Anthropology (ANT)
ANT 301 Biological Anthropology 3 Hours
(TCCN: ANTH 2301, ANTH 2401)
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Introduction to the principles and the methods of biological (physical) anthropology. Overview of the study of human beings in an evolutionary context, our relationship to other primates, and to the rest of the natural world. Examines anatomical, behavioral, and genetic similarities and differences among living primates and basic mechanisms of the evolutionary process. The equivalent of three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Core Curriculum: 030
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Lower Division
ANT 302 Cultural Anthropology 3 Hours
(TCCN: ANTH 2351)
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
The concept of culture; social and political organization; language; the supernatural; elementary cultural theory. Anthropology 302 and 302H may not both be counted. Three lecture hours a week or two lecture hours and one discussion hour a week for one semester.
Core Curriculum: 080
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Lower Division
ANT 302H Cultural Anthropology: Honors 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explore the concept of culture, social and political organization, language, the supernatural, and elementary cultural theory. Anthropology 302 and 302H may not both be counted. Three lecture hours a week or two lecture hours and one discussion hour a week for one semester.
Restrictions: Restricted to Plan II honors students.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Lower Division
ANT 304 Introduction to Archaeological Studies: Prehistoric Archaeology 3 Hours
(TCCN: ANTH 2302)
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Anthropological study of prehistory, from human beginnings to the appearance of written records. Three lecture hours or two lecture hours and one discussion hour a week for one semester.
Core Curriculum: 030
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Lower Division
ANT 304T Introduction to Texas Archaeology 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Introduces students to Texas archaeology through lectures, interactive virtual labs, and hands-on laboratory sections that emphasize experimentation. The equivalent of three lecture hours or two lecture hours and two laboratory hours a week for one semester.
Core Curriculum: 030
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Lower Division
ANT 305 Expressive Culture 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
How cultural assumptions affect how we tell and respond to different kinds of stories, including fairy tales, movies, and televised news. Three lecture hours or two lecture hours and one discussion hour a week for one semester.
Core Curriculum: 080
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Lower Division
ANT 307 Culture and Communication 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
An introduction to the study of culture through communication and the theory of signs. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 307, Linguistics 312 (Topic: Culture and Communication), 312C. Three lecture hours or two lecture hours and one discussion hour a week for one semester.
Same as: LIN 312C
Core Curriculum: 080
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Lower Division
ANT 310C Primate Cognition 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Introduction to non-human primate knowledge of the physical world, as well as primate social knowledge. Examines non- human primate cognition within an evolutionary and comparative framework, with emphasis placed on comparing and contrasting non-human primate cognition with that of humans and other taxonomic groups. Anthropology 310C and 310L (Topic: Primate Cognition) may not both be counted. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Lower Division
ANT 310D Introduction to Black Studies 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Introduction to canonical black studies literature, themes, and theories. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 303, Anthropology 310D, 310L (Topic: Intro to African and African Diaspora Studies). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: AFR 303
Core Curriculum: 080
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Lower Division
ANT 310F African Diaspora Archaeology 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 310F, 310L (Topic: African Diaspora Archaeology), African and African Diaspora Studies 315V, 317E (Topic: African Diaspora Archaeology). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: AFR 315V
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Lower Division
ANT 310G Ethics of Space Exploration 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examine cultural and ethical questions related to the exploration of space and the emerging field of astrobiology. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 310G, Religious Studies 306E, 311 (Topic: Ethics/Relig/Space Explortn). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: R S 306E
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Lower Division
ANT 310I Early Mesoamerican Religions 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Introduction to the study of indigenous religions in Mesoamerica, a geographic and cultural area spanning north-central Mexico through western Honduras, from approximately 250 BC - AD 1700. Examine the role of religion and ritual in daily life, as well as the lines of evidence available today for understanding them. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 310I, History 310E, Latin American Studies 310D, Religious Studies 311 (Topic: Early Mesoamerican Religion), 316M. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: HIS 310E, LAS 310D, R S 316M
Core Curriculum: 010
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Lower Division
ANT 310J The New Latinas/os/xs 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explore the trajectories of various communities many have called the new Latinas/os/xs by identifying how race, gender, sexuality, class, indigeneity, language, migration, and geography influence the lives, identities, and sociopolitical incorporation of new Latinas/os/xs. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 310J, Government 319D, Mexican American Studies 318G, 319 (Topic: The New Latinas/os/xs), Sociology 309G. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: GOV 319D, MAS 318G, SOC 309G
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Lower Division
ANT 310L Introductory Topics in Anthropology 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Three lecture hours or two lecture hours and one discussion hour a week for one semester.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.
Academic Level: Lower Division
Topic 1: Introduction to Mesoamerican Archaeology. Introduction to ancient Mesoamerica from the time of emerging social inequality in the formative period until the Spanish conquest of Mexico-Tenochtitlan in the sixteenth century.
Topic 2: Anthropology of Race and Ethnicity: An Introduction. Examines the social importance of race and ethnicity both in America and around the world. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 315L, 317D (Topic 2), American Studies 315D, Anthropology 310L (Topic 2). Three lecture hours or two lecture hours and one discussion hour a week for one semester. Same as: AFR 315L, AMS 315D
Topic 3: Anthropology of Latin America. Provides a framework for understanding contemporary concerns in Latin America. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 310L (Topic 3), Latin American Studies 315 (Topic 1). Same as: LAS 315.1
Topic 4: Introduction to Historical Archaeology. A comprehensive survey of the methods, theories, and discoveries of historical archaeology, an interdisciplinary field that draws its theoretical and methodological foundations from anthropology, archaeology, and history. Only one of the following may be counted: American Studies 315 (Topic: Introduction to Historical Archaeology), 315E, Anthropology 310L (Topic 4).
Topic 5: Introduction to South Asia. Introduction to Indian and south Asian civilization, past and present, including religion, literature, arts, philosophy, and history. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 310L (Topic 5), Asian Studies 302K, History 306N (Topic: Introduction to India). Same as: ANS 302K
Topic 6: Black Queer Art Worlds. Exploration of over two decades of work produced by and about black queer subjects throughout the circum-Atlantic world. Provides an introduction to various artists and intellectuals of the black queer diaspora, as well as an examination of the viability of black queer aesthetic practice as a form of theorizing. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 315Q, 317E (Topic 1), Anthropology 310L (Topic 6), Women's and Gender Studies 301 (Topic 17). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: AFR 315Q, WGS 301.17
Topic 7: Diaspora: Race, Nation, and Resistance. Subjects include makings and meanings of diaspora, the differences and similarities between diaspora and related concepts such as race, nation, and cultural identity. Focuses on the making of the black Atlantic world, and comparative analysis between black diasporic life and that of other global dispersals, particularly among Asian and indigenous populations, and how resistance serves as a key link. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 315R, 317E (Topic 2), Anthropology 310L (Topic 7). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: AFR 315R
Topic 9: Aztecs and Spaniards. Focus on how imperial expansion affected the daily life of people in the Aztec empire after the Spanish conquest. Examines the daily life of different people in the Aztec empire and the themes of human sacrifice, conquest, warfare, and religion. Explores social and cultural heterogeneity in both of these empires, in order to familiarize students with the diverse lines of evidence available to study these empires, and to understand processes of historical change among the Aztecs and the Spanish empire. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 310L (Topic: Aztecs and Spaniards), 310L (Topic 9), Latin American Studies 315 (Topic: Aztecs and Spaniards).
ANT 310L.2 Anthropology of Race and Ethnicity: An Introduction 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examines the social importance of race and ethnicity both in America and around the world. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 315L, 317D (Topic 2), American Studies 315D, Anthropology 310L (Topic 2). Three lecture hours or two lecture hours and one discussion hour a week for one semester.
Same as: AFR 315L, AMS 315D
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Lower Division
ANT 310L.3 Anthropology of Latin America 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Provides a framework for understanding contemporary concerns in Latin America. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 310L (Topic 3), Latin American Studies 315 (Topic 1).
Same as: LAS 315.1
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Lower Division
ANT 310L.5 Introduction to South Asia 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Introduction to Indian and south Asian civilization, past and present, including religion, literature, arts, philosophy, and history. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 310L (Topic 5), Asian Studies 302K, History 306N (Topic: Introduction to India).
Same as: ANS 302K
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Lower Division
ANT 310L.6 Black Queer Art Worlds 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Exploration of over two decades of work produced by and about black queer subjects throughout the circum-Atlantic world. Provides an introduction to various artists and intellectuals of the black queer diaspora, as well as an examination of the viability of black queer aesthetic practice as a form of theorizing. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 315Q, 317E (Topic 1), Anthropology 310L (Topic 6), Women's and Gender Studies 301 (Topic 17). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: AFR 315Q, WGS 301.17
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Lower Division
ANT 310L.7 Diaspora: Race, Nation, and Resistance 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Subjects include makings and meanings of diaspora, the differences and similarities between diaspora and related concepts such as race, nation, and cultural identity. Focuses on the making of the black Atlantic world, and comparative analysis between black diasporic life and that of other global dispersals, particularly among Asian and indigenous populations, and how resistance serves as a key link. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 315R, 317E (Topic 2), Anthropology 310L (Topic 7). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: AFR 315R
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Lower Division
ANT 310M Mexican American and Latina/o Folkore Across the United States 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 310L (Topic: Mex Amer/Lat Folk Across US), 310M, Mexican American Studies 307C, 319 (Topic: Mex Amer/Lat Folk Across US). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: MAS 307C
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Lower Division
ANT 310R Race, Sex, and Tourism 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 315W, 317E (Topic: Race, Sex, and Tourism), Anthropology 310L (Topic: Race, Sex, and Tourism), 310R. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: AFR 315W
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Lower Division
ANT 311D Introduction to Jewish Studies 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 310L (Topic: Jewish Studies: An Introduction), 311D, Jewish Studies 301, 311 (Topic: Jewish Studies: An Introduction), Middle Eastern Studies 310 (Topic: Jewish Studies: An Introduction), 310 (Topic 8), Religious Studies 313 (Topic: Jewish Studies: An Introduction), 313D. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: J S 301, MES 310.8, R S 313D
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Lower Division
ANT 311E Introduction to Jewish Latin America 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Historical and cultural analysis of how Jews constructed lives and communities in predominantly Hispanic, Catholic countries of Latin America. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 310L (Topic:Introduction to Jewish Latin America), 311E, Jewish Studies 311 (Topic: Introduction to Jewish Latin America), 305D, Latin American Studies 310 (Topic: Intro to Jewish Latin America), 315 (Topic: Intro to Jewish Latin America), 315 (Topic 3), Religious Studies 313 (Topic: Introduction to Jewish Latin America), 313E . Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: J S 305D, LAS 315.3, R S 313E
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Lower Division
ANT 314C Introduction to Mesoamerican Archaeology 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Introduction to ancient Mesoamerica from the time of emerging social inequality in the formative period until the Spanish conquest of Mexico-Tenochtitlan in the sixteenth century. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 310L (Topic 1: Introduction to Mesoamerican Archaeology), 314C, Latin American Studies 310 (Topic 3: Introduction to Mesoamerican Archaeology), 315 (Topic 2).
Same as: LAS 315.2
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Lower Division
ANT 318L Mexican American Culture 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Mexican American cultural distinctiveness in the areas of social organization, child rearing, food culture, folklore, language, and religion. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: MAS 318
Core Curriculum: 080
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Lower Division
ANT 119S, 219S, 319S, 419S, 519S, 619S, 719S, 819S, 919S Topics in Anthropology 1-9 Hours
0 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
This course is used to record credit the student earns while enrolled at another institution in a program administered by the University's Study Abroad Office. Credit is recorded as assigned by the study abroad adviser in the Department of Anthropology. University credit is awarded for work in an exchange program; it may be counted as coursework taken in residence. Transfer credit is awarded for work in an affiliated studies program.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.
ANT 320C American Indian Languages and Cultures 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explore the myriad of indigenous languages of North America and how they are intertwined with culture. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 320C, 320L (Topic 4), Linguistics 373 (Topic: Amer Indian Langs and Culs), 373L. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: LIN 373L
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANT 320D Speech Play and Verbal Art 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examine speech play and verbal art (from puns to lies to songs to stories to poetry) from ethnographic and linguistic perspectives in a host of contexts and languages. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 320D, 320L (Topic 5), Linguistics 373 (Topic: Speech Play and Verbal Art), 373S. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: LIN 373S
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANT 320E Invented Languages 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examine invented languages from pidgin and creole languages to Esperanto or Basic English, and contemporary "conlangs" associated with various science fiction and fantasy series. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 320E, 320L (Topic: Invented Languages), 320L (Topic 12). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANT 320F Politics, Polity, and the Power of Words 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examine the place of language in a variety of different political settings--from oblique oratory in small-scale egalitarian communities to ritual "poetry" in cosmic polities to procedural prose in mass bureaucratic states--to illustrate the power of words. Identify the varied ways language sustains and transforms power relations in different political contexts, and thereby takes on a power of its own. Explore a variety of political situations, different modes of political communication, as well as different theories of the "performative" power of words. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 320F, 320L (Topic: Polit/Polity/Power of Words), 320L (Topic 11). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANT 320G Endangered Languages 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examine language rights as a tool for defending small-scale and minority language communities against the spread of national and global languages. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 320G, 320L (Topic Language Endangerment/Rights), 320L (Topic 13), Linguistics 373 (Topic: Language Endangerment/Rights), 373 (Topic 12), 373E. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: LIN 373E
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANT 320I Talk, Text, and God 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Introduction to the anthropological study of Christianity, particularly in colonial and post-colonial settings. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 320I, 320L (Topic: Talk, Text, and God), 320L (Topic 14), Religious Studies 373 (Topic: Talk, Text, and God), 373T. Three lecture hours a week for one semester
Same as: R S 373T
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANT 320O New Media and Communication 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explore anthropological and media studies analyses of technological changes in communications from the nineteenth through the twenty-first centuries. Anthropology 320O and 324L (Topic: New Media and Communication) may not both be counted. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANT 320P Classical Archaeology: Practice and Ethics 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explore an overview of the history, methods, approaches, and ethics of classical archaeology focusing on case studies of major sites and their excavations. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 320P, Classical Civilization 317, 320P. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: C C 320P
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANT 321C Communicating with Non-Humans 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examine the continuities and transformations in how people have tried to talk to nonhumans in different cultural contexts, whether those be gods, animals, the dead, or machines. Anthropology 321C and 324L (Topic: Communicating with Non-Humans) may not both be counted. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANT 321P The Politics of Insult 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examine how linguistic practices of (im)politeness and verbal aggression shape--and are shaped by--social hierarchies, cultural contexts, and political dynamics across different contexts, from liberal to anti-liberal. Analyze how seemingly neutral concepts of "civility" and appropriate speech" often mask power relations while exploring how taboo language, conflict talk, and transgressive communication can both challenge and reinforce existing social orders. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 321P, Linguistics 350G, Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 345 (Topic 19). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: LIN 350G, REE 345.19
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANT 322C Contemporary African Popular Culture 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 340, 372G (Topic: Contemporary African Popular Culture), Anthropology 322C, 324L (Topic: Contemporary African Popular Culture), Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic: Contemporary African Popular Culture), 340 (Topic 49). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: AFR 340, WGS 340.49
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANT 322D Multicultural Israel 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examines the complex social fabric that comprises contemporary Israeli society, and that shapes Israeli identity, practice and politics. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 322D, 325L (Topic: Multicultural Israel), Jewish Studies 365 (Topic: Multicultural Israel), 365C, Middle Eastern Studies 341 (Topic: Multicultural Israel), 341 (Topic 8). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: J S 365C, MES 341.8
Pre/Corequisites: Upper division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANT 322E Self and Culture in North Korea 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Aims to understand North Korea's historical development and its current workings as a social, cultural, and political/ideological system. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 322E, 324L (Topic: Self & Culture In North Korea), Asian Studies 361 (Topic: Self & Culture In North Korea), 361N. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: ANS 361N
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANT 322F Big Asian Histories 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examines ways in which Asia and other areas of the globe have had connected intellectual, artistic, and social developments with focus on world histories centrally involving Asia from the medieval period to the present. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 322F, 324L (Topic: Big Asian Histories), Asian Studies 361 (Topic: Big Asian Histories), 361M, History 340V, 364G (Topic: Big Asian Histories). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: ANS 361M, HIS 340V
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANT 322G Cultural Geographies of Israel 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examines critical spatial theory, landscape phenomenology, histories of Zionist architecture and urban planning as applied to Israel from the Yishuv period to the present. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 322G, Jewish Studies 311 (Topic: Israel: Space/Place/Landscape), 365D, Middle Eastern Studies 341 (Topic 10). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: J S 365D, MES 341.10
Pre/Corequisites: Upper division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANT 322I Native American Cultures of the Southwest 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explore the diverse Native cultures of the Southwest, focusing on the philosophical underpinnings and the frameworks of meaning and moral responsibility of indigenous peoples of the American Southwest. Only one of the following may be counted: American Studies 321 (Topic: Native American Cultures of the Southwest), 321 (Topic 1), 321U, Anthropology 322M (Topic 3), 322M (Topic 4), 322I. Three lecture hours a week for one semester
Same as: AMS 321U
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANT 322J Goddesses in World Religions and Cultures 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Historical and cross-cultural overview of the relationship between feminine and religious cultural expressions through comparative examinations and analyses of various goddess figures in world religions. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 322J, 324L (Topic: Goddesses in World Religions and Cultures), Asian Studies 340 (Topic 7), 340F, Religious Studies 373 (Topic 3), 373G, Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic 30). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: ANS 340F, R S 373G, WGS 340.30
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANT 322N History of Hindu Religious Traditions 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
History of major doctrines, practices, and institutions that shaped the development of Hinduism; how religions adapt to social and cultural change and often provide the catalyst for change. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 322N, 324L (Topic 23), Asian Studies 340 (Topic 4), 340D, History 364C, 364G (Topic 1), Religious Studies 321. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: ANS 340D, HIS 364C, R S 321
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANT 322O Gender, Sexuality, and the Family in Indian Religions and Cultures 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
A comprehensive historical overview of gender issues as they are represented in the textual traditions of South Asia. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 322O, 324L (Topic 40), Asian Studies 372 (Topic 25), 372K, Religious Studies 341 (Topic 3), 341M, Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic 25). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: ANS 372K, R S 341M, WGS 340.25
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANT 322P Mexican Immigration Cultural History 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examines the history of Mexican immigration to the United States, and provides an overview of migratory patterns dating back to the late prehistoric period through contemporary times. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 322M (Topic 12), 322P, Latin American Studies 324L (Topic 16), Mexican American Studies 364F, 374 (Topic: Mexican Immigration Cultural History). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: LAS 324L.16, MAS 364F
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANT 322Q Mexican American Indigenous Heritage 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
The prehistory, history, and contemporary racial understanding of Mexican Americans. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 322M (Topic 10), 322Q, Latin American Studies 324L (Topic: Mexican Amer Indig Heritage), 324L (Topic 20), Mexican American Studies 374 (Topic 23). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: LAS 324L.20, MAS 374.23
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANT 322T Russian Myths and Folktales 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examination of the Russian folktale, its roots in ancient, pre-Christian Slavic religious tradition, its connections with other forms of folklore such as myth and legend, and its transformation in modern Russian literature. Subjects include the continuing influence of folklore explored through various aspects of Russian culture, including literature, music, ballet, film, and popular culture. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 322T, 325L (Topic 12), Comparative Literature 323 (Topic 34), Russian 330 (Topic 9), Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies 325 (Topic 22). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: C L 323.34, REE 325.22
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANT 322U Anthropology of Travel and Tourism 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Use the tools of cultural anthropology to understand the touristic encounter and the increasing (and decreasing) accessibility of travel and mobility. Only one of the following may be counted: Asian Studies 330C, 361 (Topic: Anthropology of Travel), Anthropology 322U. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: ANS 330C
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANT 322V Architecture and Sculpture in the Maya World 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explore the ancient world of the Maya through the lens of architecture and sculpture. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 322V, Art History 347R, 370 (Topic: Arch/Sculpture in Maya World), Latin American Studies 327 (Topic 10). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: ARH 347R, LAS 327.10
Core Curriculum: 010
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANT 322W Power and Resistance in Putin's Russia 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Introduction to Russian political and protest cultures--beyond the headlines and outside the Kremlin walls. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 322W, 324L (Topic: Power and Resistance in Rus), Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 345 (Topic: Power and Resistance in Rus), 345 (Topic 13). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: REE 345.13
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANT 323C Sport, Religion, and Society 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explore sport as it relates to ritual and religious practice and examine the meaning and nature of sport in cross-cultural perspectives. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 324L (Topic: Sport, Religion, and Society), 323C, Religious Studies 373 (Topic 4), 373S. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: R S 373S
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANT 323D Religions of the Caribbean 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examine the histories and politics of religious practices in the Greater Caribbean, encompassing the islands and Central American coasts as well as the continental diasporas, from Vodou and Rastafari to popular Hinduism. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 372G (Topic: Religions of the Caribbean) 345G, Anthropology 324L (Topic: Religions of the Caribbean), 323D, Latin American Studies 324L (Topic: Religions of the Caribbean), 322D, Religious Studies 366 (Topic: Religions of the Caribbean), 366 (Topic 2), 366D. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: AFR 345G, LAS 322D, R S 366D
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANT 323E Politics and Performance 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Consider the power struggles of the democratic process by closely attending to language, rhetoric and performance. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 323E, 324L (Topic: Politics and Performance), Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 345 (Topic: Politics and Performance), 345 (Topic 10). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: REE 345.10
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANT 323I Comparative White Nationalisms 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Consider critical questions about the constructions of whiteness and nationalism across the globe. Examine, through an anthropological lens, how the boundaries of whiteness changed throughout history, and its relationship to far-right political groups, to trace the history of white nationalism and its present-day global resurgence. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 323I, 324L (Topic: Comparng White Nationalisms), Russian, Eastern European, and Eurasian Studies 345 (Topic: Compartv White Nationalisms), 345 (Topic 16). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: REE 345.16
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANT 323N Biomedicine, Ethics, and Culture 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examines ethical questions such as the allocation of medical resources, stem cell research and cloning, organ transplantation, abortion, human experimentation, prolonging life and the right to die, suicide, euthanasia, and diagnosis and treatment of illnesses, explored from a global perspective. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 323N, 324L (Topic: Biomedicine, Ethics, & Culture), Asian Studies 323C, 361 (Topic 29), Religious Studies 373M. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: ANS 323C, R S 373M
Core Curriculum: 010
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANT 323O Black Geographies 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explore the relationship between Blackness and the production of space and place. Examine the tensions and possibilities that emerge when Black people are rendered un-geographic as a fundamental component of racial capitalism while they are simultaneously creating spaces of freedom under constant threats to Black life. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 352Q, 370 (Topic: Black Geographies), American Studies 371D, Anthropology 323O, Geography 328F. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: AFR 352Q, AMS 371D, GRG 328F
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANT 323P Anthropology of the Himalayas 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examine the history and culture of the Himalayan region, including Northeast India, sections of Pakistan and Afghanistan, Tibet, and especially Nepal. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 323P, Asian American Studies 330L, Asian Studies 348D, 361 (Topic 27). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: AAS 330L, ANS 348D
Core Curriculum: 010
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANT 323Q Contemporary Jerusalem 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explore what life is like in today's contested, rapidly growing, and increasingly diverse Jerusalem. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 323Q, Jewish Studies 365 (Topic: Contemporary Jerusalem), 365 (Topic 18), Middle Eastern Studies 341 (Topic 18), Religious Studies 365K. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: J S 365.18, MES 341.18, R S 365K
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANT 323R Anthropology of Infrastructure 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explore how infrastructure creates relationships between resources, energy, built form, information, and people. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 323R, 324L (Topic: Anthropology of Infrastructure), Urban Studies 322P, 352 (Topic: Anthropology of Infrastructure). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: URB 322P
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANT 323S Anthropology of Food 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explore the cultural dimensions of growing, cooking, and eating food by engaging themes of gender, race, indigeneity, embodiment, hunger, and power. Anthropology 323S and 324L (Topic: Anthropology of Food) may not both be counted. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANT 323T Colonial Encounters in Mesoamerica 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Study European-indigenous encounters in Mesoamerica, a geographic and cultural area spanning north-central Mexico through western Honduras, between approximately 1450-1750. Examine strategies of contact, accommodation, and resistance that indigenous communities and European colonizers used to communicate with each other and negotiate the conduct of daily life in colonial society. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 323T, History 346E, Latin American Studies 322M, Religious Studies 361 (Topic: Mesoamerican Encounters), 366M. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: HIS 346E, LAS 322M, R S 366M
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANT 323U Sensing: Elemental Media 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explore a sensory ethnographic investigation of urban ecology, organized around air, water, earth, and fire as themes for engaging with the city through media and the senses. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 323U, 324L (Topic: Sensing: Elemental Media), Geography 326C, Urban Studies 320E. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: GRG 326C, URB 320E
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANT 323V Maya Art and Architecture 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Introduction to the artistic traditions of the ancient Maya, tracing their development up to the time of European contact. Students will examine various important themes of Maya culture including history, ritual, and cosmology as revealed in sculpture, hieroglyphs, painting, and architectural design. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 323V, 324L (Topic: Maya Art and Architecture), Art History 347M, Latin American Studies 327 (Topic 5), Geography 322M, 356T (Topic: Maya Art/Architecture). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: ARH 347M, GRG 322M, LAS 327.5
Core Curriculum: 050
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANT 323W Race and Indigeneity in the Pacific 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examine a multidisciplinary study of sovereignty, settler colonialism, diaspora, and migration in the Pacific. Anthropology 323W and 324L (Topic: Race Indigineity in Pacific) may not both be counted Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANT 324C Science, Magic, and Religion 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Historical and cross-cultural overview of the constructed concepts of magic, science, and religion through comparative examinations of cultural contexts from the Islamic world, western Europe, the Caribbean, the U.S., and Mozambique. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 372G (Topic: Science/Magic/Religion), 351S, American Studies 327 (Topic: Science, Magic, Religion), 327K, Anthropology 324L (Topic: Science, Magic, & Religion), 324C, Religious Studies 373 (Topic: Science, Magic, & Religion), 373 (Topic 6), 373L. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: AFR 351S, AMS 327K, R S 373L
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANT 324D Japanese Religion and Western Imagination 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examines Japanese religious traditions, with a focus on Zen, through the perspective of people living in non-Japanese societies since the end of World War II. Explores different ways in which non-Japanese have imagined Japanese religious and ethical ideas and both explained Japanese behavior and adopted ideas about Japan into their writings about philosophy and life. Only one of the following may be counted: Asian Studies 340 (Topic: Japanese Religion and Western Imagination), 340C, Anthropology 324D, 324L (Topic: Japanese Religion and Western Imagination), Religious Studies 352 (Topic: Japanese Religion and Western Imagination), 352D. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: ANS 340C, R S 352D
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANT 324E Culture and Health 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examine the social and cultural foundations of western medicine as well as an introduction to indigenous and alternative health systems. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 324E, 324L (Topic: Culture and Health), 324L (Topic: Anthropol of Health & Illness). Three lecture hours a week for one semester
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANT 324F Anthropology Of Religion 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examine a genealogy of the anthropology of religion around the globe from the nineteenth century to the present. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 324F, 324L (Topic: Anthropology Of Religion), Religious Studies 373 (Topic: Anthropology Of Religion), 373E. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: R S 373E
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANT 324G Environmental Anthropology 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examine the environment, environmental inequality, and the relationship between culture and ecology. Anthropology 324G and 324L (Topic: Environmental Anthropology) may not both be counted. Three lecture hours or two lecture hours and one hour of discussion a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANT 324I Sounding the City 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explore the significance of sound for urban social life. Anthropology 324I and 324L (Topic: Sounds of the City) may not both be counted Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANT 324J HIV and AIDS Activism and the Healing Arts 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 350J, 374E (Topic: HIV/AIDS Activism/Heal Arts), Anthropology 324J, 324L (Topic: HIV/AIDS Activism/Heal Arts), Women's and Gender Studies 335 (Topic: HIV/AIDS Activism/Heal Arts), 335 (Topic 10). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: AFR 350J, WGS 335.10
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANT 324L Topics in Anthropology 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Varies with the topic.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.
Academic Level: Upper Division
Topic 1: History of Anthropology. Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 2: Mexican/Chicano Music. Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 3: Primitive Technology. Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 4: Development And Its Critics. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 324L (Topic: Development And Its Critics), 324L (Topic 4), Asian Studies 361 (Topic: Development And Its Critics), 361 (Topic 49). Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 5: Caribbean Social Forms. Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 6: Gender and Sex Roles. Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 7: Introduction to African Prehistory. Same as: AFR 322 Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 8: Cultures of Southeast Asia. Comparative study of the peoples of Indonesia, Burma, Thailand, Malaysia, and other countries. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 324L (Topic 8), Asian Studies 326C, 361 (Topic 5). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: ANS 326C Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 9: The African Diaspora in the Americas. Black cultures and societies in the New World, and their African heritage. Same as: AFR 321 Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 10: Colonialism and Nationalism. Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 11: Folklore, Gender, and the Middle East. Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 12: Maya Research, 1900 to the Present. Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 13: Musics of India. Explore the musical traditions of India, with emphasis on Hindustani and Carnatic musical styles, but including examination of other traditions. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 324L (Topic 13), Asian Studies 324C, 361 (Topic 11), Music 342 (Topic 3). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: ANS 324C, MUS 342.3
Topic 14: Ideologies of Poverty. Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 15: Origins of Complex Society: Africa. African and African American Studies 374 (Topic: Origins of Complex Society: Africa) and Anthropology 324L (Topic 15) may not both be counted. Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 16: Contemporary India.
Topic 17: Nature, Society, and Adaptation. Long term trajectories of change in human environment relationships, including issues of human evolution and human nature, violence, population, food, agriculture, urbanization, globalizing modernization, and environmental impacts; issues of sustainability, cultural survival, human rights, and environmental protection. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: GRG 331K Core Curriculum: 010 Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 18: The Male in African American Culture and Society. Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 19: Andean Archaeology. Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 20: Sexuality in Global Perspective. Explores the ways in which sexuality intersects with money, intimacy, desire, power, labor, health, race, consumption, and social justice, all in the context of global economic processes. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 324L (Topic: Sexuality in Global Perspective), 324L (Topic 20), Women's and Gender Studies 335 (Topic: Sexuality in Global Perspective). Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 21: Reading Ethnography. Exploration of classic and contemporary issues in the writing and reading of ethnography.
Topic 22: Human Biology and Gender Roles. Discussion and evaluation of the biological and social explanations for various aspects of human behavior. Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 23: History of Hindu Religious Traditions. History of major doctrines, practices, and institutions that shaped the development of Hinduism; how religions adapt to social and cultural change and often provide the catalyst for change. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 322N, 324L (Topic 23), Asian Studies 340 (Topic 4), 340D, History 364C, 364G (Topic 1), Religious Studies 321. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 24: Archaeology of African Thought. Archaeological, historical, and ethnographic data as they relate to the foundations of contemporary African and African American societies. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora 340R, 372G (Topic 3), Anthropology 324L (Topic 24). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: AFR 340R
Topic 25: Family and Households. Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 26: Race and Sport in African American Life. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 372E (Topic 19), 374 (Topic 27), Anthropology 324L (Topic 26), Kinesiology 352K (Topic 6) Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 27: The Practice of Islam in the United States. Islam as a religious doctrine and a way of life, and its impact on contemporary American society. Study of Islam from the antebellum era to the present from historical, anthropological, and sociological perspectives. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 324L (Topic 27), 324L (Topic: The Practice of Islam in America), History 366N (Topic 14: The Practice of Islam in the United States), 366N (Topic: The Practice of Islam in America), Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures 372 (Topic 19: The Practice of Islam in the United States), 372 (Topic: The Practice of Islam in America), Middle Eastern Studies 322K (Topic: The Practice of Islam in America), Religious Studies 361 (Topic: The Practice of Islam in America). Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 28: Sacred Geometry and Decorative Tiling. Study of various types of geometric patterns developed in the decorative tiling traditions of Muslim art and architecture. Anthropology 324L (Topic 28) and 325L (Topic: Sacred Geometry and Decorative Tiling) may not both be counted. Additional prerequisite: For architecture majors, Architecture 318L and 328; for others, upper-division standing or consent of instructor.
Topic 29: Sacred and Ceremonial Textiles. Textiles and material objects indigenous to the Islamic world, and what they reveal about the culture of various Islamic societies. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 324L (Topic 29), Islamic Studies 372 (Topic 11), Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures 321 (Topic: Sacred and Ceremonial Textiles), 321 (Topic 34), Religious Studies 358 (Topic 11), 358T, Textiles and Apparel 365 (Topic: Sacred and Ceremonial Textiles), Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic 57). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 30: Shamanism in Central Asia. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 324L (Topic 30), Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures 340 (Topic 4: Shamanism in Central Asia), Religious Studies 361 (Topic: Shamanism in Central Asia). Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 31: Development And Its Critics. Discuss aspects of the contemporary international aid and development in Asia and beyond. Examine the decision-making within the development industry and the scope of aid as a economic and social force in the contemporary world. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 324L (Topic 31), Asian Studies 330F, 361 (Topic 49). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: ANS 330F Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 32: Colonial Latin American Archaeology. Focuses on the Spanish colonies in Latin America.
Topic 33: Geographical Information Systems and Remote Sensing for Archaeology and Designed to give students interested in the fields of archaeology, physical anthropology, and paleontology a foundation in the use of geographical information systems (GIS) and the analysis of remotely sensed data from satellites and aerial photographs. Same as: GRG 356T.3 Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 34: Iberian Prehistory and History. The prehistory of Iberia and the historic development of the nation-states of Portugal and Spain. Anthropology 324L (Topic 34) and Latin American Studies 324L (Topic: Iberian Prehistory and History) may not both be counted. Additional prerequisite: Consent of instructor.
Topic 35: Indigenous Rights and Autonomy in Mexico. Explores the relationship between the Mexican government and the indigenous population. Anthropology 324L (Topic 35) and Latin American Studies 324L (Topic: Indigenous Rights and Autonomy in Mexico) may not both be counted.
Topic 36: Nationalism and Gender in South Asia. Explores why nationalist movements often make the reform of women's roles central to their political projects.
Topic 37: The Politics of Race and Violence in Brazil. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 345L, 374E (Topic 2), Anthropology 324L (Topic 37), Latin American Studies 324L (Topic 14). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 38: Race and the Criminal Justice System. Examines historical and contemporary studies that provide arguments about the connections between race, poverty, and the criminal justice system. Subjects include how and why acts of police violence, questionable court proceedings, and unjust sentences routinely take place, and how and why they are often sanctioned by institutional practices and society at large. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 320 (Topic 3), 372F (Topic 10), Anthropology 324L (Topic 38).
Topic 39: Theories of Archaeology. The history of archaeological thought, including the major theoretical trends that have shaped the discipline over time.
Topic 40: Gender, Sexuality, and the Family in Indian Religions and Cultures. A comprehensive historical overview of gender issues as they are represented in the textual traditions of South Asia. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 322O, 324L (Topic 40), Asian Studies 372 (Topic 25), 372K, Religious Studies 341 (Topic 3), 341M, Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic 25). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 41: Science, Technology, and Race. Examines the intersections and linkages between race, science, and technology. Review of the array of current anthropological and sociological studies of science, which regard science as an institutionalized set of cultural practices charged with generating objective knowledge of the world. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 374D (Topic: Science, Technology, and Race), Anthropology 324L (Topic: Science, Technology, and Race), 324L (Topic 41).
Topic 42: United States Latino and Latina Ethnographies. Explores past and present anthropological representations of Latinos and Latinas in the United States. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 324L (Topic: U.S. Latino/a Ethnographies), 324L (Topic 42), Mexican American Studies 374 (Topic: U.S. Latino/a Ethnographies), 374 (Topic 33). Same as: MAS 374.33
Topic 43: Creative Nonfiction and Ethnography. Explores the convergences and divergences between ethnographic and narrative journalistic writing, and their potential for producing powerful, richly textured accounts that capture the depth of human experience and the complexity of social life. Anthropology 324L (Topic: Creative Nonfiction and Ethnography) and 324L (Topic 43) may not both be counted.
Topic 44: Ethnographic Theory and Practice. An exploration of the complex relationship between anthropological ideas and ethnographic practice. Introduces a broad spectrum of concepts, issues, and theories of culture, and critically examines how these theories and ideas shape anthropological methods and writings. Anthropology 324L (Topic: Ethnographic Theory and Practice) and 324L (Topic 44) may not both be counted.
Topic 45: Queer Ethnographies. Anthropological analysis of gender and sexuality that critically evaluates formative concepts and theories that have been subject to recent debates within anthropology, gender studies, and queer theory. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 324L (Topic: Queer Ethnographies), 324L (Topic 45), Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic: Queer Ethnographies), 340 (Topic 58). Same as: WGS 340.58
Topic 46: Urban Unrest. Analysis of the roots of urban unrest, exploring a range of origins: joblessness, state violence, white flight, backlash against civil rights gains, new immigration, and interracial strife. Beyond race and class, subjects include exploring unrest as a mode of pushing the normative boundaries of gender and sexuality in public space. Course material will draw from film, literature, history, geography, and anthropology. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 360F, 372F (Topic 13), American Studies 321 (Topic 8), Anthropology 324L (Topic 46), Asian American Studies 330 (Topic 6), 330G, Urban Studies 327U, 354 (Topic 14). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: AAS 330G, AFR 360F, AMS 321.8, URB 327U Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 47: Afro-Caribbean Politics and Culture in Central America. Exploration of black identity, political systems, and community activism in Central America and the Caribbean. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 326, 374E (Topic: Afro-Caribbean Politics and Culture in Central America), Anthropology 324L (Topic: Afro-Caribbean Politics and Culture in Central America), 324L (Topic: 47), Government 365N (Topic: Afro-Caribbean Politics and Culture in Central America), Latin American Studies 337M (Topic: Afro-Caribbean Politics and Culture in Central America), 337N, Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic: Afro-Caribbean Politics and Culture in Central America), 340 (Topic 38). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 48: Sex and Power in the African Diaspora. Exploration of various experiences and theories of sex, intimacy, and desire alongside intellectual and artistic engagements with power hierarchies and spirituality across transnational black communities. Subjects include the concept of "erotic subjectivity" from various theoretical and methodological angles, principally within African diasporic contexts. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 345F, 372G (Topic 33), Anthropology 324L (Topic 48), Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic 52). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: AFR 345F, WGS 340.52 Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 49: Global Markets and Local Cultures. Examine contemporary theories of globalization, including materials exploring global governance, international monetary policy, migration regulation, offshoring, and cultural hybridity. Focus on case studies in Asia and elsewhere that reveal how these practices impact particular communities. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 324L (Topic 49), Asian Studies 330D, 361 (Topic 31). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: ANS 330D Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 50: Indigenous Naturecultures. Examines contemporary indigenous knowledges and practices about nature and culture. Anthropology 324L (Topic: Indigenous Naturecultures) and 324L (Topic 50) may not both be counted.
Topic 51: The Cities of the Middle East. Anthropological and sociological analysis of space, with a special emphasis on urban theory and culture in the Middle East. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 324L (Topic 51), Islamic Studies 373 (Topic 9), Middle Eastern Studies 341 (Topic 3), Urban Studies 354 (Topic 15). Same as: MES 341.3 Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 53: Global Indigenous Issues. Explores contemporary issues of indigenous peoples around the world through films, literature, and social science readings and focuses on how indigenous peoples are actively working to oppose their oppression and create sustainable futures. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 324L (Topic: Global Indigenous Issues), 324L (Topic 53), Latin American Studies 324L (Topic: Global Indigenous Issues) 324L (Topic 15). Same as: LAS 324L.15
Topic 54: Black Native American Relations in the United States. Explores the entwined histories, cultures, and identities of African American and Native American people in North America. Subjects include experiences of racial formation, including how race, power, and indigeneity work in different ways for people in contemporary United States society. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 374D (Topic: Black Native Relations in the U.S.), American Studies 321 (Topic: Black Native Relations in the U.S.), Anthropology 324L (Topic: Black Native Relations in the U.S.), Anthropology 324L (Topic 54).
Topic 55: Language, Culture, and the Texas German Experience. The evolution of the culture and language of German immigrants to Texas from the 1840s through the present and how they have influenced other ethnic groups in Texas. Only one of the following may be counted: American Studies 370 (Topic 47), Anthropology 324L (Topic 55), German, Scandinavian, and Dutch Studies 351C, Linguistics 351D. Three lectures a week for one semester. Core Curriculum: 010 Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 56: Ethnographic Writing. Writing workshop consisting of a series of exercises to add density and texture to ethnographic description by including attention to scene, character, event, situation, and dialogue. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 324L (Topic: Ethnographic Writing), 324L (Topic: Writing Ethnography), 324L (Topic 56). Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 57: Archaeology of Climate Change. Examines why climate changes, the methods for recording climate change, and includes case studies of the varied responses of past human societies to climate change in different geographic regions and time periods with varying socio-political and economic systems. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 324L (Topic: Archaeology of Climate Change), 324L (Topic 57), Geography 321L, 356 (Topic: Archaeology of Climate Change). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: GRG 321L Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 58: Digital Data Systems in Archaeology. Designed to help students understand the basic knowledge and skills needed to operate digital equipment (e.g. GPS and Total Data Stations) commonly used for collecting location data on archaeological sites. Instruction on mapping and grid systems translates into "hands-on instrument operation in simulated archaeological field conditions. Provides an introduction to GIS software and its applications in archaeology as well as an overview of near-surface sensing techniques. Anthropology 324L (Topic: Digital Data Systems in Archaeology) and 324L (Topic 58) may not both be counted. Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 59: Graffiti and Poster Art in the Islamic World. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 324L (Topic 59), Islamic Studies 373 (Topic 17), Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures 321 (Topic 36), Middle Eastern Studies 342 (Topic 44), Religious Studies 358 (Topic 21), 359C, Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic 67). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: MES 342.44, R S 359C, WGS 340.67 Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 63: Food and Culture. Examines cultural and linguistic views on eating and how we talk about what we eat in the contemporary era. Combines scholarly literature, videos, and readings about food subjects that circulate in popular culture, and considers how flows of dietary images and discourses shape race/ethnicity, gender, social class, and other identifications. Anthropology 324L (Topic: Food and Culture) and 324L (Topic 63) may not both be counted. Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 64: The Bronze Age and the Iron Age in Atlantic Europe. Introduction to the archaeology of Atlantic Europe with particular emphasis on the Bronze Age and Iron Age periods. Examines the diversity and commonalities of European adaptations, investigates how geography influenced trade of goods and ideas, as well as the profound changes brought about by a new conceptualization of the world and the innovations of the Bronze and Iron Ages. Anthropology 324L (Topic: Bronze Age and Iron Age Atlantic Europe) and 324L (Topic 64) may not both be counted. Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 65: Anthropology for Liberation. Takes a critical look at anthropologists' quests to shifting the legacy of anthropology from the colonial toward freedom and liberation. Explores anthropology's relationship to human rights, violence, questions of race, gender, and sexuality, imperialism and neoliberalism, and the ways that some anthropologists have chosen to use their field work in new and different ways. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 351T, 372C (Topic: Anthropology for Liberation), 372C (Topic 8), Anthropology 324L (Topic: Anthropology for Liberation), 324L (Topic 65), Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic: Anthropology for Liberation). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: AFR 351T Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 66: Indigenizing Queer Theory. Introduction to emerging work by indigenous queer theorists, largely from the United States. Examines cultural conflicts between the west and indigenous world views and practices surrounding monogamy and marriage, same-sex marriage, enforced gender binaries, sexual identities and practices, their regulation by the colonial state, and implications for indigenous people. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 324L (Topic: Indigenizing Queer Theory), 324L (Topic 66), Women and Gender Studies 335 (Topic: Indigenizing Queer Theory). Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 68: Creation and Evolution: Human Origins in Scientific and Religious Examines evolutionary theory, intelligent design, and creationism, and how they interact. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 324L (Topic: Creation and Evolution in America), 324L (Topic 68), Religious Studies 346 (Topic: Creation and Evolution), 373 (Topic 8), 373J. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: R S 373J Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 69: Japanese Concepts of Body and Self. Exploration of anthropological literature describing Japanese conceptions of self and body, and analysis of the intersection of these conceptions of self with Japanese ideas about religion, morality, aging, and medicine. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 324L (Topic: Japanese Concepts of Body and Self), 324L (Topic 69), Asian Studies 372 (Topic 41), 372N, Religious Studies 352 (Topic 8), 352S. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: ANS 372N, R S 352S Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 71: Extraterrestrial Intelligence: Culture, Religion, and Imagination. Focusing primarily on the 20th and 21st Centuries, explores the search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI) and considers how these ideas have intersected with other aspects of society, particularly religion, including recent arguments that SETI itself has developed into a religion. Examines meanings and motivations behind issues such as Percival Lowell's quest to prove the existence of canals on Mars and the development of Scientology. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 324L (Topic: Sentience, Culture, and Religion: SETI), 324L (Topic 71), Religious Studies 373 (Topic: Sentience, Culture, and Religion: SETI), 373 (Topic 9), 373K. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: R S 373K Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 72: Development, Security, and Society. Explores the linkages between development, security, and, society. Examines a series of recent transformations that have drawn the relationship between international development and various forms of security together. Through an exploration of recent anthropological work, examines subjects such as: human security, the relationship between development and humanitarian intervention, strategies for planning in the face of climate change, disaster management, and new technologies of warfare and security. Anthropology 324L (Topic: Human Securities/Insecurities) and 324L (Topic 72) may not both be counted. Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 73: Political Ecology. Introduction to core tenets of political ecology. Focuses on ethnographic approaches and introduces key debates in the field--such as the relationship between environment and violence, the critique of Malthusian and neo-Malthusian notions of scarcity and limits, the links between conservation and dispossession, and more. Explores the uses of political ecology in key contemporary debates over social and environmental change, from climate change to waste management. Anthropology 324L (Topic: Political Ecology) and 324L (Topic 73) may not both be counted. Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 74: Inca World. Explores how Inca civilization developed, how the Incas grew from a small highland state into a mighty empire, and how a small number of Spaniards and their allies were able to bring the Inca dynasty to an end. Read accounts of the Incas written in the first years of Spanish colonial rule, and review the latest archaeological discoveries. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 324L (Topic: Inca World), 324L (Topic 74), Latin American Studies 324L (Topic: Inca World), 324L (Topic 18). Same as: LAS 324L.18 Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 75: Arab Latin Americas. Examine the ways in which Arab immigrant identities have been negotiated and co-opted socially, but also institutionally, in various countries in the Western Hemisphere. Only one of the following may be counted Anthropology 324L (Topic: Arab Latin Americas), 324L (Topic 75), Latin American Studies 324L (Topic 22). Same as: LAS 324L.22 Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 76: Indigenous Peoples of Russia and the USSR. Examine an introduction to theories of colonial critique and visual culture studies. Explore the history of the Indigenous peoples of the Eurasian north. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 324L (Topic: Indig People: Rus and USSR), 324L (Topic 76), Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 345 (Topic 11) Same as: REE 345.11 Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 77: Blacks and Asians: Race and Social Movements. Examines the relations between Asians and Blacks in the United States. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 360G, 374D (Topic: Blacks/Asians: Race/Social Movements), 374D (Topic 19), Anthropology 324L (Topic: Blacks/Asians: Race/Social Movements), 324L (Topic 77), Asian American Studies 330 (Topic: Blacks/Asians: Race/Social Movements), 330 (Topic 3), 330D. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: AAS 330D, AFR 360G Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 78: Black Women and the State. Surveys black women's experiences living with and confronting state oppression around the world. Takes an historical, social, and theoretical look at the roots of this oppression and inequality, and how black women have chosen to respond to it locally and globally. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 360E, 372F (Topic 11), 372F (Topic 12), Anthropology 324L (Topic 78), Latin American Studies 324L (Topic 17), Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic 7), 340 (Topic 63). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: AFR 360E, LAS 324L.17, WGS 340.7 Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
ANT 324L.13 Musics of India 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explore the musical traditions of India, with emphasis on Hindustani and Carnatic musical styles, but including examination of other traditions. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 324L (Topic 13), Asian Studies 324C, 361 (Topic 11), Music 342 (Topic 3). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: ANS 324C, MUS 342.3
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANT 324L.17 Nature, Society, and Adaptation 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Long term trajectories of change in human environment relationships, including issues of human evolution and human nature, violence, population, food, agriculture, urbanization, globalizing modernization, and environmental impacts; issues of sustainability, cultural survival, human rights, and environmental protection. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: GRG 331K
Core Curriculum: 010
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANT 324L.24 Archaeology of African Thought 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Archaeological, historical, and ethnographic data as they relate to the foundations of contemporary African and African American societies. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora 340R, 372G (Topic 3), Anthropology 324L (Topic 24). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: AFR 340R
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANT 324L.3 Primitive Technology 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANT 324L.31 Development And Its Critics 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Discuss aspects of the contemporary international aid and development in Asia and beyond. Examine the decision-making within the development industry and the scope of aid as a economic and social force in the contemporary world. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 324L (Topic 31), Asian Studies 330F, 361 (Topic 49). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: ANS 330F
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANT 324L.33 Geographical Information Systems and Remote Sensing for Archaeology and Paleontology 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Designed to give students interested in the fields of archaeology, physical anthropology, and paleontology a foundation in the use of geographical information systems (GIS) and the analysis of remotely sensed data from satellites and aerial photographs.
Same as: GRG 356T.3
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANT 324L.39 Theories of Archaeology 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
The history of archaeological thought, including the major theoretical trends that have shaped the discipline over time.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANT 324L.41 Science, Technology, and Race 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examines the intersections and linkages between race, science, and technology. Review of the array of current anthropological and sociological studies of science, which regard science as an institutionalized set of cultural practices charged with generating objective knowledge of the world. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 374D (Topic: Science, Technology, and Race), Anthropology 324L (Topic: Science, Technology, and Race), 324L (Topic 41).
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANT 324L.42 United States Latino and Latina Ethnographies 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explores past and present anthropological representations of Latinos and Latinas in the United States. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 324L (Topic: U.S. Latino/a Ethnographies), 324L (Topic 42), Mexican American Studies 374 (Topic: U.S. Latino/a Ethnographies), 374 (Topic 33).
Same as: MAS 374.33
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANT 324L.43 Creative Nonfiction and Ethnography 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explores the convergences and divergences between ethnographic and narrative journalistic writing, and their potential for producing powerful, richly textured accounts that capture the depth of human experience and the complexity of social life. Anthropology 324L (Topic: Creative Nonfiction and Ethnography) and 324L (Topic 43) may not both be counted.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANT 324L.44 Ethnographic Theory and Practice 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
An exploration of the complex relationship between anthropological ideas and ethnographic practice. Introduces a broad spectrum of concepts, issues, and theories of culture, and critically examines how these theories and ideas shape anthropological methods and writings. Anthropology 324L (Topic: Ethnographic Theory and Practice) and 324L (Topic 44) may not both be counted.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANT 324L.45 Queer Ethnographies 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Anthropological analysis of gender and sexuality that critically evaluates formative concepts and theories that have been subject to recent debates within anthropology, gender studies, and queer theory. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 324L (Topic: Queer Ethnographies), 324L (Topic 45), Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic: Queer Ethnographies), 340 (Topic 58).
Same as: WGS 340.58
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANT 324L.46 Urban Unrest 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Analysis of the roots of urban unrest, exploring a range of origins: joblessness, state violence, white flight, backlash against civil rights gains, new immigration, and interracial strife. Beyond race and class, subjects include exploring unrest as a mode of pushing the normative boundaries of gender and sexuality in public space. Course material will draw from film, literature, history, geography, and anthropology. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 360F, 372F (Topic 13), American Studies 321 (Topic 8), Anthropology 324L (Topic 46), Asian American Studies 330 (Topic 6), 330G, Urban Studies 327U, 354 (Topic 14). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: AAS 330G, AFR 360F, AMS 321.8, URB 327U
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANT 324L.48 Sex and Power in the African Diaspora 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Exploration of various experiences and theories of sex, intimacy, and desire alongside intellectual and artistic engagements with power hierarchies and spirituality across transnational black communities. Subjects include the concept of "erotic subjectivity" from various theoretical and methodological angles, principally within African diasporic contexts. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 345F, 372G (Topic 33), Anthropology 324L (Topic 48), Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic 52). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: AFR 345F, WGS 340.52
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANT 324L.49 Global Markets and Local Cultures 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examine contemporary theories of globalization, including materials exploring global governance, international monetary policy, migration regulation, offshoring, and cultural hybridity. Focus on case studies in Asia and elsewhere that reveal how these practices impact particular communities. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 324L (Topic 49), Asian Studies 330D, 361 (Topic 31). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: ANS 330D
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANT 324L.51 The Cities of the Middle East 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Anthropological and sociological analysis of space, with a special emphasis on urban theory and culture in the Middle East. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 324L (Topic 51), Islamic Studies 373 (Topic 9), Middle Eastern Studies 341 (Topic 3), Urban Studies 354 (Topic 15).
Same as: MES 341.3
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANT 324L.53 Global Indigenous Issues 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explores contemporary issues of indigenous peoples around the world through films, literature, and social science readings and focuses on how indigenous peoples are actively working to oppose their oppression and create sustainable futures. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 324L (Topic: Global Indigenous Issues), 324L (Topic 53), Latin American Studies 324L (Topic: Global Indigenous Issues) 324L (Topic 15).
Same as: LAS 324L.15
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANT 324L.54 Black Native American Relations in the United States 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explores the entwined histories, cultures, and identities of African American and Native American people in North America. Subjects include experiences of racial formation, including how race, power, and indigeneity work in different ways for people in contemporary United States society. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 374D (Topic: Black Native Relations in the U.S.), American Studies 321 (Topic: Black Native Relations in the U.S.), Anthropology 324L (Topic: Black Native Relations in the U.S.), Anthropology 324L (Topic 54).
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANT 324L.56 Ethnographic Writing 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Writing workshop consisting of a series of exercises to add density and texture to ethnographic description by including attention to scene, character, event, situation, and dialogue. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 324L (Topic: Ethnographic Writing), 324L (Topic: Writing Ethnography), 324L (Topic 56).
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANT 324L.57 Archaeology of Climate Change 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examines why climate changes, the methods for recording climate change, and includes case studies of the varied responses of past human societies to climate change in different geographic regions and time periods with varying socio-political and economic systems. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 324L (Topic: Archaeology of Climate Change), 324L (Topic 57), Geography 321L, 356 (Topic: Archaeology of Climate Change). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: GRG 321L
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANT 324L.58 Digital Data Systems in Archaeology 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Designed to help students understand the basic knowledge and skills needed to operate digital equipment (e.g. GPS and Total Data Stations) commonly used for collecting location data on archaeological sites. Instruction on mapping and grid systems translates into "hands-on instrument operation in simulated archaeological field conditions. Provides an introduction to GIS software and its applications in archaeology as well as an overview of near-surface sensing techniques. Anthropology 324L (Topic: Digital Data Systems in Archaeology) and 324L (Topic 58) may not both be counted.
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANT 324L.59 Graffiti and Poster Art in the Islamic World 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 324L (Topic 59), Islamic Studies 373 (Topic 17), Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures 321 (Topic 36), Middle Eastern Studies 342 (Topic 44), Religious Studies 358 (Topic 21), 359C, Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic 67). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: MES 342.44, R S 359C, WGS 340.67
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANT 324L.63 Food and Culture 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examines cultural and linguistic views on eating and how we talk about what we eat in the contemporary era. Combines scholarly literature, videos, and readings about food subjects that circulate in popular culture, and considers how flows of dietary images and discourses shape race/ethnicity, gender, social class, and other identifications. Anthropology 324L (Topic: Food and Culture) and 324L (Topic 63) may not both be counted.
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANT 324L.64 The Bronze Age and the Iron Age in Atlantic Europe 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Introduction to the archaeology of Atlantic Europe with particular emphasis on the Bronze Age and Iron Age periods. Examines the diversity and commonalities of European adaptations, investigates how geography influenced trade of goods and ideas, as well as the profound changes brought about by a new conceptualization of the world and the innovations of the Bronze and Iron Ages. Anthropology 324L (Topic: Bronze Age and Iron Age Atlantic Europe) and 324L (Topic 64) may not both be counted.
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANT 324L.65 Anthropology for Liberation 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Takes a critical look at anthropologists' quests to shifting the legacy of anthropology from the colonial toward freedom and liberation. Explores anthropology's relationship to human rights, violence, questions of race, gender, and sexuality, imperialism and neoliberalism, and the ways that some anthropologists have chosen to use their field work in new and different ways. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 351T, 372C (Topic: Anthropology for Liberation), 372C (Topic 8), Anthropology 324L (Topic: Anthropology for Liberation), 324L (Topic 65), Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic: Anthropology for Liberation). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: AFR 351T
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANT 324L.66 Indigenizing Queer Theory 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Introduction to emerging work by indigenous queer theorists, largely from the United States. Examines cultural conflicts between the west and indigenous world views and practices surrounding monogamy and marriage, same-sex marriage, enforced gender binaries, sexual identities and practices, their regulation by the colonial state, and implications for indigenous people. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 324L (Topic: Indigenizing Queer Theory), 324L (Topic 66), Women and Gender Studies 335 (Topic: Indigenizing Queer Theory).
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANT 324L.68 Creation and Evolution: Human Origins in Scientific and Religious Discourses 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examines evolutionary theory, intelligent design, and creationism, and how they interact. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 324L (Topic: Creation and Evolution in America), 324L (Topic 68), Religious Studies 346 (Topic: Creation and Evolution), 373 (Topic 8), 373J. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: R S 373J
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANT 324L.69 Japanese Concepts of Body and Self 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Exploration of anthropological literature describing Japanese conceptions of self and body, and analysis of the intersection of these conceptions of self with Japanese ideas about religion, morality, aging, and medicine. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 324L (Topic: Japanese Concepts of Body and Self), 324L (Topic 69), Asian Studies 372 (Topic 41), 372N, Religious Studies 352 (Topic 8), 352S. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: ANS 372N, R S 352S
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANT 324L.7 Introduction to African Prehistory 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Same as: AFR 322
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANT 324L.71 Extraterrestrial Intelligence: Culture, Religion, and Imagination 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Focusing primarily on the 20th and 21st Centuries, explores the search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI) and considers how these ideas have intersected with other aspects of society, particularly religion, including recent arguments that SETI itself has developed into a religion. Examines meanings and motivations behind issues such as Percival Lowell's quest to prove the existence of canals on Mars and the development of Scientology. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 324L (Topic: Sentience, Culture, and Religion: SETI), 324L (Topic 71), Religious Studies 373 (Topic: Sentience, Culture, and Religion: SETI), 373 (Topic 9), 373K. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: R S 373K
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANT 324L.72 Development, Security, and Society 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explores the linkages between development, security, and, society. Examines a series of recent transformations that have drawn the relationship between international development and various forms of security together. Through an exploration of recent anthropological work, examines subjects such as: human security, the relationship between development and humanitarian intervention, strategies for planning in the face of climate change, disaster management, and new technologies of warfare and security. Anthropology 324L (Topic: Human Securities/Insecurities) and 324L (Topic 72) may not both be counted.
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANT 324L.73 Political Ecology 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Introduction to core tenets of political ecology. Focuses on ethnographic approaches and introduces key debates in the field--such as the relationship between environment and violence, the critique of Malthusian and neo-Malthusian notions of scarcity and limits, the links between conservation and dispossession, and more. Explores the uses of political ecology in key contemporary debates over social and environmental change, from climate change to waste management. Anthropology 324L (Topic: Political Ecology) and 324L (Topic 73) may not both be counted.
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANT 324L.74 Inca World 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explores how Inca civilization developed, how the Incas grew from a small highland state into a mighty empire, and how a small number of Spaniards and their allies were able to bring the Inca dynasty to an end. Read accounts of the Incas written in the first years of Spanish colonial rule, and review the latest archaeological discoveries. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 324L (Topic: Inca World), 324L (Topic 74), Latin American Studies 324L (Topic: Inca World), 324L (Topic 18).
Same as: LAS 324L.18
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANT 324L.75 Arab Latin Americas 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examine the ways in which Arab immigrant identities have been negotiated and co-opted socially, but also institutionally, in various countries in the Western Hemisphere. Only one of the following may be counted Anthropology 324L (Topic: Arab Latin Americas), 324L (Topic 75), Latin American Studies 324L (Topic 22).
Same as: LAS 324L.22
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANT 324L.76 Indigenous Peoples of Russia and the USSR 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examine an introduction to theories of colonial critique and visual culture studies. Explore the history of the Indigenous peoples of the Eurasian north. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 324L (Topic: Indig People: Rus and USSR), 324L (Topic 76), Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 345 (Topic 11)
Same as: REE 345.11
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANT 324L.77 Blacks and Asians: Race and Social Movements 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examines the relations between Asians and Blacks in the United States. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 360G, 374D (Topic: Blacks/Asians: Race/Social Movements), 374D (Topic 19), Anthropology 324L (Topic: Blacks/Asians: Race/Social Movements), 324L (Topic 77), Asian American Studies 330 (Topic: Blacks/Asians: Race/Social Movements), 330 (Topic 3), 330D. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: AAS 330D, AFR 360G
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANT 324L.78 Black Women and the State 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Surveys black women's experiences living with and confronting state oppression around the world. Takes an historical, social, and theoretical look at the roots of this oppression and inequality, and how black women have chosen to respond to it locally and globally. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 360E, 372F (Topic 11), 372F (Topic 12), Anthropology 324L (Topic 78), Latin American Studies 324L (Topic 17), Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic 7), 340 (Topic 63). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: AFR 360E, LAS 324L.17, WGS 340.7
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANT 324L.8 Cultures of Southeast Asia 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Comparative study of the peoples of Indonesia, Burma, Thailand, Malaysia, and other countries. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 324L (Topic 8), Asian Studies 326C, 361 (Topic 5). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: ANS 326C
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANT 324L.9 The African Diaspora in the Americas 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Black cultures and societies in the New World, and their African heritage.
Same as: AFR 321
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANT 324N Muslim Women in Politics 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 324L (Topic: Muslim Women in Politics), 324N, Islamic Studies 372 (Topic 23), Middle Eastern Studies 341 (Topic 12), Religious Studies 358 (Topic 19), 358D, Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic 56). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: MES 341.12, R S 358D, WGS 340.56
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANT 324O Globalization in Latin America 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Critically examine the globalization phenomenon in Latin America, focusing on history and ethnography. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 324L (Topic: Globalization in Latin Amer), 324O, Latin American Studies 324L (Topic: Globalization in Latin Amer), 324L (Topic 19). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: LAS 324L.19
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANT 324P Gender and Labor in Global Asia 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 324P, Asian Studies 379 (Topic 12), Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic 93), 346J. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: ANS 379.12, WGS 346J
Core Curriculum: 010
Pre/Corequisites: For Asian studies majors, twelve semester hours of upper-division coursework in Asian studies; for others, upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANT 324Q Global Perspectives of Health, Illness, and Inequality 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Use an anthropological framework to think critically and analytically about global past and contemporary issues in health. Examine the root causes of health, illness, and inequality. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 324Q, Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 345 (Topic: Glbl Persp Hlth/Ill/Inequal), 345 (Topic 17). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: REE 345.17
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANT 324R Daily Life in Mesoamerica 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examine the daily life of people in Mesoamerica, from the earliest inhabitants in the region to the myriad ways that Precolumbian life and archaeology affect the lives of people today. Only one of the following may count: Anthropology 324L (Topic: Daily Life in Mesoamerica), 324R, Latin American Studies 324L (Topic: Daily Life in Mesoamerica), 324Q. Three lecture hours a week for one semester
Same as: LAS 324Q
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANT 324S The Global City 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 351, 374D (Topic: The Global City), American Studies 321 (Topic: The Global City), 324E, Anthropology 324L (Topic: The Global City), 324S, Urban Studies 330G, 353 (Topic: The Global City). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: AFR 351, AMS 324E, URB 330G
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANT 324U Socialism's Past and Futures 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examine ordinary people's experience of socialism in the Soviet Union and the plural interpretations of this experience after the USSR's collapse. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 324U, History 326E, 366N (Topic: Socialism's Past and Futures), Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 335 (Topic 35). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: HIS 326E, REE 335.35
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANT 324V Sexuality in Global Perspective 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explore the ways in which sexuality intersects with money, intimacy, power, and labor in the context of global economic processes. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 324L (Topic: Sexuality in Global Persp), 324V, Latin American Studies 324G, Women's and Gender Studies 335 (Topic: Sexuality in Global Persp), 335 (Topic 14). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: LAS 324G, WGS 335.14
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANT 324W Mapping Indigenous Austin 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explore the histories and presence of indigenous Austin. Only one of the following may be counted: American Studies 324L, Anthropology 324L (Topic: Mapping Indigenous Austin), 324W. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: AMS 324L
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANT 325C Cultures of Sustainability 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examine how ecological concerns are articulated and perceived in different cultural contexts. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 325C, 325L (Topic: Cultures of Sustainability), 325L (Topic 19). Three lecture hours a week for one semester
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANT 325D Representation of Jews in the American Public Sphere 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examines how Jews have been represented and constituted in American public culture as a race, religion, and/or nation through distinct institutions and display practices. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 325D, 325L (Topic 13), Jewish Studies 365 (Topic 11), Religious Studies 346 (Topic 8), 346L. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: J S 365.11, R S 346L
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANT 325E Ethnographies of Emotion 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examine concepts such as place, character, objects, subjects, cultural forms, everyday life, and feeling states or structures such as trauma, love, hope, depression, the even keel, and melodrama through a writing workshop. Explore how to articulate structures of feeling with models of culture and the self. Analyze and experiment with modes of ethnographic attention, the importance of telling detail, and methods of participant observation. Anthropology 325E and 325L (Topic 18) may not both be counted. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANT 325F Cultural Heritage on Display 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explore the public construction and display of traditional American folk culture by studying popular folklife-oriented tourist sites. Only one of the following may be counted: American Studies 321 (Topic: Cultural Heritage on Display), 321S, Anthropology 325F, 325L (Topic 11). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: AMS 321S
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANT 325G Technoculture 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Analyze social groups using digital methods and a process of self-reflection focused on technological mediations of experience. Anthropology 325G and 325L (Topic: Technoculture) may not both be counted. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANT 325I Sonic Ethnography 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examine sound, themes of listening, noise, silence, audio technology, vibration, and voice. Anthropology 324I and 324L (Topic: Sonic Ethnography) may not both be counted. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Core Curriculum: 010
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANT 325J The Photographic Image 3 Hours
2 Lecture Hours 2 Lab Hours
Applies concepts and practices from visual ethnography to the study of memory, place, and everyday life. Subjects include developing counterintuitive and subversive approaches to practices of looking and techniques of representation. Anthropology 325L (Topic: The Photographic Image) and 325J may not both be counted. Two lecture hours and two lab hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANT 325O American Jewish Material Culture 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examines the interplay between material culture and Jewish identity and thought in contemporary America. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 325L (Topic 17), 325O, Jewish Studies 365 (Topic 12), Religious Studies 346 (Topic 9), 346N. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: J S 365.12, R S 346N
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANT 325P Abolition Medicine 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examine race-based diagnostics tools and treatment guidelines that reinforce antiquated and scientifically inaccurate notions of biological race. Discuss the upstream structures that enable downstream violence, such as police brutality. Analyze, through an abolitionist lens, various systems of power in medicine, culture, and society to trace the colonial logics, practices, and institutions in the afterlife of slavery pertaining to health, illness and disease, healthcare, and public health in the United States and globally. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 360M, 370 (Topic: Abolition Medicine, Anthropology 325P. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: AFR 360M
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANT 325Q Practices of Looking 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explore the development of methodological and analytic tools for the examination of visual culture. Anthropology 325L (Topic 15) and 325Q may not both be counted. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANT 325R Cultures and Ecologies 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examines the anthropology of "nature" and "natural resources," with particular attention to the communities in the arctic and subarctic regions. Use ethnographies to learn about the cultures of peoples who inhabit northern latitudes, especially their cosmological modes of belief and their ecological ways of life. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 325L (Topic: Cultures and Ecologies), 325L (Topic 16), 325R, Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 345 (Topic: Cultures and Ecologies), 345 (Topic 8). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: REE 345.8
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANT 325S Global Black Feminisms 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examine Black feminist theories and practices around the world from a transnational and comparative perspective. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 345W, 370 (Topic: Global Black Feminisms), Anthropology 325S, Latin American Studies 324L (Topic 23). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: AFR 345W, LAS 324L.23
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANT 325T Jewish Folklore 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Only one of the following may be counted: Antropology 325L (Topic: Jewish Folklore), 325T, German, Scandinavian, and Dutch Studies 360 (Topic: Jewish Folklore), 361W, Jewish Studies 363 (Topic: Jewish Folklore), 363 (Topic 25), Religious Studies 357 (Topic: Jewish Folklore), 357P. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: GSD 361W, J S 363.25, R S 357P
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANT 325U Austin Jews in the Civil Rights Era 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Only one of the following may be counted: American Studies 321 (Topic: UT Jews in Civil Rights Era), 324J, Anthropology 325L (Topic: UT Jews in Civil Rights Era), 325U, Jewish Studies 364 (Topic: UT Jews in Civil Rights Era), 364 (Topic 14). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: AMS 324J, J S 364.14
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANT 325V Jewish Cuba 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 325L (Topic: Jewish Cuba), 325V, Jewish Studies 365 (Topic: Jewish Cuba), 365 (Topic 16), Latin American Studies 324L (Topic: Jewish Cuba), 324S, Religious Studies 366 (Topic: Jewish Cuba), 366E. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: J S 365.16, LAS 324S, R S 366E
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANT 325W Shamanism and the Primitive 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 324L (Topic: Shamanism & the Primitive), 325W, Asian Studies 340 (Topic: Shamanism & the Primitive), 341P, Religious Studies 352 (Topic: Shamanism & the Primitive), 352G, Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 345 (Topic: Shamanism & the Primitive), 345 (Topic 12). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: ANS 341P, R S 352G, REE 345.12
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANT 326C Native Americans in Texas 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Studies the history of Native Americans in Texas using concepts and evidence from anthropology, history, archaeology, historical geography, and Native American studies. Only one of the following may be counted: American Studies 321 (Topic: Native Americans in Texas), Anthropology 324L (Topic: Native Americans in Texas), 326C. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: AMS 321G
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANT 326D Native Americans in the Plains 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
The ethnohistory of some of the most influential Native American groups on the plains, from the arrival of the Spanish through the reservation period. Only one of the following may be counted: American Studies 321 (Topic: Native Americans in the Plains), Anthropology 324L (Topic: Native Americans in the Plains), 326D, History 365G (Topic: Native Americans in the Plains. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANT 326E Plains Archaeology: Prehistory and History 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explores the evidence of human activities on the central and southern plains from prehistoric to historical times (ca. 11,000 BC to ca. AD 1850). Anthropology 324L (Topic: Plains Archaeology: Prehistory and History) and 326E may not both be counted. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANT 326F Great Discoveries in Archaeology 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
The stories, myths, and people behind some of the great archaeological discoveries. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 324L (Topic: Great Discoveries in Archaeology), Anthropology 326F, European Studies 346 (Topic 2). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: EUS 346.2
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANT 326G Europe Via Ethnography 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Develop a geographical and historical orientation to Europe and examine the cultural complexity of Europe via ethnography. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 325L (Topic: Europe via Ethnography), 325L (Topic 20), 326G, European Studies 346 (Topic: Europe via Ethnography), 346 (Topic 41). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: EUS 346.41
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANT 326I Traveling Culture 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examine mobility as a point of inquiry into questions of identity, community, belonging, place and landscape, art, representation, cultural difference, experience, and history. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 325L (Topic 14), 326I, Russian, East European, Eurasian Studies 325 (Topic 43) Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: REE 325.43
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANT 326J Historic Artifacts 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explore the archaeological process of identification and classification of historic artifacts. Anthropology 324L (Topic: Historic Artifacts) and 326J may not both be counted. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANT 326L Cultures in Contact 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
History of the interactions of the indigenous peoples of the Americas with Africans, Asians, and Europeans over the past five hundred years. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 326L, Latin American Studies 324L (Topic: Cultures in Contact), 324L (Topic 21). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: LAS 324L.21
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANT 326M Sustainable Maya Geographies - Past to Future 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explore landscapes, conservation, and human-environment dynamics in the Maya region of Central America from more than 10,000 years ago to modern times. Compare sustainable practices from the past with those of indigenous Maya communities today to guide the future. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 326M, Geography 324M, 356T (Topic: Sust Maya Geog: Past to Future), Latin American Studies 330 (Topic 6). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: GRG 324M, LAS 330.6
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANT 326N Cultural Resource Management 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explore a thorough overview of Cultural Resource Management (CRM). Designed for students who are interested in pursuing a career in archaeology. Anthropology 324L (Topic: Cultural Resource Management) and 326N may not both be counted. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANT 326O Empires: Aztec and Spanish 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examine the daily life of people in the Mexica (commonly known as Aztec) empire after the Spanish conquest. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 310L (Topic: Aztecs and Spaniards), 310L (Topic 9), 326O, Latin American Studies 315 (Topic: Aztecs and Spaniards), 322L. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: LAS 322L
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANT 326P Historical Archaeology 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explore recent theoretical, methodological, and thematic developments in historical archaeology with particular focus in North America and the Caribbean. Anthropology 324L (Topic: Historical Archaeology) and 326P may not both be counted. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANT 326Q Archaeological Field and Lab Methods 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Introduction to field and laboratory work in archaeology including survey, excavation, artifact processing and cataloging, and initial artifact or sample analysis. Anthropology 324L (Topic: Archaeology Field Lab Methods) and Anthropology 326Q may not both be counted Three lecture hours a week for one semester
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANT 326R Latina/o/x Citizenship 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explore the concepts of membership, belonging, immigration and citizenship in the Latina/o/x experience. Examine how historically, politically, socially and culturally, Latinas/os/xs have been construed as belonging or not belonging members of the United States society. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 326R, Government 371V, Mexican American Studies 364M, Sociology 323L. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: GOV 371V, MAS 364M, SOC 323L
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANT 326S Mesoamerican History and Oral Tradition 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Study Mesoamerican indigenous documents and oral traditions to reconstruct different aspects of the life and culture of the past and present populations of Mesoamerica. Apply a methodological approach to the study of indigenous primary sources from Mesoamerica, written during the Late Postclassic (c. 1200-1524 CE) and the beginning of the Colonial period, including oral tradition. Explore religion, socio-political organization, territory and territoriality, economy, gender roles, and the norms and values of everyday life. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 324L (Topic: Mesoamerican History Oral Trad), 326S, Latin American Studies 324L (Topic: 24). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: LAS 324L.24
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANT 326T Displacement and Resistance 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explore technologies of displacement, as well as tactics, digital media work, mapping projects, and activism that communities engage with to resist dispossession. Examine, locally and globally, the displacement and resistance effects of various events including infrastructure projects and gentrification. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 360N, American Studies 370 (Topic: Tech Of Displcmnt/Resistnce), 370 (Topic 80), Anthropology 326T, Women's and Gender Studies 345Q. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: AFR 360N, AMS 370.80, WGS 345Q
Core Curriculum: 010
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANT 327D Colonial Latin American Archaeology 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Focuses on the Spanish colonies in Latin America. Anthropology 327D and Latin American Studies 324L (Topic 13) may not both be counted. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: LAS 324L.13
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANT 327E Ethics in Anthropology 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explore the complex ethical challenges which arise when studying people, their communities, their languages, and their past. Engage with real-world case studies, ethical frameworks, and debates, flipping the anthropological gaze to focus on the anthropologist's behaviors and decisions. Anthropology 324L (Topic: Ethics in Anthropology) and 327E may not both be counted. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANT 327F Making Florida 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explore Florida archaeology from the earliest inhabitants to the present day. Focus on the experiences of Indigenous Floridians, the role played by Florida in the Atlantic Slave Trade, and the continuous but highly varied nature of immigration to and from the Sunshine State. Anthropology 324L (Topic: Making Florida) and 327F may not both be counted. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANT 327M Animal Studies 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examine the broad spectrum of animal worlds, particularly as they intersect with human social activities. Analyze various interactions between humans and nonhumans in a variety of social settings. Anthropology 324L (Topic: Animal Studies) and 327M may not both be counted. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANT 327R Human Remains 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Study samples of what people do with human remains to help understand belief systems, conceptions of death, rituals, and many other aspects of societies, past and present. Examine how anthropologists study human remains to learn about past societies, religion, politics, economics, diet, health, and other subjects. Learn ethical aspects of handling human remains. Anthropology 324L (Topic: Human Remains) and 327R may not both be counted. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANT 327S Science and Society 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examine the ethical and social implications of scientific discoveries and technological advancements, especially as they have affected disenfranchised populations in the United States and internationally. Use civil discourse to mindfully explore difficult topics and develop intellectual, scientific, and ethical literacy. Anthropology 324L (Topic: Science and Society) and 327S may not both be counted. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANT 328C Contemporary Issues in Native American and Indigenous Studies 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examine structures of settler colonialism and how indigenous peoples resist those structures. Anthropology 324L (Topic: Cont Iss Natv Am Indig Stud) and 328C may not both be counted. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANT 328D Popular Culture and Indigenous Futurities 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examine indigenous creative practices within and in response to mainstream popular culture. Anthropology 324L (Topic: Pop Cul and Indig Futurties) and 328D may not both be counted. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANT 328E Decolonial Intersectionality 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examine the concept of intersectionality within feminist thinking to analyze gender, race, and indigeneity in the context of ongoing colonial formations. Anthropology 324L (Topic: Decolonial Intersectionality) and 328E may not both be counted. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANT 328F Religion and Family in Japanese Society 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explores the structures of family, kinship, and religion in Japan since 1868 and their roles in the creation and expression of national and individual identities. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 328F, Asian Studies 341R, 361 (Topic 38), Religious Studies 352F. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: ANS 341R, R S 352F
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANT 328G Coloniality in West Africa 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Study the changes and continuities of socio-political categories in African contexts from the period of formal colonial rule to the present day. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 340W, Anthropology 324L (Topic: Coloniality in West Africa), 328G. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: AFR 340W
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANT 328I Expressive Arts of Global Africa 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explore music, dance, and other artistic forms as modes of political expression and community building. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 331C, Anthropology 324L (Topic: Expressive Arts Global Africa), 328I. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: AFR 331C
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANT 328J Native Food Sovereignty 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explore a comparative approach to understanding how and why food is a central component of contemporary sovereignty discourse. Anthropology 324L (Topic: Native Food Sovereignty) and 328J may not both be counted Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANT 328N Culture, Medicine, and Society in Asia 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Analyze health and illness as a lens for exploring Asian cultures and societies. Discuss themes, concepts, and approaches in anthropology to interrogate the interaction between culture, medicine, and society. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 324L (Topic: Culture, Med, Society In Asia), 328N, Asian Studies 330K. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: ANS 330K
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANT 329K Transnational Korea 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Recent and contemporary manifestations of the Koreas in the world and the world in the Koreas. Subjects include labor and marriage migration, educational sojourning, transnational adoption, tourism, international sport, corporate expatriation, and media flows. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 329K, Asian American Studies 330F, Asian Studies 379 (Topic 6). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: AAS 330F, ANS 379.6
Core Curriculum: 010
Pre/Corequisites: For Asian studies majors, twelve semester hours of upper-division coursework in Asian studies; for others, upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANT 129S, 229S, 329S, 429S, 529S, 629S, 729S, 829S, 929S Topics in Anthropology 1-9 Hours
0 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
This course is used to record credit the student earns while enrolled at another institution in a program administered by the University's Study Abroad Office. Credit is recorded as assigned by the study abroad adviser in the Department of Anthropology. University credit is awarded for work in an exchange program; it may be counted as coursework taken in residence. Transfer credit is awarded for work in an affiliated studies program.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.
ANT 329V Native American Verbal Art 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examine the verbal artistic traditions such as jokes, story-telling, song, chant, poetry, etc., of Native American peoples. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 324L (Topic: Native American Verbal Art), 329V, Linguistics 351F. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: LIN 351F
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANT 330C Theories of Culture and Society 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examination of the theoretical approaches that have established the intellectual foundations of contemporary sociocultural anthropology. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Core Curriculum: 010
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANT 331C Archaeological Curation: Theory and Practice 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Introduction to to curation and ethics in archaeology largely through hands-on training with various collections and archives housed at the Texas Archeological Research Laboratory (TARL). Anthropology 324L (Topic: Archaeol Curatn: Thry/Prctce) and 331C may not both be counted. The equivalent of three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANT 432L Primate Anatomy 4 Hours
2 Lecture Hours 6 Lab Hours
Comparative and functional anatomy of primates, including humans; emphasis on adaptations and evolution of the various taxa. Three lecture hours and two laboratory hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Anthropology 301.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANT 336L Native American Cultures North of Mexico 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: AMS 321.3
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANT 340C Ethnographic Research Methods 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Introduction to methods used in conducting ethnographic research; emphasis on research design, analysis, writing, and ethical considerations. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Core Curriculum: 010
Pre/Corequisites: Anthropology 302, 305, or 307.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANT 344K Films: An Anthropological Perspective 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Films viewed and discussed. How is cultural meaning communicated? What systems of signification are involved? What are possibilities and limitations of ethnographic films? Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANT 345C Urban Cultures 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
The culture of cities, including the distinctive forms of expressive culture, ethnic and racial conflict, and political or economic activity that cities generate. Three lecture hours a week or two lecture hours and one discussion hour a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANT 345D The Anthropology of Disinformation and Conspiracy Theories 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Develop an anthropological perspective on disinformation and conspiracy theories and examine how these phenomena are embedded in cultural, social, and political contexts. Explore the ways in which disinformation is constructed, disseminated, and maintained within different media ecologies. Anthropology 345D and Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 345 (Topic 18) may not both be counted. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: REE 345.18
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANT 345E Eastern Europe on American TV 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Focus on ways Eastern Europe is depicted on American television screen. Use anthropological framework to study multiple types of television shows, including reality tv, network dramas, and miniseries. Analyze ethnic, racial, national, and gender representation and what these constructions tell us about the ways that Eastern Europe is imagined. Only one of the following may be counted: American Studies 345C, Anthropology 345E, European Studies 348 (Topic 22), Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 345 (Topic 14). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: AMS 345C, EUS 348.22, REE 345.14
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANT 346L Primate Social Behavior 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Studies primate behavior and why primates do what they do, including basic theoretical principles and the models used to explain primate behavior. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 346L, Women's and Gender Studies 323 (Topic: Primate Social Behavior), 323C. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: WGS 323C
Pre/Corequisites: Anthropology 301.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANT 346M Comparative Primate Ecology 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
The basics of how organisms interact with their environment, focusing on a wide range of primates from a comparative perspective. Discusses how various aspects of ecology are used to conserve primate populations. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Anthropology 301.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANT 347C Methods in Primate Biology 3 Hours
1 Lecture Hours 3 Lab Hours
The study of primate behavior and the methods by which animal behavior is observed and documented. Students conduct a research project and write a report. One lecture hour and three laboratory hours a week for one semester.
Core Curriculum: 010
Pre/Corequisites: Anthropology 346L , 346M , or Biology 359K with a grade of at least C.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANT 348 Human Origins and Evolution 3 Hours
2 Lecture Hours 2 Lab Hours
Detailed examination and analysis of morphological trends evident in the hominid fossil record. Two lecture hours and two laboratory hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Anthropology 301.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANT 348C Sex Violence Power 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explore the diversity of power relationships and structures across primates, the methods used to document and analyze them, and the theories for why they arise. Anthropology 324L (Topic: Sex Violence Power) and 348C may not both be counted. Three lecture hours a week for one semester
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANT 348E Environmental Epigenetics 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explore major subjects in anthropology, toxicology, and public health pertaining to the study of environmental exposures and disease/illness in the context of the current understanding of epigenetic processes. Analyze epigenetic mechanisms, gene transcription, the relationship between the environment and the epigenome, and epigenetics, health. Assess the main findings in the field and discuss their relevance to anthropology, public health, medicine, and in general. Anthropology 348E and 348K (Topic: Environmental Epigenetics) may not both be counted. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANT 348I Comparative Primate Development 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explore "life history theory" and how it pertains to the traits related to growth and reproduction, life, and death in primates. Anthropology 348I and 348K (Topic: Comparatve Primate Devlpmnt) may not both be counted. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Anthropology 301 and upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANT 348J Sex and Human Nature 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Provides an introduction to the scientific study of sexual behavior, mate choice, and reproduction in humans from the perspective of evolutionary biology; examines a wide range of genetic, ecological, social, physiological, and behavioral aspects of human sexuality. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 348J, 348K (Topic 12), Biology 337 (Topic: Sex and Human Nature), Women's and Gender Studies 323 (Topic: Sex and Human Nature), 323D. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: WGS 323D
Pre/Corequisites: Anthropology 301.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANT 348K Current Topics in Biological Anthropology 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
An in-depth study of current topics, controversies, and literature on the evolution, morphology, genetics, and behavioral ecology of primates, including humans. Three lecture hours a week for one semester; additional hours may be required for some topics.
Pre/Corequisites: Anthropology 301.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.
Academic Level: Upper Division
Topic 1: Human Evolution.
Topic 2: Primate Anatomy.
Topic 3: Paleomagnetism.
Topic 4: Primate Evolution. Examination of the fossil record for nonhuman primate evolution, including basic concepts of the anatomy, ecology, and systematics of living primates.
Topic 5: Primate Sensory Ecology. An integrated perspective on the comparative anatomy, physiology, and ecological significance of sensory adaptations in primates.
Topic 6: Primate Social Behavior. Primate behavior and why primates do what they do, including basic theoretical principles and the models used to explain primate behavior. Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 7: Comparative Primate Ecology. The basics of how organisms interact with their environment, focusing on a wide range of primates from a comparative perspective. Discusses how various aspects of ecology are used to conserve primate populations. Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 8: Evolutionary Anatomy of the Head and Neck. The comparative and functional anatomy of the head and neck in primates and other mammals.
Topic 9: Introduction to Primate Anatomy. Explores the relationship between primate anatomical form and function.
Topic 10: Primate Conservation. The theory and practices of conservation biology as applied to primates. Explores species and community characteristics influencing extinction risk, current threats to primates, and potential conservation strategies.
Topic 11: Early Hominid Evolution. Examines the early stages of human evolution in Africa starting from the last common great ape ancestor through the origin of the genus Homo, looking at the behavioral and morphological adaptations that characterize the earliest stages of human evolution. Anthropology 348K (Topic: Early Hominid Evolution) and 348K (Topic 11) may not both be counted.
Topic 12: Sex and Human Nature. Provides an introduction to the scientific study of sexual behavior, mate choice, and reproduction in humans from the perspective of evolutionary biology; examines a wide range of genetic, ecological, social, physiological, and behavioral aspects of human sexuality. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 348J, 348K (Topic 12), Biology 337 (Topic: Sex and Human Nature), Women's and Gender Studies 323 (Topic: Sex and Human Nature), 323D. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Additional prerequisite: Anthropology 301.
Topic 13: Adaptation and Human Behavior. Focuses on the analysis of human behavior and institutions from an evolutionary, adaptationist perspective. Examines subjects of central interest in the social sciences and traces the development of adaptationist approaches and evaluates their application to studying human behavior and social practices. Anthropology 348K (Topic: Adaptation and Human Behavior) and 348K (Topic 13) may not both be counted. Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
ANT 348K.10 Primate Conservation 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
The theory and practices of conservation biology as applied to primates. Explores species and community characteristics influencing extinction risk, current threats to primates, and potential conservation strategies.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANT 348K.11 Early Hominid Evolution 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examines the early stages of human evolution in Africa starting from the last common great ape ancestor through the origin of the genus Homo, looking at the behavioral and morphological adaptations that characterize the earliest stages of human evolution. Anthropology 348K (Topic: Early Hominid Evolution) and 348K (Topic 11) may not both be counted.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANT 348K.8 Evolutionary Anatomy of the Head and Neck 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
The comparative and functional anatomy of the head and neck in primates and other mammals.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANT 348M Molecular Anthropology 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explore background information and gain hands-on experience with the molecular (DNA extraction, PCR, SNP genotyping) and bioinformatic (principal component analysis, admixture analysis) techniques commonly used in molecular anthropology. Anthropology 348K (Topic: Molecular Anthropology) and 348M may not both be counted. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANT 348P Primates, Parasites, and Pathogens 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explore an overview of the major types of parasites and pathogens of primates and other mammals, their natural history, ecology, and population dynamics, and their role as selective agents on aspects of primate physiology, behavior, and sociality. Anthropology 348K (Topic: Primates/Parasites/Pathogens) and 348P may not both be counted. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANT 348R Race, Science, and Human Variation 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explore the patterns of biological variation within and between human populations, including variation in phenotypic, genetic, and behavioral traits. Consider both the microevolutionary and cultural processes that influence that variation. Examine how studies of human variation have impacted society in the past and present. Discuss human biological variation; the history of the concept of race and of eugenics/race science; fundamental principles of genetics and evolution; human genetic and biocultural adaptation; and contemporary issues in human genetics, health, and disease. Anthropology 348R and 349C may not both be counted. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing; and Anthropology 301 or consent of instructor.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANT 348S Social and Biological Networks 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Introduction to thinking about, characterizing, and working with relational data in network formats (such as fundamentals of network science, social network analysis, and graph theory) and their applications in the study of social and biological systems. Anthropology 348K (Topic: Social and Biological Networks) and 348S may not both be counted. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANT 349D Anthropological Genetics 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Basic principles of molecular genetics and population genetics as they relate to the study of humans and other primates. Anthropology 348K (Topic: Anthropological Genetics) and 349D may not both be counted. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Core Curriculum: 010
Pre/Corequisites: Anthropology 301.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANT 350C Primate Sensory Ecology 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
An integrated perspective on the comparative anatomy, physiology, and ecological significance of sensory adaptations in primates. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Anthropology 301.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANT 351E Primate Evolution 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examination of the fossil record for nonhuman primate evolution, including basic concepts of the anatomy, ecology, and systematics of living primates. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Anthropology 301.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANT 351G Language, Culture, and the Texas German Experience 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
The evolution of the culture and language of German immigrants to Texas from the 1840s through the present and how they have influenced other ethnic groups in Texas. Only one of the following may be counted: American Studies 370 (Topic 47), Anthropology 324L (Topic 55), 351G, German, Scandinavian, and Dutch Studies 351C, Linguistics 351D. Three lectures a week for one semester.
Same as: AMS 370.47, GSD 351C, LIN 351D
Core Curriculum: 010
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANT 453 Archaeological Analysis 4 Hours
4 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Derivation of chronology and cultural information from archaeological data; the role of archaeology in modern life. Four lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Anthropology 304.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANT 353E Archaeological Laboratory Analysis 3 Hours
0 Lecture Hours 4.5 Lab Hours
The analysis of artifacts, features, architecture, and other remains recovered in the field. Anthropology 324L (Topic: Archaeological Laboratory Analysis) and 353E may not both be counted. Four and one-half laboratory hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Anthropology 662.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANT 358F The Two Koreas and the United States 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
The political, social, and cultural relationship between North and South Korea, and between the Koreas and the United States, since 1945. Only one of the following may be counted: Asian American Studies 325F, Asian Studies 358F, 361 (Topic 24), Anthropology 324L (Topic: The Two Koreas and the US), 358F, History 341F, 366N (Topic: The Two Koreas and the US). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: AAS 325F, ANS 358F, HIS 341F
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANT 358Q Supervised Research 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Individual instruction.
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANT 360K The Civilization of the Maya 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Maya prehistory and history: the archaeological record, codices and inscriptions, and Spanish conquest writings. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: LAS 324L.10
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANT 361L Maya Studies: Past, Present, and Future 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explore the long history and cultural development of Maya peoples from Mexico and Central America, ranging from the earliest occupation of the Maya territory to the present. Explore several fields of the Maya population, including sociopolitical organization, technology, economy, religion, spirituality, genocides, cultural revitalization, and artistic expressions. Anthropology 324L (Topic: Maya Studs Past Present Future) and 361L may not both be counted. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANT 361M Maya Collapse 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explore different aspects of Classic Maya daily life, their relationship with the environment, and the factors that influenced the transformation of the Maya civilization at the end of the Classic period. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 324L (Topic: Maya Collapse), 361M, Latin American Studies 324L (Topic 25). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: LAS 324L.25
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANT 662 Field Archaeology 6 Hours
0 Lecture Hours 16 Lab Hours
May be repeated for credit, but may be taken only once on the letter-grade basis. Two hundred and forty hours of fieldwork.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: Yes (Unlimited)
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANT 362K Archaeology of Texas and Vicinity 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Cultural history of Texas and neighboring areas, from early prehistoric times to Anglo-American settlements. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANT 462M Archaeological Techniques 4 Hours
4 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Problems in planning, organizing, and carrying out archaeological surveys and excavations. Four lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Anthropology 453.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANT 366 Anatomy and Biology of the Human Skeleton 3 Hours
1 Lecture Hours 4 Lab Hours
Comprehensive study of the human skeleton, with special attention to methods of identification. One lecture hour and four laboratory hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing and Anthropology 301.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANT 366D Bones: Advanced Identification and Analysis of the Mammalian Skeleton 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Focus on the applied study of the skeleton in humans and other mammals and the methods of analysis used in biological anthropology, forensic anthropology, bioarchaeology, and zooarchaeology. Anthropology 348K (Topic: Bones: Adv Id/Anly Mamm Skel) and 366D may not both be counted. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANT 373F Historical Perspectives on the German Language 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 320J, 373F, German 369 (Topic 4), German, Scandinavian, and Dutch Studies 373F, Linguistics 373F, 373G. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: GSD 373F, LIN 373F
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANT 374M Sociolinguistics 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explore current interests in sociolinguistic research literature. Examine language and gender; social, regional, and ethnic dialects of American English; language use in African American communities; language and identity in a pluralistic society; and language, literacy, and education. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 374M, Linguistics 350 (Topic: Sociolinguistics), 374M. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: LIN 374M
Pre/Corequisites: Anthropology 302 or Linguistics 306.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANT 376P, 676P Research Internship 3,6 Hours
0 Lecture Hours 10,20 Lab Hours
Supervised fieldwork in a business or community setting related to the student's career and research interests. Students conduct research and apply anthropological skills to real-world problems. May be repeated for credit, but no more than six semester hours may be counted toward the major requirement. Approximately 150 or 300 hours of fieldwork.
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing and consent of instructor.
Restrictions: Restricted to anthropology majors.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
ANT 379 Problems in Anthropology 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Supervised individual research on selected problems in anthropology. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Six semester hours of upper-division coursework in anthropology and consent of instructor.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: Yes (Unlimited)
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANT 679H Honors Tutorial Course 6 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Individual reading of selected works for one semester, followed in the second semester by the writing of an honors thesis. Conference course for two semesters.
Core Curriculum: 010
Pre/Corequisites: For 679HA, admission to the Anthropology Honors Program; for 679HB, Anthropology 679HA.
Restrictions: For honors candidates in anthropology.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANT 380I, 680I, 980I Professional Internship in Archaeology 3,6,9 Hours
0 Lecture Hours 8,16,24 Lab Hours
Conduct research and apply archaeological skills to field research, artifact analysis, or management of archaeological records and collections. For 380I, eight laboratory hours a week for one semester; for 680I, sixteen laboratory hours a week for one semester; for 980I, twenty-four laboratory hours a week for one semester.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: Yes (Unlimited)
Academic Level: Master's
ANT 380J Conference Course in Archaeology 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Individual instruction in specialized problems of advanced research in archaeology. Individual instruction.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing, and consent of instructor and the department prior to registering.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: Yes (Unlimited)
Academic Level: Doctoral
ANT 380K Topics in Archaeological Method and Theory 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
A major category of archaeological topics in which the emphasis is on anthropological theory pertinent to archaeological data and its interpretation. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.
Academic Level: Doctoral
Topic 1: Conference Course.
Topic 2: Principles of Taxonomy.
Topic 3: Ecology and Settlement Patterns.
Topic 4: Cultural Dynamics and Archaeological Interpretation.
Topic 5: Current Literature in American Archaeology.
Topic 6: Ethnohistory and Archaeology.
Topic 7: Systems of Archaeological Classification.
Topic 8: Cultural Contacts in Prehistory.
ANT 380K.6 Ethnohistory and Archaeology 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
ANT 380P Professional Practices in Archaeology 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explore a rotating series of themes of central importance to the professional practice of archaeology. Examine the legal and ethical dimensions of fieldwork, laboratory analysis, and other workplace interactions. Learn about professional practices specific to the state of Texas, as well as formal and informal strategies for engaging with property owners, descendant communities, and other public stakeholders. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing.
Grading: Letter Grade
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Master's
ANT 382N Geo-Archaeology and Environmental History 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Long-term ecology as reconstructed from settlement and land-use histories. Empirical case studies in environmental history from the Mediterranean region, the Near East, and Mesoamerica. Applications to degradation, desertification, sustainability, and global change. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 382N, Geography 356C, 382K. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: GRG 382K
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
ANT 383M Topics in Archaeological Techniques and Procedures 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
A major category of archaeological topics in which the emphasis is on techniques and procedures pertinent to the analysis of prehistoric data. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.
Academic Level: Doctoral
Topic 1: Conference Course.
Topic 2: Technological Analysis: Lithics.
Topic 4: Technological Analysis: Ceramics.
Topic 5: Site/Collections Analysis.
Topic 6: Field Projects.
Topic 7: Quantitative Analysis in Archaeology.
ANT 383M.1 Conference Course 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
ANT 383M.2 Technological Analysis: Lithics 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
ANT 383M.4 Technological Analysis: Ceramics 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
ANT 383M.6 Field Projects 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
ANT 683N Field Archaeology 6 Hours
0 Lecture Hours 16 Lab Hours
Two hundred forty hours of fieldwork.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing and consent of instructor.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
ANT 384M Topics in Regional Archaeology 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Prehistoric cultural developments of a major geographical area; comparative cultural developments in ecologically similar areas. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.
Academic Level: Doctoral
Topic 1: Conference Course.
Topic 2: South America.
Topic 3: Middle East.
Topic 4: Mesoamerica.
Topic 5: The American Southeast.
Topic 6: The American Southwest.
Topic 7: Sub-Saharan Africa.
Topic 8: Texas.
Topic 9: The American Plains.
Topic 10: Ethnohistory and Archaeology of the Caribbean.
ANT 384M.1 Conference Course 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
ANT 386J Conference Course in Social Anthropology 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Individual instruction in specialized problems of advanced research in social anthropology. Individual instruction.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing, and consent of instructor and the department prior to registering.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: Yes (Unlimited)
Academic Level: Doctoral
ANT 388 Topics in Biological Anthropology 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Constitutes one of two principal categories of courses in biological anthropology covering substantive studies in primate behavior, primate anatomy and evolution, human evolution, and growth and development. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.
Academic Level: Doctoral
Topic 1: Conference Course.
Topic 2: Genetic Anthropology.
Topic 3: Human Physical Growth and Development.
Topic 4: Human Adaptability.
Topic 5: Primate Evolution.
Topic 6: Health and Nutrition in Latin America.
Topic 7: Human Evolution.
Topic 8: Primate Anatomy.
Topic 9: Primate Behavior.
Topic 10: Current Trends in Paleoanthropology.
Topic 11: Hominid Paleoecology.
Topic 12: Paleomagnetism and Chronostratigraphy.
Topic 13: Primate Ecology. An introduction to the biology and ecology of living primates--prosimians, monkeys, apes, and humans.
ANT 388.11 Hominid Paleoecology 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
ANT 388.13 Primate Ecology 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
An introduction to the biology and ecology of living primates--prosimians, monkeys, apes, and humans.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
ANT 388.5 Primate Evolution 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
ANT 388.7 Human Evolution 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
ANT 388.8 Primate Anatomy 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
ANT 388.9 Primate Behavior 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
ANT 388C Applied Data Analysis 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
A hands-on, practical overview of methods and tools for applied data science for graduate students and senior undergraduates in the natural and social science disciplines. Anthropology 388 (Topic: Applied Data Analysis) and 388C may not both be counted. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Master's
ANT 388D Violence, Sovereignty, and Religion 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explore the relationships among violence, sovereignty, and religion. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 385 (Topic: Violence/Sovereignty/Relig), 385C (Topic: Violence/Sovereignty/Relig), 386C (Topic 1), Anthropology 388D, 391 (Topic: Violence/Sovereignty/Relig), Latin American Studies 391 (Topic: Violence/Sovereignty/Relig), Religious Studies 383C (Topic: Violence/Sovereignty/Relig), 383C (Topic 1). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: AFR 386C.1, R S 383C.1
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing and consent of the graduate advisor.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
ANT 388J Conference Course in Biological (Physical) Anthropology 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Individual instruction in specialized problems of advanced research in biological anthropology. The equivalent of three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing, and consent of instructor and the department prior to registering.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: Yes (Unlimited)
Academic Level: Doctoral
ANT 388K Topics in General Anthropology 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.
Academic Level: Doctoral
Topic 1: Conference Course.
Topic 2: Anthropology of Education. A study of social life in contemporary American schools from an anthropological perspective. Same as: EDC 380G Additional prerequisite: Graduate standing, and twelve semester hours of upper-division coursework in education or consent of instructor.
Topic 3: History and Theory.
Topic 4: Ethnomusicology.
Topic 5: Ethnographic and Qualitative Research Methods.
Topic 7: Race and Ethnicity in American Education.
Topic 8: Cultural Transmissions in America.
ANT 388K.2 Anthropology of Education 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
A study of social life in contemporary American schools from an anthropological perspective.
Same as: EDC 380G
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing, and twelve semester hours of upper-division coursework in education or consent of instructor.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
ANT 388K.5 Ethnographic and Qualitative Research Methods 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
ANT 389 Topics in Unwritten Languages 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 5 Lab Hours
Intensive instruction in selected unwritten, usually aboriginal, languages. Three lecture hours and five laboratory hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.
Academic Level: Doctoral
Topic 1: Conference Course.
Topic 2: The Mayan Languages.
Topic 3: American Indian Languages.
Topic 4: Native South American Languages.
Topic 5: Intermediate Quechua.
Topic 6: Native Ecuadoran Languages.
ANT 389D Research and Grant Proposal Writing for Social Sciences and Humanities 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Draft and revise proposals for dissertation research or write-up grants with peer review, learn about research design, methods, data collection, and analysis, as well as strategies for presenting one's project within the genre of grant proposal within the scope of social science and humanities research areas. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 389D, 391 (Topic: Rsch/Grant Proposal Writing), Religious Studies 383T (Topic: Rsch/Grant Proposal Writing), 390R. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: R S 390R
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing and consent of the graduate advisor.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
ANT 389J Conference Course in Unwritten Languages 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Individual instruction in specialized problems in selected unwritten, usually aboriginal, languages. Individual instruction.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing, and consent of instructor and the department prior to registering.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: Yes (Unlimited)
Academic Level: Doctoral
ANT 389K Topics in Regional Ethnography 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Anthropological surveys and analyses of societies and cultures of distinctive world areas. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.
Academic Level: Doctoral
Topic 1: Conference Course.
Topic 2: India and Sri Lanka.
Topic 3: Middle East and North Africa.
Topic 5: Southeast Asia.
Topic 6: American Culture.
Topic 7: Contemporary Latin America.
Topic 8: Andean Social Structure.
Topic 9: Comparative Indo-European Religion.
Topic 10: Indo-European Culture and Religion.
Topic 11: Oceania.
Topic 13: Languages and Cultures of Native South America.
Topic 15: Contemporary Central America.
Topic 16: Societies and Cultures of Eastern Europe.
Topic 17: Mexican America.
Topic 18: The African Diaspora in the Americas.
Topic 19: Race and Ethnicity in American Society. Same as: LAS 391.5
Topic 20: South Asia: History and Ethnography. Issues in the history and ethnography of the Indian subcontinent. Topics may include class, caste, and ethnicity; communalism and secularism; colonialism and postcolonialism; the state and ethnic violence; anthropology, Indology, and history.
ANT 389K.1 Conference Course 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
ANT 389K.10 Indo-European Culture and Religion 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
ANT 389K.17 Mexican America 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
ANT 389K.19 Race and Ethnicity in American Society 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Same as: LAS 391.5
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
ANT 389K.20 South Asia: History and Ethnography 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Issues in the history and ethnography of the Indian subcontinent. Topics may include class, caste, and ethnicity; communalism and secularism; colonialism and postcolonialism; the state and ethnic violence; anthropology, Indology, and history.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
ANT 391 Topics in Social Anthropology 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.
Academic Level: Doctoral
Topic 1: Conference Course.
Topic 2: Social Anthropological Theory.
Topic 3: Native and Reflexive Anthropology.
Topic 4: Cultural Construction of Masculinity.
Topic 5: Symbolic Anthropology.
Topic 6: Religion, Ritual, and Symbolic Practice.
Topic 7: Researching Women in Institutions.
Topic 8: North American Indian Ethnohistory.
Topic 9: Development and Underdevelopment.
Topic 10: Ideology and Social Change.
Topic 11: Gender and Social Inequality.
Topic 12: Semiology: Text and Film.
Topic 13: Peasantry in the Third World.
Topic 14: Energy, Power, and Social Process.
Topic 15: History and Anthropology.
Topic 16: Problems in Development in Latin America. Discussion seminar on the agrarian question, the urban question, "Lo Mexicano," and current change in Mexico.
Topic 17: Anthropology of Death.
Topic 18: Psychoanalysis and Language.
Topic 19: Gender Roles: Work and Family Life.
Topic 20: Structure of Belief.
Topic 21: Anthropology of Emotion.
Topic 22: Representation and Signification.
Topic 23: Gender and Resistance in Latin America.
Topic 24: Theories of Gender.
Topic 25: Social Memory.
Topic 26: Ethnicity.
Topic 27: Consciousness and Resistance.
Topic 28: African Peoples and Cultures in Latin America.
Topic 29: Structuralism in Historical Context.
Topic 30: The Anthropology of Everyday Life.
Topic 31: Ritual, Politics, and Power.
Topic 32: Gender, Ethnicity, and Nationalism. Same as: ANS 391.4
Topic 33: Methods in the Study of Religion.
Topic 34: Ethnographies of Global Asia. Methods and ethnographic study of transnational Asia and the Asian diaspora. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 391 (Topic: Ethnography of Global Asia), 391 (Topic 34), Asian Studies 384 (Topic: Ethnography of Global Asia), 391H. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: ANS 391H Additional prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Topic 35: Ethnographic Methods for the Study of Religion. Explore the use of ethnographic research methods for the study of religion. Only one of the following may be counted: Religious Studies 383T (Topic: Ethnographic Research Methods), 383E, Anthropology 391 (Topic 35). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: R S 383E Additional prerequisite: Graduate standing and consent of the graduate adviser.
Topic 36: The New Middle East: A Critical Approach. Examine new analytical approaches to understanding the Middle East, including its social and political dynamics, utilizing an interdisciplinary approach. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 391 (Topic 36), Government 390L (Topic 23), Middle Eastern Studies 386 (Topic: New Middle East), 386 (Topic 26). Same as: GOV 390L.23, MES 386.26
Topic 37: Gender, Islam and Representation in the Modern Middle East. Examine representations of women across majority Muslim countries and explore how women producers and consumers navigate within the framework of regulations set by religious and governmental bodies. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 391 (Topic 37), Middle Eastern Studies 386 (Topic: Gender, Islam, Representatn), 386 (Topic 27), Religious Studies 390T (Topic 5), Women's and Gender Studies 393 (Topic: Gender, Islam, Representatn). Same as: MES 386.27, R S 390T.5
ANT 391.15 History and Anthropology 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
ANT 391.22 Representation and Signification 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
ANT 391.27 Consciousness and Resistance 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
ANT 391.32 Gender, Ethnicity, and Nationalism 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Same as: ANS 391.4
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
ANT 391.34 Ethnographies of Global Asia 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Methods and ethnographic study of transnational Asia and the Asian diaspora. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 391 (Topic: Ethnography of Global Asia), 391 (Topic 34), Asian Studies 384 (Topic: Ethnography of Global Asia), 391H. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: ANS 391H
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
ANT 391.35 Ethnographic Methods for the Study of Religion 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explore the use of ethnographic research methods for the study of religion. Only one of the following may be counted: Religious Studies 383T (Topic: Ethnographic Research Methods), 383E, Anthropology 391 (Topic 35). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: R S 383E
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing and consent of the graduate adviser.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
ANT 391.36 The New Middle East: A Critical Approach 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examine new analytical approaches to understanding the Middle East, including its social and political dynamics, utilizing an interdisciplinary approach. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 391 (Topic 36), Government 390L (Topic 23), Middle Eastern Studies 386 (Topic: New Middle East), 386 (Topic 26).
Same as: GOV 390L.23, MES 386.26
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
ANT 391.37 Gender, Islam and Representation in the Modern Middle East 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examine representations of women across majority Muslim countries and explore how women producers and consumers navigate within the framework of regulations set by religious and governmental bodies. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 391 (Topic 37), Middle Eastern Studies 386 (Topic: Gender, Islam, Representatn), 386 (Topic 27), Religious Studies 390T (Topic 5), Women's and Gender Studies 393 (Topic: Gender, Islam, Representatn).
Same as: MES 386.27, R S 390T.5
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
ANT 391.4 Cultural Construction of Masculinity 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
ANT 391.7 Researching Women in Institutions 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
ANT 391C Anthropology of East Asia 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explore contemporary anthropological research on East Asia, with a focus on a set of broad subjects (money, mobilities, cosmologies, media, etc.), and a consideration of what constitutes "the anthropological approach" to these subjects. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 391 (Topic: Anthropology of East Asia), 391C, Asian Studies 390 (Topic: Anthropology of East Asia), 390 (Topic 10). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: ANS 390.10
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
ANT 391L Topics in Research Methods in Physical Anthropology 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
In this second major category of courses in physical anthropology are listed those that have research techniques as their principal focus. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.
Academic Level: Doctoral
Topic 1: Methods in Physical Growth and Development.
Topic 2: Topics in Research Methods in Physical Anthropology.
Topic 3: Analysis of Skeletal Samples.
Topic 4: Field Methods in Primatology.
Topic 5: Analysis of Primate Behavior.
Topic 6: Analysis of Primate Anatomy.
Topic 7: Methods in Human Adaptation.
Topic 8: Primate Sensory Ecology. An integrated perspective on the comparative anatomy, physiology, and ecological significance of sensory adaptations in primates.
ANT 391L.6 Analysis of Primate Anatomy 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
ANT 391L.8 Primate Sensory Ecology 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
An integrated perspective on the comparative anatomy, physiology, and ecological significance of sensory adaptations in primates.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
ANT 392C Core Topics in Anthropology 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.
Academic Level: Doctoral
ANT 392G AnthroLab 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Anthropology 392G and 392Q may not both be counted. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
ANT 392J Introduction to Biological Anthropology: Behavior, Genetics, and Variation 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
ANT 392K Introduction to Graduate Archaeology 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Core course. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
ANT 392L Introduction to Biological Anthropology: Primate Morphology and Evolution 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Core course for physical anthropology students. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
ANT 392M Introduction to Graduate Social Anthropology 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Core course. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
ANT 392N Introduction to Graduate Linguistic Anthropology 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Core course. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: LIN 396.2
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing and consent of instructor.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
ANT 392P Introduction to Cultural Forms 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Core course. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
ANT 392R African Diaspora Anthropology 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
ANT 392S Introduction to Graduate Feminist Anthropology 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Core course. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
ANT 392T Mesoamerica and Borderlands 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
ANT 393 Topics in Linguistic Anthropology 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Training and individual research in subjects concerning the relations between language and culture. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing; additional prerequisites vary with the topic.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.
Academic Level: Doctoral
Topic 1: Conference Course. Additional prerequisite: Consent of instructor.
Topic 2: Language and Prehistory.
Topic 3: Speech Play and Verbal Art. Same as: LIN 393.6 Additional prerequisite: Consent of instructor.
Topic 4: Semiotics.
Topic 5: Sociolinguistics.
Topic 6: Language and Speech in American Society.
Topic 7: Discourse Analysis. Additional prerequisite: Consent of instructor.
Topic 8: Ethnography of Speaking. Same as: LIN 396.3 Additional prerequisite: Consent of instructor.
Topic 11: Ethnographic Description of Language and Speech. Additional prerequisite: Consent of instructor.
Topic 12: Language and Music.
Topic 13: Metaphor and Metalinguistics.
Topic 14: Language and Power. Additional prerequisite: Consent of instructor.
Topic 15: Symbolism and Iconography. Additional prerequisite: Consent of instructor.
Topic 16: Introduction to Diachronic Linguistics: Germanic.
Topic 17: Older Germanic Languages. Additional prerequisite: Twelve semester hours of upper-division coursework in German or consent of instructor.
Topic 18: Major Works in Twentieth-Century Linguistic Theory. Anthropology 393 (Topic 18) and French 392K (Topic: Major Works in Twentieth-Century Linguistic Theory) may not both be counted. Additional prerequisite: Twelve semester hours of upper-division coursework in German or consent of instructor.
ANT 393.14 Language and Power 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Pre/Corequisites: Consent of instructor.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
ANT 393.3 Speech Play and Verbal Art 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Same as: LIN 393.6
Pre/Corequisites: Consent of instructor.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
ANT 393.7 Discourse Analysis 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Pre/Corequisites: Consent of instructor.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
ANT 393.8 Ethnography of Speaking 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Same as: LIN 396.3
Pre/Corequisites: Consent of instructor.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
ANT 393J Conference Course in Linguistic Anthropology 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Individual instruction in specialized problems of advanced research in linguistic anthropology. Individual instruction.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing, and consent of instructor and the department prior to registering.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: Yes (Unlimited)
Academic Level: Doctoral
ANT 394J Conference Course in Cultural Forms 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Individual instruction in specialized problems of advanced research in cultural forms. Individual instruction.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing, and consent of instructor and the department prior to registering.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: Yes (Unlimited)
Academic Level: Doctoral
ANT 394M Topics in Folklore, Public Culture, and Cultural Studies 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.
Academic Level: Doctoral
Topic 1: Conference Course.
Topic 2: Folklore and Gender.
Topic 3: Ethnoaesthetics.
Topic 4: Anthropology of the Performing Arts.
Topic 5: Gender of the Word.
Topic 6: Ritual, Festival, and Play.
Topic 7: Chicano Literature and Cultural Studies.
Topic 8: Folklore of the United States and Canada.
Topic 9: Narrative Culture. Additional prerequisite: Completion of core courses in social anthropology and folklore.
Topic 10: Folklore of Greater Mexico.
Topic 11: Transcription and Analysis in Ethnomusicology.
Topic 12: Folklore of Texas.
Topic 13: Cultural Poetics.
Topic 18: Vernacular Architecture.
Topic 19: Foundations of Ethnomusicology.
Topic 20: Field Methods in Ethnomusicology.
Topic 22: Music as a Symbolic System.
Topic 23: Tradition, Ideology, and State.
Topic 24: Popular Culture.
Topic 25: Mexican American Expressive Culture.
Topic 26: Marxism and Expressive Culture.
Topic 27: Musical Change and Exchange.
Topic 28: Music and Ritual.
Topic 29: Object, Matter, and Desire. Examines various questions regarding matter and meaning.
Topic 30: Affect. A survey of theories of affect, including those of Freud, Foucault, and Deleuze, feminist theory, phenomenology, globalization theory, and ethnography. Anthropology 394M (Topic: Affect) and 394M (Topic 30) may not both be counted.
Topic 31: Public Culture. Introduction to the theory and ethnography of public culture.
Topic 32: Deleuze. The major works of Gilles Deleuze, including the study of the ontology of differences and flow, resonance, affect, vitality, lines of flight, and assemblage.
Topic 33: Cultural Critique. Various forms of cultural critique, including culture jamming, speed theory, experimental ethnographic writing, posthumanism, postpositivism, and the memoir.
Topic 34: New Ethnographic Writing. Reading and writing new forms of ethnography, including experimental writing, performative writing, new journalism, and the memoir.
Topic 35: Indigenous Cultural Politics. The worldwide significance of indigenous movements, identities, and cultural forms.
Topic 36: Representational Practices. Theories of representation and representational practices, including the representation of collective selves and others in colonial and ethnographic narratives, collections, and displays.
Topic 37: Cultural Analysis: The Case of Class. The development of class analysis in history, sociology, and anthropology, including innovative approaches to the reproduction and performance of class identities.
Topic 38: Cultural Analysis: The Case of Race. Current uses of cultural analysis across a range of disciplines, focusing on how race is accounted for in a variety of invocations of culture.
Topic 39: Cities in Time and Space. The difficulties associated with making cities intelligible in terms of their distinctive historical and cultural dynamics.
Topic 40: Anthropology and Mass Media. Anthropology and mass media both inside and outside the West. Includes television, film, and popular music.
Topic 41: Anthropology of Science. Anthropological perspective on the position of scientific disciplines within their broader social contexts and the transformations of social orders based on developments of scientific knowledge.
Topic 42: Foucault and Cultural Studies. Examination of Foucault's major works, including an assessment of his theoretical and methodological contributions to scholarly research and political activism.
Topic 43: Black Queer Studies.
Topic 44: Advanced Topics in Black Feminisms. Theory and practice of black and Third-World feminisms, including as political space, activist methodology, artistic inspiration, and scholarly choice.
Topic 45: Contemporary Cuban Public Culture(s). The major preoccupations and tensions of public culture in the state of Cuba and the nation of individual Cubans.
Topic 46: Black Public Culture: Diasporic Texts and Contexts. Survey of cultural expressions and political moments of African-descended people since the social, cultural, and political upheavals of the 1970s.
ANT 394M.13 Cultural Poetics 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
ANT 394M.19 Foundations of Ethnomusicology 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
ANT 394M.20 Field Methods in Ethnomusicology 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
ANT 394M.26 Marxism and Expressive Culture 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
ANT 394M.29 Object, Matter, and Desire 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examines various questions regarding matter and meaning.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
ANT 394M.30 Affect 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
A survey of theories of affect, including those of Freud, Foucault, and Deleuze, feminist theory, phenomenology, globalization theory, and ethnography. Anthropology 394M (Topic: Affect) and 394M (Topic 30) may not both be counted.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
ANT 394M.31 Public Culture 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Introduction to the theory and ethnography of public culture.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
ANT 394M.32 Deleuze 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
The major works of Gilles Deleuze, including the study of the ontology of differences and flow, resonance, affect, vitality, lines of flight, and assemblage.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
ANT 394M.33 Cultural Critique 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Various forms of cultural critique, including culture jamming, speed theory, experimental ethnographic writing, posthumanism, postpositivism, and the memoir.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
ANT 394M.34 New Ethnographic Writing 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Reading and writing new forms of ethnography, including experimental writing, performative writing, new journalism, and the memoir.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
ANT 394M.35 Indigenous Cultural Politics 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
The worldwide significance of indigenous movements, identities, and cultural forms.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
ANT 394M.36 Representational Practices 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Theories of representation and representational practices, including the representation of collective selves and others in colonial and ethnographic narratives, collections, and displays.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
ANT 394M.37 Cultural Analysis: The Case of Class 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
The development of class analysis in history, sociology, and anthropology, including innovative approaches to the reproduction and performance of class identities.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
ANT 394M.38 Cultural Analysis: The Case of Race 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Current uses of cultural analysis across a range of disciplines, focusing on how race is accounted for in a variety of invocations of culture.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
ANT 394M.39 Cities in Time and Space 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
The difficulties associated with making cities intelligible in terms of their distinctive historical and cultural dynamics.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
ANT 394M.4 Anthropology of the Performing Arts 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
ANT 394M.40 Anthropology and Mass Media 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Anthropology and mass media both inside and outside the West. Includes television, film, and popular music.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
ANT 394M.41 Anthropology of Science 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Anthropological perspective on the position of scientific disciplines within their broader social contexts and the transformations of social orders based on developments of scientific knowledge.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
ANT 394M.42 Foucault and Cultural Studies 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examination of Foucault's major works, including an assessment of his theoretical and methodological contributions to scholarly research and political activism.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
ANT 394M.43 Black Queer Studies 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
ANT 394M.44 Advanced Topics in Black Feminisms 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Theory and practice of black and Third-World feminisms, including as political space, activist methodology, artistic inspiration, and scholarly choice.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
ANT 394M.45 Contemporary Cuban Public Culture(s) 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
The major preoccupations and tensions of public culture in the state of Cuba and the nation of individual Cubans.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
ANT 394M.46 Black Public Culture: Diasporic Texts and Contexts 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Survey of cultural expressions and political moments of African-descended people since the social, cultural, and political upheavals of the 1970s.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
ANT 395K Cultural Adaptation and Change 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
A graduate-level introduction to cultural behavior, adaptation, evolution and transformation, with emphasis on demography, diffusion, migration, ethnicity, and institutions. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: GRG 395
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing in anthropology, geography, or a related field, and consent of instructor.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
ANT 197, 297, 397, 697, 997 Conference Course in Anthropology 1,2,3,6,9 Hours
0 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Individual instruction for graduate students on specialized problems of advanced research. Conference course.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing and consent of instructor.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: Yes (Unlimited)
Academic Level: Doctoral
ANT 397F Doctoral Forum 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Development of skills in writing, revision, and presentation of papers and grant proposals, and in job hunting. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
ANT 698 Thesis 6 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
The equivalent of three lecture hours a week for two semesters.
Pre/Corequisites: For 698A, graduate standing in anthropology and consent of the graduate adviser; for 698B, Anthropology 698A.
Grading: Credit No Credit
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Master's
ANT 398R Master's Report 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Preparation of a report to fulfill the requirement for the master's degree under the report option. The equivalent of three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing in anthropology and consent of the graduate adviser.
Grading: Credit No Credit
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Master's
ANT 398T Supervised Teaching in Anthropology 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing.
Grading: Credit No Credit
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
ANT 399W, 699W, 999W Dissertation 3,6,9 Hours
0 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Pre/Corequisites: Admission to candidacy for the doctoral degree.
Grading: Credit No Credit
Repeatable for credit: Yes (Unlimited)
Academic Level: Doctoral