Anthropology and Sociology Department Course List

COURSE CATALOGS

ANTHROPOLOGY:

SOCIOLOGY:

Undergraduate Course Catalog

Symbol: ANT

KEY:
Anthropology Requirements and Electives
Approved Distributive Requirement Course
Approved Interdisciplinary Course
Culture Cluster
Course may be taken again for credit

PRIMARILY FOR FRESHMAN AND SOPHOMORES

101 Introduction to Anthropology: Biological (3): Fundamentals of human biology, evolution, and the prehistoric development of culture. Offered in the spring of odd-numbered years.

102 Introduction to Anthropology: Cultural (3): Comparative analysis of culture systems. Offered in fall, spring, and summer.

103 Introduction to Anthropology: Archaeology (3): Interpretation of culture through analysis of archaeological remains. Offered in spring of even-numbered years, and in summer.

113 Archaeological Field Techniques (3): Implementation of archaeological principles and theory in laboratory and field studies. PREREQ or CONCURRENT: ANT 103. Offered in summer.

120 Cultures of Ethnic Groups in America (3): Survey of the cultural history and traditions of ethnic groups in America. Offered in fall of odd-numbered years.

FOR SOPHOMORES AND UPPERCLASSMEN

202 World Ethnology (3): Survey of the social organization, belief systems, and cultures of selected peoples. PREREQ: ANT 102 or permission of instructor. Offered in spring of even-numbered years.

280 Practicum in Museum Techniques I(3): Exploration of techniques of cataloging, conserving objects, and of designing and setting up exhibits. Involvement in actual museum work. PREREQ: ANT 102 or permission of instructor. Offered in fall of odd-numbered years.

FOR UPPERCLASSMEN
A. BIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY

310 Human Paleontology (3): Evolutionary thought; origin and antiquity of the primates; fossil man and living races. (Some background in biology is recommended).

B. ETHNOLOGY: AREA COURSES

321 American Indian Today (3): Native Americans in contemporary Anglo-America. PREREQ: ANT 102 or permission of instructor. Offered in the spring of odd-numbered years, and in summer.

322 Ethnology of Central America (3): Survey of the modern cultures of Central America; relationships to ancient peoples; the process of modernization in this area. PREREQ: ANT 102.

326 Cultures and Peoples of Sub-Saharan Africa (3): Examination of the cultures and societies of Black Africa. PREREQ: ANT 102.

329 Problems in Ethnology(3): Survey of the ethnographic literature pertaining to specific geographic regions. Area of focus to be announced in advance. PREREQ: ANT 102.

C. ETHNOLOGY: TOPICAL COURSES

340 Folklore in Society (3): Survey of basic American folklore genres. emphasis on folklore as process, tradition, and as an element of culture.

341 Social Organization (3): Study of social groups, their structure, and functioning. PREREQ: ANT 102.

342 Political Anthropology (3): Analysis of tribal and peasant political systems. PREREQ: ANT 102.

343 Economic Anthropology (3): Analysis of tribal and peasant economic systems. PREREQ: ANT 102.

344 Magic, Religion, and Witchcraft (3): An analysis of supernaturalistic ideology an ritual in both tribal and civil society. PREREQ: ANT 102.

345 Culture and Personality(3): Study of the relationship between culture systems and personality. PREREQ: ANT 102.

346 Culture Change (3): Empirical and theoretical study of culture change. PREREQ: ANT 102.

D. ARCHAEOLOGY

360 Historical Archaeology (3): Historical research through archaeology. Chester County is emphasized through local research projects. PREREQ OR CONCURRENT: ANT 103. .

362 Archaeology of Central America (3): The archaeological record of Central America, covering the significant features of each culture area from modern Mexico to Panama. PREREQ: ANT 103.

ADVANCED AND SENIOR COURSES

381 Sociolinguistics (3): (also LIN 381) The study of the use of language in society and in educational settings; social dialects; language policy; black English. PREREQ: ANT 102.

383 Structuralism: From Chaos to Order in the World of Ideas (3): This course is a general survey of structuralist theory as it relates to linguistics, anthropology, psychology, and literature. The goal of the course is to demonstrate how structuralism is a theoretical orientation in the social sciences and the humanities that attempts to transform the chaos of appearances into order of reality in the world of ideas.

405 Topical Seminar in Anthropology: Selected topics in the subdisciplines of anthropology. Topics announced in advance. Juniors and seniors only.

410 Independent Studies in Anthropology (1-3): Special research projects, reports, and readings in anthropology. Juniors and seniors only.

459 History of Ethnological Theory (3): Development of ethnological theory with emphasis on the nature of explanation in ethnology. PREREQ: Six hours in ethnology and junior or senior standing.

490 Seminar in Social Anthropology (3): History and theory of social anthropology. PREREQ: Six hours in ethnology and six hours in sociology. Seniors only.

495 Senior Seminar in Anthropology (3): Discussion and supervised research designed to integrate conceptual and methodological skills. The research paper for the seminar must be acceptable as a required departmental senior research paper. Senior anthropology majors only.