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ANTH 200 INTRODUCTION TO THE SCIENTIFIC STUDY OF Credits 3.00 Spring 2000 * RESTRICTED DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP II An introduction to the scientific study of language. The methods of linguistic prehistory. The language families of the world and the interrelationship of language and thought. Also offered as Ling 200. A FOUNDATION COURSE. 001 MWF 10:00AM-10:50AM SH*303 Niedzielski, Nancy *CURRENT ENR: 0 ANTH 201 INTRO SOCIAL/CULTURAL ANTH Credits 3.00 Spring 2000 * RESTRICTED DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP II An introduction to the history, methods, and concepts of the discipline devoted to the systematic description and understanding of cultural diversity in human societies. A FOUNDATION COURSE. 001 TTH 09:25AM-10:40AM SS*106 Sutherland, Anne *CURRENT ENR: 0 ANTH 205 INTRO-ARCHAEOLOGY Credits 3.00 Spring 2000 * DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP II Principles and methods of archaeology; an introduction to the elementary concepts of the discipline through a series of case studies. 001 MWF 09:00AM-09:50AM SH*309 Lippert, Dorothy *CURRENT ENR: 0 ANTH 280 ANTHROPOLOGY OF THE MIDDLE EAST Credits 3.00 Spring 2000 * DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP II This course provides an introduction to and critical examination of the extensive ethnographic literature written by sociocultural anthropolgists on the peoples and cultures of the Middle East (including North Africa). Major themes of this literature are reviewed and analyzed, and current trends are studied by reading recent works. 001 TTH 10:50AM-12:05PM TBA Fuller, Mia *CURRENT ENR: 0 ANTH 290 THE HISTORY AND ETHNOGRAPHY OF Credits 3.00 Spring 2000 * DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP II This course focuses intensively on the history and ethnography of a single people, the selection of which changes from year to year. Using all available materials, this course provides an introduction to the approaches of the discipline and how they have changed, registered by the different ways anthropologists and others have represented over time, the same subjects. 001 MWF 10:00AM-10:50AM SH*460 Marcus, George *CURRENT ENR: 0 ANTH 300 LINGUISTIC ANALYSIS Credits 3.00 Spring 2000 * RESTRICTED DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP II English and other languages as objects of scientific analysis. Phonological structure, morphology and syntax, semantic structures, and techniques of linguistic analysis. Also offered as Ling 300. A FOUNDATION COURSE. 001 MWF 11:00AM-11:50AM SH*207B Fleck, David *CURRENT ENR: 0 ANTH 308 HISTORY AS A CULTURAL MYTH Credits 3.00 Spring 2000 * DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP II Ideas of history and attitudes toward the past as culturally conditioned phenomena. Emphasizes history as statement of cultural values as well as conceptualizations of cause, change, time, and reality. Also offered as Wgst 336. 001 W 02:00PM-05:00PM SH*460 Taylor, Julie *CURRENT ENR: 0 ANTH 315 ANTHROPOLOGY OF MEMORY Credits 3.00 Spring 2000 * DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP II In this course we focus on aspects of collective memory (or amnesia) and oral history that directly affect the maintenance of social integrity or group/national self-constructions. We sample psychological and philosophical theories of memory, and read ethnographic studies of the operations of memory in particular contexts. 001 TTH 01:00PM-02:20PM SH*305 Fuller, Mia *CURRENT ENR: 0 ANTH 316 CULTURAL ANALYSIS Credits 3.00 Spring 2000 This course is specifically intended for lower level undergraduates as a means of gaining familiarity with the analytical tradition of cultural anthropology from the beginning of the Twentieth Century. The course is intended to provide students with background for upper level courses in the department. 001 MWF 11:00AM-11:50AM SH*462 Marcus, George *CURRENT ENR: 0 001 Sutherland, Anne *CURRENT ENR: 0 ANTH 329 BODIES, SENSUALITIES & ART Credits 3.00 Spring 2000 Cross-cultural approaches to art and the senses. Students my engage any medium. Emphasis to be placed on issues generated from performance in the arts rather than from academia. Contrasts art and academic knowledge to explore alternative epistemologies and aesthetics. 001 TTH 04:00PM-05:20PM SH*307 Taylor, Julie *CURRENT ENR: 0 ANTH 353 CULTURES OF INDIA Credits 3.00 Spring 2000 * DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP II Summary of the prehistory, ethnography, and ethnology of the Indian subcontinent. Special emphasis on Hinduism, Buddhism, and Indian philosophy. 001 TTH 09:25AM-10:40AM SH*309 Tyler, Stephen *CURRENT ENR: 0 ANTH 360 MODERNITY & SOCIAL SPACE Credits 3.00 Spring 2000 * DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP II Modernity can be usefully described as the transmutation of time and space. In this course we will focus on specific changes in the pro- duction of social space. How, for example, is global space produced-- legally, in international law, economically by multinational corporations, and culturally through satelite communications systems? While changes in the public spaces of urban/suburban America tell us something about the values of those who produce such space, they also tell us about the cultural and political consciousness/unconsciousness of those who use it. Theories from a variety of disciplines will be mobilized to help us understand these changes in social space. 001 M 02:00PM-05:00PM SH*460 Fuller, Mia *CURRENT ENR: 0 ANTH 362 ARCHEOLOGICAL FIELD TECH Credits 3.00 Spring 2000 * DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP II Methods used in field work, laboratory analysis, and interpretation of archaeological data from a local site excavated by the class. Prereq- Anth 205. 001 T 02:30PM-05:30PM McIntosh, Susan *CURRENT ENR: 0 ANTH 388 LIFE CYCLE: A BIOCULTURAL VIEW Credits 3.00 Spring 2000 * DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP II The human life cycle from conception to death. Focus is on the interaction between biological processes and culture. 001 T 02:30PM-05:30PM ML*251 Elfimov, Alexei *CURRENT ENR: 0 ANTH 402 SEMINAR IN SYNTAX & SEMANTICS Credits 3.00 Spring 2000 * DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP II Study of semantic categories and their formal expression in morphological, syntactic, and lexical units and patterns. Also offered as Ling 402. 001 MWF 10:00AM-10:50AM RH*239 Davis, Philip *CURRENT ENR: 0 ANTH 404 INDEPENDENT STUDY Credits 1.00 Spring 2000 Directed reading and preparation of written papers on anthropological subjects not offered in the curriculum and advanced study of subjects on which courses are offered. 001 TBA TBA Marcus, George *CURRENT ENR: 0 002 TBA TBA Faubion, James *CURRENT ENR: 0 003 TBA TBA Georges, Eugenia *CURRENT ENR: 0 004 TBA TBA Lee, Benjamin *CURRENT ENR: 0 005 TBA TBA McIntosh, Roderick *CURRENT ENR: 0 006 McIntosh, Susan *CURRENT ENR: 0 007 Milun, Kathryn *CURRENT ENR: 0 008 Taylor, Julie *CURRENT ENR: 0 009 Tyler, Stephen *CURRENT ENR: 0 011 TBA TBA TBA Sutherland, Anne *CURRENT ENR: 0 012 TBA TBA TBA Fuller, Mia *CURRENT ENR: 0 ANTH 408 FIELD TECHNIQUES AND ANALYSIS Credits 3.00 Spring 2000 Continuation of Anth 407. Also offered as Ling 408. 001 TBA TBA Gildea, Spike *CURRENT ENR: 0 ANTH 412 RHETORIC Credits 3.00 Spring 2000 * DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP I Overview of classical thoeries. Intensive discussion of contemporary thoeries and applications in a wide variety of disciplines. Also offered as Ling 410. 001 TTH 10:50AM-12:05PM SH*460 Tyler, Stephen *CURRENT ENR: 0 ANTH 423 AFRICAN MYTHS & RITUAL Credits 3.00 Spring 2000 * DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP I Explore and analyze specific myths and rituals which provide legitimation for community ceremonies and which serve as basis for the negotiation of power and ideology for members within that community. Readings from classic theorists: Gennap & Turner; and contemporary theorists: Werbner, Heusch, Comaroff and Ray. Also offered as Reli 423. 001 TTH 10:50AM-12:05PM RH*111 Bongmba, Elias *CURRENT ENR: 0 ANTH 458 HUMAN OSTEOLOGY Credits 3.00 Spring 2000 Introduction to the analysis of human skeletal material from archaeological sites. 001 TTH 01:00PM-02:20PM McIntosh, Susan *CURRENT ENR: 0 ANTH 471 CULTURE, MEDIA, SOCIETY: EXILE & DIASPOR Credits 4.00 Spring 2000 Examination of cultural productions as vehicles for communication across national, cultural, and other boundaries, using contemporary theories of culture and media. Includes the creation of meaning and cultural capital, the representation of minority and alternative views, and the construction of individual and group identities. Enrollment is limited to 15. Also offered as Hart 471. 001 T 01:00PM-05:00PM MECN*100 Naficy, Hamid *CURRENT ENR: 0 ANTH 491 DIRECTED HONORS RESEARCH Credits 3.00 Spring 2000 See Anth 490. 001 TBA TBA Marcus, George *CURRENT ENR: 0 002 Faubion, James *CURRENT ENR: 0 003 Georges, Eugenia *CURRENT ENR: 0 004 Lee, Benjamin *CURRENT ENR: 0 005 McIntosh, Roderick *CURRENT ENR: 0 006 McIntosh, Susan *CURRENT ENR: 0 007 Milun, Kathryn *CURRENT ENR: 0 008 Taylor, Julie *CURRENT ENR: 0 009 Tyler, Stephen *CURRENT ENR: 0 ANTH 508 HISTORY AS A CULTURAL MYTH Credits 3.00 Spring 2000 See Anth 308. 001 W 02:00PM-05:00PM SH*460 Taylor, Julie *CURRENT ENR: 0 ANTH 515 ANTHROPOLOGY OF MEMORY Credits 3.00 Spring 2000 See Anth 315. 001 TTH 01:00PM-02:20PM SH*305 Fuller, Mia *CURRENT ENR: 0 ANTH 553 CULTURES OF INDIA Credits 3.00 Spring 2000 See Anth 353. 001 TTH 09:25AM-10:40AM SH*309 Tyler, Stephen *CURRENT ENR: 0 ANTH 560 MODERNITY & SOCIAL SPACE Credits 3.00 Spring 2000 See Anth 360. 001 M 02:00PM-05:00PM SH*460 Fuller, Mia *CURRENT ENR: 0 ANTH 562 ARCHAEOLOGICAL FIELD TECH Credits 3.00 Spring 2000 See Anth 362. 001 T 02:30PM-05:30PM McIntosh, Susan *CURRENT ENR: 0 ANTH 571 CULTURE, MEDIA, SOCIETY: EXILE & DIASPOR Credits 4.00 Spring 2000 See Anth 471. 001 T 01:00PM-05:00PM Naficy, Hamid *CURRENT ENR: 0 ANTH 588 LIFE CYCLE: A BIOCULTURAL VIEW Credits 3.00 Spring 2000 See Anth 388. 001 T 02:30PM-05:30PM ML*251 Elfimov, Alexei *CURRENT ENR: 0 ANTH 600 INDEPENDENT STUDY Credits 3.00 Spring 2000 001 TBA TBA Marcus, George *CURRENT ENR: 0 002 TBA TBA Faubion, James *CURRENT ENR: 0 003 TBA TBA Georges, Eugenia *CURRENT ENR: 0 004 Lee, Benjamin *CURRENT ENR: 0 005 McIntosh, Roderick *CURRENT ENR: 0 006 McIntosh, Susan *CURRENT ENR: 0 007 Milun, Kathryn *CURRENT ENR: 0 008 Taylor, Julie *CURRENT ENR: 0 009 Tyler, Stephen *CURRENT ENR: 0 011 TBA TBA TBA Sutherland, Anne *CURRENT ENR: 0 012 TBA TBA TBA Fuller, Mia *CURRENT ENR: 0 ANTH 608 FIELD TECHNIQUES AND ANALYSIS Credits 3.00 Spring 2000 See Anth 408. 001 TBA TBA Gildea, Spike *CURRENT ENR: 0 ANTH 612 RHETORIC Credits 3.00 Spring 2000 See Anth 412. 001 TTH 10:50AM-12:05PM SH*460 Tyler, Stephen *CURRENT ENR: 0 ANTH 650 PEDAGOGY Credits 3.00 Spring 2000 Training in the basic elements of teaching in anthropology to be taken in conjunction with applied graduate student teaching in ANTH 316. Prereq- Third year graduate students and above. 001 TBA TBA Marcus, George *CURRENT ENR: 0 001 Sutherland, Anne *CURRENT ENR: 0 ANTH 658 HUMAN OSTEOLOGY Credits 3.00 Spring 2000 See Anth 458. 001 TTH 01:00PM-02:20PM McIntosh, Susan *CURRENT ENR: 0 ANTH 800 RESEARCH AND THESIS Credits 3.00 Spring 2000 001 TBA TBA TBA *CURRENT ENR: 0
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