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American Studies (Undergraduate Courses) |
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AMST-296 Selected Topics: Non-Recurring (1-6)
Topics vary by section. Repeatable for credit with different topic.
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AMST-320 American Cultural History (3)
Topics vary by section. Courses explore political and economic affairs, international relations, social change, literature, drama, music, and fine and popular arts in American history. Usually Offered: fall and spring. Repeatable for credit with different topic.
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AMST-330 Contemporary American Culture (3)
Topics vary by section. Interdisciplinary explorations of American media, politics, ethnography, literature, and art. Usually Offered: fall and spring. Repeatable for credit with different topic.
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AMST-340 Community Activism and Regional Studies (3)
Topics vary by section. Explores the contemporary and historical development of Washington D.C. and the Chesapeake region; or invites students to interact with communities and the environment in the area. Usually Offered: fall and spring. Repeatable for credit with different topic.
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AMST-390 Independent Reading Course in American Studies (1-6)
Permission: instructor and program director.
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AMST-394 Community Service-Learning Project (1)
Grading: Pass/Fail only. Permission: instructor and Center for Community Engagement & Service.
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AMST-396 Selected Topics: Non-Recurring (1-6)
Topics vary by section. Repeatable for credit with different topic.
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AMST-400 Interpreting American Culture (3)
This seminar critically explores contemporary American popular culture and trains students in American Studies theory and methods. The course discusses emerging and controversial approaches to American culture. Theories are applied to a variety of primary sources such as Internet shows, films, art, and social media. AU Core Integrative Requirement: Written Communication and Information Literacy II. Usually Offered: spring. Prerequisite: AMST-200 and completion of Written Communication and Information Literacy I requirement.
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AMST-410 Senior Thesis (3)
Original interdisciplinary research as a capstone to the major. Usually Offered: fall and spring. Prerequisite: AMST-400 .
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AMST-490 Independent Study Project in American Studies (1-6)
Permission: instructor and program director.
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AMST-491 Internship in American Studies (1-6)
Practical experience in a local organization such as a government office, museum, arts agency, or social action group. The internship is supervised by faculty and helps students to translate American Studies theory and method into professional skills and opportunities. Permission: instructor and program director.
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AMST-496 Selected Topics: Non-Recurring (1-6)
Topics vary by section. Repeatable for credit with different topic.
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Anthropology (Undergraduate Courses) |
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ANTH-110 Culture and Power FA3 (3)
This course explores how we can understand human social and cultural diversity, as well as related issues such as race and ethnicity, gender, sexuality, and inequality. It asks what is culture, how do we make sense of human behavior that appears to be radically different than our own, and how power relations shape human lives and human behavior. Students have an opportunity to practice the methodology of ethnography, which aims to understand the lives of others by living with and participating actively in their lives, thus attempting to see and experience the world as they do. Ultimately, the course shows how anthropology and related social sciences and humanities offer tools not just to better understand others but also to better understand oneself. AU Core Habits of Mind: Cultural Inquiry. Usually Offered: fall, spring, and summer.
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ANTH-150 Anthropology of Life in the United States FA4 (3)
How race, gender, class, ethnicity, age, and region affect Americans’ experiences of interwoven historical, economic, political, scientific, religious, and cultural processes. Usually Offered: fall.
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ANTH-194 Community Service-Learning Project (1)
Grading: Pass/Fail only. Permission: instructor and Center for Community Engagement & Service.
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ANTH-196 Selected Topics: Non-Recurring (1-6)
Topics vary by section. Repeatable for credit with different topic.
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ANTH-210 Race and Racism FA3 (3)
Drawing from biological anthropology, this course traces the development of the race concept, beginning with the emergence of “pre-racial” categories. It then examines the biological and social construction of race, how race has been mutually constructed with sexism, heterosexism, classism, and other essentialist forms of oppression. Modes of resistance are examined simultaneously. Usually Offered: fall and spring.
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ANTH-215 Sex, Gender, and Culture FA3 (3)
How economic systems, social structures, and values construct and redefine biological distinctions between women and men. Includes gender in egalitarian societies; origins and consequences of patriarchy; gay and lesbian cultures; gender, politics, and social change. Case studies from tribal, state-level, and post-colonial contexts. AU Core Habits of Mind: Cultural Inquiry. Usually Offered: fall, spring, and summer.
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ANTH-220 Living in Multicultural Societies FA3 (3)
Foreign trade, foreign aid, tourism, and migration establish ties between peoples and cultures in spite of political and historical divisions. This course examines the effect of international migration and the growing “one-world” economy on the daily lives of peoples around the world and in the emerging multicultural urban centers in the United States. Usually Offered: spring.
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ANTH-225 Language and Human Experience FA1 (3)
How do humans use language and how does language shape our experiences in and of the world? This course explores language as a social, cultural, political, and economic phenomenon using case studies from around the world, including spoken languages, sign languages, and even texting. The course examines attitudes about the speakers of different languages and how these attitudes reinforce or challenge stereotypes and inequalities related to race, ethnicity, gender, class, age, and nationality. It also explores the relationship between language and identity and how language reflects and shapes political and economic relationships. AU Core Habits of Mind: Cultural Inquiry. Usually Offered: fall.
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ANTH-235 The Buried History of the United States FA2 (3)
This course introduces how archaeology reconstructs the history of the land that today is considered the United States within the larger context of the Americas. The course looks at the way archaeologists use artifacts, written records, and oral history to tell the story of life from before the era of European colonization to the present. There is an emphasis on artifact and document interpretation, colonialism, violence, genocide, resistance, architecture, capitalism and other political-economic systems, and the diverse experiences of Native American, African, Asian, and European peoples in the Americas. AU Core Habits of Mind: Socio-Historical Inquiry. Usually Offered: spring.
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ANTH-250 Human Origins FA5 (3)
The contributions that physical anthropology and archaeology can make toward an understanding of the origins and development of humankind. Includes genetics, the principles of evolution as applied to humans, the nonhuman primates and their behavior, human fossils, and the archaeology of the New and Old Worlds. Usually Offered: fall.
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ANTH-251 Anthropological Theory (3)
Exploration of a variety of current perspectives in cultural anthropology. The kinds of questions anthropologists ask in seeking to understand cultural variation and diverse human experience. The relevance of anthropology to life in a changing, multicultural world.
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ANTH-253 Introduction to Archaeology (3)
Archaeology as a subfield of anthropology. Includes the history of archaeology, methods of archaeological excavation and analysis, the historical archaeology of seventeenth and eighteenth century America, paleolithic archaeology in the Old World, the prehistory of North and South America, and other current discoveries and issues within the field. Usually Offered: spring.
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ANTH-254 Language and Culture (3)
Examines connections between language, culture, and society. Includes grammars as systems of knowledge; language and cognition; structure of everyday discourse; language diversity; speech communities; language change; and literacy and language planning. Usually Offered: spring.
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ANTH-294 Community Service-Learning Project (1)
Grading: Pass/Fail only. Permission: instructor and Center for Community Engagement & Service.
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ANTH-296 Selected Topics: Non-Recurring (1-6)
Topics vary by section. Repeatable for credit with different topic.
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ANTH-311 Anthropological Studies: Turkana Basin Institute (3)
Topics vary by section. Offered through AU Abroad at the Turkana Basin Institute (TBI), Turkana, Kenya. Students attend lectures at TBI and conduct research and fieldwork in the Turkana basin. Topics includes paleoanthropology, archaeology, and human evolution as influenced by evidence uncovered in East Africa. Repeatable for credit with different topic.
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ANTH-331 Taboos (3)
Exploration of those persons, items, experiences, and acts which so frighten and repel humans that they try to prohibit them. Includes discussion of subjects rich in taboo and sensitivity including sexuality, witchcraft, cannibalism, human-animal relations, madness, and death. Why taboos emerge, how they are enforced, and when they are violated. Prerequisite: ANTH-251 .
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ANTH-334 Environmental Justice (3)
Focuses on issues of inequalities attending the destruction of resources, the siting of dangerous facilities, dumping of toxic wastes, and the development of technologies that harm some people while benefitting others. Case studies from North America, Latin America, Africa, the Arctic, Pacific, and Caribbean examine questions about history, social relations, power, connections among the world’s societies, and competing values.
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ANTH-337 Anthropology of Genocide (3)
Examines questions concerning how individuals, groups, and social institutions legitimize the power to repress, coerce, and kill, how victims experience and interpret their suffering, how “ordinary people” come to accept and justify violent regimes, and the possibility of constructing an understanding of genocide that extends across cultures and from individual impulse to global conflict. Case studies include genocide in the Americas, the Nazi Holocaust, and ethnic cleansing in Central Africa and Eastern Europe.
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ANTH-350 Special Topics (3)
Topics vary by section. Cross-cultural comparison and analysis within selected culture areas. Rotating topics include human osteology, language and sexuality, student activism and social justice, and archaeology of the Chesapeake Bay region. Repeatable for credit with different topic.
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ANTH-365 Social Ecology of Food (3)
This course surveys theory and ethnography at the intersections of food and ecology and explores the importance of food to local and global ecologies, interrogates the relationship of food production and consumption to political and environmental factors, and develops an understanding of ways food influences global and personal politics. Readings draw from anthropology, political ecology, and geography. Usually Offered: alternate springs.
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ANTH-394 Community Service-Learning Project (1)
Grading: Pass/Fail only. Permission: instructor and Center for Community Engagement & Service.
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ANTH-396 Selected Topics: Non-Recurring (1-6)
Topics vary by section. Repeatable for credit with different topic.
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ANTH-421 Health Geographies (3)
Surveys theory and ethnographic accounts of geographically-concentrated health disparity. Examines geographic patterns impacting health differences and inequities. Readings draw from human geography, political economy, ethnography, and human health. Subject matter reflects how space is constructed, transformed, inter-connected and experiences as a variable of health. Incorporates training in mapping methodologies. Crosslist: ANTH-621 . Usually Offered: fall.
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ANTH-422 Neoliberal Globalization and Health (3)
Provides grounding to central theories of globalization as neoliberalism as they relate to health, focusing on their global, domestic, and historical dimensions. Contextualizes neoliberal globalization and its effects through an examination of healthcare provisioning, the healthcare field, and the current global health landscape. Crosslist: ANTH-622 . Usually Offered: fall.
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ANTH-423 Militarization and Health (3)
Explores intersections of militarization, technological innovation, civil unrest and health through a survey if international conflicts. Analyzes the ways that profit-based, technology-driven processes of militarization effect and shape processes of statecraft, displacement, and gendered and racial violence, and examines how these combined processes impact health, healthcare and patient advocacy globally. Crosslist: ANTH-623 . Usually Offered: fall.
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ANTH-424 Science, Technology and Health (3)
Grounded in critical medical anthropology, this course draws upon the philosophy of science, the history of science, and the sociology of knowledge to examine the interlinkages of science and technology and the implications of their relationship for the healthcare industry, healthcare practitioners, and human health. Crosslist: ANTH-624 . Usually Offered: spring.
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ANTH-425 Health, Care, and Social Movements (3)
Explores key theories of social change and surveys historical and contemporary social movements, with a particular focus on the relationship between technological innovation, health, and social struggle. Students analyze historical and structural determinants of health and conceptualize movement-based action as a means of collectively caring for individuals and communities. Crosslist: ANTH-625 . Usually Offered: spring.
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ANTH-439 Culture, History, Power, Place (3)
Topics vary by section. Examination of a particular culture area to provide insight into the conditions that produced distinctive cultures in certain geographical regions. Rotating culture areas include North American Indians, Latin America, Mexico and Central America, African American women, India, Africa, China, and Japan. Crosslist: ANTH-639 . Usually Offered: fall and spring. Repeatable for credit with different topic.
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ANTH-440 Contemporary Ethnographies (3)
Surveys theory through the original writings of anthropologists. Contemporary perspectives and debates in anthropology examined through close, critical readings of cutting-edge studies. These readings reflect current approaches in the field such as culture and political economy, postmodern multi-vocal texts, feminist ethnographies, and post-colonial writing. How ethnographies are crafted, including how authors contextualize their subject and their own involvement, uses of evidence, and literary devices. Prerequisite: ANTH-251 .
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ANTH-442 Public Anthropology (3)
Explores efforts to build a public anthropology that advances popular struggles for economic freedom, human rights, and social justice while maintaining a critique of state power. The course also examines how such work engages conventional approaches to research, publication, and career advancement, and suggests pathways to alternative anthropological careers. Crosslist: ANTH-642 .
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ANTH-452 Anthropological Research Methods (3)
An introduction to research methods used within the field of anthropology, including ethnography, the distinctive tool of the field. Includes research design, data collection, quantitative and qualitative analysis. Ethics and pragmatics of research are discussed, including research funding and proposal writing. Prerequisite: ANTH-251 and one other anthropology course. Note: Prepares students for ANTH-453 .
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ANTH-453 Senior Seminar in Anthropology (3)
This capstone seminar is the culmination of undergraduate studies in anthropology. Students pursue senior capstone projects while consolidating knowledge about key concepts and topics in public anthropology including power, inequality, social justice, race/ethnicity, gender, sexuality, and class. Usually Offered: spring. Restriction: Anthropology (BA) .
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ANTH-490 Independent Study Project in Anthropology (1-6)
Permission: instructor and department chair.
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ANTH-491 Internship in Anthropology (1-6)
Permission: instructor and department chair.
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ANTH-494 Community Service-Learning Project (1)
Grading: Pass/Fail only. Permission: instructor and Center for Community Engagement & Service.
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ANTH-496 Selected Topics: Non-Recurring (1-6)
Topics vary by section. Repeatable for credit with different topic.
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ANTH-498 Senior Thesis in Anthropology (1-6)
Opportunity for qualified undergraduates to carry out anthropological research under supervision of members of the faculty. Development of a written paper and participation in senior thesis seminar are required. Repeatable for credit. Permission: department chair.
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Anthropology (Graduate and Advanced Undergraduate Courses) |
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ANTH-060 Summer Field School: Archaeology (0)
Noncredit participation in the excavation of an archaeological site. Training varies depending on the site, but usually includes site surveying, archaeological engineering, techniques of excavation, flora, fauna, and soil analysis, field laboratory practice, and on-site computer data processing. Usually Offered: summer.
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ANTH-096 Selected Topics: Non-Recurring (0)
Topics vary by section. Repeatable for credit with different topic.
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ANTH-531 Topics in Archaeology (3)
Topics vary by section. Rotating topics include historical archaeology, artifact analysis, archaeology of the Chesapeake, archaeology of the Potomac Valley, Aztec, Inca, and Maya, and archaeology and politics. Repeatable for credit with different topic.
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ANTH-534 Class and Culture (3)
Discussion of the way that anthropologists have used and developed the concept of class as a way to understand patterns of social inequality. The variation in relationships of class to economic, social, and political structures in different societies and how class experiences and struggles influence and are influenced by the cultural norms and values in different social systems.
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ANTH-535 Ethnicity and Nationalism (3)
Ethnicity has become a universal means for groups to defend their interests, avoid alienation, and create powerful rituals of self-preservation and defense. This course examines ways that groups in complex societies and new nations use ethnicity and nationalism to express and enact community and identity, similarity and difference, peaceful social relations, warfare, and genocide.
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ANTH-537 Topics in Language and Culture (3)
Topics vary by section. Comparative perspectives on the interrelationships of cultural and linguistic patterns in different societies. Case studies focus on language variation and pluralism, social hierarchies, gender diversity, language history, colonialism, and nation building. Repeatable for credit with different topic.
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ANTH-541 Public Anthropology and State Policy (3)
This course traces shifting relationships among governments, anthropologists, and ordinary people. Readings and class discussions explore the rise of “applied” anthropology as part of the processes of colonialism and capital accumulation. Also covered are colonial encounters, immigration and internment, neocolonialism, and structural adjustment.
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ANTH-543 Anthropology of Development (3)
Anthropological approaches to the analysis of economic development and change, with attention to both theory and practice. Development problems as perceived at the local level, contemporary development concerns, and the organization of development agencies and projects. Usually Offered: fall.
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ANTH-544 Topics in Public Anthropology (3)
Topics vary by section. The application of anthropological method and theory to solving problems in contemporary society. Rotating topics include anthropology of education, health, culture and illness, public archaeology, media activism, and anthropology of human rights. Repeatable for credit with different topic.
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ANTH-550 Ethnographic Field Methods (3)
Using a series of research exercises, students learn how to collect genealogies, gather censuses of research populations, conduct directed and nondirected interviews, map research areas, work with photographic data, collect life histories, observe as participants, write research proposals, and evaluate data. Ethical and methodological fieldwork problems are stressed throughout.
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ANTH-560 Summer Field School: Archaeology (1-9)
Topics vary by section. Active participation in the excavation of an archaeological site. Training varies depending on the site, but usually includes site surveying, archaeological engineering, techniques of excavation, flora, fauna, and soil analysis, field laboratory practice, and on-site computer data processing. Usually Offered: summer. Repeatable for credit.
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ANTH-590 Independent Reading Course in Anthropology (1-6)
Permission: instructor and department chair.
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ANTH-596 Selected Topics: Non-Recurring (1-6)
Topics vary by section. Repeatable for credit with different topic.
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Anthropology (Graduate Courses) |
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ANTH-601 The Craft of Anthropology I (6)
This intensive seminar provides broad intradisciplinary theoretical and methodical training to prepare students to become anthropologists. Students explore central anthropological themes through classic and contemporary texts in sociocultural anthropology, archeology, bioanthropology, and linguistic anthropology, and conduct research using diverse methodologies. Usually Offered: fall. Grading: A-F only.
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ANTH-602 The Craft of Anthropology II (6)
Continuation of ANTH-601 . This intensive seminar provides broad intradisciplinary theoretical and methodical training to prepare students to become anthropologists. Students explore central anthropological themes through classic and contemporary texts in sociocultural anthropology, archeology, bioanthropology, and linguistic anthropology, and conduct research using diverse methodologies. Usually Offered: spring. Grading: A-F only. Prerequisite: ANTH-601 .
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ANTH-621 Health Geographies (3)
Surveys theory and ethnographic accounts of geographically-concentrated health disparity. Examines geographic patterns impacting health differences and inequities. Readings draw from human geography, political economy, ethnography, and human health. Subject matter reflects how space is constructed, transformed, inter-connected and experiences as a variable of health. Incorporates training in mapping methodologies. Crosslist: ANTH-421 . Usually Offered: fall.
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ANTH-622 Neoliberal Globalization and Health (3)
Provides grounding to central theories of globalization as neoliberalism as they relate to health, focusing on their global, domestic, and historical dimensions. Contextualizes neoliberal globalization and its effects through an examination of healthcare provisioning, the healthcare field, and the current global health landscape. Crosslist: ANTH-422 . Usually Offered: fall.
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ANTH-623 Militarization and Health (3)
Explores intersections of militarization, technological innovation, civil unrest and health through a survey if international conflicts. Analyzes the ways that profit-based, technology-driven processes of militarization effect and shape processes of statecraft, displacement, and gendered and racial violence, and examines how these combined processes impact health, healthcare and patient advocacy globally. Crosslist: ANTH-423 . Usually Offered: fall.
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ANTH-624 Science, Technology and Health (3)
Grounded in critical medical anthropology, this course draws upon the philosophy of science, the history of science, and the sociology of knowledge to examine the interlinkages of science and technology and the implications of their relationship for the healthcare industry, healthcare practitioners, and human health. Crosslist: ANTH-424 . Usually Offered: spring.
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ANTH-625 Health, Care, and Social Movements (3)
Explores key theories of social change and surveys historical and contemporary social movements, with a particular focus on the relationship between technological innovation, health, and social struggle. Students analyze historical and structural determinants of health and conceptualize movement-based action as a means of collectively caring for individuals and communities. Crosslist: ANTH-425 . Usually Offered: spring.
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ANTH-635 Race, Gender and Social Justice (3)
Topics vary by section. This seminar explores the disjunction between biological myths of race and gender and their social construction as credible institutions; the historical, economic, and political roots of inequalities; the institutions and ideologies that buttress and challenge power relations; and the implications of social science teaching and research for understanding social class, race, and gender discrimination. Issues of advocacy for social change are also explored. Usually Offered: spring. Repeatable for credit with different topic. Permission: instructor.
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ANTH-637 Discourse, Text, and Voice (3)
Topics vary by section. This seminar reviews current approaches to studies of narrative and conversation, and the insights into social location, ideology, and claims to power which such studies disclose. Usually Offered: spring. Repeatable for credit with different topic. Restriction: graduate anthropology program.
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ANTH-639 Culture, History, Power, Place (3)
Topics vary by section. Examination of a particular culture area to provide insight into the conditions that produced distinctive cultures in certain geographical regions. Rotating culture areas include North American Indians, Latin America, Mexico and Central America, African American women, India, Africa, China, and Japan. Crosslist: ANTH-439 . Usually Offered: fall and spring. Repeatable for credit with different topic.
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ANTH-640 Current Issues in Anthropology (3)
Topics vary by section. Rotating topics include issues such as social inequality, urban nature, militarism and state violence, reading/resisting neoliberalism, and Southwest archaeology. Usually Offered: fall and spring. Repeatable for credit with different topic. Restriction: graduate anthropology program.
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ANTH-642 Public Anthropology (3)
Explores efforts to build a public anthropology which advances popular struggles for economic freedom, human rights, and social justice While maintaining a critique of state power. The course also examines how such work engages conventional approaches to research, publication, and career advancement, and suggests pathways to alternative anthropological careers. Crosslist: ANTH-442 .
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ANTH-652 Anthropological Research Design (3)
An introduction to research methods used within the field of anthropology, including ethnography, the distinctive tool of the field. Includes research design, data collection, quantitative and qualitative analysis. Ethics and pragmatics of research are discussed, including research funding and proposal writing. Usually Offered: spring. Restriction: graduate anthropology program.
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ANTH-653 Advanced Methods: Ethnographic Writing (3)
This seminar explores the craft, art, and politics of ethnographic writing through intensive ethnographic research, writing, and reading, with a focus on the importance of ethnography and its potential as a force for social justice. Students conduct an ethnographic study and produce frequent writing assignments while dissecting exemplary ethnographic texts from anthropology and related disciplines including sociology, investigative journalism, narrative nonfiction, fiction, radio/podcasts, and film. Usually Offered: alternate falls. Grading: A-F only. Prerequisite: ANTH-652 .
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ANTH-654 Topics in Environmental Anthropology (3)
Topics vary by section. Surveys theory and ethnography in environmental anthropology. Rotating topics explore important themes in environment anthropology including environmental conservation, socionatural disasters, and systems of food production and consumption. Readings draw from anthropology, political ecology, and geography. Usually Offered: alternate springs. Repeatable for credit with different topic. Grading: A-F only.
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ANTH-690 Independent Study Project in Anthropology (1-6)
Permission: instructor and department chair.
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ANTH-691 Internship in Anthropology (1-6)
Permission: instructor and department chair.
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ANTH-693 Master’s International (1-6)
Repeatable for credit. Grading: Pass/Fail only. Permission: program director. Note: For students in the MA in Public Anthropology AU/Peace Corps program.
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ANTH-696 Selected Topics: Non-Recurring (1-6)
Topics vary by section. Repeatable for credit with different topic.
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ANTH-796 Selected Topics: Non-Recurring (1-6)
Topics vary by section. Repeatable for credit with different topic.
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ANTH-797 Master’s Thesis Seminar (1-6)
Usually Offered: fall and spring. Grading: SP/UP only.
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ANTH-897 Dissertation Preparation Workshop (1-9)
This course facilitates preparation of the doctoral dissertation proposal and achievement of candidacy and includes strategies for preparation for comprehensive examinations, getting external funding, practical preparation for fieldwork, meeting challenges to doing research, analyzing data, and completing the dissertation in a timely fashion. Grading: Pass/Fail only. Restriction: PhD program.
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ANTH-898 Doctoral Continuing Enrollment (1-9)
May be taken by doctoral students completing coursework, exams or proposals in preparation for advancement to candidacy. May be taken with or without regular coursework. Tuition is assessed at the 1 credit rate. Academic load will be determined by total enrolled credits for the semester. Repeatable once for credit. Grading: SP/UP only. Restriction: Anthropology (PhD) . Permission: program director.
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ANTH-899 Doctoral Dissertation (9)
May be taken by doctoral students who are advanced to candidacy with the approval of the faculty supervising the dissertation (or designee). It is a 9 credit course, but tuition is assessed at the 1 credit rate. The course is graded SP/UP and students will be deemed full-time. The Office of the Registrar must be notified when a student has advanced to candidacy. Grading: SP/UP only. Restriction: doctoral students who have advanced to candidacy. Permission: program director.
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APM-600 Adaptive Project Management Principles (3)
This course introduces students to the concepts, principles and methods of the foundations of all project management and development. Students examine traditional, agile, and adaptive styles of management. The course explores the advantages and disadvantages of agile development, including variants such as Scrum, and discusses and demonstrates how to apply best practices from various methodologies to organize and lead an agile team. The emphasis is adaptive project management, which is based on agile principles but blends traditional methods as needed to adapt to particular environments and management needs. Restriction: Graduate SPEXS Program: Online.
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APM-610 Information Technologies and Organizations (3)
This course examines IT governance, finance, portfolio management, team designs, metrics, and culture. It also looks at the organization’s ability to respond to changing market conditions, customer needs, and emerging software trends as projects move through the lifecycle. Through case studies and problem based learning, students examine project and program governance and financial management as well the influence and impact of systems’ architecture and organizational culture. Prerequisite: APM-600 . Restriction: Graduate SPExS Program: Online.
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APM-620 Agile Solutions and Risk Assessment (3)
This course focuses on the elements of Agile that are of relevance to risk assessment and management including requirements gathering and estimation, contracting, cost accounting, and the handling of operational and capital expenditure, return on investment (ROI), financial decision making, the impact of budgetary practices, and financial uncertainty. The course introduces students to software development and information technology operations (DevOps) as related to the importance of the relationship and communication between development and operations. Prerequisite: APM-600 . Restriction: Graduate SPEXS Program: Online.
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APM-630 Advanced Agile Methodologies (3)
Agile is an established methodology used to cope with change and uncertainty. It has proved popular in product development and project management across a wide variety of sectors. This course examines both the role of the project manager in Agile and the similarities between Agile, Six Sigma, and Lean practices. It examines Total Quality Management and the characteristics of the Principles of Systems Engineering. Finally, this course conducts an in-depth exploration of Agile metrics and different approaches to testing and problem solving. Prerequisite: APM-600 . Restriction: Graduate SPEXS Program: Online.
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APM-640 Emerging Trends in Agile and Solutions Architecture (3)
This course provides students with training in the design of proposals, project management plans, and budgets from the unique perspective offered by Agile philosophy and practices. It discusses the critical importance of engaging stakeholders in these processes, including donor agencies and local community members. Students become familiar with donor processes and practices as they relate to project design and proposal development. Prerequisite: APM-600 . Restriction: Graduate SPEXS Program: Online.
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APM-700 Agile Project Management Capstone (3)
The final capstone is a culminating project that utilizes a set of skills that demonstrate maturity and professionalism in strategic thinking in Agile project management. Informed by an understanding of data, technology, emerging trends in Agile project management, leadership and information technology, the course focuses on high-level independent document delivery and writing, applied research and analysis, and the creation of a polished, professionally written business plan. Grading: A-F only. Restriction: Agile Project Management (MS) . Note: Completion of non-elective course work required.
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ARTH-105 Artists, Audiences, and Afterlives FA1 (3)
Introduction to Western art and architecture from ancient times to the twentieth century, with some discussion of non-Western cultures. Case studies of major works and artists such as the Great Pyramids, the Parthenon, Chartres Cathedral, Michelangelo, Rembrandt, and Picasso provide a foundation for understanding art in its aesthetic, historical, social, and political contexts. Also covers materials, techniques, and practices of art-making, and introduces key stylistic innovations. AU Core Habits of Mind: Creative-Aesthetic Inquiry. Usually Offered: fall and spring.
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ARTH-196 Selected Topics: Non-Recurring (1-6)
Topics vary by section. Repeatable for credit with different topic.
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ARTH-205 Renaissance Perspectives: European Art 1300-1600 FA2 (3)
Architecture, sculpture, painting, and prints of renaissance Italy and Northern Europe. Considers the interplay of art with philosophy, theology, and social change, and examines the artistic legacy and rich creative achievements of a culture inspired by classical antiquity. AU Core Habits of Mind: Socio-Historical Inquiry. Usually Offered: spring.
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ARTH-210 How Art Became Modern FA1 (3)
Introduction to the art of the modern period, primarily in Europe. Presents major artists in aesthetic, cultural, historical, and political contexts and addresses issues of avant garde change, critical imagination, and gender difference in relation to expanding conceptions of creative self-expression. AU Core Habits of Mind: Creative-Aesthetic Inquiry. Usually Offered: fall and spring.
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ARTH-216 Washington, DC Architecture (3)
Washington, DC is rich in architectural treasures, some of which revive historical styles, some of which show daring innovation. This course analyzes the city’s buildings within a broad context of Western architectural history. Class lectures and discussions track the history of architecture, from classicism to postmodernism, while on-site visits provide unique opportunities to view buildings up close, analyze their design and construction, and experience how well they function. Students become familiar with historical styles, the meaning of materials, architectural design, engineering innovations, and the complex relationship between form and function. Usually Offered: spring. Grading: A-F only.
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ARTH-225 Buddhist Arts of Asia FA1 (3)
An introductory survey of Asian art that emphasizes Buddhist painting, architecture, calligraphy, and sculpture of India, China, Korea, and Japan from ancient to contemporary. Explores religious meaning, spiritual aesthetics, and the reinvention of religious tradition. AU Core Habits of Mind: Cultural Inquiry.
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ARTH-255 Art History of the World Regions FA1 (3)
Topics vary by section. Rotating topics offered through various AU Abroad programs, including analysis of major artists, groups, and stylistic developments of a specific region and time period. Topics explore the historical, cultural, and social contexts of the artists and works discussed and may focus on several forms of visual art/culture, including architecture, sculpture, painting, prints, and installations, and include on-site visits to museums and galleries, as well as architectural and archeological locations. Repeatable for credit with different topic.
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