Courses and Programs 1997-1999
Courses and Programs 1997-1999Anthr 201. Introduction to Cultural Anthropology. (3-0) Cr. 3. F.S.SS. Comparative study of culture as key to understanding human behaviors in different societies. Using a global, cross-cultural perspective, patterns of family life, economic and political activities, religious beliefs, and the ways in which cultures change are examined.
Anthr 202. Introduction to Physical Anthropology and Archaeology. (3-0) Cr. 3. F.S. Human biological and cultural evolution; survey of the evidence from fossil forms and archaeology, as well as living primates and traditional cultures; introduction to methods of study in archaeology and physical anthropology.
Anthr 257. Introduction to Museums. (Same as T C 257.) (3-0) Cr. 3. F. Prereq: Sophomore standing. History, theory, and responsibility of museums. Overview of museum work and future trends. Field trip fee.
Anthr 306. Comparative Studies of World Cultures. (3-0) Cr. 3. S. Prereq: 201 recommended. A comparative survey of similarities and differences in the world's major societal types; examination of social institutions in hunting-and-gathering, agricultural, pastoral, and industrial societies; techniques of cross-cultural comparison.
Anthr 307. Physical Anthropology. (2-2) Cr. 3. S. Prereq: 202 recommended. Human evolution as known from fossil evidence, comparative primate studies, and genetic variations in living populations. Laboratory-tutorial sessions include study and discussion of human osteology, fossil hominids, simple Mendelian traits, and bio-ethics in applied physical anthropology.
Anthr 308. Archaeology. (2-2) Cr. 3. F. Prereq: 202. Methods and techniques for the recovery and interpretation of archaeological evidence, its role in reconstructing human behavior and past environments. Laboratory sessions include experience in the interpretation of archaeological evidence, the use of classification systems, and prehistoric technologies such as ceramics and stone tools. Field trips. Materials fee.
Anthr 309. Linguistic Anthropology. (Same as Ling 309.) (2-2) Cr. 3. F. Prereq: 201 recommended. Language as a human attribute; language versus animal communication; human communication in cultural context; paralanguage, kinesics, proxemics, artifacts as communication; language and culture; cross-cultural sociolinguistics; ethnoscience; and language policies. Participatory lab: focus on analysis of a non-Western language and communication system.
Anthr 311. Culture Change and Applied Anthropology. (Dual-listed with 511.) (3-0) Cr. 3. F. Prereq: 201 or 306. Theoretical and practical considerations of human cultural development. Examination of cultural theories of change. Culture contact and acculturation. Dynamics of directed change in contemporary world cultures. Principles, theories, and ethics of international development projects from a sociocultural perspective.
Anthr 312. Psychological Anthropology. (Dual-listed with 512.) (3-0) Cr. 3. Alt. F., offered 1997. Prereq: 201 or 306 recommended. Relationship of cultural, social and personality factors in human behavior. Cross-cultural comparisons of child rearing practices, cognitive development, mental health, deviancy, ethno-psychiatry, altered states of consciousness, and psychological dimensions of culture change.
Anthr 313. The Family and Kinship in Cross-Cultural Perspective. (Dual-listed with 513.) (3-0) Cr. 3. S. Prereq: 201 recommended. Comparative and historical study of the family and kinship groups in cross-cultural perspective; discussion of the structure, cycle, and functioning of family and kinship systems, including the family in Western culture; theoretical issues in contemporary family and kinship studies.
Anthr 314. Southwestern Archaeology. (Dual-listed with 514.) (3-0) Cr. 3. Alt. F., offered 1997. Prereq: 202 or 308. Prehistory of the American Southwest as reconstructed from archaeological evidence. Includes an introduction to the intellectual frameworks of Southwestern archaeology and surveys the Paleoindian and Archaic cultural periods, the adoption of agriculture, and the emergence of pueblo societies and regional cultures.
Anthr 316. Environmental Archaeology. (Dual-listed with 516.) (3-0) Cr. 3. Alt. S., offered 1998. Prereq: 308. Examination of relationships between the biophysical environment and socio-cultural organization in the archaeological record. Survey of methods used in environmental sciences by archaeologists to understand the human ecosystem.
Anthr 320. Cultural Continuity and Change in the Prairie-Plains. (Dual-listed with 520; same as Am In 520.) (3-0) Cr. 3. Alt. F., offered 1997. Prereq: 322 or 415. Ecological adaptations, sociocultural changes, and continuities of traditions among Prairie and Plains Indian groups through time; impacts of Euro-American society and technology on Indians of the Great Plains; perspectives from ecology, archaeology, ethnology, history, and contemporary literary sources.
Anthr 321. World Prehistory. (Dual-listed with 521.) (3-0) Cr. 3. Alt. S., offered 1998. Prereq: 202 recommended. An introduction to archaeological sites from around the world including the Near East, Africa, Europe, Mesoamerica, and North and South America. Emphasis is on the interpretation of material cultural remains in reconstructing past societies.
Anthr 322. The American Indian. (Dual-listed with 522; same as Am In 322.) (3-0) Cr. 3. F.SS. Prereq: 201 or Am In 210 recommended. Origin, distribution, and traditional life of native peoples of North America. Survey of culture areas; ecology and subsistence, language, kinship, life cycle, political, economic, and religious systems; impact of European contact.
Anthr 323. Peoples and Cultures of Latin America. (Dual-listed with 523; same as Am In 323.) (3-0) Cr. 3. S. Prereq: 201 or 306 recommended. Origin and distribution of native populations; blending of Old and New World cultures; theoretical problems of peasant and tribal societies; discussion of economic, social, political, and religious systems; processes of change.
Anthr 325. Peoples and Cultures of Africa. (Dual-listed with 525; same as Af Am 325.) (3-0) Cr. 3. Alt. F., offered 1997. Prereq: 201 or 306 recommended. Anthropological approaches to the study of African cultures in historical and cross-cultural perspectives. Origin and distribution of peoples of Africa; survey of culture areas; examination of ecology and subsistence, language, kinship, political, economic, and religious systems.
Anthr 326. Peoples and Cultures of East and Southeast Asia. (Dual-listed with 526.) (3-0) Cr. 3. Alt. F., offered 1998. Prereq: 201 or 306 recommended. Origin and development of early civilizations on the western rim of the Pacific Ocean, including China, Japan, and mainland and insular Southeast Asia. Survey of current issues among these societies in ecological, historical, and ideological contexts.
Anthr 332. American Indians Today. (Dual-listed with 532; same as Am In 332.) (3-0) Cr. 3. S. Prereq: 201 or 306; 322 or Am In 210 recommended. Conditions and issues of contemporary Native Americans; historical background of eighteenth and nineteenth century Indian-White relationships; examination of legal status, the reservation system, treaty violations, Indian militancy, education and urbanization, self-determination, social impact of resource development, and other current concerns.
Anthr 333. African American Ethnology. (Dual-listed with 533; same as Af Am 333.) (3-0) Cr. 3. Alt. F., offered 1998. Prereq: 201 recommended. Ethnographic approaches to the study of African Americans in a cross-cultural and historical perspective; race relations in the Americas.
Anthr 338. Cultural and Biological Factors in Human Nutrition. (Dual-listed with 538.) (3-0) Cr. 3. Alt. S., offered 1999. Prereq: 201 or FS HN 167 recommended. Integration of perspectives from anthropology and nutrition; exploration of cultural bases for nutritional beliefs and practices; assessment of nutritional status and identification of malnutrition. Protein-energy malnutrition, nutritional anemias; patterns of food avoidance/taboos; toxicological problems; causes of malnutrition; intervention programs; effects of social change on nutritional status.
Anthr 339. Medical Anthropology. (Dual-listed with 539.) (3-0) Cr. 3. Alt. S., offered 1998. Prereq: 201 or 306. Study of human health in cultural and environmental context; comparison of health and disease patterns of western and non-western populations; use of epidemiological models in understanding illness and disease etiologies cross-culturally; interrelationship between diet and culture.
Anthr 340. Magic, Witchcraft, and Religion. (Dual-listed with 540; same as Relig 340.) (3-0) Cr. 3. Alt. S., offered 1998. Prereq: 201 or 306. Origin and development of indigenous magico-religious systems; myth and ritual; therapeutic aspects; symbols and meanings; religion and sociocultural change, including acculturation, nativistic, and revitalization movements.
Anthr 345. Primate Behavior and Ecology. (Dual-listed with 545.) (3-0) Cr. 3. Alt. S., offered 1999. Prereq: 202 or 307 recommended. Social and biological adaptations of prosimians, monkeys and apes, introduction to primate order and techniques of behavioral observation. Issues and methods in primate conservation from the captive breeding of endangered species to the preservation of natural habitats.
Anthr 415. Archaeology of North America. (Dual-listed with 515; same as Am In 415.) (3-0) Cr. 3. Alt. F., offered 1997. Prereq: 308 or 322 or Am In 210. Prehistory and early history of North America as reconstructed from archaeological evidence; peopling of the New World; culture-historical sequences of major culture areas; linkages of archaeological traditions with selected ethnohistorically known Native American groups.
Anthr 427I. Archaeology. (Same as Ia LL 427I.) See Iowa Lakeside Laboratory. Nonmajor graduate credit.
Anthr 428. Archaeological Laboratory Methods and Techniques. (Dual-listed with 528.) (3-0) Cr. 3. Alt. S., offered 1999. Prereq: 308, permission of instructor. Laboratory processing and analysis of archaeological materials, experiments in technologies such as stone tools and ceramics, the organization and interpretation of archaeological data. Laboratory sessions emphasize the methods and techniques of analyzing and recording various categories of material culture.
Anthr 429. Archaeological Field School. (Dual-listed with 529.) Cr. 6. SS. 6 weeks. Prereq: 308, permission of instructor. Summer field school for training in archaeological reconnaissance and excavation techniques; documentation and interpretation of archaeological evidence. Field trip fee.
Anthr 431. Ethnographic Field School. (Dual-listed with 531.) Cr. 6. SS. 6 weeks. Prereq: Permission of instructor. Summer field school for training in ethnographic field methods; students will carry out research projects in social anthropology; process will involve learning a variety of investigative research techniques commonly used in social sciences.
Anthr 490. Independent Study. Cr. 1 to 5 each time taken. Prereq: 9 credits in anthropology. No more than 9 credits of Anthr 490 may be counted toward graduation. A. Archaeology B. Cultural Anthropology C. Physical Anthropology D. Linguistic Anthropology (Same as Ling 490D) H. Honors.
Anthr 500. Language and Culture. (Same as Ling 500.) (3-0) Cr. 3. Alt. S., offered 1999. Prereq: 309. Structure and design of language; functional relationships between language, cognition, and culture; linguistic change; social and linguistic aspects of verbal behavior; language, world view, and cognitive style.
Anthr 503. Biological Anthropology. (3-0) Cr. 3. Alt. F., offered 1997. Prereq: 307. Survey of the history of biological anthropology, current developments and theoretical issues in evolution, human variation and adaptation, population studies, primates and primate behavior, and paleoanthropology.
Anthr 510. Theoretical Dimensions of Cultural Anthropology. (3-0) Cr. 3. Alt. F., offered 1998. Prereq: 6 credits in anthropology. Survey of historical and current developments in topical and theoretical approaches to sociocultural anthropology. Examination and assessment of controversies; new research directions and theoretical approaches.
Anthr 511. Culture Change and Applied Anthropology. (Dual-listed with 311.) (3-0) Cr. 3. F. Prereq: 6 credits in anthropology, 201 or 306. Theoretical and practical considerations of human cultural development. Examination of cultural theories of change. Culture contact and acculturation. Dynamics of directed change in contemporary world cultures. Principles, theories, and ethics of international development projects from a sociocultural perspective.
Anthr 512. Psychological Anthropology. (Dual-listed with 312.) (3-0) Cr. 3. Alt. F., offered 1997. Prereq: 201 or 306 recommended. Relationship of cultural, social and personality factors in human behavior. Cross-cultural comparisons of child rearing practices, cognitive development, mental health, deviancy, ethno-psychiatry, altered states of consciousness, and psychological dimensions of culture change.
Anthr 513. The Family and Kinship in Cross-Cultural Perspective. (Dual-listed with 313.) (3-0) Cr. 3. S. Prereq: 6 credits in anthropology, 201 recommended. Comparative and historical study of the family and kinship groups in cross-cultural perspective; discussion of the structure, cycle, and functioning of family and kinship systems, including the family in Western culture; theoretical issues in contemporary family and kinship studies.
Anthr 514. Southwestern Archaeology. (Dual-listed with 314.) (3-0) Cr. 3. Alt. S., offered 1998. Prereq: 202 or 308. Prehistory of the American Southwest as reconstructed from archaeological evidence. Includes an introduction to the intellectual frameworks of Southwestern archaeology and surveys the Paleoindian and Archaic cultural periods, the adoption of agriculture, and the emergence of pueblo societies and regional cultures.
Anthr 515. Archaeology of North America. (Dual-listed with 415.) (3-0) Cr. 3. Alt. F., offered 1997. Prereq: 308 or 322. Prehistory and early history of North America as reconstructed from archaeological evidence; peopling of the New World; culture-historical sequences of major culture areas; linkages of archaeological traditions with selected ethnohistorically known Native American groups.
Anthr 516. Environmental Archaeology. (Dual-listed with 316.) (3-0) Cr. 3. Alt. S., offered 1998. Prereq: 308. Examination of relationships between the biophysical environment and socio-cultural organization in the archaeological record. Survey of methods used in environmental sciences by archaeologists to understand the human ecosystem.
Anthr 520. Cultural Continuity and Change in the Prairie-Plains. (Dual-listed with 320.) (3-0) Cr. 3. Alt. F., offered 1997. Prereq: 322 or 415. Ecological adaptations, sociocultural changes, and continuities of traditions among Prairie and Plains Indian groups through time; impacts of Euro-American society and technology on Indians of the Great Plains; perspectives from ecology, archaeology, ethnology, history, and contemporary literary sources.
Anthr 521. World Prehistory. (Dual-listed with 321.) (3-0) Cr. 3. Alt. S., offered 1999. Prereq: 202 recommended. An introduction to archaeological sites from around the world including the Near East, Africa, Europe, Mesoamerica, and North and South America. Emphasis is on the interpretation of material cultural remains in reconstructing past societies.
Anthr 522. The American Indian. (Dual-listed with 322.) (3-0) Cr. 3. F. SS. Prereq: 201 or Am In 210 recommended. Origin, distribution, and traditional life of native peoples of North America. Survey of culture areas; ecology and subsistence, language, kinship, life cycle; political, economic and religious systems; impact of European contact.
Anthr 523. Peoples and Cultures of Latin America. (Dual-listed with 323.) (3-0) Cr. 3. S. Prereq: 6 credits in anthropology, 201 or 306 recommended. Origin and distribution of native populations; blending of Old and New World cultures; theoretical problems of peasant and tribal societies; discussion of economic, social, political, and religious systems; processes of change.
Anthr 525. Peoples and Cultures of Africa. (Dual-listed with 325.) (3-0) Cr. 3. Alt. F., offered 1997. Prereq: 6 credits in anthropology, 201 or 306 recommended. Anthropological approaches to the study of African cultures in historical and cross-cultural perspectives. Origin and distribution of peoples of Africa; survey of culture areas; examination of ecology and subsistence, language, kinship, political, economic, and religious systems.
Anthr 526. Peoples and Cultures of East and Southeast Asia. (Dual-listed with 326.) (3-0) Cr. 3. Alt. F., offered 1998. Prereq: 6 credits in anthropology, 201 or 306 recommended. Origin and development of early civilizations on the western rim of the Pacific Ocean, including China, Japan, and mainland and insular Southeast Asia. Survey of current issues among these societies in ecological, historical, and ideological contexts.
Anthr 528. Archaeological Laboratory Methods and Techniques. (Dual-listed with 428.) (3-0) Cr. 3. Alt. S., offered 1999. Prereq: 308, permission of instructor. Laboratory processing and analysis of archaeological materials, experiments in technologies such as stone tools and ceramics, the organization and interpretation of archaeological data. Laboratory sessions emphasize the methods and techniques of analyzing and recording various categories of material culture.
Anthr 529. Archaeological Field School. (Dual-listed with 429.) Cr. 6. SS. 6 weeks. Prereq: 308, permission of instructor. Summer field school for training in archaeological reconnaissance and excavation techniques; documentation and interpretation of archaeological evidence. Field trip fee.
Anthr 530. Ethnographic Field Methods. Cr. 3. Alt. F., offered 1998. May be taken for 6 credits in summer field school. Prereq: 6 credits in anthropology, permission of instructor. Field training experience in ethnography. Problems emphasizing field studies in the contemporary societies of the world. Focus on techniques of data gathering and analysis.
Anthr 531. Ethnographic Field School. (Dual-listed with 431.) Cr. 6. SS. 6 weeks. Prereq: Permission of instructor. Summer field school for training in ethnographic field methods; students will carry out research projects in social anthropology; process will involve learning a variety of investigative research techniques commonly used in social sciences.
Anthr 532. American Indians Today. (Dual-listed with 332.) (3-0) Cr. 3. S. Prereq: 6 credits in anthropology, 201 or 306; 322 or Am In 210 recommended. Conditions and issues of contemporary Native Americans; historical background of eighteenth and nineteenth century Indian-White relationships; examination of legal status, the reservation system, treaty violations, Indian militancy, education and urbanization, self-determination, social impact of resource development, and other current concerns.
Anthr 533. African American Ethnography. (Dual-listed with 333.) (3-0) Cr. 3. Alt. F., offered 1998. Prereq: 6 credits in anthropology, 201 recommended. Ethnographic approaches to the study of African Americans in a cross-cultural and historical perspective; race relations in the Americas.
Anthr 538. Cultural and Biological Factors in Human Nutrition. (Dual-listed with 338.) (3-0) Cr. 3. Alt. S., offered 1999. Prereq: 6 credits in anthropology, 201 or FS HN 167 recommended. Integration of perspectives from anthropology and nutrition; exploration of cultural bases for nutritional beliefs and practices; assessment of nutritional status and identification of malnutrition. Protein-energy malnutrition, nutritional anemias; patterns of food avoidance/ taboos; toxicological problems; causes of malnutrition; intervention programs; effects of social change on nutritional status.
Anthr 539. Medical Anthropology. (Dual-listed with 339.) (3-0) Cr. 3. Alt. S., offered 1998. Prereq: 6 credits in anthropology, 201 or 306 recommended. Study of human health in cultural and environmental context; comparison of health and disease patterns of western and non-western populations; use of epidemiological models in understanding illness and disease etiologies cross-culturally; interrelationship between diet and culture.
Anthr 540. Magic, Witchcraft, and Religion. (Dual-listed with 340.) (3-0) Cr. 3. S. Prereq: 6 credits in anthropology, 201 or 306 recommended. Origin and development of indigenous magico-religious systems; myth and ritual; therapeutic aspects; symbols and meanings; religion and socio-cultural change, including acculturation, nativistic, and revitalization movements.
Anthr 543. Development Advisory Team (DAT) Training Workshop. (Same as T SC 543, U St 543.) (1-0) Cr. 1. Alt. F., offered 1997. Prereq: Senior or graduate classification. One week workshop conducted prior to beginning of fall semester. Survey of cultural dimension of effective management, development planning, communications and team building skills necessary for international development consultancies. Materials fee. Limited enrollment. Offered on a satisfactory-fail grading basis only.
Anthr 545. Primate Behavior and Ecology. (Dual-listed with 345.) (3-0) Cr. 3. Alt. S., offered 1999. Prereq: 202 or 307 recommended. Social and biological adaptations of prosimians, monkeys and apes, introduction to primate order and techniques of behavioral observation. Issues and methods in primate conservation from the captive breeding of endangered species to the preservation of natural habitats.
Anthr 555. Seminar in Archaeology. (3-0) Cr. 3. Alt. S., offered 1998. Prereq: 308 or 429, permission of instructor. Examination of the history of anthropological archaeology and current issues and debates concerning methods, theories and the ethics of modern archaeology.
Anthr 590. Special Topics. (Same as Ling 590.) Cr. 1 to 5. Prereq: 10 credits in anthropology; senior or graduate classification.
Anthr 641. Implementing International Agricultural and Rural Development Projects: Problems and Issues. (Same as U St 641). (2-0) Cr. 2. Alt. F., offered 1997. Prereq: U St 543. Cross-cultural and multidisciplinary team approaches to international development project design, implementation and evaluation. Survey of development policies and procedures of USAID and other donor agencies.
Anthr 699. Research.