May 17, 2024  
2022-2023 Undergraduate Bulletin 
    
2022-2023 Undergraduate Bulletin [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Course Descriptions


 

ACCT - Accounting

  
  • ACCT 102 - Introduction to Financial Accounting


    2022-2023 Catalog Year

    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture: 3
    Non-Lecture: 0
    An introduction to financial accounting theory and practice. Emphasis is given to basic financial accounting concepts; the generally accepted accounting principles associated with accounting for assets, liabilities, and ownership interests; and the analysis of financial statements.

  
  • ACCT 103 - Introduction to Managerial Accounting


    2022-2023 Catalog Year

    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture: 3
    Non-Lecture: 0
    An introduction to managerial accounting theory and practice. Emphasis is given to managerial accounting concepts; cost-volume- profit relationships; job, process, and absorption costing; budgeting; standard costs and variance analysis; price level changes; and the use of managerial accounting information in decision-making.

    Prerequisite(s): ACCT 102  
  
  • ACCT 250 - Introduction to Investment Research


    2022-2023 Catalog Year

    Credit(s): 1
    Lecture: 1
    Non-Lecture: 0
    This course provides an introduction to research and valuation methods for publicly traded equity securities with a particular focus on the information needs of investors in a pooled fund vehicle. Participation in Geneseo’s Student Managed Investment Fund (SMIF) as a junior sector analyst and active participation in the SMIF’s regular meetings are required component of the course. Students enhance their familiarity with multiple sources of corporate information, including SEC filings, sell-side research, trade press and other material utilized by professional analysts.

    Prerequisite(s): ACCT 102  and ECON 112  
    Crosslisted with: FNCE 250 
    Offered: Once a Year
  
  • ACCT 251 - Introduction to Performance


    2022-2023 Catalog Year

    Credit(s): 1
    Lecture: 1
    Non-Lecture: 0
    Reporting Issues for Pooled Fund Vehicles This course builds on the student’s familiarity with the operation of a pooled investment fund vehicle to introduce performance reporting and compliance issues commonly encountered in professional practice. Participation in Geneseo’s Student Managed Investment Fund (SMIF) as a Junior Sector Accounting Officer and active participation in the SMIF’s regular meetings are required component of the course. Students will prepare material that for incorporation into the SMIF Annual Report and complete a variety of short assignments relevant to mutual fund reporting practices.

    Prerequisite(s): ACCT 250  
    Offered: Once a Year
  
  • ACCT 252 - Performance and Risk Management Reporting for Pooled Fund Vehicles


    2022-2023 Catalog Year

    Credit(s): 1
    Lecture: 1
    Non-Lecture: 0
    This course builds on the student’s familiarity with the basic pooled fund reporting model to examine the content, form and role of specialized reports that detail exposure to various investment risks. Participation in Geneseo’s Student Managed Investment Fund (SMIF) as a Senior Sector Accounting Officer and active participation in the SMIF’s regular meetings are required components of the course. Readings emphasize the diverse information needs of fund investors, fund managers and compliance officials with a particular focus on the role of risk analysis in the comparative reporting of performance.

    Prerequisite(s): ACCT 251  
    Offered: Once a Year
  
  • ACCT 270 - Managerial Accounting I


    2022-2023 Catalog Year

    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture: 3
    Non-Lecture: 0
    An in-depth study of the theory and practice of managerial accounting. Emphasis is given to cost-volume-profit relationships; cost behavior and cost allocation; job, process, joint and by-product costing; the master budget; standard costs and variance analysis; and responsibility accounting.

    Prerequisite(s): ACCT 103 .
    Offered: Every Spring Semester
  
  • ACCT 301 - Intermediate Financial Accounting I


    2022-2023 Catalog Year

    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture: 3
    Non-Lecture: 0
    An introduction to the theory and practice underlying the preparation of general purpose financial statements for corporate entities. The course emphasizes the role of institutional factors in the development of complex business practices and accounting standards and presumes an ability to perform independent study. Specific topics include financial statement preparation; traditional and emergent techniques of asset valuation for receivables, inventory, plant assets and intangibles; ethical problems in financial reporting; the preparation and interpretation of required narrative disclosure; heightened expectations for professional ethics; an introduction to Sarbanes-Oxley requirements; and an exposure to original text for official pronouncements.

    Prerequisite(s): Proficiency in Basic Requirements and ACCT 102  and ACCT 270 .
    Restricted to: School of Business Majors, Others may seek permission from the School of Business
    Class Restriction: Junior, Senior
    Offered: Every Fall Semester
    Graded: N - Normal


  
  • ACCT 302 - Intermediate Financial Accounting II


    2022-2023 Catalog Year

    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture: 3
    Non-Lecture: 0
    A continuation of ACCT 301 . The course builds upon the foundation created in A360 and overlays the impact of internal control and complex entities on accounting practice. Specific topics include internal control and Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act; traditional and emergent techniques of liability valuation; equity, derivatives and hybrid securities; implementation of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (SFAS) 95 through both the indirect and direct methods; investments accounted for under the cost, fair value (SFAS 115) and equity methods; and the consolidation of wholly- and partially-owned subsidiaries through the use of cost and equity methods for at-date and subsequent-period presentations.

    Prerequisite(s): ACCT 301  
    Restricted to: School of Business Majors, Others may seek permission from the School of Business
    Class Restriction: Junior, Senior
    Offered: Every Spring Semester
  
  • ACCT 305 - Managerial Accounting II


    2022-2023 Catalog Year

    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture: 3
    Non-Lecture: 0
    A continuation of the in-depth study of the theory and practice of managerial accounting. Emphasis is given to relevant costs and pricing; capital budgeting; inventory planning, control, and costing; application of linear programming and regression analysis to managerial accounting; advanced variance analysis; and the use of accounting systems and internal control systems in the management of business organizations.

    Prerequisite(s): Proficiency in Basic Requirements and ACCT 270 , ECON 205  
    Restricted to: School of Business Majors, Others may seek permission from the School of Business
    Class Restriction: Junior, Senior
    Offered: When Demand is Sufficient
  
  • ACCT 306 - Controllership in Organizations


    2022-2023 Catalog Year

    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture: 3
    Non-Lecture: 0
    This course will examine selected aspects of Controllership not covered in previous courses. Topics will include: control in organizations; goals, strategies, and information; aspects of control in decentralized organizations, programming, and long-term planning; budget models; specialized management control applications including high technology industries, executive incentive compensation plans, multinational companies, service organizations, nonprofit organizations, and project organizations.

    Prerequisite(s): Proficiency in Basic Requirements and ACCT 270  
    Restricted to: School of Business Majors, Others may seek permission from the School of Business
    Class Restriction: Senior
    Offered: When Demand is Sufficient
  
  • ACCT 310 - Introduction to Federal Income Taxation


    2022-2023 Catalog Year

    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture: 3
    Non-Lecture: 0
    This course will provide a broad background in federal income taxation, with emphasis on fundamental tax concepts and the types of taxpayers. Topics will include an overview of tax code provisions and regulations applicable to individuals, corporations and partnerships; tax consequences of property transactions; similarities and differences between income tax provisions and financial accounting principles; and professional standards for tax practice. The course will also introduce students to the use of technology in tax practice, and methodologies for tax research and tax planning.

    Prerequisite(s): Proficiency in Basic Requirements and ACCT 103  
    Restricted to: School of Business Majors, Others may seek permission from the School of Business
    Class Restriction: Junior, Senior
  
  • ACCT 315 - Financial Statement Analysis


    2022-2023 Catalog Year

    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture: 3
    Non-Lecture: 0
    This course is an in-depth study of financial statements, with particular emphasis on using a combination of accounting numbers and information from other sources to estimate the value of corporate securities. The course advances a perspective that financial accounting sometimes describes, and sometimes obscures, the fundamental economic activities of the firm. Topics include business strategy and its impact on financial statements, the qualities and limitations of accounting information, earnings quality and earnings management, making adjustments to financial statements, using supplemental disclosure, off-balance-sheet financing, forecasting, proformas, and the use of financial statement information in valuation models.

    Prerequisite(s): FNCE 311  
    Restricted to: School of Business Majors, Others may seek permission from the School of Business
    Crosslisted with: FNCE 315
    Offered: When Demand is Sufficient
  
  • ACCT 320 - Auditing I


    2022-2023 Catalog Year

    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture: 3
    Non-Lecture: 0
    A study of auditing theory and standards; professional ethics and the auditor’s legal liability; theory and auditing of internal control systems; audit evidence, working papers, quality control, program design, and sampling techniques; the audit of computer based accounting systems; and the preparation of audit reports.

    Prerequisite(s): ACCT 302 , ECON 205  and senior status.
    Restricted to: School of Business Majors, Others may seek permission from the School of Business
    Offered: Every Fall Semester
  
  • ACCT 330 - Fund Accounting


    2022-2023 Catalog Year

    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture: 3
    Non-Lecture: 0
    A study of accounting principles pertaining to government, not-for-profit, and eleemosynary organizations, e.g., state and local governments, universities, hospitals, and voluntary civic organizations.

    Prerequisite(s): ACCT 302  and junior status.
    Restricted to: School of Business Majors, Others may seek permission from the School of Business
    Offered: When Demand is Sufficient
  
  • ACCT 335 - Accounting and Finance topics in Entrepreneurship


    2022-2023 Catalog Year

    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture: 3
    Non-Lecture: 0
    A synthesis of accounting, taxation and finance issues relevant to entrepreneurship and the early stage development of new businesses. Topics covered include an introduction to new business formation, entity election, financing, cash-out exit strategies and the taxation consequences flowing from these. The course will utilize a combination of lecture, case study discussion, readings, simulations and select outside speakers in order to advance a broad and nuanced understanding of the reporting and compliance dimensions of entrepreneurship.

    Prerequisite(s): Proficiency in Basic Requirements and ACCT 103  
    Restricted to: School of Business Majors
    Class Restriction: Junior, Senior
    Offered: Every Spring Semester
  
  • ACCT 340 - Professional Accountancy Seminar


    2022-2023 Catalog Year

    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture: 2
    Non-Lecture: 4
    A capstone course for the accounting major, consisting of a rigorous, detailed examination of current professional standards and practices together with the underlying accounting theory and law that support these standards and practices.

    Prerequisite(s): Senior status and permission of instructor.
    Restricted to: School of Business Majors, Others may seek permission from the School of Business
  
  • ACCT 350 - Forensic Accounting and Fraud Examination


    2022-2023 Catalog Year

    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture: 3
    Non-Lecture: 0
    This course explores the forensic accountant’s role in today’s economy. Topics covered include fraud detection and fraud investigation techniques, valuation of closely held  businesses, lost profits analyses, and various types of litigation support services. Fundamental legal concepts governing expert witness testimony are also examined, and students are required to quantify economic damages in cases. By the end of the course students are able to understand both the pervasiveness and the causes of fraud and white-collar crime in our society, examine the types of fraud and fraud schemes that affect business enterprises, explore methods of fraud detection and prevention, and increase their ability to recognize potential fraudulent situations.

    Prerequisite(s): ACCT 301  (C- or above)
    Class Restriction: Junior and Senior School of Business Majors
    Offered: Every Spring
    Graded: Normal


  
  • ACCT 395 - Internship/Seminar


    2022-2023 Catalog Year

    Credit(s): 1-15
    A one-semester, work-study experience in an appropriate agency outside the college. In addition to the work experience, students are expected to complete a research paper, give an oral business presentation, and participate in a seminar. Interns work closely with their sponsor(s) on projects approved by the School of Business Internship Director.

    Prerequisite(s): 2.75 cumulative GPA, junior or senior standing, 24 approved credits in major program and permission of Internship Director.
    Offered: Individual Arrangement
  
  • ACCT 399 - Directed Study


    2022-2023 Catalog Year

    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture: 3
    Non-Lecture: 0
    Restricted to: School of Business Majors
    Offered: Individual Arrangement
  
  • ACCT 415 - Financial Modeling and Statement Analysis


    2022-2023 Catalog Year

    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture: 3
    Non-Lecture: 0
    A modeling-intensive study of financial statements and their role in equity valuation. Topics include the creation of evidence supported models of revenues and costs, structuring models for review and communication, managing and documenting external data, auditing spreadsheets, resolving non-articulation, sensitivity analysis and Monte Carlo simulation and applied account analysis. The course examines mathematical derivations of valuation formulas such as the Gordon growth model, Residual Income and Free Cash Flow models, and the nature of theoretically justified market multiples. This course may be taken in lieu of FNCE 414  for Finance majors, as a FNCE elective if FNCE 414  is used as a basic requirement, or as the cross-listed FNCE 415  to satisfy the elective requirement for the Accounting major.

    Prerequisite(s): FNCE 311  
    Crosslisted with: FNCE 415
    Class Restriction: Junior, Senior
    Graded: N - Normal



AMSL - American Sign Language

  
  • AMSL 101 - American Sign Language I


    2022-2023 Catalog Year

    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture: 3
    Non-Lecture: 0
    This is the first in a sequence of courses designed to develop knowledge and skills needed to communicate in American Sign Language. It is intended for students with little or no previous experience with the language. Students are introduced to basic ASL sign vocabulary, fingerspelling, and basic sentence constructions using ASL grammatical principles and non-manual markers, with an emphasis on developing expressive skills and comprehension at the novice level. In addition, students are introduced to aspects of American Deaf Culture and history. Contemporary issues involving the Deaf Community are explored using culture-based readings.

    Offered: Every Semester
  
  • AMSL 102 - American Sign Language II


    2022-2023 Catalog Year

    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture: 3
    Non-Lecture: 0
    This course builds upon the knowledge base and continues the development of receptive and expressive sign communication skills acquired in AMSL 101 . Along with growth in ASL vocabulary, fingerspelling, and increasingly complex sentence construction incorporating ASL grammatical principles and non-manual markers, conversational fluency is further developed through dialogue and participatory activities. Students continue to learn about the Deaf Community and its culture, including Deaf art and Deaf literature.

    Prerequisite(s): AMSL 101 .
    Offered: Every Semester
  
  • AMSL 201 - American Sign Language III


    2022-2023 Catalog Year

    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture: 3
    Non-Lecture: 0
    This is an intermediate course in American Sign Language that draws upon and expands on knowledge and use of grammar, syntax, spatial referencing, classifiers, nonmanual markers, and sign vocabulary acquired in AMSL 102 . Sentence constructions are reviewed with an emphasis on further development of communicative proficiency in ASL beyond the basic level. Fluency and accuracy of ASL and fingerspelling continue to be developed in conversation, as well as the use of lexicalized signs, ASL slang, and idioms. Contemporary issues and cultural attitudes governing interactions with members of the Deaf community continue to be explored.

    Prerequisite(s): AMSL 102  
    Offered: Not on a Regular Basis

AMST - American Studies

  
  • AMST 201 - U/Topics in American Studies: (subtitle)


    2022-2023 Catalog Year

    Credit(s): 4
    Lecture: 4
    Non-Lecture: 0
    General Education Area(s): American History

    This course will be an interdisciplinary investigation of major influences on and developments in American culture. Each semester there will be a focus on one chronological period, but a variety of topics will be covered. Such topics could include gender, religion, race, social movements and conditions, and artistic and literary developments. The course will emphasize student use and study of period writings and cultural materials; integrative learning will enhance the interdisciplinary nature of the course.

    Repeatable: May be repeated once for credit with different subtitles
    Offered: Once a Year
  
  • AMST 262 - S/M/American Indian Law & Public Policy


    2022-2023 Catalog Year

    Credit(s): 4
    Lecture: 4
    Non-Lecture: 0
    General Education Area(s): Social Sciences, Other World Civilizations

    Surveys the constitutional status of Indians in the American federal system and the issues and controversies affecting Native American communities and individuals today. We will look as well at the rights of indigenous peoples internationally, with special attention paid to affairs in Canada and Australia.

    Crosslisted with: HIST 262
    Offered: Once a Year
  
  • AMST 393 - Honors/Research


    2022-2023 Catalog Year

    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture: 0
    Non-Lecture: 6
    This course will allow qualified students to research and write about a subject of interest to them in the field of American Studies over two semesters. Under the direction of a faculty advisor, each student will produce an undergraduate thesis which demonstrates a knowledge and understanding of the disciplines it applies to the subject of the student’s research. Offered through individual arrangement with the approval of the American Studies coordinator(s). To be eligible to enroll for the first semester, students must have completed at least 75 total credits with at least a 3.00 cumulative grade average and must have taken at least 24 hours of courses declared toward the American Studies major with at least a 3.50 average in those courses. To begin the first semester of AMST 393, students must have completed 90 credits. Invitation to participate will be made by the American Studies Program, which can make special exceptions concerning the number of required hours.

    Offered: Individual Arrangement
  
  • AMST 395 - American Studies Internship


    2022-2023 Catalog Year

    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture: 0
    Non-Lecture: 6
    A one-semester experience as an intern in a museum, library, or other institution concerned with American Studies, working closely with a supervisor from that institution and a faculty advisor in developing and implementing a project tailored to the student’s interest and the institution’s facilities.

    Prerequisite(s): Permission of the instructor.
    Offered: Individual Arrangement
  
  • AMST 396 - Senior Essay


    2022-2023 Catalog Year

    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture: 0
    Non-Lecture: 6
    A substantial paper on an American Studies topic of the student’s choice, drawing on interdisciplinary theory and methodology. Students will write this essay independently but in consultation with two faculty advisors, each from a different department. To be eligible, students would have completed at least 24 hours of courses declared toward the American Studies major before enrolling.

  
  • AMST 399 - Directed Study


    2022-2023 Catalog Year

    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture: 3
    Non-Lecture: 0
    Students work individually under the supervision of a faculty member exploring some aspect of the field of American Studies. (See also the “Directed Study Courses” section of the Undergraduate Bulletin.) In order to count toward the major, students must have directed studies approved by the American Studies Program coordinator(s). Offered by individual arrangement.

    Offered: Individual Arrangement

ANTH - Anthropology

  
  • ANTH 100 - S/M/Introduction to Cultural Anthropology


    2022-2023 Catalog Year

    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture: 3
    Non-Lecture: 0
    General Education Area(s): Social Sciences, Other World Civilizations

    This course has two broad aims. One is to introduce students to the field of cultural anthropology by paying close attention to what anthropologists do and how they do it. The other is to explore some of the ways in which people organize their lives and construct systems of meaning – from kin relations and gender roles to economic systems and marriage patterns, religion and healing. In the process, we will be challenged to think about the value of cultural diversity in an increasingly interconnected world and to see ourselves from others’ point of view.

    Offered: Every Semester
  
  • ANTH 101 - S/M/Exploration of Human Diversity


    2022-2023 Catalog Year

    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture: 3
    Non-Lecture: 0
    General Education Area(s): Social Sciences, Other World Civilizations

    This course will introduce basic concepts and methods of anthropology. The four subdisciplines of anthropology will contribute to an understanding of humans as biological and cultural beings. The focus of the course is to examine the diversity of human cultures, with a primary focus on the non-Western world.

    Offered: Every Semester
  
  • ANTH 105 - S/Introduction to Biological Anthropology


    2022-2023 Catalog Year

    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture: 3
    Non-Lecture: 0
    General Education Area(s): Social Sciences

    An introduction to biological anthropology, i.e. the study of humans as biological organisms. The course explores relevant theories, methodologies, and contemporary issues within this sub discipline of anthropology, via lectures, lab work, and workshops. Topics to be covered are human genetics, evolution, variation, growth and development, and behavioral ecology, as well as primate evolution and behavior.

    Offered: Every Spring Semester
  
  • ANTH 110 - Introduction to Archaeology


    2022-2023 Catalog Year

    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture: 3
    Non-Lecture: 0
    An examination of how archaeologists generate and interpret knowledge about the human past based on data recovered from the archaeological record. Topics include exploring the fundamental methods and theories of archaeology including the role of science in understanding the past, the formation of the archaeological record, the measurement of archaeological variability in time, space, and form, the reconstruction of past social organization, and the understanding of prehistoric ideology.

    Offered: Every Spring Semester
  
  • ANTH 120 - S/Language and Culture


    2022-2023 Catalog Year

    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture: 3
    Non-Lecture: 0
    General Education Area(s): Social Sciences

    An introduction to the study of language as a social resource and speaking as a cultural practice. This course gives students theoretical tools to examine how human communities use language to create, sustain, and change the social world. Topics include: linguistic heritage, regional and social dialects, language and cognition, racism/ethnicity/gender/class, and global language shifts.

    Offered: Every Fall Semester
  
  • ANTH 141 - First Year Experience in the Department of Anthropology


    2022-2023 Catalog Year

    Credit(s): 1
    Lecture: 1
    Non-Lecture: 0
    This course is intended for first-year students in the Department of Anthropology (Sociomedical Sciences and Anthropology majors). Student work will focus on four areas: cultivating academic success by embracing good study habits, learning to navigate a diverse and inclusive campus, formulating strategies for campus and community engagement, and practicing healthy responses to stressors. Coursework will include self-reflective writing, seminar readings on success strategies, and hands-on work with advisement and goal setting.

  
  • ANTH 201 - Human Evolution


    2022-2023 Catalog Year

    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture: 3
    Non-Lecture: 0
    An in-depth examination of human evolution using a multidimensional approach. Students will gain an understanding of the phylogenetic history of the hominids through lecture, lab work using our extensive fossil cast collection, and presentations/discussions. Topics that will be covered fall into the general categories of: (1) the fossil evidence, (2) environmental pressures driving the various stages of hominid evolution, (3) biological and behavioral adaptations, and (4) hominid culture.

    Prerequisite(s): ANTH 105  
    Offered: Not on a Regular Basis
  
  • ANTH 202 - S/M/Nutrition, Disease, and Health


    2022-2023 Catalog Year

    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture: 3
    Non-Lecture: 0
    General Education Area(s): Social Sciences, Other World Civilizations

    Using Critical Social Theory and a biocultural perspective, this course explores the interplay between concepts of nutrition, health, illness and disease and the cultural contexts in which they are rooted. It addresses several issues, such as: explanatory models for the causes and treatments associated with illness and disease; the relationship between nutrition, growth and development and health; effects of globalization and environment on disease and health; and the way social inequalities, religious beliefs, and political-economic contexts influence disease prevalence and access to health care services.

    Offered: Every Fall Semester, Intersession, Summer (online)
  
  • ANTH 207 - S/M/Ancient Civilizations of North America


    2022-2023 Catalog Year

    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture: 3
    Non-Lecture: 0
    General Education Area(s): Social Sciences, Other World Civilizations

    This course will examine the rich diversity of ancient Pre- Columbian North American cultures, religions, political organizations, and social structures and the variety of regional North American responses to post-Pleistocene environmental change. Possible topics: include human migrations into the New World, Pre-Columbian cultures of the Arctic, sub-Arctic, Eastern Woodlands, Great Plains, Southwest, Great Basin-Plateau, and Pacific coast regions, hunter-gatherer lifestyles, the origin and expansion of food-producing economies, and the rise and fall of complex societies.

    Offered: Once Every Three Years, in the spring
  
  • ANTH 208 - M/Classics of Ethnography


    2022-2023 Catalog Year

    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture: 3
    Non-Lecture: 0
    General Education Area(s): Other World Civilizations

    The best and most significant anthropological writings describing (primarily) non-Western ways of life are studied. Students review ethnographic accounts, including examples from all parts of the world, representing writings ranging from the nineteenth century to the present.

    Prerequisite(s): ANTH 100  or ANTH 101 .
    Offered: Every Spring Semester
  
  • ANTH 209 - M/Ethnography of the Iroquois


    2022-2023 Catalog Year

    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture: 3
    Non-Lecture: 0
    General Education Area(s): Other World Civilizations

    A study of the social organization and worldview of various Iroquoian groups, with special emphasis on Seneca-Iroquois of New York State during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Also covered are the position of Iroquois culture in the northeastern woodlands, its adaptability and persistence, and cultural vitality and contributions of Iroquois peoples.

    Prerequisite(s): ANTH 100  or ANTH 101 .
    Offered: Not on a Regular Basis
  
  • ANTH 211 - M/Ethnography of North American Indians


    2022-2023 Catalog Year

    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture: 3
    Non-Lecture: 0
    General Education Area(s): Other World Civilizations

    This course is an introduction to the traditional cultures of Native North Americans. The rich diversity of Native American cultures will be examined in relation to environmental adaptation and as a legacy for contemporary Native American ethnic identity.

    Offered: Not on a Regular Basis
  
  • ANTH 214 - M/Ethnography of Southeast Asia


    2022-2023 Catalog Year

    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture: 3
    Non-Lecture: 0
    General Education Area(s): Other World Civilizations

    A survey of the peoples and cultures of both mainland and island Southeast Asia. Emphasis is on ethnographic description of the area, with special focus on the cultural systems of selected groups in Burma, Thailand, Java, and Borneo.

    Offered: Not on a Regular Basis
  
  • ANTH 215 - S/M/Ancient Civilizations of the Old World


    2022-2023 Catalog Year

    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture: 3
    Non-Lecture: 0
    General Education Area(s): Social Sciences, Other World Civilizations

    A study of the prehistoric cultures of Africa, Europe, Asia, and Australia. Focus is on Old World human origins, the evolution of human culture, Paleolithic cultural variability, the origin and expansion of food producing economies, and the rise and fall of state level societies. Specific attention will be given to interpretation of Oldowan and Acheulian sites, the Neanderthal question, and the development of complex forms of social organization in Greater Mesopotamia (i.e. the Fertile Crescent), Egypt, China, and India.

    Offered: Every Spring Semester
  
  • ANTH 216 - S/M/Race, Racism and the Black Experience in the Americas


    2022-2023 Catalog Year

    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture: 3
    Non-Lecture: 0
    General Education Area(s): Social Sciences, Other World Civilizations

    This course examines race, racism and the black experience in the Americas from an anthropological perspective. Comparing and contrasting the lived experiences of contemporary members of the African diaspora, it will examine issues such as: the scientific and social construction of race; racism and social and health inequality; whiteness and privilege; and blackness as an individual and social identity; and the intersection of race, gender, and class. The course also examines the relationship between identity and the production of cultural products such as music, dance, and religion across the Americas. Lastly, the course explores social justice movements and acts of resistance against discrimination and pervasive inequality. Readings, films, written assignments, and discussions, will underscore how the politics of race and ethnicity as well as the discourse on culture and identity shape and influence social relations and individual experiences. throughout the Americas.

    Offered: Summer Online or Abroad
  
  • ANTH 226 - M/Anthropology of Latin America and the Caribbean


    2022-2023 Catalog Year

    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture: 3
    Non-Lecture: 0
    General Education Area(s): Other World Civilizations

    This course takes an anthropological approach to the study of Latin America and the Caribbean, with a focus on Latin Americans of African descent. It briefly  examines conquest, the legacy of colonialism, and slavery, before taking an in-depth ethnographic approach to study contemporary regional themes and issues, such as: race, racism and identity, gender, ethnicity, multiculturalism, indigenous social movements, human rights, globalization, tourism, urbanization, religion, health and coping with illness, popular culture, and food.

    Offered: Every Fall Semester
  
  • ANTH 229 - S/M/Ethnography and Film


    2022-2023 Catalog Year

    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture: 3
    Non-Lecture: 0
    General Education Area(s): Social Sciences, Other World Civilizations

    This course is designed to explore ethnography and with a focus on the use of photography, film and video in the representation of individuals and groups. Students will be exposed to the history of ethnographic film and its current relationship to documentary and fiction film. What are the strengths and weakness of visual representations in anthropology compared to written representations? Students will be required to engage in data collection, analysis and interpretation in the production of a short ethnographic film and an accompanying website.

    Prerequisite(s): ANTH 100  or ANTH 101 .
    Offered: Every Fall Semester
  
  • ANTH 231 - S/Language and Gender


    2022-2023 Catalog Year

    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture: 3
    Non-Lecture: 0
    General Education Area(s): Social Sciences

    This course introduces students to the sociolinguistic field of language and gender research. The view of gender adopted in the course is an intersectional one that attends to processes of power and oppression. The course explores how language varieties and linguistic choices reflect, reproduce, and reshape gender norms in diverse communities of practice. Course topics include: how people use language as a means for performing gender, (2) how language practices come to be associated with one gendered identity or another, and (3) how gender norms are reproduced, negotiated, and changed in part via language practices and discourses. The course will utilize feminist pedagogy to foster a climate of mutual inquiry and exchange of ideas between faculty and students.

    Prerequisite(s): ANTH 120   or permission of the instructor.
    Offered: Every Fall Semester
  
  • ANTH 233 - Primates


    2022-2023 Catalog Year

    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture: 3
    Non-Lecture: 0
    An in-depth examination of primates with a special emphasis on behavior. Students will learn about the non-human primates of the world through lectures, assigned readings, films, and independent projects. Topics to be covered are primate evolution, taxonomy, ecology, behavior, social organization/group life, cognition, and research.

    Offered: Not on a Regular Basis
  
  • ANTH 235 - S/M/Ancient Civilizations of Mesoamerica and the Andes


    2022-2023 Catalog Year

    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture: 3
    Non-Lecture: 0
    General Education Area(s): Social Sciences, Other World Civilizations

    A study of precolumbian societies in Middle America and South America. Focus is on the evolution of early hunting and gathering peoples through state organization. Major transformations in cultural evolution are treated (the domestication process, urnbanization and the rise of the state). Alternative cultural and social systems are explored through analysis and interpretation of archaeological data.

    Offered: Every Fall Semester
  
  • ANTH 238 - Ethnomedicine in Latin America and the Caribbean


    2022-2023 Catalog Year

    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture: 3
    Non-Lecture: 0
    This course takes an anthropological approach to the study of “folk” and “traditional” biomedical and complimentary and alternative (CAM) health beliefs and practices in Latin America and the Caribbean. It focuses on cross-cultural notions of the body, health and illness, and healing practices. This course also examines the effects of globalization on local conceptions of health, illness, and approaches to healing

    Offered: Fall Semester - Odd Years
  
  • ANTH 241 - Department of Anthropology Peer Mentor Program


    2022-2023 Catalog Year

    Credit(s): 2
    Lecture: 2
    Non-Lecture: 0
    This course is intended for students in the Department of Anthropology’s Peer Mentor Program. Students will attend class with students in the department’s first year experience course and participate in peer mentoring activities.

    Prerequisite(s): Permission of the instructor
  
  • ANTH 244 - Transition to Agriculture in the Americas


    2022-2023 Catalog Year

    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture: 3
    Non-Lecture: 0
    An archaeological introduction to the development of early agriculture in the New World. Agriculture appeared at different times throughout the world, transforming subsistence practices of Hunter-Gatherer societies wherever it appeared. The development of agriculture was the single-most important transition humanity experienced and was vital to control over food production and generating a surplus. Food production resulted in a sedentary lifestyle, increased population density, and the development of cultural traits associated with the ‘rise of civilization.’ This course explores the domestication of major plant species and the archaeological evidence for the appearance of agriculture, and examines the social consequences leading to the rise of classic civilizations in North, South, and Central America. An introductory course in archaeology or biology is recommended, but is not required.

    Offered: Intersession Online
  
  • ANTH 253 - Language and Culture Exchange


    2022-2023 Catalog Year

    Credit(s): 1-2
    Lecture: 1, 1
    Non-Lecture: 0, 2
    This course provides theoretical and practical training for language and cultural exchange with adult English language learners in the community. Students receive initial orientation and training, followed by weekly visits with a partner tutor for conversational English practice with a local immigrant family. Weekly course sessions provide time for debriefing and lesson planning. Students who have taken the course before will assist with orientation and leading discussion. All students will keep a log of lessons, a journal of their work with learners, and write a final reflection paper that addresses the achievements, affordances, and challenges of conversational language exchange.

    Prerequisite(s): Permission of Instructor.
    Repeatable: May be repeated for credit
    Offered: Every Semester by Individual Arrangement
  
  • ANTH 301 - M/Religion, Society, and Culture


    2022-2023 Catalog Year

    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture: 3
    Non-Lecture: 0
    General Education Area(s): Other World Civilizations

    A survey of the theories of religion based on a comparative study of ethnographic evidence from Western and non-Western cultures. Emphasis is on the cognitive roots, social functions, psychological impact, and cultural meanings of religion. The relevance of religion to the contemporary world in a time of modernization and globalization is probed, so is the nature of fundamentalism from a historical as well as contemporary perspective.

    Prerequisite(s): ANTH 100  or ANTH 101  or permission of instructor.
    Offered: Not on a Regular Basis
  
  • ANTH 302 - Medical Anthropology


    2022-2023 Catalog Year

    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture: 3
    Non-Lecture: 0
    This course explores the cultural, social, economic, political, and environmental factors that affect health and well- being-as well as the practice of healing and medicine-across cultures. We will use theories and methods from critical medical anthropology to examine the social determinants of health and health inequality.

    Prerequisite(s): ANTH 202  or permission of instructor.
    Offered: Every Spring Semester
  
  • ANTH 305 - Linguistic Methods


    2022-2023 Catalog Year

    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture: 3
    Non-Lecture: 0
    This course provides theoretical and practical training in the methods used by linguistic anthropologists, applied linguists, and sociolinguists to study naturally occuring language use, “language in the wild”.  Students learn data selection, transcription, and analysis techniques as well as the ethical principles that govern this kind of research. The course introduces several traditions of discourse analysis and focuses on talk in institutional settings. Examples may include emergency service (911) calls, doctor-patient communication, courtroom discourse, and political news interviews. Students carry out an independent analysis on a type of discourse of their own choosing. Broadly speaking, this course teaches students to look and listen as a discourse analyst, interpret what they see and hear, and share what they learn with an audience of their peers.

    Prerequisite(s): ANTH 120  
    Offered: Every Spring Semester
  
  • ANTH 306 - Human Growth and Development


    2022-2023 Catalog Year

    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture: 3
    Non-Lecture: 0
    This course explores human growth and development from genetic, physiological, anatomical, cultural, and socio-economic perspectives. The main topics include the history of growth studies, genetic and environmental effects on growth, typical human growth patterns during all life stages, and the evolution of human growth patterns.

    Prerequisite(s): ANTH 202  
    Offered: Every Spring Semester
  
  • ANTH 307 - Anthropology of Development


    2022-2023 Catalog Year

    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture: 3
    Non-Lecture: 0
    This course explores how anthropologists have evaluated, criticized and contributed to international development.  We will use anthropological perspectives to examine critically the theoretical configurations and practical applications of development paradigms, both historically and in the present.  Key anthropological contributions to reformulating development knowledge and practice are derived from anthropological analyses of culture, social change, globalization, neoliberalism and alternative visions for development.

    Offered: Not on a Regular Basis
  
  • ANTH 309 - Topics in Physical Anthropology: (subtitle)


    2022-2023 Catalog Year

    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture: 3
    Non-Lecture: 0
    This course will cover various topics in physical anthropology. Topics will rotate but will fall into the following categories: human ecology, primate behavior and ecology, human evolution, primate evolution, human anatomy, or primate anatomy.

    Prerequisite(s): ANTH 201  or ANTH 233  or ANTH 316  
    Repeatable: May be repeated once for credit with different subtitles
    Offered: Not on a Regular Basis
  
  • ANTH 311 - Language of Healing


    2022-2023 Catalog Year

    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture: 3
    Non-Lecture: 0
    This course addresses two interrelated questions. What sorts of language practices support good health and promote healing and what sorts of language practices impair health and impede healing? We explore these questions cross-culturally through focused reading, critical discussion, and a participatory project in the tradition of embodied anthropology. Course themes include: symbolic healing, meaning response (placebo/nocebo effect), talk therapy, illness narratives, racialization and public health messages, and enduring debates concerning effective and humane doctor-patient communication. Students also receive instruction in ethnographic research methods and carry out a project related to a health-related practice of their choice.

    Prerequisite(s): ANTH 120  or ANTH 202  
    Offered: Every Fall Semester and Spring Semester - Even Years
    Graded: N - Normal


  
  • ANTH 312 - Archaeology, Art, and Architecture of the Cusco Region


    2022-2023 Catalog Year

    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture: 3
    Non-Lecture: 0
    This study abroad course is an overview of the archaeology and colonial history of the Cusco (Peru) Region. The course begins with an online component with intensive reading and online testing, followed by three weeks in Cusco itself. Coursework traces the evolution of the area’s cultural complexity culminating in the rise and conquest of the Inca empire and then focuses on the art and architecture of the Spanish colonial era until Peru’s independence in 1821. Students will attend lectures and field trips to local museums, galleries, archaeological sites, and historical places. 

    Offered: Intersession, Summer Session, Once Every Three Years
  
  • ANTH 313 - Global Health Issues


    2022-2023 Catalog Year

    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture: 3
    Non-Lecture: 0
    This course examines the effects of globalization on the health of people around the globe and relates disparities in the spread of preventable diseases and access to basic health services to the growing inequality between rich and poor nations. The course draws from contemporary global health research to explore issues such as, the spread of infectious and chronic disease, food and water insecurity, environmental health, and the effects of violence and war on global health. The theoretical perspective used to analyze these issues draws on the work of critical medical anthropology, ecosocial epidemiology, applied anthropology, and public health.

    Prerequisite(s): ANTH 100  or ANTH 101  or ANTH 202 .
    Offered: Spring Semester - Odd Years
  
  • ANTH 314 - Topics in Linguistics: (subtitle)


    2022-2023 Catalog Year

    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture: 3
    Non-Lecture: 0
    This course explores major issues of topical or theoretical importance in linguistic anthropology. The variety of rotating or one-time topics in linguistics reflect topics of general interest or importance and/or the interests and needs of students, and/or the research expertise of faculty members. May be taken twice under different subtitles.

    Prerequisite(s): ANTH 120  or permission of the instructor.
    Offered: Not on a Regular Basis
  
  • ANTH 316 - Human Ecology


    2022-2023 Catalog Year

    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture: 3
    Non-Lecture: 0
    An examination of human ecology within an evolutionary, biocultural, and cross-species/cross-cultural framework. The course is divided as follows: (1) history, theories, and methods of ecological anthropology and human behavioral ecology; (2) human biocultural adaptations to the various global biomes via lectures, films, ethnographies, and discussion; (3) the adaptive significance of human behavior from a cross-species perspective, via assigned readings and discussion; (4) student presentations based upon individual research focused on relevant/related topics in human ecology; and (5) intertwined throughout is consideration of the sustainability of our past, present, and future activities.

    Prerequisite(s): ANTH 105  or ENVR 124 .
    Offered: Every Fall Semester
  
  • ANTH 317 - Human Osteology


    2022-2023 Catalog Year

    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture: 3
    Non-Lecture: 0
    An in-depth introduction to the human skeleton via lecture, lab work using our extensive skeletal collection, and individual research. Topics to be explored are (1) anatomy, growth and development, biomechanics, pathologies, and aging and sexing of the human skeleton and (2) forensic theories and methodologies.

    Prerequisite(s): ANTH 105  or BIOL 103  or BIOL 116 .
    Offered: Fall Semester - Odd Years
  
  • ANTH 318 - Gender and Sexuality in Latin America


    2022-2023 Catalog Year

    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture: 3
    Non-Lecture: 0
    An anthropological overview of gender and sexuality in Latin America from prehistory to the current day. Readings and student projects will change yearly to address topics including pre-contact concepts of gender and sexuality, changes in ideas and practices with European contact, and contemporary ethnographic studies of gender and sexuality in the region.

    Prerequisite(s): ANTH 100  or ANTH 101 .
    Offered: Spring Semester - Odd Years
  
  • ANTH 320 - Archaeological Field School


    2022-2023 Catalog Year

    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture: 3
    Non-Lecture: 0
    An introduction to basic field methods in archaeology. The course is primarily designed for anthropology students and/or those students interested in pursuing archaeological fieldwork as either a career or life experience. It emphasizes hands-on learning, and teaches basic excavation and surveying techniques, stratigraphic analysis, record keeping, data processing, horizontal and vertical mapping techniques, local and regional culture history, and implementation of excavation research designs. Field sites are tpically off campus and may require students to camp. There is a program fee to cover transportation, housing, and equipment.

    Prerequisite(s): ANTH 110  or permission of instructor.
    Offered: Summer Session, on a rotating basis
  
  • ANTH 322 - Anthropology of Borderlands


    2022-2023 Catalog Year

    Credit(s): 4
    Lecture: 2
    Non-Lecture: 4
    This course explores the border region as a space of crossing and encounter, one where people’s lives are shaped by migration and the many legal, economic, historical, and cultural factors that impact the migration experience. Course content focuses on (1) the impacts of the border and of immigration enforcement policies on the lives of migrants and long-time residents in the region and (2) movements that are focused on social transformation of the border status quo.

    Prerequisite(s): Permission of Instructor
    Offered: Intersession
  
  • ANTH 323 - Primate Field School


    2022-2023 Catalog Year

    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture: 3
    Non-Lecture: 0
    Standard methods of primatological research applied in the field, including research design and data collection. Data collection may be conducted at various research sites. Topics to be considered primarily fall into the categories of primate behavior and ecology.

    Prerequisite(s): ANTH 233  and permission of instructor.
    Offered: Not on a Regular Basis
  
  • ANTH 325 - International Fieldwork:(region)


    2022-2023 Catalog Year

    Credit(s): 1-6
    Lecture: 1
    Non-Lecture: 6
    Standard methods of research will be applied in the field, including research design and data collection. Data collection may be conducted at various research sites. Topics in the course will be specific to region and targeted sub discipline in anthropology.

    Prerequisite(s): Permission of the instructor.
    Offered: Intersession on a rotating basis and by Individual Arrangement
  
  • ANTH 328 - Language Socialization


    2022-2023 Catalog Year

    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture: 3
    Non-Lecture: 0
    This course investigates language acquisition from a sociocultural perspective. We explore processes related to the development of language skills across the lifespan and consider how patterns of language socialization within communities impact the vitality of languages differently, leading some to expand and others to contract, both in domain and speaker population. Students learn
    to employ observational and discourse analytic techniques to recognize, document, and describe language development and language learning phenomena. As an advanced course, a major
    objective of this course is for students to practice applying theoretical knowledge to interpret contemporary issues related to linguistic diversity in globalized society.

    Prerequisite(s): ANTH 120   or permission of the instructor.
    Offered: Spring Semester - Even Years
  
  • ANTH 334 - Social Anthropology


    2022-2023 Catalog Year

    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture: 3
    Non-Lecture: 0
    The contributions of Social Anthropology are examined in detail, from intellectual foundations to culmination in the late twentieth century. The unique ethnographic contributions of Social Anthropology receive special emphasis as does its role in the development of modern anthropology.

    Prerequisite(s): ANTH 100  or ANTH 101 .
    Offered: Not on a Regular Basis
  
  • ANTH 336 - Forensic Anthropology


    2022-2023 Catalog Year

    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture: 3
    Non-Lecture: 0
    This course provides an overview of the goals and methods of forensic anthropology, which is the study of human remains relating to matters of law. Students will learn how to evaluate the forensic context as well as how to establish a biological profile of an individual (sex, age, ancestry and stature). Special attention will also be paid to determining pathological anomalies, evidence of trauma, and time since death, as well as learning crime scene investigation procedures.

    Prerequisite(s): ANTH 105  or BIOL 103  or BIOL 116  or permission of the instructor.
    Offered: Fall Semester - Even Years
  
  • ANTH 337 - Art and Material Culture


    2022-2023 Catalog Year

    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture: 3
    Non-Lecture: 0
    The things the people make and use, from fine art to consumer goods, provide valuable information on cultural ideas and practices. This course approaches art and material culture from an interdisciplinary perspective, across cultures and through time. Current theoretical approaches to art and material culture will be examined and applied to specific objects.

    Prerequisite(s): ANTH 100  or ANTH 101  or ANTH 110 .
    Offered: Spring Semester - Even Years
  
  • ANTH 343 - Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Women’s Health


    2022-2023 Catalog Year

    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture: 3
    Non-Lecture: 0
    This course explores the context of women’s lives and challenges to women’s health across cultures. This course uses theories and methods from cultural anthropology and related social and health sciences to explain both the position of women in different societies and the connection between race, class, culture and gender roles. and to understand how cultural, social, economic, political, environmental and behavioral factors affect women’s health across cultures. This course emphasizes the importance of examining women’s health concerns in local as well as global contexts. 

    Prerequisite(s): ANTH 100  or ANTH 101  or ANTH 202  
    Offered: Spring Semester - Even Years
  
  • ANTH 346 - Topics in Archaeology: (subtitle)


    2022-2023 Catalog Year

    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture: 3
    Non-Lecture: 0
    This course explores archaeological studies of major topical or theoretical importance. The variety of rotating or one-time topics in archaeology reflect topics of general interest or importance within the study of archaeology, and/or the interests and needs of students, and/or the research expertise of faculty members. May be taken twice under different subtitles.

    Prerequisite(s): ANTH 101 , ANTH 110  or permission of the instructor.
    Offered: Not on a Regular Basis
  
  • ANTH 360 - Myths and Folktales of Native Americans


    2022-2023 Catalog Year

    A survey of both traditional and contemporary Native American and Arctic people’s folktales, myths, legends, and lore, including extensive description and reading of source material, with emphasis on North American cultures. Major topics include creation myths, nature tales, trickster tales, the role of oral literature in Native American cultures, and analysis of myth and folklore.

    Prerequisite(s): ANTH 100  or ANTH 101  and at least one other ANTH course.
    Offered: Not on a Regular Basis
  
  • ANTH 380 - Topics in Cultural Anthropology: (subtitle)


    2022-2023 Catalog Year

    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture: 3
    Non-Lecture: 0
    This course explores cultural anthropological topics of applied, ethnographic, or theoretical importance. Rotating or one-time topics in cultural anthropology reflect general topics of interest or importance and/or the research expertise of faculty.

    Prerequisite(s): ANTH 100  or ANTH 101 .
    Repeatable: May be repeated once for credit with different subtitles
    Offered: Not on a Regular Basis
  
  • ANTH 382 - Ethnographic Field Methods


    2022-2023 Catalog Year

    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture: 3
    Non-Lecture: 0
    In this course, students learn the science and art of anthropological field methods, including participant observation, qualitative interviews, and visual ethnographic methods. Students acquire the skills to design and conduct an individual research project on a social issue of their choosing. The course also covers topics such as the ethics of fieldwork, gender in the field, and the use of ethnographic field methods in community participatory research. 

    Prerequisite(s): ANTH 202  or ANTH 208  or ANTH 229  
    Offered: Every Fall Semester
  
  • ANTH 383 - Archaeological Method and Theory


    2022-2023 Catalog Year

    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture: 3
    Non-Lecture: 0
    An introduction to research in archaeology with an emphasis on the connections between method and theory. The course emphasizes research design, methods of artifact classification and analysis, and fundamental statistical methods. These topics and methods are approached through a combination of readings/lectures, written assignments on archaeological problems, demonstrations, and some laboratory work.

    Prerequisite(s): ANTH 110  and (ANTH 207  or ANTH 215  or ANTH 235 ).
    Offered: Spring Semester - Even Years
  
  • ANTH 385 - Analyzing and Presenting Ethnographic Data


    2022-2023 Catalog Year

    Credit(s): 1-3
    Lecture: 1
    Non-Lecture: 0
    In this course, students will learn ethnographic data analysis skills, including how to transcribe interviews and code interview transcripts and field notes for relevant themes using transcription and data analysis software. Students will also learn how to present ethnographic data in the form of a poster, short paper, or multi-media presentation.

    Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor.
    Offered: Every Spring Semester
  
  • ANTH 395 - Internship in Anthropology


    2022-2023 Catalog Year

    Credit(s): 3-15 as arranged
    The internship will provide students with practical experience working in one of a wide range of public sector organizations. Relevant readings and a written project are also required.

    Prerequisite(s): junior or senior standing, 6 hours in Anthropology, minimum 2.75 gpa, approval by agency supervisor and Anthropology Department internship coordinator.
    Offered: Individual Arrangement
  
  • ANTH 399 - Directed Study and Research


    2022-2023 Catalog Year

    Credit(s): 1-3
    Intensive readings and research in anthropology under the supervision of a member of the faculty.

    Prerequisite(s): ANTH 100  and permission of instructor.
    Offered: Individual Arrangement
  
  • ANTH 402 - Sociomedical Sciences Capstone


    2022-2023 Catalog Year

    Credit(s): 4
    Lecture: 4
    Non-Lecture: 0
    This course is an in-depth examination of research in the sociomedical sciences. Students read and think critically about contemporary interdisciplinary research studies on health and medicine from across the globe. Students also learn how to design and conduct a study of an issue related to health, disease, illness and/or medicine.

    Prerequisite(s): ANTH 302  
    Offered: Every Fall Semester
  
  • ANTH 410 - Classical Theory in Anthropology


    2022-2023 Catalog Year

    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture: 3
    Non-Lecture: 0
    An intensive investigation of the development of theory in anthropology, offering advanced students a unified perspective on the discipline of anthropology as a whole. The course is designed to enable students to critique classic readings in anthropological theory, review commentary on these materials and summarize central concepts in the field of Anthropology.

    Prerequisite(s): (ANTH 208  or ANTH 229 )
    Class Restriction: Senior
    Offered: Every Fall Semester
  
  • ANTH 421 - Contemporary Theory in Anthropology


    2022-2023 Catalog Year

    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture: 3
    Non-Lecture: 0
    An intensive investigation of the development of method and theory in Anthropology. The course is designed to enable students to critique contemporary readings (post-1950) in anthropological theory, review in depth commentary on these materials, and summarize central concepts that are current in the field of Anthropology.

    Prerequisite(s): (ANTH 208  or ANTH 229 )
    Class Restriction: Senior
    Offered: Every Spring Semester
  
  • ANTH 493 - Honors Research/Writing


    2022-2023 Catalog Year

    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture: 0
    Non-Lecture: 6
    One semester of individual research, followed by one semester of writing and the presentation of a thesis to the Department. The thesis is to be directed by a faculty member of the Department of Anthropology. To be eligible to enroll in the research course students must have a minimum 3.70 cumulative grade point average. To begin the research course, students must have completed at least 90 credits, at least 30 of which must be within the major. Invitation to participate will be offered by the Department. Please note that taking this course for two semesters will fulfill the students Transformational Learning requirement for the major.

    Prerequisite(s): Permission of Department.
    Offered: Individual Arrangement
  
  • ANTH 495 - Sociomedical Sciences Capstone Internship


    2022-2023 Catalog Year

    Credit(s): 3-15
    Lecture: 0
    Non-Lecture: 15
    This internship provides students with practical experience working with an organization or institution related to the allied health fields focused on addressing health disparities and/or the social determinants of health.  Completion of online modules, reading assignments and a final paper are also required. Students are responsible for finding and arranging their internship with support from the Career Design Center.

    Prerequisite(s): Junior or senior standing, minimum 2.50 GPA, and approval by the Sociomedical Sciences coordinator
    Offered: Individual Arrangement

ARBC - Arabic

  
  • ARBC 101 - Elementary Arabic I


    2022-2023 Catalog Year

    Credit(s): 4
    Lecture: 4
    Non-Lecture: 0
    Introductory communication-based language course. Develops the four language skills: listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Intensive practice of real-world communication and cultural knowledge. For the general education requirement, it is recommended that 102/L be taken the following Spring semester.

    Offered: Every Fall Semester
    Graded: N - Normal


  
  • ARBC 102 - L/Elementary Arabic II


    2022-2023 Catalog Year

    Credit(s): 4
    Lecture: 4
    Non-Lecture: 0
    General Education Area(s): Foreign Language

    Communication-based language course. Continuation of the development of the four language skills: listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Intensive practice of real-world communication and cultural knowledge.

    Prerequisite(s): ARBC 101  or proficiency in ARBC 101 by placement exam.
    Offered: Every Spring Semester
    Graded: N - Normal


  
  • ARBC 213 - Intensive Arabic Grammar, Culture and Communication


    2022-2023 Catalog Year

    Credit(s): 4
    Lecture: 4
    Non-Lecture: 0
    An exploration of cultural and contemporary topics at the intermediate level via a variety of materials (such as print, film, internet, and/or music) and peer-oriented activities that enable students to continue developing the four language skills: listening, speaking, reading and writing. This course must be taken in residence. 

    Prerequisite(s): ARBC 102  at Geneseo or proficiency in ARBC 102 by placement exam.
    Offered: Every Fall Semester
    Graded: N - Normal



ARTH - Art History

  
  • ARTH 120 - F/Monster Mash: The Literature, Films and Art of Horror


    2022-2023 Catalog Year

    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture: 3
    Non-Lecture: 0
    General Education Area(s): The Arts

    This course covers the visual history of monstrous representation from Prehistory to the Twenty-First Century, using targeted readings accompanied by the representations of monsters in the history of art and film.

  
  • ARTH 160 - African American Art History Survey


    2022-2023 Catalog Year

    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture: 3
    Non-Lecture: 0
    This course will present the contributions of African American artists from 1850 through to early 21st century. The work of these artists will be contextualized by connecting each artist and movement in its historical period. The course content includes discussions of the social and political issues of the day including American imperialism, fairs and world expositions, the Works Progress Administration, Harlem Renaissance, the Civil Rights Movement and more. Connecting art, artists and their histories expands and enhances our understanding of history in art.

  
  • ARTH 171 - F/History of Western Art: Prehistoric through Gothic


    2022-2023 Catalog Year

    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture: 3
    Non-Lecture: 0
    General Education Area(s): The Arts

    A survey of the history of architecture, painting and sculpture within the Western tradition from the prehistoric through the gothic periods and an introduction to the process of art historical analysis.

  
  • ARTH 172 - F/History of Western Art: Renaissance through Rococo


    2022-2023 Catalog Year

    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture: 3
    Non-Lecture: 0
    General Education Area(s): The Arts

    A survey of the history of architecture, painting and sculpture within the Western tradition from the Renaissance through the Rococo Period and an introduction to the process of art historical analysis.

  
  • ARTH 173 - F/History of Western Art: Neoclassicism to Contemporary


    2022-2023 Catalog Year

    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture: 3
    Non-Lecture: 0
    General Education Area(s): The Arts

    A survey of the history of architecture, painting, and sculpture within the Western tradition from the later eighteenth century to the present and an introduction to the process of art historical analysis.

  
  • ARTH 174 - F/Visual Culture Today


    2022-2023 Catalog Year

    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture: 3
    Non-Lecture: 0
    General Education Area(s): The Arts

    Visual Culture studies the construction of the visual in art, media, technology and everyday life. Students learn the tools of visual analysis; investigate how visual depictions such as YouTube and advertising structures convey ideologies; and study the institutional, economic, political and social and market factors in the making of contemporary visual culture.

  
  • ARTH 200 - Art and Religion in the West: Classical, Jewish, Christian, Muslim, Asatru (400-1100)


    2022-2023 Catalog Year

    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture: 3
    Non-Lecture: 0
    This course is intended to be an introduction to the development of art within a religious context. The material covered will trace religious thought from the Greco-Roman-world to the end of the Romanesque stage of art in Western Europe. The course will cover, Greece (Archaic to Hellenistic), Rome (through the Roman conquest of Jerusalem), the emergence of Christianity and its conflicts with Rome, the development of the Byzantine world, the development of Islam and the conflicts, the increase of migrations from Scandinavia and the Germanic areas, Celtic culture and the history of the Crusades.

  
  • ARTH 203 - F/Renaissance Europe: Rebirth of Classical Culture


    2022-2023 Catalog Year

    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture: 3
    Non-Lecture: 0
    General Education Area(s): The Arts

    This course surveys Western European art in Italy, Spain, France, Germany and the Netherlands from the beginning of the Renaissance at the papal Court in Avignon to its fruition in Fifteenth Century Florentine humanism. Connections between art and the changing role of the family, the development of nation-states, the increased importance and power of women in society and the new educational curriculum will be explored.

  
  • ARTH 205 - Museum Studies: Art and Global Politics


    2022-2023 Catalog Year

    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture: 3
    Non-Lecture: 0
    This course studies the lives of works of art in times of war as they are traded, lost, destroyed, altered and given new significance. Global, political events that have affected the works of art in Greece, Africa, China, India, the Middle East, and Western Europe are included for study in the course.

 

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