Anthropology courses

ANTH 1010 Introduction to Biological Anthropology
Introduction to Biological Anthropology
This course provides an introduction to the study of Homo Sapiens from an evolutionary, biological, behavioral, and biocultural perspective. Topics covered include: the history of evolutionary thought, basic human genetics, the anatomy and behavioral ecology of the living primates, human evolution via the study of fossil hominins, modern human variation and adaptation, and the study of the human skeleton in forensic anthropology and bioarchaeology.
credit hours: 3
Introduction to Biological Anthropology

ANTH 1020 Cultural Anthropology
Cultural Anthropology
The observed range of variation of ways of life around the world. The cross-cultural investigation of becoming and being human. Comparative treatment of social organization, subsistence activities, values, and religion.
credit hours: 3
Cultural Anthropology

ANTH 1030 Languages of the World
Languages of the World
This course aims to equip students with some basic facts about the world's languages, a fundamental prerequisite to understanding the nature of human language. We will be examining: (1) the diversity of languages across space and time, and (2) the fundamental similarities of languages. We will address a range of questions about language through an exploration of the following areas: language families and historical relationships, linguistic typology, language universals, sound and structure features of the world's languages, and writing systems.
credit hours: 3
Languages of the World

ANTH 1040 Ancient Societies
Ancient Societies
Introduction to key transformations in human history and prehistory as they have been identified and discussed by anthropological archaeologists. Consideration of basic principles of archaeology, human evolution and expansion, origins of agriculture and sedentary village societies, development of archaic states and ancient civilizations. Of interest to majors and prospective majors in anthropology and related fields.
credit hours: 3
Ancient Societies

ANTH 1140 Freshman Seminar
Freshman Seminar
Description varies; specific description available when offered.
credit hours: 3
Freshman Seminar

ANTH 2020 Visual Languages Across Cultures
Visual Languages Across Cultures
Most research on language takes speech as the main domain of investigation. However, humans use not only speech but also meaningful hand movements called 'gestures' when they communicate. Furthermore,there are many communities where the speech is absent in linguistic communication. For example, deaf communities across the world use sign languages that are produced and perceived only in the visual-spatial modality. This course aims to give n interdisciplinary and state of the art overview of the role of the body in the structuring and functioning of the human language faculty. The course will present cross-cultural and cross-linguistic findings from these new fields relating them to discussions of embodied cognition and semantics, situated use of language, the link between language and action and their neural correlates. This course fullfills the departmental goal of providing its students with the knowledge of appreciation for the cultural and linguistic diversity of humanity.
credit hours: 3
Visual Languages Across Cultures

ANTH 2030 The Anthropology of Women and Men
The Anthropology of Women and Men
A cross-cultural survey of women in society and culture among hunters and gatherers, pastoral nomads and agriculturalists of Oceania, the Near East, Africa, and the New World. Kinship and female symbolism in Africa, women and men in myths in traditional societies. Cross-cultural variability of women's roles and status and the variability of women's and men's language and behavior.
credit hours: 3
The Anthropology of Women and Men

ANTH 2100 Myth and Life
Myth and Life
Traditional oral narratives in their social and cultural context. The functions of myth in developing individual character and supporting social values. The structure of myth. Causes and limits of change.
credit hours: 3
Myth and Life

ANTH 2340 Introduction to Archaeology
Introduction to Archaeology
Introduction to basic principles of archaeological method and theory. Consideration of the history of archaeology, major paradigms in archaeological thought, basic techniques of fieldwork, basic techniques in analyzing archaeological finds, and intellectual frameworks for interpreting patterns in archaeological datasets. Consideration of selected case studies. Of interest to majors and prospective majors in anthropology, and potentially to majors in classical archaeology and related fields.
credit hours: 3
Introduction to Archaeology

ANTH 2350 Architecture and Power in the Ancient World
Architecture and Power in the Ancient World
This class will explore how political, religious, ideological and cultural ideas among the world’s earliest urban civilizations were inscribed in the landscape in the form of monumental construction. To achieve these objectives the class will study five different regions of the ancient world with the goal of evaluating how built space (buildings, monuments, and public plazas) helped develop and maintain socio-political hierarchy, i.e., "civilization"".
credit hours: 3
Architecture and Power in the Ancient World

ANTH 2360 Ancient Trade and Commerce
Ancient Trade and Commerce
Introduction to the study of regional and interregional trade and exchange in ancient times based on archaeological evidence. This course considers diverse theories and methods developed to make archaeological inferences about ancient trade and exchange and examines how the study of trade and exchange informs us about sociopolitical systems and economic relations and how they vary over time and space. Of interest to majors and prospective majors in anthropology and related fields.
credit hours: 3
Ancient Trade and Commerce

ANTH 2880 Writing Practicum
Writing Practicum
Writing practicum.
Notes: Fulfills the college intensive-writing requirement.
credit hours: 1
Writing Practicum

ANTH 3010 Hunters and Gatherers
Hunters and Gatherers
Comparative study of selected modern and past groups of hunter-gatherers. Anthropological approaches to understanding subsistence practices, social organization, and cultural change in non-agricultural societies. Both ethnographic and archaeological cases will be considered.
credit hours: 3
Hunters and Gatherers

ANTH 3050 North American Indians
North American Indians
Native North American cultures from the time of European contact to the 20th century. Cultural variation from the Arctic to northern Mexico and the adjustments to modern life.
Notes: See ANTH 6050.
credit hours: 3
North American Indians

ANTH 3060 South American Indians
South American Indians
Ethnology of the indigenous peoples of lowland South America and adjacent southern Central America. The course examines cultural developments from prehistory to the present. Models for the classification of indigenous cultures, societies, and languages are critically reviewed.
Notes: See ANTH 6060.
credit hours: 3
South American Indians

ANTH 3070 Contemporary Chinese Society
Contemporary Chinese Society
Brief introduction to Chinese history and mainstream cultural traditions. Anthropological examination of the shared and contrasting identities and experiences of peasants, urbanites, and the members of different ethnic groups.
Notes: See ANTH 6070.
credit hours: 3
Contemporary Chinese Society

ANTH 3080 East Asia
East Asia
Anthropological examination of East Asia, focusing on China, Japan, and Korea. Topics include mainstream philosophical traditions, individual and society, ethnicity and nationalism, gender and globalization.
Notes: See ANTH 6080.
credit hours: 3
East Asia

ANTH 3090 Selected Cultural Systems
Selected Cultural Systems
Systematic treatment of specific cultures of the past and present.
credit hours: 3
Selected Cultural Systems

ANTH 3110 Cultures of Sub-Saharan Africa
Cultures of Sub-Saharan Africa
A survey of the cultures of sub-Saharan Africa from the time of European contact to the present. A detailed study of selected African cultures, identifying, and explaining cultural diversity and unity of African cultures, and comparing African cultures with cultures of other geographic areas. Inequality, development, the family, gender roles, kinship systems, and world view are considered.
credit hours: 3
Cultures of Sub-Saharan Africa

ANTH 3120 Anthropology of Sex and Reproduction
Anthropology of Sex and Reproduction
An exploration of the interrelatedness of biological, behavioral, cultural, social, and political aspects of human sex and reproduction. Current issues, such as new reproductive technologies, the biology and culture of pregnancy and childbirth, mate choice, will be examined from within an evolutionary framework and/or using a cross-cultural approach.
credit hours: 3
Anthropology of Sex and Reproduction

ANTH 3140 Primate Ecology and Behavior
Primate Ecology and Behavior
An introduction to the social and physical diversity of the Order Primates, emphasizing the biology, ecology, and behavior of living nonhuman primates. Social structure will be explored from an evolutionary perspective, and the ecological and social constraints on behavioral flexibility will be examined. Examples will cover both field and laboratory investigations of nonhuman primates.
Notes: Students may not take both ANTH 3140 and ANTH 6140 for credit.
credit hours: 3
Primate Ecology and Behavior

ANTH 3160 Peoples of the Pacific
Peoples of the Pacific
Introduction to the cultures of Polynesia, Micronesia, Melanesia, and Australia from the first settlement to the emergence of modern nation-states.
credit hours: 3
Peoples of the Pacific

ANTH 3180 Ethnic China
Ethnic China
This seminar course examines the socio-cultural diversity of China from an anthropological perspective and a multi-ethnic approach.
credit hours: 3
Ethnic China

ANTH 3190 Economic Anthropology
Economic Anthropology
The study of economic behavior in band, tribal, and peasant societies. Emphasis on the impact of culture and environment on economic decision-making in the Third World. Competing theoretical approaches, particularly evolutionary, ecological, substantivist and Marxist are critically reviewed.
credit hours: 3
Economic Anthropology

ANTH 3195 Financial Lives
Financial Lives
This course focuses on the expansion of financial services on daily life in both U.S. and non-U.S societies. We will use ethnographic case-studies to explore different institutions and mechanisms by which people organize their debt and credit relations. The first part of the course will be an overview of anthropological concepts and frameworks for understanding debt and sociality. The second part will focus on the diverse meanings of homeownership in U.S. society, Brazil, and China.
credit hours: 3
Financial Lives

ANTH 3200 Magic, Witchcraft and Religion
Magic, Witchcraft and Religion
This course is an exploration into religion and the occult. We will examine a wide range of topics, such as hauntings, spirit possession, the role of evil in the moral imagination, and the construction of symbols as well as various practices associated healing, witchcraft (or sorcery) accusations, and the experience of suffering and death. Anthropological approaches challenge the categories of "religion" and "witchcraft", which stem from Western conceptions of reality, Christianity, and ethnocentric views of the "other".
credit hours: 3
Magic, Witchcraft and Religion

ANTH 3220 Ethnology of Insular Southeast Asia
Ethnology of Insular Southeast Asia
Peoples and cultures of Island or Maritime Southeast Asia, from the Andaman Islands in the west to the Bismarck Archipelago in the east. Biogeographic distinctions between Indo and Austro SE Asia; evolutionary implications for people and fauna. Paleolithic, Neolithic, bronze, and iron ages from 40 kya to 1st millennium CE. Early developments in Austro-Asiatic and Austronesian languages. Commercial contacts with ancient Rome, India, China. Impacts of Hinduism, Buddhism, Islam, and Christianity. Prehistoric and early colonial entrepôts. Colonial development of ethnicities associated with Chinese, Arabic, Malay, Tamil, Aslian, Kmer, Portuguese, Dutch, and English. Identity issues, ethnohistory and ethnobiology of Aslian (Orang Asli) peoples to the present.
credit hours: 3
Ethnology of Insular Southeast Asia

ANTH 3230 Zooarchaeology
Zooarchaeology
This provides basic instruction in the identification of large mammal remains commonly recovered from archaeological sites. In addition, a taphonomic approach to zooarchaeology is stressed, with an emphasis on understanding and interpreting the formation of archaeological faunal assemblages.
credit hours: 3
Zooarchaeology

ANTH 3260 Highland Mexican Prehistory
Highland Mexican Prehistory
Patterns and processes of cultural development in the highlands of central Mexico, western Mexico, and Oaxaca as known from archaeological and ethnohistorical data. Early cultures, Toltecs, Aztecs, Mixtecs, Zapotecs.
Notes: See ANTH 6260.
credit hours: 3
Highland Mexican Prehistory

ANTH 3280 Middle American Indians
Middle American Indians
Colonial and modern indigenous cultures of Mexico and Central America.
credit hours: 3
Middle American Indians

ANTH 3290 The Nature of Language
The Nature of Language
Language as a reflection of the human mind and the role of language in defining the essence of humanity. Language and the expression of social values. Emphasis on analysis of primary linguistic data. Critical examination of theories of linguistic structure.
credit hours: 3
The Nature of Language

ANTH 3300 History of Writing
History of Writing
This course looks at the different systems of writing which have been used in various cultures through time with attention to the materials and purpose in relation to the cultures. Orientation to and practice in decipherment are included. Finally, the issues of modern script development are introduced.
credit hours: 3
History of Writing

ANTH 3310 Introduction to Historical Linguistics
Introduction to Historical Linguistics
Historical Linguistics traces language change over time. Reconstruction through comparative method and internal paradigm examination is used to retro-project earlier stages of a language or a language family, elucidating interrelationships among languages, paths of migration, spheres of influence, and varieties of contact. Reconstructed vocabulary yields inferences about ancient homelands, social organization, and culture constructs. The processes observed in language change yield insights into human cognition and the language faculty.
Notes: Capstone for LING (5110 option).
credit hours: 3
Introduction to Historical Linguistics

ANTH 3330 Anthropology of Gender
Anthropology of Gender
A theoretical and ethnographical examination of how gender is constructed across cultures. Topics include sex and gender, gender identity, bodily experiences, masculinity and femininity, gender roles, kinship and gender, gender stratification, and gender equality, as well as gender, ethnicity, and class.
credit hours: 3
Anthropology of Gender

ANTH 3350 Culture and Religion
Culture and Religion
Religions, ideas, ritual, and organization of primitive peoples; nativistic and messianic movements; function of religion in social systems.
Notes: See ANTH 6350.
credit hours: 3
Culture and Religion

ANTH 3360 Anthropology of Cities
Anthropology of Cities
This course focuses on anthropological approaches to cities and urban life. Topics include the cultural meanings of public space and the built environment, processes of social differentiation and class formation, the role of capital, and the emergence of social movements. The second half of the course is organized around a comparison of four ethnographic case-studies of cities outside the United States and Europe. Throughout the semester, studies will also discuss how anthropological approaches may be applied to New Orleans.
credit hours: 3
Anthropology of Cities

ANTH 3370 Locating Southeast Asia
Locating Southeast Asia
This course examines contemporary Southeast Asia. As one of the most diverse regions in the world, the region confounds easy characterization. The first part of the course provides students with a broad overview of the social, cultural, and political institutions of the region with a focus on Indonesia, Thailand, the Philippines, and Vietnam. The second part turns to contemporary issues including political and economic development, religious change, and cultural constructions of identity. Readings include academic essays, short stories, and full-length ethnographies.
credit hours: 3
Locating Southeast Asia

ANTH 3380 Cultural Dynamics
Cultural Dynamics
An exploration of the development in the western tradition of ideas concerning culture, its variation, and change. The courses focuses on the specific insights of anthropology with regard to the study of change processes such as innovation, directed culture change, nativism, and revitalization. The relevant contributions of other social sciences will also be considered.
credit hours: 3
Cultural Dynamics

ANTH 3395 Ethnography of Performance and Identity in New Orleans and French Louisiana
Ethnography of Performance and Identity in New Orleans and French Louisiana
This course focuses on symbolic meaning in the vernacular expressive culture or folkloric forms of community groups in New Orleans, French Louisiana, the Gulf South region and selected out migrant locations. It addresses differential identities of tribal, ethnic, regional, religious, linguistic, occupational, class and gender affiliations--and examines aesthetic forms as a primary means to do so. Some of these are largely intangible such as music and dance, ritual and festival, narrative and jokes; others are tangible or material culture to varying degrees such as the built environment (houses, boats, landscape use), crafts, costumes and cuisine. All are examined via ethnographic and historical writing, oral histories and documentary media as to how shared cultural knowledge is performed in an array of contexts. These include dancehalls, Carnival parades, second lines, work settings, festivals, neighborhood museums, sacred spaces and so on.
Notes: Capstone.
credit hours: 3
Ethnography of Performance and Identity in New Orleans and French Louisiana

ANTH 3400 Language and Culture
Language and Culture
Acquiring and using techniques of conducting linguistic field work. Investigation of one or more languages by working with native speakers. Emphasis on defining problems, developing and testing hypotheses.
Notes: Capstone for LING and ANTH as a 5110 add-on.
Pre-requistites: ANTH 1030 or ANTH 3290 or instructor permission.
credit hours: 3
Language and Culture

ANTH 3440 Dialectology
Dialectology
Introduction to language variation both geographically and socially. The course looks at the history and methods of dialectology as well as the ways speakers demonstrate identity through speech patterns.
credit hours: 3
Dialectology

ANTH 3441 Lexicography: Dictionaries and How to Make Them
Lexicography: Dictionaries and How to Make Them
Lexicography is the making of dictionaries. Dictionaries take many forms and fulfill many functions. Dictionaries have evolved new formats; professional lexicographers share word gleaning with internet users. Dictionaries may be monolingual, di-, tri-, or multi-lingual, etymological or encyclopedic, synchronic or diachronic, prescriptive or descriptive, terminological or generic. Dictionary construction requires a number of skills which co-vary with the type of dictionary to be produced. This course provides an overview of dictionaries, their forms, formats and histories, while fostering a basic skill set for harvesting words and compiling lexicons. Dictionaries provide a cognitive map to communities of speakers, both past and present.
Notes: Writing Practica Option.
credit hours: 3
Lexicography: Dictionaries and How to Make Them

ANTH 3450 Methods of Observation in Behavioral Research
Methods of Observation in Behavioral Research
This course focuses on the development, design, analysis, and presentation of research on behavior using observational methods. While these methods can be used on captive populations (zoo, research center) they are also appropriate for studies of free-ranging animals, including human beings. The student will be exposed to the specific challenges of observational research, and learn appropriate levels of analysis.
credit hours: 3
Methods of Observation in Behavioral Research

ANTH 3470 The Many Faces of Islam
The Many Faces of Islam
Islam is a fundamental human experience in diverse socio-historic and cultural milieux. Ethnographies of Muslim communities highlight the heterogenity of Islamic perspectives and traditions. Focus on culturally situated Islamic practices and belief systems fosters a critical understanding of the emergent Islamic identities and their historico-cultural underpinnings.
credit hours: 3
The Many Faces of Islam

ANTH 3480 African Modernities
African Modernities
This course focuses on the problem of conceptualizing modernity in Africa. Examining cases from throughout the continent, we will consider cultural developments such as romantic love, fashion, and consumption as well as new forms of religiosity and novel developments in established religions, economic change, state corruption, and violence.
credit hours: 3
African Modernities

ANTH 3510 Race, Ethnicity, and Nationalism
Race, Ethnicity, and Nationalism
Theoretical and ethnographic examinations of race, ethnicity, and nationalism. Topics also include multiculturalism, globalization, and diasporas.
Notes: See ANTH 6510.
credit hours: 3
Race, Ethnicity, and Nationalism

ANTH 3520 Diaspora Yoruba
Diaspora Yoruba
Familiarizes students with the fundamentals of Yoruba language and culture; shows students how Diaspora dynamics have changed Yoruba language and culture; uses Diaspora Yoruba to teach students the principles of language death and innovation involving tones, vowels, nasalization, word formation, and sentence structure.
credit hours: 3
Diaspora Yoruba

ANTH 3530 Arts of Native North America
Arts of Native North America
A survey of the great range of media and the many forms of aesthetic expression developed by the indigenous peoples of what today are the United States and Canada. The course examines the functions of art in smaller-scale societies and illustrates aspects of their dynamics. Changes in arts due to European contact, attempts at revivals of specific genres, and the emergence of named artists in the 20th century are also addressed.
Notes: See ANTH 6530.
credit hours: 3
Arts of Native North America

ANTH 3535 Native American Languages and Linguistics
Native American Languages and Linguistics
This course will explore the richness of the linguistic diversity still preserved in the Native American languages of this hemisphere. Two thirds of the Native American languages spoken at time of European immigration have perished. Today even languages with large communities of fluent speakers face heavy assimilatory pressures. Language loss and simplification are rapidly changing the wordscape of the Americas.
Notes: Writing Practica Option.
credit hours: 3
Native American Languages and Linguistics

ANTH 3540 Indians of the Great Plains
Indians of the Great Plains
Popularly considered as the very image of the American Indian, 19th-century Great Plains cultures were a recent and, tragically, short-lived florescence, made possible largely by the introduction of the horse. Horses encouraged the development of a new lifestyle and attracted immigrant peoples from every direction. The course will examine traditional cultures, the change to a nomadic equestrian existence, and the ways in which diverse immigration groups quickly developed very similar ways of life.
Notes: See ANTH 6540.
credit hours: 3
Indians of the Great Plains

ANTH 3550 Social Change, Sustainability, and Postcolonial Identity in the Caribbean
Social Change, Sustainability, and Postcolonial Identity in the Caribbean
The St. Martin Program is an intensive, immersive service-learning program that combines a 3-credit class (ANTH 3550: Social Change, Sustainability, and Postcolonial Identity in the Caribbean) with community engagement. The course is based in the small binational island of St. Martin (Lesser Antilles). It includes a mandatory, zero-credit service-learning component, which will satisfy the 2nd tier service- learning requirement for sophomores, juniors, and seniors. The primary purpose of the program is for students to meaningfully engage with locals, work and meet with community members committed to cultural, food, and economic sustainability, as well as gain an in-depth understanding of anthropological concepts and research methodology, especially as they relate to postcolonial contexts and the shaping of cultural/linguistic identities and socio- economic/political systems.
credit hours: 3
Social Change, Sustainability, and Postcolonial Identity in the Caribbean

ANTH 3560 Environmental Archaeology
Environmental Archaeology
credit hours: 3
Environmental Archaeology

ANTH 3590 Introduction to Syntax
Introduction to Syntax
Introduction of transformational generative syntax, with examples from selected areas of English grammar. Formal models in grammatical description. Emphasis on the logic of linguistic argumentation.
credit hours: 3
Introduction to Syntax

ANTH 3630 Linguistic Phonetics
Linguistic Phonetics
The course offers an overview of articulatory and acoustic phonetics with emphasis on matching acoustic cues closely with the articulatory gestures. The first part of the course will study the articulatory and acoustic cues to range of English and non-English speech sounds with information about the normal range of variation. The second part will focus on collecting and interpreting acoustic data, and using such data as evidence to solve phonological problems in normal and pathological speech.
credit hours: 3
Linguistic Phonetics

ANTH 3640 Studies in Phonology
Studies in Phonology
This course provides an introduction to phonological analysis and theory, with strong emphasis on description and analysis of data from a wide variety of languages. Major issues to be addressed include universal principles of human phonological systems, language-specific variation, constraints on representation of rules, the relationship of phonology to morphological and syntactic components of the grammar, and the historical underpinnings of current theoretical models.
Pre-requistites: ANTH 3630.
credit hours: 3
Studies in Phonology

ANTH 3660 Discourse Analysis: Pragmatics of Language Use
Discourse Analysis: Pragmatics of Language Use
Study of written and spoken texts from a variety of languages and language use contexts. Focus on structural aspects of language (noun phrase construction and anaphora, topicalization, focus constructions, word order, deictics, and definite reference) as they relate to the situated use of language.
credit hours: 3
Discourse Analysis: Pragmatics of Language Use

ANTH 3670 Language and Its Acquisition
Language and Its Acquisition
This course provides an introduction to issues such as the genetic basis of language ability and acquisition; neurological aspects of linguistic knowledge; first language acquisition. Emphasis will be laid on child language data collection, description and analysis. Other issues covered are: (1) language acquisition in special populations (deaf children, blind children, children with mental retardation, children with autism and children with specific language impairment); (2) childhood bilingualism.
Notes: Capstone for LING (5110 option).
Pre-requistites: ANTH 1030, ANTH 3290 or instructor permission.
credit hours: 3
Language and Its Acquisition

ANTH 3680 Language and Power
Language and Power
Exploration of the ways that language indexes, reflects, and constructs power. Cross-cultural study of the interrelationship of social ascriptions, attitudes toward groups and their members, and the speech patterns of in-group/out-group members. Examination of the manipulation of power and its linguistic correlates in the domains of medicine, the media, education, and the law. Effects of language policy, especially officialization and standardization, on speakers of minority languages or codes.
credit hours: 3
Language and Power

ANTH 3690 Language and Gender
Language and Gender
An exploration of the structures of language, phonological, morphological, syntactic, semantic, and pragmatic, as they index, inter-relate with, and construct gender identities cross-culturally.
credit hours: 3
Language and Gender

ANTH 3700 Environmental Anthropology
Environmental Anthropology
Critically reviews case studies of ecosystemic and energetic relations between human populations, cultures, and the environment in diverse ethnographic settings of the world, such as Amazonia, the Great Basin, New Guinea, and Southeast Asia. Examines the historical emergence of ecological paradigms in anthropology. Compares the modern contributions of cultural ecology, evolutionary ecology, ethnoecology, and historical ecology. Evaluates potential contributions of ecological anthropology to general ecology.
credit hours: 3
Environmental Anthropology

ANTH 3710 Historical Ecology of Amazonia
Historical Ecology of Amazonia
Interactions between local peoples and Amazonian landscapes from prehistory to the present. Amazonian landscapes as an analytic unit will be examined from the interdisciplinary perspective of historical ecology. Changes and development of forests and savannas since the arrival of human beings. Historical, ecological, cultural forces involved in biological and edaphic diversity in modern forests. Long-term effects of prehistoric and historic human occupations and manipulation of landscapes. Implications for conservation and development.
Notes: See EBIO 3710/6710 and ANTH 6710.
credit hours: 3
Historical Ecology of Amazonia

ANTH 3720 Adaptation and Human Variability
Adaptation and Human Variability
Biological adaptations of living human populations to their environments, and the interaction of these adaptations with cultural patterns. Relationships of body size, form, and composition to climatic and nutritional factors in various geographical groups of modern man. Major adaptive problems facing the human species are discussed and implications for the future explored.
credit hours: 3
Adaptation and Human Variability

ANTH 3730 Principles of Forensic Anthropology
Principles of Forensic Anthropology
Introduction to forensic anthropology, a subdiscipline of physical anthropology concerned with the identification of human skeletal remains in medico-legal contexts. Surveys the history of the field and the techniques used to determine age, sex, and physical characteristics of an individual from skeletonized remains, as well as methods used for positive identification, estimating time since death, and determining cause and manner of death.
credit hours: 3
Principles of Forensic Anthropology

ANTH 3745 Bioarchaeology of Mummies
Bioarchaeology of Mummies
Mummified human remains open a fragile window into the past. They provide unique information about the physical characteristics, health and diet of ancient peoples, as well as information on cultural modification of the body (head shaping, piercing, tattooing, hair styles), funerary practices, and cultural concepts of death and the afterlife. Mummies can be investigated from various perspectives (textual, iconographic, biomedical, ethnographical, archaeological), but are studied most effectively using a multidisciplinary approach involving archaeologists, biological anthropologists, conservators, and specialists in medical imaging, paleogenetics and geochemistry. Bioarchaeology, the application of biological anthropology to archaeological research questions, is a term commonly used today to describe this multidisciplinary approach to studying the dead. This course will examine preserved human bodies from around the world, with an emphasis on scientific studies that seek to reconstruct their life histories and postmortem treatment.
credit hours: 3
Bioarchaeology of Mummies

ANTH 3750 Bones, Bodies, and Disease
Bones, Bodies, and Disease
Survey of the field of paleopathology, the study of health and disease in ancient populations. Topics include methods for identifying evidence of injury and disease in bones, teeth, and mummified tissue; ancient medicine and surgery; chemical approaches to reconstructing diet; and human health trends through time.
credit hours: 3
Bones, Bodies, and Disease

ANTH 3755 Human Osteology
Human Osteology
The objective of this course is to learn the anatomy of the human skeleton and dentition and the techniques physical anthropologists use to excavate, identify, and analyze human skeletal remains. You will learn how to identify the various bones of the skeleton, how to distinguish human from non-human bone, how to determine sex and estimate age at death; and how to measure bones in order to reconstruct living stature and physical characteristics from skeletal remains. Examples from archaeological excavations and forensic cases will be used to illustrate the kinds of information human skeletons can provide about ancient and modern populations. Practical and written exams and laboratory exercises hone your skills at recognizing anatomical landmarks, identifying fragmentary osteological material. measuring bones, and conducting a detailed skeletal inventory.
credit hours: 3
Human Osteology

ANTH 3760 Primate Evolution and Adaptation
Primate Evolution and Adaptation
This course will focus on the anatomy, evolution and adaptive radiation of the Order Primates. Basic information on living primates and detailed investigation of the primate fossil record will be presented. The dynamic nature of the field will be the subject of class discussion and investigative essays.
credit hours: 3
Primate Evolution and Adaptation

ANTH 3780 Language Death
Language Death
Every fortnight a human language dies. Half the languages spoken in the Western Hemisphere at the turn of the 19th century have died. This course examines the forces that lead to language death, strategies that speakers whose linguistic heritage is endangered may deploy to revitalize their languages, and tools that linguists have used to preserve the knowledges of human speech communities.
credit hours: 3
Language Death

ANTH 3850 The Four Field Model
The Four Field Model
Philosophical underpinnings of general anthropology. Epistemological ramifications of four anthropological fields (subdisciplines) as complete coverage of the subject matter. Contingency vs. rationale in the amalgamation of the four fields, as distinctive and definitive of the holistic study of Homosapiens. Initial development of the model in the British Isles; institutionalization in 20th century North America. Connections to study of natives of the New World and salvage ethnography. Growth and specialization in subdisciplines. Debates over the logic and practicality in continuing cohesion of the model. May be taken as capstone, with ANTH 5110. Students who sign up for the capstone, will have an extra class session, times listed under ANTH 7850.
credit hours: 3
The Four Field Model

ANTH 3880 Writing Practicum
Writing Practicum
Notes: Fulfills the college intensive-writing requirement.
Pre-requistites: Successful completion of the First-Year Writing Requirement.
Co-requisites: Three-credit departmental course.
credit hours: 1
Writing Practicum

ANTH 4060 Proseminar in Anthropology
Proseminar in Anthropology
It is a four-field seminar course, covering archaeology, linguistics, physical anthropology and socio-cultural anthropology. Topics vary with the current research interests of the faculty presenting the course. Students do primary and secondary research, present their findings orally and in writing. This course draws together the four subdisciplines of anthropology, integrating them in the approach to a body of theory, an array of methods and an emerging set of data congruent with the topical theme.
Notes: This course is required for the major and fulfills the capstone requirement.
Pre-requistites: Junior or senior anthropology major status.
credit hours: 3
Proseminar in Anthropology

ANTH 4080 Race and Nation in the Spanish Caribbean
Race and Nation in the Spanish Caribbean
This course provides a comparative survey of the interwoven dynamics of race, class and national formation in the making of the Spanish-speaking Caribbean. Drawing on a range of readings in history, media studies, music, fiction writing and poetry as well as anthropology, this course will explore the overlapping historical contexts of Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Dominican Republic in addition to related impacts of Haiti and its Revolution. The focus of attention will be placed on the on-going centrality of racial dynamics in these island nations from slave-based sugar plantations to reggaetón music.
credit hours: 3
Race and Nation in the Spanish Caribbean

ANTH 4120 Conquest and Colonialism
Conquest and Colonialism
Comparative and global perspectives on the archaeology of culture contact and colonialism.
Notes: Usually offered in conjunction with ANTH 7120. (counts as capstone)
credit hours: 3
Conquest and Colonialism

ANTH 4130 North American Prehistory
North American Prehistory
A survey of the archaeology of Canada and the United States from the appearance of man in the New World to the arrival of the Europeans.
credit hours: 3
North American Prehistory

ANTH 4150 African Prehistory
African Prehistory
Survey of African prehistory from the earliest tool-makers (Olduvai Gorge, etc.) to protohistoric times. Emphasis on Africa south of the Sahara for later prehistory. Africa's role in human origins, development and spread of food-producing economies, the African Iron Age, early contacts with Arabic and European peoples.
credit hours: 3
African Prehistory

ANTH 4210 Seminar in Historical Ecology
Seminar in Historical Ecology
credit hours: 3
Seminar in Historical Ecology

ANTH 4260 Archaeology of the U.S. Southwest
Archaeology of the U.S. Southwest
This course looks at the development of prehistoric and early historic cultures of the U.S. Southwest. Both archaeological and early historical evidence of indigenous peoples and early explorers will be examined.
credit hours: 3
Archaeology of the U.S. Southwest

ANTH 4270 Roots of Western Civilization
Roots of Western Civilization
Cultural history of Southwestern Asia and Europe from the Mesolithic, through the development of food production, to the beginnings of civilization. Emphasis upon the beginnings of complex societies and urban life and their early, pre-Roman development in Europe.
credit hours: 3
Roots of Western Civilization

ANTH 4410 Olmec and Maya Civilization
Olmec and Maya Civilization
Examines the development of highly advanced cultures and societies in one of the centers of native American civilization. Although the presentation stresses archaeological data, the course considers pre-Hispanic aesthetic achievements, social organization, values, written records, and adaptation to varying environments.
credit hours: 3
Olmec and Maya Civilization

ANTH 4510 Species and Species Concepts in Human Paleontology
Species and Species Concepts in Human Paleontology
The number of proposed fossil hominid/hominin species has mushroomed in recent years yet the recognition of species in the human fossil record remains a daunting task. However, in order to reconstruct the phylogenetic (ancestor-descendent) relationships among humans, our ancestors, and close collateral relatives, we must group hominin fossils into meaningful taxonomic categories, ones that likely reflect truly monophyletic (shared common ancestor) descent patterns. This course explores different evolutionary species concepts and their applicability to human paleontology. Current approaches to the reconstruction of phylogenetic relationships are then discussed, and the taxonomic status of hominin species is assessed.
Notes: This course can be taken to fulfill the capstone requirement.
credit hours: 3
Species and Species Concepts in Human Paleontology

ANTH 4560 Internship
Internship
Internships in anthropology are available to qualified juniors and seniors on a limited basis for individual projects conducted in association with various private firms, public and private organizations, or governmental institutions in New Orleans. Students will work under professional supervision at these sites, and consult with a faculty sponsor. Requirements include a written report on the experience, and an evaluation by the supervisor.
Notes: Credit for major elective requirement only.
Pre-requistites: Approval of instructor.
credit hours: 3
Internship

ANTH 4570 Internship
Internship
Internships in anthropology are available to qualified juniors and seniors on a limited basis for individual projects conducted in association with various private firms, public and private organizations, or governmental institutions in New Orleans. Students will work under professional supervision at these sites, and consult with a faculty sponsor. Requirements include a written report on the experience, and an evaluation by the supervisor.
Notes: Credit for major elective requirement only.
Pre-requistites: Approval of instructor.
credit hours: 3
Internship

ANTH 4610 Ceramic Analysis
Ceramic Analysis
A laboratory course dealing with the descriptive analysis of archaeological ceramics. Introduction to aspects of ceramic technology, classification, description, and the use of ceramics in archaeological research. Emphasis will be on practical methods and techniques for analyzing, describing, reporting, and graphically representing ceramic artifacts.
credit hours: 3
Ceramic Analysis

ANTH 4620 Lithic Analysis
Lithic Analysis
A laboratory course dealing with the technological analysis of lithic artifacts. Introduction to fracture mechanics and flint napping, debitage analysis and classification. Application of principles and methods of technological classification, description, and graphical representation to archaeological specimens and modern replicates.
credit hours: 3
Lithic Analysis

ANTH 4880 Writing Practicum
Writing Practicum
Notes: Fulfills the college intensive-writing requirement.
Pre-requistites: Successful completion of the First-Year Writing Requirement.
Co-requisites: Three-credit departmental course.
credit hours: 1
Writing Practicum

ANTH 4910 Independent Studies
Independent Studies
By arrangement.
credit hours: 1-3
Independent Studies

ANTH 4920 Independent Studies
Independent Studies
By arrangement.
credit hours: 1-3
Independent Studies

ANTH 4930 Languages of Louisiana
Languages of Louisiana
Examines the current and historical linguistic situation in Louisiana, from indigenous languages spoken at the time of contact with Europeans to the present. Covers basic features of the languages as well as their social settings. Students will further conduct independent field research projects, alone or in small groups, focusing on languages spoken in southern Louisiana, in particular in the city of New Orleans.
Notes: Capstone.
credit hours: 3
Languages of Louisiana

ANTH 4950 Special Projects
Special Projects
By arrangement.
credit hours: 3
Special Projects

ANTH 4960 Special Projects
Special Projects
By arrangement.
credit hours: 3
Special Projects

ANTH 6010 Quantitative Methods in Anthropology
Quantitative Methods in Anthropology
An introduction to mathematical methods relevant to anthropology.
credit hours: 3
Quantitative Methods in Anthropology

ANTH 6020 The Neandertal Enigma
The Neandertal Enigma
The Neandertals are the best-understood group of non-modern fossil hominids, having been known to science since 1856. Yet even today they inspire many provocative questions. Who were the Neandertals? How were they different from us? Did they have language? How and why did they disappear? Were they our ancestors, or did our ancestors out compete them? And if the Neandertals were not our ancestors, then who were? These are some of the questions we will explore in this class on the classic cavemen"."
credit hours: 3
The Neandertal Enigma

ANTH 6060 South American Indians
South American Indians
Notes: See ANTH 3060 for description.
credit hours: 3
South American Indians

ANTH 6070 Contemporary Chinese Society
Contemporary Chinese Society
Notes: See ANTH 3070 for description.
credit hours: 3
Contemporary Chinese Society

ANTH 6100 South American Archaeology
South American Archaeology
Survey of South American archaeology with primary focus on the Andean area. Overview of culture history from the Paleoindian period through the Spanish conquest.
credit hours: 3
South American Archaeology

ANTH 6130 Southeastern United States Prehistory
Southeastern United States Prehistory
Survey of the various problems of archaeology of the Southeastern United States.
credit hours: 3
Southeastern United States Prehistory

ANTH 6180 Ethnic China
Ethnic China
This seminar course examines the socio-cultural diversity of China from an anthropological perspective and a multi-ethnic approach.
credit hours: 3
Ethnic China

ANTH 6210 Development of Anthropological Theory
Development of Anthropological Theory
Origin and development of anthropology since the Renaissance.
credit hours: 3
Development of Anthropological Theory

ANTH 6230 Archaeological Theory
Archaeological Theory
An introduction to theoretical basis of modern archaeology. The implications of theory for excavation, analysis, and interpretation.
credit hours: 3
Archaeological Theory

ANTH 6240 Technical Analyses for Archaeology
Technical Analyses for Archaeology
A survey of scientific analytic techniques that have been adapted for application to common archaeological problems such as site discovery, dating, site formation processes, artifact source and function, and subsistence and diet. Examination of methodological literature and case studies.
credit hours: 3
Technical Analyses for Archaeology

ANTH 6250 Old World Paleolithic Prehistory
Old World Paleolithic Prehistory
This course offers a synthetic review of the archaeological prehistory and biological evolution of our species. The course examines topics in paleoanthropology ranging from the ancestors of australopithecines in the Miocene to the emergence of complex hunter-gatherer societies at the end of Pleistocene.
credit hours: 3
Old World Paleolithic Prehistory

ANTH 6260 Prehistory of Highland Mexico
Prehistory of Highland Mexico
Notes: See ANTH 3260 for description.
credit hours: 3
Prehistory of Highland Mexico

ANTH 6270 Culture and Romantic Love
Culture and Romantic Love
Comparative study of romantic love with a focus on non-Western societies. Topics include the debate over the universality of romantic love; cultural delineations, evaluations, and expressions of passionate love, companionate love, and sexual desire; socio-cultural regulations of love, sex, marriage, and non-heterosexual intimacy; romantic love, social change, and globalization.
credit hours: 3
Culture and Romantic Love

ANTH 6320 Social Structure
Social Structure
History of the development of the structural/functional paradigm in social anthropology. Diachronic versus synchronic models, statistical versus normative models, decision models, networks, psychological reductionism.
credit hours: 3
Social Structure

ANTH 6340 Medical Anthropology
Medical Anthropology
Survey of the relationships among disease, curing, culture and environment. Topics include problems of adapting modern medicines to diverse cultures; explication of the social and cultural correlates of physical and mental health and disease (social epidemiology); cross-cultural variation in disease concepts, medical practices, role of patients, and mental health; health and nutritional implications of planned culture change; contributions of anthropology to health-policy decisions of development organizations.
credit hours: 3
Medical Anthropology

ANTH 6350 Culture and Religion
Culture and Religion
Notes: See ANTH 3350 for description.
credit hours: 3
Culture and Religion

ANTH 6395 Ethnography of Performance and Identity in New Orleans and French Louisiana
Ethnography of Performance and Identity in New Orleans and French Louisiana
This course focuses on symbolic meaning in the vernacular expressive culture or folkloric forms of community groups in New Orleans, French Louisiana, the Gulf South region and selected out migrant locations. It addresses differential identities of tribal, ethnic, regional, religious, linguistic, occupational, class and gender affiliations--and examines aesthetic forms as a primary means to do so. Some of these are largely intangible such as music and dance, ritual and festival, narrative and jokes; others are tangible or material culture to varying degrees such as the built environment (houses, boats, landscape use), crafts, costumes and cuisine. All are examined via ethnographic and historical writing, oral histories and documentary media as to how shared cultural knowledge is performed in an array of contexts. These include dancehalls, Carnival parades, second lines, work settings, festivals, neighborhood museums, sacred spaces and so on.
Notes: Capstone.
credit hours: 3
Ethnography of Performance and Identity in New Orleans and French Louisiana

ANTH 6400 Language and Culture
Language and Culture
credit hours: 3
Language and Culture

ANTH 6415 Pidgins and Creoles
Pidgins and Creoles
An overview of the world's pidgin and creole languages and a survey of the theories of their origins. Capstone in Linguistics and Anthropology.
credit hours: 3
Pidgins and Creoles

ANTH 6420 Linguistic Field Methods
Linguistic Field Methods
Acquiring and using techniques for conducting linguistic field work. Investigation of one or more languages by working with native speakers. Emphasis on defining problems, developing and testing hypotheses.
Notes: Capstone for LING (5110 option).
Pre-requistites: ANTH 1030, ANTH 3290, or instructor permission.
credit hours: 3
Linguistic Field Methods

ANTH 6480 Human Functional Morphology
Human Functional Morphology
This course covers the functional anatomy of the human body, with emphasis on the structure, function, evolution, and development of the musculo-skeletal and nervous systems. The principle of biological uniformitarianism is used to correlate hard tissue (i.e., teeth and bone) structure with soft tissue function, since soft tissues are only rarely recovered in archaeological or paleontological settings.
credit hours: 3
Human Functional Morphology

ANTH 6500 Human Evolution
Human Evolution
An investigation into the evolution of modern Homo sapiens (italics) over the last ten million years. Emphasis will be placed on the fossil record of human and nonhuman primates, the role of changing environments, and migration patterns. Models from technologically simple cultures and modern nonhuman primates will be included in the consideration of developing social organizations.
credit hours: 3
Human Evolution

ANTH 6510 Race, Ethnicity, and Nationalism
Race, Ethnicity, and Nationalism
See ANTH 3510 for description.
credit hours: 3
Race, Ethnicity, and Nationalism

ANTH 6520 Ethnographic Methods
Ethnographic Methods
Theory and techniques involved in collecting, analyzing, and reporting ethnographic data. Validity, reliability, and precision of participant observation: probes and free lists; sampling frames and types of samples appropriate to the unit of analysis; surveys and questionnaires; selection of key informants; interdisciplinary methods; research design. Consideration of ethical issues, potential conflicts of interest, and university review board procedures and policies. Classroom exercises and field projects.
credit hours: 3
Ethnographic Methods

ANTH 6530 Native North American Art
Native North American Art
Notes: See ANTH 3530 for description.
credit hours: 3
Native North American Art

ANTH 6540 Indians of the Great Plains
Indians of the Great Plains
Notes: See ANTH 3540 for description.
credit hours: 3
Indians of the Great Plains

ANTH 6700 Spoken Nahuatl
Spoken Nahuatl
The essentials of Nahuatl phonology, morphology, and syntax. Conversational practice and laboratory sessions along with emphasis on linguistic analysis of the language.
credit hours: 3
Spoken Nahuatl

ANTH 6710 Historical Ecology of Amazonia
Historical Ecology of Amazonia
Notes: See ANTH 3710 for description.
credit hours: 3
Historical Ecology of Amazonia

ANTH 6720 Spoken Yoruba
Spoken Yoruba
This course provides an introduction to the Yoruba language. Emphasis on grammar and vocabulary development, listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills. Practice in oral discussion will be enhanced by weekly dramatical presentations, poetry recitals, and story-telling.
credit hours: 3
Spoken Yoruba

ANTH 6800 Spoken Yucatecan Maya
Spoken Yucatecan Maya
The essentials of Yucatecan Maya phonology, morphology, and syntax. Oral/aural exercises and conversational practice with a native speaker.
credit hours: 3
Spoken Yucatecan Maya

ANTH 6810 Introduction to Maya Hieroglyphs
Introduction to Maya Hieroglyphs
A survey of present knowledge about the nature of the pre-Columbian Maya writing system, including calendrical notation, astronomical calculations, the structure and content of phoneticism, and its relationship to other Mesoamerican writing systems.
credit hours: 3
Introduction to Maya Hieroglyphs

ANTH 6840 Beginning Kaqchikel (Maya) Language
Beginning Kaqchikel (Maya) Language
Kaqchikel is one of the four largest Mayan groups in Guatemala, having over a million self-identified members, about half of whom speak their native mother tongue. Taught in three Kaqchikel communities in Guatemala, this six week course enables students to achieve conversational fluency and elementary reading/writing skills.
credit hours: 3
Beginning Kaqchikel (Maya) Language

ANTH 6845 Beginning K’íche’ Language
Beginning K’íche’ Language
K’íche’ is the largest Mayan language spoken in Guatemala, with about 2.5 million speakers. Situated in Highland Guatemala, it is second only to Spanish in number of speakers. This six week summer course is taught primarily in Nahualá, a town of about 90,000 in the Department of Sololá. Students acquire basic oral and written proficiency in the language.

credit hours: 3
Beginning K’íche’ Language

ANTH 6850 Intermediate K'iche' Language
Intermediate K'iche' Language
K’iche’ is the largest of the Mayan languages spoken in Guatemala, with about 2.5 million speakers. K’iche’ is the language of the home, the market, increasingly the schools and the political arena. This six week summer course is taught primarily in Nahualá, a town of about 90,000 in the Department of Sololá. Students solidify their spoken and written fluency and become acquainted with K’iche’ literature and grammar. Prerequisite: ANTH 6845 or permission of instructor.

Pre-requistites: ANTH 6845
credit hours: 3
Intermediate K'iche' Language

ANTH 6855 Advanced K'iche' Language
Advanced K'iche' Language
K’iche’ is the largest of the Mayan languages spoken in Guatemala, with about 2.5 million speakers. K’iche’ is the language of the home, the market, increasingly the schools and the political arena. This six week summer course is taught primarily in Nahualá, a town of about 90,000 in the Department of Sololá. Students solidify their spoken and written fluency and become acquainted with K’iche’ literature and grammar. Prerequisite: ANTH 6850 or permission of instructor.

credit hours: 3
Advanced K'iche' Language

ANTH 6880 Writing Practicum
Writing Practicum
Notes: Fulfills the college intensive-writing requirement.
Pre-requistites: Successful completion of the First-Year Writing Requirement.
Co-requisites: Three-credit departmental course.
credit hours: 1
Writing Practicum

ANTH 7090 Analysis of Selected Cultural Systems
Analysis of Selected Cultural Systems
credit hours: 3
Analysis of Selected Cultural Systems

ANTH 7100 Quantitative Methods in Archaeology
Quantitative Methods in Archaeology
credit hours: 3
Quantitative Methods in Archaeology

ANTH 7130 North American Prehistory
North American Prehistory
A survey of the archaeology of Canada and the United States from the appearance of man in the New World to the arrival of the Europeans.
credit hours: 3
North American Prehistory

ANTH 7150 Prehistory of Africa
Prehistory of Africa
credit hours: 3
Prehistory of Africa

ANTH 7160 Physical Anthropology
Physical Anthropology
credit hours: 3
Physical Anthropology

ANTH 7170 Seminar in Archaeology
Seminar in Archaeology
credit hours: 3
Seminar in Archaeology

ANTH 7190 Economic Anthropology
Economic Anthropology
credit hours: 3
Economic Anthropology

ANTH 7270 Later Prehistory of Europe and the Near East
Later Prehistory of Europe and the Near East
credit hours: 3
Later Prehistory of Europe and the Near East

ANTH 7290 Linguistic Analysis
Linguistic Analysis
credit hours: 3
Linguistic Analysis

ANTH 7310 Prehistory of Languages
Prehistory of Languages
credit hours: 3
Prehistory of Languages

ANTH 7380 Cultural Dynamics
Cultural Dynamics
credit hours: 3
Cultural Dynamics

ANTH 7410 Prehistory of Eastern Mesoamerica
Prehistory of Eastern Mesoamerica
credit hours: 3
Prehistory of Eastern Mesoamerica

ANTH 7440 Problems in Old World Prehistory
Problems in Old World Prehistory
credit hours: 3
Problems in Old World Prehistory

ANTH 7560 Environmental Archaeology
Environmental Archaeology
credit hours: 3
Environmental Archaeology

ANTH 7590 Syntactic Theory
Syntactic Theory
credit hours: 3
Syntactic Theory

ANTH 7610 Ceramic Analysis
Ceramic Analysis
credit hours: 3
Ceramic Analysis

ANTH 7620 Lithic Analysis
Lithic Analysis
credit hours: 3
Lithic Analysis

ANTH 7630 Linguistic Phonetics
Linguistic Phonetics
credit hours: 3
Linguistic Phonetics

ANTH 7640 Studies in Phonology
Studies in Phonology
credit hours: 3
Studies in Phonology

ANTH 7650 Morphology
Morphology
credit hours: 3
Morphology

ANTH 7660 Discourse Analysis
Discourse Analysis
credit hours: 3
Discourse Analysis

ANTH 7670 Language and its Acquisition
Language and its Acquisition
credit hours: 3
Language and its Acquisition

ANTH 7680 Language and Power
Language and Power
credit hours: 3
Language and Power

ANTH 7690 Language and Gender
Language and Gender
credit hours: 3
Language and Gender

ANTH 7700 Ecological Anthropology
Ecological Anthropology
credit hours: 3
Ecological Anthropology

ANTH 7750 Human Paleopathology
Human Paleopathology
credit hours: 3
Human Paleopathology

ANTH 7780 Language Death
Language Death
Every fortnight a human language dies. Half the languages spoken in the Western Hemisphere at the turn of the 19th century have died. This course examines the forces that lead to language death, strategies that speakers whose linguistic heritage is endangered may deploy to revitalize their languages, and tools that linguists have used to preserve the knowledges of human speech communities.
credit hours: 3
Language Death

ANTH 7850 The Four Field Model
The Four Field Model
Philosophical underpinnings of general anthropology. Epistemological ramifications of four anthropological fields (subdisciplines) as complete coverage of the subject matter. Contingency vs. rationale in the amalgamation of the four fields, as distinctive and definitive of the holistic study of Homosapiens. Initial development of the model in the British Isles; institutionalization in 20th century North America. Connections to study of natives of the New World and salvage ethnography. Growth and specialization in subdisciplines. Debates over the logic and practicality in continuing cohesion of the model.
credit hours: 3
The Four Field Model

ANTH 7930 Languages of Louisiana
Languages of Louisiana
Examines the current and historical linguistic situation in Louisiana, from indigenous languages spoken at the time of contact with Europeans to the present. Covers basic features of the languages as well as their social settings. Students will further conduct independent field research projects, alone or in small groups, focusing on languages spoken in southern Louisiana, in particular in the city of New Orleans.
Notes: Capstone.
credit hours: 3
Languages of Louisiana

ANTH 7950 Special Projects
Special Projects
credit hours: 3
Special Projects

ANTH 7960 Special Projects
Special Projects
credit hours: 3
Special Projects

ANTH 9980 Master's Research
Master's Research
credit hours: 0
Master's Research

ANTH 9990 Dissertation Research
Dissertation Research
credit hours: 0
Dissertation Research

ANTH H4910 Independent Studies
Independent Studies
Open to students in the Honors Program with approval of instructor.
credit hours: 3
Independent Studies

ANTH H4920 Independent Studies
Independent Studies
Open to students in the Honors Program with approval of instructor.
credit hours: 3
Independent Studies

ANTH H4990 Honors Theses
Honors Theses
Notes: For senior honors candidates. Intensive reading and research in a selected field of anthropology.
credit hours: 3
Honors Theses

ANTH H5000 Honors Theses
Honors Theses
Notes: For senior honors candidates. Intensive reading and research in a selected field of anthropology.
credit hours: 3
Honors Theses