Current version - Indiana University South Bend

2743 IU SOUTH BEND COURSE DESCRIPTIONS
ANTH-E 397
ANTH-E 402
ANTH-E 420
ANTH-L 300
ANTH-N 190
ANTH-N 390
Peoples and Cultures of the Middle
East (3 cr.)
General anthropological introduction to
social institutions and cultural forms of the
Arab countries of North Africa and the Near
East; Israel, Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan.
Topics: ecology, Islam as faith, Islam as
culture, traditional adaptive strategies,
consequences of colonialism and rise of
nation-states, impact of modernization,
changing conceptions of kinship, ethnicity,
and gender.
Gender in Cross-Cultural
Perspective (3 cr.)
This course considers the meaning and
social implications of gender in human
society. Cultural definitions of male
and female gender categories, as well
as associated behavioral and structural
differentiation of gender roles are
analyzed using current anthropological
concepts and theories.
Economic anthropology (3 cr.)
Provides an intensive overview of the
cultural aspects of the production,
distribution, and consumption of goods
and services. Focuses on economic issues
such as globalization, the anthropology
of development, food production, the
marketplace, intra- and inter-household
cooperation, income inequality, living
on minimum wage, and the comparison
of consumption patterns between the
developed and developing world. May
be repeated with a different topic for a
maximum of 6 credit hours. I, II
CULTURE AND LANGUAGE (3 CR.)
Explores the relationships between
language and culture, focusing on research
methodology and surveying various
theoretical frameworks. Prerequisite:
ANTH-E 105 or ANTH-A 104.
THE NATURAL WORLD (3 cr.)
Introduces students to the methods and logic
of science and helps them understand the
importance of science to the development
of civilization and the contemporary world.
Provides a context within which to evaluate
the important scientific and technological
issues of modern society, interdisciplinary
elements.
THE NATURAL WORLD (3 CR.)
Explores an important scientific
or technological issue in modern
society. Applies scientific methods and
interdisciplinary perspectives in an
examination of the subject. Investigates
anth-p 200
ANTH-P 300
ANTH-p 360
ANTH-P 398
ANTH-P 405
ANTH-P 406
AST: Astronomy
the broader implication and ethical
dimensions of scientific research and
technological advancement.
introduction to archaeology (3 cr.)
World archaeology in the framework of
major prehistoric cultural innovations.
History, techniques, methods, and
significance of archaeological research.
TOPICS IN PREHISTORic archaeologY
(3 CR.)
World archaeology in the framework
of major cultural stages. The
methods, analysis, and significance of
archaeological research.
north american Archaeology (3 cr.)
Introduction to antiquity of the American
Indian, principal culture areas, and
field methods and techniques incident
to recovery of archaeological data and
materials.
THE RISE OF CIVILIZATION (3 cr.)
Archaeology of the earliest high
civilizations of the Old and New Worlds
(Mesopoamia, Egypt, the Indus Valley,
China, Mesoamerica, and Peru). Both an
introductory survey of ancient complex
societies and an exploration of the nature
and development of the political state.
FIELDWORK IN ARCHAEOLOGY (1-8 CR.)
Archaeological work directed toward field
techniques: excavation and preservation
of materials, surveying, photography, and
cataloging. One credit hour per full week
of fieldwork.
LABORATORY METHODS IN ARCHAEOLOGY
(1-6 CR.)
P. ANTH-P 405 or consent of instructor.
Specialized training in laboratory
procedures and analysis of archaeological
materials. Major categories of material
culture to be studied include lithics,
ceramics, and faunal and floral remains.
Emphasis is on processing, sorting,
identifying, and analyzing material
recovered from the previous ANTH-P 405
Fieldwork in Archaeology course.
AST-A 453 topical Astrophysics (3 cr.)
P: Calculus, PHYS-P 323 or equivalent.
Selected topics in astrophysics such as
celestial mechanics, astrobiology, stellar
interiors, stellar atmospheres, stellar
populations, galaxy dynamics, cosmology,
astroparticle physics, or nucleosynthesis.
P = Prerequisite, R = Recommended, C = Concomitant, VT = Variable Title
I = fall semester, II = spring semester, S = summer session(s)