Courses—A through G and course numbers and symbols key

AnSc 4604. Dairy Production Systems Management.(4 cr. Prereq–2401; 3221, 3305, 4403 recommended)Practical applications of principles of animalbreeding, nutrition, physiology, reproduction,housing, and economics in a problem solvingcontext. Active learning with decision-casediscussion, farm visits, and field diagnostictechniques laboratories.AnSc 4605. Poultry Production SystemsManagement. (4 cr. Prereq–2401; 4405 recommended)Physiology, genetics, diseases, nutrition of poultryand relation to current management practices forproduction of eggs, broilers, and turkeys. Technicaland practical phases of production and marketing inrelation to their underlying principles. Visits tocommercial production units.AnSc 4609. Analysis of Livestock ProductionSystems. (2 cr)Systems approach to decision making and problemsolving in production enterprises. Planning, longrange goal setting, production analysis, risk analysis,and cost-benefit analysis are examined in the totalsystem including quality of life issues.AnSc 4611. Advanced Pork Production SystemsManagement. (2 cr. Prereq–4609; 4601)Analysis of pork production systems using casestudies and visits to modern pork productionoperations.AnSc 4613. Advanced Beef Production SystemsManagement. (2 cr. Prereq–4609; 4603)Analysis of beef production systems using casestudies and visits to beef cow-calf operations andfeedlots.AnSc 4614. Advanced Dairy Production SystemsManagement. (2 cr. Prereq–4609, 4604)Analysis of dairy production systems using casestudies and visits to actual dairies.AnSc 5099. Special Workshop in Animal Science.(1-6 cr [max 12 cr]; A-F only. Prereq–#)Topics vary. See Class Schedule or department.Topics may use guest lectures/experts.AnSc 5200. Statistical Genetics and Genomics. (4 cr.Prereq–[Stat 3021 or equiv], [Biol 4003 or equiv])Linkage analysis for pedigree data with codominant/dominant markers, using allele transmission,maximum likelihood, and disequilibrium. Analysisfor radiation hybrid mapping. Parentage testing,marker polymorphism. Experimental design andstatistical analysis for mapping quantitative trait lociwith additive, dominance, and epistasis effects.Candidate gene approach and genome scan. Markerassisted selection, gene introgression.Anthropology (Anth)Department of AnthropologyCollege of Liberal ArtsAnth 1001. Human Evolution. (4 cr)From ancestors of chimpanzees and humans toorigins of modern humans. Principles of evolutionarytheory, behavioral biology, and comparative anatomyused to reconstruct the major events in humanevolution and the behavior of ourselves and ourancestors.Anth 1001H. Honors: Human Evolution. (4 cr. §1001.Prereq–Honors)From ancestors of chimpanzees/humans to origins ofmodern humans. Principles of evolutionary theory,behavioral biology, comparative anatomy used toreconstruct the major events in human evolution,behavior of ourselves/our ancestors.Anth 1003V. Understanding Cultures: Honors. (4 cr.Prereq–Honors)Introduction to social/cultural anthropology.Comparative study of societies/cultures aroundworld. Adaptive strategies. Economic processes.Kinship, marriage, gender. Social stratification.Politics/conflicts. Religion/ritual. Personality/culture.Anth 1003W. Understanding Cultures. (4 cr)Introduction to social and cultural anthropology.Comparative study of societies and cultures aroundthe world. Topics include adaptive strategies;economic processes; kinship, marriage, and gender;social stratification; politics and conflicts; religionand ritual; personality and culture.Anth 1005V. Introduction to Cultural Diversity andthe World System. (4 cr; A-F only)Anthropology of cultural diversity in the UnitedStates and around the world. Comparative study ofrelationship between local cultures, global processes.Race/ethnicity, economic/social organization,political/religious systems, gender, social change.Anth 1005W. Introduction to Cultural Diversity andthe World System. (4 cr)Anthropology of cultural diversity, in the UnitedStates and around the world. Comparative study ofrelationship between local cultures and globalprocesses. Race/ethnicity, economic/socialorganization, political/religious systems, gender,social change.Anth 1111. Human Origins. (3 cr; A-F only)World prehistory as investigated by anthropologists.Methods/concepts used to study prehistoric humanbiological/cultural development.Anth 1902–1905. Freshman Seminar. (3 cr; A-F only)Topics specified in Class Schedule.Anth 1907W–1910W. Freshman Seminar. (3 cr [max 6cr]; A-F only)Topics specified in Class Schedule.Anth 3001. Introduction to Archaeology. (4 cr)The fundamentals of fieldwork, laboratory analysis,and interpretation in archaeology. How field andlaboratory research are designed and implemented,and how results are interpreted.Anth 3003. Cultural Anthropology. (3 cr. Prereq–1003or #)Areas of study may include field research and thepolitics of ethnographic knowledge; Marxist andfeminist theories of culture; culture, language anddiscourse; psychological anthropology; culture andtransnational processes.Anth 3005. Language and Sociocultural Analysis.(4 cr. Prereq–[1003, anthropology major] or #)Studying sociocultural forms by analyzing linguisticdata obtained in fieldwork setting. Students workwith fluent speaker of non-English language toexplore an unfamiliar culture in manner of anethnographer working with a key informant.Anth 3007. Laboratory Techniques in Archaeology.(3 cr. Prereq–1001, 3001)Focuses on plant remains, material culture, faunalremains, and human osteology. Emphasis on labexperience.Anth 3009. Rise of Civilization. (3 cr)Concept of civilization, from early hunter gatherergroups through settled agricultural villages to rise oftowns/cities. Compares processes of change in eightregions of the world.Anth 3010. Native North Americans in RegionalPerspective. (3-6 cr [max 6 cr])An in-depth cultural and historical survey of nativepeoples who inhabit a particular region of NorthAmerican (e.g., the greater southwest, prairie/woodland transition zone, Great Lakes area,Northwest coast, etc.).Anth 3013. American Indian Languages andCultures. (3 cr)Survey of cultural developments among nativepeoples of North American from historic times topresent.Anth 3017. Peoples and Cultures of Middle America.(3 cr)Indian and Mestizo (Hispanic) cultures of Mexicoand Guatemala and parts of Belize, Honduras, andNicaragua. Describes both pre-Hispanic andHispanic influences, with attention to area-widepatterns and local traditions.Course DescriptionsAnth 3020. Topics in the Anthropology of Africa.(3-6 cr [max 6 cr])Perspectives on Africa using ethnographic methodsand theories. Topics such as kinship and gender;ecological adaptations; economic systems; beliefsystems; political organization; art and aesthetics;Islamicization; colonization; liberation movementsand nationalism; culture change.Anth 3023. Culture and Society of India. (3 cr)Contemporary society and culture in South Asia froman anthropological perspective with reference tonationalism; postcolonial identities; media and publicculture; gender, kinship and politics; religion;ethnicity; and the Indian diaspora.Anth 3025. Pacific Island Societies. (3 cr. Prereq–1003or 3003 or #)Geography, prehistory, and Western exploration ofPacific Islands from Hawaii to Papua New Guinea.Culture change as these peoples becomeincorporated into the modern world system. Topics inregional ethnology. Relationship of societies to majorissues in anthropological thought.Anth 3027W. Archaeology of Prehistoric Europe.(3 cr)Early development of non-Mediterranean Europeansociety from Old Stone Age through Iron Age to theRoman Period, based on archaeological evidence.Principle transformations of European culture withintroduction of agriculture, development ofmetallurgy, and emergence of towns and cities.Anth 3028. Historical Archaeology of NorthAmerica. (3 cr; A-F only)Emphasizes research approaches. Documentaryresearch, oral history, probate inventories/acculturation, integration of documents/archaeological data, analysis of communitypatterning, social analysis of architecture, foodways,artifact identification, mean ceramic dating,industrial archaeology, estimation of social statuswith cemetery data, sampling, report writing.Anth 3029. Archaeology of Native Americans. (3 cr.Prereq–1001)Pre-European contact and contact period archaeologyof American Indians north of Mexico.Anth 3031. Altering States: Culture and Politics inEastern Europe. (3 cr)Post-socialist transitions in Central and EasternEurope from an anthropological perspective.Explores daily life under socialism and the collapseof socialist rule in relation to key areas of social lifesuch as gender, identity, nationalism, and ethnicity.Anth 3035. Anthropologies of Death. (3 cr; A-F only.Prereq–1003 or #)Anthropological perspectives on death. Diverseunderstandings of afterlife, cultural variations indeath ritual, secularization of death in modern era,management of death in medicine, cultural shifts/conflicts in what constitutes good or natural death.Anth 3041. Ecological Anthropology. (3 cr. §5041.Prereq–1003 or #)Concepts, theories, and methods of ecologicalanthropology (cultural ecology).How humansinteract with biophysical environment. Comparesbiological/cultural interactions with environment.Examines adaptive strategies cross-culturally.Anth 3043. Art, Aesthetics and Anthropology. (3 cr)The relationship of art to culture from multipleperspectives including art as a cultural system; thecultural context of art production; the role of theartist in different cultures; methodologicalconsiderations in the interpretation of art acrosscultural boundaries.Anth 3045. Religion and Culture. (3 cr. Prereq–1003 or #)Course examines religious beliefs and world viewscross-culturally; religious dimensions of human lifethrough theories of the origins, functions, and forms(e.g. myth, ritual, and symbolism) of religion insociety.Course Descriptions307For definitions of course numbers, symbols, and abbreviations, see page 296.