Anthropology Department Course Rotations:

Information for Students

by Richard W. Franke, Department Chair

Dear Anthropology Majors and Minors and Archaeology Minors: The Department of Anthropology desires to offer you the broadest possible array of courses to make your educational experience here as exciting and rewarding as possible. Some constraints limit our ability to offer you all the courses as often as you might wish. I present the table below which details the semester rotation of anthropology courses to help you plan your passage through the major or minor as efficiently as possible.

Suggestions for effective planning of your anthropology major:

• Normally you should take the lower level 100 courses as early in your career as possible. Take the higher level courses later. Transfer students may have to take both types of courses at the same time in some cases.
• the upper level requirements – ANTH 201 Contemporary Practical, and ANTH 401 Seminar in Anthropological Theory are offered in the spring semester only while ANTH 400 Methods is offered only in the fall. Make your plans accordingly.
• ANTH 401: Seminar in Anthropological Theory is the Anthropology capstone course. You should try to take this course in the last year or semester of your undergraduate career. I recommend that you take ANTH 400: Methods, before taking ANTH 401 if possible.
• ANTH 102 (anthropological linguistics) is usually offered in the spring semester at 5:30 on Friday night
• note the courses often taught in summer – plan your summer classes accordingly
• additional upper level electives may be offered from time to time – check the tentative schedules on the department web page often
• general rule for upper level electives (e.g. ANTH 330, 340, 360, 370, 380, 425, 440, 460 and also for ANTH 240): if you are interested in it and it’s being offered, take it immediately. You might have to wait 4 semesters before it is offered again.
• independent study requires that you develop a topic of interest and find a faculty member who will work with you on it – discuss this with your favorite faculty member
• contact me (Richard W. Franke, x4133) or the undergraduate advisor (Ken Brook, x7542) if you need any help or advice about planning your undergraduate major or minor in anthropology or your minor in archaeology.

Key to the course rotation table below: See other side if printed version

y = yes, it’s almost always offered

blank space = it’s never offered in this semester or summer session

Last updated: 4 March 2008

	Fall	Spring		Summer
1. Required Courses ANTH 100 Cultural Anthropology ANTH 101 Physical Anthropology ANTH 102 Anthropological Linguistics ANTH 103 Prehistoric Archaeology ANTH 201 Contemporary Practical Anthropology ANTH 400 Methods in Anthropological Research and Practice ANTH 401 Seminar in Anthropological Theory 2. Cross-Cultural Electives: 6 credits required ANTH 110 The Anthropology of Multicultural America ANTH 115 Cultures of the Middle East ANTH 120 Native North Americans	y y y y y y y	y y y^1 y y y y y y		y sometimes see ANTH 470 often sometimes
ANTH 130 Cultures of South Asia	fall 08 and fall 09
ANTH 140 Nonwestern Contributions to the Western World	Not taught at present
ANTH 150 Native Latin Americans	y	y		often
ANTH 170 Peoples of Africa	Usually taught at least every other semester			sometimes
ANTH 180 Health and Healing in Cross-Cultural Perspective			spring 09
ANTH 202 Anthropology of Globalization	y		y	sometimes
ANTH 210 Urban Anthropology	y		y	often
ANTH 230 Anthropology of Conflict and Violence	y		y
3. Theory and Methods Electives. 12 credits required; at least 6 must come from 300 level or 400 level courses ANTH 240 Human Variation	approx once every 4 semesters
ANTH 330 The Anthropology of Food and Nutrition	approx once every 4 semesters
ANTH 340 The Anthropology of Work	fall 08
ANTH 350 The Anthropology of Aging and the Aged	fall 09
ANTH 360 Environmental Anthropology	probably spring or fall 09
ANTH 370 Experimental Archaeology	maybe spring or fall 09
ANTH 380  The Anthropology of Women	possibly fall 09
ANTH 414 Selected Topics	offered intermittently: topics vary – fall 08 will be taught as Diseases of the Ancient World by Farnum
ANTH 425 Anthropology of Religion	not currently offered
ANTH 440 Medical Anthropology			spring 08
ANTH 460 Field Methods: Visual Anthropology	not planned at present
ANTH 470 Field Methods in Archaeology    (May be taken in the Summer Field School for 3-6 credits)				maybe 08^2
ANTH 480 Independent Research	work out the details with your independent research faculty advisor
ANTH 490 Internship in Anthropology	work out the details with your internship faculty advisor

(1) Anthropological Linguistics is almost always taught on Friday evenings. Plan your schedule accordingly. (2) The tentative summer 2008 archaeological field school will be announced to all anthropology majors as soon as it is confirmed. In case it cannot be offered, we will also inform you.

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