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ANTHROPOLOGY (L48)  (Dept. Info) Arts & Sciences  (Policies) SP2025 L48 Anthro 1130 Introduction to Race 3.0 Units Details Save  Cancel   My Note:   Description: This course serves as an introduction to the analytic category race. Students will be exposed to major theories concepts, processes, frameworks, and scholars of race. They will develop the skills and language to critically examine and discuss race, with emphasis on how conceptions of race and collective identity have deep historical roots and have changed over time. This course takes the position that race-like gender, class and sexuality-is socially constructed. That said, while race is socially constructed, this course also emphasizes that racialization and racial categories have social, political, and economic consequences in people's everyday lives. Meaning the socially and historically constructed category of race has real implications for people and communities. Ultimately, the purpose of the course is to teach students to read, think and write critically about one of today's most contentious topics-race-by exposing them to readings and other course materials that consider race and the process of racialization in specific contexts and time periods throughout the world. Attributes: A&S IQ: HUM, SCArch: HUMArt: HUMEN: H Instruction Type: Classroom instruction Grade Options: CP Fees: Course Type: Ident Same As: L90 1130  L22 1130  L98 1130 Frequency: None / History Sec Days       Time Building / Room Instructor Final Exam Seats Enroll Waits 01 -T-R--- 10:00A-11:20A TBA Bailey Take Home Exam 120 117 0 Desc: The course fulfills Area 2 of the AFAS major. Actions: Books L48 Anthro 142 Ampersand: Medicine and Society 3.0 Units Details Save  Cancel   My Note:   Description: This course is the required second-semester sequence of the introduction to medical anthropology and cultural anthropology for students enrolled in the Medicine and Society Program. The course builds upon material introduced in Anthropology 141, and provides greater ethnographic context for the cross-cultural study of health and illness. Topical areas include analyses of disease, illness and sickness at micro and macro levels; impact of personal and interpersonal factors on health; health effects of social, political, and economic factors; relationship of anthropology to biological and social sciences approaches; ecology of health and development; and cross-cultural health studies of language, gender, and race/ethnicity. Attributes: A&S: AMPA&S IQ: LCD, SC, SSCArch: SSCArt: SSCBU: BAEN: S Instruction Type: Classroom instruction Grade Options: CPA Fees: Course Type: Home Same As: L61 142 Frequency: Annually / History Sec Days       Time Building / Room Instructor Final Exam Seats Enroll Waits 01 M-W---- 10:00A-11:20A McMillan / G056 Jones Paper/Project/Take Home 0 25 0 Actions: Books Waits Not Allowed L48 Anthro 160B Introduction to Cultural Anthropology 3.0 Units Details Save  Cancel   My Note:   Description: This course introduces the basic concepts, theories, and methods of Cultural Anthropology - an academic discipline that studies the diversity of human cultures and societies. The purpose is to provide a broad perspective on the types of research that anthropologists undertake, and to engage in a critical dialogue on how the work of anthropologists contributes to understanding the human condition. Introduction to Cultural Anthropology is a portal into more advanced anthropology courses and is a required course for anthropology majors. Attributes: A&S IQ: LCD, SC, SD, SSCArch: SSCArt: SSCBU: BA, HUMEN: SUColl: CD Instruction Type: Classroom instruction Grade Options: CP Fees: Course Type: Home Same As: N/A Frequency: Annually / History Sec Days       Time Building / Room Instructor Final Exam Seats Enroll Waits 01 M-W-F-- 1:00P-1:50P TBA Dan-Cohen No Final 350 350 107 Actions: Books Syllabus Syllabi are provided to students to support their course planning; refer to the syllabus for constraints on use. L48 Anthro 190B Introduction to Archaeology 3.0 Units Details Save  Cancel   My Note:   Description: Archaeology plays a critical and unique role in understanding the human past. Through study of the methods and theories of archaeology, and a survey of important firsts in the human past, this course introduces students to the way archaeologists use material culture to reconstruct and understand human behavior. Chronologically ordered case studies from around the globe are used to look at social, ecological, and cultural issues facing humans from the earliest times to the present. Students gain practice reconstructing the past through hands-on participation in two 1-hour labs focusing on lithics and animal bones. By the end of the course, students are expected to be able to think critically about how the past is presented, and why, and the importance of the past as it relates to the present and future. Attributes: A&S IQ: LCD, SSCArch: SSCArt: SSCBU: BAEN: S Instruction Type: Classroom instruction Grade Options: CP Fees: Course Type: Home Same As: N/A Frequency: Annually / History Sec Days       Time Building / Room Instructor Final Exam Seats Enroll Waits 01 M-W-F-- 9:00A-9:50A TBA Baitzel No Final 250 250 12 Actions: Books Syllabus Syllabi are provided to students to support their course planning; refer to the syllabus for constraints on use. L48 Anthro 227 Topics in Native American Culture: Introduction to Native American and Indigenous Studies 3.0 Units Details Save  Cancel   My Note:   Description: In the 2020 U.S. Census, 9.7 million people identified themselves as being of American Indian or Alaska Native descent, a stunning increase from the 5.2 million identified in the 2010 census. Still, Native peoples make up only about 2.9 percent of the population of the United States. These demographic proportions have made it easy to ignore Native America, but American Indian people carry an importance in American culture and society that far outweighs the census numbers. Anyone engaged in law, policy, energy, land management, and state or federal government will inevitably engage the tangle of Indian law and policy. Anyone in the culture industries-film, arts, writing, museums, sports-will confront the curious hold that Native peoples have on American culture. This course offers a broad introductory survey of these and other issues as it explores the development and current state of the interdisciplinary field known as Native American and Indigenous Studies. Attributes: A&S IQ: LCD, SSCArch: SSCArt: SSCEN: S Instruction Type: Classroom instruction Grade Options: CPA Fees: Course Type: Ident Same As: L98 227 Frequency: None / History Sec Days       Time Building / Room Instructor Final Exam Seats Enroll Waits 01 M-W---- 1:00P-2:20P TBA Gill Paper/Project/Take Home 15 15 14 Actions: Books L48 Anthro 290 Introduction to Directed Research Var. Units (max = 3.0) Details Save  Cancel   My Note:   Description: This course level is typically taken by freshmen or sophomores during their first semester working in a lab or on a faculty research project. In science-oriented labs (physical anthropology or archaeology) student responsibilities may consist of entering data collected by others, washing/cleaning glassware, and learning basic laboratory techniques. Responsibilities of the student should be minor and task-oriented, with no expectation of written work or concept mastery. In sociocultural anthropology the responsibilities may consist of producing short summaries of relevant scholarly works. May be taken for 1-3 credit hours, 1-2 recommended. Students must enroll in a specific section with a faculty member and receive approval from the department. Attributes: Instruction Type: Independent study, tutorial, or other Grade Options: CP Fees: Course Type: Home Same As: N/A Frequency: None / History Sec Days       Time Building / Room Instructor Final Exam Seats Enroll Waits 01 TBA TBA Baitzel No Final 0 0 0 Actions: Books Waits managed by dept. 05 TBA TBA Boyer No Final 0 0 0 Actions: Books Waits managed by dept. 06 TBA TBA Canna No Final 0 0 0 Actions: Books Waits managed by dept. 07 TBA TBA Childs No Final 0 0 0 Actions: Books Waits managed by dept. 08 TBA TBA Dan-Cohen No Final 0 0 0 Actions: Books Waits managed by dept. 09 TBA TBA Frachetti No Final 0 0 0 Actions: Books Waits managed by dept. 10 TBA TBA Gildner No Final 0 0 0 Actions: Books Waits managed by dept. 11 TBA TBA Gustafson No Final 0 0 0 Actions: Books Waits managed by dept. 12 TBA TBA Jacobsen No Final 0 0 0 Actions: Books Waits managed by dept. 13 TBA TBA Kidder No Final 0 0 0 Actions: Books Waits managed by dept. 14 TBA TBA Lester No Final 0 0 0 Actions: Books Waits managed by dept. 15 TBA TBA Liu No Final 0 0 0 Actions: Books Waits managed by dept. 16 TBA TBA Milich No Final 0 0 0 Actions: Books Waits managed by dept. 17 TBA TBA Mueller No Final 0 0 0 Actions: Books Waits managed by dept. 19 TBA TBA Olson No Final 0 0 0 Actions: Books Waits managed by dept. 20 TBA TBA Parikh No Final 0 0 0 Actions: Books Waits managed by dept. 21 TBA TBA Prang No Final 5 0 0 Actions: Books 22 TBA TBA Quinn No Final 0 0 0 Actions: Books Waits managed by dept. 23 TBA TBA Sanz No Final 0 0 0 Actions: Books Waits managed by dept. 24 TBA TBA Strait No Final 0 0 0 Actions: Books Waits managed by dept. 26 TBA TBA Woldekiros No Final 0 0 0 Actions: Books Waits managed by dept. 27 TBA TBA Wroblewski No Final 0 0 0 Actions: Books Waits managed by dept. L48 Anthro 300 Supervised Internships in Anthropology 3.0 Units Details Save  Cancel   My Note:   Description: Anthropology majors may acquire professional experience outside the classroom by participating in a faculty-sponsored internship. Before work begins, the student and faculty sponsor must agree on a final written project, which is then approved by the Anthropology Academic Coordinator. Students will be evaluated by the faculty sponsor on the basis of the written project and input from the internship supervisor. Prerequisite: 9 hours of anthropology and permission of department.. Attributes: Instruction Type: Internship/Practicum Grade Options: P Fees: Course Type: Home Same As: N/A Frequency: Every Semester / History Sec Days       Time Building / Room Instructor Final Exam Seats Enroll Waits 01 TBA TBA Jacobsen No Final 0 0 0 Actions: Books Waits managed by dept. L48 Anthro 306B Africa: Peoples and Cultures 3.0 Units Details Save  Cancel   My Note:   Description: This course surveys the broad anthropological literature on the cultures, politics, and history of African peoples and societies. Africa as a place-and as a concept-has held a particular place both in the Western imagination and in anthropological theory's history. We will tackle a brief history of (anthropology in) Africa before turning to major themes and problems in Africanist anthropology and popular discourse around Africa, closing out the course with several weeks centered on specific themes such as development, conflict, gender, witchcraft, and the state. Attributes: A&S IQ: LCD, SSCArch: SSCArt: SSCBU: HUM, ISEN: S Instruction Type: Classroom instruction Grade Options: CPA Fees: Course Type: Home Same As: L97 306B Frequency: Annually / History Sec Days       Time Building / Room Instructor Final Exam Seats Enroll Waits 01 M-W---- 4:00P-5:20P TBA Ross Paper/Project/Take Home 40 17 0 Actions: Books Syllabus Syllabi are provided to students to support their course planning; refer to the syllabus for constraints on use. L48 Anthro 3095 The Incas and Their Ancestors: The Archaeology of the Ancient Andes 3.0 Units Details Save  Cancel   My Note:   Description: From the hyper-arid desert of the Pacific Coast to the high-mountain plateaus of the Andes more than 12,000 feet above sea level to the lush forested Amazonian lowlands, Western South America presents one of the most diverse natural and cultural environments in the world and one of the few places where social complexity first developed. Beginning with the earliest human occupations in the region more than 12,000 years ago, this course examines how domestication, urbanization, the rise of early states, and major technological inventions changed life in the Andes from small village societies to the largest territorial polity of the Americas - the Inca Empire. Students will become familiar with the major debates in the field of Andean archaeology. Together, we will examine archaeological evidence (architecture, art, ceramics, metals, textiles, plant and animal remains, etc.) from context of everyday life (households, food production, craft production) to the rituals and ceremonies (offerings, tombs) that took place in domestic and public spaces. We will also touch on the role of Andean archaeology in the context of national politics and heritage sustainability. Attributes: A&S IQ: LCD, SSCArch: SSCArt: SSCBU: ISEN: S Instruction Type: Classroom instruction Grade Options: CPA Fees: Course Type: Home Same As: L45 3095 Frequency: None / History Sec Days       Time Building / Room Instructor Final Exam Seats Enroll Waits 01 M-W---- 10:00A-11:20A TBA Baitzel Paper/Project/Take Home 40 16 0 Actions: Books Syllabus Syllabi are provided to students to support their course planning; refer to the syllabus for constraints on use. L48 Anthro 3101 Topics in Anthropology: Issues in Food Systems 3.0 Units Details Save  Cancel   My Note:   Description: Is Fair Trade coffee really fair? Why are farmworkers exposed to toxic pesticides despite safety regulations? How are Native Americans denied food sovereignty and how are they fighting back to reclaim it? Where do our beliefs about diet and nutrition come from? These are some of the questions we will explore through reading and discussions as we explore the food system beyond farm to fork. Attributes: A&S IQ: SSCArch: SSCArt: SSCBU: ISEN: S Instruction Type: Classroom instruction Grade Options: CPA Fees: Course Type: Home Same As: N/A Frequency: Unpredictable / History Sec Days       Time Building / Room Instructor Final Exam Seats Enroll Waits 01 -T-R--- 1:00P-2:20P TBA Richardson No Final 35 35 9 Actions: Books Syllabus Syllabi are provided to students to support their course planning; refer to the syllabus for constraints on use. L48 Anthro 3102 Topics in Anthropology: Sustainability in Extractive Communities 3.0 Units Details Save  Cancel   My Note:   Description: What does sustainability mean for communities that rely on extracting natural resources for their livelihoods? How do various actors involved in the resource extraction process shape this meaning, and what challenges does this pose for sustainable politics and practices in these communities? This course will explore the meaning and practice of sustainability in extractive communities with an anthropological lens. We will focus on understanding the political economy of natural resource extraction, especially mineral resources, and how this defines the boundaries of sustainability in extractive communities. We will address significant but often overlooked issues related to the cultural impacts of mineral extraction and the 'moralization' of these mineral markets as an important material for transitioning into the 'green economy.' Attributes: A&S IQ: SSCArch: SSCArt: SSCBU: ETH, HUMEN: S Instruction Type: Classroom instruction Grade Options: CPA Fees: Course Type: Home Same As: N/A Frequency: Unpredictable / History Sec Days       Time Building / Room Instructor Final Exam Seats Enroll Waits 01 -T-R--- 8:30A-9:50A TBA Ampadu Paper/Project/Take Home 35 9 0 Actions: Books Syllabus Syllabi are provided to students to support their course planning; refer to the syllabus for constraints on use. L48 Anthro 3180 Domestication: The Evolution of Our Multispecies Family 3.0 Units Details Save  Cancel   My Note:   Description: This course explores the evolution of the plants, animals, and microbes in human-mediated ecosystems. We call these evolutionary relationships domestication and they are at the heart of humanity's successful adaptation to nearly every ecosystem on Earth. From our millennia-deep friendship with gregarious wolves, to corn's continental conquests, to 'the industrial microbiome,' this course will ask how other species have evolved in response to human societies, and how societies have been shaped by these relationships. We will primarily draw on concepts and data from anthropology and evolutionary biology to understand the process of domestication. Attributes: A&S IQ: LCD, SSCArch: SSCArt: SSCBU: BAEN: S Instruction Type: Classroom instruction Grade Options: CPA Fees: Course Type: Home Same As: L41 3180  L48 5180 Frequency: Every 2-3 Years / History Sec Days       Time Building / Room Instructor Final Exam Seats Enroll Waits 01 -T-R--- 10:00A-11:20A TBA Mueller Paper/Project/Take Home 50 50 25 Actions: Books L48 Anthro 3215 Food, Culture, and Power 3.0 Units Details Save  Cancel   My Note:   Description: What should I eat today? This seemingly simple question transects the fields of health, environmental studies, economics, history, anthropology, religion, and many others. The foods we eat, the way we get them, the way we produce them, and the way in which we eat them speak volumes about our beliefs, our technology, our understanding of how the world works, and our ability to function within it. That is, food is an excellent way to explore culture. No actions are more deserving of critical attention than those that we do regularly, without much critical thought, and most of eat at least two or three times a day. In this class we'll explore how this food came to be here, why we like it, and what that says about us. This class will be reading and discussion heavy, with a midterm paper based on the readings and a final paper based on a topic of the students' choosing. Attributes: A&S IQ: SSCArch: SSCArt: SSCBU: BAEN: S Instruction Type: Classroom instruction Grade Options: CPA Fees: Course Type: Home Same As: L97 3215 Frequency: None / History Sec Days       Time Building / Room Instructor Final Exam Seats Enroll Waits 01 M-W---- 4:00P-5:20P TBA Richardson Paper/Project/Take Home 35 29 0 Actions: Books L48 Anthro 3230 Primate Societies 3.0 Units Details Save  Cancel   My Note:   Description: This 3-unit course introduces students to the exciting world of primate societies. The course will draw upon concepts from animal behavior, ecology, evolution and anthropology to introduce students to non-human primates and their societies, providing the tools required to comprehend how we think about the evolution of complex human societies. The course will provide an overview of the primate lineage, ecology, social systems and organization, and dispersal and mating systems, so that students can critically evaluate how we define different societies, compare across different primates and environments, and consider what facilitates more complex societies. This is an opportunity for students to explore interdisciplinary perspectives to understand what differentiates primates from other animals and what makes human society unique. After completing the course, students will be able to identify and distinguish characteristics of primates, describe and generalize different social structures seen throughout the primate lineage, and distinguish what makes humans unique compared to other primates. The course will be a combination of lecture-based instruction and small group activities. Attributes: A&S IQ: SSC Instruction Type: Classroom instruction Grade Options: CPA Fees: Course Type: Home Same As: N/A Frequency: Unpredictable / History Sec Days       Time Building / Room Instructor Final Exam Seats Enroll Waits 01 M-W---- 11:30A-12:50P TBA Judson Paper/Project/Take Home 30 11 0 Actions: Books L48 Anthro 3310 Health, Healing and Ethics: Introduction to Medical Anthropology 3.0 Units Details Save  Cancel   My Note:   Description: This course will offer a broad examination of health, healing and ethics in cross-cultural perspective. Specific topics include the cultural construction and organization of medical systems; social class as a factor influencing health status and access to health care; health and economic development; and the exportation of biomedicine worldwide. Ethical dilemmas associated with genetic testing, new reproductive technologies, organ transplants, and with global disparities in health will receive particular attention. Attributes: A&S IQ: LCD, SSCArch: SSCArt: SSCBU: ETHCFH: MHAEN: S Instruction Type: Classroom instruction Grade Options: CP Fees: Course Type: Home Same As: L18 3319  L48 5310  L97 3319 Frequency: Every 1 or 2 Years / History Sec Days       Time Building / Room Instructor Final Exam Seats Enroll Waits 01 M-W---- 11:30A-12:50P TBA Canna Paper/Project/Take Home 90 90 51 Actions: Books Syllabus Syllabi are provided to students to support their course planning; refer to the syllabus for constraints on use. L48 Anthro 3320 Disability Anthropology 3.0 Units Details Save  Cancel   My Note:   Description: Disability is everywhere: across cultures, it is present in our enviornments, in our media, and in our personal and familial lives. This discussion-based course recognizes disability not as a biomedical impairment but as an intersectional, constructed category of difference. Disability anthropology, which seeks to understand embodied experiences of disability through ethnography and sociocultural models of disability, is a recently emergent field. Following an introduction to disability activism, theory, and representation, our class will analyze examples of disability anthropology, including autoethnography, ethnographic film, and performance ethnography. As we collectively contribute to an accessible classroom, students will develop a final project that examines a physical space, policy, or other resource at WashU that could be made more accessible. Students will present their projects to the WashU community Attributes: A&S IQ: SC, SSC Instruction Type: Classroom instruction Grade Options: CPA Fees: Course Type: Home Same As: N/A Frequency: Unpredictable / History Sec Days       Time Building / Room Instructor Final Exam Seats Enroll Waits 01 M-W---- 1:00P-2:20P TBA Jones Paper/Project/Take Home 30 18 0 Actions: Books L48 Anthro 3361 The American Melting Pot: Migration in the United States 3.0 Units Details Save  Cancel   My Note:   Description: How is migration controlled, monitored, regulated, perceived, and experienced in the American "melting pot"? How does the United States' history of immigration play into the politics surrounding migration today? What is the influence of migration policies on the everyday lives of migrants residing within the U.S.? What particular opportunities and challenges are presented by being a migrant in the U.S.? Who is migrating to the U.S., and why? This course will provide a comprehensive overview of migration in the U.S., providing students with valuable knowledge not only about the laws and policies that govern migration but also about the lived experiences of migrants. Specifically, we will discuss the history of migration in the U.S., immigration law, the migration policies of recent administrations, the U.S.-Mexico border, border surveillance, health, mental health, public perception of migrants, refugees, asylum seekers, undocumented migrants, sanctuary cities, politics and migration, and Latin American migrants. We will welcome guest speakers working in the field of migration throughout the semester, and students will have the opportunity to ask them about their work as well as their opinions on migration policy in the U.S. Class materials will include articles and book chapters from the fields of anthropology, political science, history, public health, sociology, and psychology as well as short videos, documentary films, and newspaper articles. Additionally, we will incorporate discussions on current events surrounding migration in the U.S. by following weekly news coverage on this topic. This course will be useful for students hoping to work with migrants in a variety of settings as well as for those hoping to pursue policy, research, or political careers related to this topic. Attributes: A&S IQ: SSC Instruction Type: Classroom instruction Grade Options: CPA Fees: Course Type: Home Same As: N/A Frequency: Unpredictable / History Sec Days       Time Building / Room Instructor Final Exam Seats Enroll Waits 01 -T-R--- 2:30P-3:50P TBA Wagner Paper/Project/Take Home 22 9 0 Actions: Books L48 Anthro 3381 Language in Society 3.0 Units Details Save  Cancel   My Note:   Description: The study of language in its sociocultural context. Issues: gender and class differences in speech, power and language ideology, language choice and contact, poetics and myth, the ethnography of speech forms. Attributes: A&S IQ: SSCArt: SSCBU: BAEN: S Instruction Type: Classroom instruction Grade Options: CPA Fees: Course Type: Home Same As: N/A Frequency: None / History Sec Days       Time Building / Room Instructor Final Exam Seats Enroll Waits 01 M-W---- 10:00A-11:20A TBA Ross Paper/Project/Take Home 30 15 0 Actions: Books L48 Anthro 3556 What Makes A Meal: Anthropological Explorations of Food Production, Consumption, and Performance 3.0 Units Details Save  Cancel   My Note:   Description: In this course, we explore what we eat, how we eat it, and why we eat it through an anthroplogical lense. Food is important in many ways. It is a key component is our daily lives and habits. Exploring foodways through an anthropological lens allows us to understand the construction of boundaries and expressions. Food is not just nutrition, it is also taste, memory, politics, ritual, communication, and power. Food has the ability to change the very nature of our genetics. Food is comfort and home while simultaneously is novel and uncomfortable. It heals and it destroys. Through the semester, we will learn how anthropologists study food and foodways, highlighting the socio-cultural, linguistic, biological, and archaeological frameworks. We will learn how different communities interact with food and how foodways can shape and be shaped by the societies we live in, especially the power of food in shaping our modern world systems. Attributes: A&S IQ: SC, SSCArch: SSCArt: SSC Instruction Type: Classroom instruction Grade Options: CPA Fees: Course Type: Home Same As: N/A Frequency: Unpredictable / History Sec Days       Time Building / Room Instructor Final Exam Seats Enroll Waits 01 -T-R--- 10:00A-11:20A McMillan / 150 Ritchey Paper/Project/Take Home 15 15 2 Actions: Books L48 Anthro 3602 Environmental Inequality: Toxicity, Health, and Justice 3.0 Units Details Save  Cancel   My Note:   Description: How are the problems of environmental stress, pollution, and degradation unevenly borne? Adopting cross-cultural, biosocial, intersectional, and posthumanist approaches, this course explores how exposures to environmental toxicities and dangers result in and exacerbate health harms, social disparities, and structural violences. A range of historical and contemporary case studies will include plagues, weather, fire, water, waste, minerals, air, etc. Students will not only gain an understanding of these problems and burdens, but also explore the transformative potential in intertwining environmental justice, critical global health, and social justice movements to seek solutions to these vital issues. Attributes: A&S IQ: SSCArch: SSCArt: SSCBU: BA, ETH, ISEN: S Instruction Type: Classroom instruction Grade Options: CPA Fees: Course Type: Home Same As: L97 3604 Frequency: Unpredictable / History Sec Days       Time Building / Room Instructor Final Exam Seats Enroll Waits 01 M-W---- 11:30A-12:50P TBA Richardson Paper/Project/Take Home 35 35 8 Actions: Books L48 Anthro 3612 Population and Society 3.0 Units Details Save  Cancel   My Note:   Description: This review of population processes and their social ramifications begins with an introduction to the basic terminology, concepts, and methods of population studies, followed by a survey of human population trends through history. The course then investigates biological and social dimensions of marriage and childbearing, critically examines family planning policies, deals with the social impacts of epidemics and population ageing, and looks at connections between population movements and sociocultural changes. The overall objective of the course is to understand how population processes are not just biological in nature, but are closely related to social, cultural, political, and economic factors. Attributes: A&S IQ: LCD, SC, SSCArch: SSCArt: SSCBU: ISEN: S Instruction Type: Classroom instruction Grade Options: C Fees: Course Type: Home Same As: L18 3612  L97 3612 Frequency: Every 1 or 2 Years / History Sec Days       Time Building / Room Instructor Final Exam Seats Enroll Waits 01 -T-R--- 10:00A-11:20A TBA Childs No Final 36 36 31 Actions: Books Syllabus Syllabi are provided to students to support their course planning; refer to the syllabus for constraints on use. L48 Anthro 372 Geoarchaeology 3.0 Units Details Save  Cancel   My Note:   Description: Geoarchaeology involves the application of analytical techniques, concepts, and field methods from the earth sciences to help solve archaeological problems. Issues explored in this course include human and environmental processes involved in archaeological site formation, the sedimentary context of archaeological remains, soils and sediments relevant to archaeology, the relationship between past settlement and landscape evolution, paleoclimatic reconstruction, human impacts on the environment, geological sourcing of artifact proveniences, and remote sensing of the physical environment. Several field trips to local archaeological/geological sites provide an opportunity to understand how geoarchaeology is applied to specific research problems. Attributes: A&S IQ: LCD, SSCArch: SSCArt: SSCBU: BAEN: S Instruction Type: Classroom instruction Grade Options: CPA Fees: Course Type: Home Same As: L48 572 Frequency: Every 1 or 2 Years / History Sec Days       Time Building / Room Instructor Final Exam Seats Enroll Waits 01 M-W---- 1:00P-2:20P McMillan / G056 Patania Paper/Project/Take Home 25 10 0 Actions: Books Syllabus Syllabi are provided to students to support their course planning; refer to the syllabus for constraints on use. L48 Anthro 373 Introduction to GIS for Anthropologists 3.0 Units Details Save  Cancel   My Note:   Description: Use of GIS is rapidly becoming standard practice in anthropological research. This course will introduce students to the basic theories and techniques of GIS. Topics will include the application of GIS in archaeologial survey and ethnographic research, as well as marketing, transportation, demographics, and urban and regional planning. This course will enable students to become familiar not only with GIS software such as ArcGIS, but also the methodologies and tools used to collect and analyze spatial data. Students will gain expertise engaging with data situated across a number spatial scales, from households, communities and cities to landscapes, nation-states, and global phenomena. Students will need to work on their own laptops, but no software purchases are necessary. Attributes: A&S IQ: SSCArch: SSCArt: SSCBU: BAEN: S Instruction Type: Classroom instruction Grade Options: CP Fees: Course Type: Home Same As: L48 573 Frequency: Unpredictable / History Sec Days       Time Building / Room Instructor Final Exam Seats Enroll Waits 01 M-W---- 2:30P-3:50P McMillan / G056 Olson Paper/Project/Take Home 20 20 7 Actions: Books Syllabus Syllabi are provided to students to support their course planning; refer to the syllabus for constraints on use. L48 Anthro 380 Applications in GIS 3.0 Units Details Save  Cancel   My Note:   Description: This introductory course in Geographic Information Systems (GIS) is designed to provide you with the knowledge, skills, and confidence to be an independent user of GIS. The course will use the latest version of ESRI ArcGIS. The course is taught using a combination of lectures, demonstrations, and hands-on, interactive tutorials in the classroom. You will also explore the scientific literature to understand how GIS is being used by various disciplines to address spatial questions. The course takes a multidisciplinary approach that is focused on learning the tools of GIS versus working with data from a particular field. The goal is to establish a solid foundation you can use to address spatial questions that interest you, your mentor, or your employee. The first weeks of the course will provide a broad view of how you can display and query spatial data and produce map products. The remainder of the course will explore the power of GIS with a focus on applying spatial analytical tools to address questions and solve problems. As the semester develops, more tools will be added to your GIS toolbox so that you can complete a final independent project that integrates materials learned during the course with those spatial analyses that interest you the most. Students will have the choice of using a prepared final project, a provided data set, or designing an individualized final project using their own or other available data. Students may not receive credit for both EnSt 380 and EEPS 3883. Students majoring in Environmental Analysis or minoring in Environmental Studies should take EnSt 380. Attributes: A&S IQ: NSMArch: ESE, FV, NSMArt: NSM Instruction Type: Classroom instruction Grade Options: C Fees: Course Type: Ident Same As: L82 380 Frequency: Every Semester / History Sec Days       Time Building / Room Instructor Final Exam Seats Enroll Waits 01 M-W---- 10:00A-11:20A Rudolph / 308 George No Final 18 18 6 Actions: Books 02 M-W---- 1:00P-2:20P Rudolph / 308 George No Final 18 18 6 Actions: Books L48 Anthro 3900 Intermediate Directed Research Var. Units (max = 3.0) Details Save  Cancel   My Note:   Description: This course level is typically taken by juniors or seniors during their first semester in the lab, or by advanced freshmen and sophomores. The expectations of a 300-level directed research project will be greater than those of a 200 level directed research. Student participation in research activities should include higher-level participation, including completing literature reviews, running complex assays, or similar work. The student is expected to be proficient in the appropriate research techniques of a lab, familiar with relevant literatures surrounding the project, and capable of working with minimal supervision. There should be some form of final evaluation or project, but an independent research project is not necessary. May be taken for 1-3 credit hours, 1-2 recommended. Students must enroll in a specific section with a faculty member and receive approval from the department. Attributes: Instruction Type: Independent study, tutorial, or other Grade Options: CP Fees: Course Type: Home Same As: N/A Frequency: None / History Sec Days       Time Building / Room Instructor Final Exam Seats Enroll Waits 01 TBA TBA Baitzel No Final 0 0 0 Actions: Books Waits managed by dept. 05 TBA TBA Boyer No Final 0 0 0 Actions: Books Waits managed by dept. 06 TBA TBA Canna No Final 0 0 0 Actions: Books Waits managed by dept. 07 TBA TBA Childs No Final 0 0 0 Actions: Books Waits managed by dept. 08 TBA TBA Dan-Cohen No Final 0 0 0 Actions: Books Waits managed by dept. 09 TBA TBA Frachetti No Final 0 0 0 Actions: Books Waits managed by dept. 10 TBA TBA Gildner No Final 0 0 0 Actions: Books Waits managed by dept. 11 TBA TBA Gustafson No Final 0 0 1 Actions: Books Waits managed by dept. 12 TBA TBA Jacobsen No Final 0 0 0 Actions: Books Waits managed by dept. 13 TBA TBA Kidder No Final 0 0 0 Actions: Books Waits managed by dept. 14 TBA TBA Lester No Final 0 0 0 Actions: Books Waits managed by dept. 15 TBA TBA Liu No Final 0 0 0 Actions: Books Waits managed by dept. 16 TBA TBA Milich No Final 0 0 0 Actions: Books Waits managed by dept. 17 TBA TBA Mueller No Final 0 0 1 Actions: Books Waits managed by dept. 19 TBA TBA Olson No Final 0 0 0 Actions: Books Waits managed by dept. 20 TBA TBA Parikh No Final 0 0 0 Actions: Books Waits managed by dept. 21 TBA TBA Prang No Final 5 0 0 Actions: Books 22 TBA TBA Quinn No Final 0 0 0 Actions: Books Waits managed by dept. 23 TBA TBA Sanz No Final 0 0 0 Actions: Books Waits managed by dept. 24 TBA TBA Strait No Final 0 0 0 Actions: Books Waits managed by dept. 26 TBA TBA Woldekiros No Final 0 0 0 Actions: Books Waits managed by dept. 27 TBA TBA Wroblewski No Final 0 0 0 Actions: Books Waits managed by dept. L48 Anthro 3942 American Indians and American Empire 3.0 Units Details Save  Cancel   My Note:   Description: This course critically explores the past and present struggles of Native Americans against white settler colonialism. We trace connections between U.S. domestic policy and imperialist ideologies, politics, and violent war from the United States to the Philippines to Latin America and the Middle East. By reading work by Native American and non-Native scholars, writers, and activists, we will consider how issues of race, class, gender and sexuality, violence, policing and militarism, nature, education, language, and sovereignty are intertwined with coloniality, forms of anti-colonial resistance, and the making of decolonized futures. Readings will be interdisciplinary, drawing on anthropology, history, politics, and literature. Students will develop research projects through case studies of their choosing. Attributes: A&S IQ: LCD, SSCArt: SSCBU: BA, ISEN: S Instruction Type: Classroom instruction Grade Options: CPA Fees: Course Type: Home Same As: L48 5942  L98 395 Frequency: Unpredictable / History Sec Days       Time Building / Room Instructor Final Exam Seats Enroll Waits 01 -T-R--- 11:30A-12:50P McMillan / 101 Gustafson Paper/Project/Take Home 15 15 9 Actions: Books Syllabus Syllabi are provided to students to support their course planning; refer to the syllabus for constraints on use. L48 Anthro 399 Undergraduate Teaching Assistant Var. Units (max = 3.0) Details Save  Cancel   My Note:   Description: Open to advanced undergraduates only. Usual duties of teaching assistant in laboratory or other selected courses. Prerequisite: Permission of instructor. Attributes: Instruction Type: Independent study, tutorial, or other Grade Options: P Fees: Course Type: Home Same As: N/A Frequency: None / History Sec Days       Time Building / Room Instructor Final Exam Seats Enroll Waits 01 TBA TBA Baitzel No Final 0 0 0 Actions: Books Waits managed by dept. 05 TBA TBA Boyer No Final 0 0 0 Actions: Books Waits managed by dept. 06 TBA TBA Canna No Final 0 0 0 Actions: Books Waits managed by dept. 07 TBA TBA Childs No Final 0 0 0 Actions: Books Waits managed by dept. 08 TBA TBA Dan-Cohen No Final 0 0 0 Actions: Books Waits managed by dept. 09 TBA TBA Frachetti No Final 0 0 0 Actions: Books Waits managed by dept. 10 TBA TBA Gildner No Final 0 0 0 Actions: Books Waits managed by dept. 11 TBA TBA Gustafson No Final 0 0 0 Actions: Books Waits managed by dept. 13 TBA TBA Kidder No Final 0 0 0 Actions: Books Waits managed by dept. 14 TBA TBA Lester No Final 0 0 0 Actions: Books Waits managed by dept. 15 TBA TBA Liu No Final 0 0 0 Actions: Books Waits managed by dept. 16 TBA TBA Milich No Final 0 0 0 Actions: Books Waits managed by dept. 17 TBA TBA Mueller No Final 0 0 0 Actions: Books Waits managed by dept. 19 TBA TBA Olson No Final 0 0 1 Actions: Books Waits managed by dept. 20 TBA TBA Parikh No Final 0 0 0 Actions: Books Waits managed by dept. 21 TBA TBA Prang No Final 5 0 0 Actions: Books 22 TBA TBA Quinn No Final 0 0 0 Actions: Books Waits managed by dept. 23 TBA TBA Sanz No Final 0 0 0 Actions: Books Waits managed by dept. 24 TBA TBA Strait No Final 0 0 0 Actions: Books Waits managed by dept. 26 TBA TBA Woldekiros No Final 0 0 0 Actions: Books Waits managed by dept. 27 TBA TBA Wroblewski No Final 0 0 0 Actions: Books Waits managed by dept. 28 TBA TBA Hores No Final 12 0 0 Actions: Books L48 Anthro 3999 Class Mentor Var. Units (max = 3.0) Details Save  Cancel   My Note:   Description: Classroom instructional assistance through mentoring activities assigned by instructor. Limited to advanced undergraduates only. Permission of instructor required. Class mentors will contribute to the intellectual development and/or pedagogical design. This is a more rigorous commitment that requires the production of additional course material or responsibilities compared to L48 Anthro 399; Undergraduate Teaching Assistant. Prerequisite: Permission of instructor. Attributes: Instruction Type: Independent study, tutorial, or other Grade Options: CP Fees: Course Type: Home Same As: N/A Frequency: None / History Sec Days       Time Building / Room Instructor Final Exam Seats Enroll Waits 01 TBA TBA Baitzel No Final 0 0 0 Actions: Books Waits managed by dept. 05 TBA TBA Boyer No Final 0 0 0 Actions: Books Waits managed by dept. 06 TBA TBA Canna No Final 0 0 0 Actions: Books Waits managed by dept. 07 TBA TBA Childs No Final 0 0 0 Actions: Books Waits managed by dept. 08 TBA TBA Dan-Cohen No Final 0 0 0 Actions: Books Waits managed by dept. 09 TBA TBA Frachetti No Final 0 0 0 Actions: Books Waits managed by dept. 10 TBA TBA Gildner No Final 0 0 0 Actions: Books Waits managed by dept. 11 TBA TBA Gustafson No Final 0 0 0 Actions: Books Waits managed by dept. 12 TBA TBA Jacobsen No Final 0 0 0 Actions: Books Waits managed by dept. 13 TBA TBA Kidder No Final 0 0 0 Actions: Books Waits managed by dept. 14 TBA TBA Lester No Final 0 0 0 Actions: Books Waits managed by dept. 15 TBA TBA Liu No Final 0 0 0 Actions: Books Waits managed by dept. 16 TBA TBA Milich No Final 0 0 0 Actions: Books Waits managed by dept. 17 TBA TBA Mueller No Final 0 0 0 Actions: Books Waits managed by dept. 19 TBA TBA Olson No Final 0 0 0 Actions: Books Waits managed by dept. 20 TBA TBA Parikh No Final 0 0 0 Actions: Books Waits managed by dept. 21 TBA TBA Prang No Final 5 0 0 Actions: Books 22 TBA TBA Quinn No Final 0 0 0 Actions: Books Waits managed by dept. 23 TBA TBA Sanz No Final 0 0 0 Actions: Books Waits managed by dept. 24 TBA TBA Strait No Final 0 0 0 Actions: Books Waits managed by dept. 26 TBA TBA Woldekiros No Final 0 0 0 Actions: Books Waits managed by dept. 27 TBA TBA Wroblewski No Final 0 0 0 Actions: Books Waits managed by dept. L48 Anthro 4005 The Evolutionary and Health Impacts of Human Parasite Infection 3.0 Units Details Save  Cancel   My Note:   Description: Are parasites "old friends" or enemies we have been combatting for as long as humans have been around? Throughout our evolutionary history, humans have constantly interactedwith parasites and other organisms that make their homes in our bodies. How did these relationships evolve and how does variation in social and economic factors alter human infection risk? Why do some parasite infections cause severe illness while other are often unnoticed? How might an evolutionary understanding of human-parasite relationships help us improve health outcomes? This class will explore these questions and more as we investigate how parasites have affected human evolution and health. Pre-requisites: L48 307A or equivalent highly recommended. Attributes: A&S IQ: NSMArch: NSMArt: NSMBU: SCI Instruction Type: Classroom instruction Grade Options: CPA Fees: Course Type: Home Same As: L48 5005 Frequency: None / History Sec Days       Time Building / Room Instructor Final Exam Seats Enroll Waits 01 -T-R--- 1:00P-2:20P McMillan / G056 Gildner No Final 20 18 5 Actions: Books L48 Anthro 4050 The Archaeology of Politics and the Politics of Archaeology 3.0 Units Details Save  Cancel   My Note:   Description: How we study, interpret, present, and preserve the past is never isolated from broader concerns in society. In the currently polarized environment, the meaning of history and cultural heritage has taken on an unavoidable salience in political discourse. What is at stake is the ability to set the terms of conversations about national identity, cultural patrimony, illicit antiquities, war, and natural resource extraction, among many others. This course therefore addresses three questions: (1) how do archaeologists study politics in the past, (2) how does archaeological knowledge figure into politics (3) how is the creation of knowledge about the past inflected by present-day politics? To answer these questions, we will engage with a range of exemplary case studies that reveal the breadth and depth of the ways that scholars have examined the political in archaeology. Central themes in this course will concern archaeological methods and theory for studying ancient polities and political action in the past, conflict within and between polities, the use and abuse of archaeological knowledge, archaeology and nationalism, colonialism, the political economy of archaeological fieldwork, labor in and as a subject of archaeological research, archaeology and public policy, as well as archaeology as a form of political action. We will confront numerous challenging topics, with the perspective that archaeology is far from a dusty esoteric pursuit, but rather a terrain of meaningful struggle between experts, funders, stakeholders, descendant communities, state bureaucracies, institutions, and a range of publics. Students will gain an in depth understanding of both how archaeologists have valuable knowledge to contribute to the study of politics as such as well as the political issues facing archaeology in the world today. Attributes: A&S IQ: LCD, SC, SSCArch: HUMArt: HUMBU: BA, ISEN: S Instruction Type: Classroom instruction Grade Options: CPA Fees: Course Type: Home Same As: L48 5150 Frequency: Unpredictable / History Sec Days       Time Building / Room Instructor Final Exam Seats Enroll Waits 01 M-W---- 8:30A-9:50A McMillan / 150 Olson No Final 20 20 2 Actions: Books Syllabus Syllabi are provided to students to support their course planning; refer to the syllabus for constraints on use. L48 Anthro 4061 Primate Community Ecology 3.0 Units Details Save  Cancel   My Note:   Description: This class will examine the ecology and evolution of primate communities in Africa, Asia, Madagascar, and the Neotropics. Topics to be discussed include: species coexistence; climatic, evolutionary and anthropogenic effects on community structure; conservation biology; paleoecology and fossils; social behavior; species richness and macroecology; analytical techniques for community, and large-scale ecological data. Attributes: A&S IQ: NSMArt: NSM Instruction Type: Classroom instruction Grade Options: CPA Fees: Course Type: Home Same As: N/A Frequency: Unpredictable / History Sec Days       Time Building / Room Instructor Final Exam Seats Enroll Waits 01 M-W---- 2:30P-3:50P McMillan / 150 Hores No Final 20 20 0 Actions: Books L48 Anthro 4100 Humanitarian Interventions 3.0 Units Details Save  Cancel   My Note:   Description: This course offers a critical perspective on the field of humanitarianism-the humanitarian ethos or desire to help those in need as well as the humanitarian norms and practices that guide such interventions. What does it mean to help others, and why (and when) do people choose to do so? When is helping others a moral imperative? Why are some lives saved while others are left to suffer? The course introduces the historical, legal, and political foundations of humanitarian response and investigates into the practices, contexts, and effects of humanitarian intervention. Course content will critically examine humanitarian interventions amid medical, environmental, and conflict contexts and inquire into humanitarian temporalities, spaces, politics, ethics, and care. Attributes: A&S IQ: LCD, SSCArch: SSCArt: SSCEN: S Instruction Type: Classroom instruction Grade Options: CPA Fees: Course Type: Home Same As: L48 5100 Frequency: Unpredictable / History Sec Days       Time Building / Room Instructor Final Exam Seats Enroll Waits 01 -T-R--- 11:30A-12:50P McMillan / 150 Ross Paper/Project/Take Home 22 22 6 Actions: Books Syllabus Syllabi are provided to students to support their course planning; refer to the syllabus for constraints on use. L48 Anthro 4104 Topics in Anthropology: Embodiment and Consciousness - Minds, Bodies, Societies 3.0 Units Details Save  Cancel   My Note:   Description: Mind, Body - two words that seem intuitively clear, yet conceptually ambiguous. In the history of Euro-American thought, mind and body have been separated, opposed, reconnected and put into generative friction within and across disciplines. Cross-culturally, the distinction between "minds" and "bodies" is not universally relevant. This course will start with an introduction to the history of anthropological thought on embodiment and consciousness, in conversation with adjacent disciplines (transcultural psychiatry, gender and sexuality studies, philosophy). The second part of the course is dedicated to the anthropological study of phenomena challenging current mind/body theorizations and methodologies. Our empirical focuses include altered states of consciousness (trance, psychedelia, other-than-human encounters), empathy, somatization and functional disorders, S/M and the aesthetics of pain. Special attention is paid to the integration of traditional and multi-modal ethnography, namely haptography and the technology of touch. Attributes: A&S IQ: SSCArch: SSCArt: SSCBU: BAEN: S Instruction Type: Classroom instruction Grade Options: CPA Fees: Course Type: Home Same As: L48 5104 Frequency: Unpredictable / History Sec Days       Time Building / Room Instructor Final Exam Seats Enroll Waits 01 M-W---- 4:00P-5:20P TBA Canna Paper/Project/Take Home 30 20 0 Actions: Books Syllabus Syllabi are provided to students to support their course planning; refer to the syllabus for constraints on use. L48 Anthro 4110 Pushing Daisies: The Anthropology of Death and Dying 3.0 Units Details Save  Cancel   My Note:   Description: This course examines the dying process and the ways humans around the world come to terms with their mortality. We will critically analyze controversial issues regarding brain death, suicide, euthanasia, and organ donation. We will survey funerary traditions from a variety of cultures and compare the social, spiritual, and psychological roles that these rituals play for both the living and the dying. We will examine cultural attitudes towards death and how the denial and awareness of human mortality can shape social practices and institutions. Finally, we will consider issues regarding the quality of life, the opportunities and challenges of caregiving, and hospice traditions around the world. This course will include readings and films about individuals and groups both in the US and around the world, as well as guest speakers who will talk about issues related to end of life health and caretaking issues in and around St Louis (hospice workers, home aides, organ donation facilitators and counselors). Attributes: A&S IQ: SSCArch: SSCArt: SSCBU: ETHEN: S Instruction Type: Classroom instruction Grade Options: CP Fees: Course Type: Home Same As: N/A Frequency: Annually / History Sec Days       Time Building / Room Instructor Final Exam Seats Enroll Waits 01 -T-R--- 8:30A-9:50A TBA Jacobsen Paper/Project/Take Home 30 30 18 Actions: Books L48 Anthro 4118 The Good Cause: Psychological Anthropology of Moral Crusades 3.0 Units Details Save  Cancel   My Note:   Description: Why do people join moral crusades? These are social movements based on powerful moral institutions, ranging from the abolitionist and suffragette movements to witch hunts, insurgency and ethnic riots. Such movements are extremely diverse, yet their unfolding and the dynamics of recruitment show remarkably common properties. We will examine a series of empirical cases, including recent events, and assess the relevance of models based on individual psychological dynamics, intuitive moral capacities, and human motivation for participation in collective action. Attributes: A&S IQ: LCD, SSCArch: SSCArt: SSCEN: S Instruction Type: Classroom instruction Grade Options: CPA Fees: Course Type: Home Same As: L23 4118 Frequency: None / History Sec Days       Time Building / Room Instructor Final Exam Seats Enroll Waits 01 ---R--- 2:30P-5:20P TBA Boyer No Final 25 9 0 Actions: Books L48 Anthro 419 Primate Behavior 3.0 Units Details Save  Cancel   My Note:   Description: Discussion and analysis of recent research on the social behavior of nonhuman primates. Data from both field and laboratory study. Prerequisite: Anth 406, or permission of instructor. Attributes: A&S IQ: NSMArt: NSMBU: BA Instruction Type: Classroom instruction Grade Options: CPA Fees: Course Type: Home Same As: N/A Frequency: Every 2 Years / History Sec Days       Time Building / Room Instructor Final Exam Seats Enroll Waits 01 -T-R--- 11:30A-12:50P TBA Hores No Final 30 9 0 Actions: Books Syllabus Syllabi are provided to students to support their course planning; refer to the syllabus for constraints on use. L48 Anthro 4252 Aging in Cross-Cultural Perspective 3.0 Units Details Save  Cancel   My Note:   Description: Population aging, driven by increasing longevity and decreasing fertility, is a worldwide demographic transformation that is changing societies and social relationships at all levels, from family household interactions to national debates on policies and expenditures. This course, run in a seminar format, investigates global aging through the lenses of demography and cultural anthropology. The objectives are for students to gain an empirical understanding of current population trends and an appreciation for how the aging process differs cross-culturally. The first part of the course introduces basic concepts and theories from social gerontology, demography, and anthropology that focus on aging and provide a toolkit for investigating the phenomenon from interdisciplinary perspectives. The second part introduces students to data sets and analysis techniques that are key to documenting population aging at local, national, and global levels. The third part is devoted to reading and discussing ethnographies of aging from China, India, and elsewhere. Course assessment is based on data analysis exercises and written assignments. Attributes: A&S IQ: LCD, SC, SSCArch: HUMArt: HUMEN: S Instruction Type: Classroom instruction Grade Options: CA Fees: Course Type: Home Same As: L48 5252 Frequency: Unpredictable / History Sec Days       Time Building / Room Instructor Final Exam Seats Enroll Waits 01 -T-R--- 2:30P-3:50P McMillan / 150 Childs No Final 15 15 13 Actions: Books L48 Anthro 4255 The Archaelolgy of Christian Monasticism 3.0 Units Details Save  Cancel   My Note:   Description: Early monasticism was a phenomenon that had a dramatic impact on the Christianization of the physical and spiritual landscape of the Mediterranean world in Late Antiquity. This seminar will explore the origins and earliest manifestations of Christian monasticism, with a particular attention to the evidence from Egypt, which is among the earliest and richest available. Students will have the opportunity to familiarize themselves with a wide range of relevant primary and secondary sources. The aim is to build an understanding and appreciation for one of the earliest and most unique manifestations of Christian life, whose legacy continues to this day. Attributes: A&S IQ: HUM, LCDArch: HUMArt: AH, HUMEN: H Instruction Type: Classroom instruction Grade Options: CPA Fees: Course Type: Ident Same As: L08 4250  L01 4250  L08 5250  L23 4252 Frequency: None / History Sec Days       Time Building / Room Instructor Final Exam Seats Enroll Waits 01 M-W---- 10:00A-11:20A TBA Aravecchia Paper/Project/Take Home 15 15 3 Actions: Books L48 Anthro 4264 The Myth of Race 3.0 Units Details Save  Cancel   My Note:   Description: This course describes the history of the myth of race and racism from the Spanish Inquisition to modern times. Since race is not a biological term but a cultural term, it is important for students to understand the origins and connections of ideas of race and racism from its beginnings in western thought to its current usage. The historical and literature connections can be seen though out the writings and behavior of the Spanish Inquisition, to the Renaissance, though colonization and slavery, to the reconstruction, to the late nineteenth century, to the early twentieth century, to modern times. In fact, the early history of anthropology can be traced through racist history. Attributes: A&S IQ: SD, SSCArch: SSCArt: SSCEN: S Instruction Type: Classroom instruction Grade Options: CPA Fees: Course Type: Home Same As: L48 5264 Frequency: Unpredictable / History Sec Days       Time Building / Room Instructor Final Exam Seats Enroll Waits 01 -T-R--- 1:00P-2:20P TBA Hores Paper/Project/Take Home 50 29 0 Actions: Books L48 Anthro 4281 Ecological Anthropology 3.0 Units Details Save  Cancel   My Note:   Description: Ecological Anthropology focuses on aspects of human culture and its interaction with the environment. This course will consider contemporary anthropological approaches to understanding the relationship between humans and their environment. These approaches blend theory and analysis with socio-political awareness to understand policy implications. Among the key topics this course will address include climate change and adaptation, political ecology, ecological economics, environmental sustainability, conservation, and indigenous environmental knowledge, with globalization at the center of all the discussions. Attributes: A&S IQ: SSCEN: S Instruction Type: Classroom instruction Grade Options: CPA Fees: Course Type: Home Same As: L82 430 Frequency: Unpredictable / History Sec Days       Time Building / Room Instructor Final Exam Seats Enroll Waits 01 -T-R--- 1:00P-2:20P McMillan / 150 Ampadu Paper/Project/Take Home 22 22 0 Actions: Books L48 Anthro 4285 Environmental Archaeology 3.0 Units Details Save  Cancel   My Note:   Description: This course intends to introduce students to lines of evidence used in the interpretation of past landscapes, to discuss how we can conceptualize changing human ecological relations, and to consider how we can identify the influence that humans have on their environment. Special emphasis is placed on human-animal-plant relations using case studies from around the world. Combining both lecture and seminar sessions, this course aims to ensure that students are aware of several of the basic methods of bioarchaeological and palaeoenvironmental reconstruction as well as the application of these methods to the interpretation of past landscapes and human impacts on them. Attributes: A&S IQ: SSCArch: SSCArt: SSCEN: S Instruction Type: Classroom instruction Grade Options: CPA Fees: Course Type: Home Same As: N/A Frequency: Unpredictable / History Sec Days       Time Building / Room Instructor Final Exam Seats Enroll Waits 01 -T-R--- 2:30P-3:50P TBA Patania No Final 20 5 0 Actions: Books L48 Anthro 4312 Environmental Interactions and Human Health 3.0 Units Details Save  Cancel   My Note:   Description: This course examines key issues related to human health through the lens of human lifestyle factors and environmental modification. Students will be asked to move beyond identifying the physical manifestations of poor health to recognizing larger evolutionary, social, and ecological factors that shape disease risk across individuals and communities. Throughout the term, we will explore how interactions between humans and their surroundings (and other organisms) have shaped disease patterns over time. We will also consider how the concepts we discuss relate to contemporary health challenges and how these perspectives can be applied to better address these issues going forward. In this course, human health is viewed as the result of biocultural processes. This course therefore uses an interdisciplinary approach, drawing on the methods, theories, and bodies of knowledge from various scientific disciplines, including evolutionary biology, genetics, parasitology, physiology, ecology, and medicine. Attributes: A&S IQ: SSCBU: BAEN: S Instruction Type: Classroom instruction Grade Options: CPA Fees: Course Type: Home Same As: L48 5313 Frequency: Every 1 or 2 Years / History Sec Days       Time Building / Room Instructor Final Exam Seats Enroll Waits 01 -T-R--- 10:00A-11:20A McMillan / G056 Gildner No Final 20 19 17 Actions: Books Syllabus Syllabi are provided to students to support their course planning; refer to the syllabus for constraints on use. L48 Anthro 4314 Archaeology of St. Louis 3.0 Units Details Save  Cancel   My Note:   Description: "The Archaeology of St. Louis" offers a comprehensive exploration of the rich history and cultural heritage of St. Louis from an archaeological perspective. We will take a deep dive into the archaeological record of the city and its surroundings, beginning from the earliest human occupation of the land that is now St. Louis all the way up to the present. We will consult a range of archaeological, historical, and artistic sources to uncover the city's past, extending from the lifeways of St. Louis' original Indigenous inhabitants to its time as the capital of Upper Louisiana, to its role as the administrative center of Westward expansion during early American Republic, to its hey-day as one of the United States' largest and wealthiest industrial cities, before its subsequent decline and renewal. The course will examine archaeological sites, artifacts, maps, and documents that contribute to our understanding of the city's past and how its history resonates in the present. This course is primarily a reading- and discussion-focused course, with occasional lectures, guest speakers, museum visits, and fieldtrips to local archaeological and historical sites. Overall, this course aims to provide students with an appreciation for the rich layers of history, material culture, and heritage in St. Louis and a greater knowledge of its Indigenous, European, and Black cultural histories. Attributes: A&S IQ: LCD, SC, SSC Instruction Type: Classroom instruction Grade Options: CPA Fees: Course Type: Home Same As: N/A Frequency: None / History Sec Days       Time Building / Room Instructor Final Exam Seats Enroll Waits 01 -T-R--- 4:00P-5:20P TBA Olson Paper/Project/Take Home 20 16 0 Actions: Books L48 Anthro 4323 Life at the Extremes 3.0 Units Details Save  Cancel   My Note:   Description: The Arctic Circle, Mount Everest, the Sahara Desert, poverty, and obesity, and even space! These are all extremes some humans experience. Using primary literature and media resources, this course will explore how humans biologically, culturally, and technologically manage environmental extremes. Attributes: A&S IQ: NSM Instruction Type: Classroom instruction Grade Options: CPA Fees: Course Type: Home Same As: N/A Frequency: Unpredictable / History Sec Days       Time Building / Room Instructor Final Exam Seats Enroll Waits 01 M-W---- 1:00P-2:20P TBA Quinn No Final 30 19 0 Actions: Books L48 Anthro 4452 In the Field: Ethnographic and Qualitative Methods 3.0 Units Details Save  Cancel   My Note:   Description: This course provides an introduction to ethnographic and qualitative research. Ethnography is the study of culture and social organization primarily through participant observation and interviewing. Ethnographic research provides descriptive and interpretative analyses of the routine practices of everyday life. Ethnographic accounts represent different ways people live and make sense of their experiences; they describe the types of social organization (e.g., gender relations, class systems, racial divisions, cultural contexts) that, in part, serve to structure or pattern social behavior. Students conduct a small-scale qualitative research project; in the process, they gain skills in various qualitative research methods. This course is suitable for both undergraduate and graduate students. One purpose of the course is to help students plan for subsequent thesis research, independent study projects, or dissertation research. Attributes: A&S IQ: SSCArt: SSCEN: S Instruction Type: Classroom instruction Grade Options: CPA Fees: Course Type: Home Same As: N/A Frequency: Every 1 or 2 Years / History Sec Days       Time Building / Room Instructor Final Exam Seats Enroll Waits 01 -T-R--- 10:00A-11:20A McMillan / 101 Wagner No Final 15 6 0 Actions: Books Syllabus Syllabi are provided to students to support their course planning; refer to the syllabus for constraints on use. L48 Anthro 452 Applied Anthropology 3.0 Units Details Save  Cancel   My Note:   Description: This course explores the field of applied anthropology and its approach to understanding human social problems. The focus is on the qualitative and quantitative information applied anthropologists use to study practical human social problems. We will examine the four important factors that influence the practical application of theories and methods to social problems: (1) the specific challenges faced by individuals with particular social identities; (2) the coping strategies developed by local groups and the sustainability of their efforts; (3) the interests and objectives of key actors involved; and (4) the goals, identities, and ethics of researchers. Taking a comparative perspective, the course employs an ethnographic, historical, and geographic approach to understand local problems within global contexts. Students will engage in research projects applying anthropological concepts and methods, thereby scrutinizing the contexts in which information is collected, analyzed, disseminated, and utilized by applied anthropologists. Attributes: A&S IQ: SSCEN: S Instruction Type: Classroom instruction Grade Options: CPA Fees: Course Type: Home Same As: L48 5520 Frequency: Unpredictable / History Sec Days       Time Building / Room Instructor Final Exam Seats Enroll Waits 01 M-W---- 8:30A-9:50A TBA Ampadu Paper/Project/Take Home 20 3 0 Actions: Books L48 Anthro 4565 Biomolecular Archaeology: Are You What You Eat? 3.0 Units Details Save  Cancel   My Note:   Description: A revolution is underway in archaeology. Working at the cutting edge of isotopic and genetic technologies, researchers have been probing the building blocks of ancient proteins, life-DNA, fats and microfossils - to rewrite our understanding of the past. Their discoveries and analyses have helped revise the human genealogical tree and answer such questions as: Are you what you eat? How different are we from the Neanderthals? Who first domesticated plants and animals? What was life like for our ancestors? In this class, we will address those fundamental issues to understanding human nature. Here is science at its most engaging. Attributes: A&S IQ: SSCArch: SSCArt: SSCEN: S Instruction Type: Classroom instruction Grade Options: CPA Fees: Course Type: Home Same As: L48 5565 Frequency: None / History Sec Days       Time Building / Room Instructor Final Exam Seats Enroll Waits 01 M-W-F-- 12:00P-12:50P McMillan / 150 Liu Paper/Project/Take Home 20 20 0 Actions: Books Syllabus Syllabi are provided to students to support their course planning; refer to the syllabus for constraints on use. L48 Anthro 4771 Out of the Wild: Domestication and Socioeconomic Diversity in Africa 3.0 Units Details Save  Cancel   My Note:   Description: The reason for the beginnings and spread of food production during the early Holocene in so many parts of the world is one of the most interesting questions in archaeology. It now seems likely that there are many different pathways to domestication. In Africa, there is a record of up to several million years of human existence as hunter-gatherers before some human populations adopted food production. Domestication of plants and animals about 10,000 years ago resulted in fundamental changes in human societies. It provided the basis for the increase in settlement densities, specialization and social stratification, and general decrease in mobility and dietary diversity, characteristic of non-hunter-gatherer societies in the modern world. In this seminar, the class will explore the phenomenon of domestication, and the spread of food production, surveying the evidence for manipulation and domestication of plant and animal species by prehistoric peoples in Africa. We will focus on how and why domestication occurred, and factors that influenced its spread, and interactions between late hunter-gatherers and early pastoralists, and intersections with complex societies of the Nile. We will also look at the contributions of Africa to understanding pathways to food production world wide. Attributes: A&S IQ: LCD, SSC, WIArch: SSCArt: SSCEN: S Instruction Type: Classroom instruction Grade Options: CPA Fees: Course Type: Home Same As: L48 5771 Frequency: Unpredictable / History Sec Days       Time Building / Room Instructor Final Exam Seats Enroll Waits 01 M-W---- 2:30P-3:50P McMillan / G058 Woldekiros No Final 20 20 7 Actions: Books Syllabus Syllabi are provided to students to support their course planning; refer to the syllabus for constraints on use. L48 Anthro 4803 Advanced GIS Modeling and Landscape Analysis 3.0 Units Details Save  Cancel   My Note:   Description: The aim of this course is to learn to analyze archaeological data in terms of its spatial layout, geography, ecology, and temporal dynamics, using Geographic Information Systems and associated computer modeling techniques. A focus is placed on the relationship between natural environments, cultural geography, and the mapping of archaeological landscapes, and on the archaeologist's ability to accurately recover, reconstruct, and analyze this relationship in a virtual environment. Attributes: A&S IQ: SSCArch: SSCArt: SSCEN: S Instruction Type: Classroom instruction Grade Options: CPA Fees: Course Type: Home Same As: L48 5803 Frequency: Annually / History Sec Days       Time Building / Room Instructor Final Exam Seats Enroll Waits 01 ---R--- 2:30P-5:20P McMillan / G057 Frachetti Paper/Project/Take Home 10 8 0 Actions: Books L48 Anthro 481 Zooarchaeology 3.0 Units Details Save  Cancel   My Note:   Description: Zooarchaeology, the study of animal bones from archaeological sites, provides key information for archaeologists on human diet and subsistence practices through time and on human-animal relations. The goal of this course is to introduce students to approaches and techniques employed in zooarchaeological studies, focusing hands on identification of mammalian bones from archaeological sites. Attributes: A&S IQ: NSMArch: NSMArt: NSM Instruction Type: Classroom instruction Grade Options: CPA Fees: Course Type: Home Same As: L48 5481 Frequency: Every 2 Years / History Sec Days       Time Building / Room Instructor Final Exam Seats Enroll Waits 01 M-W-F-- 10:00A-10:50A McMillan / G058 Woldekiros No Final 14 12 0 Actions: Books Syllabus Syllabi are provided to students to support their course planning; refer to the syllabus for constraints on use. L48 Anthro 490 Directed Anthropological Research I Var. Units (max = 3.0) Details Save  Cancel   My Note:   Description: This course level is typically taken by seniors and advanced juniors. The expectations of a 400-level directed research project will be quite high, and may be viewed as comparable to an undergraduate honors thesis for students who are either not eligible for honors or choose not to do honors. Student participation will include contributing independent ideas and designing a research project/small project under the supervision of the faculty mentor. The student should demonstrate mastery of the research techniques of a lab, independence, and a high degree of competency with a relevant literature. May be taken for 1-3 credit hours, 1-2 recommended. Students must enroll in a specific section with a faculty member and receive approval from the department. Attributes: A&S IQ: SSCEN: S Instruction Type: Independent study, tutorial, or other Grade Options: CP Fees: Course Type: Home Same As: N/A Frequency: None / History Sec Days       Time Building / Room Instructor Final Exam Seats Enroll Waits 01 TBA TBA Baitzel No Final 0 0 0 Actions: Books Waits managed by dept. 05 TBA TBA Boyer No Final 0 0 0 Actions: Books Waits managed by dept. 06 TBA TBA Canna No Final 0 0 0 Actions: Books Waits managed by dept. 07 TBA TBA Childs No Final 0 0 0 Actions: Books Waits managed by dept. 08 TBA TBA Dan-Cohen No Final 0 0 0 Actions: Books Waits managed by dept. 09 TBA TBA Frachetti No Final 0 0 0 Actions: Books Waits managed by dept. 10 TBA TBA Gildner No Final 0 0 0 Actions: Books Waits managed by dept. 11 TBA TBA Gustafson No Final 0 0 0 Actions: Books Waits managed by dept. 12 TBA TBA Jacobsen No Final 0 0 0 Actions: Books Waits managed by dept. 13 TBA TBA Kidder No Final 0 0 0 Actions: Books Waits managed by dept. 14 TBA TBA Lester No Final 0 0 0 Actions: Books Waits managed by dept. 15 TBA TBA Liu No Final 0 0 0 Actions: Books Waits managed by dept. 16 TBA TBA Milich No Final 0 0 0 Actions: Books Waits managed by dept. 17 TBA TBA Mueller No Final 0 0 0 Actions: Books Waits managed by dept. 19 TBA TBA Olson No Final 0 0 0 Actions: Books Waits managed by dept. 20 TBA TBA Parikh No Final 0 0 0 Actions: Books Waits managed by dept. 21 TBA TBA Prang No Final 5 0 0 Actions: Books 22 TBA TBA Quinn No Final 0 0 0 Actions: Books Waits managed by dept. 23 TBA TBA Sanz No Final 0 0 0 Actions: Books Waits managed by dept. 24 TBA TBA Strait No Final 0 0 0 Actions: Books Waits managed by dept. 26 TBA TBA Woldekiros No Final 0 0 0 Actions: Books Waits managed by dept. 27 TBA TBA Wroblewski No Final 0 0 0 Actions: Books Waits managed by dept. L48 Anthro 491 Directed Anthropological Research II Var. Units (max = 3.0) Details Save  Cancel   My Note:   Description: Limited to those students who have successfully completed L48-490, and have a qualifying continuing research project. Students must enroll in a specific section with a faculty member and receive approval from the department. Attributes: A&S IQ: SSCEN: S Instruction Type: Independent study, tutorial, or other Grade Options: CP Fees: Course Type: Home Same As: N/A Frequency: None / History Sec Days       Time Building / Room Instructor Final Exam Seats Enroll Waits 01 TBA TBA Baitzel No Final 0 0 0 Actions: Books Waits managed by dept. 05 TBA TBA Boyer No Final 0 0 0 Actions: Books Waits managed by dept. 06 TBA TBA Canna No Final 0 0 0 Actions: Books Waits managed by dept. 07 TBA TBA Childs No Final 0 0 0 Actions: Books Waits managed by dept. 08 TBA TBA Dan-Cohen No Final 0 0 0 Actions: Books Waits managed by dept. 09 TBA TBA Frachetti No Final 0 0 0 Actions: Books Waits managed by dept. 10 TBA TBA Gildner No Final 0 0 0 Actions: Books Waits managed by dept. 11 TBA TBA Gustafson No Final 0 0 0 Actions: Books Waits managed by dept. 12 TBA TBA Jacobsen No Final 0 0 0 Actions: Books Waits managed by dept. 13 TBA TBA Kidder No Final 0 0 0 Actions: Books Waits managed by dept. 14 TBA TBA Lester No Final 0 0 0 Actions: Books Waits managed by dept. 15 TBA TBA Liu No Final 0 0 0 Actions: Books Waits managed by dept. 16 TBA TBA Milich No Final 0 0 0 Actions: Books Waits managed by dept. 17 TBA TBA Mueller No Final 0 0 0 Actions: Books Waits managed by dept. 19 TBA TBA Olson No Final 0 0 0 Actions: Books Waits managed by dept. 20 TBA TBA Parikh No Final 0 0 0 Actions: Books Waits managed by dept. 21 TBA TBA Prang No Final 5 0 0 Actions: Books 22 TBA TBA Quinn No Final 0 0 0 Actions: Books Waits managed by dept. 23 TBA TBA Sanz No Final 0 0 0 Actions: Books Waits managed by dept. 24 TBA TBA Strait No Final 0 0 0 Actions: Books Waits managed by dept. 26 TBA TBA Woldekiros No Final 0 0 0 Actions: Books Waits managed by dept. 27 TBA TBA Wroblewski No Final 0 0 0 Actions: Books Waits managed by dept. L48 Anthro 4961 Senior Honors Thesis Var. Units (max = 3.0) Details Save  Cancel   My Note:   Description: Limited to students who have qualified for the Anthropology honors program, and who are actively engaged in writing a senior honors thesis. Prerequisite: permission of the Anthropology senior honors coordinator. Attributes: Instruction Type: Independent study, tutorial, or other Grade Options: CP Fees: Course Type: Home Same As: N/A Frequency: None / History Sec Days       Time Building / Room Instructor Final Exam Seats Enroll Waits 01 ----F-- 9:00A-9:50A McMillan / 101 Jacobsen No Final 15 5 0 Actions: Books L48 Anthro 4999 Capstone Experience 1.0 Unit Details Save  Cancel   My Note:   Description: The Department of Anthropology offers serveral options for completing a capstone experience, which is recommended by the College of Arts and Sciences. One option is for students in any 400-level course in the department, to secure permission of the instructor to simultaneously enroll in Anthropology 4999. The instructor and student will develop an individualized plan for expanding the normal content of the selected 400-level course into a capstone experience. Prerequisite: junior or senior standing. Enrollment requires permission of the department and the instructor. Attributes: Instruction Type: Independent study, tutorial, or other Grade Options: CP Fees: Course Type: Home Same As: N/A Frequency: None / History Sec Days       Time Building / Room Instructor Final Exam Seats Enroll Waits 01 TBA TBA Baitzel No Final 0 0 0 Actions: Books Waits managed by dept. 05 TBA TBA Boyer No Final 0 0 0 Actions: Books Waits managed by dept. 06 TBA TBA Canna No Final 0 0 0 Actions: Books Waits managed by dept. 07 TBA TBA Childs No Final 0 0 0 Actions: Books Waits managed by dept. 08 TBA TBA Dan-Cohen No Final 0 0 0 Actions: Books Waits managed by dept. 09 TBA TBA Frachetti No Final 0 0 0 Actions: Books Waits managed by dept. 10 TBA TBA Gildner No Final 0 0 0 Actions: Books Waits managed by dept. 11 TBA TBA Gustafson No Final 0 0 0 Actions: Books Waits managed by dept. 12 TBA TBA Jacobsen No Final 0 0 0 Actions: Books Waits managed by dept. 13 TBA TBA Kidder No Final 0 0 0 Actions: Books Waits managed by dept. 14 TBA TBA Lester No Final 0 0 0 Actions: Books Waits managed by dept. 15 TBA TBA Liu No Final 0 0 0 Actions: Books Waits managed by dept. 16 TBA TBA Milich No Final 0 0 0 Actions: Books Waits managed by dept. 17 TBA TBA Mueller No Final 0 0 0 Actions: Books Waits managed by dept. 19 TBA TBA Olson No Final 0 0 0 Actions: Books Waits managed by dept. 20 TBA TBA Parikh No Final 0 0 0 Actions: Books Waits managed by dept. 21 TBA TBA Prang No Final 0 0 0 Actions: Books Waits managed by dept. 22 TBA TBA Quinn No Final 0 0 0 Actions: Books Waits managed by dept. 23 TBA TBA Sanz No Final 0 0 0 Actions: Books Waits managed by dept. 24 TBA TBA Strait No Final 0 0 0 Actions: Books Waits managed by dept. 26 TBA TBA Woldekiros No Final 0 0 0 Actions: Books Waits managed by dept. 27 TBA TBA Wroblewski No Final 0 0 0 Actions: Books Waits managed by dept. 28 TBA TBA Hores No Final 0 0 0 Actions: Books Waits managed by dept.