ANTHROPOLOGY PROGRAM MATRIX I 100- and 200-level courses (revised 12/19/05)
Student Outcome
1. A broad knowledge of the discipline of anthropology and
its four fields
2a. An understanding of contemporary evolutionary theory,
including genetic variability, heredity, and natural selection in
the microevolution of populations.
2b. An understanding of contemporary evolutionary theory,
including evolutionary processes leading to
macroevolutionary change (speciation).
2c. An understanding of contemporary evolutionary theory,
including major patterns of variation and adaptation in
modern human populations.
2d. An understanding of contemporary evolutionary theory,
including the place of the human species within a broader
context of primate biology and evolution, and an appreciation
of how studies of our closest relatives shed light of human
behavior and adaptation.
2e. An understanding of contemporary evolutionary theory,
including the evolutionary history of our subfamily
Homininae, involving both knowledge of the fossil evidence
for human evolution and the influence of cultural innovation
on human evolutionary patterns.
2f. An understanding of contemporary evolutionary theory,
including what it means to say that human beings are
biocultural organisms.
3a. An understanding of the anthropological concept of
culture, including how knowledge of human cultural learning
demonstrates the lack of evidence for the existence of
biological “races.”
3b. An understanding of the anthropological concept of
culture, including how anthropological views of culture have
changed over time.
3c. An understanding of the anthropological concept of
culture, including how cultural anthropologists use
participant-observation to learn about the ways of life of
living peoples.
3d. the importance of symbolic activity in human activities
such as language, the arts, and other creative human activities.
ANTH
101
Intro to
Anth
ANTH
130
Intro to
World
Arch
ANTH
140
Intro to
Human
Origins
ANTH
188
Indians of
the
Americas
X
X
x
x
X
X
x
X
X
x
X
X
x
X
X
x
X
X
x
X
X
x
X
X
x
x
x
X
x
X
X
ANTH
198
Anth of
USA
ANTH
230
Intro to
Arch
ANTH
240
Intro to
Bioanth
ANTH
250
Intro to
Cultural
X
x
x
x
x
ANTH
275
Intro to
Museol
X
X
x
X
X
X
1
Student Outcome
3e. An understanding of the anthropological concept of
culture, including how cultural patterns vary over time and
across the world
3f. An understanding of the anthropological concept of
culture, including how cultural anthropologists study
contemporary changes in the ways human beings live.
4a. An understanding of anthropological approaches to the
human past, including theory in archaeology.
4b. An understanding of anthropological approaches to the
human past, including archaeological field methods.
4c. An understanding of anthropological approaches to the
human past, including analysis and interpretation of
archaeological data.
4d. An understanding of anthropological approaches to the
human past, including cultural patterns and cultural change in
the human past.
5. Knowledge of major research methods used in
anthropology, with firsthand research experience in at least
one major formal method.
6. The ability to read, think and evaluate information
critically.
7a. The ability to analyze qualitative data.
ANTH
101
Intro to
Anth
x
ANTH
130
Intro to
World
Arch
ANTH
140
Intro to
Human
Origins
ANTH
188
Indians of
the
Americas
X
X
ANTH 198
Anth of
USA
x
x
x
x
X
x
X
x
X
X
X
x
X
x
x
X
X
X
x
X
X
X
X
X
8b. Writing skills: the ability to synthesize information.
8c. Writing skills: The ability to analyze and apply
anthropological concepts.
9. Knowledge of, and respect for, human cultural diversity
worldwide and through time..
10. Understanding and application of anthropological
theory and method to a variety of settings.
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
x
X
X
X
x
x
x
ANTH
275
Intro to
Museol
X
x
x
x
x
ANTH
250
Intro to
Cultural
X
X
x
X
ANTH
240
Intro to
Bioanth
X
7b. The ability to analyze quantitative data.
8a. Writing skills: the ability to communicate ideas clearly.
ANTH
230
Intro to
Arch
X
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
X
X
x
x
2
ANTHROPOLOGY PROGRAM MATRIX II 300-level courses and above (revised 5/8/06)
Student Outcome
1. A broad knowledge of the discipline of anthropology and
its four fields
2a. An understanding of contemporary evolutionary theory,
including genetic variability, heredity, and natural selection in
the microevolution of populations.
2b. An understanding of contemporary evolutionary theory,
including evolutionary processes leading to
macroevolutionary change (speciation).
2c. An understanding of contemporary evolutionary theory,
including major patterns of variation and adaptation in
modern human populations.
2d. An understanding of contemporary evolutionary theory,
including the place of the human species within a broader
context of primate biology and evolution, and an appreciation
of how studies of our closest relatives shed light of human
behavior and adaptation.
2e. An understanding of contemporary evolutionary theory,
including the evolutionary history of our subfamily
Homininae, involving both knowledge of the fossil evidence
for human evolution and the influence of cultural innovation
on human evolutionary patterns.
2f. An understanding of contemporary evolutionary theory,
including what it means to say that human beings are
biocultural organisms.
3a. An understanding of the anthropological concept of
culture, including how knowledge of human cultural learning
demonstrates the lack of evidence for the existence of
biological “races.”
3b. An understanding of the anthropological concept of
culture, including how anthropological views of culture have
changed over time.
3c. An understanding of the anthropological concept of
culture, including how cultural anthropologists use
participant-observation to learn about the ways of life of
living peoples.
3d. the importance of symbolic activity in human activities
such as language, the arts, and other creative human activities.
ANTH
301
Anth and
the Arts
ANTH
310 (LAm),
311 (Asia),
312
(Africa)
ANTH
330
North
Amer
Arch
ANTH
332
Sickness
& Health
In Prehist
ANTH
350
Ethnog
Enterprise
ANTH
351
Food,
Society,
Culture
x
ANTH
352
Human
Ecology
ANTH
360
Language
& Culture
ANTH
361
A Global
World
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
x
3
Student Outcome
3e. An understanding of the anthropological concept of
culture, including how cultural patterns vary over time and
across the world
3f. An understanding of the anthropological concept of
culture, including how cultural anthropologists study
contemporary changes in the ways human beings live.
4a. An understanding of anthropological approaches to the
human past, including theory in archaeology.
4b. An understanding of anthropological approaches to the
human past, including archaeological field methods.
4c. An understanding of anthropological approaches to the
human past, including analysis and interpretation of
archaeological data.
4d. An understanding of anthropological approaches to the
human past, including cultural patterns and cultural change in
the human past.
5. Knowledge of major research methods used in
anthropology, with firsthand research experience in at least
one major formal method.
6. The ability to read, think and evaluate information
critically.
7a. The ability to analyze qualitative data.
ANTH
301
Anth and
the Arts
ANTH
310 (LAm),
311 (Asia),
312
(Africa)
X
X
8b. Writing skills: the ability to synthesize information.
8c. Writing skills: The ability to analyze and apply
anthropological concepts.
9. Knowledge of, and respect for, human cultural diversity
worldwide and through time..
10. Understanding and application of anthropological
theory and method to a variety of settings.
ANTH
332
Sickness
& Health
In Prehist
ANTH
350
Ethnog
Enterprise
ANTH
351
Food,
Society,
Culture
ANTH
352
Human
Ecology
ANTH
360
Language
& Culture
ANTH
361
A Global
World
X
X
x
X
X
X
x
X
X
X
x
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
x
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
x
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
7b. The ability to analyze quantitative data.
8a. Writing skills: the ability to communicate ideas clearly.
ANTH
330
North
Amer
Arch
4
ANTHROPOLOGY PROGRAM MATRIX III 300-level courses and above, continued (revised 5/8/06)
Student Outcome
1. A broad knowledge of the discipline of anthropology and
its four fields
2a. An understanding of contemporary evolutionary theory,
including genetic variability, heredity, and natural selection in
the microevolution of populations.
2b. An understanding of contemporary evolutionary theory,
including evolutionary processes leading to
macroevolutionary change (speciation).
2c. An understanding of contemporary evolutionary theory,
including major patterns of variation and adaptation in
modern human populations.
2d. An understanding of contemporary evolutionary theory,
including the place of the human species within a broader
context of primate biology and evolution, and an appreciation
of how studies of our closest relatives shed light of human
behavior and adaptation.
2e. An understanding of contemporary evolutionary theory,
including the evolutionary history of our subfamily
Homininae, involving both knowledge of the fossil evidence
for human evolution and the influence of cultural innovation
on human evolutionary patterns.
2f. An understanding of contemporary evolutionary theory,
including what it means to say that human beings are
biocultural organisms.
3a. An understanding of the anthropological concept of
culture, including how knowledge of human cultural learning
demonstrates the lack of evidence for the existence of
biological “races.”
3b. An understanding of the anthropological concept of
culture, including how anthropological views of culture have
changed over time.
3c. An understanding of the anthropological concept of
culture, including how cultural anthropologists use
participant-observation to learn about the ways of life of
living peoples.
ANTH
364
Sex &
Gender
ANTH
369
Myth,
Magic &
Religion
ANTH
370
Applied
Anthro
ANTH
370
Anth
Analysis &
Interp
ANTH
372
Business
& World
Culture
ANTH
390
Topics in
Arch
ANTH
391
Topics in
Cultural
Anth
ANTH
392
Topics in
Bioanth
ANTH
430/
530
Res Meth
In
Arch
x
x
x
X
x
X
X
X
X
X
x
X
X
x
x
x
x
X
x
x
X
5
3d. the importance of symbolic activity in human activities
such as language, the arts, and other creative human activities.
Student Outcome
3e. An understanding of the anthropological concept of
culture, including how cultural patterns vary over time and
across the world
3f. An understanding of the anthropological concept of
culture, including how cultural anthropologists study
contemporary changes in the ways human beings live.
4a. An understanding of anthropological approaches to the
human past, including theory in archaeology.
4b. An understanding of anthropological approaches to the
human past, including archaeological field methods.
4c. An understanding of anthropological approaches to the
human past, including analysis and interpretation of
archaeological data.
4d. An understanding of anthropological approaches to the
human past, including cultural patterns and cultural change in
the human past.
5. Knowledge of major research methods used in
anthropology, with firsthand research experience in at least
one major formal method.
6. The ability to read, think and evaluate information
critically.
7a. The ability to analyze qualitative data.
x
X
ANTH
364
Sex &
Gender
ANTH
369
Myth,
Magic &
Religion
X
X
ANTH
371
Urban
Anthro
ANTH
372
Business
& World
Culture
X
X
X
x
X
X
8b. Writing skills: the ability to synthesize information.
8c. Writing skills: The ability to analyze and apply
anthropological concepts.
9. Knowledge of, and respect for, human cultural diversity
worldwide and through time..
10. Understanding and application of anthropological
theory and method to a variety of settings.
ANTH
370
Applied
Anthro
ANTH
390
Topics in
Arch
ANTH
391
Topics in
Cultural
Anth
ANTH
392
Topics in
Bioanth
ANTH
430/
530
Res Meth
In
Arch
X
X
X
X
X
x
X
X
X
x
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
x
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
x
x
x
x
x
7b. The ability to analyze quantitative data.
8a. Writing skills: the ability to communicate ideas clearly.
X
X
6
ANTHROPOLOGY PROGRAM MATRIX IV (300-level and above, continued) 11/2/05
Student Outcome
1. A broad knowledge of the discipline of anthropology and its
four fields
2a. An understanding of contemporary evolutionary theory,
including genetic variability, heredity, and natural selection in the
microevolution of populations.
2b. An understanding of contemporary evolutionary theory,
including evolutionary processes leading to macroevolutionary
change (speciation).
2c. An understanding of contemporary evolutionary theory,
including major patterns of variation and adaptation in modern
human populations.
2d. An understanding of contemporary evolutionary theory,
including the place of the human species within other living
species, especially other primate species, and an appreciation of
how studies of our closest relatives shed light of human behavior
and adaptation.
2e. An understanding of contemporary evolutionary theory,
including the evolutionary history of our subfamily Homininae,
involving both knowledge of the fossil evidence for human
evolution and the influence of cultural innovation on human
evolutionary patterns.
2f. An understanding of contemporary evolutionary theory,
including what it means to say that human beings are biocultural
organisms.
3a. An understanding of the anthropological concept of culture,
including how knowledge of human cultural learning
demonstrates the lack of evidence for the existence of biological
“races.”
3b. An understanding of the anthropological concept of culture,
including how anthropological views of culture have changed
over time.
3c. An understanding of the anthropological concept of culture,
including how cultural anthropologists use participantobservation to learn about the ways of life of living peoples.
3d. the importance of symbolic activity in human activities such s
language, the arts, and other creative human activities.
ANTH
435
Field
Methods
In
Arch
ANTH
438/
538
x
x
CRM
ANTH
444
Internship
ANTH
450/
550
Ethnog
Research
Methods
ANTH
455
Ethnog
Field
Research
ANTH
463/
563
Seminar
ANTH
470
Anth
Analysis
&
Interp
ANTH
471
Cognitive
Anthro
ANTH
474/
574
Culture
&
Family
ANTH
480
Theory
&
Practice
In Anth
x
x
x
x
x
x
X
X
X*
x
x
x
x
x
x
X
X
X
X
X
x
X*
X
X
X
X
x
X
X
X
X
X
X
x
x
x
x
X
X
X
X
X
X
7
Student Outcome
3e. An understanding of the anthropological concept of culture,
including how cultural patterns vary over time and across the
world
3f. An understanding of the anthropological concept of culture,
including how cultural anthropologists study contemporary
changes in the ways human beings live.
4a. An understanding of anthropological approaches to the
human past, including theory in archaeology.
4b. An understanding of anthropological approaches to the
human past, including archaeological field methods.
4c. An understanding of anthropological approaches to the human
past, including analysis and interpretation of archaeological data.
4d. An understanding of anthropological approaches to the
human past, including cultural patterns and cultural change in the
human past.
5. Knowledge of major research methods used in anthropology,
with firsthand research experience in at least one major formal
method.
6. The ability to read, think and evaluate information critically.
7a. The ability to analyze qualitative data.
7b. . The ability to analyze quantitative data.
8a. Writing skills: the ability to communicate ideas clearly.
8b. Writing skills: the ability to synthesize information.
8c. Writing skills: The ability to analyze and apply
anthropological concepts.
9. Knowledge of, and respect for, human cultural diversity
worldwide.
10. Understanding and application of anthropological theory
and method to a variety of settings.
ANTH
435
Field
Methods
In
Arch
ANTH
438/
538
CRM
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
ANTH
444
Internship
ANTH
450/
550
Ethnog
Research
Methods
ANTH
455
Ethnog
Field
Research
X
X
ANTH
463/
563
Seminar
ANTH
470
Anth
Analysis
&
Interp
ANTH
471
Cognitive
Anthro
ANTH
474/
574
Culture
&
Family
ANTH
480
Theory
&
Practice
In Anth
X
x
X
X
x
X
X
X
X
X
x
X*
x
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
x
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
x
X* = emphasis will vary depending on subfield of anthropology and topic of seminar.
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