41 courses with the subject ANT, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
Overview of anthropology, highlighting diversity and global scope of human experience, past and present. Biological anthropology, archaeology, linguistic and cultural anthropology.
Introduction to the physical and cultural evolution of our species that strives to draw understanding from physiological, behavioral, and environmental contexts in order to appreciate the complexity of humans and primates over time and space.
Course exposes students to past and present Caribbean peoples, cultures, and historical processes, including African, European, and indigenous contributions to Caribbean societies; plantation slavery; emancipated communities.
Survey of cultures of native North Americans, from original peopling of the continent to the present. Emphasizes dynamism, ingenuity, and integrity of Native American cultures, and the history of their contact with Europeans.
Examination of the major concepts and theories in social science studies of sex, gender, and sexuality, with a focus on anthropological approaches.
This course evaluates the diverse cultural contexts and histories of South Asia through an anthropological lens. Drawing on recent ethnographic writing, the course explores contemporary social and political issues and will also evaluate and critique historical ethnographies and key tropes in the anthropology of South Asia. Students will critically engage with such topics as caste, colonialism, gender, health, family, food, globalization, migration, politics, religion, and sexuality, with attention to regional diversity and change.
History and current contexts of archaeology as a discipline and profession in the United States, and basic principles and methods of archaeological practice.
Topics in various aspects of Anthropology. Vary from year to year.
Introduction to the human skeleton, teeth, and joints. Review of names and locations of all bones and teeth, joint types, and pathology using actual human remains and artificial models. Same as HLS 304
Application of scientific methods to study human behavior; surveys diverse research methods used in sociology, anthropology, and other behavioral sciences; students originate, design, and conduct research projects. Same as SOC 312 .
Provides an overview of the indigenous languages of the Americas including their structure, classification, history, endangerment, revitalization, writing, and reflection of cultural features in expressions of animacy, respect, counting systems, kinship terms, possession, and vocabulary.
Explores archaeology of North America and Caribbean. Students understand peoples and cultures from first migrants to recent past; evidence of past American Indians, European settlers, enslaved and free African Americans; recent immigrant and indigenous cultures.
Intensive introduction to the anatomy of the human skeleton, definition, and joints. Examination and identification of skeletal and dental morphology, joint types and functions, growth and development, and pathology using actual human remains and artificial models. Same as HLS 327
Basics of crime scene archeology and human remains recovery. Skeletal analysis; personal identification; courtroom testimony; police procedures; mass fatality incident planning. Meets with ANT 535 .
Archeological exploration of social history of European, African, and Asian peoples in North America after 1500 C.E. Field excavation; site interpretation; archived research; artifact identification. Meets with ANT 545 .
The Interrelation of culture and language; consideration of language impact on cultural behavior, cognition, and perception. Introduction to problems of socio-linguistics and communication. Meets with ENG 351 .
Despite the large presence of African descended people throughout the region of Latin America, little scholarship focused on this significant population until the twenty-first century. This course examines the historical and narrative process by which a white minority population rendered majority Afro-descended populations in Latin America invisible. Beginning with an overview of the trans-Atlantic slave trade from the sixteenth through the nineteenth-centuries, the course then turns to the Haitian Revolution to examine how racial and social hierarchies shaped historical archives and thus historical narratives. The class will take a closer look at how historians have come to understand the realities of slavery as well as Black-Native relations in colonial Latin America. We will then analyze the constructions of national identities based on the similar myth of mestizaje (racial mixing) in a comparative lens, focusing on the myth of “racial democracy” in Brazil, and Afro-Latin American invisibility in Cuba, Mexico, and Argentina. Through a variety of recent scholarship on the topic as well as primary source materials, students will gain an understanding of the legacies of anti-Black racism in Latin America and how historians have overcome these challenges to assert the centrality of Afro-Latin American populations in shaping the region’s cultures and histories. Same as HIS 355 .
Religious and magical behavior across the globe. Emphasis on major religions, magic and religion in folk society; shamanism, witchcraft, sorcery, ritual, and taboo; myths of origin, world view, and values in cross-cultural perspective.
An anthropological and cross-cultural analysis of food production, distribution, and consumption.
The individual in society, and the role of environmental, social, and cultural factors in the development of personality. Cross cultural use of projective and other type of psychological tests. The role of culture in perception, cognition, and mental illness.
This course examines anthropological approaches to globalization. Students will consider how global movement, migration, and connectivity affect experiences and relations of gender, race, class, and religion. We will explore these issues within shifting contexts of health, economics, and politics. The course has a cross-regional focus, with attention to socio-structural dimension of human mobility, including African, Asian, and Latin American populations and their diasporas.
Topics in various aspects of anthropology (social, physical, archaeological). The exact topics may vary from year to year in response to the needs and interests of students and instructors. May be repeated with different topics. Prerequisite(s); if any: Instructor may determine reasonable prerequisites for the specific topic.
The development of Sociology and Anthropology; critical ideas about society and culture from early thinkers through the present. Same as SOC 405 .
The application and development of sociological and anthropological theory and research methods through a series of advanced readings and discussions and the development of an independent research project. Same as SOC 423
Aging in a variety of cultures. Cultural differences in beliefs and practices related to the aged. Critical evaluation of aging in industrial society and of cultural- bound theories of aging.
Individually supervised research and study. Provides opportunity for students to engage in original research or to pursue scholarly investigations beyond the boundaries of established courses. Arranged by agreement between the student and the instructor, subject to approval of coordinator and division dean.
Development and functioning of ancient cities, with emphasis on the archeology of the ancient Near East. Importance of sedentism, agriculture, and imperialism for functioning of ancient cities.
Ancient religions of the Near East that led to development of Western religious traditions. Archaeological and anthropological perspectives on religions of Mesopotamia and the Levant, including the development of Judaism and early Christianity.
Basics of crime scene archeology and human remains recovery. Skeletal analysis; personal identification; courtroom testimony; police procedures; mass fatality incident planning. Meets with ANT 335 .
Archeological exploration of social history of European, African, and Asian peoples in North America after 1500 C.E. Field excavation; site interpretation; archived research; artifact identification. Meets with ANT 345 .
Individually supervised research and study. Provides opportunity for students to engage in original research or to pursue scholarly investigations beyond the boundaries of established courses. Arranged by agreement between the student and the instructor, subject to approval of coordinator and division dean.
Source: Utica University's catalog, linked per course · table learning_unit · CourseShelf publish 61
