May 28, 2024  
2017-2018 Graduate Catalog 
    
2017-2018 Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Course Descriptions


 

Anthropology

  
  • ANTH 6049 - Graduate Full-Time Status


    Credits: 0

    For students not yet advanced to candidacy.
  
  • ANTH 6156 - Research in Anthropology


    Credits: 1

    Independent study and research.
  
  • ANTH 6256 - Research in Anthropology


    Credits: 2

    Independent study and research.
  
  • ANTH 6300 - World Archaeology


    Credits: 3

    An archaeological overview of the human trajectory, beginning with the origins of modern humans, and then looking at human interactions with specific environments, and sociocultural development over time.
  
  • ANTH 6301 - Principles of Archaeology


    Credits: 3

    An advanced seminar course dealing with the fundamentals of modern archaeology.
  
  • ANTH 6302 - Statistics in Anthropology


    Credits: 3

    This is an introductory graduate-level course describing the specific use of quantitative and statistical methods in the subdisciplines of archaeology and cultural anthropology.
  
  • ANTH 6303 - Political Economy of Health


    Credits: 3

    Explores topics in health and healing from a political economy perspective. Addresses social and economic factors influencing culture change and health and healing practices within a society. Examines health inequities around the globe.
  
  • ANTH 6304 - Migration, Ethnicity, and Nationalism


    Credits: 3

    Examines three interrelated topics: migration, ethnicity, and nationalism. Focuses on major theoretical positions and on specific ethnographic cases.
  
  • ANTH 6305 - Applied Anthropology


    Credits: 3

    The application of anthropological theories and methods to problems in contemporary societies, including global business, community development, health care issues, agricultural and/or environmental programs, urban planning, tourism projects, and educational policy.
  
  • ANTH 6306 - Anthropology and Education


    Credits: 3

    The anthropological approach to the study of schools and how an anthropological framework can provide insight into the nature of education and classroom interaction.
  
  • ANTH 6307 - Global and Public Health


    Credits: 3

    Overview of issues in international health, with a focus on contributions of anthropology and anthropologists to international public health issues.
  
  • ANTH 6308 - Childhood in Cross-Cultural Perspective


    Credits: 3

    Cross-cultural examination of infancy, childhood, and adolescence. Comparative analysis of the process of enculturation in tribal, peasant, and modern societies.
  
  • ANTH 6309 - Human Rights, Indigenous Peoples, and Nation States


    Credits: 3

    An examination of human rights issues among contemporary indigenous peoples, especially the impact on their cultures and societies from governmental and nongovernmental organizations, large-scale development programs, and global tourism.
  
  • ANTH 6310 - The Prehistory of the American Southwest


    Credits: 3

    Coverage of current theoretical and research topics in the prehistory of the American Southwest, including early human occupation, sedentariness, community organization, and regional abandonments.
  
  • ANTH 6311 - Applied Linguistics


    Credits: 3

    The use of insights and techniques from linguistics in achieving practical goals, particularly in the field of education, with special emphasis on bilingual education and the teaching of reading.
  
  • ANTH 6316 - Advanced Seminar in Ethnology I


    Credits: 3

    Varying topics.
  
  • ANTH 6317 - Advanced Seminar in Ethnology II


    Credits: 3

    Varying topics.
  
  • ANTH 6320 - Regional Ethnography


    Credits: 3

    Worldwide exploration of ethnography, exploring similarities and differences across time and space. Prepares students to write their own regional papers in preparation for their qualifying exams. Prerequisites: Second- or third-year graduate status or permission of instructor.
  
  • ANTH 6323 - Linguistic Analysis


    Credits: 3

    The techniques needed for linguistic fieldwork: phonological, morphological, and syntactic analysis. Prepares students to work with unwritten languages and in urban speech communities.
  
  • ANTH 6325 - Introduction to Osteology I: Human-Animal Interactions


    Credits: 3

    Explores the evolution of human and animal interactions through a comparative study and analysis of their skeletons. Examines variations in nature’s grand design, including the origins of different skeletal features, the evolution of these features over time, and the ways humans influenced the development of many of these features through processes such as targeted hunting and selective breeding. Introduces the science of taphonomy in hands-on learning labs. Students learn how isotopic and biomolecular analyses of animal skeletal remains helps in understanding human-animal interactions.
  
  • ANTH 6327 - Gendered Lives and Global Change


    Credits: 3

    Analyzes globalization and its impacts on gender relations and ideology. Examines the evolving relationship between capitalism and patriarchal social systems, focusing on theories of change in men’s and women’s lives.
  
  • ANTH 6332 - Special Problems in Anthropology


    Credits: 3

    Varying topics.
  
  • ANTH 6333 - Laboratory Methods in Archaeology


    Credits: 3

    Detailed examination of Old World and New World techniques of artifact classification, with an emphasis on lithic typology.
  
  • ANTH 6342 - Science and the Human Past


    Credits: 3

    Uses of biological and physical sciences in archaeology: site discovery, dating, prehistoric ecology, diet, and technology.
  
  • ANTH 6343 - Biomedicine, Culture, and Power


    Credits: 3

    Examines the epistemology and history of biomedicine, medical bureaucracy, professionalism, medical education, alternative and popular medicine, economics, and health care.
  
  • ANTH 6344 - Global Population Processes: Anthropological Perspectives


    Credits: 3

    Focuses on an anthropological understanding of population processes in a global context. Addresses some of the major global population processes (nuptiality, fertility, mortality, and migration) and examines them within historical and cross-cultural frameworks.
  
  • ANTH 6345 - Creating Global and Public Health Impact


    Credits: 3

    Interdisciplinary approach to creating sustainable impact in global, public, and population health. Taught by engaging discussions, case studies, and helping local health organizations solve difficult institutional and community challenges.
  
  • ANTH 6346 - Environmental Anthropology and Development


    Credits: 3

    Analyzes the processes of globalization from the perspective of environmental anthropology and development.
  
  • ANTH 6347 - Seminar in Mesoamerican Ethnology


    Credits: 3

    Provides an understanding of contemporary Mesoamerica by examining the literature and field data from anthropological and interdisciplinary viewpoints.
  
  • ANTH 6351 - Research in Anthropology


    Credits: 3

  
  • ANTH 6352 - Research in Anthropology


    Credits: 3

  
  • ANTH 6353 - Research in Anthropology


    Credits: 3

  
  • ANTH 6354 - Research in Anthropology


    Credits: 3

  
  • ANTH 6355 - Research in Anthropology


    Credits: 3

  
  • ANTH 6357 - Statistics in Archeology


    Credits: 3

    An introductory graduate-level course describing the specific use of quantitative and statistical methods in the subfield of archaeology.
  
  • ANTH 6363 - Transforming Local Communities in a Global Age


    Credits: 3

    Examination of local communities in light of theories about local/global relations. Case studies consider how global issues transform local community practice in the United States and elsewhere.
  
  • ANTH 6367 - Comparative Peasant Society


    Credits: 3

    Examines economic and social institutions of contemporary peasant societies, with special focus on the changes they are undergoing in the 21st century.
  
  • ANTH 6368 - North American Archaeology


    Credits: 3

    Prehistory from the peopling of the New World through initial contacts with European civilization; regional sequences and ecological changes.
  
  • ANTH 6377 - The Human Fossil Record


    Credits: 3

    An examination of morphology, classification, and evolutionary relationships in the human fossil record. Covers the Pliocene through the emergence of modern Homo sapiens. Comparisons using the departmental fossil collection.
  
  • ANTH 6383 - Geoarchaeology


    Credits: 3

    An advanced survey of Earth science methods and techniques applied to archaeological research problems.
  
  • ANTH 6384 - Global Issues and Development: An Overview


    Credits: 3

    An introduction to the major forces driving globalization and economic development today, analyzing how these forces impact the lives, cultures, and identities of peoples around the world, with an emphasis on the developing world.
  
  • ANTH 6385 - Pacific Island Archaeology


    Credits: 3

    Seminar on the use of coastlines, oceans, rivers, marshes, lakes, and islands throughout human history.
  
  • ANTH 6386 - The Archaeology of Gender and Sexuality


    Credits: 3

    Explores how and why archaeologists study gender and sexual identities of the past and how they detect the diversity in these institutions across cultures through time.
  
  • ANTH 6387 - Advances in the Practice of Archaeology


    Credits: 3

    Introduces students to applied and cultural resource management archaeology, including the laws, ethics, procedures, and expectations for the public and private spheres of archaeological practice.
  
  • ANTH 6388 - Geospatial Archaeology


    Credits: 3

    Methods-focused course that covers how archaeologists apply spatial technology in research.
  
  • ANTH 6390 - Current Issues in Anthropology


    Credits: 3

    Seminar on selected topics.
  
  • ANTH 6398 - Thesis


    Credits: 3

  
  • ANTH 6399 - Thesis


    Credits: 3

  
  • ANTH 7000 - Research


    Credits: 0

  
  • ANTH 7312 - Archaeology of Mesoamerica


    Credits: 3

    Seminar on archaeological evidence for prehistoric civilization of Mexico.
  
  • ANTH 7313 - Archaeological Theory


    Credits: 3

    Logical and rational structure of discourse in archaeology. Evaluation of the quality of arguments, propositions, and constructs based on archaeological information.
  
  • ANTH 7317 - Archaeological Research Strategies


    Credits: 3

    An examination of the logistics and strategies used in project development and fieldwork, through project completion. Emphasis is upon individual student problems.
  
  • ANTH 7318 - Late Pleistocene Prehistory of North America


    Credits: 3

    Seminar on the late Pleistocene human occupation of North America from the time of initial colonization, with an emphasis on paleoclimates, paleoenvironments, and human adaptations.
  
  • ANTH 7321 - Ceramic Analysis for Archaeologists


    Credits: 3

    Examination of procedures for analyzing ceramic artifacts, with special attention to problems of style, typology, dating, and provenience.
  
  • ANTH 7333 - Data Analysis


    Credits: 3

    Students explore various methods of data analysis using their own data sets or those of a member of the faculty. Combines lecture and discussion with hands-on applications. Prerequisites: ANTH 5344  and ANTH 6302  (or STAT equivalent) or permission of instructor.
  
  • ANTH 7341 - Current Anthropological Literature


    Credits: 3

    Varied readings of current books and journal articles to explore dimensions of anthropological research and representation as well as how theory and data are integrated into well-formed written arguments.
  
  • ANTH 7342 - Seminar in Social Organization


    Credits: 3

    Intensive investigation of the statics and dynamics of both social organization and social structure in various populations across the globe.
  
  • ANTH 7351 - Research Strategies in Ethnology


    Credits: 3

    Consideration of the theoretical and practical aspects of fieldwork: preparation for research, conduct in the field, and data analysis.
  
  • ANTH 8049 - Graduate Full-Time Status


    Credits: 0

    For students who have passed doctoral qualifying examinations.
  
  • ANTH 8100 - Dissertation Research


    Credits: 1

    Dissertation research, Ph.D. candidates.
  
  • ANTH 8105 - Research


    Credits: 1

  
  • ANTH 8200 - Dissertation Research


    Credits: 2

    Dissertation research, Ph.D. candidates.
  
  • ANTH 8398 - Dissertation Research


    Credits: 3

    Dissertation research, Ph.D. candidates.
  
  • ANTH 8399 - Dissertation Research


    Credits: 3

    Dissertation research, Ph.D. candidates.
  
  • ANTH 8698 - Dissertation Research


    Credits: 6

    Dissertation research, Ph.D. candidates.
  
  • ANTH 8699 - Dissertation Research


    Credits: 6

    Dissertation research, Ph.D. candidates.

Applied Physiology and Sport Management

  
  • APSM 7103 - Doctoral Research Seminar


    Credits: 1

    Students acquire feedback and input to improve their original research. Students acquire experience presenting, explaining, and defending research findings. Students gain exposure to research projects in progress within and beyond their own areas. Prerequisite: Enrollment in the PhD program. (*updated* 12/12/2017; effective Spring 2018)
  
  • APSM 7301 - Biomechanics Research Tutorial


    Credits: 3

    This doctoral level, seminar-style course introduces the practice of research in biomechanics, beginning with the scientific method as practiced in modern experimental biology and basic knowledge in musculoskeletal biology. Most individual classes involve students reading and critiquing original papers in the field of biomechanics to understand 1) how knowledge is acquired through experimentation and 2) how the body of working knowledge in biomechanics has been brought about by the practice of the scientific method. An emphasis is placed on the integration of knowledge across levels of biological organization and the wide array of experimental techniques that has contributed to knowledge in the field.
  
  • APSM 7302 - Physiology Research Tutorial


    Credits: 3

    This doctoral-level, seminar-style course introduces the practice of research in physiology, beginning with hypothesis testing as practiced in modern experimental physiology and basic knowledge in systems physiology of the cardiorespiratory, nervous, and musculoskeletal systems. Most individual classes involve students reading and critiquing original papers in the field of physiology to understand 1) how knowledge is acquired through experimentation and 2) how the body of working knowledge in physiology has been brought about by the practice of the scientific method. An emphasis is placed on the integration of knowledge across levels of physiological organization and the wide array of experimental techniques that has contributed to knowledge in the field.

Art History

  
  • ARHS 5011 - Museum Internship


    Credits: 0

    Available to majors with a GPA of 3.000 or higher.
  
  • ARHS 5012 - Museum Internship


    Credits: 0

    Available to majors with a GPA of 3.000 or higher.
  
  • ARHS 5101 - Directed Studies


    Credits: 1

    To be arranged with permission of the adviser and the faculty members directing the studies project.
  
  • ARHS 5102 - Directed Studies


    Credits: 1

    To be arranged with permission of the adviser and the faculty members directing the studies project.
  
  • ARHS 5201 - Directed Studies


    Credits: 2

    To be arranged with permission of the adviser and the faculty members directing the studies project.
  
  • ARHS 5202 - Directed Studies


    Credits: 2

    To be arranged with permission of the adviser and the faculty members directing the studies project.
  
  • ARHS 5301 - Directed Studies


    Credits: 3

    To be arranged with permission of the adviser and the faculty members directing the studies project.
  
  • ARHS 5302 - Directed Studies


    Credits: 3

    To be arranged with permission of the adviser and the faculty members directing the studies project.
  
  • ARHS 5303 - History and Methods of Art History


    Credits: 3

    Introduction to the history of the discipline with discussion of major methodological approaches as they have shaped past scholarship and the present sense of crisis in the discipline. Exercise in methods of research and its presentation in good form. Required of all first-year graduate students.
  
  • ARHS 5304 - Seminar On Ancient Art


    Credits: 3

    Specific topics chosen by the instructor. Seminar members discuss the student reports.
  
  • ARHS 5305 - Seminar On Greek Art


    Credits: 3

    Specific topics chosen by the instructor. Seminar members discuss the student reports.
  
  • ARHS 5316 - Seminar On Non-Western Art


    Credits: 3

    Specific topics chosen by the instructor.
  
  • ARHS 5320 - Seminar On Medieval Art


    Credits: 3

    Specific topics chosen by the instructor.
  
  • ARHS 5322 - Seminar On Convivencia: Jewish, Islamic, and Christian Art in Medieval Spain


    Credits: 3

    The art and architecture produced by the Christians, Jews, and Muslims of Iberia during the 10th through 15th centuries. Students study the cultural contacts, conflicts, and compromises that affected each culture’s artistic traditions and contributed to the diverse heritage of what now is called Spanish art.
  
  • ARHS 5326 - History and Theory of Creative Computation


    Credits: 3

    How have computers and information networks been used to create art? What ideas and practices have contributed to the development of creative computing? What does making art using code, algorithms, and the Internet say about the nature of art today? The identity of the artist? How do we assess the quality of the art produced by computers or responsive systems? Students explore the rich history and theory of creative computation, from the earliest experiments in machine art of the 20th century to the most advanced concepts of the present, from Artificial Intelligence to Virtual Reality. Prerequisites: A second-level coding course (CSE 1342 or ASIM 3305 or CRCP 3305), or 9 credits in any 3000-level courses designated ARHS, ASAG, ASIM, CRCP, or CSE.
  
  • ARHS 5330 - Seminar on Italian Renaissance Art


    Credits: 3

    Specific topics chosen by the instructor.
  
  • ARHS 5331 - Seminar on Early Modern Art


    Credits: 3

    Specific topics chosen by the instructor.
  
  • ARHS 5333 - Seminar on 18th-Century Art


    Credits: 3

    Specific topics on 18th-century art and/or architecture chosen by the instructor.
  
  • ARHS 5340 - Seminar on Spanish Art


    Credits: 3

    Specific topics chosen by the instructor.
  
  • ARHS 5354 - Seminar on 19th-Century Art


    Credits: 3

    Specific topics chosen by the instructor.
  
  • ARHS 5355 - Seminar on 20th-Century Art


    Credits: 3

    Specific topics chosen by the instructor.
  
  • ARHS 5358 - Seminar on Modern Art


    Credits: 3

    Specific topics chosen by the instructor.
  
  • ARHS 5359 - Seminar on Contemporary Art


    Credits: 3

    Specific topics chosen by the instructor.
  
  • ARHS 5360 - Seminar on British Art


    Credits: 3

    Specific topics chosen by the instructor.
  
  • ARHS 5361 - Seminar on American Art


    Credits: 3

    Specific topics chosen by the instructor.
  
  • ARHS 5362 - Seminar on American Art


    Credits: 3

    Specific topics chosen by the instructor.
  
  • ARHS 5366 - Seminar on Pre-Columbian Art


    Credits: 3

    Specific topics chosen by the instructor.
  
  • ARHS 6000 - Thesis Project


    Credits: 0

    This course is designed for graduate students who are completing a thesis project begun in an earlier term.
  
  • ARHS 6101 - Master’s Thesis


    Credits: 1

  
  • ARHS 6102 - Master’s Thesis


    Credits: 1

  
  • ARHS 6103 - Master’s Thesis


    Credits: 1

 

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