“Anthropology demands the open-mindedness with which one
must look and listen, record in astonishment and wonder that
which one would have been able to guess.”
~Margaret Mead
ANTHROPOLOGY
FALL 2015
SCHEDULE OF CLASSES
FALL 2O15
Course Number
Anth 001-01
Anth 001-02
Anth 001-03
Anth 001-04
Anth 111
Anth 117
Anth 121
Anth 130
Anth 131/GRS 100
Title
Instructor
Days
Time
Intro to Social & Cultural Anthropology
Dana Herrera
M/F
1:00-2:40
Intro to Social & Cultural Anthropology
Janice Stockard
MWF
8:00-9:05
Intro to Social & Cultural Anthropology
Janice Stockard
MWF
10:30-11:35
Intro to Social & Cultural Anthropology
Karen Rolph
T/TH
9:45-11:20
Kinship, Marriage & Family
Janice Stockard
M/F
1:00-2:40
Religion
Dana Herrera
MWF
2:45-3:50
World Cultures: Southeast Asia
Dana Herrera
MW
4:00-5:35
Anthropological Theory
Cynthia Van Gilder
T/Th
9:45-11:20
Cultural Geography
Jennifer Heung
MWF
11:45-12:50
ANTHROPOLOGY POLICY
1. Students taking an upper division course (Anth 100-135) should have already taken at least one lower division course (Anth 001 or 005) OR have permission of the
instructor.
2. Majors are given priority enrollment in upper division courses. Should you be wait listed, you will be placed in the class after the pre-registration period.
Declare your major or minor now!
3. MINIMUM GRADE REQUIREMENT: A minimum acceptable grade of C- for coursework is required to count toward the major or minor. In addition, the minimum acceptable grade for the
capstone courses, Anth 130 Anthropological Theory and Anth 132 Research Methods, is a C.
ANTH 001
Introduction to Social & Cultural Anthropology
ANTH 111
Kinship, Marriage & Family
Professor Dana Herrera
Professor Janice Stockard
Professor Janice Stockard
Professor Karen Rolph
Professor Janice Stockard
001-01 M/F
001-02 MWF
001-03 MWF
001-04 T/TH
1:00-2:40
8:00-9:05
10:30-11:35
9:45-11:20
What is culture and how important is it in explaining the marvelous
variations we see in human behavior around the world? Are gender
roles fixed? Can you distinguish religion from magic? What do
anthropologists do, and how can anthropology contribute to a better
world? Besides giving you a grounding in the basic concepts of
anthropology, this course will help you answer these questions
through readings on the lives of people in different cultures
throughout the world: drug dealers in New York, the world of a
Maasai warrior in Africa, what it’s like to grow up as a poor Mayan in
Guatemala (and eventually win the Nobel Peace Prize), life in an Iraqi
village before Saddam Hussein, how Native South Americans cope
with globalization, and the mysterious rites and rituals of American
college students. The readings, class discussions, and lectures will be
supplemented by slides, videos, CDs, and DVDs. This class is
recommended for 1st and 2nd year students (except for Anth & Soc
majors & minors).
M/F 1:00-2:40
Even with dramatic changes in cultures as a result of
industrialization, colonialism, globalization, urbanization and
modernization, kinship, however defined, still remains the main
organizing principle of social structure in a very large portion of
the world’s societies. While the focus of the anthropological study
of kinship and family has changed from its inception in the 19th
century, it still remains an important area of study in the
discipline. This course begins by providing an overview of the
role that the study of
kinship has played in
anthropology. We then
focus on how global
cultural flows,
changing gender
relations, new
economic structures
and shifting state policies
are reshaping intimate life
around the world today.
ANTH 117
Religion
Professor Dana Herrera
ANTH 121
World Cultures: Southeast Asia
MWF 2:40-3:50 p.m.
From the printing press to blogs and
sacred spaces to cyberspace, "Religious
Movements and the Internet: Faith and
Technology in the New Millennium"
examines the influence of technology on
religion. How do new religious movements utilize the internet to
gather converts? In what ways have more established religions
embraced text messaging, cyber-church, and discussion groups to
maintain association? What is the distinction, if any, between virtual
religious devotion and real-life spirituality? In order to answer these
questions we will combine readings, lecture, and discussion with realtime forays into cyberspace. The first half of the class will focus on
the traditional anthropological inquiries into ritual, magic, animism,
etc. By the end of the course, students will be able to discuss the
complex interrelationships between faith, religion, spirituality,
technology, and cyberspace within the broader contexts of the real
world structures of politics, capitalism, and globalization.
Professor Dana Herrera
MWF 4:00-5:35
Southeast Asia” concentrates on the cultural, historical, political,
religious, and geographic factors that shape the lives of people
living today in countries such as Thailand, Vietnam, Singapore,
Philippines, Malaysia, and Cambodia. The course will begin with an
archaeological overview of the region, followed by discussions of
migration patterns and the formation of nation-states. The second
half of the course will focus on specific topics in each country such
as gender and tourism.
ANTH 130
Anthropological Theory
Professor Cynthia Van Gilder
T/TH 9:45-11:20
ANTH 131
Cultural Geography & Global Societies
(Cross-listed as GRS 100)
Professor Jennifer Heung
How do anthropologists make decisions about what kinds of
questions to research, data to collect, or conclusions to form? All
steps of the anthropological process are informed by theories, or the
analytical frameworks scholars use to make sense of the cultural
worlds around them. Students in this class will learn the major
schools of thought in the history of anthropology through reading
both primary and secondary sources.
This course is limited to senior anthropology majors (unless
permission to enroll is granted in writing by the instructor). Juniors
must get permission of instructor.
It is recommended that students enroll during
the fall semester of their senior year and
required that they have completed both Anth
1: Introduction to Social and Cultural
Anthropology AND at least one upper division
anthropology class before enrolling.
MWF 11:45-12:50
This course seeks to expose students to the breadth and excitement
of the field of geography. Cultural geography studies the ways
people shape and give meaning to their environment and allows us
to look at the fascinating variety of human activity in the world –the
human landscape. Geographic knowledge is vital to understanding
the national and international issues that dominate daily news
reports: problems of poverty, the environment, population
movements, economic development, etc. Through lectures, class
discussions and activities, films, readings of news and Internet
sources, students will be exposed to a variety of cultural systems
used to understand and construct the home of humankind. There is
a course fee of $100.
STUDENTS TAKING THIS COURSE SHOULD HAVE ALREADY TAKEN
EITHER ANTH 001 OR 005 OR HAVE PERMISSION OF THE
INSTRUCTOR.
FULFILLS DIVERSITY REQUIREMENT BY PETITION.