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† next to a course title indicates that it fulfills the UNO commitment to offer courses on diverse cultures (General Catalog pp. 175).

ANTH 1010 Peoples of the World† 3 cr

Offered each semester. A topical survey of cultures of the world past and present. This course is designed to acquaint the beginning student with anthropology and its various subfields. It will examine the background of several cultures at different levels of development which are now undergoing the difficult process of combining their traditional ways of life with the rapid changes imposed on them by the modern world.

ANTH 1020 Fads, Fallacies, and Human Origins 3 cr.

ANTH 1030 America as a Foreign Culture 3 cr.

America examined as a foreign culture, or set of interrelated cultures, as might be viewed by anthropologists from other nations. Topics will include an introduction to anthropology, American core values, the concept of national character, a history of ethnic groups in the United States, concepts of class stratification and culture change. The course is designed to encourage interaction between American and foreign students through participation in field trips to museums, festivals and other cultural events.

ANTH 1231 World Archaeology: Cultures from the Earth† 3 cr.

ANTH 1292 Anthropology of Louisiana 1 cr.

ANTH 2051 Human Origins 3 cr.

Offered each semester. The origin and evolution of the human species, primates, modern human variation, prehistoric societies and linguistic classification.

ANTH 2052 Cultural Anthropology† 3 cr.

Offered each semester. Cross Cultural, global, comparative, and critical perspectives on human behavior and culture. Diversity of human cultures from hunter-gatherers to industrialized city dwellers. Implications of sociocultural analysis of economic, social, symbolic, and religious systems.

ANTH 2053 Human Nature in Anthropological Perspective 3cr.

Introduction to the study of humanity through biological anthropology and archaeology. Topics may include the origin and evolution of humans and primates, the development of social institutions in different environments, the birth of agriculture, the rise of cities and states, as well as research methods. This course can replace ANTH 2051 for anthropology majors.

ANTH 3090 Special topics in Anthropology 3 cr.

Prerequisite: Anthropology 2051 or 2052 or consent of department. The examination of selected societies, culture areas, social institutions, or theoretical topics to illustrate the anthropological approach to problems of culture process and growth. Topic will vary from semester to semester. (May be repeated for credit.)

ANTH 3101 Intermediate Physical Anthropology 3 cr.

Prerequisite: Anthropology 2051. The structural and behavioral background of the human species as revealed by living and fossil primates, ancient forms of humanity, comparative osteology, and the interaction of biological and cultural evolution.

ANTH 3190 Special Topics in Physical Anthropology 3 cr.

Prerequisite: Anthropology 2051 or 2052 or consent of department. The in depth study of selected aspects of physical anthropology to illustrate the anthropological approach to problems regarding the biological and/or cultural aspects of man's development. Topic will vary from semester to semester. (May be repeated for credit.)

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ANTH 3201 Field Methods in Archaeology 3 cr.

Prerequisite: consent of the department. An introduction to the techniques of excavation, recording, laboratory analysis, and care of archaeological materials. Participation in the excavation of local sites. Two hours of lecture and four hours of laboratory.

ANTH 3215 North American Archaeology† 3 cr.

The cultural development of the indigenous peoples of the United States and Canada from the earliest settlement until European conquest. Emphases on archaeological evidence for historical reconstruction and on cultural adaptations to the physical environment.

Prerequisite: Anthropology 3201 or consent of department. Detailed instruction on the cleaning, preservation, description, classification, and curation of artifacts. The comparative analysis of archaeological materials, both historic and prehistoric and the preparation of preliminary and final site reports. Two hours of lecture and four hours of laboratory.

ANTH 3298 Research Problems in Field Archaeology 3 cr.

Prerequisites: credit or concurrent registration in Anthropology 3201 and consent of department. Instruction in the supervision of excavation, conduct of exploratory surveys, planning of laboratory analysis and preparation of excavation reports. Offered Summer only.

ANTH 3301 Doing Ethnography: Qualitative Research Methods and Anthropological Field Work; 3 cr.

Introduction to the theory and practice of ethnographic field research methods, including ethnographic interviewing, participant observation, photography, and qualitative approaches to the analysis of cultural data. Special focus on the ethics of ethnographic fieldwork. Students engage in ethnographic research.

The civilizations of the Aztec, Maya, Mixtec, Zapotec, and their predecessors; neighboring cultures with whom they were in contact; the continuing influence of these societies in modern times.

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The cultural development of the first inhabitants of South America from the initial occupation to the European conquest. Particular attention is devoted to the rise of complex civilizations in the central Andes and adjacent Pacific coast culminating in the Inca empire. The continuing influence of these societies in modern times is also considered.

ANTH 3314 The Indigenous Peoples and First Nations of North America†; 3 cr.

Survey of the sociocultural systems of the indigenous peoples north of Mexico. Histories, ecologies, economies, social relations, kinship, and belief systems, including colonialism, culture contact, change, and cultural survival. Contemporary and applied issues of the First Nations.

This course explores the cultures and societies of the contemporary Caribbean. A critical reading of recent ethnography will be used to examine themes such as colonial and post-colonial social structures, creolization, ethnicity, and the formation of national and pan-Caribbean identities. Particular attention will be given to popular religion, tourism, music, the growing Caribbean diaspora in North America and Europe and to ethnographic research methods in urban and applied contexts.

ANTH 3320 Amazonia: People, Culture, and Nature† 3 cr.

Ethnographic survey of the sociocultural systems developed by the indigenous peoples of Amazonia and the lowland forests. Ecological factors, subsistence practices, social organizations, politics, cosmology, ethnohistory, myths, and belief systems. Contemporary issues of colonialism, contact, change, continuity, resistance, and cultural survival, as well as issues of human rights and the destruction of the Amazonian rain forest will be examined.

Ethnographic and ethnohistorical survey of the peoples and cultures of Mesoamerica, especially the Maya, Aztec, and their present day descendents. Texts, narratives, documents, and ethnographic accounts are interpreted in light of critical theory and analysis, employing the approaches of ethnology, ethnohistory, archaeology, and literature. Colonial history, colonialism, representation, indigenous "voices," and strategies of resistance and cultural survival will be examined.

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ANTH 3340 Peoples and Cultures of Europe† 3 cr.

This course explores the cultures and societies of contemporary Europe. A critical reading of recent ethnography will be used to examine themes such as the formation of national identities, ethnicity and migration, rural life and traditionalism, family and kinship, popular religion, urban development and the problem of European unity. Particular attention will be given to ethnographic research methods in urban and applied contexts.

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ANTH 3351 Peoples and Cultures of Africa† 3 cr.

The peoples and cultures of the continent, stressing sub-Saharan groups. Although some attention will be devoted to colonial era and earlier cultures, the major focus will be on the contemporary scene, including the effects of the African diaspora.

ANTH 3370 Peoples and Cultures of the Pacific† 3 cr.

This course explores the island cultures and societies of the Pacific. It begins with major culture areas: Polynesia, Micronesia, Melanesia, Malaysia, and Australia. It considers complex adaptations to ocean and tropical ecologies, and diverse kinship, religious, and ceremonial practices. Particular attention is given to how native cultures grow into nation states, the consequences of colonialism, and the postcolonial relationship of indigenous island peoples to globalization.

ANTH 3401 Folklore; 3 cr.

A survey of traditional tales and oral literature, both in preliterate and peasant communities and in industrialized societies; the role of folk customs in modern culture. Emphasis on an independent research project on local folklore by each student.

This course is offered through UNO's Academic Year Abroad (AYA) in Innsbruck, Austria. (May be repeated once for credit.)

ANTH 3737 Women: Cross-Cultural Perspectives† 3 cr.

An examination of the roles and status of women in selected world cultures with an emphasis on theory and analysis of the relationship of gender roles and behavior to economic, political and social systems.

ANTH 3750 Food and Culture† 3 cr.

ANTH 3896 Senior Honors Thesis 1-6 cr.

Prerequisite: consent of department and director of the University Honors Program. The preparation under faculty direction of an extended research paper upon some aspect of a topic currently of concern in the field so as to meet the requirements for graduation with University Honors and Honors in Anthropology. (May be repeated for up to a total of six credits.) Section number will correspond with credit to be earned.

ANTH 4070 Qualitative Research 3 cr.

Prerequisite: senior standing or beyond, preferably in an established social science discipline; prior familiarity with research methodology and prior or concurrent registration in quantitative methodology courses are also advisable. Training in applied research techniques in the social sciences. Design, writing, and analysis of research using qualitative methodology with emphasis on directed, applied evaluation research, and related interdisciplinary methods and rationales.

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ANTH 4090 Advanced Special Topics in Cultural Anthropology 3 cr.

Prerequisite: six hours of anthropology or graduate status or consent of department. An advanced, in-depth examination of selected societies, culture areas, social institutions, or theoretical topics to illustrate the anthropological perspective. Topic will vary from semester to semester. (May be repeated for credit.)

ANTH 4207 European Prehistory: Stone Age to Stonehenge† 3 cr.

An examination of the archaeological sequence in Europe from the first evidence of human occupation to the establishment of urban civilization in the western Mediterranean basin.

ANTH 4210 Cultural Adaptation to the Mississippi River Delta 3 cr.

An examination of human adaptation to the dynamic and highly complex environment of the southeastern Louisiana Deltaic plain. The archaeological and ethnographic record preserves the cultural patterns and settlements of the earliest indigenous groups to occupy the area and extends into the colonial periods of first French, then Spanish, and finally American statehood. Adaptive strategies of each of these groups will be compared, relative to their technology and imported cultural patterns. Different environmental settings will be contrasted to demonstrate the elasticity of human culture as an adaptive device.

ANTH 4440 Religion, Magic, and Witchcraft 3cr.

Prerequisite: Anthropology 2051 or 2052 or graduate status or consent of department. Cross-cultural approaches to religion, religious behavior and practices, worldview, cosmologies, and the supernatural in society. Rites of transition, death and the afterlife, ritual, religious leaders, traditional curing, religious movements, revitalization, cults, witchcraft, magic, and shamanism are critically examined.

ANTH 4455 Contemporary Families and Kinship† 3 cr.

Prerequisite: Anthropology 2051 or 2052 or graduate status or consent of department. Cross-cultural and comparative study of families, kinship and sexuality. Analysis of kinship as core social structure and as source of sentiments and symbols with broader social significance. Emphasis on relationship between kinship and cultural views of biology and reproduction, gender identities and ideologies. Students will learn field methods through self-ethnography and an applied research project.

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ANTH 4462 Economic Anthropology 3 cr.

Prerequisite: Anthropology 2051 or 2052 or graduate status or consent of the department. The comparative analysis of the economic institutions of preliterate peoples, with special attention to the technological bases of these institutions.

ANTH 4565 Language and Culture 3 cr.

Prerequisite: Anthropology 2051 or 2052 or graduate status or consent of department. Language as the vehicle for culture; the influence of linguistic patterns and cultural configurations upon one another; the utility of various methods of linguistic analysis in the study of these problems.

ANTH 4610 Zoo Research in Comparative Social Organization 3 cr.

Prerequisites: Anthropology 2051 or graduate status or consent of the department. Roots of social organization both in human and non-human primates and in other animal species; supervised observational techniques for basic and applied research to coordinate with the scientific program of the Audubon Zoo.

Prerequisite: six hours of anthropology or graduate status or consent of department. A problem-oriented presentation of the role of cultural resource management in the larger context of environmental impact studies. Particular attention is focused on accumulative impacts, legislative directions, and avoidance measures. The function of preservation archaeology in adaptive reutilization of standing structures and neighborhood revitalization programs is considered.

ANTH 4723 Historic Site Archaeology 3 cr.

The application of the methodology and theory of field archaeology to the investigation of the material culture and settlement patterns of the colonial period and the early nineteenth century, particularly in North America, the use of these data in the study of the dynamics of evolving varieties of Euro-American and Afro-American culture.

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ANTH 4761 Medical Anthropology 3 cr.

Prerequisite: three hours of Anthropology or graduate status or consent of department. Cross-cultural analysis of concepts of race, ethnicity and national identity. Course draws on theoretical debates within anthropology and on ethnography in Africa, Asia, Europe, North and South America in order to identify cultural contexts and processes behind deployment of concepts such as race and ethnicity. Particular emphasis on analysis of recent ethnic conflicts around the world and on comparative study of ethnicity, race and racism in American society. Students will develop a field project related to ethnicity in the New Orleans metropolitan area.

Prerequisite: Anthropology 2051 or 2052 or graduate status or consent of department. Using anthropological perspectives, this course critically focuses on the "concept of race" and the practice of interpreting "races" as natural real categories for dividing the human species based on perceivable physical differences. It examines the social construction of race in cross-cultural context, and the social, economic, religious, and political (colonial) contexts that shape it. A critical assessment of the essentialist claim that "race" is a self-evident description of physical and sociocultural reality. Race, racism, and cultural racism examined as ideology, worldview, and cultural myth.

ANTH 4768 Anthropology and Policy 3 cr.

Prerequisite: graduate status or consent of the department. This course explores the links between research in cultural anthropology and policy. It will examine areas where ethnographic research has shaped social policy and debates that have defined the relationship between anthropology and government. Particular attention will be paid to research methods and presentation strategies used by anthropologists engaged in policy research. Case studies will be drawn from recent ethnographic research in urban settings, including work on health policy and substance abuse, housing and homelessness and community development and activism.

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ANTH 4770 Contact, Change, and Cultural Survival: The Anthropology of Colonialism; 3 cr.

Prerequisite: Anthropology 2051 or 2052 or graduate status or consent of department. Explores anthropological and ethnohistorical approaches to issues of contact, culture change, resistance, and cultural survival among traditional indigenous societies. Special focus is on early contacts of the colonial era and the impact of the industrial world's economic, political and social order on indigenous peoples and cultures up to the present postcolonial era. The "global" dimension of the anthropological perspective on colonialism is emphasized.

ANTH 4772 Applied Anthropology 3 cr.

Prerequisite: six hours of anthropology or graduate status or consent of department. The relevance of anthropology to business, government and local communities. Application of anthropological theories and research methods to urban social policy and human services, international and domestic development, health care, community organization, education, advocacy, tourism, market research, work environments and product design. Discussion of the ethics of applied fieldwork and intervention. Students will design and carry out an applied field project in the New Orleans metropolitan area.

ANTH 4775 Urban Anthropology† 3 cr.

Ethnographic approach to life in cities and to the cultures of cities. Popular myths and scholarly theories of urban life will be reviewed in light of recent ethnographic research in African, Asian, European, North and South American cities. Particular attention will be paid to cultural processes in cities, including the making of neighborhoods, the deployment of urban myths and folklore, the linking of cultural ideas about race, ethnicity and class in defining urban space, tourism, urban social policy, travel and images of cities and the making of urban consumers. Students will draw on theories and methods developed in class in order to design and carry out a field project in the New Orleans metropolitan area.

ANTH 4777 Transnational Processes: Migrations, Borderlands, Globalization†; 3 cr.

Prerequisite: six hours of anthropology or graduate status or consent of department. This course explores transnational processes contributing to the reconfiguration of communities in the contemporary world. Recent ethnographies will be used to examine international migrations, borderlands, the impact of transnational corporations and commodities on local communities and the growth of transnational social and religious movements. Particular attention will be given to processes of commodification and the cross-cultural impact of global ideas about human rights and democracy.

ANTH 4780 Exploring Visual Anthropology: Critical Perspectives and Interpretations; 3 cr.

Prerequisite: nine hours of anthropology or graduate status or consent of department. Critical and interpretive exploration of how ethnographic film and filmmakers shape images and visions of human beings, cultures, and the human condition. Included are the history of the genre, film and ethnography in other media, and visual representations in the art and science of anthropology.

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ANTH 4790 Internship in Anthropology 3 cr.

Prerequisite: Anthropology 2051 or 2052 and consent of department. Each semester the department has internships available with the Audubon Zoo research program and other museums, agencies, or industries who request student interns with a background in anthropology. Interns will meet regularly with their advisor and supervisor, both of whom evaluate the student's work. Students are expected to turn in protocols or field logs, and a research paper as well as attend appropriate training seminars. (May be repeated once for a total of six credits.)

ANTH 4801 The History of Anthropological Theory 3 cr.

Prerequisite: nine hours of anthropology or graduate status or consent of department. Critical and historical study of theories of culture. Historical and contemporary schools of thought and major trends in ethnological theory, along with consideration of seminal theorists. Theoretical approaches in relation to biography, historical era, and sociocultural milieu of theorists, and to the function and purposes of anthropology in Western thought. Successful completion of this course satisfies the general degree requirement for oral competency for anthropology majors.

ANTH 4825 Contemporary Archaeological Theory 3 cr.

Prerequisite: Anthropology 2051 or History 2301 or graduate status or consent of department. The application of anthropological theory, statistical procedures, and the analytical techniques of the natural sciences to archaeological research design, stressing contemporary developments. The relationship of archaeological data to general ethnological theory.

ANTH 4888 The Anthropology of the Body 3 cr.

Prerequisite: nine hours of anthropology or graduate status or consent of department. Explores the anthropology of the body and the body as social text. The human body is often taken for granted in the human condition. Drawing on recent interdisciplinary approaches, this course examines the ways in which social meanings and messages are shaped and controlled through the medium of "the body." Dressed, undressed, decorated, scented, mutilated, disabled, controlled, frenzied, etc., in each instance the many, perhaps infinite manifestations of the body are interpreted as providing important clues for sociocultural analysis.

Prerequisite: consent of department. Readings, conferences and reports under the direction of a member of the anthropology faculty.

ANTH 4991 Advanced Field Research in Anthropology 1-6 cr.

Offered summers only. Prerequisites: prior field research and consent of department. Amount of credit to be determined at the time of registration. Major field research, either independent or participatory, each under faculty guidance. (May be repeated once for a maximum of six credits.) Section number will correspond with credit to be earned.

ANTH 6091 Advanced Research Problems in Applied Urban Anthropology 3cr.

Prerequisite: consent of department and College of Urban and Public and Public Affairs. The application of anthropological methodology and theory in urban settings. Special attention is paid to the analysis of significant theoretical issues, to techniques for the amelioration of critical social problems, and to cultural preservation in the broadest sense of the term. Topics will vary by semester. (May be repeated once for credit.)

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