Department: Anthropology

Code Name Description
ANTH 101 Introduction to Cultural Anthropology Examines how people make cultural meaning out of their lives and explores the way in which anthropologists come to understand other people's construction of culture. Cross-cultural perspective on family, kinship, language, religion, gender and sexual...
ANTH 211 Field Methods in Ethnography Introduces the methodologies used in cultural anthropology, as well as theories behind these methodologies. Issues of objectivity, ethical research and presentation, the political nature of the production of knowledge, positioning the researcher, and...
ANTH 271 Covid-19 in International Perspective Analyzes current and ongoing COVID-19 pandemic from a cross-cultural and global perspective. Study of the history and politics of global pandemics, with a focus on how political responses and social inequalities such as race, class, and gender are bo...
ANTH 272 Global Womens Reproductive Health Analysis of reproductive practices and inequities in pregnancy, birth, and postpartum care around the globe. Examines discrimination of minoritized people and their poor birth outcomes. Questions why the U.S. has the highest infant and maternal morta...
ANTH 279 Selected Topics in Anthropology Various topics in the field of anthropology. May be repeated for credit if topics are different.
ANTH 290 Cultural Theory History of cultural and social anthropological thought, major theoretical perspectives and contemporary issues as to how humans construct their social worlds.
ANTH 300 Sexuality and Gender Across Cultures Theoretical and ethnographic examination of masculinity and femininity within various worldwide cultures.
ANTH 302 Health Inequities in International Perspective Analyzes the social, political, economic, and cultural factors that contribute to equitable health care around the world and those same factors that can contribute to health inequities. Looks at a range of contexts and problems to understand why they...
ANTH 303 Biopolitics in Medical Anthropology Advanced anthropology course examining the intersections of culture, politics and medicine from a variety of theoretical and scholarly approaches. With a strong emphasis on contemporary states and governments, the readings focus on how biology and po...
ANTH 305 Health and Migration A socio-cultural perspective on migration and health at a global level. Includes a World Health Organization analysis of the global dynamics related to migration and health, theoretical frameworks and case studies of particular migrant groups and hea...
ANTH 306 Tourism and Anthropology Explores tourism as a complex social setting in which encounters and exchanges of all kinds occur, and which creates formative meaning through its participants. Students will be encouraged to discuss their own experiences of travel and tourism, inclu...
ANTH 307 Indigenous Peoples of the Americas Historical development, culture, relations with governments and international organizations, and current issues of indigenous peoples throughout the Americas, including the U.S.
ANTH 308 Latin America: An Ethnographic Perspective Anthropological overview of Latin American cultures and subcultures. Considers indigenous and African-descendants' rights, local and national politics, gender relations, perspectives on race and color, religion, urban/rural distinctions, migration, c...
ANTH 328 Anthropology of Human Rights Examines the origins of human rights discourse and practice in the 20th century and the elaboration and dissemination of human rights concepts in the post-World War II period, including analysis of institutional grounding in United Nations and non-go...
ANTH 329 Anthropology of Race Examines, through an anthropological lens, cultural constructions of race, by comparing racial constructs and designations in the United States with those in other societies, and by considering theories of race intersect with public policy, the popul...
ANTH 335 Law and Order: The Anthropology of Justice Focuses on law, order, and justice as cultural phenomena and takes comparative approach to jurisprudence, dispute resolution, law-making processes, and the relation of law to justice, politics, culture, and values.
ANTH 340 Borders and Migration When the Berlin Wall fell in 1989, pundits rejoiced at the dawn of a new world without walls. Instead, walls are becoming increasingly common. This course investigates how walls symbolize and contribute to the tension between security and control on...
ANTH 350 Sex and Gender in the Middle East Beginning with a brief historical, religious, and geographical overview, the course will draw attention to the Orientalist gaze of Western perception that tends (incorrectly) to regard veiled Middle Eastern women as victims of patriarchal or religiou...
ANTH 355 Latinx Cultures Latinx Cultures explores the political and social factors behind Latin American migration to the United States, how Latinx peoples have expressed cultural belonging and citizenship, and expressions of Latinx identity in everyday life, art and film. E...
ANTH 379 Selected Topics Various topics in the field of anthropology, such as sex and gender in the Middle East. May be repeated for credit if topics differ.
ANTH 388 Individual Internship Supervised independent field work. Requires permission of a supervising faculty member and approval by the department chair. No more than 1.5 units of internship in any one department and 3.5 units of internship overall may be counted toward required...
ANTH 400 Capstone Seminar Preparation of senior thesis to complete anthropology major.
ANTH 401 Capstone Seminar Preparation course for honors thesis. This course is taken in Fall of senior year. Students work to write Institutional Review Board proposal, conduct research, and compile an extensive annotated bibliography in preparation for the Spring semester in...
ANTH 402 Honors Thesis Second course in the honors program. Write drafts for the final thesis.
ANTH 406 Summer Undergraduate Research Documentation of the work of students who receive summer fellowships to conduct research [or produce a creative arts project] in the summer. The work must take place over a minimum of 6 weeks, the student must engage in the project full-time (at leas...
ANTH 426 Directed Independent Study Intensive study of a specific topic within anthropology under the direction of a member of the faculty. Requires approval by the department chair.
ANTH 427 Directed Independent Study Intensive study of a specific topic within anthropology under the direction of a member of the faculty. Requires approval by the department chair.
ANTH 489 Research Practicum Work closely with professor on research project, including design, data collection, data analysis, and dissemination of results. Requires permission of a supervising faculty member and approval by the department chair.