54 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.
Introduction to the physical, archaeological, linguistic, and ethnological fields of anthropology; biological and cultural evolution of man.
Multi-disciplinary course designed to cover the history of the universe from the big bang until today,. Draws on perspectives and methods of both anthropology and history. Topics include the physical structure and composition of the earth, jow it was formed, the emergence of life with particular focus on the evolution of humans, the organization and development of human societies, analysis of important historical periods such as agricultural, scientific and industrial revolutions. This course does not fulfill requirements towards either the history or anthropology majors.
Introduction to cultural anthropology through the comparative, cross-cultural study of human societies. Drawing on global case studies—from Indigenous and rural communities to urban centers—the course examines shared aspects of humanity across different cultural contexts. It explores how humans make meaning, build communities, and navigate the complexities of culture in a rapidly changing world.
An exploration of the objectives, theories, methodologies and interpretive tools utilized in the study of humankind’s past. Both prehistoric and historic cultures will be examined. The lab for this course is ANTL 207 .
Human language, its characteristics and its relationship to other communication systems will be examined. The use of language to illuminate historical relationships and current sociocultural processes will be discussed, as well as ways in which one can investigate culture through cognitive structures elicited from speech.
Introduction to the study of human evolution. A dynamic exploration of nonhuman primates, fossilized human ancestors, and human biology. Examines the intersection of biology and culture.
Study of the role of human identification in the forensic sciences. Topics include: the history of forensic anthropology in the US; procedures for the search and recovery of human remains; methods of identification from the skeleton; trauma analyses, manners of death; time since death estimations; and the integration of other forensic science disciplines and techniques with human identification.
Independent research beyond what is offered in existing courses. Course may be repeated for credit. Only three credit hours may count towards the major.
Course covers selected topics in Anthropology. May be repeated under a different subtitle. All course repeats may count towards the major, but not towards the 300-400 level requirements in the major.
Examination of Africa’s geography and its role in human evolution, with a focus on Pleistocene and Holocene environmental impacts on cultural development. Key topics include foraging in archaeology, transitions to agriculture, rock art, animal husbandry, and current debates on the shift from foraging to farming.
A cross-cultural study of gender in a selection of societies from African, American Indian, Asian, and Central and South American cultures.
Anthropological survey of the origins and relationships between domesticated animals and plants using archaeological, cultural, and biological sources, with a focus on the essential roles domesticates have played in the formation of societies and cultures.
Examines the evolution, diversity, and cultural significance of human diet and nutrition through comparative studies of primates, human ancestors, and contemporary populations. Highlights how food and nutrition, past and present, are shaped by biology, environment, and culture, revealing the complex relationships between eating, health, and human experience.
Exploration of the peopling of the Americas and various New World indigenous groups, with an emphasis on chiefdom and state level societies. Archaeological, ethnohistorical, and epicgraphic evidence is used to study the Aztec and Maya of Mesoamerica, the Mississippians and Puebloan Indians of North America, and Andean civilizations of South America.
Studies the interplay of early state-level civilizations in Mesopotamia, Egypt, and the Indus Valley. Other topics include nomads, invaders, and the collapse of state-level societies.
A study of cultural adaptations as responses of human populations to varied environments; this course will focus upon cultural vs. biological adaptation from the archaeological past to the ethnographic present.
Explores the achievements of one of the most remarkable civilizations in the Americas. Artistic, architectural, economic and religious components of pre-Columbian Maya Society; the rise and decline of the civilization; Spanish impacts on Maya cultural history.
Exploration of archaeological field methods through scientific excavation, recording, and sampling of sites of past human occupation. Focus on training in field and some laboratory methods at archaeological sites in the US or abroad.
A sampler of political and systemic collapses over the course of world history, applying theories of collapse to case studies including Easter Island, Mesopotamia, the Maya, and Rome. Evaluation of various theories explaining collapses and their relation to contemporary political trends and imperatives.
Exploration of the history, concepts, and current research in the archaeology and history of antebellum and postbellum southern US plantations. Topics include plantation economics, the roles of various individuals and groups in plantation society, and the integration and influence of plantations on 19th century and later American life. Study and interpretation of plantation remains using historical and archaeological approaches.
Overview if the development, characteristics and decline of the pre-Columbian peoples and cultures of Central America, with particular attention to archaeological and ethnographic research in Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador.
Complex national cultures of Latin America. Contemporary issues such as the rights of native peoples, peasant land reform, urban slum settlements, development of resources, and political and economic reform movements. Case studies of individual countries.
Exploration of the relationship between religion and politics and the increasing role of religion in public life across different cultures in the contemporary world. Students will learn about the interactions between religion, politics, and public life in countries with ties to different majoritarian religions such as the U.S.A. (Protestant Christianity), France (Catholicism), Turkey (Sunni Islam), and India (Hinduism).
Classification and history of human evolution deduced from the fossil record and molecular data. Discussion of Tertiary hominoids and emergence of humans with emphasis on Australopithecines and later Pleistocene hominins.
Ecology, social behavior, and functional morphology and classification of living primates (prosimians, monkeys, and apes); their evolutionary history and development.
Nature and extent of heritable differences among human populations in evolutionary perspective. Consideration of effects of environmental factors on genic expression.
Human growth and development from an evolutionary perspective. Topics to be addressed include differences and similarities in primate life histories, uniqueness of particular human life history traits, and the evolution of human development as traced through the fossil record. Relationships among growth, development, and health will be explored.
The human skeleton focusing on bone biology and skeletal anatomy. Topics include: techniques to examine and measure bones, methods for the estimation of age, sex, ancestry and stature, analyses of pathology (disease and trauma). Topics presented within the context of specialized areas of physical anthropology, such as skeletal biology, paleodemography, and forensic anthropology. The lab for this course is ANTL 326 .
Explores processes of globalization in local communities by addressing issues and dynamics of culture change in the contemporary world. Themes include: economic development and underdevelopment; legacies of colonialism; immigration; transnational culture; market and meaning exchanges in media and the arts; and organized resistance to globalization.
Contextual study of human skeletal remains from archaeological sites to reconstruct evidence of behavior and biological variability. Methods using these data to interpret or suggest how prehistoric and ancient people have lived.
Ethnographic survey of the emergence of social movements organized around environmental issues. Through the writings of cultural anthropologists, students learn how communities around the world threatened by environmental destruction seek justice, accountability, and sustainability. Environmental crises are analyzed in terms of globalization, structures of poverty, and human rights.
Through ethnographic accounts and personal narratives from a variety of global settings, the course examines the economic, social and political factors that prompt migration and explores the cultural adaptations, ethical questions, human rights issues, and public policy debates of immigration and resettlement.
Investigation of systems of medical knowledge and healthcare; representations of health and illness; interactions between environmental, biological, and social factors that shape risk in vulnerable communities; and encounters between Western biomedicine and non-Western healing traditions. Emphasis on applied anthropology in global health settings.
Explores the development of anthropological theory through the research and writings of key figures in the field. Directs attention toward social and intellectual contexts out of which anthropological theories emerge and the ethical challenges and responsibilities they entail.
Investigates the “barbarians” of the Eurasian Steppe and their influence on their sedentary neighbors from 2000 BCE until 100 CE through the lenses of anthropology and history. These people were immensely powerful due to their mastery of the horse and their control of the Silk Road.
A problem-centered approach to evaluating, using, and integrating commonly used scientific techniques. Students will learn the basics of many of these techniques including dating, macroscopic, microscopic, chemical, and biological, with a special emphasis on synthesizing science and archaeology into a seamless, anthropologically effective reconstruction of the human past.
Archaeological study of ancient life in England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland. Exploration of the development of ancient British and Irish cultures from Paleolithic to Roman times, with particular focus on major sites and features investigated. Travel to Britain and Ireland is an integral part of the course (required).
Study of museums in cultural, social, and historical context by examining museum types and their role in society. Field trips to local museums, guest lectures, and case studies examine such topics as collections, interpretation, marketing, visitor behavior and learning, virtual museums, and museum law and ethics. The lab for this course is ANTL 387 .
Discussion of rotating topics in Anthropology. May be repeated under a different subtitle. All repeated credits may count towards the major.
Supervisory training for field archaeologists. Students direct specific aspects of archaeological excavation, including research design, data recovery, daily site management, and field analysis.
Substantive investigation of the special excavation and analysis procedures, subject matter, and goals of archaeology as applied to the historic past of North America. Special emphasis placed upon historic archaeological sites in the local region. Lecture, laboratory, and fieldwork.
This intensive summer course offers unique opportunities to learn about the biological, social, and cultural dimensions of tropical forest conservation through direct interaction and complete immersion. The program focuses on two broad themes, each supported via site visits, focus groups, interviews and readings: 1) biological aspects of conservation science, and 2) social and cultural aspects of biodiversity conservation.
Explores human variation and the misrepresentation of human group potential and value through the lenses of cultural and biological anthropology. Combines anthropological theory and practice to assess systems and policies that create and perpetuate social solidarities, divisions, and inequalities.
Advanced survey of organizational principles of the genetic apparatus of prokaryotes and eukaryotes. Emphasis of the course directed to critical evaluation of current concepts and models of evolutionary dynamics using relevant illustrative examples from the literature.
Explorations of how archaeology is practiced today and the ways in which the field is portrayed in the popular media in the United States. Topical foci include sensationalism, accuracy of reporting and reporting criteria, and the ways in which media depictions of the field of archaeology shape public perceptions and foster misconceptions about the field.
Integrates southeastern archaeology, archaeological theory, and contemporary issues in archaeology. Emphasis on the southeast as a regional unit and the interplay of local environment and culture throughout the region.
An exposure to contemporary research practices in cultural anthropology through reading ethnographies and practicing data collection using oral histories, narratives of memory, photo images, video, and interview guides. An individual project requiring fieldwork and research.
A team-taught, three-field examination of some topic of general anthropological interest. The topic will be approached from an archaeological, cultural anthropological, and physical/biological anthropological perspective. Using discussion and writing, students will apply the three-field approach of anthropology to the topic. May be repeated under a different subtitle.
Culminating experience for anthropology majors. Provides professional development skills, training in ethical practices and responsibilities, familiarization with academic and non-academic career options for anthropology graduates, and preparation in proposal design and presentation.
Seminar survey of applied medical anthropology research on the health effects of extreme poverty. Through in-depth explorations of anthropologists working in public health settings around the world, students learn methods, theory, and critical issues of this subfield. Example target populations include farmworkers, immigrants, the homeless, refugees, and the working poor.
Involves investigation under faculty supervision beyond what is offered in existing courses. For further information, consult the Directed Individual Studies section in this catalogue.
Discussion of selected topics in anthropology. May be repeated under a different subtitle.
Supervised practical experience with public or private agency, organization or institution. Area of concentration, requirements, and means of evaluation to be defined in consultation with supervising faculty.
Independent work for honors students.
Source: University of North Carolina Wilmington's catalog, linked per course · table learning_unit · CourseShelf publish 61
