2005/2006 - Registrar - McMaster University

ANTHROP 2G03 READINGS IN INDO-EUROPEAN MYTHThis course will acquaint students with the myths of Ancient Greece,Ancient India,the Kelts, and the Norse. Other, traditions may also be'examined.Three hours (lectures and discussion); on~termANTHROP 2GG3 MYTHS OF EURASIA AND THE NEW WORLDAn introduction to selected themes in the myths of non-Indo-European ,peoples of Europe, Asia, and North America.,Three hours (lectures and discussion); one'term 'Prerequisite: ANTHROP 2G03 'Enrolment is limited. 'ANTHROP,2H03 ' ENVIRONMENT AND CULTURERelationships between human societies' and their' environments are examined.A focus is how culture shapes our ideas of nature and theconsequence of our actions., Case studies explore both 'environmentalmovements and aboriginal sOci E3 ties. ' ,Three hours (lectures and discussion); one termANTHROP 2L03 'PHONETICSA study of the sounds of language and ,human articulatory capabilities. ,Three hours (lectures); one term'Prerequisite: LlNGl,JIST 1 A03 or permission of the instructorCross-list: LINGUIST 2LQ3 .' ,, This course' is administered by the Department of Modern Languagesand Linguistics.ANTHROP 2LC3 LINGUISTICS AND CULTURE A:, STRUCTURALISM'"A study of the application of linguistic models; particu!arly structuralism"to soCiocultural anthropology and related disciplines.Three hours (lectures and discussion); one term.Prerequisite: Registration in Level II and aboveAntirequisite: ANTHROP 2003, 3LC3, LINGUIST 2003ANTHROP'2LL3 INTRODUCTION TO LINGUISTIC TYPOLOGYThe study of diversity in the languages of the world, language universalsand the parameters of cross-linguistic analysis of grammatical systems.Three hours (lectures and discussion); one term' ,Prerequisite: ,LINGUIST 1A03 and 1AA3 (or 1A06); or permission of theDepartment .Cross-list: LINGUIST 2LL3This course is administered by the Department, of Modern Languagesand'Linguistics.ANTHROP 2LP3 ,LANGUAGE AND PREHISTORY , ,A survey of the language families of the world, emphasizing the historicalimplications of language distributions., Historical linguistic methodswill be introduced a'nd compared with archaeological findilJgs for prehis-, toric Eurasia, Africa, Oceania and North Americ~.'Three hours (lectures and discussion); pnetermANTHROP 2003 NORTH AMERICAN PREHISTORYAn examination of the origins imd development of the major indigenouscultural, groups 6f prehistoric North America.Three hours (lectures and discussion); one termPrerequisite: Three units of,Anthropology. ANTHROP 1 B03 or 2PA3 isstrongly recommended.'ANTHROP ~P03 PEOPLES OF THE PACIFICIntroduction to the peoples of the islands of the Pacific - their history,traditions and current w.ays of life, and their responses to contact, colonialismand cultural' change. F;ocus will be equally upon the past and the,present in Oceania.Three hours (lectures, and discussion); one termANTHROP ~PA3 INTRODUCTION TOPREHISTORIC ARCHAEOLOGYAn introduction to the goals and methods of archaeological research'wi~h a focus on specific problems in human prehistory.Three hours (lectures and discussion); one ter'mPrerequisite: Three units of Levell Anthropology'This course is required of al/ students registered ih an Honours Pro- ''gram in Anthropology.ANTHROP 2R03 RELIGION, MAGIC, AND WITCHCRAFT "Selected issues in the study of religion, magic, and witchcraft, science,and the supernatural. Perspectives from history, psychology, and sociologyalso will be discussed. ', Three hours (lectures and discussion); olJeterm, Prerequisite: ANTHROP 1A03 or2F03ANTHROPOLOGY 15'1ANTHROP2U03 i PLAGUES AND PEOPLE,A consideration of the role played by infectious disease in human evolution.The social and biological outcomes of major epidemics andpandemics, past and present, will be explored.'Two hours (lecture)~ one hour (tutorial); one term'(5nrolment is limited. 'ANTHROP 2VV3: THE ANCIENT MAYAAn introduction to prehistoric Maya society and culture, with an emphasisonthe Classic period civilization.Three hours (lectures); one termNot open to students with credit in ANTHROP 2V03, AZTECS, MA YAAND INKA priorto September 2001.ANTHROP 2W03 THE AZTECS AND INCASAn, introduction to and comparison of the late pre-Columbian Aztec empireof Mexico and the Inca empire of Andean South America.Three hours (lectures); one termAntirequisite: ANTHROP 2V03ANTHROP 2X03 VIOLENCE IN ANTHROPOLOGICAL, ' PERSPECTIVE 'The aim of the course is to assess the extent to which violence is bothcOritrolled by and an expression of society and culture.Three' hours (lectures and discussion); one term"ANTHROP 2Z03 INTRODUCTION TO SOCIAL RESEARCHThis, course is designed to develop those skills necessary to pursue andunderstand research. Several general methods of sociological researchwill be examined.Three hours, (lectures and discussion); 'one termPrerequisite: Registra,tion in any Anthropology program, Cross~list: SOCIOL 2203 'Antirequh:;ite: CMST 2A03, GEO 2HR3, GERONTOl 2C03, HEALTH ST2B03 , "This' course is administered by the Department of Sociology.ANTHROP3A03 PHONOLOGYA study of the patterns of distinctive sounds' in the world's languages.Three hours (lectures); .one termPrerequisite: OneofANTHROP 2L03 or LlNGUIST2L03; or permission of. the instructor 'Prerequisite (Beginning in 2006-2007): One of ANTHROP 2L03, LINGUIST'2L03Antirequisite: ANTHROP 2M03, LlNGUIS~ 3A03Cross-list: LINGUIST 3A03This ,course is administered by the Department of Modern Languagesand Linguistics.'ANTHROP 3AS3 ARCHAEOLOGY AND SOCIETYA critical examination'of the history of archaeology' and the social andpolitical implications of our understanding of the ancient human past. .Three hours (lectures and discussion); one term'Prerequisite: Three units of Level I AnthropologyANTHROP 3803 THE EUROPEAN MOSAIC, An introdUction to the social and cultural diversity of contemporary Europe.Issues to be explored include socioeconomic' change regionalism,nationalism and the European Union; religion and ethnicity; racism ,andxenophobia.'Three hours (lectures and discussion); one termPrerequi~ite: Six units of Cultural/Social AnthropologyANTHROP 3C03 HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT:. ANTHROPOLOGICAL APPROACHES'Examination of the ways in which humans alter and cope with their,environment. Topics 'include: health inequalities,' nutrition, population,urbanization, resource utilization, and industrial pollution.Three hours (lectures and discussion); one, termPrerequisite: Three units of Level I Anthropology, and registration inLeve~ III o(IV of any program. ANTHROP 2E03 is highly recommended.ANTHROP 3CC6 ARCHAEOLOGICAL FIELD SCHOOLField instruction in the techniques used in the excavation of an archaeologicalsite. The course includes, hands-on ,instruction in manual ~xcavationmethods, mapping, field retording, and laboratory analysis.Prerequisite: ANTHROP2PA3 or an equivalent cou(sein archlieologicaL 'methods, "Not open to students with' credit in an equivalent field school from anotheruniversity. .' .Enrolment is limited .., (