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 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
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 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	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.

Course Code	ANTH 309  Credits 3
Title	Indians of the Great Plains
Lasc Area	Goal 7
Course Outline	Course Outline
Description	This course focuses on past and present cultures of Plains Indians. Individual tribal traditions are compared and contrasted. The interdependence of techno-environment, socio-political organization and ideology is stressed, with emphasis on culture change. Present day adaptations to reservation and urban life are examined. MnTC Goal 7.

Course Code	ANTH 311  Credits 3
Title	American Indians and the Environment
Lasc Area	Goal 10
Course Outline	Course Outline
Description	To what degree does the image of the "ecological Indian" faithfully reflect American Indian ideas about the environment through time? This course will examine the idea of the "ecological Indian," the idea of American Indians were/are model ecologists and conservationists. We will explore the concept of sustainability among American Indians and the relationship between American Indian communities and the environment through an examination of their unique adaptations that they have made within the 10 major geo-cultural regions of native North America: Arctic, Subarctic, Great Basin, Plateau, Northwest Coast, California, Great Plains, Northeast and Southeast. MnTC Goal 10.

Course Code	ANTH 312  Credits 3
Title	Anthropology of Tourism
Lasc Area	Goal 9
Course Outline	Course Outline
Description	Anthropological examination of the global tourist industry, with particular emphasis on impacts on local populations and ecosystems. The ethical dimensions of tourism will be the primary concern in this course. Case studies will be used to illustrate principles of sustainable, responsible, participatory tourism. MNTC Goal 9.

Course Code	ANTH 313  Credits 3
Title	Understanding Contemporary Africa
Lasc Area	Goal 8
Course Outline	Course Outline
Description	This course examines societies and cultures of contemporary Sub-Saharan Africa to promote a better understanding of the continent's place in the global system. MnTC Goal 8.

Course Code	ANTH 314  Credits 3
Title	American Indian World Views
Lasc Area	Goal 7
Course Outline	Course Outline
Description	This course examines the cultural knowledge of American Indian groups that they employ to understand the world around them. It examines their belief systems, religious rituals, oral traditions, and cosmologies. MnTC Goal 7.