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ANTHROPOLOGY SPRING 2017 COURSE LISTING ANTH 10000 INTRODUCTION TO ANTHROPOLOGY MW 3:30-4:20 MATH 175 Blanton ANTH 100H TTH 1:30-2:45 STON 217 Johnson A general introduction to anthropology’s holistic approach to human nature and behavior. A basic survey of bicultural development and evolutionary process, and of human uniformity and diversity through time and across space. CRN -11017, Honors CRN-16185 ANTH 335 PRIMATE BEHAVIOR TTH 1:30-2:45 RHPH 164/70 Gebru This course is an introduction to the primate order and primate studies. The emphasis is on field studies. Ecological influences on social organization and behavior, learning, play, and communication will be considered as adaptations within an evolutionary framework. CRN 17490 ANTH 20300 BIOLOGICAL BASES OF HUMAN SOCIAL BEHAVIOR TTH 9:00-10:15 UNIV 203 Veile This course is an introduction to human social behavior from the perspective of biological anthropology, with special emphasis on human evolution and non-human primates. Topics include aggression, communication, learning, maturation, sexuality, and the evolution of social systems. CRN- 10663 ANTH 34000 GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES ON HEALTH TTH 3:00-4:15 STON 217 Gruenbaum This course examines health issues and risks faced by individuals around the world, but especially in resource poor geographical areas. We will explore in-depth the gendered, ethnic, cultural, and class dimensions that underlie the patterning of disease and illness worldwide. CRN- 16194 ANTH 20400 INTRODUCTION TO BIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY AND HUMAN EVOLUTION TTH 10:30-11:20 WTHR 104 Gebru This course surveys biological anthropology through a review of evolutionary theory and genetics, the fossil evidence for current theories in human evolution with insight from modern non-human primates, and the influence of environmental stressors on modern human biological variation. CRN -11033 ANTH 37700 ANTHROPOLOGY OF HUNTER GATHERER SOCIETIES TTH 9:00-10:15 STON 154 Otárola-Castillo Selective global survey of societies whose mode of subsistence is/was based on the collection of wild food resources. Topics to be covered include: the development and current state of theory, ecology, social organization, land use, demography, subsistence rights, and worldview. CRN-16192 ANTH 20500 HUMAN CULTURAL DIVERSITY Using concepts and models of cultural anthropology, this course will survey the principal cultural types of the world and their distribution, and will undertake a detailed analysis of society’s representative of each type. CRN 11041 MW 4:30-5:20 MTHW 210 Palmer CRN 54814 Distance Learning Christodoulakis CRN 64560 Distance Learning Palmer ANTH 21000 TECHNOLOGY AND CULTURE TTH 9:00-10:15 GRIS 103 Cooper Introduction to the ideas and practices of archaeology that are used in the study of human prehistory, from the earliest stone tools to the development of agriculture and states. Emphasis is placed on the objectives and methods of contemporary archaeology. CRN10606 ANTH 21200 CULTURE, FOOD AND HEALTH TTH 4:30-5:45 LILY 3118 Gebru This course is designed to provide an introduction to the field of Medical Anthropology in which we will examine issues related to health and illness from various perspectives outside of the Western biomedical perspective. CRN-69281 ANTH 37800 ARCHAEOLOGY AND CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY OF MESOAMERICA TTH 4:30-5:45 STON 217 Blanton Overview of Mesoamerican peoples, cultures and languages from the earliest periods to the rise of civilizations including Aztec, Maya, and Zaptec, Mexico, Guatemala, and Belize. CRN-16204 ANTH 379 NATIVE AMERICAN CULTURES TTH 12:00-1:15 LILY G126 Cooper General survey of North American Indian cultures. Topics to be covered include prehistory; languages; economic, social, and political organization; religion, aesthetics; culture contact and change; and contemporary Native American issues. (CRN 11487) ANTH 38000 USING ANTHROPOLOGY IN THE WORLD MWF 11:30-12:20 STON 217 Nolan The use of anthropology in practical contexts. What anthropological practice is, how it originated, how it can be applied in non- academic and interdisciplinary contexts and careers. The main contemporary issues surrounding anthropological practice, including training, ethics, relevance, and rigor. CRN -58798 ANTH 32700 ENVIRONMENT AND CULTURE TTH 10:30-11:45 UNIV 203 Johnson This course provides a general overview to the field of environmental anthropology, and surveys key methods, and theories that anthropologists use to interpret human-environment interactions. Topics include culture ecology, agro ecology, ethno biology, political ecology, and environmental justice. CRN-16190 12/05/2016 JA Go to our website, www.cla.purdue.edu/anthropology or MyPurdue for most up to date information Continued >>>>>>> ANTHROPOLOGY SPRING 2017 COURSE LISTING ANTH 39200 DESIGN AND INNOVATION:ANTHROPOLGY Lecture: MW 1:30-2:20 YONG 354 Lab: M 2:30-4:20 YONG 354 Briller/Kelley This course will involve anthropologists working with designers on thinking about today's challenging problems. You will learn about technology use, ethnographic methods, human centered design and working on interdisciplinary teams. Cross-listed TLI 367-Lecture CRN 16645, Lab CRN 16647 ANTH 519 INTRODUCTION TO SEMIOTICS TTH 9:00-10:15 SC 102 Broden Semiotics foregrounds the general inquiry into making signs, meaning, communication, & signifying schemas; it investigates how those phenomena happen in cultures, images, texts, minds/bodies, and interactions among individuals and groups. Couse activities: lecture, discussion, & student presentations; short papers, quiz, & term paper. Cross listed COM507/LING 593/ENGL 570/LC 570. CRN 58109 ANTH 39200 ANTHROPOLOGY OF VIOLENCE TTH 12:00-1:15 STON 217 Anderson Inspects the culture-specific and more universal aspects of violence (and non-violence) as these are enabled, managed, curtailed, and rationalized within socioculture, and considering the tensions that configure personal and historical experience. CRN10689 ANTH 59200 ANTHROPOLOGY OF EDUCATION W 11:30-2:20 REC 307 Palmer Through a cross-cultural lens this course delves into the evolution of education, from oral transmission of culture, through inter-generational, kin-based discourse and practice, to codified institutions of contemporary society. Using excerpts from ethnographies, research articles, and visual media we examine issues concerning gender, class, and race to problematize the agents of education and the reproduction of the status quo. We will address high-needs schools, children-at-risk, and successful models to deal with the challenges of educating a global citizen.CRN-16042 ANTH 39200 INTRODUCTION TO SUSTAINABILITY STUDIES TTH 1:30-2:45 NLSN 1195 Zanotti/Nies This course is the lynchpin of the new undergraduate Certificate in Environmental and Sustainability Studies (CESS). It is designed from the ground up to be an interdisciplinary course, and to match the transdisciplinary spirit of the CESS program. This course explores three main fields of interdisciplinary approaches to analyzing and tackling environmental programs: 1) the humanities and social sciences, 2) engineering, and 3) environmental sciences. The course is team-taught by four faculty members, one from each of the three aforementioned fields. Cross listed with EEE, ENGL, FNR CRN-12403 ANTH 41400 INTRODUCTION TO LANGUAGE AND CULTURE TTH 3:00-4:15 STON 215 Anderson An exploration into the nature of human communication, particularly the structures, functions, and substance of human language. Focus is on the interpenetration of language, culture and cognition, on the evolution of language and speech, and on their uses in everyday life. CRN 44476 cross listed LING 49800 ANTH 43600 HUMAN EVOLUTION TTH 12:00-1:15 STON 154 Veile This class examines the fossil evidence for human evolution and theories proposed to explain the development that led from the origin of primates to modern humans. This course will include lectures, exercises with fossil casts, presentation, and discussions. CRN-16208 ANTH 50400 – PROBLEMS IN WORLD PREHISTORY TTH 10:30-11:45 STON 154 Lindsay Key problems in the evolution of human culture examined using the most recent theories and data. Major topics include understanding early human behavior, the processes of domestication of plants and animals, and the emergence of complex societies. CRN-16211 ANTH 60600 THE CONDUCT OF ANTHROPOLOGICAL INQUIRY TTH 1:30-2:45 STON 154 Otárola-Castillo The course provides a broad overview of research strategies and techniques commonly employed in the various subfields of anthropology. Topics would include field techniques, the use of data banks (e.g., the HRAF files), sampling, hypothesis testing, and computer application. CRN 10666 ANTH 61100 ANTHROPOLOGY OF MATERIALITY THUR. 4:30-7:20 STON 154 LINDSAY The so-called “material, or post-humanist, turn,” in academia has brought new attention to things by revisiting old theories of materialism and asking fresh questions about object-oriented ontologies. In this seminar we will rely on ethnographic, historical, and archaeological cases to explore recent developments in thing theory, materiality, and the social life and cultural biography of objects. A close attendance to materiality, agency, and technologies of production will provide the necessary space to explore how things configure social realities, human subjectivities, and cultural identities. CRN 16226 ANTH 64100 DISCOVERY AND DESIGN MWF 10:30-11:20 STON 217 Nolan This course is about using anthropology to make projects work. Students will learn anthropological approaches and methods to discover salient aspects of a design problem and use this understanding to devise responses. Anthropological discovery, design and delivery processes are demonstrated. CRN-16215 ANTH 50500 CULTURE AND SOCIETY Tues. 3:00-5:50 STON 154 Khabeer An introduction to cultural anthropology for the advanced student. A review will be made of the history of anthropology and its place in the social sciences. Emphasis will be placed on problem formulation and methodology in the study of culture change. (CRN 62893) 12/05/2016 JA Go to our website, www.cla.purdue.edu/anthropology or MyPurdue for most up to date information Continued >>>>>>>