Humans as a biological species through the examination of evolutionary biology and genetics, primate comparative anatomy and behavior, 还有化石证据. Emphasis on uniquely human biological and behavioral characteristics, as well as those shared with other 动物. Current anthropological issues such as the biological meaning of 比赛, 遗传疾病, and the influence of evolution on human behavior.

Laboratory activities and exercises developed as an adjunct to 人类学 1 (Introduction to Biological/Physical 人类学) including the identification of fossils through examination of fossil casts, 人工制品学对人类制品的研究, observation of primate behavior and structure, and problem-solving in case studies of human genetics.

This course is an introduction to the study of concepts, 理论, data and models of anthropological archaeology that contribute to our knowledge of the human past. The course includes a discussion of the nature of scientific inquiry; the history and interdisciplinary nature of archaeological research; dating techniques; 方法 of survey, 挖掘, 分析, and interpretation; cultural resource management; professional ethics; and selected cultural sequences. This course may include a lab component.

How human beings in different cultures meet basic biological, 社会及文化需要, 包括亲属关系 and marriage 实践s, 政治 and social organization, 经济机构, religious and childrearing 实践s, 社会变革, as well as other aspects of cultural behavior. Emphasis on understanding other cultures on their own terms. Includes the many subcultures making up North American populations.

An introduction to the core concepts of linguistic anthropology and the study of language in culture and 社会, including how language perpetuates the identity of individuals through their social interactions and their culture in everyday speech events. 身份等主题, 社会地位, 性别, 比赛, 以及制度权力, are examined in contemporary language use. Traditional study of the 方法 of linguistic anthropologists as well as the study of the biological basis of communication and speech, 语言结构, 语言的起源, 跨越时间的语言, 语言的变化, 交流的民族志, 社会语言学, nonverbal communication and writing, and how cultural context sets meaning.

Issues relevant to understanding constructs of 比赛, class, 性别 and culture in U. S. 社会 from a global perspective. Factors affecting at least three major U.S. cultural communities (such as African American, 亚裔美国人, Latino American and others) including impacts of globalization, 移民模式, permeability of cultural communities in the U.S., the cultural politics of identity and inclusion and exclusion, and other factors influencing modern U.S. 社会.

Using research and theory from the fields of biology, 文化人类学, 语言学, 和考古学, 本课程需要 an anthropological approach to the study of 性 and 性别 across cultures and throughout time. 主题包括文化 性别建构, 性, and 性uality; the biological foundations of 性; and how 性别 difference relates to cultural 实践.

Survey of the Native American cultures of North America from an anthropological perspective, including cultural developments from prehistory to the present. Emphasis on the great variety of Native American perspectives and traditions, 包括亲属关系, 宗教, 政治, 社会和经济机构, 以及对人类的态度, 动物, 与自然. Current issues including movements for social and 政治 justice and cultural survival.

Cross-cultural perspectives on spirituality, 宗教活动, 神话, 祖先的信仰, witchcraft and the variety of religious rituals and practitioners found in the cultures of the world. Examination of the cosmologies of different cultures through the anthropological perspective. Emphasis is placed on how knowledge of the 宗教活动s and beliefs of others can help us to understand the multicultural world in which we live. Comparison of the ways in which diverse cultures confront the large and fundamental questions of existence: those dealing with the meaning of life, 生与死, and with the relationship of humans to each other and to their universe.

Introduction to the recovery and interpretation of human physical remains within the medico-legal context. Major topics include identification of human skeletal and dental remains, 性别决定, 死亡年龄, 祖先, 身材, 分析 and identification of different types of trauma and pathologies, 事后变更, 死亡后的时间, 恢复技术, and legal and ethical issues pertaining to the treatment of human remains in a forensic context.

The Forensic 人类学 Laboratory simulates field and laboratory conditions in ANTH 13 (Forensic 人类学). Students will conduct field work, using proper archaeological 方法. They will also work with casts of human skeletal and dental specimens and follow the Forensic protocol to identify a decedent, and help determine cause and manner of death.