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Fear and how we depict it in popular culture. Course examines folklore traditions and how they translate in contemporary storytelling formats.

Areas of Study:
Anthropology

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People all around the world use tattoos, piercing, makeup and dress codes as symbolic tools to represent their ideas of self, or as a means of gender, ethnicity, and class control and domination. This course looks at how people express connection to and disconnection from culture through body art practices.

Areas of Study:
Anthropology

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Sex and our relationship with it. This course examines the topics of sex, sexuality, and gender by exploring the diverse range of sexual cultures of the world in the past and the present. Attention is given to the role of language, biology, culture, and the archeological record of societies's fascination with sex.

Areas of Study:
Anthropology

Programs:
Sexuality Studies Minor

Engaged Anthropology is a multidimensional service-learning course designed to facilitate real-world learning experiences for students on broad social issues: practice a variety of anthropological concepts, theories, and methods; and provide service to the local community.

Prerequisites:
ANTH 101, ANTH 230, or instructor Permission.

Areas of Study:
Anthropology

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Courses to be offered just one time or on an irregular basis according to topic demand for a general interest, sophomore level course.

Areas of Study:
Anthropology

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Individual study at an introductory level on the topic of student's choice. Designed for students who wish to pursue independent study at the freshman-sophomore level rather than the more advanced level of the 499 individual study.

Prerequisites:
Consent

Areas of Study:
Anthropology

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This course examines the methodologies of all four fields of Anthropology. Students will gain practical experience in various methods that professionals utilize on a regular basis within the discipline. Discussions of the issues surrounding various anthropological methods will be part of this course.

Prerequisites:
ANTH 101

Areas of Study:
Anthropology

Programs:
Anthropology (BS) | Anthropology (BA) | Anthropology Minor

An in-depth study of ancient Egypt, focusing on the relationship between cultural development and the unique Egyptian environment of the time. Emphasis will be placed on the interpretation of archaeological discoveries in the area.

Areas of Study:
Anthropology

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An examination of the ecology, behavior and biology of living primates.

Prerequisites:
ANTH 101 or ANTH 220 or consent

Areas of Study:
Anthropology

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This course focuses on studying the diversity of human societies using environmental approaches such as evolutionary/ecological perspectives and systems modeling. Case studies will be drawn from Native American cultures.

Areas of Study:
Anthropology

Programs:
American Indigenous Studies (BA) | American Indigenous Studies (BS) | Geomorphology and Earth Surface Processes (CERT) | Earth Science (BS)

The variability and universality of human religious expression are explored in specific cross-cultural contexts.

Areas of Study:
Anthropology

Programs:
International Relations (BA) | International Relations Minor

This course emphasizes the wealth of ethnographic information which may be captured by visual media. You will learn how to interpret the final product and how to recognize the limitations of visual presentations.

Areas of Study:
Anthropology

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A survey of the people and cultures of Sub-Saharan Africa examining the rich sociocultural diversity of the continent over time.

Areas of Study:
Anthropology

Programs:
Middle Eastern Studies and Islamic World Minor

Language is powerful. What we say, how we say it, where we say it, and to whom we say it matters. This course explores the connection between power, language, performance, and identity. The relationships between language, gender, sexuality, race, ethnicity, and socioeconomic class are explored by investigating historical and present day sources of language practices and events.

Areas of Study:
Anthropology

Programs:
Linguistics Minor | Sexuality Studies Minor

This class focuses on the application of anthropology in the business and organizational domains using a cultural lens. It will provide students with a clearer view of the culture of the business world as well as tools to aid in understanding the business culture and that of their clientele.

Areas of Study:
Anthropology

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Exploring culture through the foods we eat, preparation practices, and historic implications of food in daily life. We will examine a sampling from hunter-gathers, agricultural practices and animal husbandry, mass production, and the food industry to better understand cultural practices from around the globe.

Areas of Study:
Anthropology

Programs:
Agribusiness and Food Innovation (BS)

Curricular Practical Training: Co-Operative Experience is a zero-credit full-time practical training experience for one semester and an adjacent fall or spring term. Special rules apply to preserve full-time student status. Please contact an advisor in your program for complete information.

Prerequisites:
At least 60 credits earned; in good standing; instructor permission; co-op contract; other prerequisites may also apply.

Areas of Study:
Anthropology

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A detailed study of Minnesota archaeology from ca. 12,000 years ago to ca 1900, with a focus on diverse and changing Native American populations.

Areas of Study:
Anthropology

Programs:
American Indigenous Studies (BS) | American Indigenous Studies (CERT)

A survey of current knowledge about the prehistoric Native American inhabitants of North America from ca. 15,000 years ago until ca. 1900. Topics will focus on the processes of cultural development, change, and disruption by Euro-American influences.

Areas of Study:
Anthropology

Programs:
American Indigenous Studies (BA) | American Indigenous Studies (BS) | American Indigenous Studies (CERT)

A detailed study of Latin American archaeology from ca. 12,000 years ago to ca.1900, with a focus on diverse and changing Native American populations.

Areas of Study:
Anthropology

Programs:
American Indigenous Studies (BA) | American Indigenous Studies (BS) | Latin American Studies Minor

A review of the history and philosophy of museums, the legal and ethical issues impacting museums, the nature and treatment of collections, creation, exhibition and exhibit design, the role of museums in education, museum personnel and financial management, and museums in the technological/electronic age.

Areas of Study:
Anthropology

Programs:
Museum Studies (CERT)

Review of how cultural resources are being preserved and managed under current laws and regulations. Emphasis on examination of conservation, preservation and rescue methods in modern archaeology, and problems and issues in historic preservation and resource management.

Prerequisites:
ANTH 101, ANTH 210 or consent

Areas of Study:
Anthropology

Programs:
Museum Studies (CERT)

An intensive exploration of how to identify, catalogue, and curate archeological materials in a laboratory setting. Topics will include lithics, pottery, faunal, floral, metal, and other materials as well as data structure and recordation.

Areas of Study:
Anthropology

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An interdisciplinary investigation into Quaternary environmental/climatic change and the impact of change on the behavior and evolution of humans. This course has three segments: 1) an examination of natural systems responsible for climatic change, the impact climatic fluctuations have on Earth systems, timing of Quaternary changes, evidence of climatic/environmental change from spatially distant, climatically distinct environments; 2) investigation into worldwide evidence of human evolution, global dispersion, and adaptation to environmental systems; introduction to various methodological approaches in Quaternary archeologic, geomorphic, and climatic studies. Focus is on proxy records used for climate/environmental reconstruction, archeolgic/geomorphologic field methods, geochronologic dating methods.

Prerequisites:
GEOG 101, ANTH 210; Students are strongly encouraged to take Geog 315 or 4/515 before enrolling. Geol 121 can be substituted for Geog 101 with instructor permission.

Areas of Study:
Anthropology

Programs:
Earth Science (BS)

This course examines the history of agricultural systems in world wide perspective, with an emphasis on understanding their social and environmental contexts and the effects on them of climate change. Case examples will highlight the conditions under which agricultural systems emerge, thrive, and fail, and the impacts of these processes on human populations.

Areas of Study:
Anthropology

Programs:
Earth Science (BS) | Agribusiness and Food Innovation (BS)