Anthropology (ANTH)

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ANTH 110. Introduction to Traditional Ecological Knowledge. 4 Credits.

Traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) includes moral precepts that guide interaction with the local ecosystem, skill and knowledge sets used for resource extraction and management, and expressive media used for knowledge transmission. This course integrates Indigenous and Western perspectives to examine TEK in global perspective.
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 Cultural Literacy: Global Perspectives

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ANTH 114. Anthropology of Pirates and Piracy. 4 Credits.

Examines the political and economic origins and legacies of piracy through 500 years of history in the Americas, Europe, and Africa.
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 Cultural Literacy: Global Perspectives

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ANTH 119. Anthropology and Aliens. 4 Credits.

Examines how anthropology and speculative fiction have mutually constituted each other historically as each explores culture and society, and what makes us human.
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ANTH 145. Principles of Archaeology. 4 Credits.

Introduction to archaeology methods and interpretation.
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ANTH 150. World Archaeology. 4 Credits.

Introduction to prehistoric societies and cultural change through the examination of archaeological case studies from around the world. Taught once or more per academic year.
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 Cultural Literacy: Global Perspectives

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ANTH 161. Introduction to Cultural Anthropology. 4 Credits.

A first look into the work of cultural anthropology and an introduction to the cultural diversity of the world.
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 Social Science Area
 Cultural Literacy: Global Perspectives

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ANTH 163. Origins of Storytelling. 4 Credits.

Application of evolutionary thinking to the origins and function of literature.
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 Cultural Literacy: Global Perspectives

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ANTH 165. Sexuality and Culture. 4 Credits.

Examines sexuality through the historical, cultural, economic, and political factors that contribute to the construction of sexual identities, relationships, and institutions.
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 Social Science Area
 Cultural Literacy: Global Perspectives

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ANTH 170. Introduction to Human Origins. 4 Credits.

Homo sapiens as a living organism; biological evolution and genetics; fossil hominids.
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ANTH 171. Introduction to Monkeys and Apes. 4 Credits.

Evolutionary biology of the primates: the fossil record and ecology in the age of mammals, primate anatomy, locomotor feeding adaptations, taxonomic relations, primate ethology, primate conservation
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ANTH 173. Evolution of Human Sexuality. 4 Credits.

Includes basic genetics, physiology, and behavior. Evolution of sex, of the sexes, and of the role of sex in mammal, primate, and human behavior.
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 Cultural Literacy: Global Perspectives

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ANTH 175. Evolutionary Medicine. 4 Credits.

Focuses on the application of evolutionary thinking to the study of human health and disease.
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ANTH 176. Introduction to Forensic Anthropology. 4 Credits.

Introduction to human skeletal analysis and its application in a legal context, using biological and anthropological approaches to the recovery and identificationof human remains.
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ANTH 196. Field Studies: [Topic]. 1-2 Credits.

Repeatable.
Repeatable 99 times

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ANTH 198. Laboratory Projects: [Topic]. 1-12 Credits.

Repeatable.
Repeatable 99 times

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ANTH 199. Special Studies: [Topic]. 1-5 Credits.

Repeatable.
Repeatable 99 times

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ANTH 199L. Special Studies: [Topic]. 4 Credits.

Repeatable.
Repeatable 99 times

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ANTH 209. Business Anthropology. 4 Credits.

This course provides a comprehensive overview of business anthropology on a range of topics including entrepreneurship, finance capital, multinational corporations, and race/gender in business. Readings and discussions will focus on how to apply anthropological knowledge to solve real-world business problems.
Requisites: Prereq: ANTH 161.
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 Social Science Area
 Cultural Literacy: Global Perspectives

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ANTH 220. Introduction to Nutritional Anthropology. 4 Credits.

Human nutrition from a biocultural anthropological perspective, including the relationship of food consumption patterns to evolution, contemporary issues relating to malnutrition, and diseases of nutrition.
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 Cultural Literacy: Global Perspectives

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ANTH 255. Atlantis, Aliens, and Archaeology. 4 Credits.

Critically examines pseudoscientific examples of archaeology using case studies from around the world (e.g. the lost city of Atlantis, ancient aliens) and explores how proper scientific archaeological research is conducted.
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ANTH 260. Domestic Animals. 4 Credits.

Explores human relationships with domestic animals, examining the domestication process and the effects of animal domestication on human society.
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ANTH 270. Introduction to Biological Anthropology. 4 Credits.

Examines the biological aspects of the human species from comparative, ecological, and evolutionary perspectives. Explores theoretical and methodological issues in biological anthropology.
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ANTH 274. Animals and People. 4 Credits.

Explores contemporary and historical examples of human-animal interactions around the globe from a cross-cultural perspective. We analyze the influences of culture and biology on these interactions, explore perspectives, and engage in hypothesis testing.
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 Cultural Literacy: Global Perspectives

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ANTH 278. Science, Race, and Society. 4 Credits.

Understanding past scientific attitudes on racial variation helps place modern concepts of human diversity and racial segregation in a broader anthropological and scientific context.
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 Cultural Literacy: US: Difference, Inequality, Agency

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ANTH 311. Anthropology of Globalization. 4 Credits.

Introduces students to a wide range of issues related to economic, cultural, and ideological aspects of globalization.
Requisites: Prereq: ANTH 161.
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 Social Science Area
 Cultural Literacy: Global Perspectives

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ANTH 315. Gender, Folklore, Inequality. 4 Credits.

Cross-cultural exploration of the expressive and artistic realm of women's lives. Topics include life-cycle rituals, religion, healing, verbal arts, crafts, and music.
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 Cultural Literacy: Global Perspectives

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ANTH 320. Native North Americans. 4 Credits.

Interpretive approach to accomplishments, diversity, and survival of precontact, postcontact, and present-day American Indian peoples. Impact of Euro-American stereotypes on politics and identity.
Requisites: Prereq: ANTH 161.
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 Social Science Area
 Cultural Literacy: US: Difference, Inequality, Agency

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ANTH 329. Immigration and Farmworkers. 4 Credits.

Mexican farmworkers in the United States, their history and living and working conditions explored within the political culture of immigration. Introductory social science course recommended.
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 Social Science Area
 Cultural Literacy: US: Difference, Inequality, Agency

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ANTH 330. Hunters and Gatherers. 4 Credits.

Survey of contemporary hunter-gatherer societies. Foraging, decision-making, exchange, prestige, marriage, gender roles, parenting, history, and demography in an ecological and evolutionary perspective.
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 Cultural Literacy: Global Perspectives

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ANTH 331. Cultures of India and South Asia. 4 Credits.

Survey of contemporary South Asia's religious and cultural diversity, issues of ethnic identity, gender construction, social conflict, and politics of poverty.
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 Social Science Area
 Cultural Literacy: Global Perspectives

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ANTH 332. Human Attraction and Mating Strategies. 4 Credits.

Evolutionary theory, experimental and real-world data illuminate what we find attractive in others, variation in who we are attracted to, and why.
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ANTH 340. Fundamentals of Archaeology. 4 Credits.

Methods modern archaeology uses to reconstruct the past, including background research, field methods, laboratory analyses, and interpreting data.
Requisites: Prereq: ANTH 145 or ANTH 150.
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ANTH 341. Food Origins. 4 Credits.

Biological, ecological, and social dimensions of plant-animal domestication and the environmental impact of agriculture in the Late Pleistocene-Holocene epochs.
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ANTH 342. Archaeology of Egypt and Near East. 4 Credits.

The archaeology of ancient Egypt and the Near East.
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 Cultural Literacy: Global Perspectives

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ANTH 343. Pacific Islands Archaeology. 4 Credits.

Archaeology and prehistoric cultural development of Pacific island peoples from earliest settlement through early Western contact. Emphasizes Southeast Asian cultural foundations and ecological adaptations.
Requisites: Prereq: ANTH 145 or ANTH 150.
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ANTH 344. Oregon Archaeology. 4 Credits.

Native American cultural history of Oregon based on archaeological evidence. Environmental and ecological factors that condition human adaptations and contemporary cultural resource protection.
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 Social Science Area
 Cultural Literacy: US: Difference, Inequality, Agency

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ANTH 345. Archaeology of East Asia. 4 Credits.

Explores the evolution of diverse cultures and ethnic identities in East Asia during prehistoric and early historical times.
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ANTH 346. Archaeology of Southeast Asia. 4 Credits.

Explores the evolution of the diverse cultures of Southeast Asia during the prehistoric and early historic periods.
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 Cultural Literacy: Global Perspectives

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ANTH 349. Origins of Art. 4 Credits.

Examines prehistoric and recent hunter-gatherer art to understand the role that art behavior played in ancestral human life.
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 Cultural Literacy: Global Perspectives

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ANTH 361. Human Evolution. 4 Credits.

Fossil evidence of human evolution; Homo sapiens' place among the primates; variability of populations of fossil hominids.
Requisites: Prereq: ANTH 170 or ANTH 270.
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ANTH 362. Human Biological Variation. 4 Credits.

Genetic and biological structure of human populations; population dynamics and causes of diversity; analysis of genetically differentiated human populations and their geographic distribution.
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 Cultural Literacy: Global Perspectives

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ANTH 365. Food and Culture. 4 Credits.

Anthropological approach to the role of nutrients in human development (individual and group); cultural determinants and differences among populations; world food policy; applied nutritional anthropology.

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ANTH 366. Human Osteology Laboratory. 4 Credits.

Introduction to the human skeleton from the perspective of biological anthropology. This course uses anatomical, developmental, and evolutionary approaches to understand fundamental aspects of human biology in general, as well as the individuals represented by skeletal remains.
Requisites: Prereq: one from ANTH 170, ANTH 176, ANTH 270, HPHY 321.

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ANTH 369. Human Growth and Development. 4 Credits.

Examines key issues in human and nonhuman primate growth and development; addresses genetic, social and ecological determinants of variation in growth.
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ANTH 373. Psychoactive Substances in Ancient Societies. 4 Credits.

Global review of psychoactive substances in past human societies, including the paraphernalia, iconography, and residues of drugs found in the archaeological record.
Requisites: Prereq: ANTH 145 or ANTH 150.
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ANTH 376. Decoding Your Genome. 4 Credits.

Explores what genomic data can tell us about human variation and evolution, and discusses how genomics is currently used in our daily lives.
Requisites: Prereq: one from ANTH 175, ANTH 270, BI 211, BI 282H.
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ANTH 399. Special Studies: [Topic]. 1-5 Credits.

Repeatable.
Repeatable 99 times

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ANTH 399L. Special Studies: [Topic]. 4 Credits.

Repeatable when subject changes
Repeatable 99 times

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ANTH 400M. Temporary Multilisted Course. 1-5 Credits.

Repeatable.
Repeatable 99 times

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ANTH 401. Research: [Topic]. 1-21 Credits.

Repeatable.
Repeatable 99 times

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ANTH 403. Thesis. 1-12 Credits.

Repeatable.
Repeatable 99 times

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ANTH 405. Special Problems: [Topic]. 1-12 Credits.

Repeatable.
Repeatable 99 times

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ANTH 406. Field Studies: [Topic]. 1-12 Credits.

Repeatable.
Repeatable 99 times

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ANTH 407. Seminar: [Topic]. 1-5 Credits.

Repeatable.
Repeatable 99 times

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ANTH 408. Workshop: [Topic]. 1-21 Credits.

Repeatable.
Repeatable 99 times

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ANTH 409. Terminal Project. 1-12 Credits.

Repeatable.
Repeatable 99 times

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ANTH 410. Experimental Course: [Topic]. 1-5 Credits.

Repeatable.
Repeatable 99 times

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ANTH 417. Field Methods in Cultural Anthropology. 4 Credits.

Techniques of participant observation, community definition and extension, nondirective interviewing, and establishing rapport. Provides theoretical perspectives and emphasizes investigator's ethical responsibilities.
Requisites: Prereq: 8 credits of upper-division cultural anthropology.

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ANTH 420. Culture, Illness, and Healing. 4 Credits.

Cultural foundations of illness and healing. Attempts to analyze illness experiences, looks at therapies cross-culturally, and examines the nature of healing.
Requisites: Prereq: ANTH 161.
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 Cultural Literacy: Global Perspectives

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ANTH 425. Migrant, Citizen, Refugee. 4 Credits.

This course introduces students to the anthropological study of migration. Students will study both early and contemporary intellectual trends in the study of migration, including “globalization,” “transnationalism,” “diaspora,” “borderlands,” “transmigration,” and “imagined community,” through relevant ethnographic case studies from the U.S., with global comparisons.
Requisites: Prereq: ANTH 161.
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 Cultural Literacy: US: Difference, Inequality, Agency

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ANTH 427M. Latino Roots I. 4 Credits.

Documents Latino history in the racial history of what is now Oregon since 1500 and teaches students to conduct oral history interviews. Multilisted with JCOM 427M. Sequence with ANTH 428M. Offered alternate years.
Equivalent to: JCOM 427M

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ANTH 428M. Latino Roots II. 4 Credits.

Continuation of Latino Roots I, designed for producing a short documentary using oral history as the story. Covers basic theory and practice of digital film-video documentary production. Multilisted with JCOM 428M. Sequence with ANTH 427M. Offered alternate years.
Requisites: Prereq: ANTH 427M or JCOM 427M.
Equivalent to: JCOM 428M

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ANTH 434. Indigenous Peoples of South America. 4 Credits.

Contact period and contemporary ethnography of native peoples; ecological adaptation, socioeconomic organization, and culture change.
Requisites: Prereq: ANTH 161 or ANTH 330.
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 Cultural Literacy: Global Perspectives

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ANTH 438. Race and Gender in Latin America. 4 Credits.

Examines intersecting systems of race, gender, ethnicity, and nationalism through 600 years of Latin American history, focusing on five countries in three regions.

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ANTH 441. Recent Cultural Theory. 4 Credits.

Survey of various cultural frameworks: Durkheimian, Marxian, feminist, transnationalism, Orientalism.
Requisites: Prereq: 8 credits in social science.

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ANTH 442. Northwest Coast Archaeology. 4 Credits.

This course examines the more than 12,000-year-old archaeological record of the Northwest Coast of North America. We begin by establishing the ecological and ethnographic background for the region and then study how these have shaped archaeologists' ideas about the past. Next, we study the contents of sites and consider the relationship between data, interpretation, and theory. Throughout the term, we discuss the dynamics of contact and colonialism.
Requisites: Prereq: ANTH 145 or ANTH 150.
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 Cultural Literacy: US: Difference, Inequality, Agency

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ANTH 446. Practical Archaeobotany. 4 Credits.

Investigates interactions between human-plant populations in the past; laboratory training of analyzing plant fossils in archaeologial contexts.

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ANTH 448. Gender and Archaeology. 4 Credits.

Discussion of gender as a focus of archaeological theory, method, and interpretation. Examination of case studies from around the world.
Requisites: Prereq: ANTH 145 or ANTH 150.
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 Cultural Literacy: Global Perspectives

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ANTH 449. Cultural Resource Management. 4 Credits.

Objectives, legal background, operational problems, ethical and scholarly considerations in the management of prehistoric and historic cultural resources.
Requisites: Prereq: ANTH 145 or ANTH 150.

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ANTH 453. African Archaeology. 4 Credits.

The archaeology of humans in Africa with an emphasis on the past 15,000 years.

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ANTH 456. Peopling of the Americas. 4 Credits.

Reviews anthropological methods of the Americas including biological, genetic, archaeological, and paleoenvironmental evidence.
Requisites: Prereq: ANTH 145 or ANTH 150.

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ANTH 459. Advanced Evolutionary Medicine. 4 Credits.

Explores current research in the field of evolutionary medicine.
Requisites: Prereq: one from ANTH 175, ANTH 270, ANTH 468, BI 380; ANTH 175 strongly suggested.

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ANTH 463. Primate Behavior. 4 Credits.

Ecology and ethology of free-ranging primates. Classification, distribution, and ecological relationships of living primates; social structure and social organizations.
Requisites: Prereq: ANTH 171 or ANTH 270.

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ANTH 467. Paleoecology and Human Evolution. 4 Credits.

Relationship between ecology and comparative morphology as a basis for theories of hominid phylogeny; analysis of methods of paleoecological inference; current theories of hominid origins.
Requisites: Prereq: ANTH 270.

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ANTH 470. Statistical Analysis of Biological Anthropology. 4 Credits.

The important methods in biometry (biological statistics) and their inherent assumptions, limitations, interpretations, and common uses (and misuses) as relevant to biological anthropology.
Requisites: Prereq: STAT 243Z, MATH 425, or equivalent.

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ANTH 471. Zooarchaeology: [Topic]. 4 Credits.

Analysis and interpretation of bone and shell animal remains from archaeological sites. Repeatable once for a maximum of 8 credits when the topic changes.
Requisites: Prereq: ANTH 145 or ANTH 150.
Repeatable 1 time for a maximum of 8 credits when topic changes

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ANTH 472. Primate Conservation Biology. 4 Credits.

Evaluates the conservation status of the order Primates. Explores biological-ecological issues and social-cultural influences on primate biodiversity, distribution, and abundance.
Requisites: Prereq: ANTH 171 or ANTH 270.

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ANTH 473. Advanced Forensic Anthropology. 4 Credits.

Teaches theory and analysis of human remains for medico-legal professionals, including estimating biological parameters from skeletons and outdoor crime scene processing and testimony.
Requisites: Prereq: ANTH 176 with a grade of B– or better or ANTH 366 with a C– or better.

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ANTH 475. Regarding Remains. 4 Credits.

This course covers the policies and regulations of human and non-human remains in biological anthropology and forensic sciences contexts. It explores the considerations important for establishing, building, maintaining and working with skeletal collections.
Requisites: Prereq: ANTH 176.

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ANTH 479. Taphonomy: Bones, Bugs, and Burials. 4 Credits.

Application of taphonomic studies in the fields of paleontology, archaeology, and forensic-medicolegal anthropology.
Requisites: Prereq: one from ANTH 170, ANTH 176, ANTH 270, ANTH 366, BI 212, or equivalent.

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ANTH 481. Principles of Evolutionary Psychology. 4 Credits.

Investigates how understanding of our evolutionary history is used to further understanding of the human mind.
Requisites: Prereq: ANTH 170 or ANTH 270.

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ANTH 487. Bioanthropology Methods. 4 Credits.

Laboratory-based introduction to research methods in biological anthropology, with an emphasis on research among living human populations.
Requisites: Prereq: ANTH 270.

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ANTH 500M. Temporary Multilisted Course. 1-5 Credits.

Repeatable.
Repeatable 99 times

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ANTH 503. Thesis. 1-16 Credits.

Repeatable.
Repeatable 99 times

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ANTH 507. Seminar: [Topic]. 1-5 Credits.

Repeatable.
Repeatable 99 times

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ANTH 508. Workshop: [Topic]. 1-21 Credits.

Repeatable.
Repeatable 99 times

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ANTH 510. Experimental Course: [Topic]. 1-5 Credits.

Repeatable.
Repeatable 99 times

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ANTH 520. Culture, Illness, and Healing. 4 Credits.

Cultural foundations of illness and healing. Attempts to analyze illness experiences, looks at therapies cross-culturally, and examines the nature of healing.

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ANTH 525. Migrant, Citizen, Refugee. 4 Credits.

This course introduces students to the anthropological study of migration. Students will study both early and contemporary intellectual trends in the study of migration, including “globalization,” “transnationalism,” “diaspora,” “borderlands,” “transmigration,” and “imagined community,” through relevant ethnographic case studies from the U.S., with global comparisons.

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ANTH 527M. Latino Roots I. 4 Credits.

Documents Latino history in the racial history of what is now Oregon since 1500 and teaches students to conduct oral history interviews. Multilisted with JCOM 527M. Sequence with ANTH 528M. Offered alternate years.

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ANTH 528M. Latino Roots II. 4 Credits.

Continuation of Latino Roots I, designed for producing a short documentary using oral history as the story. Covers basic theory and practice of digital film-video documentary production. Multilisted with JCOM 528M. Sequence with ANTH 527M. Offered alternate years.
Requisites: Prereq: ANTH 527M or JCOM 527M.

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ANTH 534. Indigenous Peoples of South America. 4 Credits.

Contact period and contemporary ethnography of native peoples; ecological adaptation, socioeconomic organization, and culture change.

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ANTH 538. Race and Gender in Latin America. 4 Credits.

Examines intersecting systems of race, gender, ethnicity, and nationalism through 600 years of Latin American history, focusing on five countries in three regions.

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ANTH 541. Recent Cultural Theory. 4 Credits.

Survey of various cultural frameworks: Durkheimian, Marxian, feminist, transnationalism, Orientalism.
Requisites: Prereq: 8 credits in social science.

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ANTH 542. Northwest Coast Archaeology. 4 Credits.

Archaeological and prehistoric cultural development of peoples indigenous to the Northwest Coast of North America, from Alaska to northern California, from earliest settlement through Western contact.

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ANTH 546. Practical Archaeobotany. 4 Credits.

Investigates interactions between human-plant populations in the past; laboratory training of analyzing plant fossils in archaeologial contexts.

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ANTH 548. Gender and Archaeology. 4 Credits.

Discussion of gender as an emerging focus of archaeological theory, method, and interpretation. Examination of case studies from around the world during prehistory.

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ANTH 549. Cultural Resource Management. 4 Credits.

Objectives, legal background, operational problems, ethical and scholarly considerations in the management of prehistoric and historic cultural resources.

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ANTH 553. African Archaeology. 4 Credits.

The archaeology of humans in Africa with an emphasis on the past 15,000 years.

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ANTH 559. Advanced Evolutionary Medicine. 4 Credits.

Explores current research in the field of evolutionary medicine.

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ANTH 563. Primate Behavior. 4 Credits.

Ecology and ethology of free-ranging primates. Classification, distribution, and ecological relationships of living primates; social structure and social organizations.

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ANTH 567. Paleoecology and Human Evolution. 4 Credits.

Relationship between ecology and comparative morphology as a basis for theories of hominid phylogeny; analysis of methods of paleoecological inference; current theories of hominid origins.

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ANTH 570. Statistical Analysis of Biological Anthropology. 4 Credits.

The important methods in biometry (biological statistics) and their inherent assumptions, limitations, interpretations, and common uses (and misuses) as relevant to biological anthropology.

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ANTH 571. Zooarchaeology: [Topic]. 4 Credits.

Analysis and interpretation of bone and shell animal remains from archaeological sites. Repeatable once for a maximum of 8 credits when the topic changes.
Repeatable 1 time for a maximum of 8 credits

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ANTH 572. Primate Conservation Biology. 4 Credits.

Evaluates the conservation status of the order Primates. Explores biological-ecological issues and social-cultural influences on primate biodiversity, distribution, and abundance.

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ANTH 573. Advanced Forensic Anthropology. 4 Credits.

Teaches theory and analysis of human remains for medico-legal professionals, including estimating biological parameters from skeletons and outdoor crime scene processing and testimony.

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ANTH 575. Regarding Remains. 4 Credits.

This course covers the policies and regulations of human and non-human remains in biological anthropology and forensic sciences contexts. It explores the considerations important for establishing, building, maintaining and working with skeletal collections.

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ANTH 579. Taphonomy: Bones, Bugs, and Burials. 4 Credits.

Application of taphonomic studies in the fields of paleontology, archaeology, and forensic-medicolegal anthropology.

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ANTH 581. Principles of Evolutionary Psychology. 4 Credits.

Investigates how understanding of our evolutionary history is used to further understanding of the human mind.

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ANTH 587. Bioanthropology Methods. 4 Credits.

Laboratory-based introduction to research methods in biological anthropology, with an emphasis on research among living human populations.

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ANTH 601. Research: [Topic]. 1-16 Credits.

Repeatable.
Repeatable 99 times

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ANTH 603. Dissertation. 1-16 Credits.

Repeatable.
Repeatable 99 times

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ANTH 605. Special Problems: [Topic]. 1-16 Credits.

Repeatable.
Repeatable 99 times

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ANTH 606. Practicum: [Topic]. 1-16 Credits.

Repeatable.
Repeatable 99 times

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ANTH 607. Seminar: [Topic]. 1-5 Credits.

Repeatable.
Repeatable 99 times

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ANTH 608. Workshop: [Topic]. 1-12 Credits.

Repeatable.
Repeatable 99 times

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ANTH 609. Terminal Project. 1-12 Credits.

Repeatable.
Repeatable 99 times

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ANTH 610. Experimental Course: [Topic]. 1-5 Credits.

Repeatable.
Repeatable 99 times

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ANTH 611. Ethnographic Research: Epistemology, Methods, Ethics. 4 Credits.

Various techniques in ethnographic research. Examines the relationships between methods, theory, and ethics.

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ANTH 615. Proseminar in Anthropology. 4 Credits.

Presents the department's structure, program, and faculty; explore various research and teaching facilities in UO; introduces research, writing, and funding resources.

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ANTH 680. Basic Graduate Physical Anthropology. 5 Credits.

Introduction to major subfields of physical anthropology; geochronology, primate classification, paleoprimatology, paleoanthropology, human biology and diversity, processes of evolution, and primate ethology.

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ANTH 681. Archaeology and Anthropology. 5 Credits.

Use by archaeologists of concepts drawn from anthropology; modifications and additions made necessary by the nature of archaeological data.

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ANTH 685. Professional Writing. 2-4 Credits.

Covers the basics of professional writing for grant proposals, journal articles, and papers presented at professional meetings. Requires short proposal, longer proposal or article, and workshop participation.

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ANTH 689. Social Theory II. 5 Credits.

Social theory survey organized around keywords: colonialism-postcolonialism, meaning, materiality-materialism, local-national-global, structure-agency-history, power, and difference.