Anthropology Department

Course Descriptions

Anthropology

• ANTY 101H - Anthro & the Human Experience

  Credits: 3. Offered autumn and spring. Offered intermittently in summer. A survey of anthropology which introduces the fundamental concepts, methods and perspectives of the field. The description and analysis of human culture, its growth and change. The nature and functions of social institutions.

  Course Attributes:

  • Historical & Cultural Course
  • Indigenous and Global

• ANTY 102H - Intro to South & S. East Asia

  Credits: 3. Offered intermittently. An introduction to South and Southeast Asian regions, cultures, societies, and histories, with particular emphasis on artistic, religious and literary traditions from prehistory to the present.  An overview approach with different materials and emphases.

  Course Attributes:

  • Historical & Cultural Course
  • Indigenous and Global

• ANTY 103H - Intro Latin American Studies

  Credits: 3. Offered autumn or spring. Multidisciplinary survey and introduction to Latin America from pre- Columbian times to the present.

  Course Attributes:

  • Historical & Cultural Course
  • Indigenous and Global

• ANTY 104 - Ancient Migrations

  Credits: 3. Offered intermittently. An exploration of migrations in human prehistory and history as known from DNA studies, the archaeological record, historical linguistics, the human fossil record and history. How these migrations have impacted the culture, institutions, and biology of contemporary societies and populations.

• ANTY 122S - Race and Minorities

  Credits: 3. Offered autumn. Analysis of the development and concept of race as a social category and the processes of cultural change within and between ethnic groups.

  Course Attributes:

  • Social Sciences Course
  • American and European

• ANTY 133X - Food and Culture

  Credits: 3. Offered spring. Examination of the ways culture shapes the satisfaction of a biological need; food production, preparation, choices, customs, taste, taboos, beverages, spices and food distribution around the globe.

  Course Attributes:

  • Indigenous and Global

• ANTY 141H - The Silk Road

  Credits: 3. Offered autumn and spring. Introduction to the study of the human communities, cultures, and economies in Central and Southwest Asia along the ancient four thousand mile-long Silk Road.

  Course Attributes:

  • Historical & Cultural Course
  • Indigenous and Global

• ANTY 191 - Special Topics

  Credits: 1 TO 6. (R-6) Offered intermittently. Experimental offerings of visiting professors, experimental offerings of new courses, or one-time offerings of current topics.

• ANTY 198 - Internship

  Credits: 1 TO 6. Offered every term. Prereq., consent of department. Extended classroom experience which provides practical application of classroom learning during placements off campus. Prior approval must be obtained from the faculty supervisor and the Internship Services office. A maximum of 6 credits of Internship (198, 298, 398, and 498) may count toward graduation.

  Course Attributes:

  • Internships/Practicums

• ANTY 210N - Intro to Physical Anthropology

  Credits: 3. Offered autumn. An introduction to human evolutionary biology including processes of evolution, primate studies, hominid paleontology, and human variation.

  Course Attributes:

  • Natural Science Course

• ANTY 211N - Anthropological Genetics

  Credits: 3. Offered intermittently. Genetics-related problems that confront individuals and society. Variation and natural selection in human populations. Designed for non-biology majors.

  Course Attributes:

  • Natural Science Course

• ANTY 213N - Physical Anthropology Lab

  Credits: 1. Prereq., or coreq., ANTY 210N.  Offered autumn.  This lab course allows students to more deeply explore the concepts and materials covered in Introduction to Physical Anthropology.  Students will engage in lab based activities involving human genetics and processes of evolution, biology and behavior of non-human primates, human evolution, and modern human adaptation and variation.

  Course Attributes:

  • Natural Science Lab Course
  • Natural Science Course

• ANTY 216 - Primates in Peril

  Credits: 3. Offered intermittently. An overview of the living primates and their behavior with a focus on conservation issues that have an impact on primates.

• ANTY 220S - Culture & Society

  Credits: 3. Offered autumn and spring. Study of social organization of non-western societies; emphasis on variations in ecology, social structure, economic, political and religious beliefs and practices.

  Course Attributes:

  • Social Sciences Course
  • Indigenous and Global

• ANTY 241H - Central Asian Culture and Civ

  Credits: 3. Offered autumn even numbered years. Introduction to Central Asia's history, culture and ways of thinking. Focus on the political and social organization of Central Asia and cultural changes as expressed in art and interactions with China, India and the Middle East.

  Course Attributes:

  • Historical & Cultural Course
  • Indigenous and Global

• ANTY 250S - Intro to Archaeology

  Credits: 3. Offered spring. What archaeologists do and how they reconstruct past human cultures. Methodological and theoretical approaches to understanding and explaining past human societies.

  Course Attributes:

  • Social Sciences Course

• ANTY 251H - Foundations of Civilization

  Credits: 3. Offered spring. Focus on the worldwide evolution of human society from Stone Age hunter-gatherers to the beginnings of modern civilization. Approached through the colorful and exciting world of archaeologists and the sites they excavate.

  Course Attributes:

  • Historical & Cultural Course
  • Indigenous and Global

• ANTY 254H - Arch Wonders of the World

  Credits: 3. Offered spring even numbered years. This course highlights the classical civilizations of the ancient world, fields such as Egyptology and Classical Archaeology, and the major archaeological discoveries which are associated with them.

  Course Attributes:

  • Historical & Cultural Course
  • Writing Course-Intermediate
  • Indigenous and Global

• ANTY 291 - Special Topics

  Credits: 1 TO 6. (R-6) Offered intermittently. Experimental offerings of visiting professors, experimental offerings of new courses, or one-time offerings relating to current problems or new developments in the discipline.

• ANTY 310 - Human Variation

  Credits: 3. Offered every spring. Prereq., ANTY 210N or consent of instr. Introduction to human biological variation, and to the methods and theories that are used to explain the distribution of variable features.

  Course Attributes:

  • Writing Course-Intermediate

• ANTY 312 - Human Evolution

  Credits: 3. Offered autumn. Prereq., ANTY 210N. An exploration of the fossil and archaeological records of the evolution of human beings, and of current methods and theories used in interpreting these data.

• ANTY 314 - Principles of Forensic Anthro

  Credits: 3. Offered autumn. Prereq., ANTY 210N.  A study of techniques for recovering skeletal material, identifying and interpreting human skeletal remains, keeping records, interacting with the law enforcement system and documenting human rights abuses.

  Course Attributes:

  • Writing Course-Advanced

• ANTY 318 - Casting & Facial Approximation

  Credits: 3. Offered spring. Prereq., ANTY 314 and consent of instr. An exploration of techniques for conservation and replication of skeletal elements, facial reconstruction, and other techniques for identification of individuals from their skeletal remains.

• ANTY 323 - Native People of Montana

  Credits: 3. Offered spring. The history and culture of the Indian tribes in Montana.

• ANTY 326E - Indigenous Peoples & Globl Dev

  Credits: 3. Offered spring odd-numbered years. This class will examine the impact of global development on tribal and Indigenous peoples. Topics will include land issues, health, employment, and cultural change caused by global development and explore how these societies are resisting and adapting to their changing world.

  Course Attributes:

  • Ethical & Human Values Course
  • Indigenous and Global

• ANTY 330X - Peoples and Cultures of World

  Credits: 3. (R-9) Offered autumn and spring. Study of the peoples of various geographic regions and their cultures.

• ANTY 333 - Culture and Population

  Credits: 3. Offered autumn, even-numbered years. The relationship between population processes and culture to the human condition; survey data, methodologies, theories of demographic and culture change.

• ANTY 336 - Myth, Ritual and Religion

  Credits: 3. Offered autumn odd-numbered years. Theories and practices concerning supernatural phenomena, and the comparative study of world religions and cosmological traditions of indigenous peoples throughout the world.

  Course Attributes:

  • Writing Course-Intermediate

• ANTY 347 - Central Asia and Its Neighbors

  Credits: 3. Offered autumn odd number years. Analysis of the human communities and cultures of Central and Southwest Asia, with particular emphasis on the importance of relationships with neighboring countries and civilizations since ancient times.

• ANTY 349 - Social Change in NnWstrn Socts

  Credits: 3. Offered autumn, odd-numbered years. Prereq., ANTY 220S or consent of instr. Study of the processes of change, modernization and development.

• ANTY 351H - Archaeology of North America

  Credits: 3. Offered intermittently. The origins, backgrounds and development of Pre-Columbian American peoples and cultures.

  Course Attributes:

  • Historical & Cultural Course
  • Indigenous and Global

• ANTY 352X - Archaeology of Montana

  Credits: 3. Offered spring. The origins, distributions and development of aboriginal cultures in Montana and surrounding regions.

  Course Attributes:

  • Indigenous and Global

• ANTY 353 - PaleoIndian Archaeology

  Credits: 3. Offered spring or winter, even-numbered years. Examines archaeological, linguistic, biological and skeletal data to determine from where and when Native Americans arrived in North America.  Examines archaeological sites from such diverse places as Montana, Siberia, Virginia, and Chile to answer the most intriguing question in contemporary American archaeology today:  how, when and from where did people first arrive in the Americas?

• ANTY 354H - Mesoamerican Prehistory

  Credits: 3. Offered intermittently. The development of civilization and prehistoric states in the New World. Prehistoric lifeways and the effects of European contact on these cultures.

  Course Attributes:

  • Historical & Cultural Course

• ANTY 391 - Special Topics

  Credits: 1 TO 9. (R-9) Offered intermittently. Experimental offerings of visiting professors, experimental offerings of new courses, or one-time offerings of current topics.

• ANTY 398 - Internship

  Credits: 1 TO 6. Offered intermittently. Prereq., 9 credits in anthropology; consent of faculty supervisor and cooperative education officer. Practical application of classroom learning through internship in a number of areas such as museology, cultural resource management, and forensics. A maximum of 6 credits of Internship (198, 298, 398, and 498) may count toward graduation.

  Course Attributes:

  • Internships/Practicums

• ANTY 400 - History of Anthropology

  Credits: 3. Offered autumn. Prereq., ANTY 101H and 220S. The development of theory and method in cultural anthropology to the present. Various archaeological, ethnological and socio-psychological theories in the light of historical anthropology.

  Course Attributes:

  • Writing Course-Advanced

• ANTY 401 - Anthropological Data Analysis

  Credits: 3. Offered autumn. Prereq., M 104, M 105, M 115, M 121, M 122, M 135, M 151 or consent of instr. An analysis of the foundations of anthropological scaling and measurement.

• ANTY 402 - Quan Ethnographic Field Methds

  Credits: 3. Offered autumn. This course is designed to enhance student understanding of field methods that generate quantitative data describing human behavior. The toolkit of a student completing this course will include knowledge of basic methods that will get you from observing behavior to discussing your research and findings in a professional manner in oral or written formats.

  Course Attributes:

  • Writing Course-Advanced

• ANTY 403E - Ethics and Anthropology

  Credits: 3. Offered spring even-numbered years. Prereq., ANTY 101H or 220S, or consent of instr. Ethical and anthropological modes of inquiry in relation to each other. Focus on the sociocultural subfield as well as ethical issues in physical anthropology and archaeology.

  Course Attributes:

  • Ethical & Human Values Course
  • Writing Course-Advanced

• ANTY 404 - Anthropological Museology

  Credits: 3. Offered spring even-numbered years. Prereq., ANTY 101H. Introduction to anthropological museums, museum work and museum theory.

• ANTY 408 - Advanced Anthro Statistics

  Credits: 3. Offered spring. Prereq., consent of inst. Focus on techniques used for microcomputer-based data management and multivariate analysis.

  Course Attributes:

  • Writing Course-Advanced

• ANTY 409 - Preceptorship in Anthropology

  Credits: 1 TO 3. (R-6) Offered autumn and spring. Prereq., ANTY 210N, 220S, 250S and consent of instr. Assisting a faculty member by tutoring, grading objective exams, conducting review sessions, and carrying out other class-related responsibilities. Open to juniors, senior, and graduate students with consent of the faculty member with whom they serve. Proposals must be approved by department chair.

• ANTY 412 - Osteology

  Credits: 4. Offered autumn. Prereq., ANTY 314 and consent of instr. A detailed examination of the human skeleton with an emphasis on identifying individual bones and their structures. Specifically extended to fragmentary skeletal elements. Direct hands-on experience required.

• ANTY 413 - Forensic and Mortuary Arch

  Credits: 3. Offered spring. Prereq., ANTY 314 and consent of instr. Practical approaches to locating, documenting and recovering human skeletal remains, including surface scatters and burials. Emphasis on interpretations of evidence for recovery scene formation and mortuary behavior.

• ANTY 415 - Emergence Modern Humans

  Credits: 3. Offered intermittently. Prereq., ANTY 210N. An exploration of the emergence of "modern" humans and their relationships with Neanderthals. Exploration of what it means to be "a modern human" through an examination of human evolutionary history.

• ANTY 416 - Dental Anthropology

  Credits: 3. Offered intermittently. Prereq., ANTY 210N. The use of information from teeth in investigating evolutionary trends, the relationships between human groups, subsistence change, and culture change.

• ANTY 418 - Evolution and Genetic Variation in Human Populations

  Credits: 3. Offered Spring semester. Prereq. ANTY 310. Human genetic variation examined from a molecular perspective. Emphasis on the role of infectious disease and other factors as a selective factor in human evolution and exploration of the implications of these associations for human genetic variation.

• ANTY 422 - Mind, Culture and Society

  Credits: 3. Offered autumn even-numbered years. Prereq., ANTY 220S or consent of instr. The study of socialization, personality, cognition, and mental health cross-culturally.

• ANTY 423 - Culture and Identity

  Credits: 3. Offered spring. Prereq., ANTY 220S or consent of instr. The comparative study of identity formation along and across racial, ethnic, and ethno-national lines. Emphasis on issues of ethnogenesis, cultural resistance, transformation, domination, colonialism as well as sharing to understand both the cultural commonalties and differences in identity formation.

• ANTY 426 - Culture, Health and Healing

  Credits: 3. Offered autumn. Cross-cultural comparisons of theories and concepts and health and illness. Examination of the impact of these concepts upon health practices and treatment of disease around the world.

• ANTY 427 - Anthropology of Gender

  Credits: 3. Offered spring. Comparative study of the history and significance of gender in social life.

• ANTY 430 - Social Anthropology

  Credits: 3. Offered spring. Prereq., ANTY 220S. Seminar style senior capstone course for cultural anthropology students. This course focuses on bringing theory and methods together in written and visual ethnography.

  Course Attributes:

  • Writing Course-Advanced

• ANTY 431 - Ethnographic Field Methods

  Credits: 3. Offered spring. Prereq., ANTY 220S, ANTY 401, or consent of instr. Introduction to socio-cultural anthropological methods including participant observation, interviewing and narrative techniques and analysis of qualitative data.

• ANTY 433 - Indig Global Health & Healing

  Credits: 3. Offered alternate years. Examination of traditional and contemporary uses of medicine in Native American societies. Issues covered will include current health conditions of American Indians, and the relationship from a cultural perspective on health, healing and medicine.

• ANTY 435 - Drugs, Culture and Society

  Credits: 3. Offered intermittently.  Drug use in a cross-cultural perspective.  The role of drugs in cultural expression and social interaction.  Examination of the prehistory of drug use, drug use in traditional non-Western and Western societies, and drug use in the context of global sociocultural change.

• ANTY 440 - Cont. Issues of SSEA

  Credits: 3. Offered intermittently. Prereq., ANTY 102H. An examination of the major issues that affect the contemporary experience of South and Southeast Asians.

• ANTY 442 - Cities/Landscapes Central Asia

  Credits: 3. Offered spring odd numbered years. Analysis of the main centers of civilization and culture, rich sites and monuments of Central Asia and Southwest Asia since ancient times.

• ANTY 444 - Artistic Tradtns Central Asia

  Credits: 3. Offered spring even numbered years. Analysis of the study of human artistic creativity and scientific innovations of various cultures in Central and Southwest Asia since ancient times.

• ANTY 450 - Archaeological Theory

  Credits: 3. Offered autumn. Prereq., ANTY 250S. Historical trends and current major theories and methods in archaeology.

  Course Attributes:

  • Writing Course-Advanced

• ANTY 451 - Cultural Resource Management

  Credits: 3. Offered autumn. Introduction to the laws and practice of cultural resource/heritage property management. Focus on the management of archaeological sites, historic structures, and traditional cultural places due to federal laws. Emphasis is on laying foundation of CRM practices for students interested in pursuing it as a potential career.

  Course Attributes:

  • Writing Course-Advanced

• ANTY 452 - GIS in Archaeology

  Credits: 3. Prereq., ANTY 250s. Anthropological and archaeological data acquistion, management, and analysis using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) tools and techniques.

• ANTY 454 - Lithic Technology

  Credits: 3. Offered autumn odd-numbered years. Prereq., ANTY 250S and consent of instr.  Analysis of stone artifacts and debitage.

• ANTY 455 - Artifact Analysis

  Credits: 3. Offered spring. Prereq., ANTY 250S and consent of instr. Laboratory approaches and techniques for analyzing material culture from technological, stylistic, and chronological perspectives.

  Course Attributes:

  • Writing Course-Advanced

• ANTY 456 - Historical Archaeology

  Credits: 3. Offered spring. Prereq., ANTY 250S or consent of instr. Understanding and interpreting the past through historical archaeological remains, methods, and theories. Focuses on historical archaeological sites and topics from the American West, but also examines the field’s global perspective.

• ANTY 457 - Arch of the Pacific Northwest

  Credits: 3. Offered autumn even-numbered years. Introduction to the study of archaeology in the Pacific Northwest region inclusive of the Northwest Coast and Columbia/Fraser-Thompson Plateau. Understanding hunter-gatherer adaptations, evolution of social complexity, and ancient history of contemporary native peoples in the region.

• ANTY 458 - Arch of Hunter-Gatherers

  Credits: 3. Offered autumn even-numbered years. Introduction to the archaeological study of hunter-gatherer societies. Primary emphasis on archaeological method and theory.

• ANTY 459 - Archof the Arctic/Subarctic

  Credits: 3. Offered spring even-numbered years. Introduction to the study of Arctic and Subarctic archaeology emphasizing the Pleistocene and Holocene prehistory of North America and eastern Siberia. Understanding of methodological problems associated with archaeology in a northern context, the evolution of Inuit, Eskimo, Aleut and Athapaskan cultures, and hunter-gatherer adaptations to northern interior and coastal environments.

• ANTY 465 - Arch of the SW United States

  Credits: 3. Offered intermittently. The development of the prehistoric communities in the southwestern United States from ancient times to the dawn of history in the area.

• ANTY 466 - Archaeological Survey

  Credits: 1 TO 12. (R-12) Prereq., ANTY 250S. Offered autumn. A field course in Montana archaeology.

• ANTY 467 - Archaeological Field School

  Credits: 3 TO 12. (R-12) Offered summer.  Prereq., ANTY 250S and consent of instructor. Provides students with a well-rounded experience in archaeological field methods.  Field schools will typically occur at archaeological site locations away from campus.  During the archaeological field experience, students may learn methods of excavation, survey, research, and analysis to facilitate their transition to careers as professional archaeologists.

• ANTY 476 - Methods for Native Languages

  Credits: 3. (R-6) Offered Spring. In an effort to highlight promising methodologies that will advance the success of Native language acquisition and instruction, students will be exposed to an innovative methodology while being instructed in an Indigenous language.

• ANTY 491 - Special Topics

  Credits: 1 TO 9. (R-9) Offered intermittently. Prereq., consent of instr. Experimental offerings of visiting professors, experimental offerings of new courses, or one-time offerings of current topics.

• ANTY 492 - Independent Study

  Credits: 1 TO 6. (R-6) Offered every term. Prereq., consent of instr. Course material appropriate to the needs and objectives of the individual student.

• ANTY 494 - Seminar/Workshop

  Credits: 3. Offered spring. Advanced analysis of historical and contemporary issues involving human communities, cultures, and economies of a particular region, and that region’s role in the world.

• ANTY 495 - Field Experience:

  Credits: 1 TO 12. (R- 12) Offered intermittently. Prereq., consent of instr. Organized field experience in anthropology.

  Course Attributes:

  • Internships/Practicums

• ANTY 500 - Cont Anthro Thought

  Credits: 3. Offered autumn and spring. Prereq., graduate standing or consent of instructor. A review of major contributions to current anthropological theory, with an emphasis on the application of theory to anthropological problems. Significant advances in general theory, symbolic anthropology, critical theory, cultural studies, and postmodernism. Level: Graduate

• ANTY 501 - Historical Anthropology

  Credits: 3. Offered spring even numbered years. The location, use, and value of written records in anthropological research. Level: Graduate

• ANTY 502 - Curatorial & Archival Mgmt

  Credits: 3. Offered intermittently. Theory and practice in the curation of anthropological collections and the maintenance of anthropological information and records. Level: Graduate

• ANTY 503 - Cultl Resrc Interpretation

  Credits: 3. Offered intermittently.  Practice of presenting anthropological knowledge of cultural resources to the public, with an emphasis on writing. Level: Graduate

• ANTY 510 - Sem Human Var & Evol

  Credits: 3. (R-6) Offered autumn. Prereq., ANTY 515. Various topics related to genetic evidence of human biological evolution, morphological and genetic diversity of modern humans, and problems of "race". Level: Graduate

• ANTY 512 - Adv Forensic Anthropology

  Credits: 3. (R-6) Offered spring. Prereq., ANTY 515 and consent of instr. Review of traditional methods and exploration of new methods of skeletal analysis, as applied to cases from the forensic collection. Level: Graduate

• ANTY 513 - Sem Bioarch & Skel Biol

  Credits: 3. (R-6) Offered spring. Prereq., ANTY 515 or consent of instructor. Theoretical and methodological approaches to the analysis of human skeletal remains derived from archaeological contexts. Demography, health and disease, diet and nutrition, growth, activity patterns, and measures of biological relatedness are interpreted within a biocultural framework. Level: Graduate

• ANTY 514 - Sem Paleoanth & Evol Analy

  Credits: 3. (R-6) Offered intermittently. Prereq., ANTY 515 or consent of instructor. Exploration of selected aspects of the human fossil, archaeological, & genetic records and the theories and methods of evolutionary analysis used to analyze them. Level: Graduate

• ANTY 515 - Theor & Meth in Bioanth

  Credits: 3. Offered autumn.  A detailed review of the body of theory that is foundational for the study of human evolution, human variation, bioarchaeology, forensic anthropology, and primatology, along with a consideration of major methods used to analyze data in these fields. Level: Graduate

• ANTY 520 - Seminar in Contemporary Ethnography

  Credits: 3. Offered autumn. A review and discussion of current ethnographic research. Level: Graduate

• ANTY 521 - Applied Anthropology

  Credits: 3. Offered spring odd-numbered years. Study of ways in which anthropological skills may be used in non-academic fields. Level: Graduate

• ANTY 522 - Medical Anthropology

  Credits: 3. Offered spring even-numbered years.  An examination of selected issues and trends in contemporary theory and methodology within medical anthropology. Seminar assignments and discussions focus on understanding the application of anthropological concepts and methods in medical settings and are organized around several topics, including cultural conceptualizations of health, illness and risk; global health; the social and cultural construction of illness; drug and pharmaceutical use; and mental health in cultural context. Level: Graduate

• ANTY 550 - Seminar in Archaeology

  Credits: 3. Offered autumn odd-numbered years. A review and discussion of current research. Topics vary. Level: Graduate

• ANTY 551 - Seminar Historical Archaeology

  Credits: 3. Offered autumn odd-numbered years. An exploration of theories, methods, and literature in historical archaeology. Level: Graduate

• ANTY 552 - Power, Prestige & Things

  Credits: 3. Offered autumn even-numbered years. Investigation of power, prestige, leadership, and inequality in past social systems as interpreted through artifacts and architecture. Level: Graduate

• ANTY 553 - Evolutionary Archaeology

  Credits: 3. Offered intermittently.  Examination of method and theory in Darwinian evolutionary archaeology.  Seminar assignments and discussions focus on human behavioral ecology, cultural transmission, and macroevolution.    Level: Graduate

• ANTY 593 - Professional Project

  Credits: 1 TO 10. (R-10) Offered every term. Prereq., consent of instr. Preparation of a professional paper appropriate to the needs and objectives of the individual student. Level: Graduate

  Course Attributes:

  • Faculty-Led Study Abroad

• ANTY 595 - Special Topics

  Credits: 1 TO 9. (R-9) Offered intermittently. Experimental offerings of visiting professors, experimental offerings of new courses, or one-time offerings of current topics. Level: Graduate

  Course Attributes:

  • Internships/Practicums

• ANTY 596 - Independent Study

  Credits: 1 TO 9. (R-9) Offered every term. Prereq., consent of instr. Course material appropriate to the needs and objectives of the individual student. Level: Graduate

  Course Attributes:

  • Service Learning/Volunteer

• ANTY 597 - Research

  Credits: 1 TO 10. (R-10) Offered every term. Prereq., consent of instr. Directed individual research and study appropriate to the back ground and objectives of the student. Level: Graduate

• ANTY 598 - Internship

  Credits: 1 TO 6. (R-6) Offered intermittently. Prereq., graduate standing and consent of faculty supervisor. Practical application of classroom learning through internship in a number of areas such as museology, cultural resource management and forensics. Written reports are required. Level: Graduate

  Course Attributes:

  • Internships/Practicums

• ANTY 599 - Thesis

  Credits: 1 TO 10. (R-10) Offered every term. Prereq., consent of instr. Preparation of a thesis or manuscript based on research for presentation and/or publication. Level: Graduate

• ANTY 600 - Issues Cultural Herit

  Credits: 3. Offered autumn. Prereq., consent of instr. Doctoral dissertation research activties.A review of the range of topics that fall under the umbrella of cultural heritage and a review of theory and practice in one or more of these topics. Level: Graduate

• ANTY 601 - Resrch Design & Proposal Prep

  Credits: 3. Offered spring. Prereq., graduate standing. Seminar in the development of anthropological research designs and proposals. Level: Graduate

• ANTY 602 - Cultl Herit Policy & Pract

  Credits: 3. Offered spring odd-numbered years. Prereq., graduate standing. Exploration of critical issues in cultural heritage policy emphasizing the regulatory basis for federal CRM, public anthropology, and indigenous people's issues. Hands-on training in the design and production of federal planning documents. Level: Graduate

• ANTY 694 - Seminar Cultural Heritage

  Credits: 1 TO 6. (R-6) Offered intermittently. A review and discussion of current research. Topics vary. Level: Graduate

• ANTY 697 - Advanced Research

  Credits: 1 TO 6. (R-6) Offered every term. Prereq., consent of instr. Independent research projects, other than dissertation. Level: Graduate

• ANTY 699 - Dissertation

  Credits: 1 TO 10. (R-10) Offered every term. Doctoral dissertation research activities. Level: Graduate

Criminal Justice

• CJUS 125N - Fund of Forensic Science

  Credits: 3. Offered autumn and online spring. A survey of the forensic sciences and related disciplines and their use in criminal investigations, the role of forensic scientists in the investigative process and as expert witnesses.

  Course Attributes:

  • Natural Science Course

• CJUS 488 - Forensic Science the Crime Lab and Beyond

  Credits: 3. Offered spring and online in autumn. Examination of the forensic sciences with emphases on the non-crime lab forensic sciences, new technologies, and new directions in the forensic sciences.

English as a Second Language

• EASL 195 - Special Topics

  Credits: 1 TO 6. (R-6) Offered intermittently. Experimental offerings of visiting professors, experimental offerings of new courses, or one-time offerings of current topics.

• EASL 250 - Interm Eng Acad Purpose I

  Credits: 3. Offered autumn and spring. Prereq., 525 to 549 on the Paper-Based TOEFL or equivalent. Concentration on academic tasks prompting comprehension of evidence offered to support opinion; gathering facts to be stated in narrative/descriptive patterns is emphasized as distinct from practicing summary exposition. This course is highly recommended to all international students with TOEFL scores between 525 and 549. Student Option Grade Mode (traditional or credit/no credit).

• EASL 251 - Inter Eng Acad Purposes II

  Credits: 3. Offered autumn and spring. Prereq., 525 to 549 on the Paper-Based TOEFL or equivalent. Concentration on academic tasks guiding identification of main ideas underlying formal speech (broadcasts, lectures, interviews); recognition of intent of discussion and status of detail therein bearing on readings is emphasized. This course is highly recommended to all international students with TOEFL scores between 525 and 549. Student Option Grade Mode (traditional or credit/no credit).

• EASL 450 - Adv Eng Acad Purposes I

  Credits: 3. Offered autumn and spring. Prereq., 550 to 574 on the Paper-Based TOEFL or equivalent. Concentration on academic tasks prompting the collection and comprehension of evidence used to draw inferences regarding debatable issues; explanation of connection between evidence and inference is emphasized. This course is highly recommended to all international students with TOEFL scores between 550 and 574. Student Option Grade Mode (traditional or credit/no credit).

• EASL 451 - Adv Eng Acad Purposes II

  Credits: 3. Offered autumn and spring. Prereq., 550 to 574 on the Paper-Based TOEFL or equivalent. Concentration on academic tasks obliging comprehension of main ideas/details furnished in spoken media (broadcasts, lectures, discussions); detection of intended message and essential facts related to readings is emphasized.This course is highly recommended to all international students with TOEFL scores between 550 and 574. Student Option Grade Mode (traditional or credit/no credit).

Historic Preservation

• HPRV 400 - Historic Preservation

  Credits: 3. This course is intended to provide a comprehensive foundation to historic preservation practice and issues. Topics include the history and theory of the American historic preservation movement, identification and documentation of historic properties, preservation technology, strategies for conservation of historic resources and a critical examination of the philosophy and principles of preservation.

Linguistics

• LING 191 - Special Topics

  Credits: 1 TO 6. (R–6) Offered autumn and spring. Experimental offerings of visiting professors, experimental offerings of new courses, or one–time offerings of current topics.

• LING 198 - Internship

  Credits: 1 TO 6. Offered autumn and spring. Prereq., consent of department. Extended classroom experience which provides practical application of classroom learning during placements off campus. Prior approval must be obtained from the faculty supervisor and the Internship Services office.  A maximum of 6 credits of Internship (198, 298, 398, 498) may count toward graduation.

  Course Attributes:

  • Internships/Practicums

• LING 270S - Intro to Ling

  Credits: 3. Offered autumn and spring.  An introduction to the field of modern linguistics and to the nature of language. Emphasis on the ways different cultures develop symbol systems for representing meaning.

  Course Attributes:

  • Social Sciences Course

• LING 375X - Endangered Languages

  Credits: 3. Offered spring. Survey of endangered languages and the communities in which those endangered languages are spoken. Topics to be addressed include linguistic diversity, language endangerment, language shift and loss, language maintenance efforts, and prospects for the future of these languages.

  Course Attributes:

  • Indigenous and Global

• LING 391 - Special Topics

  Credits: 1 TO 9. (R–9) Offered autumn and spring. Experimental offerings of visiting professors, experimental offerings of new courses, or one–time offerings of current topics.

• LING 398 - Internship

  Credits: 1 TO 6. Offered autumn and spring. Prereq., consent of department. Extended classroom experience which provides practical application of classroom learning during placements off campus. Prior approval must be obtained from the faculty supervisor and the Internship Services office. A maximum of 6 credits of Internship (198, 298, 398, 498) may count toward graduation.

  Course Attributes:

  • Internships/Practicums

• LING 465 - Structure & History of English

  Credits: 3. Offered one per year. The development of the English language from a historical perspective contrasted with the phonological and grammatical structure of English from a modern linguistic point of view; specifically designed for teachers.

• LING 466 - Pedaogical Grammar

  Credits: 3. Offered intermittently. Prereq., LING 470. Discussion of English grammar from a non–native speaker perspective focusing on items and structures that are difficult for non–native speakers.

• LING 470 - Linguistic Analysis

  Credits: 3. Offered autumn and spring. An in-depth examination of the formal properties of language, concentrating on the core areas of linguistic analysis (phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax and semantics).

• LING 471 - Phonetics and Phonology

  Credits: 3. Offered autumn. Prereq., LING 470.  A study of phonetic and phonological systems from as many as 20 languages, most of them non–Indo–European; training in how to do linguistic analysis as well as linguistic theory. This course co-convenes with LING 571.

  Course Attributes:

  • Co-Convened Course

• LING 472 - Generative Syntax

  Credits: 3. Offered autumn. Prereq., LING 470. A study of the human language sentence–formation system, the means for expressing semantic information as propositional content. Emphasis on the abstraction of utterances in the form of mathematical objects. This course co-convenes with LING 572.

  Course Attributes:

  • Co-Convened Course

• LING 473 - Language and Culture

  Credits: 3. Offered spring. Prereq., LING 470.  Technical study of the relationships between grammatical categories and world view. This course co-convenes with LING 573.

  Course Attributes:

  • Co-Convened Course
  • Writing Course-Advanced

• LING 474 - Historical Linguistics

  Credits: 3. Offered spring.  Prereq., LING 470.  An introduction to the study of language change over time.  Topics include: methods for studying language change (the comparative method and internal reconstruction); types of language change (sound change, borrowing, analogical change, lexical, syntactic, and semantic change); and explanations for language change. The principles of historical reconstruction and comparative method in the analysis of linguistic variation and change. This course co-convenes with LING 574.

  Course Attributes:

  • Co-Convened Course

• LING 475 - Linguistic Field Methods

  Credits: 3. Offered spring odd-numbered years.  Prereq., LING 470.  Writing up linguistic data; developing techniques for eliciting linguistic data by working with a native speaker of a less commonly taught language. This course co-convenes with LING 575.

  Course Attributes:

  • Co-Convened Course

• LING 477 - Bilingualism

  Credits: 3. Offered autumn. Prereq., LING 270S or equiv. Societal and individual bilingualism:  topics include language policy, maintenance, interference, code-switching and mixting, and bilingual education.

• LING 478 - Learner Language

  Credits: 3. Offered spring. Prereq., LING 270 or equivalent. Observing/describing language learners' behaviors and, to a degree, advances toward proficiency (i.e., fluency plus accuracy); the presence of error as conditioned by a priori knowledge of language and implications for child and adult development; and applying typical methods of linguistic analysis to the (non-) systematic variants in language form characterizing developmental processes as a way of trying to explain variable behavior.

• LING 480 - Tchg Engl as For Lang

  Credits: 3. Offered autumn. Prereq., LING 270 or equiv. Same as ENLI 480. The application of principles of modern linguistics to the problems of teaching English as a foreign language.

• LING 481 - The ESL Professional

  Credits: 3. Offered intermittently. Prereq. or coreq., LING 491; prereq., LING 480 or consent of instr. Professional development techniques for the independent language teacher: language test construction, self–critique of teaching strategies, materials development, curriculum evaluation and design, and electronic and print media resources for the language teaching professional.

• LING 484 - NA Indigenous Lang & Ling

  Credits: 3. Offered spring even-numbered years. Prereq. LING 470. Description and analysis of grammatical features of Indigenous languages of North America. This course co-convenes with LING 584.

  Course Attributes:

  • Co-Convened Course
  • Writing Course-Advanced

• LING 489 - Morphology

  Credits: 3. Offered spring.  Prereq., LING 470.  A survey of the morphological features of several unrelated languages to provide the student with a broad overview of how languages compare and contrast. This course co-convenes with LING 589.

  Course Attributes:

  • Co-Convened Course

• LING 491 - Special Topics

  Credits: 1 TO 6. (R–6) Offered autumn and spring. Experimental offerings of visiting professors, experimental offerings of new courses, or one–time offerings of current topics.

  Course Attributes:

  • Internships/Practicums

• LING 492 - Independent Study

  Credits: 1 TO 9. (R–9) Offered autumn and spring. Prereq., consent of instr. Special projects in linguistic analysis.

• LING 495 - ESL Practicum

  Credits: 1 TO 3. Offered autumn and spring. Prereq., or coreq., LING 480. Offered every term.  Same as ENLI 491.  Students with a teaching major take the course for 3 credits; others take it for 1 credit and do one third of the work.

  Course Attributes:

  • Internships/Practicums

• LING 498 - Internship

  Credits: 1 TO 6. Offered autumn and spring. Prereq., consent of department. Extended classroom experience which provides practical application of classroom learning during placements off campus. Prior approval must be obtained from the faculty supervisor and the Internship Services office. A maximum of 6 credits of Internship (198, 298, 398, 498) may count toward graduation.

  Course Attributes:

  • Internships/Practicums

• LING 559 - Preceptorship

  Credits: 1. (R–4) Offered autumn and spring. Prereq., consent of instr. Materials development, assessment and evaluation of learners’ needs and interests in teaching English as an academic second Language to international students attending universities with English instruction. Level: Graduate

• LING 570 - Seminar in Linguistics

  Credits: 3. (R–12) Offered autumn and spring.  Advanced topics in linguistic analysis. Level: Graduate

• LING 571 - Phonetics and Phonology

  Credits: 3. Offered autumn.  A study of phonetic and phonological systems from as many as 20 languages, most of them non–Indo–European; training in how to do linguistic analysis as well as linguistic theory. This course co-convenes with LING 471. Graduate students taking LING 571 will complete additional requirements and their work will be of a more advanced nature. Level: Graduate

  Course Attributes:

  • Co-Convened Course

• LING 572 - Generative Syntax

  Credits: 3. Offered autumn. Prereq., LING 470 or equivalent.An investigation of human language sentence–formation systems, construed as functions (combinatorial computations) mapping utterances (physical sounds) to propositions (mental meanings). Emphasis on abstracting away from observable cross-linguistic data in favor of underlying formal (i.e., computational) structures. This course is co-convened with LING 472. Level: Graduate

  Course Attributes:

  • Co-Convened Course

• LING 573 - Language and Culture

  Credits: 3. Offered spring.  Technical study of the relationships between grammatical categories and world view. This course co-convenes with LING 473. Graduate students will complete additional requirements and their work will be of a more advanced nature. Level: Graduate

  Course Attributes:

  • Co-Convened Course

• LING 574 - Historical Linguistics

  Credits: 3. Offered spring. An introduction to the study of language change over time. Topics include:methods for studying language change (the comparative method and internal reconstruction); types of language change (sound change, borrowing, analogical change, lexical, syntactic, and semantic change); and explanations for language change. The principles of historical reconstruction and comparative method in the analysis of linguistic variation and change. This course co-convenes with LING 474. Graduate students will complete additional requirements and their work will be of a more advanced nature. Level: Graduate

  Course Attributes:

  • Co-Convened Course

• LING 575 - Linguistic Field Methods

  Credits: 3. Offered spring odd-numbered years.  Writing up linguistic data; developing techniques for eliciting linguistic data by working with a native speaker of a less commonly taught language. This courses co-convenes with LING 475. Graduate students will complete additional requirements and their work will be of a more advanced nature. Level: Graduate

  Course Attributes:

  • Co-Convened Course

• LING 584 - NA Indigenous Lang and Ling

  Credits: 3. Offered intermittently.  Description and analysis of grammatical features of Indigenous languages of North America. This course co-convenes with LING 484. Graduate students will complete additional requirements and their work will be of a more advanced nature. Level: Graduate

  Course Attributes:

  • Co-Convened Course

• LING 589 - Morphology

  Credits: 3. Offered spring.  A survey of the morphological features of several unrelated languages to provide the student with a broad overview of how languages compare and contrast. This course co-convenes with LING 489. Graduate students taking LING 589 will complete additional requirements and their work will be of a more advanced nature. Level: Graduate

  Course Attributes:

  • Co-Convened Course

• LING 595 - Special Topics

  Credits: 1 TO 9. (R–9) Offered autumn and spring. Experimental offerings of visiting professors, experimental offerings of new courses, or one–time offerings of current topics. Level: Graduate

  Course Attributes:

  • Internships/Practicums

• LING 596 - Independent Study

  Credits: 1 TO 3. (R–6) Offered autumn and spring. Course material appropriate to the needs and objectives of the individual student. Level: Graduate

  Course Attributes:

  • Service Learning/Volunteer

• LING 598 - Internship

  Credits: 1 TO 6. (R–6) Offered autumn and spring. Extended classroom experience which provides practical application of classroom learning during placements off campus. Level: Graduate

  Course Attributes:

  • Internships/Practicums

• LING 599 - Professional Paper

  Credits: 1 TO 6. (R–6) Offered autumn and spring. Preparation of a professional paper appropriate to the needs and objectives of the individual student. Level: Graduate

• LING 699 - Thesis

  Credits: 1 TO 6. (R–6) Offered autumn and spring. Preparation of a thesis or manuscript based on research for presentation and/or publication. Level: Graduate