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Next: Sociology and Anthropology (SAN) Up: Sociology/Anthropology Previous: Sociology (SOC)
Anthropology (ANT)
There is no departmental major as such. Interdisciplinary majors and B.S.S. concentrations may be developed involving anthropology and other disciplines, especially economics, ethnic studies, history, politics, psychology, religion, sociology, and women's studies by filing with the Registrar a Contract for an Interdisciplinary Major. See Interdisciplinary Major. See also the interdepartmental major in Sociology and Anthropology and the Teaching Majors in anthropology and in sociology and anthropology.
Note: Students may not combine an interdisciplinary major in Anthropology with the interdepartmental major in Sociology and Anthropology.
Teaching Major: An interdisciplinary major in Anthropology, which includes at least six course credits in Anthropology. In addition to the foregoing requirements, prospective teachers must also apply for admission to the Teacher Education Program (preferably at the start of their sophomore year) and complete a second major in Secondary Education described under Education.
Second Teaching Area in Anthropology: The following program in conjunction with a teaching major in Economics and Business, History, Politics, Psychology, or Sociology will enable the student to apply for licensure to teach both the major subject and Anthropology: four course credits in Anthropology approved by the chair of the Department.
Minor: A minimum of six course credits in Anthropology which include ANT 101, 220, 322, one area studies course (ANT 202, 203, 204, or 206), and two electives, at least one of which must be at the 300 level. Note: the Anthropology minor is not available to students with a Sociology/Anthropology major.
101. Cultural Anthropology
Cross-cultural, critical perspective on human behavior and culture.
Diversity of human cultures from hunter-gatherers to industrialized city
dwellers. Implications of economic, social, political, symbolic, and
religious systems for the lives of men and women. Emphasis on
Non-Western cultures. (Social Science)
105. Human Origins
Physical and
prehistoric development of humankind, including primate and human
evolution, ``race'' and racism, behavioral evolution, sexual evolution,
the Darwinian revolution, and modern evolutionary theory. Offered every
third year.
110. Archaeology
Theories, methods, and techniques of the interpretation of the material
remains of human cultures. Reconstruction of human behavior, technology,
and cultural developments. Offered every third year. (Social Science)
202. Indigenous Peoples and Cultures of North
America
Ethnographic survey of the sociocultural
systems developed by indigenous Americans north of Mexico. Ecological
factors, subsistence practices, social organizations, and belief
systems, along with contemporary issues of change, contact, and cultural
survival. Offered every third year. (Social Science)
203. Amazonia: People, Culture, and
Nature
Ethnographic survey of the sociocultural systems
developed by the indigenous Amerindians of Amazonia and the lowland
forests. Ecological factors, subsistence practices, social
organizations, politics, cosmology and belief systems. Contemporary
issues of change, contact, cultural survival, and the destruction of the
Amazonian rain forest. Alternate years. (Social Science)
EHRENREICH
204. Cultures of Mesoamerica and the
Andes
Ethnographic survey of the peoples and cultures of Mesoamerica
and the Andes, especially the Maya, Aztec, Inca, and their present-day
descendants. Texts, narratives, and documents are interpreted in light
of critical theory and analysis, employing the approaches of ethnology,
ethnohistory, archaeology, and literature. Colonial history,
colonialism, representation of the ``other,'' indigenous ``voices,'' and
strategies of resistance. Registration, when the course is taught off
campus, entails additional costs. Alternate years. (Social Science)
EHRENREICH
206. Africans in the New World
Anthropological perspectives on Afro-Americans, including African
retentions and cultural pluralism. Special attention given to the West
Indies, maroonage, family and kinship, gender roles, the spirit world,
and fiesta. Alternate years. (Social Science) MONAGAN
208. Interethnic Family and Kinship: A
Multicultural Approach
Cross-cultural examination of family and kinship systems, with a focus
on mixed families in the United States, the West Indies, and Brazil.
Implications for kinship, syncretism, social stratification, values, and
the cultural definitions of race, color, and ethnicity. Alternate years.
(Social Science) MONAGAN
210. Religion, Magic, and
Witchcraft
Religion, religious behavior and practices,
world view, and the supernatural. Rites of transition, death and
afterlife, ritual, religious leaders, traditional curing, religious
movements, revitalization, cults, witchcraft, magic, and especially
shamanism are examined cross-culturally. Recommended
prerequisite: ANT 101. Alternate years. EHRENREICH
220. Qualitative Research Methods and
Fieldwork
Introduction to the theory and practice of
anthropological research methods, including ethnographic interviewing,
participant observation, photography, and qualitative approaches to the
analysis of cultural data. Students engage in ethnographic research.
Prerequisite: ANT 101. Alternate years. (Social Science)
EHRENREICH
222. Applied Anthropology
The relevance of anthropological theories, methods, and findings in solving practical problems. Contemporary issues will include acculturation, modernization, tourism, overpopulation, health, and cultural survival. Prerequisite: either ANT 101 or EST 123. Alternate years. (Social Science)
256 through 260. Topics in Anthropology
Selected topics of current interest in anthropology. (Social Science)
271. Women and Men in Nature and Culture
Study of gender roles in cross-cultural perspective, with an emphasis on the symbolic approach to roles of women. Topics include socialization, religion, female symbols, matrifocality, rites of passage, taboos, work, aging, and modernization. Prerequisite: either ANT 101 or WST 171. Alternate years. (Social Science)
280/380. Internship: see Courses 280/380.
290/390. Individual Project: see Courses 290/390.
308. Ritual, Symbol, and Behavior
Exploration of various theories of symbolic anthropology. Emphasis on
mythology, festivals, and rites of passage. Topics include secular and
religious ritual analysis, ritual drama, tricksters and communitas.
Prerequisite: ANT 101. Alternate years. (Social Science)
MONAGAN
314. Contact, Change, and Cultural Survival:
Anthropology of Colonialism
Seminar on anthropological
and historical approaches to issues of contact, culture change, and
cultural survival in traditional societies. Special focus on the
destructive impact of the industrial world's economic, political, and
social order on indigenous native cultures. Registration, when the
course is taught at the Newberry Library in Chicago, entails additional
costs. Prerequisites: ANT 101 and an additional course in
one of the following disciplines: sociology,
history, economics, philosophy, or
politics. Alternate years. (Social Science) (OP)
EHRENREICH
322. The History of Ethnological
Theory
Critical and historical study of theories of
culture. Historical and contemporary schools of thought and major trends
in ethnological theory, along with seminal theorists. Theoretical
approaches in relation to biography, historical era, and sociocultural
milieu of theorists, and to the function of anthropology in Western
thought. Prerequisites: ANT 101 and junior standing.
Alternate years. (Social Science) EHRENREICH
356 through 360. Advanced Topics in Anthropology
Selected topics and current issues in anthropological theory. Prerequisite: ANT 101. EHRENREICH
485. Readings/Research in Anthropology
(1/2-1)
Student-designed individual research in
selected areas. May be repeated for credit; however, no more than one
term of 485 may be counted toward an interdisciplinary major in
Anthropology or the Sociology/Anthropology major.
Prerequisites: ANT 101 and one other course in Anthropology. (OP)
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