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2016-2017 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Course Descriptions

 

American Studies
  

  • AMST 310H - Gender and Inequality in America - Honors

    (3.00)
    An examination of the ways in which gender roles and gender relations are constructed and experienced in American society. The course explores the development of a woman’s “sphere” denoting women’s position in the family and home; cultural definitions of femininity and masculinity through mass media, education and other agencies of socialization; the relationship between wage-earning and household work; and feminist consciousness and politics. Special attention is paid to the ways in which gender-based experiences are divided by other social relations, particularly those of class, race and age. Recommended Preparation: One lower-level social sciences or humanities course focused on American society or culture or permission of the instructor.

    Course ID: 52145
    Consent: No Special Consent Required
    Components: Lecture
    Course Equivalents: AMST 310 , GWST 310 
    Attributes: Arts and Humanities (GEP), Arts and Humanities (GFR)
  

  • AMST 317 - Nonviolence and American Social Movements

    (3.00)
    This interdisciplinary course surveys the long tradition of nonviolent direct action in United States history and culture through primary documents, film, and music. We will focus on methods, strategies, tactics, and the development of social movements from the 18th century to the present. By the end of the course, students should develop the means to analyze how struggles, conflicts, and politics are conducted under the broad banner of nonviolent direct action. Recommended Course Preparation: One lower-level social sciences or humanities course focused on American society or culture.

    Course ID: 102096
    Consent: Instructor Consent Required
    Components: Lecture
    Attributes: Social Sciences (GEP)
  

  • AMST 320 - Television in American Culture

    (3.00)
    An examination of the economic, social and artistic implications of television in the United States. Elements considered include television as a corporate structure, with emphasis on rating systems, programming philosophies and strategies, and demographic considerations; particular genres portrayed within daytime and prime-time television; sociological and psychological impact of television on American society; and television as a popular art. Recommended Preparation: One lower-level social sciences or humanities course focused on American society or culture.

    Course ID: 52146
    Consent: No Special Consent Required
    Components: Lecture
    Attributes: Arts and Humanities (GEP), Arts and Humanities (GFR)
  

  • AMST 321 - Radio in American Culture

    (3.00)
    This course studies the history of radio in American society with particular focus on an analysis of radio’s most popular genres and forms of programming. The course will examine the development of radio programming and genres in cultural context from the first years of the Great Depression, through the “golden age” of the 1930s and 1940s, to the diversity wrought by new technologies and policies in the present. Recommended Preparation: One lower-level social sciences or humanities course focused on American society or culture.

    Course ID: 52147
    Consent: No Special Consent Required
    Components: Lecture
    Attributes: Arts and Humanities (GEP), Arts and Humanities (GFR)
  

  • AMST 322 - American Society and Culture in Film

    (3.00)
    An analytical examination through a selection of important films dealing with a variety of central problems and issues in American society and culture, including social and cultural change, regional and ethnic variations, political ideology, gender differences, labor history and community continuity. Recommended Preparation: One lower-level social sciences or humanities course focused on American society or culture.

    Course ID: 52148
    Consent: No Special Consent Required
    Components: Lecture
    Attributes: Arts and Humanities (GEP), Arts and Humanities (GFR)
  

  • AMST 323 - Baltimore in Film

    (3.00)
    This course fosters an in-depth discussion of representations of Baltimore through film. Specifically, we review the works of various directors/writers who utilize Baltimore as the landscape of their film(s) or centralize Baltimore as its story. The works of directors/writers who hail from this metropolitan area are also a key focal point of the course. Through an analysis of these works, we explore the various representations of Baltimore and allow students to think critically about Baltimore as a city. Readings on film studies, media studies, and critical studies research provide a broader understanding of how cities are portrayed in film. Recommended Course Preparation: One lower-level social sciences or humanities course focused on American society or culture.

    Course ID: 100184
    Consent: No Special Consent Required
    Components: Lecture
  

  • AMST 324 - The Road Movie in America and Abroad

    (3.00)
    This course examines the road movie as an important symbol of American culture. Through a close reading of the cinematic text and scholarship, important cultural issues, such as the frontier, identity, the disintegration of the nuclear family, and the future of the American empire will be explored. In this class students will gain skills for understanding the critical language of cinema and the complexity of how American issues and popular culture travel abroad.

    Course ID: 100190
    Consent: No Special Consent Required
    Components: Lecture
  

  • AMST 325 - Studies in Popular Culture

    (3.00)
    The interplay of the popular arts and American society, using American studies interdisciplinary methodologies. Emphasis will be placed on the modern era from the 1890s to the present, with greatest weight placed upon mass and popular culture of the last quarter of this century. Recommended Preparation: One lower-level social sciences or humanities course focused on American society or culture.

    Course ID: 52149
    Consent: No Special Consent Required
    Components: Lecture
    Attributes: Arts and Humanities (GEP), Arts and Humanities (GFR)
  

  • AMST 327 - Sports and Media in American Society

    (3.00)
    This course fosters an in-depth discussion of the American sports industry through the lens of media. Special attention will be given to the role that media play in the creation of sports as a business, including but not limited to, its entertainment value. Students will develop an understanding of this economically-profitable industry through a series of readings on media, spectatorship, and the power dynamics of sports, as well as attendance at sporting events. Recommended Course Preparation: One lower-level social sciences or humanities course focused on American society or culture.

    Course ID: 100185
    Consent: No Special Consent Required
    Components: Lecture
  

  • AMST 344 - Made in America: Material Culture in the United States

    (3.00)
    Material culture consists of the artifacts that Americans construct to meet social/ technological needs and to reflect basic ideas, images and values. Using an interdisciplinary, cross-cultural approach, this course examines how diverse people modify their physical environments. Topics include traditional folk cultural crafts, everyday environments and mass-produced artifacts. Recommended Preparation: One lower-level social sciences or humanities course focused on American society or culture.

    Course ID: 52153
    Consent: No Special Consent Required
    Components: Lecture
  

  • AMST 345 - Indigenous Heritage: Issues of Representation and Ownership

    (3.00)
    Indigenous heritage can be understood as the objects, historical documents, stories, memories, cultural practices, and places that are important to Indigenous cultures across the world and are interpreted and preserved for future generations, such as in museums. The course will focus on the theories and methods of representing Indigenous cultures and peoples within the heritage and museum enterprise, as well as examine the concept and negotiations of Indigenous cultural ownership of heritage and museum processes. Recommended Course Preparation: One lower-level social sciences or humanities course focused on American society or culture.

    Course ID: 102098
    Consent: Instructor Consent Required
    Components: Lecture
    Attributes: Arts and Humanities (GEP) Culture (GEP)
  

  • AMST 350 - Critical Decades

    (3.00)
    An interdisciplinary holistic analysis of certain critical decades in the history of American culture. Focusing on significant turning points, developments in literature, art, religion and social experimentation are studied within their political and social context. Specific decade topic to be announced each semester offered. This course is repeatable up to 6 credits or 2 attempts. Recommended Preparation: One lower-level social sciences or humanities course focused on American society or culture.

    Course ID: 52154
    Consent: No Special Consent Required
    Components: Lecture
    Topics: The 1960S, Critical Decades, America In The 1950’s, Critical Decades: 1930’s, Critical Decades: 1980’s
  

  • AMST 352 - American Culture in Global Perspective

    (3.00)
    This course is an interdisciplinary, comparative study of selected aspects of American life. Using materials and approaches from various disciplines, the course will illuminate the meaning and history of particular American social structures, cultural values and ideological themes by placing them in global perspective. Topics vary each semester but have included the history, structure and experience of American and South African race relations; the uses and meanings of “freedom” and “democracy” during the 18th-century American Revolution and 20thcentury collapse of Soviet-dominated Eastern Europe; the purpose and definitions of family life, civic life and nature in Euro-American and Native-American cultures; and the interdependence of gendered economies in the United States and Mexico. Recommended Preparation: One lower-level social sciences or humanities course focused on American society or culture.

    Course ID: 52155
    Consent: No Special Consent Required
    Components: Lecture
    Attributes: Arts and Humanities (GEP), Culture (GEP), Arts and Humanities (GFR), Culture (GFR)
  

  • AMST 356 - Special Topics in U.S. Social Structures

    (3.00)
    An interdisciplinary study of selected issues in U.S. Social Structures, focusing on particular institutionalstructures and practices that shape and are shaped by the experiences of individuals and social groups in American society. Topic to be announced each semester offered. This course is repeatable up to 6 credits or 2 attempts. Recommend Course Preparation: One lowerlevel social sciences or humanities course focused on American society or culture.

    Course ID: 52157
    Consent: No Special Consent Required
    Components: Lecture
    Topics: Native American Cultures, U.S. & Cuba-Bridging, Gender & The Environment, Gender & Sport In Amer, Blk Masculin In Amer Lit, U.S. & Latin Amer. Music
  

  • AMST 357 - Special Topics in Global America

    (3.00)
    An interdisciplinary study of selected issues in communications and media and the arts in American culture. Topic to be announced each semester offered. This course is repeatable up to 6 credits or 2 attempts. Recommended Preparation: One lower-level social sciences or humanities course focused on American society or culture.

    Course ID: 52158
    Consent: No Special Consent Required
    Components: Lecture
    Topics: Mind Of Ally McBeal, Queer Represnt In Film, Cult Through Amer Music, Queer Represent Film/Tv, 50 Yrs Of Sitcom Family, Baltimore In Film, Serial Crime In America, Fascination With Voyeur, 20Th Cent Jew Amer Exper, Computer Games:History, Time Goes By: Amer Cult, Sports And Media, Media And Amer Violence, Gender And The Sit-Com, American Reality TV, Theories:Media & Culture, Fifty Years Of Sitcom, Gender And American Tv, The Road Movie, Killer Fictions, Theories Of Media/Culture, Terrorism and Popular Culture, Global Museum Studies, American Roots Music and Identity, Exploring Disney’s World
  

  • AMST 358 - Special Topics in American Signs

    (3.00)
    An interdisciplinary study of selected issues in American Signs, focusing on analysis of oral, written, visual, and material representations of American life and culture and the historical and social contexts in which they are produced and consumed. This course is repeatable up to 6 credits or 2 attempts. Recommended Course Preparation: One lower-level social sciences or humanities course focused on American society or culture.

    Course ID: 52159
    Consent: No Special Consent Required
    Components: Lecture
    Topics: Teacher In Amer. Culture, American Horror Film, 50 Years of Sitcom Families, Documenting Cultural Heritage, Sixty Years of Sitcom Families
  

  • AMST 359 - Issues in American Studies

    (3.00)
    An interdisciplinary study of selected issues in American culture and society. Topic to be selected each semester offered. Intended for students at the junior/senior level.This course is repeatable up to 6 credits or 2 attempts. Recommended Preparation: One lower-level social sciences or humanities course focused on American society or culture.

    Course ID: 52160
    Consent: No Special Consent Required
    Components: Lecture
    Topics: ssues: Ethnography, American Food, Amer Folk/Pop Song, Contemp Native Amer Life, Asian-American Experienc, Issues: Film Noir, Law And American Culture, 20Th Cent Jew Amer Exp, Crime/Punishment In U.S., Issues:Global Perspctive, American Humor, Hollywood Film Remakes, American Film In 1970S, Soc Wlds Of Schlchildren, Blk Women & Cultural Exp, American Environments, Gays/Lesbians In Media, Amer Viewed From Abroad, West Film/American Ideal, Soc Const/Serial Crime, Iss:Festivals/Folktales, Issues: Subcultures, Soc Wlds Schlchldrn Amer, American Documentary, Issues: Future Perspect, Amer Culture 1945-Presnt, Doc Construction Reality, Media & Culture/Margins, Hollywood Remakes, Top:Am Detective & Film, Sci-Fi/Horror Flms/Amer, Visual Images/Atomic Age, Gender/Media/Consum Cult, Gay/Lesbian Literature, Asian American Exper, Disney’s World, American Relig/Culture, Top: Sci-Fi In Amer Cult, Lesbian Exp In Amer Cult, Gender, Arts & Culture, Art And Politics, Soc Const Of Serial Crim, Issues In American Stud, Iss: Health In America, Horror/Evil In Amer Cult
  

  • AMST 365 - Asian American Fictions

    (3.00)
    In this course, we will examine contemporary literary fiction about Asian Americans to learn about the persistent fictions that shape Asian American identities in the United States. Students will engage with literary fiction, literary review, film, and theory in Asian American studies to help us contextualize our readings of canonical Asian American literary texts. We will explore the relationships between critical moments in Asian American cultural production and Asian American identity formation. Recommended Course Preparation:One lower-level social sciences or humanities course focused on American society or culture.
     

    Course ID: 102099
    Consent: Instructor Consent Required
    Components: Lecture
    Attributes: Arts and Humanities (GEP), Culture (GEP)
  

  • AMST 369 - Filipino American Cultural Studies

    (3.00)
    This interdisciplinary course offers a survey of Filipino American experiences, including, but not limited to analyses of labor migration from the Philippines to various points of settlement in the diaspora; creative and artistic uses of expressive forms of culture; participation in various of social movements; and settlement in the United States as part of the nation’s fastest growing racial group. Recommended Course Preparation: One lower-level social sciences or humanities course focused on American society or culture.
     

    Course ID: 102100
    Consent: No Special Consent Required
    Components: Lecture
    Attributes: Arts and Humanities (GEP), Culture (GEP)
  

  • AMST 372 - American Food

    (3.00)
    This course examines the American food chain, from field to factory to family dinner table. Our approach will be interdisciplinary and because we are part of an international food network, cross-cultural. Topics include the history and global ecology of agriculture and food production; the worldwide significance of the Colombian exchange; the technological, nutritional and economic aspects of food processing and marketing; the globalization of American fast food abroad; the history and ethnography of food habits, both mainstream and subcultural; the effects of immigration on American cuisine; health, safety and aesthetic trends in food consumption. Recommended Preparation: One lower-level social sciences or humanities course focused on American society or culture.

    Course ID: 52164
    Consent: No Special Consent Required
    Components: Lecture
  

  • AMST 375 - Studies in Asian American Culture

    (3.00)
    This course surveys salient topics and debates in Asian American cultural studies. The course begins with historical information on patterns of immigration for various Asian immigrant groups, but our main focus will be to explore the cultural contributions of Asians in the U.S. through literature and film. We will explore the role of cultural expression and artistic representation in Asian American attempts to establish a sense of belonging and cultural presence in the U.S. Recommended Course Preparation: One lower-level social sciences or humanities course focused on American society or culture.

    Course ID: 100359
    Consent: No Special Consent Required
    Components: Lecture
    Attributes: Arts and Humanities (GEP), Culture (GEP)
  

  • AMST 376 - The American Dream

    (3.00)
    This course focuses on the American Dream and the closely related concept of American exceptionalism. Americans have long felt a unique destiny to set an example as a ‘city on a hill’ a beacon of freedom, and an ‘engine of democracy.’ The course examines the origins, shifting definitions, and many versions of the American Dream; identifies the major cultural arenas for the display and discussion of American exceptionalism; and explores the surrounding conflicts and controversies.One lower-level social sciences or humanities course focused on American society or culture.

    Course ID: 100551
    Consent: No Special Consent Required
    Components: Lecture
    Attributes: Arts and Humanities (GEP)
  

  • AMST 380 - Community in America

    (3.00)
    A consideration of the concept of community in America,examining dimensions of place, social structure and cultural identity. Changing forms of community - rural, small town, urban- provide the framework for the course, with primary emphasis upon the role of community in American life. The course draws upon examples from the Baltimore metropolitan area and employs community studies from a range of fields. Recommended Preparation: One lower-level social sciences or humanities course focused on American society or culture.

    Course ID: 52166
    Consent: No Special Consent Required
    Components: Lecture
    Attributes: Arts and Humanities (GEP), Arts and Humanities (GFR)
  

  • AMST 382 - Perspectives on the Family

    (3.00)
    An investigation of family life in America in various historical periods and among different subgroups. Three themes or questions dominate the course: the relationship of the family to the social context within which it exists; the nature and cause of different forms of family life within various American subcultures, past and present; and the extent to which the family has changed and not changed during several centuries. Specific families examined include the colonial New England family, the 19th-century urban middle class, the ethnic family, the black family and the contemporary family. Within each of these types of family experience, specific topics to be investigated include the role of women, relationships between women and men, attitudes toward children, modes of childrearing, housing styles and others. As part of the course, students examine their own family history. Recommended Preparation: One lower-level social sciences or humanities course focused on American society or culture or permission of the instructor

    Course ID: 50035
    Consent: No Special Consent Required
    Components: Lecture
    Attributes: Arts and Humanities (GEP), Arts and Humanities (GFR)
    Same as Offered: GWST 382 
  

  • AMST 384 - Perspectives on Childhood and Adolescence

    (3.00)
    Attitudes toward children and childhood as a stage of life are historically contingent phenomena: They are shaped by the social context within which they exist. This course examines attitudes toward children and childen as a social group within various historical settings and among different subcultures in America. We will attempt to understand why these variations occur and how they make sense within our own particular setting. As part of this course, students are encouraged to think critically about their own experieince of and attitudes toward childhood. Recommended Preparation: One lower-level social sciences or humanities course focused on American society or culture.

    Course ID: 50034
    Consent: No Special Consent Required
    Components: Lecture
    Attributes: Social Sciences (GEP), Social Sciences (GFR)
    Same as Offered: HIST 308 
  

  • AMST 385 - Teachers in American Culture

    (3.00)
    This course examines the social and cultural definitions of teachers in American culture over time. The most enduring images and constructs of teaching, and the social and cultural forces that shape and modify those constructs over time, are identified and explored. Popular representations of teachers and teaching in books, film, and television are examined to understand how Americans have negotiated cultural understandings about teaching school, and society over the past two centuries.One lower-level social sciences or humanities course focused on American society or culture.

    Course ID: 100552
    Consent: No Special Consent Required
    Components: Lecture
  

  • AMST 388 - American Environments: Landscape and Culture

    (3.00)
    This course will examine the interaction between physical environment and culture in the American experience. Topics will include encounters with diverse American landscapes,exploration of the wilderness and settlement of the changing frontier, the role and evolution of urban and wilderness parks, the changing nature of tourism, and selected case studies involving culture and the environment. This course is repeatable. Recommended Preparation: One lower-level social sciences or humanities course focused on American society or culture

    Course ID: 50036
    Consent: No Special Consent Required
    Components: Lecture
    Topics: American Environments, American Environments: Landscape, Landscape & Culture, Landscape and Culture, Landscape & Culture
    Attributes: Arts and Humanities (GEP), Arts and Humanities (GFR)
  

  • AMST 395 - American Music and Culture

    (3.00)
    This interdisciplinary course explores how to write about one of the most important expressive forms of American culture: music. Rather than survey a history of musical genres and personalities, students in this class will analyze the relationship between music-making as a social practice and the creation of various “American” communities. Too often, our writing and our listening skills are passive. Critical thinking, reading, and writing skills are at the core of this course. Recommended Course Preparation: One lower-level social sciences or humanities course focused on American society or culture.
     

    Course ID: 102101
    Consent: Instructor Consent Required
    Components: Lecture
    Attributes: Culture (GEP), Social Sciences (GEP)
  

  • AMST 403 - Ethnography in America

    (3.00)
    This course is an introduction to the principles, methods, and uses of ethnography, as well as key concepts and ethical issues concerning ethnographic methods of inquiry. Drawing on theory from anthropology and sociology, the course will examine types of ethnographic literature, the ethnographic voice, and concepts of objectivity and subjectivity in analysis and description. Emphasis will be placed on the ethnographic techniques of participant observation, interviewing and documentation. Additionally, the course will examine and engage students in the processes of interpreting and analyzing qualitative data. Students will complete a research practice project that includes writing an ethnographic text.

    Course ID: 52144
    Consent: No Special Consent Required
    Components: Lecture
    You must complete AMST 300 with a C or better before taking this class.
  

  • AMST 404 - Internship

    (1.00 - 3.00)
    For students interested in an introductory internship experience or who are able only to devote limited time for the internship. Students are expected to commit 40 hours a semester per credit. For example, for three credits, the expectation would be 120 hours of field work. The internship allows students to apply academic concepts and ideas to a work environment outside the classroom. Recommended Preparation: Six credits of American Studies courses, and permission of the instructor

    Course ID: 52170
    Consent: No Special Consent Required
    Components: Field Studies
  

  • AMST 410 - Seminar in U.S. Social Structures

    (3.00)
    Advanced study of a specific problem in U.S. Social Structures, focusing on particular institutional structures and practices that shape and are shaped by the experiences of individuals and social groups in American society. A different topic will be announced each semester the course is offered. The seminar is designed to develop research and analytical skills specific to this area, and students will have the opportunity to do original research. This course is repeatable up to 6 credits or 2 attempts.

    Course ID: 52173
    Consent: No Special Consent Required
    Components: Lecture
    Topics: Jew Identity & US Hist, Black Hair/Body Politics, The Many Meanings of Meat, Race, Profit, Masculinities & Birth of U.S. Empir
    Requirement Group: You must complete AMST 300  with a C or better before taking this class.
  

  • AMST 420 - Seminar in Global America

    (3.00)
    Advanced study of a specific problem in American Signs, focusing on interdisciplinary analysis of oral, written, visual, and material representations of American life and culture and the historical and social contexts in which they are produced and consumed. A different topic will be announced each semester the course is offered. The seminar is designed to develop research and analytical skills specific to this area, and students will have the opportunity to do original research.This course is repeatable up to 6 credits or 2 attempts.

    Course ID: 52176
    Consent: No Special Consent Required
    Components: Lecture
    Topics: Public Hist, Public Cult, Sem In Cultural Policy, Cult Pltcs Of Pop Cntrl, Media Literacy & Racial Representations, Food Voice, Global Museum Studies, Power, Place, and Identity,Global Cultural Heritage
    Requirement Group: You must complete AMST 300  with a C or better before taking this class.
  

  • AMST 422 - Preserving Places, Making Spaces in Baltimore

    (3.00)
    This is an applied research course where students develop an innovative preservation project on overlooked local history in Baltimore by using the skills of social entrepreneurship. The professional and scholarly aspects of the field of historic preservation and the study of place will be applied to a community project in the greater Baltimore region. This course will educate students about preserving local cultural traditions and community engagement.

    Course ID: 100360
    Consent: No Special Consent Required
    Components: Lecture
    Requirement Group: You must complete AMST 300  with a C or better before taking this class.
  

  • AMST 430 - Seminar in American Signs

    (3.00)
    Advanced study of a specific problem in American Signs, focusing on interdisciplinary analysis of oral, written, visual, and material representations of American life and culture and the historical and social contexts in which they are produced and consumed. A different topic will be announced each semester the course is offered. The seminar is designed to develop research and analytical skills specific to this area, and students will have the opportunity to do original research. This course is repeatable up to 6 credits or 2 attempts.

    Course ID: 52175
    Consent: No Special Consent Required
    Components: Lecture
    Topics: Seminar: Advertising, Media & Pol Amer Culture, Sem:Gender And The Media, Seminar:Children & Tv, Power, Place, and Identity
    Requirement Group: You must complete AMST 300  with a C or better before taking this class.
  

  • AMST 459 - Themes in American Studies

    (3.00)
    Intensive study of a specialized topic or problem in American culture, employing interdisciplinary methodologies. Topic to be announced each semester offered. Recommended at the junior/senior level. This course is repeatable up to 6 credits or 2 attempts.

    Course ID: 52183
    Consent: No Special Consent Required
    Components: Lecture
    Topics: Topics: The South American Cultl, Gender & Self/Amer Socty, Public Hist/Public Cult, Thmes:Folklife/Mtrl Cltr, Themes: Gender/Folk Trad, Pub History/Pub Culture, Globalized Communication, Thms: Sci/Tech/Mass Cltr, Themes: U.S. & Nicaragua, Themes: Children & Tv, Gender And Knowledge, Themes: Things, Cont Amer Political Cultures
    Requirement Group: You must complete AMST 300 with a C or better before taking this class.
  

  • AMST 460 - Seminar in Black Hair and Body Politics

    (3.00)
    This course will focus on constructions of Black hair and the Black body in media of the 20th and 21st century. The seminar combines primary readings, personal anecdotes, and applied research about the body, its extremities (such as hair), its performance of sexualities and identities in the context of the production of culture and social relations. Examining this body of literature from a range of theoretical and applied perspectives enables analysis and discussion of the processes used in the creation of cultural meaning-making. Additionally, a critique of the readings will also afford the opportunity to explore alternatives to the perpetuated materialist or constructivist binary existing in approaches to the body. Measures of prescription give way to problematizing and questioning the readings in order to explore dynamic resolutions at the individual level. AFST or AMST or other social sciences of humanities course focused on American society or culture will provide students a knowledge base useful for this course.

    Course ID: 100298
    Consent: No Special Consent Required
    Components: Lecture
    Same as Offered: AFST 460 
  

  • AMST 464 - Immigration Nation: Examining Narratives of Immigration to the U.S.

    (3.00)
    This course is a study of immigrant narratives from recent decades primarily through film and literature. New groups arriving to the U.S. long have employed narrative forms to establish recognition in America. In this course we analyze how cultural representations help immigrant groups define an ethnic American identity. In contrast to historical or political tracts, we will investigate what these longer narrative forms offer immigrant groups in their efforts to establish an American cultural identity.

    Course ID: 100362
    Consent: No Special Consent Required
    Components: Lecture
    Requirement Group: You must complete AMST 300  with a C or better before taking this class.
  

  • AMST 466 - Media Literacy and Racial Representation

    (3.00)
    This course is divided into two components: First, we will explore the foundations of media literacy, while also investigating the areas rarely explored in media studies and mass communication research about Africana peoples. The course will survey these historical images in various media forms. Students will analyze the impact these images, perceptions, and stereotypes have on society and on Africana people’s self-concept, in particular youth/teenagers. In addition, the course will examine the ways in which the images have developed when rendered by Africana filmmakers. Finally, students will expand knowledge in this area of study by producing a workbook of critical race media literacy assignments and exercises. These exercises will then be utilized during our classroom visits to a middle school in the Baltimore City Public School system.

    Course ID: 100363
    Consent: No Special Consent Required
    Components: Lecture
    Requirement Group: You must complete AMST 300  with a C or better before taking this class.
  

  • AMST 474 - Theorizing Identity in Contemporary American Culture

    (3.00)
    In this course we examine how identity politics and issues of representation determine the reception of minority artists in America. We will conduct this inquiry through a comparative, transnational examination of African American and Asian American literary and artistic production. Identity politics have long influenced the reception and production of the minority artist in U.S. Through a comparative approach, we uncover theoretical connections between constructions of race and ethnicity in the U.S. and the world.

    Course ID: 100364
    Consent: No Special Consent Required
    Components: Lecture
    Requirement Group: You must complete AMST 300  with a C or better before taking this class.
  

  • AMST 476 - Theories of Culture and Media

    (3.00)
    This reading-intensive course is a thorough introduction to the study of the relationship between visual media and society. From photography and print advertising to contemporary film and television, visual media have become central to our everyday lives. By examining these media from a range of theoretical perspectives, we will analyze and discuss the processes of cultural meaning-making.

    Course ID: 100186
    Consent: No Special Consent Required
    Components: Lecture
    Requirement Group: You must complete AMST 300  with a C or better before taking this class.
  

  • AMST 480 - Community in America

    (3.00)
    Intended for students undertaking advanced research, the seminar focuses on a particular issue in the study of American community. Special topics (listed for each semester offered) address questions of broad relevance to communities nationally or focus on studies of specific communities, many drawn from the Baltimore metropolitan area. In some semesters, the goal may be for public presentation of research findings. Recommended Preparation: Six credits in American Studies courses, 3 at the upper-level, or permission of the instructor. Note: AMST 380 , HIST 301 , HIST 429 , GES 341 , GES 342  or comparable courses in related fields strongly recommended.

    Course ID: 52187
    Consent: No Special Consent Required
    Components: Lecture
    Requirement Group:You must complete AMST 300 with a C or better before taking this class.
  

  • AMST 490 - Senior Seminar

    (3.00)
    The senior seminar provides an opportunity to integrate the subject matter and interdisciplinary methodologies of the major program by focusing on a significant problem in the study of American culture. Emphasis is upon the involvement of students in both the process and content of cultural analysis and interpretation.

    Course ID: 52188
    Consent: No Special Consent Required
    Components: Lecture
    Attributes: Writing Intensive
    Requirement Group: You must complete AMST 300  and ENGL 100  or equivalent with a C or better before taking this class.
  

  • AMST 495 - Honors Seminar in American Studies

    (3.00)
    Students read, discuss and write about a variety of classic works in American studies. After an intensive grounding in many theoretical approaches to the study of American culture and society, students design a proposal for further research in an area of their own choosing. (For further information on the honors program in American studies, inquire at the departmental office.) Recommended Preparation: Admissions to the American Studies Departmental Honors program and permission of the instructor

    Course ID: 52189
    Consent: No Special Consent Required
    Components: Lecture
  

  • AMST 496 - Honors Research in American Studies

    (3.00)
    After completing the AMST 495 American Studies honors students will enroll in AMST 496, a 3-credit independent study course. We recommend that the student completes AMST 496 in the consecutive semester after AMST 490/495, but we will consider exceptions on a case-by-case basis. The course will be guided by a faculty advisor best-suited to advise your honor’s research topic. Students must approach and meet with the faculty member to secure the faculty member’s support as advisor and get permission to register for AMST 496.

    Course ID: 52190
    Consent: No Special Consent Required
    Components: Lecture
  

  • AMST 497 - Independent Projects in American Studies

    (1.00 - 3.00)
    Special projects are designed and the number of credits determined by individual students in consultation with an advisor. Recommended at the junior/senior level. Variable credit course repeatable up to 6 credits. Recommended Preparation: Six credits of American Studies courses

    Course ID: 52169
    Consent: Instructor Consent Required
    Components: Independent Study
  

  • AMST 498 - Internship

    (1.00-3.00)
    For students interested in an introductory internship experience or who are able only to devote limited time for the internship. Students are expected to commit 40 hours a semester per credit. For example, for three credits, the expectation would be 120 hours of field work. Variable credit course repeatable up to 6 credits. Recommended Preparation: Six credits of American Studies courses.

    Course ID: 052170
    Consent: Instructor Consent Required
    Components: Field Studies
  

  • AMST 499 - Internship With Seminar

    (4.00)
    Internship with concurrent seminar that analyzes and evaluates internship experiences from various theoretical perspectives. Recommended Preparation: Six credits of American Studies courses.

    Course ID: 52172
    Consent: No Special Consent Required
    Components: Lecture

Ancient Studies
  

  • ANCS 120 - Greeks and Romans in the Mediterranean World

    (3.00)
    The material in this course will bring together the experiences of the Greeks and the Romans as a part of the Mediterranean world. It will emphasize, among other things, the influence of other cultures on the Greeks and Romans, the interrelationship of Greek and Roman culture, and the progress of Romanization as a result of the spread of Roman culture throughout the empire.

    Course ID: 52199
    Consent: No Special Consent Required
    Components: Lecture
    Attributes: Arts and Humanities (GEP), Culture (GEP), Arts and Humanities (GFR), Culture (GFR)
  

  • ANCS 150 - English Word Roots from Latin and Greek

    (3.00)
    Students study the debt of English to the two major tongues of classical antiquity in the West. The cognate nature of the Indo-European languages is considered in this basic course in English etymology. Students can expect to experience a large increase in their vocabularies, to learn a systematic way of deducing meanings of new words when a dictionary is not available and to develop the vocabulary of a truly liberally educated person.

    Course ID: 52200
    Consent: No Special Consent Required
    Components: Lecture
    Attributes: Arts and Humanities (GEP), Culture (GEP), Arts and Humanities (GFR), Culture (GFR)
  

  • ANCS 200 - Israel and the Ancient Near East

    (3.00)
    A survey of the cultures of the ancient Near East including Assyria, Persia, and especially the development of ancient Judaism.

    Course ID: 50041
    Consent: No Special Consent Required
    Components: Lecture
    Attributes: Arts and Humanities (GEP), Culture (GEP), Arts and Humanities (GFR), Culture (GFR)
    Same as Offered: JDST 200 , RLST 201 
  

  • ANCS 201 - The Ancient Greeks

    (3.00)
    A survey of ancient Greek society including the Aegean Bronze Age, the nature of the polis, the Persian and Peloponnesian wars, life in Athens, Alexander the Great, developments in art and literature, and mythology.

    Course ID: 052201
    Consent: No Special Consent Required
    Components: Lecture
    Attributes: Arts and Humanities (GEP), Culture (GEP), Arts and Humanities (GFR), Culture (GFR)
  

  • ANCS 202 - The Roman World

    (3.00)
    A survey of ancient Roman society including Rome’s march to the empire, the Roman Revolution, Augustus and the creation of the empire, the end of the ancient world, the rise of Christianity, developments in art and literatures, and mythology.

    Course ID: 52203
    Consent: No Special Consent Required
    Components: Lecture
    Course Equivalents: ANCS 202H 
    Attributes: Arts and Humanities (GEP), Culture (GEP), Arts and Humanities (GFR), Culture (GFR)
  

  • ANCS 202H - The Roman World - Honors

    (1.00)
    This course is for students who wish to take an honors component in connection with ANCS 202 . The student must be enrolled in ANCS 202  to be eligible to take ANCS 202H. Various topics will be looked at in more depth via discussion, class participation and work on the Web.

    Course ID: 52204
    Consent: No Special Consent Required
    Components: Discussion, Lecture
    Course Equivalents: ANCS 202 
  

  • ANCS 203 - Earliest Christianity

    (3.00)
    A survey of the development of early Christianity in the Roman Empire. Topics include the status of foreign religions in the empire, the social world of early Christianity, the attitude of the Roman government toward Christians, persecution and the triumph of Christianity.

    Course ID: 50040
    Consent: No Special Consent Required
    Components: Lecture
    Attributes: Arts and Humanities (GFR), Culture (GFR)
    Same as Offered: RLST 203 
  

  • ANCS 204 - Masterpieces of Ancient Literature

    (3.00)
    A study of the classical and/ or Judeo-Christian traditions in Western literature and, in some cases, their relationship to the writings of the Old Testament. Greek and Latin classics such as Homer’s Iliad, Sappho’s and Catullus’ love poetry, and Virgil’s Aeneid, will be read in English translation.

    Course ID: 50039
    Consent: No Special Consent Required
    Components: Lecture
    Attributes: Arts and Humanities (GEP), Culture (GEP), Arts and Humanities (GFR), Culture (GFR)
    Same as Offered: CPLT 203
  

  • ANCS 210 - Classical Mythology

    (3.00)
    A study of the principal Greek and Roman myths.

    Course ID: 50037
    Consent: No Special Consent Required
    Components: Lecture
    Attributes: Arts and Humanities (GEP), Culture (GEP), Arts and Humanities (GFR), Culture (GFR)
    Same as Offered: RLST 210 
  

  • ANCS 220 - Judaism in the Time of Jesus and Hillel

    (3.00)
    This course surveys the history of Judaism and the Jewish people from the onset of Hellenism through the second Jewish revolt against the occupation by the Roman Empire. This formative period in the history of Judaism, of early Christianity and of Jewish-Christian relations is interpreted in light of extant primary and secondary literary and archaeological sources.

    Course ID: 50038
    Consent: No Special Consent Required
    Components: Lecture
    Attributes: Arts and Humanities (GEP), Culture (GEP), Arts and Humanities (GFR), Culture (GFR)
    Same as Offered: JDST 201 , RLST 202 
  

  • ANCS 250 - Topics in Ancient Studies

    (3.00)
    An introductory course to various aspects of the classical world. Topics vary from semester to semester but may include warfare, science, women in the classical world, medicine, athletics and religion. This course is repeatable.

    Course ID: 52206
    Consent: No Special Consent Required
    Components: Lecture
    Topics: Trvl/Stdy France/Switz, Mthd & Mtrl Of Research, The School Of Athens, Burial Pract/Ancient Wld, Ancient Science and Technology, Scientific & Medical Terminology in Greek & Latin, Greek Drama,
    Death, Desire, and the Hero
  

  • ANCS 301 - Ancient Civilizations

    (3.00)
    A study/travel abroad program to an area of classical or Near Eastern civilization relating to the ancient Greek and Roman world or to an archaeological site of a comparative culture. This course is repeatable up to 9 credits or 3 attempts.

    Course ID: 52211
    Consent: Department Consent Required
    Components: Lecture
    Topics: Cults Of Ancient Greece, Death/Burial-Antiquity, Roman Spain, Ancient Turkey, Greek and Roman Italy, Southern Italy and Sicily, Travel Study 2013: France, Travel Study: Greece
    Attributes: Arts and Humanities (GEP), Culture (GEP), Arts and Humanities (GFR), Culture (GFR)
  

  • ANCS 305 - Warfare in the Ancient World

    (3.00)

    History of the strategies, equipment, and culture of war and warfare in the ancient Mediterranean Basin, focusing on the ancient Greeks and Romans, but also covering Near Eastern, Egyptian, Carthaginian, Celtic, and Germanic armies and tactics. We will explore these topics through a combination of lecture, discussion, reading, and experimental methodology, including two exercises in field tactics using model weaponry.

      Recommended Preparation: ANCS 201  or ANCS 202  

    Course ID: 102334
    Consent: No Special Consent Required
    Components: Lecture
  

  • ANCS 320 - Gender and Women in the Classical World

    (3.00)
    What do we and can we know about the lives of women in ancient Greece and Italy, and how did women and men interact? In this course, archaeological and written evidence will be examined to reconstruct the activities, status and images of Greek, Etruscan and Roman women and place them within their historical and cultural contexts. Attention will be paid to the way both ancient and modern views about women and men influence our understanding of the past and present.

    Course ID: 50042
    Consent: No Special Consent Required
    Components: Lecture
    Attributes: Arts and Humanities (GEP), Culture (GEP), Writing Intensive, Arts and Humanities (GFR), Culture (GFR)
    Same as Offered: GWST 330  
    Requirement Group: You must complete one course from the following: ANCS course or GWST course or ARCH 200  or ARCH 201  or HIST 453  or  HIST 455  or HIST 456  and ENGL 100   or equivalentwith a C or better.
  

  • ANCS 330 - Ancient Science and Technology

    (3.00)
    This course will survey the birth and development of ancient science and technology. Topics may include scientific reasoning and methodology; mathematics, geometry, and astronomy; anatomy and medicine; construction, engineering, and mechanical technology. Historical background - political, economic, social, cultural, and religious - provides insights into related fields of political science, psychology, and ethical philosophy.

    Course ID: 100244
    Consent: No Special Consent Required
    Components: Lecture
    Same as Offered: HIST 330 
  

  • ANCS 341 - Studies in World Literature

    (3.00)
    A study of selected literary works from a single nation or from several nations, with the focus on a century, movement, genre, theme or individual writer. Topics are announced each semester offered.

    Course ID: 100255
    Consent: No Special Consent Required
    Components: Lecture
    Attributes: Arts and Humanities (GFR)
  

  • ANCS 350 - Topics in Ancient Studies

    (3.00)
    A study of selected literary works from a single nation or from several nations, with the focus on a century, movement, genre, theme or individual writer. Topics are announced each semester offered. This course is repeatable.

    Course ID: 52216
    Consent: No Special Consent Required
    Components: Lecture
    Topics: Topics: Travel/Study Greece, Sci,Math,Tech In Ancient, Topics In Ancient Stud., The Mediterranean, Temples,Churches,Synagog, The Cinema And Antiquity, The Bardic Voice, Ancient Greek Life, Ancient & Modern Britain, Burials In Ancient World, Ancient Studies Intrnshp, Greek Land Warfare, The Hero And The Quest, Rediscovery Of Antiquity, Age Of Perikles, Ancient & Modern Greece, Women And Gender, Judaism: Jesus & Hillel, When Worlds Collide, Greek and Roman History, Myth and Antiquity on Stage and Screen, Museum Studies, Childhood in the Ancient Mediterranean, Classical Art and Museums, Environmental Archeology, Myth and Archaeology, Mobile App Construction, Warfare in the Ancient World, Temp of Art: Hist of Art & Arc, Magic and Witchcraft
  

  • ANCS 351 - Topics in Ancient Studies

    (3.00)
    This course is repeatable up to 12 credits.

    Course ID: 52217
    Consent: No Special Consent Required
    Components: Lecture
    Topics: Aristotle & Verbal Arts, When Worlds Collide
  

  • ANCS 370 - When Worlds Collide: The Rediscovery of Antiquity

    (3.00)
    This course surveys the rediscovery of antiquity during the Age of Revolution. Pioneering explorations and early excavations in Europe, Africa, and America are viewed within the context of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Political revolutions breaking with the past are accompanied by renewed interest in the distant past in colonial America, France, Italy, Spain, Egypt, and Greece, leading to the birth of scientific archaeology and the early development of the discipline of art history.

    Course ID: 100509
    Consent: No Special Consent Required
    Components: Lecture
    Requirement Group: You must complete one 200 level ANCS course or one 200 level ARCH course or one 200 level CPLT course or one 200 level ENGL course or one 200 level HIST course or one 200 level PHIL course or one 300 level ART course with a C or better.
  

  • ANCS 375 - Ancient Medicine

    (3.00)
    History of the development of medicine and medical theory in the ancient Mediterranean basin, focusing on the period spanning the 5th century BCE to 2nd century CE (Hippocratic Corpus to Galen). Course material covers how and why theories about the human body arose and vied for dominance; students will explore the ancient roots of professionalism, pharmacy, surgery, gynecology, ethics, public health, hygiene, and medical law.  Recommended  Preparation : ANCS 201   or ANCS 202  

    Course ID: 102338
    Consent: No Special Consent Required
    Components: Lecture
  

  • ANCS 397 - Internships in Ancient Studies

    (1.00 - 6.00)
    Students may earn academic credit by arrangement with the Ancient Studies department by working in an approved internship in museum studies, library studies, teaching, and webpage design. Written work, in addition to practical experience, may be required. Variable credit course repeatable up to 12 credits.

    Course ID: 52218
    Consent: Department Consent Required
    Components: Field Studies
  

  • ANCS 398 - Independent Projects in Ancient Studies

    (1.00 - 3.00)
    Various topics in ancient literature, archaeology and history. This course is repeatable. Recommended Preparation: Ancient studies major with B average.

    Course ID: 52219
    Consent: Department Consent Required
    Components: Lecture
  

  • ANCS 399H - Comprehensive Readings in Ancient Studies - Honors

    (3.00)
    During one semester of the senior year, majors with at least a B average in ancient studies courses may read widely from an extensive list of ancient sources drawn up by the Department of Latin or Greek Literature, Ancient History or Archaeology. The list will be available to students at any time preceding the semester for which credit is given. This course is repeatable.

    Course ID: 52221
    Consent: Department Consent Required
    Components: Lecture
  

  • ANCS 498H - Honors Thesis in Ancient Studies I

    (3.00)
    Research and writing of an honors thesis in ancient studies. ANCS 498H, ANCS 499H  comprise a two-semester sequence and are part of the departmental honors program. To be taken in senior year. (Further information available from the department.) This course is repeatable.
     

    Course ID: 52223
    Consent: Department Consent Required
    Components: Independent Study
  

  • ANCS 499H - Honors Thesis in Ancient Studies II

    (3.00)
    Research and writing of an honors thesis in ancient studies. ANCS 498H , ANCS 499H comprise a two-semester sequence and are part of the departmental honors program. To be taken in senior year.

    Course ID: 52225
    Consent: Department Consent Required
    Components: Independent Study

Anthropology
  

  • ANTH 101 - Introduction to Anthropology

    (3.00)
    Introduction to Anthropology explores the four traditional fields of anthropology: physical/biological anthropology, archeology, linguistic anthropology, and cultural anthropology. Students will be introduced to key research questions, methods, and findings generated by anthropologists from across these sub-disciplines. Topics to be explored include: the fossil trail and hominid evolution, archeological methods and theories used to understand material culture, historical and present-day approaches to the study of language, and core concepts in cultural anthropology such as ritual, social structure, and meaning. The course employs a cross-cultural approach to allow students to gain an appreciation of the diversity of past and present human cultures.

    Course ID: 102011
    Consent: No Special Consent Required
    Components: Lecture
    Attributes: Culture (GEP), Social Sciences (GEP)
  

  • ANTH 211 - Cultural Anthropology

    (3.00)
    An introduction to the central concepts and issues in cultural anthropology. The course employs a worldwide comparative perspective that examines topics such as: the concept of culture, cultural-ecological systems and family organization; magic, religion and witchcraft; socialization, personality and mental illness; conflict resolution and warfare.

    Course ID: 52228
    Consent: No Special Consent Required
    Components: Lecture
    Course Equivalents: ANTH 211Y 
    Attributes: Culture (GEP), Social Sciences (GEP), Culture (GFR), Social Sciences (GFR)
  

  • ANTH 211Y - Cultural Anthropology

    (4.00)
    An introduction to the central concepts and issues in cultural anthropology. The course employs a worldwide comparative perspective that examines topics such as: the concept of culture, cultural-ecological systems and family organization; magic, religion and witchcraft; socialization, personality and mental illness; conflict resolution and warfare.

    Course ID: 100249
    Consent: No Special Consent Required
    Components: Discussion, Lecture
    Course Equivalents: ANTH 211 
    Attributes: Culture (GEP), Social Sciences (GEP), Culture (GFR), Social Sciences (GFR)
  

  • ANTH 212 - The Ethnographer’s World

    (3.00)
    An overview of the ways in which anthropologists have studied and written about distinct cultural systems in numerous world regions. Using ethnographic case studies, the course explores how diverse cultural groups confront such issues as gender roles, political organization, economic strategies and colonialists. Particularly attentive to the problems of conducting ethnographic research in a changing world characterized by transnational ties, the course is meant for those students interested in global issues and in ethno-graphic writing. Prospective anthropology majors are particularly encouraged.

    Course ID: 52229
    Consent: No Special Consent Required
    Components: Lecture
    Attributes: Culture (GEP), Social Sciences (GEP), Culture (GFR), Social Sciences (GFR)
  

  • ANTH 213 - Focused Cultural Study : ( region of the world/culture group to be specified in each iteration of the course)

    (3.00)
    This course will focus on a specific geographic region or culture. The specific topic will be announced in advance of the semester the course is offered. This course is repeatable for different cultural foci. Through anthropological accounts, the course will examine how people in a particular region or group draw on cultural beliefs and practices in the context of social change and globalization. These accounts will also allow students to investigate key concepts in anthropology.

    Course ID: 102208
    Consent: No Special Consent Required
    Components: Lecture
  

  • ANTH 297 - Selected Topics in Anthropology

    (3.00)
    The specific topic will be announced in advance of the semester the course is offered

    Course ID: 52230
    Consent: No Special Consent Required
    Components: Lecture
    Topics: American Folklife, The World Of Language II, World Language Commun, Germ Ethnic Culture, Ethnography Of Melanesia, Anthropology Of Gender, World Language Comm., World Language Communit, World Language Community, Mthds & Mtrls Research, World Lang Communities, Magic And Witchcraft
    Requirement Group: You must complete SOCY 101  or ANTH 211  with a “C” or higher.
  

  • ANTH 302 - Human Evolution, Physical Anthropology and Archaeology

    (3.00)
    Explores the use of physical anthropology and archaeology in examining the ancient history of the human species. Traces our earliest fossil-archaeological remains in discussing worldwide cultural evolution and genetic variation from the first humans to the rise of urban societies.

    Course ID: 52231
    Consent: No Special Consent Required
    Components: Lecture
    Attributes: Culture (GEP), Social Sciences (GEP), Culture (GFR), Social Sciences (GFR)
    Requirement Group: You must complete SOCY 101  or ANTH 211  with a “C” or higher.
  

  • ANTH 304 - Kin, Community and Ethnicity

    (3.00)
    This course explores kinship systems, ethnicity, neighborhood and other social arrangements in various cultural settings through the reading of selected ethnographic materials. The course also will investigate how anthropological approaches to social organization reflect broader philosophical and political changes in our society.

    Course ID: 52233
    Consent: No Special Consent Required
    Components: Lecture
    Requirement Group: You must complete SOCY 101  or ANTH 211  with a “C” or higher.
  

  • ANTH 310 - Ethnographic Film

    (3.00)
    The objectives of the course are to present ethnographic films that introduce the concept of culture, the significance of diversity and representation of the other; and address key processes and issues in anthropological filmmaking.

    Course ID: 52234
    Consent: No Special Consent Required
    Components: Lecture
    Attributes: Culture (GFR)
    Requirement Group: You must complete SOCY 201  or ANTH 211  with a “C” or higher.
  

  • ANTH 311 - Urban Anthropology

    (3.00)
    An anthropological analysis of the phenomenon of urbanism, stressing the impact of city life on social organization and culture throughout the world. Cities will be analyzed from a holistic perspective detailing the evolution and organization of non-Western cities, the impact of urban values on Third World populations and the culture of specialized urban communities - squatter settlements, skid rows, ghettos, ethnic enclaves.

    Course ID: 52235
    Consent: No Special Consent Required
    Components: Lecture
    Attributes: Social Sciences (GEP), Social Sciences (GFR)
    Requirement Group: You must complete SOCY 101  or ANTH 211  with a “C” or higher.
  

  • ANTH 312 - Medical Anthropology

    (3.00)
    This course is an overview of some basic findings in the field of medical anthropology. Case studies, readings, films, videotapes and other resources are used to examine folk medical knowledge, religious healing and crosscultural studies of health behavior from an anthropological point of view. Other topics covered include folk medical practices in major American ethnic, minority, social class and subcultural groups. The resistance of Third World populations to changing their health beliefs and practices is explored. The place of trance, possession, sorcery and altered states of consciousness in healing rituals is examined.

    Course ID: 52236
    Consent: No Special Consent Required
    Components: Lecture
    Attributes: Writing Intensive, Social Sciences (GFR)
    Requirement Group: You must complete SOCY 101  or ANTH 211   and ENGL 100   or equivalentwith a “C” or higher.
  

  • ANTH 313 - Applied Anthropology

    (3.00)
    Applied Anthropologists employ the theories and methods of anthropology to address practical problems and social issues in cultural context. Applied anthropologists often have the goal of improving the lives and well-being of human groups worldwide and attend to issues of inequality and social justice. This course explores how anthropologists use an anthropological lens to analyze and intervene on a range of issues, which may include discussions of international development, women¿s rights, education policy, and/or health care. Applied Anthropology explores theories of practice, common methods used and refined by applied anthropologists, and the ethical debates surrounding applied work. In addition, students examine how understandings of culture, subjectivity, and sociohistorical experience can help inform interventions and policy.

    Course ID: 52237
    Consent: No Special Consent Required
    Components: Lecture
    Requirement Group: You must complete ANTH 211  or SOCY 101  with a C or better.
  

  • ANTH 316 - Anthropology of Religion

    (3.00)
    This course examines the nature of belief systems, myth, and ritual in various societies of the world through ethnographic case studies. Cases to be examined may be drawn from societies in South America, Asia, the Pacific, Africa and the United States. Using these different case studies, the course examines a range of perspectives used by anthropologists to understand religious practices and belief systems.

    Course ID: 50044
    Consent: No Special Consent Required
    Components: Lecture
    Attributes: Culture (GEP), Social Sciences (GEP), Culture (GFR), Social Sciences (GFR)
    Same as Offered: RLST 316 
    Requirement Group: You must complete ANTH 211  or SOCY 101  with a C or better.
  

  • ANTH 317 - Contemporary Problems in Anthropological Perspective : Special Topics

    (3.00)
    The course explores issues of global significance from a cross-cultural perspective by focusing on the tensions between increasing diversity of perspective in an increasingly interdependent world. From the view points of an emergent anthropology in action, we will examine the comparative, cross-cultural contexts of demographic change, ecology, economic development, information systems, international health, and nationalism. We will study anthropological texts that broaden the cultural analysis of the global change process and its effects on institutions and communities. This course is repeatable up to 12 credits or 4 attempts.

    Course ID: 52240
    Consent: No Special Consent Required
    Components: Lecture
  

  • ANTH 318 - Anthropology of Science and Technology

    (3.00)
    This course explores the social construction of the scientific process and enterprise both in American society and across cultures. Social expectations of science, images of science and scientists, and how scientists do their work will be examined. The course will also will focus on the production of scientific activity in the contexts of capitalism, institutional arrangements, politics and religion. The place of science in culture will be discussed with an emphasis on the fragile contract between scientists and nonscientists about the place of science in culture. Reading materials for the course often include the writings of working scientists. This course is repeatable .

    Course ID: 52241
    Consent: No Special Consent Required
    Components: Lecture
    Attributes: Writing Intensive, Social Sciences (GFR)
    Requirement Group: You must complete ENGL 100   or equivalent with a C or better.
  

  • ANTH 320 - Witchcraft and Magic

    (3.00)
    This is a course that concerns witchcraft, magic and sorcery. These behavioral and symbolic forms exist or have existed in virtually all human societies and cultures. In the West, they may be generally referred to as occult practices, exist in a separate domain from everyday life, and refer to an unseen world. In contrast, in indigenous societies, witchcraft, magic and sorcery may permeate life and interpersonal relations in distinctive ways. Currently, the significance and role of witchcraft have been increasing in importance in many cultures; in addition, the development of Wicca in the West also attests to the vitality of these beliefs. In this class, we will deal with a variety of issues, including defining these entities; showing how they work in different types of societies, exploring differences among traditions, and discussing if and how they might work.

    Course ID: 52242
    Consent: No Special Consent Required
    Components: Lecture
  

  • ANTH 322 - Forensic Anthropology

    (3.00)
    This course examines the science and methods of physical anthropology as it relates to medico-legal work done to identify unknown dead found in atypical circumstances. This introductory course in forensic science introduces human osteology and dentition to identify age, sex, stature and ancestry; methods for processing remains and interpreting evidence of trauma; and techniques for estimating the time of death and post-death affects. Be advised that course materials graphically depict trauma-inflicted individuals in states of decomposition.

    Course ID: 102209
    Consent: No Special Consent Required
    Components: Lecture
    Prerequisite: A “C” or better in one of the following: ANTH 101  , ANTH 302  , BIOL 100  , ARCH 100  
  

  • ANTH 326 - American Indian Cultures

    (3.00)

    Drawing on contemporary ethnographic studies, this course explores the cultural diversity of peoples indigenous to the Americas. It focuses in particular on North American Indians’ political and economic adaptation in response to social change.

     

    Course ID: 52245
    Consent: No Special Consent Required
    Components: Lecture Attributes: Culture (GEP), Social Sciences (GEP), Culture (GFR), Social Sciences (GFR)
    Requirement Group: You must complete SOCY 101  or ANTH 211  with a “C” or higher.
  

  • ANTH 367 - The Anthropology of Gender

    (3.00)
    The Anthropology of Gender concerns the wide range of meanings given to gender and sexuality in different settings. In exploring how gender and sexuality are culturally constructed the course does not focus on the biology of gender and sexuality per se. Rather, the course explores distinctive peoples understandings of gender and sexuality. Lectures focus on basic principles by which to examine gender in cross-cultural perspective. Readings focus on detailed and complex examples of distinctive gender and sexuality system

    Course ID: 100972
    Consent: No Special Consent Required
    Components: Lecture
    Same as Offered: GWST 367  
    Requirement Group: You must complete ANTH 211  or SOCY 101  with a C or better.
  

  • ANTH 382 - Global Flows in Local Worlds:The Anthropology of Globalization

    (3.00)
    Global Flows in Local Worlds examines globalization from the perspective of local communities. Students will explore the interaction among transnational economic, technological, ideological, and material flows and localways of life. The course will use ethnographies and case studies to examine how development and tourism ideologies, media, and migration/transmigration, among other issues, are experienced at the local level, withparticular attention to issues of identity, social relationships, subsistence, and well-being. By exploring globalization with a qualitative, insider perspective, this course will provide students with insight into the deep social and cultural webs connecting and transforming societies worldwide.

    Course ID: 101909
    Consent: No Special Consent Required
    Components: Lecture
    Requirement Group:You must complete ANTH 211  or SOCY 101  with a C or better.
  

  • ANTH 397 - Selected Topics in Anthropology

    (3.00)
    The specific topic is to be announced in advance of the semester the course is offered. This course is repeatable up to 12 credits. Recommended Preparation: ANTH 211 , SOCY 101 .

    Course ID: 52247
    Consent: No Special Consent Required
    Components: Lecture
    Topics: Top:Amer Indian Culture, Top:Gender/Class/Wld Dev, Top: Health Care/Culture, Sel Topics: Anthropology, German Ethinic Identity, Contemp Native Amer Life, Women In World Devel, American Folklife, Africa: Lang & Culture, German Eth/Cult Identity, Ethno Film, Science And Technology, Death & Regen Of Mexican, Top:Anth Of 3Rd Wrld Dev, Sel Topic: Witchcraft, Topic:Amer Indian Cult, Top:N.Amer.Indian Cultur, Rise Of Civilization, Public Policy Anth, Sociolinguistics, Top:Anth Of Food/Hunger, East Asia, War Stories, War Polit & Conflict Res, Economic Dev In Africa, Top:Anth/Wtchcrft&Ritual, Economic Dev Of Africa, Economic Anthropology, Gender & Folk Tradition, Peoples & Cultures/Asia, Asia In Anthro Perspec, Global Issues - Cultural, Melanesia, Anth. Of Food And Eating, Language Planning, Gender/X-Cultural Persp, Anthropology Of Science, Asia Anthro Perspective, Sem In Melanesian Ethnog, Global Issues, Childhood & Adolescence, Issues In Health Care, War Politics, Indigenous Healing Trad., Anthropology Of Gender, Globalization, Top:Anth. Of Witchcraft, Women In World Devel, Early Man And Evolution, Africa: Cult & Develop, Anth: Media, War Politic/Conflict Res, Indig Healing Traditions, Healing Tradit Of N.Amer, Anthropology Of Art, Top:Women/Devel-Americas, Top:Cultures Of The Wrld, Helth Care And Culture, Health Care And Culture, Economic Anth, Time And Memory, Top:Maritime Archaeology, History Of West Africa, Sel Top: Anthropology, Top:Anth Of Food&Hunger, Anth Of Science And Tech, Comm. Of Organization, Anthropology Of Eating, Top: Anth Of Religion, Top:Family, Kin & Groups, Top: Amer Indian Culture, Ethnographic Film, Anth Of Sports, Anth: Childhood/Adolecen, Public And Comm Health, Prehistoric Art: The Creative Explosion, Anth of Material Culture, Globalization in Narrative Perspective, The Anthropology of Gender, Urban Archeology in America, Justice & Equality: Explor. in Legal Anthropology, Anthropology of Food, Gender and International Development, The Anthropology of Policing, Anthropology of Suffering, Immigrant Families in the U.S., Forensic Anthropology, Everyday Lives in a Changing South Asia, Anthropology of Education, Environment and Culture
  

  • ANTH 399 - Independent Study

    (1.00 - 3.00)
    This variable credit course is repeatable .

    Course ID: 52248
    Consent: No Special Consent Required
    Components: Independent Study
    Requirement Group: You must complete a minimum of 9 credits of Anthropology courses each with a minimum grade of “C”.
  

  • ANTH 400 - Anthropological Theory

    (3.00)
    Anthropological theory in historical perspective focusing on the rise of a distinct anthropological perspective on the comparative study of human societies and cultures. The course will detail various theoretical models developed in the 19th and 20th centuries to explain the similarities and differences in cultural systems.

    Course ID: 52249
    Consent: No Special Consent Required
    Components: Lecture
    Requirement Group: You must complete ANTH 211  or 2 other Anthropology 300-level courses with a minimum grade of “C”.
  

  • ANTH 401H - Honors Thesis Research

    (3.00)
    This course, along with ANTH 402H , fulfills the requirement of the major in anthropology with honors. Information describing the requirements for the honors major is available from the departmental office. This course is repeatable.

    Course ID: 52250
    Consent: No Special Consent Required
    Components: Independent Study
    Requirement Group: You must complete ANTH 480  with a minimum grade of “C”.
  

  • ANTH 402 - The Ethnography of Communication

    (3.00)
    At the intersection of linguistics and anthropology, the ethnography of communication has as its goal an understanding of the patterning of communicative behavior within culture. Topics to be covered in the course include: what it means to talk in different cultural contexts, the functions of literacy in the United States and elsewhere, the symbolic organization of the world in writing and speaking, language attitudes and social prestige, and how languages and cultures are acquired and reproduced. Readings will include case studies drawn from work on various cultures.

    Course ID: 52251
    Consent: No Special Consent Required
    Components: Lecture
    Course Equivalents: ANTH 402H 
    Requirement Group: You must complete an Anthropology 300-level course with a minimum grade of C.
  

  • ANTH 402H - Honors Thesis Research

    (3.00)
    This course is a continuation of ANTH 401H .This course is repeatable.

    Course ID: 52252
    Consent: No Special Consent Required
    Components: Independent Study
    Course Equivalents: ANTH 402  
    Requirement Group: You must complete ANTH 401H  with a minimum grade of C.
  

  • ANTH 416 - Cyberspace Culture

    (3.00)
    The “information super highway,” “communications revolution” and “cyberspace” are used to describe the contemporary revolution in human communications. This course will explore the cultural and societal implications of computer-mediated communications (CMC) by addressing such topics and questions as: representations of self and self-identity in cyberspace, interactions in cyberspace,information technology and institutional change, community formation in cyberspace, democracy and collective action in cyberspace, and order and deviance in cyberspace. Throughout the course, contemporary technological advances will be compared and contrasted with the cultural and societal effects of previous technologies, such as the printing press, wireless telephone, television.

    Course ID: 50045
    Consent: No Special Consent Required
    Components: Lecture
    Same as Offered: SOCY 416 
    Requirement Group: You must complete ANTH 211  or  ANTH 212  or SOCY 101  or SOCY 101H  and, in addition, 9 credits in Sociology and Anthropology. Each course must have a minimum grade of C.
  

  • ANTH 419 - Qualitative Methods in Social Research

    (3.00)
    This course will focus on the styles of research, analysis and epistemologies associated with qualitative research in the applied social and policy sciences. As an increasingly important mode of inquiry, qualitative, multi-method approaches are particularly relevant to the study of social interaction and behavior in natural settings. Qualitative approaches involve the collection and analysis of empirical information from multiple sources, such as first-person accounts, life histories,visual/printed records, semi-structured and open-ended interviews, informal and formal observations, biographical and autobiographical materials, among others. Students in the course will learn how to design, collect and analyze qualitative information by conducting a small, semester-long study. Sections of the research project will be prepared, presented and evaluated throughout the course.

    Course ID: 50048
    Consent: No Special Consent Required
    Components: Lecture
    Same as Offered: SOCY 419 
    Requirement Group: You must complete ANTH 211  or SOCY 101  and, in addition, 9 credits in Sociology or Anthropology. Each course must have a minimum grade of C.
 

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