2023-2024 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Anthropology
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www.smu.edu/anthro
Associate Professor Michael Adler, Department Chair
Professors: Eric G. Bing, Karen Lupo, David J. Meltzer, Christopher I. Roos
Associate Professors: Michael Adler, Maryann R. Cairns, Kacy Hollenback (Director of Undergraduate Studies), Neely Myers (Health and Society, Director of Undergraduate Studies), Nia Parson
Assistant Professor: Kelly McKowen
Research Assistant Professor: Matthew Boulanger
General Information
Anthropology is the study of humanity in its broadest context. Anthropology encompasses four subdisciplines within its approach: archaeology, biological anthropology, linguistic anthropology and sociocultural anthropology. In addition to providing the basis for careers in these subdisciplines, anthropology provides a background for professional careers in teaching, research, international affairs, medicine, business or law. The department offers B.A. and B.S. degrees with a major in anthropology and B.A. and B.S. degrees with a major in health and society. A grade of C- or better must be earned in all courses taken in fulfillment of the requirements for the majors. Students must maintain a minimum 2.000 GPA in their major and should consult their departmental adviser periodically to review their progress. Students pursuing a major in anthropology may not also pursue a minor in anthropology. Students pursuing a major in health and society may pursue either a major or minor in anthropology, but only six credit hours may be double counted.
Departmental Distinction
This program is open to junior and senior anthropology majors and health and society majors with outstanding academic records. Graduation with departmental distinction is designated on the diploma of those who successfully complete the program. To earn departmental distinction, a student must:
- Complete the usual coursework for a B.A. or B.S. degree with at least a 3.500 GPA in their major and with at least a 3.000 GPA overall.
- With a grade of B or higher: For anthropology majors, pass ANTH 4321 and ANTH 4322 or complete a substantial independent reading program (for three credit hours that replaces one of these) on the history, conceptual foundations or methodological problems of the discipline. For health and society majors, pass ANTH 4318 or ANTH 4343 .
- With a grade of A or A-: For anthropology majors, conduct a research project (for three credit hours in ANTH 4391 or ANTH 4392 ) and complete a significant research paper that is a minimum of 20 pages of text, includes a bibliography, and is written in appropriate sub-disciplinary professional style and format. For health and society majors, enroll in an Independent Study (e.g., ANTH 4391 ) to conduct an independent research project (may be associated with a faculty member’s overarching research) that meets several requirements. See the health and society director or website for details.
- For anthropology majors, pass an oral examination of one hour in length (with at least three full-time departmental faculty members), covering the results of the research project and general issues and concepts in anthropology according to the subfield specialty. For health and society majors, make an oral presentation of approximately 30 minutes in length in a format approved by the supervising faculty member. See health and society director or website for further details on the format options for this presentation.
ProgramsMajor(s)Minor(s)CoursesAnthropology
Note: All 2000-level and 3000-level anthropology courses are open to first-year students. Undergraduate students may take 4000-level and 5000-level courses; however, undergraduate students must have introductory coursework in the appropriate subfield or permission of the department. Anthropology courses are grouped into subfields as follows.
General |
ANTH 1321, ANTH 4321, ANTH 4322, ANTH 4399 |
Archaeology |
ANTH 2302, ANTH 2360, ANTH 2380, ANTH 2463, ANTH 3304, ANTH 3312, ANTH 3313, ANTH 3315, ANTH 3318, ANTH 3321, ANTH 3334, ANTH 3353, ANTH 3370, ANTH 3373, ANTH 3374, ANTH 3384, ANTH 3386, ANTH 3388, ANTH 3390, ANTH 3399, ANTH 4300, ANTH 4325, ANTH 4333, ANTH 4373, ANTH 4374, ANTH 4383, ANTH 4385, ANTH 4386, ANTH 4387, ANTH 4388 |
Cultural/Social Anthropology |
ANTH 2301, ANTH 2370, ANTH 3301, ANTH 3303, ANTH 3306, ANTH 3310, ANTH 3314, ANTH 3317, ANTH 3319, ANTH 3323, ANTH 3324, ANTH 3328, ANTH 3329, ANTH 3333, ANTH 3336, ANTH 3344, ANTH 3345, ANTH 3346, ANTH 3348, ANTH 3350, ANTH 3353, ANTH 3354, ANTH 3355, ANTH 3358, ANTH 3359, ANTH 3362, ANTH 3366, ANTH 3368, ANTH 3385, ANTH 4303, ANTH 4304, ANTH 4305, ANTH 4307, ANTH 4309, ANTH 4318, ANTH 4319, ANTH 4342, ANTH 4343, ANTH 4344, ANTH 4345, ANTH 4348, ANTH 4384 |
Anthropological Linguistics |
ANTH 3361 |
Biological Anthropology |
ANTH 2381, ANTH 2382, ANTH 2415, ANTH 3302, ANTH 3308, ANTH 3350, ANTH 3351 |
- ANTH 1321 - Anthropology: A Four-Field Approach
- ANTH 2130 - Special Topics Abroad
- ANTH 2230 - Special Topics Abroad
- ANTH 2301 - Introductory Cultural Anthropology
- ANTH 2302 - People of the Earth: The First Five Million Years
- ANTH 2330 - Special Topics Abroad
- ANTH 2360 - How to Build a Time Machine: Technology for Reconstructing Our Past
- ANTH 2370 - Global Processes and Problems: An Introduction
- ANTH 2380 - Cultures at Risk: Human Rights and Heritage Today
- ANTH 2381 - PaleoParents: The Evolution of Human Families
- ANTH 2382 - Human Nature: Who are we? And how did we get this way?
- ANTH 2415 - Introductory Biological Anthropology
- ANTH 2463 - The Science of Our Past: An Introduction to Archaeology
- ANTH 3130 - Special Topics Abroad
- ANTH 3230 - Special Topics Abroad
- ANTH 3301 - Health, Healing, and Ethics: Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Sickness and Society
- ANTH 3302 - Monkeys and Apes: The Nonhuman Primates
- ANTH 3303 - Self, Culture, and Mind: Introduction to Psychological Anthropology
- ANTH 3304 - North American Archaeology
- ANTH 3306 - Introduction to Medical Anthropology
- ANTH 3308 - Evolutionary Approaches to Health and Disease
- ANTH 3310 - Gender, Sex, and Sexuality: Global Perspectives
- ANTH 3312 - Mesoamerican Archaeology
- ANTH 3313 - South American Indians of the Past and Present
- ANTH 3314 - Peoples of Africa
- ANTH 3315 - Origins of Civilization
- ANTH 3317 - People and Cultures of Southeast Asia
- ANTH 3318 - Life in the Ancient Southwest
- ANTH 3319 - Humanity and Global Environmental Change
- ANTH 3321 - Ancient Hawaii
- ANTH 3323 - East Asia in Motion
- ANTH 3324 - Rites of Passage: Anthropological Perspectives
- ANTH 3328 - Gender, Violence, and Health
- ANTH 3329 - Contesting Development: Global and Local Impacts and Human Rights
- ANTH 3330 - Special Topics in Anthropology
- ANTH 3331 - Special Topics in Anthropology
- ANTH 3333 - The Immigrant Experience
- ANTH 3334 - Fantastic Archaeology and Pseudoscience: Lost Tribes, Sunken Continents, and Ancient Astronauts
- ANTH 3336 - Gender and Globalization: Cultural and Ethical Issues
- ANTH 3340 - Special Topics Abroad
- ANTH 3344 - Cultural Aspects of Business
- ANTH 3345 - Introduction to Ethnographic Methods
- ANTH 3346 - Culture and Diversity in American Life
- ANTH 3348 - Health as a Human Right
- ANTH 3350 - Good Eats and Forbidden Flesh: Culture, Food, and the Global Grocery Market
- ANTH 3351 - Forensic Anthropology: Lessons Taught by Bones
- ANTH 3353 - Indians of North America
- ANTH 3354 - Latin America: Peoples, Places, and Power
- ANTH 3355 - Society and Culture in Contemporary Europe
- ANTH 3358 - From Gold to Gambling: Native Americans of the Southwest
- ANTH 3359 - Peoples and Cultures of the Middle East
- ANTH 3361 - Language in Culture and Society
- ANTH 3362 - Science and Technology in an Anthropological Perspective
- ANTH 3366 - Magic, Myth, and Religion Across Cultures
- ANTH 3368 - Global Urbanism: Implosions/Explosions
- ANTH 3370 - Fire on Earth: An Introduction to Pyrogeography
- ANTH 3373 - Living with Fire: Past, Present, Future
- ANTH 3374 - Cultures and Environments of the Southwest
- ANTH 3384 - Paradise Lost? Long-Term Perspectives on Human Impacts on the Environment
- ANTH 3385 - Sustainable Living: An Introduction to Systems and Resilience Thinking
- ANTH 3386 - Unlikely Connections: Introduction to Human-Animal Interactions Past and Present
- ANTH 3388 - Warfare and Violence: The Anthropology and Ethics of Human Conflict
- ANTH 3390 - The Plundered Past: Archaeology’s Challenges in the Modern World
- ANTH 3399 - In Search of Ice Age Americans
- ANTH 4091 - Undergraduate Research
- ANTH 4191 - Independent Study and Research
- ANTH 4192 - Independent Study and Research
- ANTH 4291 - Independent Study and Research
- ANTH 4292 - Independent Study and Research
- ANTH 4300 - World Archaeology
- ANTH 4303 - Political Economy of Health
- ANTH 4304 - Migration, Ethnicity, and Nationalism
- ANTH 4305 - Applied Anthropology
- ANTH 4307 - Global and Public Health
- ANTH 4309 - Human Rights, Indigenous Peoples, and Nation States
- ANTH 4318 - Health in Cross-Cultural Perspective
- ANTH 4319 - Research Methods in Ethnology
- ANTH 4321 - History of Anthropology, Part One
- ANTH 4322 - History of Anthropology, Part Two
- ANTH 4324 - Hunter-Gatherers from Past and Present
- ANTH 4325 - Introduction to Osteology I: Human-Animal Interactions
- ANTH 4333 - Laboratory Methods in Archaeology
- ANTH 4342 - Resilience: Ethnography, Ethics, and Care
- ANTH 4343 - Biomedicine, Culture, and Power
- ANTH 4344 - Pandemics! The Science of Disease Spread, Prevention, and Control
- ANTH 4345 - Creating Global and Public Health Impact
- ANTH 4348 - Toxic Topics: Anthropology, Environment, and Health
- ANTH 4350 - Special Topics in Anthropology
- ANTH 4351 - Special Topics in Anthropology
- ANTH 4352 - Special Topics in Anthropology
- ANTH 4373 - Field Methods in Archaeology
- ANTH 4374 - Field Methods in Archaeology
- ANTH 4381 - Internship in Anthropology
- ANTH 4383 - Geoarchaeology
- ANTH 4384 - Political Economy: Global Processes and Problems
- ANTH 4385 - Pacific Island Archaeology
- ANTH 4386 - The Archaeology of Gender and Sexuality
- ANTH 4387 - Advances in the Practice of Archaeology
- ANTH 4388 - Geospatial Archaeology
- ANTH 4390 - Current Issues in Anthropology
- ANTH 4391 - Independent Study and Research
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