Undergraduate Courses Offered
The following is a list of all Anthropology courses offered. To check the availability of any particular course, refer to the UWM Schedule of Classes or the UWM Academic Catalog.
- ANTHRO 14 Foundations of Flamenco
- 1 cr. Undergraduate.
Survey of the social groups and forces that have led to the formation of the Andalusian Spanish form of musical expression, Flamenco. - Prerequisites: none.
- Last Taught: Fall 2008, Fall 1998, Fall 1996, Fall 1995.
- ANTHRO 101 Introduction to Anthropology: Human Origins
- 3 cr. Undergraduate.
Principles of evolution, Mendelian genetics, human adaptability, and concept of race; natural history of primates; human evolution; archaeological evidence for the evolution of culture. - Prerequisites: none.
- General Education Requirements: SS
- Last Taught: Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Summer 2023, Spring 2023.
- ANTHRO 102 Introduction to Anthropology: Culture and Society
- 3 cr. Undergraduate.
Science of human behavior in different cultural contexts; human biological and cultural variability; human societies of the present and recent past; dynamics of culture change. - Prerequisites: none.
- General Education Requirements: SS
- Last Taught: Summer 2024, Spring 2024, UWinteriM 2024, Fall 2023.
- ANTHRO 103 Digging Up the Past: Approaches to Archaeology
- 3 cr. Undergraduate.
Why and how extinct cultures are studied. Current archaeological approaches, reconstructing past environments, ethnographic analogy, experimental archaeology. - Prerequisites: none.
- General Education Requirements: SS
- Last Taught: Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022.
- ANTHRO 104 Lifeways in Different Cultures: A Survey of World Societies
- 3 cr. Undergraduate.
Variety and diversity of human cultural adaptations. Specific peoples and cultures are discussed with respect to their similarities and uniquenesses. - Prerequisites: none.
- General Education Requirements: SS
- Last Taught: Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022.
- ANTHRO 105 Introduction to Linguistic Anthropology
- 3 cr. Undergraduate.
Methods, techniques, and models of analysis of linguistic anthropology and their applications to the other subfields of anthropology. - Prerequisites: none.
- General Education Requirements: SS
- Last Taught: Fall 2019, Fall 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017.
- ANTHRO 140 Games and Society
- 3 cr. Undergraduate.
Cultural and social contexts of play and games; institutions, technology, and games. 2 hrs lec, 1 hr dis. - Prerequisites: none.
- Course Rules: Jointly offered with and counts as a repeat of DAC 140.
- Last Taught: Spring 2022, Spring 2020.
- ANTHRO 150 Multicultural America
- 3 cr. Undergraduate.
Comparative study of U.S. ethnic and racial identities through popular culture with attention to African-, Asian-, Hispanic-, and Native-American experiences. - Prerequisites: none.
- General Education Requirements: CD, SS
- Course Rules: Cultures and Communities Prog course; req'd service learning component.
- Last Taught: Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019.
- ANTHRO 156 Food and Culture
- 3 cr. Undergraduate.
Social and cultural implications of food; nutritional and dietetic concerns of secondary interest. 2 hrs lec, 1 hr dis. - Prerequisites: none.
- General Education Requirements: SS
- Last Taught: Fall 2021, Fall 2019, Fall 2018, Fall 2017.
- ANTHRO 193 First-Year Seminar:
- 3 cr. Undergraduate.
The specific topics are announced in the Schedule of Classes each time the class is offered. - Prerequisites: none.
- General Education Requirements: SS
- Course Rules: Open only to freshmen. Students may earn cr in just one L&S First-Year Sem (course numbers 192, 193, 194).
- Last Taught: Fall 2019, Fall 2009, Fall 2008, Fall 2007.
- ANTHRO 199 Independent Study
- 1-3 cr. Undergraduate.
For further information, consult dept chair. - Prerequisites: 2.0 GPA; consent of instructor, department chair, and Assistant Dean for Student Academic Services.
- Course Rules: May be retaken to 6 cr max.
- Last Taught: Spring 2013, Summer 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010.
- ANTHRO 203 Indigenous Religions
- 3 cr. Undergraduate.
A survey of the religious beliefs and practices of subsistence societies and their relationships to other aspects of culture. - Prerequisites: none.
- General Education Requirements: SS
- Last Taught: Spring 2023, Fall 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2018.
- ANTHRO 213 American Indian Peoples of Wisconsin
- 3 cr. Undergraduate.
Past and contemporary societies and cultures of American Indians of Wisconsin, including the Chippewa (Ojibwa), Menominee, Winnebago, Oneida, Potawatomi, Stockbridge-Munsee. - Prerequisites: none.
- General Education Requirements: CD, SS
- Last Taught: Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Spring 2021.
- ANTHRO 214 Ancient Civilizations of Latin America
- 3 cr. Undergraduate.
A comparative archaeological overview of various civilizations that flourished in Latin America prior to the arrival of Spanish conquistadors in the early 16th century. - Prerequisites: none.
- Last Taught: Spring 2019.
- ANTHRO 225 The Aztec Empire
- 3 cr. Undergraduate.
Formation and expansion of the Aztec empire; description and analysis of Aztec culture, with an emphasis on archaeological and ethnohistoric perspectives. - Prerequisites: none.
- Course Rules: AIS 225 & Anthro 225 are jointly offered; they count as repeats of one another.
- Last Taught: Summer 2016, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012.
- ANTHRO 229 Madness and Culture
- 3 cr. Undergraduate.
Madness of some kind as a recognized universal in human experience; variation in how madness is expressed, classified, and treated over time and across cultures. - Prerequisites: none.
- Last Taught: Spring 2013.
- ANTHRO 250 Women's Roles in Cross-Cultural Perspective
- 3 cr. Undergraduate.
Investigation of cross-cultural similarities and differences in women's roles; insights into the nature of women's roles in North American society. - Prerequisites: none.
- General Education Requirements: SS
- Last Taught: Spring 2009, Fall 2007, Spring 2006, Spring 2005.
- ANTHRO 281 Dead Men Do Tell Tales: An Introduction to Forensic Science
- 3 cr. Undergraduate.
A multidisciplinary view of how forensic scientists contribute to the many ways that physical evidence is collected, analyzed, and evaluated. - Prerequisites: none.
- Course Rules: ANTHRO 281, BMS 281, CHEM 281, and CRM JST 281 are jointly offered and count as repeats of one another.
- Last Taught: Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2020.
- ANTHRO 285 Medicolegal Death Investigation
- 3 cr. Undergraduate.
Lectures on the fundamentals of death investigation as outlined by national guidelines for death investigators. - Prerequisites: none.
- Course Rules: Jointly-offered with & counts as repeat of Chem/BMS(C L Sci)/Crm Jst 285.
- Last Taught: Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2021, Fall 2020.
- ANTHRO 289 Internship in Anthropology, Lower Division
- 1-6 cr. Undergraduate.
Application of basic principles of anthropology in a business, organizational, educational, political, or other appropriate settings. - Prerequisites: Anthro 101(P), 102(P), 103(P) or 360(P); 2.25 gpa; cons supervising faculty member.
- Course Rules: One cr earned for academic work based on 40 hours in internship. May be retaken to 6 cr max.
- Last Taught: Spring 2017, Spring 2011, Spring 2008, Spring 2005.
- ANTHRO 296 UROP Apprenticeship
- 1-3 cr. Undergraduate.
Undergraduate research participation in a project developed with a supervising member of the faculty or staff. - Prerequisites: acceptance to UROP; prior or conc reg in UROP seminar.
- Course Rules: One credit for 45 hrs research. May be retaken to 9 cr max in any combination of UROP apprenticeship courses. Not open to jrs & srs.
- Last Taught: Spring 2017, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013.
- ANTHRO 297 Study Abroad:
- 1-12 cr. Undergraduate.
Designed to enroll students in UWM sponsored program before course work level, content, and credits are determined and/or in specially prepared program course work. - Prerequisites: acceptance for Study Abroad Program.
- Course Rules: May be retaken with change in topic.
- Last Taught: Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2019.
- ANTHRO 298 Study Abroad: Brazil
- 3 cr. Undergraduate.
Three weeks in Brazil participating in seminars, visiting urban businesses, religious centers, squatter settlements, etc., and traveling to rural cattle ranches, sugar cane plantations etc. - Prerequisites: none.
- ANTHRO 299 Ad Hoc:
- 1-6 cr. Undergraduate.
Course created expressly for offering in a specified enrollment period. Requires only dept & assoc dean approval. In exceptional circumstances, can be offered in one add'l sem. - Prerequisites: none; add'l prereqs may be assigned to specific topic.
- Course Rules: May be retaken w/chg in topic.
- Last Taught: Spring 2000, Spring 1989, Fall 1988.
- ANTHRO 301 Human Evolution and Variation
- 3 cr. Undergraduate.
Theory, mechanisms, and processes of biological evolution applied to problems of the primate and human fossil record and contemporary human populations. 2 hrs lec, 2 hrs lab. - Prerequisites: soph st; Anthro 101(P), Bio Sci 100(P), 102(P), or 150(P), or cons instr.
- General Education Requirements: NS+
- Last Taught: Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022.
- ANTHRO 302 Anthropology and Popular Culture
- 3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
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.
- ANTHRO 302G Anthropology and Popular Culture
- 3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
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.
- ANTHRO 304 Violence and Warfare in Prehistory
- 3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
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: Summer 2020.
- ANTHRO 304G Violence and Warfare in Prehistory
- 3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
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: Summer 2020.
- ANTHRO 305 The Celtic World
- 3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
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: Fall 2022.
- ANTHRO 305G The Celtic World
- 3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
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: Fall 2022.
- ANTHRO 306 European Archaeology
- 3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
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: Fall 2023.
- ANTHRO 306G European Archaeology
- 3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
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: Fall 2023.
- ANTHRO 307 World Archaeology: Foundations of Civilization
- 3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
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: Summer 2024.
- ANTHRO 307G World Archaeology: Foundations of Civilization
- 3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
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: Summer 2024.
- ANTHRO 308 Archaeology of North America
- 3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
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 2021.
- ANTHRO 308G Archaeology of North America
- 3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
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 2021.
- ANTHRO 309 Archaeology of Central and South America
- 3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
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 2020.
- ANTHRO 309G Archaeology of Central and South America
- 3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
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 2020.
- ANTHRO 310 Archaeology of Middle America
- 3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
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.
- ANTHRO 310G Archaeology of Middle America
- 3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
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.
- ANTHRO 311 The World of the Ancient Maya
- 3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
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.
- ANTHRO 311G The World of the Ancient Maya
- 3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
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.
- ANTHRO 312 The Past on Tap: The Archaeology of Fermented Beverages
- 3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Introduction to the production, distribution and consumption of fermented beverages in the ancient world with a particular emphasis on archaeological evidence. - Prerequisites: none.
- Last Taught: Spring 2024.
- ANTHRO 312G The Past on Tap: The Archaeology of Fermented Beverages
- 3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Introduction to the production, distribution and consumption of fermented beverages in the ancient world with a particular emphasis on archaeological evidence. - Prerequisites: none.
- Last Taught: Spring 2024.
- ANTHRO 313 Archaeology of the American Southwest
- 3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Pre-Hispanic cultures of the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico. - Prerequisites: jr st; Anthro 103(P) or cons instr.
- Last Taught: Fall 2021.
- ANTHRO 313G Archaeology of the American Southwest
- 3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Pre-Hispanic cultures of the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico. - Prerequisites: jr st; Anthro 103(P) or cons instr.
- Last Taught: Fall 2021.
- ANTHRO 314 American Indian Societies and Cultures
- 3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
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.
- ANTHRO 314G American Indian Societies and Cultures
- 3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
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.
- ANTHRO 320 Peoples and Cultures of Africa
- 3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
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.
- ANTHRO 320G Peoples and Cultures of Africa
- 3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
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.
- ANTHRO 322 Europe in Anthropological Perspective
- 3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
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.
- ANTHRO 322G Europe in Anthropological Perspective
- 3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
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.
- ANTHRO 325 Japanese Culture and Society
- 3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
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.
- ANTHRO 325G Japanese Culture and Society
- 3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
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.
- ANTHRO 326 Peoples and Cultures of South Asia
- 3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
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.
- ANTHRO 326G Peoples and Cultures of South Asia
- 3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
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.
- ANTHRO 328 Comparative Studies of Music, Race, and Gender in Nationalism
- 3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
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.
- ANTHRO 328G Comparative Studies of Music, Race, and Gender in Nationalism
- 3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
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.
- ANTHRO 335 American Indians of the Southeast
- 3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Description and analysis of Southeastern Indian cultures, including subsistence, sociopolitical organizations, beliefs, and Euro-American relations. - Prerequisites: jr st; Anthro 102(R) & 314(R).
- ANTHRO 335G American Indians of the Southeast
- 3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Description and analysis of Southeastern Indian cultures, including subsistence, sociopolitical organizations, beliefs, and Euro-American relations. - Prerequisites: jr st; Anthro 102(R) & 314(R).
- ANTHRO 340 Cultures of Online Games and Virtual Worlds
- 3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
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 2024, Summer 2023.
- ANTHRO 340G Cultures of Online Games and Virtual Worlds
- 3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
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 2024, Summer 2023.
- ANTHRO 349 Seminar in Ethnography and Cultural Processes
- 3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
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: Fall 2023.
- ANTHRO 349G Seminar in Ethnography and Cultural Processes
- 3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
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: Fall 2023.
- ANTHRO 351 Anthropological Theories of Religion
- 3 cr. Undergraduate.
Anthropological theories of religion covering magic and witchcraft, moral order, sacred and profane, alientation, capitalism, neurosis, ritual, fetishism, fundamentalism, conversion, sacrifice, and healing. - Prerequisites: junior standing.
- Course Rules: ANTHRO 351 and RELIGST 351 count as repeats of one another.
- ANTHRO 354 Anthropology, Aesthetics, and Art
- 3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
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: Fall 2022.
- ANTHRO 354G Anthropology, Aesthetics, and Art
- 3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
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: Fall 2022.
- ANTHRO 355 Globalization, Culture, and Environment
- 3 cr. Undergraduate.
Anthropological approaches to examining the concept of environmental justice as a crucial component of global security. - Prerequisites: jr st; satisfaction of GER English Composition competency req.
- General Education Requirements: SS
- Last Taught: Fall 2019, Fall 2018, Fall 2016, Fall 2012.
- ANTHRO 361 Applications in Linguistic Anthropology
- 3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
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 2020, Spring 2019.
- ANTHRO 361G Applications in Linguistic Anthropology
- 3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
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 2020, Spring 2019.
- ANTHRO 362 System Failure: Globalization and Language Extinction
- 3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Role of globalization in the projected extinction of a large number of the world's languages within the next century. - Prerequisites: junior standing; a course in social science; a course in linguistic anthropology; or consent of instructor.
- Course Rules: AIS 362, ANTHRO 362, & GLOBAL 362 are jointly offered; they count as repeats of one another.
- Last Taught: Spring 2020.
- ANTHRO 362G System Failure: Globalization and Language Extinction
- 3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Role of globalization in the projected extinction of a large number of the world's languages within the next century. - Prerequisites: junior standing; a course in social science; a course in linguistic anthropology; or consent of instructor.
- Course Rules: AIS 362, ANTHRO 362, & GLOBAL 362 are jointly offered; they count as repeats of one another.
- Last Taught: Spring 2020.
- ANTHRO 380 Anthropological Applications of GIS
- 3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Use of GIS in archaeology, cultural anthropology, and physical anthropology. - Prerequisites: jr st; a course in anthro.
- Last Taught: Spring 2024.
- ANTHRO 380G Anthropological Applications of GIS
- 3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Use of GIS in archaeology, cultural anthropology, and physical anthropology. - Prerequisites: jr st; a course in anthro.
- Last Taught: Spring 2024.
- ANTHRO 381 Honors Seminar:
- 3 cr. Undergraduate.
Selected topics in cultural anthropology, ethnography, prehistory, and human evolution. - Prerequisites: sophomore standing, HONORS 200(P), and consent of Honors College director.
- General Education Requirements: SS
- Course Rules: May be retaken with change in topic to 9 cr max.
- Last Taught: Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2021, Spring 2018.
- ANTHRO 400 Human Sociobiology
- 3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
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.
- ANTHRO 400G Human Sociobiology
- 3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
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.
- ANTHRO 401 Primate Populations
- 3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
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 2021.
- ANTHRO 401G Primate Populations
- 3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
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 2021.
- ANTHRO 402 Primate Evolution
- 3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
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 2022.
- ANTHRO 402G Primate Evolution
- 3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
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 2022.
- ANTHRO 403 The Human Skeleton
- 3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
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 2023.
- ANTHRO 403G The Human Skeleton
- 3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
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 2023.
- ANTHRO 404 Human Biological Variation
- 3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Evolutionary principles influencing human populations. Variation within and between human groups. - Prerequisites: jr st; ANTHRO 301(P) or consent of instructor; satisfaction of OWC-A.
- Last Taught: Spring 2020, Spring 2012.
- ANTHRO 404G Human Biological Variation
- 3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Evolutionary principles influencing human populations. Variation within and between human groups. - Prerequisites: jr st; ANTHRO 301(P) or consent of instructor; satisfaction of OWC-A.
- Last Taught: Spring 2020, Spring 2012.
- ANTHRO 405 Forensic Anthropology
- 3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
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 2024.
- ANTHRO 405G Forensic Anthropology
- 3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
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 2024.
- ANTHRO 406 Evolutionary Biology & Human Diseases
- 3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
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: Spring 2023, Fall 2019.
- ANTHRO 406G Evolutionary Biology & Human Diseases
- 3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
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: Spring 2023, Fall 2019.
- ANTHRO 407 Neuroanthropology
- 3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
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: Spring 2021.
- ANTHRO 407G Neuroanthropology
- 3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
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: Spring 2021.
- ANTHRO 408 Hormones and Behavior
- 3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
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.
- ANTHRO 408G Hormones and Behavior
- 3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
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.
- ANTHRO 409 Evolution, Religion, and Human Biology
- 3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
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.
- ANTHRO 409G Evolution, Religion, and Human Biology
- 3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
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.
- ANTHRO 420 Power and Ideology in Archaeology
- 3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
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.
- ANTHRO 420G Power and Ideology in Archaeology
- 3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
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.
- ANTHRO 421 Cities in the Ancient World
- 3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
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.
- ANTHRO 421G Cities in the Ancient World
- 3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
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.
- ANTHRO 424 Ethnoarchaeology and Experimental Archaeology
- 3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Combination of ethnographic and experimental methods with archaeological research questions to achieve a better understanding of material culture. - Prerequisites: junior standing, ANTHRO 102(P) or ANTHRO 103(P), and satisfaction of OWC-A; or consent of instructor.
- General Education Requirements: OWCB
- Course Rules: Counts as a repeat of ANTHRO 641 w/same topic.
- Last Taught: Fall 2023, Spring 2021.
- ANTHRO 424G Ethnoarchaeology and Experimental Archaeology
- 3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Combination of ethnographic and experimental methods with archaeological research questions to achieve a better understanding of material culture. - Prerequisites: junior standing, ANTHRO 102(P) or ANTHRO 103(P), and satisfaction of OWC-A; or consent of instructor.
- General Education Requirements: OWCB
- Course Rules: Counts as a repeat of ANTHRO 641 w/same topic.
- Last Taught: Fall 2023, Spring 2021.
- ANTHRO 425 Hunter-Gatherer Lifeways: Past and Present
- 3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
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.
- ANTHRO 425G Hunter-Gatherer Lifeways: Past and Present
- 3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
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.
- ANTHRO 426 Who Owns the Past?
- 3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
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 2023.
- ANTHRO 426G Who Owns the Past?
- 3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
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 2023.
- ANTHRO 431 Cities and Culture
- 3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
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 2019, Fall 2014.
- ANTHRO 431G Cities and Culture
- 3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
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 2019, Fall 2014.
- ANTHRO 432 Law and Society
- 3 cr. Undergraduate.
Overview of the field of law and society through an anthropological lens. Comparatively explores social and moral order and legal processes through case studies in a variety of international legal and cultural settings. - Prerequisites: junior standing or higher; ANTHRO 102(R).
- Last Taught: Fall 2021.
- ANTHRO 433 Contemporary Issues in Global Justice
- 3 cr. Undergraduate.
Explores efforts to achieve social justice on a global stage through an anthropological lens. Covers social movements and civil society activist campaigns via international case studies. - Prerequisites: junior standing or higher; ANTHRO 102(R).
- Last Taught: Spring 2022.
- ANTHRO 439 Culture and Global Health
- 3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Contemporary global health through the lens of cultural anthropology and related social sciences; local communities' response to globally-directed intervention into disease. - Prerequisites: junior standing.
- Course Rules: ANTHRO 439 & GLOBAL 439 are jointly offered; they count as repeats of one another.
- Last Taught: Spring 2024, Fall 2022.
- ANTHRO 439G Culture and Global Health
- 3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Contemporary global health through the lens of cultural anthropology and related social sciences; local communities' response to globally-directed intervention into disease. - Prerequisites: junior standing.
- Course Rules: ANTHRO 439 & GLOBAL 439 are jointly offered; they count as repeats of one another.
- Last Taught: Spring 2024, Fall 2022.
- ANTHRO 440 Medical Anthropology
- 3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
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: Spring 2022.
- ANTHRO 440G Medical Anthropology
- 3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
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: Spring 2022.
- ANTHRO 441 Nature, Knowledge, and Technoscience in Anthropological Perspective
- 3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
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.
- ANTHRO 441G Nature, Knowledge, and Technoscience in Anthropological Perspective
- 3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
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.
- ANTHRO 442 Humanitarianism in Global Perspective
- 3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Anthropological study of global humanitarianism through specific case studies. Themes include politics of representation, intervention, war, genocide, trauma, child soldiers, and human trafficking. - Prerequisites: junior standing; previous completion of a social science course.
- Course Rules: ANTHRO 442 & GLOBAL 442 are jointly offered; they count as repeats of one another.
- Last Taught: Spring 2019, Fall 2015.
- ANTHRO 442G Humanitarianism in Global Perspective
- 3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Anthropological study of global humanitarianism through specific case studies. Themes include politics of representation, intervention, war, genocide, trauma, child soldiers, and human trafficking. - Prerequisites: junior standing; previous completion of a social science course.
- Course Rules: ANTHRO 442 & GLOBAL 442 are jointly offered; they count as repeats of one another.
- Last Taught: Spring 2019, Fall 2015.
- ANTHRO 443 Medicine and Pharmaceuticals in the Global Age
- 3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
The practices of medicine and the distribution of pharmaceuticals globally. - Prerequisites: junior standing; ANTHRO 440(R).
- Course Rules: ANTHRO 443 & GLOBAL 443 are jointly offered; they count as repeats of one another.
- ANTHRO 443G Medicine and Pharmaceuticals in the Global Age
- 3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
The practices of medicine and the distribution of pharmaceuticals globally. - Prerequisites: junior standing; ANTHRO 440(R).
- Course Rules: ANTHRO 443 & GLOBAL 443 are jointly offered; they count as repeats of one another.
- ANTHRO 445 Psychological Anthropology
- 3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
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: Spring 2023.
- ANTHRO 445G Psychological Anthropology
- 3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
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: Spring 2023.
- ANTHRO 446 The Child in Different Cultures
- 3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
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 2024, Spring 2022.
- ANTHRO 446G The Child in Different Cultures
- 3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
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 2024, Spring 2022.
- ANTHRO 447 The Global Politics of Human Rights
- 3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
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: junior standing; ANTHRO 102(R).
- Course Rules: ANTHRO 447 & GLOBAL 447 are jointly offered; they count as repeats of one another.
- Last Taught: Spring 2020.
- ANTHRO 447G The Global Politics of Human Rights
- 3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
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: junior standing; ANTHRO 102(R).
- Course Rules: ANTHRO 447 & GLOBAL 447 are jointly offered; they count as repeats of one another.
- Last Taught: Spring 2020.
- ANTHRO 448 Cultural and Human Ecology
- 3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
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: Spring 2023, Fall 2019.
- ANTHRO 448G Cultural and Human Ecology
- 3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
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: Spring 2023, Fall 2019.
- ANTHRO 449 The Human Economy
- 3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
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 2023, Fall 2018.
- ANTHRO 449G The Human Economy
- 3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
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 2023, Fall 2018.
- ANTHRO 450 Political Anthropology
- 3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
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 2020.
- ANTHRO 450G Political Anthropology
- 3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
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 2020.
- ANTHRO 460 Anthropological Theory
- 3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
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 2024.
- ANTHRO 460G Anthropological Theory
- 3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
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 2024.
- ANTHRO 465 Historic Preservation in Archaeology
- 3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
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: Spring 2022.
- ANTHRO 465G Historic Preservation in Archaeology
- 3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
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: Spring 2022.
- ANTHRO 466 Historical Archaeology
- 3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
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 2020.
- ANTHRO 466G Historical Archaeology
- 3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
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 2020.
- ANTHRO 467 Archaeological Curation: A Practicum in the Care of Research Collections
- 3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
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 2024.
- ANTHRO 467G Archaeological Curation: A Practicum in the Care of Research Collections
- 3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
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 2024.
- ANTHRO 481 Criminalistics
- 3 cr. Undergraduate.
Instruction on collection, preservation, and analysis of physical evidence from crime scenes. Instruction on the rules of evidence and expert testimony. - Prerequisites: jr st; admis to Forensic Sci cert prog; Anthro/Chem/BMS(C L Sci)/Crm Jst 281(P); Crm Jst 480(P).
- Course Rules: Anthro 481, Chem 481, C L Sci 481, & Crm Jst 481 are jointly offered; they count as repeats of one another.
- Last Taught: Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021.
- ANTHRO 489 Internship in Anthropology, Upper Division
- 1-6 cr. Undergraduate.
Application of advanced principles of anthropology in a business, organizational, educational, political, or other appropriate setting. - Prerequisites: jr st; 2.25 gpa; cons supervising faculty member.
- Course Rules: One cr earned for academic work based on 40 hours in internship. May be retaken to 6 cr max.
- Last Taught: Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022.
- ANTHRO 497 Study Abroad:
- 1-12 cr. Undergraduate.
Designed to enroll students in UWM sponsored program before course work level, content, and credits are determined and/or in specially prepared program course work. - Prerequisites: jr st; acceptance for Study Abroad Prog.
- Course Rules: May be retaken w/chg in topic.
- Last Taught: Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2019, Fall 2018.
- ANTHRO 499 Ad Hoc:
- 1-6 cr. Undergraduate.
Course created expressly for offering in a specified enrollment period. Requires only dept & assoc dean approval. In exceptional circumstances, can be offered in one add'l sem. - Prerequisites: jr st; add'l prereqs may be assigned to specific topic.
- Course Rules: May be retaken w/chg in topic.
- Last Taught: Summer 2013, Summer 2011, Spring 2009, Spring 2000.
- ANTHRO 501 Archaeology of Death
- 3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
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 2020.
- ANTHRO 501G Archaeology of Death
- 3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
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 2020.
- ANTHRO 502 Lithic Analysis: Stone Tools and Human Behavior
- 3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
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 2023.
- ANTHRO 502G Lithic Analysis: Stone Tools and Human Behavior
- 3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
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 2023.
- ANTHRO 525 Zooarchaeology: Analysis of Faunal Remains
- 3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
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 2024, Spring 2022.
- ANTHRO 525G Zooarchaeology: Analysis of Faunal Remains
- 3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
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 2024, Spring 2022.
- ANTHRO 530 Paleoethnobotany: Introduction & Lab Methods
- 3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Introduction to the field of paleoethnobotany and hands-on lab methods for the analysis of archaeological plant remains. - Prerequisites: junior standing; ANTHRO 103 or consent of instructor; or graduate standing.
- Last Taught: Spring 2023.
- ANTHRO 530G Paleoethnobotany: Introduction & Lab Methods
- 3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Introduction to the field of paleoethnobotany and hands-on lab methods for the analysis of archaeological plant remains. - Prerequisites: junior standing; ANTHRO 103 or consent of instructor; or graduate standing.
- Last Taught: Spring 2023.
- ANTHRO 535 Analysis of Archaeological Ceramics
- 3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
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 2022.
- ANTHRO 535G Analysis of Archaeological Ceramics
- 3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
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 2022.
- ANTHRO 540 Applications of Anthropology
- 3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
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.
- ANTHRO 540G Applications of Anthropology
- 3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
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.
- ANTHRO 543 Cross-Cultural Study of Religion
- 3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
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.
- ANTHRO 543G Cross-Cultural Study of Religion
- 3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
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.
- ANTHRO 544 Religious Giving in Anthropological Perspective
- 3 cr. Undergraduate.
Seminar on religious directives for giving in historical and cross-cultural perspective, including Christian, Hindu, Buddhist, Muslim, and Jewish ideas of charity, philanthropy, and social welfare. - Prerequisites: junior standing.
- Course Rules: ANTHRO 544 & RELIGST 544 count as repeats of one another.
- ANTHRO 560 Introduction to Research Methods in Anthropology
- 3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
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 2023.
- ANTHRO 560G Introduction to Research Methods in Anthropology
- 3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
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 2023.
- ANTHRO 561 Techniques and Problems in Ethnography
- 3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
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 2024.
- ANTHRO 561G Techniques and Problems in Ethnography
- 3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
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 2024.
- ANTHRO 562 Techniques and Problems in Archaeology
- 3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
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 2023.
- ANTHRO 562G Techniques and Problems in Archaeology
- 3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
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 2023.
- ANTHRO 565 Seminar in Regional Archaeology:
- 3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
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: Fall 2022.
- ANTHRO 565G Seminar in Regional Archaeology:
- 3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
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: Fall 2022.
- ANTHRO 566 Archaeological Analysis and Report Preparation:
- 3-6 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
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 2023.
- ANTHRO 566G Archaeological Analysis and Report Preparation:
- 3-6 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
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 2023.
- ANTHRO 567 Archaeological Field School
- 3-6 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
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 2023.
- ANTHRO 567G Archaeological Field School
- 3-6 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
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 2023.
- ANTHRO 568 Introduction to Anthropological Statistics
- 3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
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: Fall 2023.
- ANTHRO 568G Introduction to Anthropological Statistics
- 3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
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: Fall 2023.
- ANTHRO 570 Issues in Bilingualism
- 3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
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.
- ANTHRO 570G Issues in Bilingualism
- 3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
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.
- ANTHRO 585 Internship in Forensic Toxicology
- 1-3 cr. Undergraduate.
Practical experience in a forensic toxicology laboratory under the supervision of a toxicologist. - Prerequisites: jr st; admis to Forensic Sci cert prog; Anthro/Chem/BMS(C L Sci)/Crm Jst 281(P) & 285(P); Chem 221(P) or 223(P); Crm Jst 480(P); Hepatitis B vaccine series or waiver.
- Course Rules: Anthro 585, Chem 585, BMS(C L Sci) 585, & Crm Jst 585 are jointly offered; they count as repeats of one another.
- Last Taught: Spring 2014, Summer 2009, Spring 2008, Fall 2007.
- ANTHRO 589 Internship in Death Investigation
- 1-3 cr. Undergraduate.
Practical experience in death investigation under the supervision of a death investigator and forensic pathologist. - Prerequisites: jr st; admis to Forensic Sci certif prog; Anthro/Chem/BMS(C L Sci)/Crm Jst 281(P); Crm Jst 480(P); BMS(C L Sci) 620(R); Hepatitis B vaccine series or waiver.
- Course Rules: Anthro 589, Chem 589, BMS(C L Sci) 589, & Crm Jst 589 are jointly offered; they count as repeats of one another.
- Last Taught: Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2022, Fall 2021.
- ANTHRO 594 Internship in Forensic Science
- 1-3 cr. Undergraduate.
On-site shadowing of evidence analyst at State Crime Laboratory. - Prerequisites: jr st; admis to Forensic Sci cert prog; Anthro/Chem/BMS(C L Sci)/Crm Jst 281(P); Chem 221(P) or 223(P); Crm Jst 480(P); Hepatitis B vaccine series or waiver.
- Course Rules: Anthro 594, Chem 594, BMS(C L Sci) 594, & Crm Jst 594 are jointly offered; they count as repeats of one another.
- Last Taught: Fall 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2020, Fall 2019.
- ANTHRO 620 Museum Fundamentals
- 3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Fundamentals of museum management, including administration and leadership, programming and exhibits, and collections management. - Prerequisites: consent of instructor.
- Last Taught: Fall 2023, Fall 2022.
- ANTHRO 620G Museum Fundamentals
- 3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Fundamentals of museum management, including administration and leadership, programming and exhibits, and collections management. - Prerequisites: consent of instructor.
- Last Taught: Fall 2023, Fall 2022.
- ANTHRO 621 Internship in Museum Studies
- 3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
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.
- Last Taught: Spring 2024, Fall 2023.
- ANTHRO 621G Internship in Museum Studies
- 3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
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.
- Last Taught: Spring 2024, Fall 2023.
- ANTHRO 641 Seminar in Anthropology:
- 3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
A research seminar in any of the several recognized areas of anthropology. - Prerequisites: junior standing and ANTHRO 101(P), ANTHRO 102(P), or ANTHRO 103(P); or graduate standing.
- Course Rules: May be retaken with change in topic to 9 cr max.
- Last Taught: Spring 2024.
- ANTHRO 641G Seminar in Anthropology:
- 3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
A research seminar in any of the several recognized areas of anthropology. - Prerequisites: junior standing and ANTHRO 101(P), ANTHRO 102(P), or ANTHRO 103(P); or graduate standing.
- Course Rules: May be retaken with change in topic to 9 cr max.
- Last Taught: Spring 2024.
- ANTHRO 649 Ethnography of Institutions
- 3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Method, practice, and theory of institutional ethnography. Counts as a repeat of Anthro 641 with the same topic. - Prerequisites: jr st.
- Last Taught: Spring 2022.
- ANTHRO 649G Ethnography of Institutions
- 3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Method, practice, and theory of institutional ethnography. Counts as a repeat of Anthro 641 with the same topic. - Prerequisites: jr st.
- Last Taught: Spring 2022.
- ANTHRO 699 Independent Work
- 1-3 cr. Undergraduate.
Advanced independent work under the supervision of an Anthro faculty or instructional academic staff member. Students must submit a study proposal. For further information, consult dept undergrad prog coord. - Prerequisites: jr st; 2.0 GPA; consent of instructor, department chair, and Assistant Dean for Student Academic Services.
- Course Rules: May be retaken with change in topic.
- Last Taught: Fall 2022, Summer 2022, UWinteriM 2021, Fall 2020.