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ANT 300 Study Abroad in Anthropology

Short-term faculty-led study abroad experience, focused on the history and culture of a non-western location. Prerequisites: 56 credit hours. (University Program Group IV-B: Studies in Cultures Outside of the Anglo-American Tradition)

Credits
3-6(Spec)

ANT 318 A Toolkit for Advocacy and Activism

An introduction to the methods, perspectives, challenges and opportunities of advocacy and activism in contemporary society. Identical to SOC 318 and SWK 318. Credit may not be earned in more than one of these courses. Prerequisites: 30 credit hours or the completion of at least one writing intensive course; the completion of at least one UP Group IV course.

Credits
3(3-0)

ANT 320 North American Indian Cultures

Diversity of North American Indian cultures, their experiences of colonization and culture change, and their contributions to American and global cultures. This course may be offered in an online or hybrid format. (University Program Group IV-C: Studies in Racism and Cultural Diversity in the United States)

Credits
3(3-0)

ANT 321 Cultures of Latin America

Indigenous, European, and African origins and contemporary diversity of cultures of Latin America. (University Program Group IV-B: Studies in Cultures Outside of the Anglo-American Tradition)

Credits
3(3-0)

ANT 322 Cultures of Africa

Cultures of Africa, their history and contemporary diversity. (University Program Group IV-B: Studies in Cultures Outside of the Anglo-American Tradition)

Credits
3(3-0)

ANT 324 Cultures of the South Pacific

Culture and social change in Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia. Human settlement, ecology, indigenous cosmologies, evolution of socio- political institutions. Colonial legacy in the region. Contemporary issues. (University Program Group IV-B: Studies in Cultures Outside of the Anglo-American Tradition)

Credits
3(3-0)

ANT 340 South American Archaeology

Archaeology of South America. Emphasis on the Central Andean region. Introduction to documentation and interpretation of cultural developments from earliest human occupations to European conquest. Prerequisite: ANT 175.

Credits
3(3-0)

ANT 342 Principles of Forensic Anthropology

An introduction to the principles of forensic anthropology, including identification of human skeletal remains, search/recovery of human remains and estimation of time since death. Prerequisites: ANT 171 or 173 or BIO 101 or 105QR or 110.

Credits
3(3-0)

ANT 344 Michigan Archaeology

Michigan archaeology from the first peopling of the area to historic times. Changing adaptive patterns examined in the context of the Great Lakes region and North America generally. Recommended: ANT 174 or 175.

Credits
3(3-0)

ANT 345 Archaeology & Heritage Management

Introduction to the laws and practice of Cultural Resource Management (CRM) and applied archaeology within public, private, and governmental settings. May be offered as Writing Intensive. This course may be offered in an online format. Recommended: ANT 174 or 175.

Credits
3(3-0)

ANT 347 Human Evolution

Fossil evidence of human evolution and its analysis within a theoretical framework of ongoing evolutionary forces and basic phylogenetic principles. This course may be offered in an online format. Prerequisite: ANT 171.

Credits
3(3-0)

ANT 348 Stone-Age Europe: Peoples and Cultures of the Distant Past

Ancient peoples and cultures of Europe from the perspective of anthropological archaeology, beginning perhaps 800,000 years ago and developing through Paleolithic, Mesolithic, and Neolithic periods.

Credits
3(3-0)

ANT 351 Human Variation, Race, and the Mistakes We Make

An examination of human biological and genetic variation, and analysis of the misconceptions we develop when viewing human biological variation through a racial lens. Recommended: ANT 110 or ANT 171 or BIO 101 or BIO 105QR or BIO 111 or BIO 151.

Credits
3(3-0)

ANT 353 Contested Boundaries: The US-Mexico Border

An examination of the historical development and contemporary cultural, economic and political issues concerning the US-Mexico border and US Southwest. Identical to CGL 353. Credit may not be earned in more than one of these courses. (University Program Group III-B: Studies in Social Structures)

Credits
3(3-0)

Cross Listed Courses

CGL 353

ANT 356 Primate Behavior

Applying principles of evolution to primate behavior with emphasis on effects of ecology on social relations and group organizations. Recommended: ANT 171 or BIO 101.

Credits
3(3-0)

ANT 358 Plagues and Peoples

Etiological and ecological approaches to human diseases; how diseases affect past and contemporary humans; explorations of interactions between human biology, biological/cultural adaptation, and disease. This course may be offered in an online format. May be offered as Writing Intensive. Prerequisites: ANT 171 or 250 or BIO 101 or 105QR or 110 or 111 or 151 or 165 or 250 or CHM 250.

Credits
3(3-0)

ANT 365 Current American Indian Issues

Current social, economic, political, and cultural issues affecting American Indians; social movements of resistance and change. (University Program Group IV-C: Studies in Racism and Cultural Diversity in the United States)

Credits
3(3-0)

ANT 370 Global Environmental Issues

Social and cultural dimensions of global population issues, food and energy policies, destruction of indigenous lifeways, roles of multinational organizations, environmental racism, and environmental movements. Identical to SOC 370; credit may not be earned in more than one of these courses.

Credits
3(3-0)

Cross Listed Courses

SOC 370

ANT 371 Culture, Economies, and Social Change

Historical and current cultural and economic changes on both a global and local scale. How people both create and live within these changes. Identical to SOC 371. Credit may not be earned in more than one of these courses. This course may be offered in an online format. Prerequisites: 56 credit hours.

Credits
3(3-0)

Cross Listed Courses

SOC 371

ANT 380 Culture, Art, and Community Engagement

Applied uses of anthropology and the arts to address current social issues. (University Program Group III-A: Behavioral Sciences)

Credits
3(3-0)

ANT 388 Special Topics in Anthropology

Faculty-taught, undergraduate topical course within anthropology not included in courses currently listed in the Bulletin. This course may be offered in an online format. Prerequisite: At least 56 credit hours.

Credits
1-12(Spec)