AN 101-01, 02, 03, 04, 05 Introduction to Anthropology.  A survey course to acquaint students with the basic principles of anthropological thinking, as well as with some of the discipline’s research techniques. These will be explored through work in the four traditional subfields of anthropology; human biology, archaeology, linguistics, and cultural anthropology.  This is a requirement for all Sociology majors, and is offered every semester.

AN 201-01 Comparative Cultures.  An introduction to the comparative study of culture through analysis of data from both simple and complex societies.  Students learn to analyze society through the multivariate culture concept and conduct ethnographic field exercises to gather their own data for analysis and presentation. This is a requirement for the Anthropology Major, and is offered every Spring.

          Alexa Dietrich                   W                          6:00 – 9:00PM                              MH 8

AN 202 Biological Anthropology and Human Evolution. An introduction to the study of biological anthropology. This course explores the role evolutionary processes that account for modern human biological variability and adaptation, including the concept of race.  Students will examine the evolutionary history of the human species through the study of the fossil record, DNA, and comparative anatomy with our closest relatives, the primates.  Current debates in human evolution will be discussed. requirement for the Anthropology major, and is offered Fall semesters.

          Michael Scholl                    M,W               1:00 – 2:30 PM                                 MH 22

AN 212-01 Archaeology.  An introduction to archaeology as a method of studying the human past.  This course also explores some of he discipline’s achievements in unearthing and interpreting the record of human cultural remains from the earliest times through the advent of civilization.  Requirement for the Anthropology major, and is offered spring semesters.

          Gordon McEwan               T, Th                      2:40 – 4:10 PM                         MH 7

AN 235-ILC North American Indians (D).  A survey of the native cultures of North American from the first appearance of humans in the Western hemisphere, through the confrontation with Europeans and the rise of Native American power movements.  Offered alternate spring semesters. 

           Celeste Gagnon                  T, Th                     1:00 – 2:30 PM                      SPH 28

AN 241 Forensic Anthropology and Human Osteology. This course is an introduction to the field of forensic anthropology, the application of biological anthropology in legal contexts.  This course will introduce students to human osteology, the study of the human skeleton.  Students will explore the principles and methods of forensic anthropology through lecture, reading, and laboratory experience.  The course will focus not only on the sciences of human osteology and forensic anthropology, but will examine the legal framework in which they are applied, including criminal contexts, mass disasters, and human rights violations.  Offered alternate spring semesters.

          Celeste Gagnon                  W,F                      1:00 – 2:30 PM                          MH 41