Course Descriptions

The Course Descriptions catalog describes all undergraduate and graduate courses offered by Michigan State University. The searches below only return course versions Fall 2000 and forward. Please refer to the Archived Course Descriptions for additional information.

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ANP 200 Navigating Another Culture

Semester:
Fall of every year, Spring of every year, Summer of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: Credits: 3
Description:
Understanding how cultural differences shape perspectives and behavior. Adapting to a new cultural setting.
Effective Dates:
FS21 - Open

ANP 201 Introduction to Cultural Anthropology

Semester:
Fall of every year, Spring of every year, Summer of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: Credits: 3   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours:3
Description:
Origins and diversity of cultural systems. Theories of culture. Patterns of kinship. Religious, economic, and political institutions.
Effective Dates:
FS14 - Open

ANP 203 Introduction to Archaeology

Semester:
Fall of every year, Spring of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: Credits: 3   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours:3
Not open to students with credit in:
ANP 360
Description:
Theory, methodology, and techniques of archaeology. Applications to questions about past human behavior. History and concepts of archaeology as an anthropological subdiscipline.
Effective Dates:
FS13 - Open

ANP 204 Introduction to Medical Anthropology

Semester:
Summer of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: Credits: 3   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours:3
Description:
Concepts, methods and theoretical approaches of the field of medical anthropology.
Effective Dates:
FS13 - Open

ANP 206 Introduction to Physical Anthropology

Semester:
Fall of every year, Spring of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: Credits: 3   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours:3
Not open to students with credit in:
ANP 202, ANP 340
Description:
Problems, data, and methods of physical anthropology. Human genetics, hominid evolution, primate studies, human osteology, and human diversity.
Effective Dates:
FS14 - Open

ANP 220 Gender Relations in Comparative Perspective

Semester:
Spring of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: Credits: 3   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours:3
Description:
Gender relations in different cultures. Economic and domestic division of labor between the sexes as a factor underlying power differentials.
Effective Dates:
FS13 - Open

ANP 236 The Anthropology of Peace and Justice

Semester:
Fall of every year, Spring of every year, Summer of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: Credits: 3   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours:3
Not open to students with credit in:
ANP 336
Description:
Anthropological, theoretical, ethnographic, and interdisciplinary approaches to the study of peace and justice. Violence, nonviolence, international law, social movements, economic justice, environmental racism, memory and trauma.
Effective Dates:
FS19 - Open

ANP 264 Great Discoveries in Archaeology

Semester:
Spring of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: Credits: 3   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours:3
Description:
Great discoveries in archaeology that have captured the public's imagination and shaped Western thought, from Olduvai Gorge and Stonehenge to Macchu Pichu.
Effective Dates:
FS13 - Open

ANP 270 Women and Health: Anthropological and International Perspectives

Semester:
Fall of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: Credits: 3   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours:3
Description:
Cross cultural perspectives on the health implications of differing life circumstances for women. Women as health-care consumers and providers. Health and women's life cycles.
Effective Dates:
FS13 - Open

ANP 320 Social and Cultural Theory

Semester:
Fall of every year, Spring of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: Credits: 3   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours:3
Prerequisite:
(ANP 201) and completion of Tier I writing requirement
Description:
Major theoretical traditions of cultural anthropology. Functionalism, symbolism, structuralism, and contemporary developments.
Effective Dates:
FS14 - Open

ANP 321 Anthropology of Social Movements

Semester:
Fall of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: Credits: 3   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours:3
Description:
How social movements within different cultures around the world organize, create or impede change on the basis of class, religion, race, ethnicity, language, and territory.
Effective Dates:
FS14 - Open

ANP 325 Anthropology of the Environment and Development

Semester:
Fall of every year, Spring of every year, Summer of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: Credits: 3   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours:3
Description:
Anthropological approaches to contemporary environmental and development issues and their inter-relation.
Effective Dates:
SS20 - Open

ANP 330 Race, Ethnicity, and Nation: Anthropological Approaches to Collective Identity

Semester:
Spring of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: Credits: 3   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours:3
Recommended Background:
ANP 201
Description:
Understanding race and ethnicity. Models analyzing racial, ethnic, and national identities; boundaries; and collective identities and differentiations. Case studies from cultures worldwide.
Effective Dates:
FS14 - Open

ANP 363 Rise of Civilization

Semester:
Spring of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: Credits: 3   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours:3
Prerequisite:
ANP 203 or ANP 264
Description:
Archaeological evidence for the appearance and development of the world's earliest prehistoric civilizations. The nature of complex societies and the comparative evolution of states.
Effective Dates:
FS16 - Open

ANP 364 Fake Archaeology: Pseudoscience and the Past

Semester:
Fall of odd years
Credits:
Total Credits: Credits: 3   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours:3
Description:
Critical survey and discussion of pseudoarchaeological and pseudoscientific ideas about archaeology, archaeologists, and the human past.
Effective Dates:
FS21 - Open

ANP 370 Culture, Health, and Illness

Semester:
Fall of every year, Spring of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: Credits: 3   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours:3
Prerequisite:
(ANP 201 or ANP 204) or completion of Tier I writing requirement
Description:
Cross-cultural perspectives on the definition and treatment of illness.
Effective Dates:
FS16 - Open

ANP 410 Anthropology of Latin America

Semester:
Fall of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: Credits: 3   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours:3
Prerequisite:
Completion of Tier I Writing Requirement
Restrictions:
Not open to freshmen.
Description:
Comparative analysis of significant social issues confronting contemporary Latin American countries.
Effective Dates:
FS18 - Open

ANP 411 North American Indian Ethnography

Semester:
Fall of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: Credits: 3   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours:3
Prerequisite:
ANP 201
Description:
Social and cultural patterns of North American Indian societies. History, economy, politics, social organization, religion, and social change.
Effective Dates:
FS16 - Open

ANP 412 Method and Practice in Digital Heritage

Semester:
Spring of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: Credits: 3   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours:3
Prerequisite:
ANP 201 or ANP 203 or ANP 204 or ANP 206 or HST 201 or HST 251 or approval of department
Description:
The application of digital methods and computational approaches to heritage questions, data, materials, collections.
Effective Dates:
SS19 - Open

ANP 415 China: Culture and Society

Semester:
Fall of odd years
Credits:
Total Credits: Credits: 3   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours:3
Prerequisite:
ANP 201
Description:
Socioeconomic and cultural continuity and change from traditional civilization to the contemporary state and the communist period. Village and urban society and their relationships.
Effective Dates:
FS16 - Open

ANP 417 Introduction to Islam in Africa

Semester:
Spring of odd years
Credits:
Total Credits: Credits: 3   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours:3
Description:
Anthropological and historical literature on Islam in Africa. Spread of Islam, colonialism, slave trade, conversion, migration, prayer, Islamic schools, gender, ethnicity, human rights
Effective Dates:
FS14 - Open

ANP 419 Anthropology of the Middle East

Semester:
Fall of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: Credits: 3   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours:3
Prerequisite:
ANP 201
Description:
Anthropological literature of the Middle East and North Africa. Cultural variation, religion, ethnicity, kinship, gender, representation, and cultural, political, and economic transformation.
Effective Dates:
FS13 - Open

ANP 420 Language and Culture

Semester:
Fall of every year, Spring of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: Credits: 3   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours:3
Prerequisite:
(ENG 302 or ANP 201 or ANP 320 or LIN 200 or LIN 401) and Completion of Tier I Writing Requirement
Description:
Domain, issues, and methods of cultural linguistics. Relationship between language and culture. Language and ethnicity, status, and role. Pidgin and Creole languages. Crosscultural communication.
Interdepartmental With:
English
Administered By:
Anthropology
Effective Dates:
FS13 - Open

ANP 422 Religion and Culture

Semester:
Fall of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: Credits: 3   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours:3
Prerequisite:
(ANP 201) or completion of Tier I writing requirement
Description:
The anthropology of religion and the symbolic analysis of ritual. Theoretical and ethnographic literature.
Effective Dates:
SS20 - Open

ANP 425 Issues in Medical Anthropology

Semester:
Fall of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: Credits: 3   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours:3
Reenrollment Information:
A student may earn a maximum of 6 credits in all enrollments for this course.
Prerequisite:
ANP 201 or ANP 204
Not open to students with credit in:
ANP 435
Description:
Selected topics in the anthropological investigation of health issues with an emphasis on critical analysis of cultural, historical, and conceptual bases for trends in health research. Topics vary.
Effective Dates:
FS16 - Open

ANP 426 Urban Anthropology

Semester:
Spring of odd years
Credits:
Total Credits: Credits: 3   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours:3
Description:
The anthropological approach to urban issues. Cross-cultural perspectives on the informal economy, power, ideology, and community.
Effective Dates:
FS14 - Open

ANP 429 Ethnographic Field Methods

Semester:
Fall of every year, Spring of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: Credits: 4   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours:3   Lab Hours: 2
Prerequisite:
(ANP 201) and completion of Tier I writing requirement
Restrictions:
Not open to freshmen or sophomores.
Description:
Field research in cultural anthropology. Research design, participant observation, relationship of techniques to methods, and ethics.
Effective Dates:
FS16 - Open

ANP 432 American Indian Women

Semester:
Fall of even years
Credits:
Total Credits: Credits: 3   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours:3
Prerequisite:
ANP 201
Recommended Background:
Background in social sciences.
Description:
Role of women in a variety of North American Indian cultures, both traditional and contemporary, using autobiography, life history, historical biography, ethnography, and fiction. Interaction of Indian women and their cultures with Western European and American cultures.
Effective Dates:
FS16 - Open

ANP 433 Contemporary American Indian Communities

Semester:
Spring of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: Credits: 3   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours:3
Description:
American Indian communities today, both reservation and urban, including issues of tribalization, Pan-Indianism, culture change and revitalization, economic development, federal policy, religious freedom, and gender roles.
Effective Dates:
FS14 - Open

ANP 436 Globalization and Justice: Issues in Political and Legal Anthropology

Semester:
Spring of odd years
Credits:
Total Credits: Credits: 3   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours:3
Prerequisite:
(ANP 201 or concurrently) or completion of Tier I writing requirement
Description:
Anthropological perspectives on issues of justice linked to global forces of transnational capitalism, economic development, global governance, and international law
Effective Dates:
FS13 - Open

ANP 437 Asian Emigrant Communities: A Global Perspective

Semester:
Spring of odd years
Credits:
Total Credits: Credits: 3   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours:3
Description:
Cross-cultural study of emigrant communities of people of Asian descent around the world. Anthropological study of how ideas of race, ethnicity, and national identity are constructed over time and space.
Effective Dates:
FS14 - Open

ANP 439 Human Rights: Anthropological Perspectives

Semester:
Spring of even years
Credits:
Total Credits: Credits: 3   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours:3
Prerequisite:
(ANP 201 or concurrently) or completion of Tier I writing requirement
Description:
Cross-cultural study of human rights. Anthropological perspective on the role of law, customs, values, and politics in defining, organizing, and understanding individual and collective rights.
Effective Dates:
FS13 - Open

ANP 440 Hominid Fossils

Semester:
Spring of odd years
Credits:
Total Credits: Credits: 3   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours:3
Prerequisite:
ANP 206
Description:
Theories of human evolution during the past five million years fossil evidence.
Effective Dates:
FS14 - Open

ANP 441 Osteology and Forensic Anthropology

Semester:
Spring of every year, Summer of even years
Credits:
Total Credits: Credits: 4   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours:3   Lab Hours: 2
Prerequisite:
ANP 206 or CJ 210
Description:
Human bone and skeletal biology and analysis. Methods of forensic anthropology. Analysis of skeletal remains, forensic pathology, and forensic archaeology.
Effective Dates:
FS17 - Open

ANP 443 Human Adaptability

Semester:
Fall of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: Credits: 3   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours:3
Prerequisite:
ANP 206
Description:
Human adaptation to physical, biological and social environments. Adaptive models from ecology, demography, genetics, physiology, nutrition and medicine. Theoretical and methodological issues in human adaptation studies across various populations.
Effective Dates:
FS14 - Open

ANP 445 Paleopathology: The Science of Ancient Health and Disease

Semester:
Fall of even years
Credits:
Total Credits: Credits: 3   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours:3
Restrictions:
Open to juniors or seniors in the College of Social Science.
Description:
Evolutionary, multidisciplinary approach to global health and disease through time.
Effective Dates:
FS26 - Open

ANP 445 Paleopathology: The Science of Ancient Health and Disease (Interim Change)

Semester:
Fall of even years
Credits:
Total Credits: Credits: 3   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours:3
Restrictions:
Open to juniors or seniors.
Description:
Evolutionary, multidisciplinary approach to global health and disease through time.
Effective Dates:
FS26 - Open

ANP 452 North American Archaeology

Semester:
Spring of odd years
Credits:
Total Credits: Credits: 3   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours:3
Prerequisite:
ANP 264 or ANP 203
Description:
Characteristics and processes of North American archaeology on a regional level. Economic, social, political and technological change through time.
Effective Dates:
FS20 - Open

ANP 455 Archaeology of Ancient Egypt

Semester:
Fall of even years, Summer of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: Credits: 3   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours:3
Prerequisite:
ANP 203 or ANP 264 or approval of department
Description:
The archaeology of ancient Egypt from the Neolithic through the Greco-Roman period.
Effective Dates:
FS16 - Open

ANP 461 Method and Theory in Historical Archaeology

Semester:
Fall of odd years, Summer of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: Credits: 3   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours:3
Prerequisite:
ANP 203
Description:
Theory and methodology in historical archaeology and its relation to history and anthropology.
Effective Dates:
FS13 - Open

ANP 463 Laboratory Methods in Archaeology

Semester:
Spring of odd years
Credits:
Total Credits: Credits: 3   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours:2   Lab Hours: 2
Prerequisite:
ANP 203 or ANP 464
Description:
Preparation and preservation of archaeological data. Conservation, cleaning, cataloguing, and classification. Analysis of lithics, ceramics, faunal and floral remains, metals, and glass.
Effective Dates:
FS13 - Open

ANP 464 Field Methods in Archaeology

Semester:
Summer of every year
Credits:
Variable from 2 to 6
Reenrollment Information:
A student may earn a maximum of 12 credits in all enrollments for this course.
Prerequisite:
ANP 203 or approval of department
Description:
Field research. Survey, excavation, mapping, data recording, and field laboratory procedures.
Effective Dates:
FS16 - Open

ANP 465 Field Methods in Digital Heritage

Semester:
Summer of even years
Credits:
Total Credits: Credits: 6   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours:6
Description:
Applied experience in the tools and techniques required to creatively apply digital technology to heritage materials and questions.
Effective Dates:
US23 - Open

ANP 476 Internship in Anthropology

Semester:
On Demand
Credits:
Variable from 1 to 3
Reenrollment Information:
A student may earn a maximum of 6 credits in all enrollments for this course.
Recommended Background:
Acquaintance with issues of culture, power, and communication that occur in geographically dispersed teamwork from any area of endeavor. Ability to report on issues to highlight effective practices and pitfalls.
Restrictions:
Open to juniors or seniors or graduate students.
Description:
Internship in anthropology.
Effective Dates:
FS14 - Open

ANP 485 Foundations of Museum Studies

Semester:
Fall of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: Credits: 3   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours:3
Restrictions:
Not open to freshmen.
Not open to students with credit in:
AL 485, MUSM 885
Description:
Activities, functions, and organization of museums. Changing role of museums as cultural institutions.
Interdepartmental With:
History of Art, Museum Studies
Administered By:
Museum Studies
Effective Dates:
US22 - Open

ANP 486 Environmental Archaeology

Semester:
Spring of even years
Credits:
Total Credits: Credits: 3   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours:3
Prerequisite:
ANP 203 or approval of department
Description:
Archaeology of human-environment interactions. Theory, methods, and state of the art using global case studies.
Effective Dates:
SS21 - Open

ANP 487 Museums, Arts and Culture in the Digital Future

Semester:
Fall of every year, Spring of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: Credits: 3   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours:3
Prerequisite:
MUSM 485 or concurrently
Not open to students with credit in:
MUSM 887
Description:
Theoretical and practical approaches to the ways digital technologies are changing the definitions of audiences, visitor experiences, arts and cultural professionals, and organizations.
Interdepartmental With:
Museum Studies
Administered By:
Museum Studies
Effective Dates:
US22 - Open

ANP 488 Museum Curatorial Practices

Semester:
Spring of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: Credits: 3   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours:3
Prerequisite:
(MUSM 485) and ((MUSM 489 or concurrently) or (MUSM 494 or concurrently) or (MUSM 498 or concurrently))
Restrictions:
Not open to freshmen.
Not open to students with credit in:
AL 488, HA 488, MUSM 888
Description:
Methods and practices for the development, care, and use of museum collections in research, education, and exhibition activities.
Interdepartmental With:
History of Art, Museum Studies
Administered By:
Museum Studies
Effective Dates:
US22 - Open

ANP 489 Anthropology Capstone Course (W)

Semester:
Fall of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: Credits: 3   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours:3
Prerequisite:
(ANP 201 and ANP 206 and ANP 203) and completion of Tier I writing requirement
Restrictions:
Open to seniors in the Anthropology Major.
Description:
Integration of the subdivisions of anthropology. Differences between anthropology and other approaches in the social sciences. Future directions of anthropological inquiry.
Effective Dates:
FS14 - Open

ANP 490 Independent Study

Semester:
Fall of every year, Spring of every year, Summer of every year
Credits:
Variable from 1 to 12
Reenrollment Information:
A student may earn a maximum of 12 credits in all enrollments for this course.
Restrictions:
Approval of department.
Description:
Independent Study
Effective Dates:
FS13 - Open

ANP 491 Topics in Anthropology

Semester:
Fall of every year, Spring of every year, Summer of every year
Credits:
Variable from 1 to 4
Reenrollment Information:
A student may earn a maximum of 12 credits in all enrollments for this course.
Prerequisite:
ANP 201 or ANP 203
Recommended Background:
or one 300-level anthropology course.
Description:
Selected topics in sociocultural anthropology, archaeology, physical anthropology, anthropological linguistics, or medical anthropology.
Effective Dates:
FS16 - Open

ANP 492 Special Topics in Museum Studies

Semester:
Fall of every year, Spring of every year, Summer of every year
Credits:
Variable from 1 to 3
Reenrollment Information:
A student may earn a maximum of 6 credits in all enrollments for this course.
Prerequisite:
MUSM 485 or concurrently or approval of department
Restrictions:
Not open to freshmen. Approval of college.
Description:
Special topics supplementing regular course offerings.
Interdepartmental With:
History of Art, Museum Studies
Administered By:
Museum Studies
Effective Dates:
SS22 - Open

ANP 496 Undergraduate Research in Anthropology

Semester:
Fall of every year, Spring of every year, Summer of every year
Credits:
Variable from 1 to 12
Reenrollment Information:
A student may earn a maximum of 12 credits in all enrollments for this course.
Restrictions:
Open to students in the Department of Anthropology or approval of department.
Description:
Independent research in anthropology under the supervision of a faculty member.
Effective Dates:
FS19 - Open

ANP 810 Anthrohistory: Exploring the Crossroads of Anthropology and History

Semester:
Fall of even years
Credits:
Total Credits: Credits: 3   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours:3
Recommended Background:
Advanced course work in either anthropology or history.
Restrictions:
Open to doctoral students or approval of department.
Description:
Recent trends in work between anthropology and history. Emphasis on themes of representation, methodology and epistemology.
Interdepartmental With:
History
Administered By:
History
Effective Dates:
FS12 - Open

ANP 811 Knowledge, Memory, and Archives

Semester:
Fall of odd years
Credits:
Total Credits: Credits: 3   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours:3
Recommended Background:
HST 810
Description:
Readings in recent anthropological work concerning the construction of historical memory, transmission of knowledge, and the power of representation
Effective Dates:
FS14 - Open

ANP 812 Violence and the State: Anthropological Approaches

Semester:
Fall of even years
Credits:
Total Credits: Credits: 3   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours:3
Recommended Background:
ANP 830 or other graduate level theory and writing course in a related discipline in the social sciences or humanities.
Description:
Anthropological perspectives on the state and violence, including: transitional justice, memory, human rights, international justice, sovereignty, nongovernmentality, trauma, evidence, exposure.
Effective Dates:
FS14 - Open

ANP 820 Language and Cultural Meaning

Semester:
Spring of odd years
Credits:
Total Credits: Credits: 3   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours:3
Description:
Intellectual history of 20th century linguistic thinking. Saussure's influence on cultural anthropology. Post-structuralist approaches.
Effective Dates:
FS08 - Open

ANP 822 Religion and Ritual

Semester:
Fall of even years
Credits:
Total Credits: Credits: 3   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours:3
Restrictions:
Open to graduate students.
Description:
The anthropology of religion and the symbolic analysis of ritual. Theoretical and ethnographic literature.
Effective Dates:
FS14 - Open

ANP 825 International Social Science Research: Methods and Praxis

Semester:
Fall of every year, Spring of every year
Credits:
Variable from 1 to 3
Reenrollment Information:
A student may earn a maximum of 3 credits in all enrollments for this course.
Description:
Issues in the design and implementation of anthropological field research. Development of field research proposals.
Effective Dates:
US02 - Open

ANP 826 International Development: Theory and Practice

Semester:
Fall of even years
Credits:
Total Credits: Credits: 3   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours:3
Not open to students with credit in:
ACR 826, RD 826
Description:
Evolution of international development theory across disciplines. Changing conceptualizations, measurements, processes and effects of development and poverty. Ethnicity, social class, gender, and community influences on socioeconomic processes. Current issues, concerns, and strategic alternatives.
Interdepartmental With:
Community Sustainability, Forestry, Political Science, Social Science
Administered By:
Community Sustainability
Effective Dates:
FS22 - Open

ANP 829 Research Methods in Cultural Anthropology

Semester:
Spring of even years
Credits:
Total Credits: Credits: 3   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours:3
Recommended Background:
One course in Statistics.
Restrictions:
Open only to graduate students in Anthropology.
Description:
Methodological underpinnings. Project design, field strategies, research techniques, and methods of data analysis.
Effective Dates:
SS93 - Open

ANP 830 Cultural and Linguistic Anthropological Theory: Key Issues and Debates

Semester:
Fall of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: Credits: 3   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours:3
Restrictions:
Open to graduate students in the Department of Anthropology.
Description:
Key debates in current cultural and linguistic anthropological theory; analytical frameworks and disciplinary genealogies.
Effective Dates:
FS14 - Open

ANP 831 Seminar in Cultural Ecology

Semester:
Fall of even years
Credits:
Total Credits: Credits: 3   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours:3
Restrictions:
Open only to graduate students. Approval of department.
Description:
Anthropological theories for understanding culture as system of mediation between humans and environment. Cultural ecological approaches applied to sociocultural change and stability.
Effective Dates:
FS92 - Open

ANP 834 Medical Anthropology: Overview

Semester:
Fall of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: Credits: 3   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours:3
Restrictions:
Open to graduate students in the Department of Anthropology or approval of department.
Description:
Anthropological approaches to the study of sickness, disease, and healing. Medical anthropology as a subdiscipline.
Effective Dates:
FS07 - Open

ANP 835 Topics in Medical Anthropology

Semester:
Spring of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: Credits: 3   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours:3
Reenrollment Information:
A student may earn a maximum of 6 credits in all enrollments for this course.
Restrictions:
Open to graduate students in the Department of Anthropology or approval of department.
Description:
Seminar in the description and analysis of themes in medical anthropology.
Effective Dates:
FS07 - Open

ANP 840 Biocultural Evolution

Semester:
Spring of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: Credits: 3   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours:3
Recommended Background:
One course in human evolution.
Restrictions:
Open only to graduate students in the Department of Anthropology.
Description:
Major contemporary issues in evolutionary theory, taxonomy, and the evolution of biology and culture.
Effective Dates:
SS99 - Open

ANP 842 Human Osteology

Semester:
Fall of even years
Credits:
Total Credits: Credits: 4   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours:3   Lab Hours: 2
Restrictions:
Approval of department.
Description:
Human bone biology, skeletal anatomy, and osteological analysis.
Effective Dates:
US19 - Open

ANP 843 Bioarchaeology

Semester:
Fall of odd years
Credits:
Total Credits: Credits: 3   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours:3
Recommended Background:
General courses in archaeology and physical anthropology.
Description:
Relationship between skeletal and archaeological data. Reconstruction of mortuary behavior, individual life histories, and social organization. Specific emphasis on research designs.
Effective Dates:
FS14 - Open

ANP 844 Topics in Forensic Anthropology

Semester:
Fall of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: Credits: 2   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours:1   Lab Hours: 2
Reenrollment Information:
A student may earn a maximum of 4 credits in all enrollments for this course.
Recommended Background:
(ANTR 551 and ANP 842) and or previous graduate level work in gross anatomy and human skeletal biology.
Description:
Current issues in forensic anthropology. Topics include facial reproduction and identification; laboratory techniques; skeletal histomorphology.
Effective Dates:
US02 - Open

ANP 845 Paleopathology

Semester:
Fall of even years
Credits:
Total Credits: Credits: 3   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours:3
Recommended Background:
prior coursework in human osteology
Description:
Method and theory related to the study of health and disease in ancient societies through direct and indirect observation of skeletal and dental remains and mummified tissues.
Effective Dates:
FS14 - FS26

ANP 846 Quantitative Methods in Anthropology

Semester:
Fall of odd years
Credits:
Total Credits: Credits: 3   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours:3
Recommended Background:
Two semesters of introductory statistical courses
Restrictions:
Open to graduate students in the Department of Anthropology.
Description:
Statistical and data analysis methods, as they apply to anthropological questions.
Effective Dates:
FS14 - Open

ANP 850 Principles of Archaeological Research Design

Semester:
Spring of odd years
Credits:
Total Credits: Credits: 3   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours:3
Restrictions:
Approval of department.
Description:
Formal, spatial, and temporal dimensions of archaeological research design. Appropriate analytic techniques.
Effective Dates:
FS22 - Open

ANP 858 Gender, Justice and Environmental Change : Issues and Concepts

Semester:
Fall of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: Credits: 3   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours:3
Recommended Background:
Background in social science, environmental science, or natural resources.
Description:
Issues and concepts related to gender, ecology, and environmental studies. Key debates and theoretical approaches to addressing environmental issues from a gender and social justice perspective. Gender and environment issues and processes from a global perspective.
Interdepartmental With:
Community Sustainability, Criminal Justice, Fisheries and Wildlife, Forestry, Geography, Sociology, Women's Studies
Administered By:
Community Sustainability
Effective Dates:
US16 - Open

ANP 859 Gender, Justice, and Environmental Change: Methods and Application

Semester:
Spring of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: Credits: 3   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours:3
Recommended Background:
Background in social science, environmental science, or natural resources.
Description:
Methods and case studies related to gender, ecology, and environmental studies. Methodological and fieldwork issues from a feminist perspective in international and intercultural contexts. Qualitative and quantitative methods for integrating social and environmental data.
Interdepartmental With:
Community Sustainability, Fisheries and Wildlife, Forestry, Geography, Sociology, Women's Studies
Administered By:
Anthropology
Effective Dates:
US19 - Open

ANP 870 Professional Issues in Anthropology

Semester:
Spring of odd years
Credits:
Total Credits: Credits: 3   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours:3
Restrictions:
Open to graduate students in the Department of Anthropology or approval of department.
Description:
Ethics and professionalism in field work, behavior in academic and non-academic situations.
Effective Dates:
SS11 - Open

ANP 885 Fundamentals of Museum Studies

Semester:
Fall of every year, Spring of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: Credits: 3   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours:3
Restrictions:
Approval of college.
Not open to students with credit in:
MUSM 485
Description:
Introduction to the history of museums and current practices, standards, issues and ethics related to education, administration, visitor studies and the development, care and use of museum collections.
Interdepartmental With:
Community Sustainability, History, Museum Studies
Administered By:
Museum Studies
Effective Dates:
FS21 - Open

ANP 887 The Digital Museum

Semester:
Fall of every year, Spring of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: Credits: 3   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours:3
Prerequisite:
MUSM 885 or concurrently
Restrictions:
Open to graduate students in the College of Arts and Letters or approval of college.
Not open to students with credit in:
AL 887, MUSM 487
Description:
Exploration, application, and innovation of the most current uses of the digital in museums, the arts, and other cultural organizational settings.
Interdepartmental With:
History, Museum Studies
Administered By:
Museum Studies
Effective Dates:
US22 - Open

ANP 890A Individual Readings

Semester:
Fall of every year, Spring of every year, Summer of every year
Credits:
Variable from 1 to 8
Reenrollment Information:
A student may earn a maximum of 16 credits in all enrollments for this course.
Restrictions:
Open only to graduate students. Approval of department.
Description:
Advanced study, based on prior preparation, under faculty direction.
Effective Dates:
FS92 - Open

ANP 890B Individual Research

Semester:
Fall of every year, Spring of every year, Summer of every year
Credits:
Variable from 1 to 8
Reenrollment Information:
A student may earn a maximum of 16 credits in all enrollments for this course.
Restrictions:
Approval of department.
Description:
Graduate student projects under faculty direction.
Effective Dates:
FS92 - Open

ANP 892 Seminar in Anthropology

Semester:
Fall of every year, Spring of every year, Summer of every year
Credits:
Variable from 1 to 4
Reenrollment Information:
A student may earn a maximum of 12 credits in all enrollments for this course.
Restrictions:
Open only to graduate students in Anthropology. Approval of department.
Description:
Studies in selected fields.
Effective Dates:
FS95 - Open

ANP 893 Internship in the Professional Applications of Anthropology

Semester:
Fall of every year, Spring of every year, Summer of every year
Credits:
Variable from 1 to 3
Description:
Supervised professional experience in federal or state agencies, nonprofit organizations, or corporations related to the professional practice of anthropology.
Effective Dates:
FS01 - Open

ANP 894 Forensic Anthropology Internship in Forensic Pathology

Semester:
Fall of every year, Spring of every year, Summer of every year
Credits:
Variable from 1 to 4
Reenrollment Information:
A student may earn a maximum of 4 credits in all enrollments for this course.
Prerequisite:
ANP 842
Recommended Background:
graduate coursework in human anatomy and skeletal biology
Description:
Supervised professional internship in postmortem analysis. Students will attend autopsies and learn procedures that are relevant for forensic anthropology. Individual research project.
Effective Dates:
US01 - Open

ANP 897 Practicum in Museum Studies

Semester:
On Demand
Credits:
Variable from 1 to 3
Reenrollment Information:
A student may earn a maximum of 6 credits in all enrollments for this course.
Prerequisite:
MUSM 885 or concurrently
Restrictions:
Approval of college.
Not open to students with credit in:
AL 897
Description:
Practical experience in museum studies, which may involve project-oriented activities to fulfill the Plan B requirement.
Interdepartmental With:
Community Sustainability, History, Museum Studies
Administered By:
Museum Studies
Effective Dates:
US22 - Open

ANP 899 Master's Thesis Research

Semester:
Fall of every year, Spring of every year, Summer of every year
Credits:
Variable from 1 to 8
Reenrollment Information:
A student may earn a maximum of 99 credits in all enrollments for this course.
Restrictions:
Open only to graduate students in Anthropology. Approval of department.
Description:
Master's thesis research.
Effective Dates:
FS92 - Open

ANP 999 Doctoral Dissertation Research

Semester:
Fall of every year, Spring of every year, Summer of every year
Credits:
Variable from 1 to 24
Reenrollment Information:
A student may earn a maximum of 36 credits in all enrollments for this course.
Restrictions:
Open to graduate students. Approval of department.
Description:
Doctoral dissertation research.
Effective Dates:
US14 - Open