2003-2005 - Graduate School - The University of Alabama

Anthropology113ANT 560 Anthropology and Natural History Museums. Three hours.Examines the historical connections between anthropology and natural history museumsin the U.S. Explores the present operation of such museums and develops exhibitsbased on collection studies. Brown.ANT 570 Principles of Phys i cal Anthropology. Three hours.A lecture course designed to refi ne the student’s knowledge of research on non hu manprimates, fossil hominids, population genetics, and human variation and ad ap ta tion.Offered once a year. Bindon, Jacobi.ANT 571 Fossil Man and Human Evolution. Three hours.A survey of the discoveries, methods, and theories that provide the background formodern research in macroevolution. Jacobi.ANT 572 Seminar in Human Evolution. Three hours.A combined lecture and seminar course that explores various theories of hominid phylogeny,the theorists responsible, and the considerations that infl uenced their thoughts.Jacobi.ANT 573 Human Osteology. Four hours. Two hours’ lecture, two hours’ lab o ra to ry.A detailed introduction to human osteology, emphasizing the identifi cation of frag men taryremains and the criteria for determination of age, sex, and race. Offered ac cord ing todemand. Jacobi.ANT 575 Human Adaptability. Three hours.An in tro duc tion to the biological bases of human adaptability. Offered according todemand. Bindon, Jacobi.ANT 576 Nutritional Anthropology. Three hours.An introduction to anthropological inquiries in nutrition — including food habits, foodsystems, and dietary variability — from a cross-cultural perspective. Offered every fourthsemester. Bindon.ANT 598 Individual Investigations. Three hours.Directed nonthesis research in ar chae ol o gy, cultural anthropology, anthropologicallinguistics, or phys i cal anthropology.ANT 599 Thesis Research. One to three hours.UAB Course DescriptionsANTH 600 Medical Anthropology.Seminar addressing health care systems and theories cross-culturally, including his tor i calchanges and examination of a wide variety of simpler and more complex systems.(Taylor, Wheatley)ANTH 601 Forensic Approaches to Osteology.Applied human osteology, emphasizing ability to identify age, sex, and population typeof skeletal material. Effects of disease and behavior on bones. (Wheatley)ANTH 602 Classics in Anthropology.Close reading of major classics in anthropological literature; to include one each fromthe four main subfi elds of anthropology.ANTH 603 As Others See Us.Joint American studies/international studies seminar that surveys international per cep -tions of U.S. culture. (Hesse)ANTH 605 Advanced cultural Anthropology.Critical review of theoretical approaches in cultural anthropology. (Taylor, McKenna)ANTH 606 World Ethnography.Kinship, economy, social control, religion, and ritual for peoples in North America, SouthAmerica, Africa, or Asia. Focus on one area. (McKenna, Taylor)ANTH 607 Social Structure.Theoretical works in political anthropology, economic anthropology, or kinship. Emphasisvaries according to the instructor. (McKenna)ANTH 609 Advanced Archaeological Anthropology.Principal theoretical approaches in 19th- and 20th-century archaeology; historical, processual,and postprocessual. (Hesse)