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ANT 105LB Humanity and the Environment Discovery Laboratory
1 cr. hrs. 3 periods (3 lab)
Laboratory exercise and field trip experiences as applied to the relationship between humanity and the environment.
Includes examining ecology and biodiversity, healthy-carrying capacity models, and waste by-product and their sources.
Also includes designing pollution prevention and sustainable campus/town models, developing increased environmental
ethics in relationships to the environment.
Corequisite(s): ANT 105
Information:
This laboratory course satisfies the fourth credit hour of the Biological and Physical Science general education transfer
credit if taken along with ANT 105.
Same as ENV 105LB.
Offered: Fall, Spring.
ANT 109 Introduction to Global Studies
3 cr. hrs. 3 periods (3 lec.)
Survey of modern globalization. Includes the study of dimensions of globalization, global organizations, global politics,
cultural globalization, the global economy, global environmental independence, and global social movements and counter
movements. Also includes global interactions and their current effects on the restructuring of cultural, political, and
economic institutions worldwide.
Information: Same as GLS 109 and SOC 109.
Offered: Fall, Spring.
ANT 110 Buried Cities and Lost Tribes
3 cr. hrs. 3 periods (3 lec.)
Exploration of the human past. Includes anthropology and its subfields, basics of archaeology, modern humans, origins of
domestication, development of social complexity, ranked societies, and states around the world, and archaeology in the
modern world.
Information: Same as ARC 110.
Offered: Fall, Spring.
ANT 112 Exploring Non-Western Cultures
3 cr. hrs. 3 periods (3 lec.)
Anthropological survey of non-Western cultures. Includes history and development of cultural anthropology, research
methods, and relevant theories of the field. Also includes major cultural characteristics of pre-colonial, non-Western,
subsistence cultures; making cross-cultural comparisons and contrasts with the post-colonial era; and considering a global
context. Also includes a writing emphasis.
Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
ANT 127 History and Culture of the Mexican-American in the Southwest
3 cr. hrs. 3 periods (3 lec.)
Historical survey of the Mexicano(a)/Chicano(a) peoples from their indigenous origins in Meso-America and the Gran
Chichimeca to the present in the United States. Includes Chicano(a) historiography, movements north under Spain and
Mexico, nineteenth century to 1880; repression and resistance, making of the Chicano(a) worker to WWII, and toward the
21st century: struggles continue. Also includes the totality of Chicano(a) life since the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo and
challenges into the 21st century.
Information: Same as HIS 127.
Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
ANT 136 Body and Art
3 cr. hrs. 3 periods (3 lec.)
A visual cultural exploration of how humans utilize the body as a vehicle for communicating and displaying personal and
group identities. Includes anthropological and art historical study of types of permanent and temporary body decorations,
masks, and performance and the ethical issues surrounding the study and use of imagery within and between cultures.
Also includes the conceptual examination of global examples and an overview of practical projects to demonstrate the
continued vitality of each mode of expression.
Information: Same as ART 136.
Offered: Spring.
ANT 148 History of Indians of North America
3 cr. hrs. 3 periods (3 lec.)
History of the cultural development of Native Americans of North America and the interrelations of cultures. Includes
Native American origins, early economic and social development, Europeans, eras in Native American history, modern
leadership, and research studies.
Information: Same as HIS 148
Offered: Fall, Spring.
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