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Course Selection Guidebook – Fall 2011Introductory Courses150/150W. Freshman Seminar - Fall & Spring (4) An introduction to the concepts and methods ofAmerican Studies through the exploration of a specific topic.201. American Popular Culture and Modern America - (GER 4A) Fall (3) This course introducesstudents to forms of popular culture that emerged after 1865. It examines how popular cultureshaped and has been shaped by the social, political and economic contexts of the US, such asindustrialization, technology and the expansion and globalization of capitalism.202. Introduction to American Studies—Cinema and the Modernization of U.S. Culture: 1914-1945 Fall (4) This introductory course uses the cinema to examine the social, cultural, and politicalupheaval of the inter-war period and to ask how film both reflected and participated in the“modernizing” of America.203. Introduction to American Studies - Spring (4) A survey of American medicine from theeighteenth century to the present. Subjects include the changing understanding of disease; thesocial role of the physician; and society’s response to such public health crises as cholera andAIDS.AnthropologyA major in Anthropology requires 33 hours of credit, including 202 (INTRODUCTION TOCULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY), 300 (History of Anthropological Theories), one course inarchaeology, one course in biological anthropology and A SECOND COURSE IN CULTURALANTHROPOLOGY. IN ADDITION, EITHER Anthropology 470 (Senior Seminar), 460(Independent Research) or 495-496 (Honors) IS REQUIRED IN THE SENIOR YEAR.Introductory Courses150W. Freshman Seminars - Fall and Spring (4) An introduction to the concepts and methods ofanthropology through exploration of a specific topic. These are writing intensive courses; a gradeof C or better satisfies the College Writing Proficiency Requirement. See separate listing fordescription of this course.201. Introduction to Archaeology - (GER 4B) Fall and Spring (3) An introduction to the conceptsand methods used to reconstruct past societies from their material remains and a survey of worldprehistory from the earliest hunter-gatherer societies to the origins of civilization.202. Cultural Anthropology - (GER 3, 4C) Fall and Spring (3) An introduction to the study ofcontemporary human societies and cultures using anthropological concepts and principles toexamine ecology, economic relations, marriage, kinship, politics, law, religion, and currentproblems.203. Introduction to Biological Anthropology - (GER 2B) Fall (3) How do biologicalanthropologists study our own species? This course looks at data and theory on evolution ofmonkeys, apes, human ancestors and humans. Origins of bipedalism, technology, language andreligion, and anthropological views on race and human variation are discussed.204. The Study of Language - (GER 3) Fall and Spring (4) An introduction to linguistics, thescientific study of human language. Considers languages as structured systems of form and26
Course Selection Guidebook – Fall 2011meaning, with attention also to the biological, psychological, cultural, and social aspects oflanguage and language use. (Cross-listed with English 220)241. Worlds of Music – (GER 4B) (cross-listed as Music 241) This course will introduce studentsto musical cultures of the non-Western world. Topics will include: native concepts about music,instruments, aesthetics, genres, relationship to community life, religion, music institutions andpatronage . Course goals will be to develop skills useful for a cross-cultural appreciation andanalysis of music, and to bring questions about music into the domain of the humanities and socialsciences.In addition to our regular academic courses, the Department of Anthropology, in conjunction withthe Department of Archaeological Research at Colonial Williamsburg, will offer two six-weeksummer field schools in the Williamsburg area. Please note that ANTH 225 does not satisfy anyGER requirements.225. Archaeological Field Methods. Summer (6) An introduction to archaeological field andlaboratory methods through participation in a field archaeological project. Archaeological surveyand mapping, excavation techniques, data collection and recording, artifact processing andanalysis, and related topics.For more information, please contact the department at (757) 221-1055 or visit the departmentwebsite at http://www.wm.edu/as/anthropology/index.php.Applied ScienceApplied Science (http://as.wm.edu) is an interdisciplinary graduate department which offers M.S.and Ph.D. degrees in the physical and biological sciences. Courses and research opportunities areoffered cooperatively by the core faculty of Applied Science along with affiliated faculty from theDepartments of Anthropology, Biology, Chemistry, Computer Science, Geology, Mathematics,Physics, Psychology, and the Virginia Institute of Marine Sciences (VIMS), as well as from theNASA Langley Research Center (LaRC) and the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility(Jefferson Lab). In Applied Science we use the tools, the techniques, and the understandinginvolved in a wide range of sciences in order to solve complex scientific and technical problems.Core faculty research interests include: non-destructive evaluation, robotics and medical imaging;epidemic modeling and non-linear dynamics; nanotechnology and thin films, surface science,electronic and magnetic materials science; physical and chemical properties and characterization ofpolymers; laser spectroscopy; solid state nuclear magnetic resonance; neurophysiology,computational neuroscience and cell biology.While Applied Science does not offer an undergraduate major, several courses in the departmentare particularly suitable for undergraduate students of physics, mathematics, chemistry, computerscience, and biology. Also, a minor in Applied Science is offered with a track in eitherComputational Biology or Materials Science.For more information, please see the College Catalog or contact the department at (757) 221-2563.Introductory Courses150, 150W. Freshman Seminar:27
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