Anthropology

Course Code	ANTH 100  Credits 3
Title	Debating Humankind
Lasc Area	Goal 2
Course Outline	Course Outline
Description	Designed to instruct students in critical thinking skills using multicultural examples spanning time and space. Students will review and engage in a series of debates, including among others, topics on race, the importance and nature of science, cultural norms, how humans are different from other animals, and the validity of research methods presently used in social science. MnTC Goal 2.

Course Code	ANTH 110  Credits 3
Title	Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
Lasc Area	Goal 7
Course Outline	Course Outline
Description	Introduction to the concept of culture and to the study of language. MnTC Goal 7.

Course Code	ANTH 110  Credits 3
Title	Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
Lasc Area	Goal 8
Course Outline	Course Outline
Description	Introduction to the concept of culture and to the study of language. MnTC Goal 8.

Course Code	ANTH 115  Credits 3
Title	Introduction to Archaeology
Lasc Area	Goal 5
Course Outline	Course Outline
Description	Review of archaeological study with special emphasis on the interdisciplinary nature of archaeology. Archaeological methods and techniques are explained as aspects of the process of discovery. Introduction to the major phases in human culture history from the earliest toolmakers to the rise of civilization. MnTC Goal 5.

Course Code	ANTH 120  Credits 3
Title	Introduction to Physical Anthropology
Lasc Area	Goal 3
Course Outline	Course Outline
Description	A survey of the field of physical anthropology. The course will include a review of the fossil record, concentrating on theories about human evolution. Other topics include taphonomy, primate behavior and taxonomy, and the origins of contemporary human variation. MnTC Goal 3.

Course Code	ANTH 202  Credits 3
Title	American Indian Culture
Course Outline	Course Outline
Description	A historical perspective on living, traditional cultures of American Indian groups. Topics include tribal entities, religion, arts, life-styles and ecological adaptations.

Course Code	ANTH 202  Credits 3
Title	American Indian Culture
Lasc Area	Goal 7
Course Outline	Course Outline
Description	A historical perspective on living, traditional cultures of American Indian groups. Topics include tribal entities, religion, arts, life-styles and ecological adaptations. MNTC Goal 7.

Course Code	ANTH 210  Credits 3
Title	Midwest/Plains Prehistory
Lasc Area	Goal 7
Course Outline	Course Outline
Description	Culture/history of ancient peoples in the northern Midwest since earliest occupation. Archaeological excavations and their implications for understanding regional prehistory. Origins of historically known ethnic groups. MnTC Goal 7.

Course Code	ANTH 216  Credits 3
Title	The Paleolithic Age
Lasc Area	Goal 5
Course Outline	Course Outline
Description	An examination of Paleolithic archaeology, reviewing the major cultural achievements of the Old Stone Age, and outlining the basic techniques of archaeological science. MnTC Goal 5.

Course Code	ANTH 217  Credits 3
Title	The Rise of Civilization
Lasc Area	Goal 5
Course Outline	Course Outline
Description	Examines the origins of agriculture and civilization, with special attention to a comparison of long-term cultural developments in the Old World and New World. MnTC Goal 5.

Course Code	ANTH 248  Credits 3
Title	Ideas of Culture
Prerequisite	ANTH 110
Course Outline	Course Outline
Description	Examination of some of the major ideas in the history of anthropology from the 19th and 20th centuries. This will include concepts such as evolution, culture, structure, function, and relativism.

Course Code	ANTH 265  Credits 3
Title	Language and Culture
Prerequisite	ANTH 110
Lasc Area	Goal 5
Course Outline	Course Outline
Description	The relationship between language and culture with emphasis on historical linguistics, sociolinguistics, psycholinguistics, and ethnolinguistics. MnTC Goal 5.

Course Code	ANTH 290  Credits 2-3
Title	Topics in Anthropology
Prerequisite	ANTH 115 ANTH 110
Course Outline	Course Outline
Description	Topics from the subdisciplines of anthropology.

Course Code	ANTH 300  Credits 3
Title	Archaeology
Prerequisite	ANTH 115
Course Outline	Course Outline
Description	Survey of the theoretical foundations and methods of discovery and analysis used in archaeology. Course will focus on the interpretation of archaeological sites through the use of dating techniques, stratigraphic principles, site formation processes, soils, artifact analysis and regional ecology.

Course Code	ANTH 300  Credits 3
Title	Contemporary Archaeology
Prerequisite	ANTH 115
Course Outline	Course Outline
Description	An overview of the practice of archaeology emphasizing methods, theoretical foundations, and the role of cultural resource management in contemporary society.

Course Code	ANTH 301  Credits 3
Title	Archaeological Prospection
Prerequisite	ANTH 115
Course Outline	Course Outline
Description	Examination of geophysical prospecting methods available for archaeological research. Emphasis on the conceptual basis of different prospecting methods and their application in archaeological and geotechnical studies. Hands-on experience with geophysical instruments. Same as GEOS 301.

Course Code	ANTH 303  Credits 3
Title	Cross Cultural Gender
Prerequisite	ANTH 110
Course Outline	Course Outline
Description	A survey of gender roles in various cultures. This class examines the relationship of gender to kinship, economics, political and biological factors. It also addresses culture change and the effect on gender role assignments.

Course Code	ANTH 306  Credits 3
Title	Medical Anthropology
Prerequisite	ANTH 110
Lasc Area	Goal 8
Course Outline	Course Outline
Description	A survey of the distributions of illness throughout the world with emphasis on the definitions, treatments, and practitioners as well as the cultural settings producing them. MnTC Goal 8.

Course Code	ANTH 307  Credits 3
Title	Ecological Anthropology
Prerequisite	ANTH 110
Lasc Area	Goal 10
Course Outline	Course Outline
Description	An anthropological examination of cultural adaptation to the environment. Detailed analysis of the major human subsistence strategies in diverse ecological settings worldwide. MnTC Goal 10.

Course Code	ANTH 308  Credits 3
Title	Migration and Human Adaptation
Lasc Area	Goal 8
Course Outline	Course Outline
Description	An examination of migration as an adaptive strategy used by people in adjusting to changing conditions in their environment. Explores types of migration as well as motivations and consequences of human movement in both the past and present and around the world. MnTC Goal 8.