ANT 319  Ancient New World Civilizations: The Aztecs, Maya and Inkas. 3 credit hours.  An introduction to the ancient civilizations of Mesoamerica and South America focusing on the development of economic, social, religious, and political institutions.  W Core Curriculum Credit.  Prerequisites: ANT 107 or permission of the instructor.  Taught by: Dr. LeCount.  View a recent syllabus. 

ANT 401  Anthropological Linguistics. 3 credit hours.  Scientific study of natural language--phonology and grammar, lexicon and meaning-- and the role of linguistics in anthropological research.   W Core Curriculum Credit.  Prerequisites: ANT 210 plus 3 additional hours of ANT, or permission of the instructor.  Taught by: Dr. Wolfgram.  View a recent syllabus. 

ANT 402  Gender, Ethnicity, and Health. 3 credit hours.  Explores the gendered, ethnic, cultural, and class dimensions that underlie the patterning of disease and illness worldwide, with special attention to the long-term health effects of racism, poverty and sexism.   W Core Curriculum Credit.  Prerequisites: ANT 100 or ANT 102 plus 3 additional hours of ANT, or permission of the instructor.  Taught by: Dr. Oths.  View a recent syllabus. 

ANT 405  Culture, Mind and Behavior. 3 credit hours.  Cultural and linguistic basis of cognitive organization, systems of folk classifications, and collection and analysis of data of shared cultural and social information.   W Core Curriculum Credit.  Prerequisites: ANT 100 or ANT 102 plus 3 additional hours of ANT, or permission of the instructor.  Taught by: Dr. Dressler.  View a recent syllabus. 

ANT 408  Ancient Mexican Civilizations. 3 credit hours.  Survey of the origin and development of ancient civilizations in Mexico.   W Core Curriculum Credit.  Prerequisites: ANT 107 or permission of the instructor.  Taught by: Dr. LeCount. 

ANT 411  Culture, Health and Healing. 3 credit hours.  Survey of health, illness, and healing among and within different cultural systems.  W Core Curriculum Credit.  Prerequisites: ANT 100 or ANT 102 plus 3 additional hours of ANT, or permission of the instructor.  Taught by: Dr. Dressler, Dr. Oths.  View a recent syllabus. 

ANT 412  Peoples of Europe. 3 credit hours.  A survey of the standards, customs, and beliefs that typify European cultures.   W Core Curriculum Credit.  Prerequisites: ANT 100 or 102 plus 3 additional hours in ANT, or permission of the instructor.  Taught by: Dr. Galbraith, Dr. Murphy.  View a recent syllabus. 

ANT 413  Peoples of Latin America. 3 credit hours.  A survey of the standards, customs, and beliefs that typify Latin American cultures.   W Core Curriculum Credit.  Prerequisites: ANT 100 or ANT 102 plus 3 additional hours of ANT, or permission of the instructor.  Taught by: Dr. Oths.  View a recent syllabus. 

ANT 419  Myth, Ritual and Magic. 3 credit hours.  A survey of religion, including such topics as myth, ritual, magic, witchcraft, totemism, shamanism and trance states.  W Core Curriculum Credit.  Prerequisites: ANT 102 or REL 100 or permission of the instructor.  Taught by: Dr. Murphy.  View a recent syllabus. 

ANT 420  Background of Anthropological Thought. 3 credit hours.  Intensive review of the work of several early figures in the development of social theory (e.g., Marx, Freud, Durkheim, Weber), emphasizing their relevance for modern anthropology.  W Core Curriculum Credit.  Prerequisites: ANT 100 or ANT 102 or permission of the instructor. 

ANT 440  Culture. 3 credit hours.  A selective overview of past and contemporary theories and approaches adopted by cultural anthropologists.  W Core Curriculum Credit.  Prerequisites: ANT 100 or 102 plus 6 additional hours in ANT, or permission of the instructor.  Taught by: Dr. Cooper.  View a recent syllabus. 

ANT 444  Anthropology and Cemeteries. 3 credit hours.  Using approaches developed in the discipline of anthropology and, more particularly, in the subfield of archaeology, an exploration of the different ways in which local cemeteries can yield information on cultural, societal, and historical matters.  W Core Curriculum Credit.  Taught by: Dr. Brown. 

ANT 460  Anthropology and Natural History Museums. 3 credit hours.  Examines the historical connections between anthropology and natural history museums in the United States. Explores the present operation of such museums and develops exhibits based on collection studies.  W Core Curriculum Credit.  Prerequisites: 6 hours in ANT or permission of the instructor.  

ANT 475  Biology, Culture and Evolution (formerly: Human Adaptability). 3 credit hours.  An introduction to the biocultural and evolutionary bases of human adaptability.  W Core Curriculum Credit.  Prerequisites: ANT 270 or permission of instructor.  Taught by: Dr. DeCaro, Dr. Lynn.  View a recent syllabus. 

ANT 476  Nutritional Anthropology. 3 credit hours.  Introduction to anthropological inquiries in nutrition (including food habits, food systems, and dietary variability) from a cross-cultural perspective.  W Core Curriculum Credit.  Prerequisites: 6 hours in ANT or permission of the instructor.   Taught by: Dr. Cooper.  Related Web Materials.