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Courses: Anthropology
1300: Introduction to Anthropology Cr.
3. (3-0). Prerequisite: concurrent enrollment in or completion of
ENGL 1303 or equivalent. Satisfies the social and behavioral
sciences component of Level 2 of the core curriculum. Nature and
principles of Anthropology, discussion of variation in culture,
language, and human biology in time and space.
2301: Introduction to Physical Anthropology Cr.
3. (3-0). Prerequisite: concurrent enrollment in or completion of
ENGL 1303 or equivalent. Satisfies the social and behavioral
sciences component of Level 2 of the core curriculum. Physical
anthropology emphasizing origins and biological diversity of
human populations.
2302: Introduction to Cultural Anthropology Cr.
3. (3-0). Prerequisite: concurrent enrollment in or completion of
ENGL 1303 or equivalent. Satisfies the social and behavioral
sciences component of Level 2 of the core curriculum. Survey of
basic concepts and data in cultural anthropology, focusing on
contemporary and recent human groups.
2303: Introduction to Archaeology Cr. 3.
(3-0). Prerequisite: concurrent enrollment in or completion of
ENGL 1303 or equivalent. Satisfies the social and behavioral
sciences component of Level 2 of the core curriculum. An
introduction to the history, methods, and theory within modern
archaeology, including discussion of data collection, analysis,
dating techniques, and interpretation.
2304: Introduction to Language and Culture Cr.
3. (3-0). Prerequisite: concurrent enrollment in or completion of
ENGL 1303 or equivalent. Satisfies the social and behavioral
sciences component of Level 2 of the core curriculum.
Anthropological perspectives on the relation of language and
culture including social use of language, language as behavior,
and non-verbal communication.
3302: Introduction to Applied Anthropology
(formerly 4330) Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: ANTH 2302 or
consent of instructor. Survey of major concepts of cultural and
social change, evaluation of models of applied change, and
application of anthropological concepts and methods to
contemporary issues of public concern in the U.S.
3304: Demographic Anthropology Cr. 3.
(3-0). Demographic methods as applied to small populations.
Contributions of anthropologists to general theoretical questions
about human populations.
3305: Psychological Anthropology (formerly
4315) Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: ANTH 1300 or ANTH 2302 or
consent of instructor. Concepts and methods in cross-cultural
study of personality. Topics include mental illness in
comparative perspective.
3306: Sex and Culture (formerly 4368) Cr.
3. (3-0). Prerequisite: ANTH 2302 or consent of instructor.
Anthropological view of nature, culture, and gender. Topics
include sociobiology, primate sexuality, and cultural diversity
of human sexuality.
3310: North American Indians Cr. 3.
(3-0). Prerequisite: ANTH 2302. Society, culture, and cultural
history of North American Indians.
3312: Mexican-American Culture Cr. 3.
(3-0). Prerequisite: ANTH 2302. Society and culture of
Mexican-Americans.
3313: Mexican-American Culture through Art Cr.
3. (3-0). Prerequisite: ANTH 2302 or consent of instructor.
Cultural themes of Mexican-American life as perceived through the
anthropological analysis of the material culture.
331S: Muslim Peoples of the Middle East Cr.
3. (3-0). Prerequisite: ANTH 2302 or consent of instructor.
Tenets of classical Islam and beliefs of popular Islam as
contexts for considering ethnic groups of the Middle East.
3316: Society and Culture of India Cr.
3. (3-0). Prerequisite: three semester hours in anthropology or
consent of instructor. Satisfies the social and behavioral
sciences component of Level 2 of the core curriculum. Basic
social units of Indian life; traditional Indian values.
3317: Anthropology of Afro-American Culture Cr.
3. (3-0). Prerequisite: three hours in anthropology or consent of
instructor. The ethnohistory of Afro-Americans and contemporary
issues affecting the Afro-American family.
3324: Peoples and Cultures of Central
America Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: ANTH 2302 or consent of
instructor. Societies and cultures of the peoples of Central
America today.
3333: Economic Anthropology Cr. 3.
(3-0). Prerequisite: ANTH 2302 or consent of instructor.
Satisfies the social and behavioral sciences component of Level 2
of the core curriculum. Economics, including industrialization,
in peasant and aboriginal population groups.
3341: Cultural Ecology Cr. 3. (3-0).
Prerequisite: ANTH 2301, 2302, or 2303. A survey of the method
and theory involved in the study of the relationship of culture
and environment, stressing long-term evolutionary change within
cultural systems.
3342: Culture and Human Nutrition Cr. 3.
(3-0). Prerequisite: upper division standing. Cross-cultural
survey of constraints on dietary behavior of human societies,
their nutritional consequences, and their implications for
development and moderation.
3346: Modernization in Asia Cr. 3.
(3-0). Prerequisite: ANTH 2302. Social and cultural changes in
contemporary Asian nations.
3347: Anthropology of Women Cr. 3.
(3-0). Prerequisite: ANTH 2302 or consent of instructor. The
status of women in cross-cultural perspectives.
3348: Anthropology of Religion Cr. 3.
(3-0). Prerequisite: ANTH 2302 or consent of instructor.
Satisfies the social and behavioral sciences component of Level 2
of the core curriculum. Cross-cultural survey of religious
beliefs and practices.
3360: Human Variation Cr. 3. (3-0).
Prerequisite: ANTH 2301 or consent of instructor. Survey of human
biological diversity arising from genetic evolution and responses
to diverse environmental conditions.
3361: Human Origins Cr. 3. (3-0).
Prerequisite: ANTH 2301 or consent of instructor. Satisfies the
social and behavioral sciences component of Level 2 of the core
curriculum. A survey of primate behavior, primate biology, and
the human fossil record for insights into human evolution.
3362: Monkeys, Apes, and Humans Cr. 3.
(3-0). Prerequisite: ANTH 2301 or consent of instructor. Natural
history, social life, and organization of nonhuman primates,
stressing studies of free ranging animals and primate origins of
certain human behaviors.
3363: Race in Anthropological Perspective Cr.
3. (3-0). Prerequisite: three hours of anthropology or consent of
instructor. Reviews major theories of the origin of racial
variation and examines the effect of these theories on biosocial
research and political action.
3364: Disease in Antiquity Cr. 3. (3-0).
Effects of disease and health on past populations. Includes the
origin of syphilis and the impact of new diseases on Native
Americans.
3371: World Archaeology Cr. 3 (3-0).
Prerequisite: ANTH 2303 or consent of instructor. Satisfies the
social and behavioral sciences component of Level 2 of the core
curriculum. Current data and hypotheses concerning the evolution
of culture in various geographic areas around the world.
3374: Inca Archaeology Cr. 3. (3-0).
Prerequisite: ANTH 2303 or consent of instructor. Synthesis of
current data and hypotheses concerning cultural development
within the Andean area of South America prior to Spanish contact.
3375: North American Archaeology Cr. 3.
(3-0). Prerequisite: ANTH 2303 or consent of instructor.
Synthesis of current data and hypotheses concerning cultural
development within America north of Mexico prior to European
contact.
3377: Archaeology of Central America Cr.
3. (3-0). Prerequisite: ANTH 2303 or equivalent or consent of
instructor. Surveys the archaeologically known cultures which
once occupied the region from Mexico southward to Nicaragua from
approximately 40,000 B.C. to 1519 A.D.
3378: Archaeology of Historic North America Cr.
3. (3-0). Prerequisite: ANTH 2303 or equivalent or consent of
instructor. Results of the archaeological investigation of
historically known locations in North America, including colonial
settlements, plantations, factory sites, and battle fields.
3380: Archaeological Method and Theory Cr.
3. (3-0). Prerequisite: ANTH 2303 or consent of instructor. A
survey of methods employed by archaeologists in gathering
artifacts and interpreting human behavior from them.
3395: Topics in Archaeology Cr. 3.
(3-0). Prerequisite: ANTH 2301 or 2303. May be repeated when
topics vary. Topics focus on detailed studies of methods and
concepts in archaeology.
3397: Topics in Physical Anthropology Cr.
3. (3-0). Prerequisite: ANTH 2301 or consent of instructor. May
be repeated for credit when topic varies. A detailed survey of
concepts and data on a select topic of physical anthropology.
3399: Senior Honors Thesis Cr. 3 per
semester. Prerequisite: approval of the chair.
4198:4298:4398:4498: Special Problems Cr.
1-4 per semester, or more than four by concurrent enrollment.
Prerequisite: six semester hours in anthropology or consent of
instructor.
4310: Theories of Culture Cr. 3. (3-0),
Prerequisite: ANTH 2302. Historical development of
anthropological thought, emphasis on contemporary theoretical
systems.
4320: Principles of Anthropology Cr. 3.
(3-0). Prerequisite: nine semester hours of introductory
anthropology courses or consent of instructor. Concepts and
principles of the major subfields of anthropology as they
interrelate to the scientific study of humans.
4321: Anthropology of Human Growth Cr.
3. (3-0). Prerequisite: ANTH 2301 or consent of instructor.
Cross-cultural examination of human physical growth from
conception to maturity.
4324: Anthropological Genetics Cr. 3.
(3-0). Prerequisite: ANTH 2301 and three semester hours of
biology or consent of instructor. Effects of evolutionary forces
and demographic structure in small human populations.
4325: Clinical Anthropology Cr.. 3.
(3-0). Prerequisite: Six semester hours in anthropology. Clinical
perspective in anthropology fieldwork. Emphasis on
anthropological psychotherapy and intervention in the context of
ethnic diversity.
4331: Medical Anthropology Cr. 3. (3-0).
Prerequisite: ANTH 2302 or consent of instructor. Relationship
between health and culture including aspects of human culture
that affect acceptance of health care and adaptation to disease.
4333: Technology and Human Problems (formerly
3321) Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: ANTH 2302 or social and
behavioral science core course or consent of instructor. A
cross-cultural perspective involving economic, political, and
ecological problems.
4334: Ethnomedicine Health Care in Ethnic
Cultures Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: ANTH 2302 or consent of
instructor. Anthropological perspective on the study of health
and illness in various ethnic cultures, including folk medical
beliefs and practices, cultural patterns for coping with illness,
health care seeking patterns and current health issues affecting
the family.
4335: Ethnic Cultures Cr. 3. (3-0).
Prerequisite: ANTH 2303 or consent of instructor. Analysis of
several selected ethnic groups. Focus is on the effects of
nationalism on ethnic groups, stereotyping groups, ethnic symbols
and styles, and persistence and change in ethnicity.
4336: Anthropology and Art Cr. 3. (3-0).
Prerequisite: ANTH 2302 or consent of instructor. Anthropological
approaches to the cross-cultural analysis of art, including
visual, verbal, and dance forms and concepts of aesthetics.
4337: Anthropology of the Life Cycle Cr.
3. (3-0). Prerequisite: ANTH 2302 or consent of the instructor.
Cross-cultural analysis of the life cycle, including household
cycle, health, gender issues, and aging.
4344: Anthropology of Meaning, Myth, and
Interpretation Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: Six hours of
cultural anthropology, or consent of instructor. Human cultural
imagination as expressed in myths, world view, art, religion,
ritual and play, with emphasis on the necessity of interpretation
in human life.
4345: Social Organization Cr. 3 (3-0).
Prerequisite: ANTH 2302 or consent of instructor. Cross-cultural
analysis of social organization with emphasis on typologies and
comparative theories.
4350: Computer Applications in Anthropology Cr.
3. (3-0). Prerequisite: six semester hours in anthropology or
consent of instructor. Applications of computers to
anthropological data.
4351: Human Osteology Cr. 3. (3-0).
Prerequisite: ANTH 2301, 3361 or Anatomy or Physiology. Use of
the human skeleton in anthropological research.
4352: Biomedical Anthropology Cr. 3.
(3-0). Prerequisite: ANTH 2301 or consent of instructor.
Interrelationships between disease and culture and the role of
adaptation in the disease process.
4353: Biocultural Adaptation en 3.
(3-0). Prerequisite: ANTH 2301 or consent of instructor.
Mechanisms of human adaptability integrating findings from
ecology, physiology, social and cultural anthropology and
geography.
4372: Maya Archaeology (formerly 3372)
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: ANTH 2303 or consent of instructor.
Current data and hypotheses concerning the evolution of human
behavior within the "Maya Area" of southern Mexico,
Honduras, Belize, and Guatemala prior to Spanish contact.
4373: Archaeology of the Aztecs and Their
Neighbors (formerly 3373). Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: ANTH
2303 or consent of instructor. Current data and hypotheses
concerning the evolution of culture within Mexico north of the
Maya area prior to Spanish contact.
4375: Archaeology of the Southeastern United
States Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: ANTH 2303 or consent of
the instructor. Data and hypotheses concerning the prehistoric
cultures of the southeastern United States with particular
emphasis on their evolution.
4376: Archaeology of Texas (formerly
3376) Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: ANTH 2303 or consent of
instructor. Prehistoric cultures and lifestyles of Texas Indian
groups.
4378: Methods in Historical Archaeology (formerly
3322) Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: six hours in anthropology or
consent of instructor. Methods and theory involved in the
archaeological investigation of historically known sites.
Examples will be drawn from both rural and urban historic sites.
4380: Field Methods in Anthropology Cr.
3. (3-0). Prerequisite: six semester hours in anthropology or
consent of instructor. Methods applied by the anthropologist
living among primitive and peasant peoples.
4381: Archaeological Theory Cr. 3.
(3-0). Prerequisite: six semester hours in anthropology or
consent of instructor. Theoretical approaches currently used in
archaeology. Emphasis on comparison of data and interpretation
based upon the theoretical approach of the researcher.
4382: Laboratory Methods in Archaeology Cr.
3. (3-0). Prerequisite: ANTH 2303 or consent of instructor.
Techniques of classification, taxonomy, functional analysis,
processing, and curation of artifacts recovered from
archaeological sites.
4384: Anthropology of HIV Cr. 3. (3-0).
Prerequisites: ANTH 2301 or 2302 or consent of instructor.
Overview of AIDS as both a biological and sociocultural
phenomenon. What is AIDS, what causes it, who gets it, and how to
control it.
4392: Research Practicum I Cr. 3. (3-0).
Prerequisites: six semester hours in anthropology and consent of
instructor. May be repeated for credit. Only three semester hours
may be applied toward the major or minor. Practical field
training and experience in anthropological research procedures.
4393: Research Practicum II Cr. 3.
(3-0). Prerequisites: six semester hours in anthropology and
consent of instructor. May be repeated for credit. Only three
semester hours may be applied toward the major or minor.
Practical training and experience in anthropological analysis
procedures and write-up of primary data.
4394: Selected Topics in Anthropology Cr.
3. (3-0).
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