Courses at the 100-level

The concept of culture and its significance to an understanding of human societies are studied. Examples from a variety of societies are used to illustrate the basic approaches and concepts of cultural anthropology.
4 credit hours

The methods by which archaeologists study culture and reconstruct past societies are examined through lecture-discussion, films, and laboratory exercises.
4 credit hours

The biocultural nature of human physical variation is examined through lecture-discussion, films, and laboratory exercises. Topics include modern variation, primatology, and paleo-anthropology. (Formerly Introduction to Physical Anthropology.)
4 credit hours

Language is examined as a uniquely human phenomenon, with emphasis on the systematic description and analysis of communication as a socially and culturally shaped process.
4 credit hours

Selected cultures and historical traditions that arose outside the Western experience are studied. Sections are titled:

African Worlds
Amazonia
Ancient Nile
Borneo
Caribbean "Others"
The Maya, Past and Future
Middle East
The Middle East: Women and Men in Non-Western Cultures
Native Americans in the Northeast

Selected music cultures of the non-Western world are introduced in the contexts of sounds, concepts, social interactions, and materials of music. Students cannot receive credit for both MUS 169 and ANTH 169.
4 credit hours