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    May 01, 2026  
American University Catalog 2025-2026 
    
American University Catalog 2025-2026

ANTH-651 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 and visual data, collect life histories, observe as participants, write research proposals, and evaluate data. Ethical and methodological fieldwork problems are stressed throughout the course. Crosslist: ANTH-451 .