ANTH A602 Proseminar in Cultural Anthropology 3 CR
Contact Hours: 3 + 0
Registration Restrictions: Graduate Standing.
Examines major concepts, findings, and theories in cultural anthropology. Topics covered include kinship, social structure, political organization, symbols and ceremonies, cultural change, and cultural integration. Core offering for graduate program.
ANTH A605 Proseminar in Biological Anthropology 3 CR
Contact Hours: 3 + 0
Registration Restrictions: Graduate Standing.
Methods and techniques of and theoretical approaches to topics in biological anthropology. Includes the study of evolution, human genetics, primate biology and behavior, human evolution, and statistical interpretation of biological data.
ANTH A611 Proseminar in Archaeology 3 CR
Contact Hours: 3 + 0
Registration Restrictions: Graduate standing.
A survey of the practice and techniques of modern archaeological data collection and analysis designed for graduate students, professionals, and other serious students. Case studies, class discussions based on readings, and student presentations emphasized with a focus upon the archaeology of prestate/nonstate societies.
ANTH A615 Advanced Applied Anthropology 3 CR
Contact Hours: 3 + 0
Registration Restrictions: Graduate standing.
Stacked with: ANTH A415.
Special Note: Lectures concurrent with ANTH A415. In addition to meeting all requirements for ANTH A415, graduate students will be required to make mixed-media class presentations based on literature research or interviews with local practicing anthropologists.
The methods, theory, and history of the application of cultural anthropology to sociocultural issues and problems with an emphasis on the circumpolar north.
ANTH A627 Ethnohistory of Alaska Natives 3 CR
Contact Hours: 3 + 0
Registration Restrictions: Graduate Standing.
Stacked with: ANTH A427.
Special Note: In addition to meeting all requirements for ANTH A427, graduate students will be required to prepare a research paper from primary sources (oral, written, or both) and give a presentation of findings to the class.
Examines major changes in Alaskan Native societies from contact through 1940 including initial contacts, disease, trade, warfare, education, missionization, economic development and political mobilization. Integrates different sources of information including oral traditions, historical narratives, government documents, and archaeological evidence.
ANTH A630 Advanced Research Methods in Cultural Anthropology 3 CR
Contact Hours: 3 + 0
Registration Restrictions: Graduate Standing.
Stacked with: ANTH A430.
Special Note: Lectures concurrent with ANTH A430. In addition to meeting all requirements for ANTH A430, graduate students will be required to complete a research grant proposal and engage in computer-assisted qualitative data analysis.
Modes of scientific data gathering, analysis, and interpretation related to sociocultural systems. Includes the logic of scientific inquiry, research design, data recording, computer assisted qualitative data analysis, field work strategies, ethnographic and report writing, ethics in social science research and grant proposal preparation.
ANTH A631 Field Methods in Archaeology 1-8 CR
Contact Hours: 0 + 3-24
Registration Restrictions: Written permission of the instructor.
Stacked with: ANTH A431.
Special Note: May be repeated once for credit. Graduate students will supervise the work of less experienced undergraduates under the overall supervision of the project directory. They will be responsible for the quality of the excavation and recording of their undergraduate crew. They will be critically evaluated as potential professionals.
Advanced methods of archaeological field research, including site survey, site excavation, data recovery and recording, laboratory processing, and preliminary analysis of archaeological materials.
ANTH A645 Advanced Evolution of Humans and Disease 3 CR
Contact Hours: 3 + 0
Registration Restrictions: Graduate Standing.
Stacked with: ANTH A445.
Special Note: In addition to meeting all requirements for ANTH A445, graduate students will be assigned more extensive reading and will be required to pursue a major semester-long research project, to deliver a presentation of their research findings to the class, and to report their results in written form. Not available for credit to students who have completed ANTH A445.
Methods, techniques, and theoretical approaches to human skeletal identification, description , and analysis. Encompasses principles of growth, development, and remodeling as well as identification of age, sex, and racial attributes, and interpretation of pathological changes in human bone. Includes methods and theory of statistical interpretation of skeletal data.
ANTH A655 Advanced Medical Anthropology 3 CR
Contact Hours: 3 + 0
Registration Restrictions: Graduate Standing.
Stacked with: ANTH A455.
Special Note: In addition to meeting all requirements for ANTH A455, graduate students will be required to research the literature on a current topic in medical anthropology or to conduct independent research in medical anthropology, and to submit an extensive, detailed paper summarizing their findings in a rigorous analytical framework. Additional class readings may also be assigned. Not available for credit to students who have completed ANTH A455.
Study of the relationship of human culture to health and disease. Includes ancient disease and impact on human evolution, interrelationship between biology and culture, alternative health systems, and applicability to contemporary problems.
ANTH A657 Nutritional Anthropology 3 CR
Contact Hours: 3 + 0
Registration Restrictions: Graduate Standing.
Stacked with: ANTH A457.
Special Note: In addition to meeting all requirements for ANTH A457, graduate students will be required to research the literature on a current topic in nutritional anthropology or to conduct independent research in nutritional anthropology, and to submit an extensive, detailed paper summarizing their findings in a rigorous analytical framework. Additional class readings may also be assigned. Not available for credit to students who have completed ANTH A457.
Relationship of human culture to food and nutrition. Includes the history of human diet and its relationship to biological and cultural evolution, contemporary human nutrition in cross-cultural perspective, dietary adequacy and nutritional pathology, food-getting and food-preparation technology, and relationship between food and population.
ANTH A665 Analytical Techniques in Biological Anthropology 3 CR
Contact Hours: 2 + 3
Registration Restrictions: Graduate Standing.
Methods, techniques, and theoretical approaches to topics in biological anthropology. Includes survey of basic conceptual issues in the design of empirical research and statistical interpretation of biological data.
ANTH A675 Cultural Resource Management 3 CR
Contact Hours: 3 + 0
Registration Restrictions: Graduate Standing.
An integrated anthropological perspective on historic preservation and the management of cultural resources in the United States. Includes the history of resource protection legislation, the design and implementation of cultural resource management projects, proposal writing, field research strategies, resource evaluation, report preparation, and business and personnel practices.
ANTH A680 Advanced Analytical Techniques in Archaeology 3 CR
Contact Hours: 0 + 9
Registration Restrictions: Written permission of the instructor and graduate standing.
Stacked with: ANTH A480.
Special Fees.
Special Note: Class meets concurrently with ANTH A480. In addition to meeting all requirements for ANTH A480, graduate students will be assigned more extensive reading and will be required to pursue a major semester-long research project, to deliver a presentation of their research finds to the entire class, and to report their results in written form.
Advanced methods and techniques of description, classification, and analysis of archaeological data. Laboratory work with archaeological specimens and data is emphasized.
ANTH A681 Advanced Museum Studies in Anthropology 3 CR
Contact Hours: 3 + 0
Registration Restrictions: Graduate Standing.
Stacked with: ANTH A481.
Special Note: In addition to doing the work assigned to undergraduates, graduate students will be expected to undertake an extensive collection research or exhibition preparation project which will constitute a significant portion of their grade.
History and practice of anthropology in museums. Anthropological and metaphysical dimensions of museums and material culture; the history of ethnographic collecting and research (particularly in North America); critical theory and practice of exhibitions and cultural representation; repatriation and indigenous museums in historical context.
ANTH A683 Archaeology of Animals 3 CR
Contact Hours: 2 + 3
Registration Restrictions: Graduate Standing and previous or concurrent course in archaeology laboratory methods.
Methods and techniques for, and theoretical approaches to, the description, analysis, and interpretation of animal bone assemblages from archaeological sites. Includes identification and quantification of animal remains, paleoenvironmental and dietary reconstruction, seasonality of site occupation, hunting and herding strategies, and the role of animals in the economy and ideology of human societies.
ANTH A685 Advanced Human Osteology 3 CR
Contact Hours: 2 + 3
Registration Restrictions: Graduate standing.
Stacked with: ANTH A485.
Special Fees.
Special Note: Class meets concurrently with ANTH A485. In addition to meeting all the requirements for ANTH A485, graduate students will be assigned more extensive reading and will be required to pursue a major semester-long research project, to deliver a presentation of their research findings to the entire class, and to report their results in written form. Not available for credit to students who have completed ANTH A485.
Methods, techniques, and theoretical approaches to human skeletal identification, description, and analysis. Encompasses principles of growth, development, and remodeling as well as identification of age, sex, and racial attributes, and interpretation of pathological changes in human bone. Includes methods and theory of statistical interpretation of skeletal data.
ANTH A692 Graduate Seminar in Anthropology 3 CR
Contact Hours: 3 + 0
Registration Restrictions: Graduate Standing in Anthropology.
Examination of advanced concepts, theory, and/or methodology in one of the four subfields of anthropology.
ANTH A695 Anthropology Practicum 3 CR
Contact Hours: 0 + 9
Registration Restrictions: ANTH A615 for Applied Cultural M.A. in Anthropology track; ANTH A675 for Cultural Resource Management M.A. in Anthropology track. Prerequisites may be taken concurrently with course.
Anthropology practicum in the public or private sector. Emphasis on the application of anthropological skills under the supervision of an approved field instructor.
ANTH A699 Thesis Research 1-6 CR
Contact Hours: 0 + 3-18
Registration Restrictions: Candidacy status and permission of thesis chair.
Grade Mode: Pass/No Pass.
Special Note: Students may enroll for variable credit, but a total of 6 credits are required for graduation.
Independent research conducted under the supervision of a studentís graduate committee.
