
Course Rules: Retakable w/chg in topic to 9 cr max.
Last Taught: Fall 2018, Fall 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016.
Advanced topics in the anthropological study of language.
Prerequisites: grad st; cons instr.
Course Rules: Retakable w/chg in topic to 9 cr max.
Prerequisites: grad st; writ cons instr; writ cons dept chair.
Last Taught: Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017.
Prerequisites: grad st; writ cons instr.
Course Rules: Retakable to 6 cr max.
Last Taught: Summer 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Summer 2018.