2005/2006 - Registrar - McMaster University

'150 ANTHROPOLOGYCOURSE ,LISTINGSThe courses listed in' this· section include all coulises. approvedfor the undergraduate curriculum for the 2005-2006 academic' year.Not all courses' in the approved curriculum will be offered duringthe year •. Students are advised to refer to the course timetablesavailable annually in March, May and August to determine whichsp,ecific courses will be offered in the upcoming sessions.ANTHROPOLOGY', WEB ADDRESS: hffp://www.socsci.mcmaster.ca/anthro/Faculty as of January 15, 2005,ChairMatthew CooperProfessorsChester New, HalljRoom,524Ext. 24423Aubrey Cannon/~.A. (Simon Fraser), Ph,P; (Cambric;lge) "John J. ~Colarussol(Modern Languages and Linguistics) B.A. (Cornell),MA (Northwestern), Ph.D. (Harvard)_ Matthew Cooper/B.A. (Brooklyn College), M.Phil., Ph.D. (Yale)'Harvey Feit/B.A. (Queen's), M.A. Ph.D. (McGill) F.R.S.C.Laura Finsten/B.A. (Western Ontario), M.A. (Calgary), Ph;D. (Purdue)D. Ann Herring/B.A, M.A., Ph.D. (Toronto) i "William L.'Rodman/B.A. (Sydney), M.A., Ph.D. (Chicago)ShelleySaunders/B.A., M.A., Ph.D. (Toionto)F;.R.S~C./Canada ResearchCha!r in Human Disease andPopulationRe.lationshipsAdjunct Professors,Regria Darnelll(Western Ontario) B.A.(Bryn Mawr), M.A., Ph.D. (Penn-:, sylvania) , , ', Christopher Ellis/(Western Ontario), B.A. (Waterloo), M.A (McMaster),'. Ph.D. (Simon Fraser)Micha.el Spencel (Western Ontario) B.A., M.l,\. (Toronto),p,h.D.(SoLithernIllinois) .Associate. Professors, Ellen Bad6nel(Religious Studies)B.A:, M.A. -(Toronto), Ph.D. (California-Berkeley) . . ,Petra Rethmann/B.A. (Vienna),' M.A (Munich), Ph.D. (McGill)' "Wayne Warry/B.A., M.A. (McMaster), Ph.D. (ANU)Dennis Willms/B.A. (Waterloo), MA(McMaster), Ph.D. (British Columbia)Adjunct Associate ProfessQ~s'Trudy Nicksl(Royal Ontario Museum), B.A., M.A., Ph.D. (Alberta)Robert W. Park! (Water/oo) B.A.(Torof1to), M.A. (McMa-ster),' Ph;P.' (Alberta)Assistant, Professors'Eva Mackey/B.A. (Toronto), M.A., Ph.D.' (Sussex), Kostalena Michelaki/B.A.'(Greece), M.A., Ph.D. (Michigan)Christina Moffat/B .. Sc. (Toronto), B.A:, Ph.D. (MCMaster)'Ana Ning/B.A., M.A., Ph.D; (York) ,Hendrik Poinar IB.Se., M.Sc(Ca/ifornia) , Ph.D; (Germany)Associate, MembersEduard G. Reinhardtl(Geography and Earth Sciences} B.A., Ph.D.(Carleton) "Darren Grocke/(Geography and Earth Sciences) B.Sc., (Adelaide),.M.Sc, (Monash), D.Phil., (Oxford), ,, Department Notes:1. Not all Anthropology courses listed in this Calendar are taught everyyear. Students are. advised to consult the department's webp~ge andthe timetable which is published annually by the Registrar's Office todetermine whether a course is offered.'2. Registration 'in.all courses with a course code ending ** listed as' selectedtopics and independent research'reqiJire priQrarrangement Vl(ithth~ instru,ctor; 'otherwise, no grade will' be submitted. for the course.3. To' identify AnthropolOgy courses by subdiscipline, students should'refer to the lists of cou'rses under Anthropology Subfields in the,section Faculty of Social, Scienges, Department of Anthropology.CoursesIf no prerequisite is listed, the course is open.ANTHROP1 A03 ", I'NTRODUCTION TO ANTHROPOLOGY:CUL TUREAND SociETYAn introduction, tp the cross-cultural study' of existing-peoples, their waysof life, and. the ways in which. they· interpret and experience the. world.The course discusses a broad range of societies in order to explore some,fundamental issues involving human khdwledge and behaviour.Two hours (lecture), one hour (tutorial); one term', ANTHROP 1 B03 WORLD ARCHAEOLOGY . 'An overview of the chronology' and diversity of human prehistory.' Examplesof archaeological evidence from around .the world are'used toillustrate the io'ng-term processes of cultural .history.Two hours (I~cture),one hour,.{tutorial};one lerm., .. __.ANTHROP 1 Z03 THE HUMAN SPECIES:BECOMING AND BEING HUMAN'The study of the interaction between biology and culture. Topics may:include: human origins, non-human primates, the concept. of' race, disease,sex and gender.Two',hours (lecture), onehou( (tutorial); on'e termANTHROP 2AN3 . THE ANTHROPOLOGY OFFOOD AND NUTRITIONAn anthropological perspective on nutrition at the population level. PrehistoriC,historic, and contemporary human nutrition, emphasizin'g linksVliith the environment. 'Three hours (lectures and discussion); one termPrerequisite: Three units of Level I Anthropology, .ANTHROP 2B03 ,INDIGENOUS PEOPLES OF NORTH AMERICA' ,·A comparative 'stLidyof, selected cultures of this' continent, dealing. withtraditional and modem situations.Three hours (lectures .and discussion),; one termANTHROP 2D03 GENETICS IN ANTHROPOLO'GY, ,An introduction to human genetics, microevolution and macroevolution.Three hours (one hour .lec~ure, two hour lab); one termPrerequisite: ANTHROP 1Z03 .'There will be a supplementary fee for supplies used in labs.)Enrolment. is limited.ANTHROP 2003 ' PRIMATE'BEHAVIOURA survey of current Issues in primate behaviour, includi'lg taxonomy,demography, social structur.e, reproduction, play cognition 'andsociobiology. Students will conduct a zoo pbservation study. 'Three hours (lecture and discussion); one ferm, ..,~Prerequisite: Six units of Level I Anthrppology. ANTHROP 2E03 HUMAN VARIAllON ANDEVOLUTIONARY CHANGE .,An introduction to the stUdy ofhum