AN 101Introduction to Anthropology
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25 courses with the subject AN, 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.
AN 106Cultural Geography (S) (UU) (R). One Unit. Cultural Geography is differentiated from physical
geography by focusing on the distribution and impact of humans on the earth. This introductory course will review the physical structure of the planet’s surface, history and techniques of cartography and mapping, and survey the subdisciplines of economic, political, and urban geography. Students will be introduced to geographic theory, complete exercises in basic mapping techniques, and become familiar with national political divisions. Each student will adopt a nation and make regular reports on current events in English-speaking news outlets. Offered as required. 336 / 445
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AN 201Comparative Cultures
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AN 202Biological Anthropology and Human Evolution (S) (C) (U). One unit. An introduction to the study of
biological anthropology. This course explores the role evolutionary processes that account for modern human biological variability and adaptation, including the concept of race. Students will examine the evolutionary history of the human species through the study of the fossil record, DNA, and comparative anatomy with our closest relatives, the primates. Current debates in human evolution will be discussed. Offered fall semester.
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AN 206People and the Environment
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AN 212(Archaeology)
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AN 234The Inca and their Ancestors (S) (UU) (WC). One unit. The rugged Andes Mountain range of South
America provides an exceptionally difficult environment for human settlement and survival. Yet over the course of thousands of years, this area has produced some of the world’s greatest civilizations and a unique and distinct cultural adaptation. This course focuses on the culture of the Peruvian Andes and traces its evolution from prehistoric to modern times. Themes explored include the development of Andean culture, a cultural description of the Incas and their empire which represent the zenith of independent Andean social evolution, and the survival and persistence of this culture to the present day despite nearly five hundred years of vigorous attempts to destroy it. Offered as required.
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AN 235North American Archaeology: The Prehistory of Native Americans
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AN 236Cultures of the Caribbean
Modern Language class (NOT taught in English translation)
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AN 240The Raw and the Cooked: Anthropological Perspectives on Food (S) (C) (WC) (UU). One unit
Everybody eats, but how do we choose what to eat? The answers to this question are constrained by our metabolic needs, the foods that are available to us, and our beliefs about food and nutrition. Using a bicultural perspective we will examine the ways in which foods have shaped our evolution, our history and environment, and our current world. We will investigate the complex activities through which people produce, prepare, present, consume, and think about food. This course provides an introduction the discipline of anthropology and the methods and questions of its main subdisciplines. Offered spring semesters.
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AN 241Forensic Anthropology and Human Osteology (S) (Q) (U). One unit. Five hours combined lecture
and laboratory weekly. This course is an introduction to the field of forensic anthropology, the application of biological anthropology in legal contexts. This course will also introduce students to human osteology, the study of the human skeleton. Students will explore the principles and methods of forensic anthropology through lecture, reading, and laboratory experience. The course will focus not only on the sciences of human osteology and forensic anthropology, but will examine the legal framework in which they are applied, including criminal contexts, mass disasters, and human rights violations. Offered as required.
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AN 251Sex, Gender and Culture (S) (UU). One unit. This comparative course emphasizes the varying ways in
which sex and gender are culturally interpreted and socially organized among different human groups. An initial brief investigation of the biological foundations of human sexuality will provide the background for considering such culturally determined elements as: what defines masculinity verses femininity and heterosexuality verses homosexuality in various cultures; the roles and rituals that maybe assigned to each gender; and the meanings attached to sexual behavior. Data will be drawn from both Western and non-Western societies. Offered as required.
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AN 252Culture, Health, and the Body: Introduction to Medical Anthropology (S) (UU). One unit. This
course is an introduction to the comparative study of health and illness through time and cross-culturally. Topics addressed include the roles of disease in human evolution and history, sociocultural factors in contemporary world health problems, the comparative cultures of ethnomedicine and biomedicine, and ethnicity and health care (including applied issues of “ cultural competence “ in clinical practice). Case studies from the major geographic regions of the world (including the industrialized North/West) are explored through in-depth ethnographic case studies, and critically compared with one another. This course is appropriate for undergraduate students at any level, but especially those studying any of the health sciences, including those in the Physician Assistant program, Nursing, Pre-Health, as well as majors and minors in Anthropology. Offered spring semester
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AN 262Disasters in Sociocultural Context (S) (UU) (R) (L). One unit. Anthropology and human geography
offer particular insights into the social and cultural underpinnings of disasters. Through examinations of case studies in the U.S. and other societies, this class will explore how cultural systems contribute to the unfolding of disasters, as well as providing insight into how cultural resources can contribute to preparedness and improve 338 / 445
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AN 291Special Topics in Anthropology (S). One unit. May be repeated once. Discussion and analysis of
problems not covered in regular course work. The specific content of the course will remain flexible in response to student and departmental interests. Offered as required.
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AN 306Introduction to Digital and Spatial Technology (S) (TT) (UU) (L). One unit. This class is an
introduction to Geographic Information Software (GIS) and geomatics, the method and theory of collecting, managing, and using spatially referenced data. Geomatics is a transformative technology which is shaping the ways in which researchers from across the social, natural and physical sciences manage and combine multi- disciplinary data. Students will learn to find and make appropriate selection of pre-existing sets of data from public depositories. After an introduction to the basic methods of manipulating demographic, topographic and environmental information, students will develop and present a small project of their own design. Working with big data and complex computer programs can be difficult. However, careful control of the scope of project and practical considerations of available data will help produce successful projects. Offered as required. AN307 Discard Studies (S) (UU). One unit. What happens to our trash? To the food we don’t eat? To the food that’s not sold? What happens to our old electronics? To the byproducts of technological advancement? Students in this course will examine these questions through case studies from the history of anthropology and through modern work by groups like Food Not Bombs and through global environmental justice activism. Students will also learn about facilities in NYC that are trying to change the way we experience waste and apply what they learn in on-campus waste-diversion projects. Offered alternate spring semesters. AN 325 Culture, Power and Place (S) (UU). One unit. This course introduces the student to the field of political anthropology, the study of power in situated cultural contexts, with an emphasis in international examples. Case studies examine a variety of social movements, notably environmentalism and nationalism. We will consider the importance of ecology, religion, symbolism, and local politics in the context of a long and continuing process of globalization. Offered alternate spring semesters.
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AN 325Culture, Power, and Place
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AN 342The Dead Speak: Bioarchaeology and the Archaeology of Death (S) (O) (Q) (UU). One unit
This course explores death using the bicultural perspective, emphasizing the interactions among the biological, cultural, social, and environmental contexts in which people live and lived. To this end we will use the theory and methods of both biological anthropology and archaeology. The class is divided into three sections: 1) paleopathology, the examination of what can learn about diet, health, and behavior of past people by analyzing their physical remains; 2) paleo demography, the analysis of what age, sex, and status differences in mortality can tell us about how societies are organized; 3) mortuary analysis, the exploration of what we can learn about culture by studying how people treat their dead. Throughout this course we will focus primarily on the practices of Native and Euro-American groups. Offered alternate spring semesters.
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AN 345Practicum in Anthropology (S). One unit. This is an intensive exposure designed to provide the
student with practical experience in any subfield of anthropological field methods. Students will participate in field research under the direct supervision of a faculty member. Offered summer session as required. Offered as required. 339 / 445
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AN 393Professionalization in Anthropology (S). Zero Units. This course is designed to help students in
anthropology develop professional skills in order to prepare them for graduate school and employment, research and volunteer opportunities post-graduation. The course is open to anthropology majors only, or by permission of the instructor. Junior status recommended. Offered as required.
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AN 397GInternship in Anthropology (S). One Unit. This is a faculty supervised placement in the field of
anthropology. Prerequisite: permission of the instructor. Offered as required. AN 400 Senior Reflective Tutorial (S) (L) (UU) (WW). One unit. This course consists of experiential, reflective, and writing components. Students apply their knowledge and disciplinary training to a practical experience. This experience can include 100 hours of participation in any of the following: 1)an anthropological or archaeological field school, 2) an archaeological excavation, 3) a bioanthropological or archaeological laboratory analysis, 4) museum or heritage work, or 5) work with a community partner or government agency in an area of the student’s research or career interest. In seeking these experiential opportunities students work in close consultation with their professors to find the most appropriate activity, whether in New York City, in their home town, or abroad. The experiential component may begin before enrollment in the Senior Learning Community courses (AN491 and AN 400). Students will reflect on their experiences and on the connections between their experience, disciplinary knowledge, and professional practice as individuals by recording them in a fieldwork diary, and as a community by sharing them in class. Their experiences will intersect topically with a research paper or grant proposal which they prepare and present to the department, both their professors and their peers, in a conference-style seminar. Offered as required.
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AN 400Experiential Component of Senior Reflective Tutorial Zero Units. The experiential component may
occur, before, during, or after enrollment in the Senior Learning Community courses(AN 491 and AN 400). In seeking experiential opportunities students work in close consultation with their professors to find the most appropriate activity, whether in New York City, in their home town, or abroad. These experiences can include 100 hours of participation in any of the following: 1) an anthropological or archaeological field school, 2) an archaeological excavation, 3) a bioanthropological or archaeological laboratory analysis, 4) museum or heritage work, or 5) work with a community partner or government agency. Offered as required.
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AN 491Seminar in Anthropological Theory (S) (RR) (UU). One unit. This course is the summative course
for the major. Students critically examine high points in the development of anthropological theory from the nineteenth century through the twenty-first century, reflecting on the broad influence of many of these theories outside of academia. Among the major schools of thought included are nineteenth century evolutionism, the Boasian reaction and the focus on culture, British and French social anthropology, cultural materialism, symbolic- interpretive anthropology, political economy and ecology, feminist and gender theories, practice theories, and post-modern responses. The course emphasizes small group discussions. Students write a series of short comparative papers throughout the semester which serve as a framework for a major literature review related to their own research and career goals, and which integrates with their final project for AN 400. Prerequisites: AN 201; AN 202. Offered as required.
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AN 493Undergraduate Research in Anthropology (S). One Unit. A minimum of a week, supervised8
research on a selected topic culminating in a research paper using the format of a topically appropriate anthropological journal. A minimum of 10 references to the selected topic are required. Students taking this course for credit may not use the research experience to meet requirements for the Senior Learning Community. 340 / 445
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AN 593Independent Study in Anthropology (S). One unit. Designed to provide the advanced student an
opportunity to pursue an anthropological problem in a relatively independent manner. Prerequisite: permission of the instructor. Offered as required.
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