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2018-2019 Undergraduate Studies Bulletin
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2018-2019 Undergraduate Studies Bulletin 
    
 
  Apr 30, 2024
 
2018-2019 Undergraduate Studies Bulletin [Archived Catalog]

Course Descriptions


 
  
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    ANTH 221 - Forensics of Sherlock Holmes

    Credits: 3

    Forensic methods of Sherlock Holmes within the context of modern forensic science. Aspects of forensic science including history of the discipline, forensic pathology, entomology, print analyses, crime scene analysis, forensic anthropology, early scientific theory, and anthropological theory of Holmes.

  
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    ANTH 223 - Historical Archaeology

    Credits: 3

    Examination of the modern and contemporary past with emphasis on material culture and archival evidence.

  
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    ANTH 224 - Indigenous Caribbean Archaeology

    Credits: 3

    Historical archaeology and ethnography of the Casimiroid, Ortoiroid, Saladoid, Ostionoid, Taino and Carib indigenous culture of the Caribbean from 4,000 BC to 1524 AD. Emphasis on social complexity, religion, art and political organization to illustrate the diversity and richness of Amerindian Caribbean life until their rapid decline after European contact.

  
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    ANTH 225 - Archaeology in Film and Popular Culture

    Credits: 3

    Archaeological images and ideas in modern popular culture, including film and fiction.

  
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    ANTH 226 - Biblical Archaeology

    Credits: 3

    The fundamental elements of human culture as it relates to biblical archaeology. The defining characteristics of different kinds of society through interdependency of language and culture. The affects of modern world interests in defining / redefining this area.

    Cross-listed Course: RELG 208

  
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    ANTH 227 - Forbidden Archaeology: Fantasies, Frauds, and Mysteries of the Human Past

    Credits: 3

    History and basis of several popular “fringe” ideas about the human past that utilize archaeological information: giants, Ice Age civilizations, and pre-Columbian transoceanic contact.

  
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    ANTH 229 - Southeastern Archaeology

    Credits: 3

    Major cultural milestones and lifeways experienced by Indians in the archeological record of the southeastern U.S., including colonization, religion, trade, invention of pottery, and place-making.

  
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    ANTH 230 - Diversity in the United States

    Credits: 3

    Application of techniques and insights of social and cultural anthropology to selected cultural settings in contemporary USA.

    Note: Graduation with Leadership Distinction: Diversity and Social Advocacy

  
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    ANTH 231 - African-American Cultures

    Credits: 3

    An examination of African-American cultures.

    Note: Graduation with Leadership Distinction: Diversity and Social Advocacy
    Graduation with Leadership Distinction: Professional and Civic Engagement

  
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    ANTH 232 - Contemporary Cultures of South Carolina

    Credits: 3

    Application of the methods & techniques of socio-cultural anthropology to the contemporary cultures of SC. Examination of contrasts such as low country and up country, black and white, and rich and poor as they are manifested in cultural patterns.

    Note: Graduation with Leadership Distinction: Professional and Civic Engagement

  
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    ANTH 234 - Caribbean Cultures

    Credits: 3

    Ethnographic approach to Caribbean cultures and societies. Topics include colonial histories and experience, gender and race relations, beliefs and religious life, verbal arts, literature, and Creole language.

    Note: Graduation with Leadership Distinction: Global Learning
    Graduation with Leadership Distinction: Professional and Civic Engagement

  
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    ANTH 236 - Cultures of Africa

    Credits: 3

    A comparative study of ethnographic data on African cultures with emphasis upon its significance for broader anthropological theory.

    Note: Graduation with Leadership Distinction: Global Learning
    Graduation with Leadership Distinction: Professional and Civic Engagement

  
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    ANTH 237 - Cultures of Islam

    Credits: 3

    Diversity of lifestyles and institutions of Islam from Morocco to Indonesia, with attention to everyday life in small communities.

    Note: Graduation with Leadership Distinction: Diversity and Social Advocacy
    Graduation with Leadership Distinction: Global Learning
    Graduation with Leadership Distinction: Professional and Civic Engagement

  
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    ANTH 238 - Middle Eastern Cultures

    Credits: 3

    A consideration of selected problems in the social and cultural life of peoples in the Middle East with emphasis on non-Arab populations.

    Note: Graduation with Leadership Distinction: Global Learning
    Graduation with Leadership Distinction: Professional and Civic Engagement

  
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    ANTH 240 - South Asian Cultures

    Credits: 3

    Society and culture in South Asia; economic and political institutions, kinship, and religion as they pertain to the daily lives of people in the Subcontinent. Emphasis on India. Bangladesh, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka also included.

    Note: Graduation with Leadership Distinction: Global Learning
    Graduation with Leadership Distinction: Professional and Civic Engagement

  
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    ANTH 241 - Southeast Asian Cultures

    Credits: 3

    Social and cultural patterns of the region and how they influence current developments, especially Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam, and the Philippines.

    Note: Graduation with Leadership Distinction: Global Learning
    Graduation with Leadership Distinction: Professional and Civic Engagement

  
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    ANTH 242 - Chinese Popular Culture

    Credits: 3

    An overview of Chinese popular culture with an introduction to broad anthropological frameworks concerning popular culture.

    Note: Graduation with Leadership Distinction: Global Learning

  
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    ANTH 243 - Japanese Cultures

    Credits: 3

    An exploration of Japanese values and the institutions that shape Japanese behavior through analysis or rural and urban community studies and how Japanaese people present themselves.

    Note: Graduation with Leadership Distinction: Global Learning
    Graduation with Leadership Distinction: Professional and Civic Engagement

  
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    ANTH 260 - Plant of the Apes: Behavior and Biology

    Credits: 3

    A survey of field and laboratory investigations of the comparative anatomy and behavior of nonhuman primates.

  
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    ANTH 261 - Human Variation

    Credits: 3

    The biocultural processes of human variation.

    Note: Carolina Core Integrative Course, Anthropology, BA

  
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    ANTH 262 - Basic Forensic Anthropology

    Credits: 3

    Survey of the basic scientific methods and applications of forensic anthropology.

  
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    ANTH 263 - Medical Experimentation and the Black Body

    Credits: 3

    A crossdisciplinary study of how the bodies of Africans and African Americans were used in medical experimentation, starting in the late 18th century and continuing to the present.

    Cross-listed Course: AFAM 365

    Note: Graduation with Leadership Distinction: Diversity and Social Advocacy

  
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    ANTH 270 - Anthropology of Nonverbal Communication

    Credits: 3

    Body language, facial expressions, gestures, use of interpersonal space, and other nonverbal systems of communication and behavior in terms of pertinent theories, research methodology, findings, and cross-cultural implications.

    Note: Graduation with Leadership Distinction: Professional and Civic Engagement

  
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    ANTH 271 - Language and Popular Culture

    Credits: 3

    Linguistic anthropologal study of forms of language through the lens of popular culture. Explore the ethnography of communication through play and performance, discursive and semiotic practices, and varieties of language invoked in popular cultural forms that provide resources for cultural reproduction and contestation.

    Cross-listed Course: LING 241

  
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    ANTH 291 - Selected Topics in Anthropology

    Credits: 1-3

    Topics of special interest. May be taken more than once as topics change.

  
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    ANTH 301 - Latin American Cultures

    Credits: 3

    Comparative study of selected Latin American cultures with emphasis on their significance for a broader anthropological theory.

    Cross-listed Course: LASP 311

    Note: Graduation with Leadership Distinction: Global Learning
    Graduation with Leadership Distinction: Professional and Civic Engagement

  
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    ANTH 305 - South American Indian Cultures

    Credits: 3

    An examination of ethnographic data on South American Indians, emphasizing methods used to acquire those data and their applications to theoretical considerations.

    Cross-listed Course: LASP 315

    Note: Graduation with Leadership Distinction: Global Learning
    Graduation with Leadership Distinction: Professional and Civic Engagement

  
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    ANTH 313 - Ethical Dilemmas in Anthropology

    Credits: 1

    An examination of ethical decision-making encountered in the practice of anthropology.

    Note: Graduation with Leadership Distinction: Professional and Civic Engagement

  
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    ANTH 317 - American Indian Nations

    Credits: 3

    Introduction to contemporary American Indian nations through exploration of ethnographic research on economic, political, legal, and cultural issues facing Indian Country.

    Note: Graduation with Leadership Distinction: Global Learning

  
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    ANTH 318 - Material Culture

    Credits: 3

    Material aspects of cultures from artifact production in historical societies to contemporary industrial crafts; the cultural context of artifacts; fieldwork; relevant anthropological theories.

  
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    ANTH 319 - Principles of Archaeology

    Credits: 3

    Introduction to principles, methods, and theory of archaeology, including prehistoric and historic case studies.

    Note: Carolina Core Integrative Course, Anthropology, BA

  
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    ANTH 320 - Archaeology Theory

    Credits: 3

    This course charts the history of ideas in archaeology, over the past century, as a means of understanding current directions in archaeological thinking and current applications in archaeological practice.

    Prerequisites: ANTH 319

    Note: Carolina Core Integrative Course, Anthropology, B.A.

  
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    ANTH 321 - South Carolina Archaeology

    Credits: 3

    Prehistoric and historic archaeology of South Carolina.

  
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    ANTH 322 - Field School in Archaeology

    Credits: 3-6

    Archaeological field techniques, laboratory analysis and data interpretation.

    Prerequisites: ANTH 319 or permission of instructor

  
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    ANTH 323 - Field School in Ethnography

    Credits: 3-6

    Designing and carrying out ethnographic research including project design, data collection, analysis and description.

    Prerequisites: consent of instructor

  
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    ANTH 324 - Ethnoarchaeology

    Credits: 3

    Current research on use of modern material culture in archaeological analysis.

    Note: Graduation with Leadership Distinction: Research

  
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    ANTH 327 - Prehistoric Civilizations of the New World

    Credits: 3

    Study of Mesoamerican and South American civilizations, particularly the Mayan, Aztec, and Inca states. Processes of state formation as reflected in archaeological data.

    Cross-listed Course: LASP 325

  
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    ANTH 328 - Ancient Civilizations

    Credits: 3

    Causes for the rise and fall of several civilizations; ideological and ecological factors, unique events, and personalities versus general processes.

  
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    ANTH 331 - Mesoamerican Prehistory

    Credits: 3

    Cultural development and variation in Mesoamerica from the first arrival of man to the arrival of Europeans. Particular attention to cultural continuities from prehistoric times.

    Cross-listed Course: LASP 322

  
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    ANTH 333 - North American Prehistory

    Credits: 3

    Prehistoric anthropology in North America from the first arrival of man through the beginning of European acculturation.

  
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    ANTH 349 - Anthropology of Work

    Credits: 3

    Techniques, customs, verbal expressions, and expressive styles of workers in a variety of occupational cultures.

    Note: Graduation with Leadership Distinction: Professional and Civic Engagement

  
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    ANTH 350 - Anthropology and Development

    Credits: 3

    An examination of political and economic change in contemporary peasant communities.

    Note: Graduation with Leadership Distinction: Global Learning

  
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    ANTH 351 - The Family in Cross-Cultural Perspective

    Credits: 3

    Kinship, systems of descent, marriage, and domestic organization in different cultures. Variations in childrearing practices, gender, and other aspects of social relations in kin groups.

    Cross-listed Course: WGST 351

    Note: Graduation with Leadership Distinction: Global Learning

  
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    ANTH 353 - Anthropology of Law and Conflict

    Credits: 3

    Understanding human behavior through the examination of cultural norms, mechanisms of social control, and social conflict.

    Note: Graduation with Leadership Distinction: Global Learning

  
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    ANTH 355 - Language, Culture, and Society

    Credits: 3

    Language in its social setting. The relationship between linguistic categories and culture categories. Language and cognition.

    Cross-listed Course: LING 340

    Note: Carolina Core Integrative Course, Anthropology, BA

    Graduation with Leadership Distinction: Diversity and Social Advocacy
    Graduation with Leadership Distinction: Global Learning
    Graduation with Leadership Distinction: Professional and Civic Engagement

  
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    ANTH 356 - Anthropology of Art

    Credits: 3

    Sculpture, drama, ceramics, weaving, music, and other arts from tribal societies will be discussed in terms of the religious, social, and aesthetic principles that underlie their production, use, and interpretation.

  
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    ANTH 357 - Psychological Anthropology

    Credits: 3

    Cultural differences and pan-cultural similarities in such psychological features as personality and cognition.

  
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    ANTH 359 - Theories of Culture

    Credits: 3

    Theory and practice of ethnology/sociocultural anthropology, based on a wide range of simple and complex societies.

  
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    ANTH 360 - Anthropology of Sex

    Credits: 3

    An overview of human sexuality in different cultures in regions across the globe; an examination of anthropological frameworks for sexuality that draws on historical and modern cultural conceptions.

    Note: Graduation with Leadership Distinction: Global Learning

  
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    ANTH 361 - Becoming Human

    Credits: 3

    The processes of homonoid development with a review of the basic principles of physical and behavioral evolution using the fossil record and the evolving ecological and psychosocial contexts.

  
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    ANTH 366 - Medicine, Disease, and Slavery

    Credits: 3

    An interdisciplinary study of the health of enslaved African Americans during the nineteenth century by focusing on the conceptions, experiences, and dynamics of the relationship between slaves, medicine, healing, and their masters in the Antebellum American South.

    Cross-listed Course: AFAM 366

    Note: Carolina Core Integrative Course, Anthropology, B.A.

  
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    ANTH 370 - Computer Applications in Social Anthropology

    Credits: 3

    How social anthropologists use computers in research including cross-tables of traits, word counts, simulations, and database management.

  
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    ANTH 371 - Ethnography of Communication

    Credits: 3

    Ethnographic analysis of communication in human groups and institutions.

    Note: Graduation with Leadership Distinction: Professional and Civic Engagement
    Carolina Core Integrative Course, Anthropology, B.A.

  
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    ANTH 373 - Introduction to Language Sciences

    Credits: 3

    Introduction to the linguistic component of human cognition. Properties of speech, the organization of language in the mind/brain, crosslinguistic universals, child language acquisition, and aspects of adult language processing.

    Cross-listed Course: LING 300, PSYC 470

  
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    ANTH 381 - Gender and Globalization

    Credits: 3

    Examines the dialectic between globalization and the social construction of gender. Topics include the global assembly line, transnational markets for domestic labor and sex workers, and global feminist alliances.

    Cross-listed Course: WGST 381

    Prerequisites: WGST 111 or 112 or ANTH 102

    Note: Graduation with Leadership Distinction: Diversity and Social Advocacy
    Graduation with Leadership Distinction: Global Learning
    Graduation with Leadership Distinction: Professional and Civic Engagement

  
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    ANTH 388 - Cultures, Pregnancy, and Birth

    Credits: 3

    Anthropological study of pregnancy and birth with a cross-cultural focus comparing the United States to other nations. Examination of cultural factors such as prenatal care, dietary practices, taboos, birth location, practitioners, and birthing styles.

    Cross-listed Course: WGST 388

    Note: Graduation with Leadership Distinction: Professional and Civic Engagement

  
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    ANTH 391 - Selected Topics in Anthropology

    Credits: 1-3

    Topics of special interest. May be taken more than once as topics change.

  
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    ANTH 399 - Independent Study

    Credits: 3-6

    Prerequisites: consent of instructor

    Note: Graduation with Leadership Distinction: Research

  
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    ANTH 442 - African-American English

    Credits: 3

    Linguistic examination of the structure, history, and use of African-American English, as well as literary presentations, language attitudes, and issues relating to education and the acquisition of Standard English.

    Cross-listed Course: AFRO 442, ENGL 457, LING 442

    Note: Graduation with Leadership Distinction: Diversity and Social Advocacy

  
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    ANTH 498 - Senior Thesis

    Credits: 3

    Directed research resulting in a written report

    Prerequisites: senior anthropology major; GPA of 3.00; permission of a faculty member

    Note: Graduation with Leadership Distinction: Research

  
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    ANTH 499 - In the Tradition of Anthropology

    Credits: 3

    A seminar synthesizing the major with an examination of anthropology as a field of inquiry.

  
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    ANTH 512 - Gender Issues in China

    Credits: 3

    Anthropology of gender in Chinese-speaking cultures in Chinese-speaking Asia.

    Note: Restricted to: 20 students

    Special Permissions: Instructor

  
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    ANTH 513 - Anthropological Ethnobotany

    Credits: 3

    Survey of how each anthropological subfield studies the interrelationships between plants and peoples. Application of methods, including interviewing and data analysis.

  
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    ANTH 515 - Tradition and Transformations in Islamic Cultures

    Credits: 3

    Islam as a dynamic cultural tradition: emphasis on the tension between Islamization and the larger Islamic tradition.

    Cross-listed Course: RELG 515

    Note: Graduation with Leadership Distinction: Diversity and Social Advocacy
    Graduation with Leadership Distinction: Global Learning

  
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    ANTH 516 - Indonesian Culture Through Film

    Credits: 4

    Examination of Indonesian culture, history, social and economic change using scripted Indonesian fiction films and supplementary readings.

  
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    ANTH 517 - An Anthropological View of Blacks in Film

    Credits: 3

    Cultural representations, constructions, production, and consumption of African-American identity in the popular culture medium of feature films.

    Cross-listed Course: AFRO 517

    Note: Graduation with Leadership Distinction: Diversity and Social Advocacy

  
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    ANTH 518 - Visual Cultures

    Credits: 3

    Survey of visual anthropology including theoretical frameworks of ways of seeing, ethnographic photography and filmmaking, contemporary technologies, and their effects on culture.

    Note: Graduation with Leadership Distinction: Professional and Civic Engagement

  
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    ANTH 520 - Field Problems in Ethnology

    Credits: 6

    A two-semester class and field session. Research design, field methods, interpretation of data, and the development of theory from the data.

  
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    ANTH 525 - Ethnoecology

    Credits: 3

    Seminar exploring human-plant-animal-natural interactions within an anthropological framework.

  
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    ANTH 533 - North American Archaeology

    Credits: 3

    Prehistoric and historic archaeology.

  
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    ANTH 534 - Prehistoric Archaeology of South America

    Credits: 3

    Prehistoric archaeology of the South American continent.

    Cross-listed Course: LASP 425

  
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    ANTH 535 - Conflict Archaeology

    Credits: 3

    Anthropological and archaeological theories and methods in the study of conflict, war, and warfare. Causes, effects, outcomes of sustained social acts of violence of groups, tribes, states, and nations. Evolutionary, biological, social origins of warfare. History, strategy, and tactics, battlefield archaeology.

  
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    ANTH 536 - Public Archaeology

    Credits: 3

    Philosophy and mechanics of modern archaeological Cultural Resource Management (CRM). CRM legislation, regulation, and process. Contemporary issues and problems in Public Archaeology including Native American reburial negotiations, conflict resolution, ethics, looting, business practices, standards, contexts and protection.

  
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    ANTH 541 - Field Problems in Archaeology

    Credits: 3

    Archaeological field methods and techniques such as excavation, flotation, sampling, surveying, photography, and remote sensing.

    Prerequisites: ANTH 320

  
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    ANTH 542 - Topics in Archaeological Field Problems

    Credits: 1-3

    Topics in archaeological field methods and techniques. Individual topics to be announced in master schedule by suffix and title.

    Prerequisites: ANTH 320 and permission of instructor

  
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    ANTH 546 - Forensic Archaeological Recovery (FAR)

    Credits: 3

    Introduction to Forensic Archaeological Recovery (FAR). Concepts, methods, and contemporary issues.

  
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    ANTH 550 - Archaeological Laboratory Methods

    Credits: 3

    Laboratory on basic prehistoric and historic artifact analysis, including analytical methods, laboratory equipment, and data interpretation. May be repeated.

    Prerequisites: : ANTH 319 or 322

  
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    ANTH 551 - Medical Anthropology: Fieldwork

    Credits: 3

    Application of observation techniques, field notes, informant interviewing, and secondary data analysis to interpreting differential perceptions of health problem solving in the community and clinic.

    Cross-listed Course: HPRE 551

  
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    ANTH 552 - Medical Anthropology

    Credits: 3

    Socio-cultural factors in health, illness, healing, and in medical systems. Cross-cultural and ethnographic evidence for public health research and program applications.

    Cross-listed Course: HPRE 552

    Note: Graduation with Leadership Distinction: Research

  
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    ANTH 553 - Anthropological Approaches to Narrative and Performance

    Credits: 3

    The ways people from various cultures reflect on, reinforce, and construct their social realities through narrating, which will be considered as both artistic expression and social action.

    Cross-listed Course: LING 545

  
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    ANTH 555 - Language and Gender

    Credits: 3

    Approaches to gender and language emphasizing the social grounding of both; how language reflects sociocultural values and is a tool for constructing different types of social organization.

    Cross-listed Course: LING 541, WGST 555

    Note: Graduation with Leadership Distinction: Diversity and Social Advocacy
    Graduation with Leadership Distinction: Professional and Civic Engagement

  
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    ANTH 556 - Language and Globalization

    Credits: 3

    Anthropological approach to issues of language and globalization. Linguistic consequences of globalization under consideration include communicative patterns, linguistic change, and language and political economy.

    Cross-listed Course: LING 556

    Note: Graduation with Leadership Distinction: Diversity and Social Advocacy
    Graduation with Leadership Distinction: Global Learning
    Graduation with Leadership Distinction: Professional and Civic Engagement

  
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    ANTH 557 - Psychological Anthropology

    Credits: 3

    Psychological aspects of behavior from a cross-cultural perspective.

  
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    ANTH 561 - Human Osteology

    Credits: 4

    An intensive examination of the human skeleton and techniques for anthropological interpretation.

    Note: Lecture and laboratory.

  
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    ANTH 565 - Health and Disease in the Past

    Credits: 3

    Varieties and effects of disease patterns among past populations illustrating biological, environmental, and cultural interrelationships.

  
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    ANTH 567 - Human Identification in Forensic Anthropology

    Credits: 3

    Theories and methodologies necessary for the identification of human skeletal remains in a forensic setting.

  
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    ANTH 568 - Nutritional Anthropology

    Credits: 3

    Nutritional problems in developing nations. Measures of nutritional status. Social, economic, and environmental aspects of food consumption and nutrition. Biocultural responses to food deprivation and undernutrition.

  
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    ANTH 569 - Environment and Development

    Credits: 3

    Examination of development theory and environmental implications of social and economic change. Study of general theoretical perspectives will be balanced with case study materials.

    Cross-listed Course: GEOG 569

    Prerequisites: consent of instructor

  
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    ANTH 570 - Ethnographic Film

    Credits: 3

    Problems in conveying and interpreting ethnographic information on film or tape. Includes syntax, suitability of subject matter to the medium, irrelevant or distracting information, and observer bias.

  
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    ANTH 572 - Temporal Processes in Culture

    Credits: 3

    Clocks, cycles, and contingencies as they affect human societies now and have done so in the past. Theories and models from biology and the other natural sciences will be used to interpret the history of culture.

  
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    ANTH 575 - Economic Anthropology

    Credits: 3

    A cross-cultural study of the economic behavior of pre-literate and literate societies.

  
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    ANTH 576 - Archaeology of the African Diaspora

    Credits: 3

    Foodways, architecture, crafts, and narrative of African-American cultures.

  
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    ANTH 577 - Advanced Topics in the Anthropological Study of Social Organization

    Credits: 3

    Selected recent theoretical and methodological developments in the study of social organization.

  
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    ANTH 579 - Cultural Ecology

    Credits: 3

    An interdisciplinary approach to prehistoric, historic, and contemporary relationships between the development of socio-cultural configurations and ecosystems.

  
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    ANTH 580 - Culture and Identity in the African Diaspora

    Credits: 3

    Students will explore the African Diaspora as a social, cultural, and historical formation with Africa at its center, focusing on US, Latin American, and Caribbean African-descended communities.

    Cross-listed Course: AFRO 580

    Note: Graduation with Leadership Distinction: Diversity and Social Advocacy
    Graduation with Leadership Distinction: Global Learning

  
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    ANTH 581 - Globalization and Cultural Questions

    Credits: 3

    This course examines cultural understandings of and responses to globalization, examining topics such as its history and theories, migration, economic integration and inequality, identity, social movements, and the environment.

    Cross-listed Course: GEOG 581

    Note: Carolina Core Integrative Course, Anthropology, BA

    Graduation with Leadership Distinction: Global Learning

  
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    ANTH 586 - Discourse, Gender and Politics of Emotion

    Credits: 3

    Anthropological approach to issues of discourse, gender and emotion. Issues under consideration include the social control, force, and forms of emotional discourse and the relationship between emotion and culture from gender-oriented perspectives.

    Cross-listed Course: LING 543

    Note: Graduation with Leadership Distinction: Professional and Civic Engagement

  
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    ANTH 591 - Selected Topics

    Credits: 1-3

    Topics of special interest. May be taken more than once as topics change.

  
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    ANTH 600 - Survey of Linguistics

    Credits: 3

    Survey of core areas of linguistics and extensions to closely related disciplines. Introduction to the linguistic component of human cognition. Formal description and analysis of the general properties of speech and language, the organization of language in the mind/brain, and cross-linguistic typology and universals.

    Cross-listed Course: ENGL 680, LING 600

    Note: Effective: Spring 2012

  
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    ANTH 699 - Reading and Research

    Credits: 3-6

 

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