Undergraduate Record, Chapter 6: College of Arts and Sciences

6: College of Arts and Sciences

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Course Descriptions

Core Courses

ANTH 280 - (3) (Y)
Introduction to Archaeology
Topics include alternative theories of prehistoric culture change, dating methods, excavation and survey techniques, and the reconstruction of the economy, social organization, and religion of prehistoric societies.

ARTH 215 - (3) (O)
Introduction to Classical Archaeology
An introduction to the history, theory, and field techniques of classical archaeology.

ANTH 381 - (3-6) (SS)
Field Methods in Archaeology
Provides a comprehensive training in archaeological field techniques through participation in research projects currently in progress under the direction of the archaeology faculty. The emphasis is on learning, in an actual field situation, how the collection of archaeological data is carried out in both survey and excavation. Students become familiar with field recording systems, excavation techniques, survey methods, sampling theory in archaeology, and artifact processing and analysis. (Field methods courses outside anthropology or offered at other universities may be substituted for ANTH 381 with the prior approval of the student's advisor.)

Additional Courses
The following list includes additional courses which have been approved for the major program. Other courses can be added, depending on the student's area of concentration, with the approval of an advisor.

ANTH 220 - (3) (Y)
Dynamics of Social Organization

ANTH 253 - (3) (Y)
North American Indians

ANTH 281 - (3) (Y)
Human Origins

ANTH 282 - (3) (Y)
Aztec, Inca, and Maya: Civilization of the New World

ANTH 321 - (3) (O)
Kinship and Social Organization

ANTH 322- (3) (O)
Introduction to Economic Anthropology

ANTH 327 - (3) (Y)
Political Anthropology

ANTH 332 - (3) (SS)
Anthropology of Time and Space

ANTH 333 - (3) (O)
Ethno-Poetics, Primitive Art and Aesthetics

ANTH 354 - (3) (O)
Indians of the American Southwest

ANTH 383 - (3) (Y)
North American Archaeology

ANTH 508 - (3) (Y)
Method and Theory in Archaeology