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AnthropologyCollege of Arts and Sciences Chairperson Departmental E-mail Departmental URL Graduate Faculty Graduate Faculty(An asterisk [*] denotes associate membership in University Graduate School faculty.) Distinguished Professor Rudy Professor Chancellors' Professors Professors Associate Professors Assistant Professors Adjunct Professors Adjunct Associate Professors Adjunct Assistant Professor Lecturer Note: "I" after a faculty member's name indicates that the person teaches at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis. Director of Graduate Studies Degrees OfferedMaster of Arts and Doctor of Philosophy Special Departmental Requirements(See also general University Graduate School requirements.) Admission Requirements Master of Arts DegreeRequirements Doctor of Philosophy DegreeThe Department of Anthropology offers all four subfields of the discipline: archaeology (including paleoanthropology), bioanthropology, linguistic anthropology, and social/cultural anthropology. Students elect one of these as the major field, but may take courses and/or minor in any of the other subfields. Each major field involves its own breadth requirements within the Department of Anthropology; the programs also differ in other ways. Students should request a copy of the current departmental Guide for Graduate Students for details of the four courses of study. All have the following requirements in common. Foreign Language/Research Skills Qualifying Examination Research Proposal Dissertation Final Examination Teaching Ph.D. Minor in Anthropology Special Minors in Ethnomusicology, Anthropology, Health, Human Evolutionary Studies and Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change CoursesGeneral Anthropology General AnthropologyA303 Evolution and Prehistory (3 cr.) A505 Fields of Anthropology: A Graduate Survey (3 cr.) Cultural anthropology, linguistics, archaeology, physical anthropology. For graduate students of other departments and beginning graduate students in anthropology. A506 Anthropological Statistics (3 cr.) Statistics in all fields of anthropology. Scales, frequency distributions, contingency, correlation, probability, sampling, significance tests, elementary multivariate analysis. A521 Internship in Teaching Anthropology (3 cr.) Systematic and supervised internship required of all first-year associate instructors. Course includes formal class presentations by the departmental AI trainer, formal development of teaching materials, prescribed observations of "master teachers," and supervisory visits by the AI trainer. A600 Seminar in Anthropology (2-4 cr.) May be taken in successive semesters for credit. A800 Research (cr. arr.) (1) Archaeology, (2) ethnology, (3) linguistics, and/or (4) physical anthropology. BioanthropologyB301 Laboratory in Bioanthropology (3 cr.) B500 Proseminar in Bioanthropology (3 cr.) Human evolution from the standpoint of an interaction of biological, ecological, and sociocultural factors. Survey of bioanthropology from historical, systematic, and applied viewpoints; emphasis on changing content, concepts, methods, and organization of the science. B521 Bioanthropology Research Methods (3 cr.) P: B200, B301. Designed for advanced students of bioanthropology and related biological sciences to familiarize them with the methods and techniques of collecting, preserving, and analyzing both morphological and somatological data. B522 Laboratory Methods in Bioanthropology (2 cr.) P: concurrent with B521. Laboratory dealing with methods and techniques of assessment and analysis of morphological and somatological data which forms the subject matter of B521. B523 Anthropometry (3 cr.) P: B200, B301, or consent of instructor. Designed for advanced students in bioanthropology. Basic research techniques applicable to living populations. Research project on volunteer subjects required. Formation of hypotheses, data collection procedures, testing of hypotheses, and presentation of results in oral and written form will be stressed. B524 Theory and Method in Human Paleontology (3 cr.) P: B200, B301, or consent of instructor. Emphasis on fossil hominid evolution and adaptation. Intensive study of human fossil skeletal anatomy. Reconstruction of hominid diets and positional behavior via skeletal analysis and functional morphology. B525 Genetic Methods in Anthropology (3 cr.) P: B200, B301, or permission of instructor. Specialized training in laboratory procedures and interpretation of genetic markers found in human populations. Major systems covered are ABO, Rh, MNSs, Duffy, Kell, secretor status, and PTC testing. Emphasis on use of genetic markers in human evolutionary research. B526 Human Osteology (3 cr.) P: B200, B301, or consent of instructor. Descriptive and functional morphology of the human skeleton with emphasis on the identification of fragmentary materials. Determination of age, sex, and stature; craniology; and research methods in skeletal biology. Guided research project in the identification of skeletal material required. B528 Dental Anthropology (3 cr.) P: B200, B301, or consent of the instructor. Descriptive and functional morphology of primate dentitions, stressing nomenclature of crown features. Human enamel microstructure, development, wear, occlusion, pathology, odontometrics, and discrete variation as applied to research problems in bioanthropology. A guided research project is required. B550 Issues in Human Origins: Creation and Evolution (3 cr.) Review of the creation/evolution controversy in a seminar setting. Fundamentals of organic evolution covered, especially pertaining to the origins of our species. Additionally, the major arguments as set forth by "scientific creationists" are presented, along with an appraisal of the "balanced treatment" notion that has been proposed for inclusion in public school curricula. B568 The Evolution of Primate Social Behavior (3 cr.) Major patterns of social organization in the order of primates, with closer examination of several important primate species. Darwinian theories of behavioral evolution will be examined. Particular attention will be paid to the influence of food-getting and diet on social behavior. B570 Human Adaptation: Biological Approaches (3 cr.) Understanding the concept of adaptation as it is utilized within bioanthropology, anthropology, and other disciplines. Focus on individual and population responses to heat, cold, solar radiation, high altitude, nutritional and disease stress. Participation in discussion and presentation of oral and written reports emphasized throughout the seminar. B600 Seminar in Bioanthropology (3 cr.) Subject will vary; students may thus receive credit more than once. B601 Primate Anatomy (3 cr.) P: B200, B301; P or B466. Comparative anatomy of the nonhuman primates with emphasis on the analysis of bone and muscle relationships. Application of comparative techniques to current research in bioanthropology. Dissection of several primate species required. B602 Paleopathology (3 cr.) P: B200, B301. Disease in prehistoric skeletal material and in written and visual representations. Diagnosis and epidemiological characterization of diseases of bone. A guided research project on a topic in paleopathology is required. Seminar presentation of two literature reviews and a research project are required. EthnographyE305 Introduction to Ethnomusicology (3 cr.) E525 Comparative Ethnology of North America (3 cr.) P: A505 or E500; E320; A506; or consent of instructor. Seminar on comparative problems of North American Indian cultures. May be repeated for credit. E610 Seminar in Households, Family, and Gender (3 cr.) Asks how basic social units like family and household are socially constructed and maintained. Current literature on social exchange, bargaining, decision-making, and gender. Pressing current issues such as child welfare, equity in economic development, abusive relationships, and consumer choice. E617 African Women (3 cr.) Examines the remarkably active roles that African women play in their communities. Follows the themes of autonomy and control of resources, considering both economic resources (such as land, labor, income, and cattle) and social resources (such as education, religion, and political power). E618 Global Consumer Culture (3 cr.) Examines processes of globalization and economic and cultural integration, including the origin and spread of mass-consumer society. Topics include the theories of consumption, mass media and advertising, and the relationship between modernity and consumerism. Examples from Africa, Latin America, Asia, and the United States are included. E619 American Indian Religion (3 cr.) Introduces religions of the peoples indigenous to North America. Concerns include traditional and contemporary native rituals, mythology, folklore, and symbolism occurring throughout these many cultures, including topics such as art, architecture, cosmology, sustenance, modes, trade, history, gender, and taboos. E624 Native American Art (3 cr.)Addresses the principles of Native art and its materials, styles, functions, methods, meanings and the contexts in which Native art is used. In addition to addressing the principles, cultural, anthropological and Indigenous theories will be explored. Cultural background information will be interwoven in the lectures and discussions. E663 Exhibiting Cultures: Museums, Exhibitions, and World's Fairs (3 cr.) P: E310 or consent of instructor. Seminar in anthropological problems related to Africa. Selected topics. May be repeated for credit. E673 Feminist Studies and Ethnographic Practice (3 cr.) Focuses on the impact of feminist theory on ethnographic practice in the fields of anthropology and criminology. We will read key works from the 1980s to the present which exemplify various feminist approaches to the study of culture and society. E687 The Ethnography of Europe (3 cr.) Explores "Europe" as an idea, an identity, and a historical consciousness. Students discuss how European ethnography has acquired a valued status in social anthropology, how it has been instituted as a "cultural area," and how the discipline constantly revises social, cultural, political, and nationalist boundaries. E692 The United States (3 cr.) Reviews current ethnographic studies of the United States, emphasizing themes of cultural diversity, relationships between individuals and their communities, and the roles of public institutions at local, state, and federal levels. EthnologyE372 Racism: Anthropology of Prejudice (3 cr.) E445 Medical Anthropology (3 cr.) A cross-cultural examination of a biocultural systems model of human adaptation in health and disease, including: the interaction of biology, ecology, and culture in health; ethnomedical systems in the cross-cultural conception, presentation, diagnosis, and treatment of disease; and sociocultural change and health. E500 Proseminar in Cultural and Social Anthropology (3 cr.) Broad survey covering economics, ecology, kinship, life cycle, education, social stratification, political organization, religion, values, culture change, evolution, methodology, etc. E505 Social Organization and Process (3 cr.) Anthropological analysis of sociocultural process from symbolic interactionist perspective. Topics include critical comparison of relevant theories, cross-cultural applications, and methodology of field research. E520 Problems in Economic Anthropology (3 cr.) P: consent of instructor. Seminar on problems related to the study of technologies and economic systems of non-Western peoples. E527 Environmental Anthropology (3cr.) Graduate course on theory and method in the study of human-environment interactions. Emphasis on contemporary debates and approaches; and on research design in environmental research E600 Seminar in Cultural and Social Anthropology (3 cr.) Subject will vary; students may thus receive credit more than once. E601 Basics of Human Sexuality (3 cr.) Topics are: (1) introductory lectures on mammalian behavior, anatomy, physiology, reproduction, and sexual development; (2) solitary sexual behavior: orgasm in sleep and masturbation; (3) heterosexual behavior; (4) homosexual behavior; (5) deviance and paraphilias; and (6) social control of sexuality. E602 Levi-Strauss: Structuralism in Anthropology (3 cr.) Analysis of structuralist texts and theory. Reading and explicating the writings of Levi-Strauss in order to learn how to interpret concepts and methods of the author and how to use them for further research. E606 Research Methods in Cultural Anthropology (3 cr.) P: must be a graduate student in anthropology or obtain consent of instructor. Organization, design, and execution of anthropological research will be examined in its many contexts; specific research techniques will be demonstrated through laboratory exercises and conduct of student projects. E616 The Anthropology of Tourism (3 cr.) This course will explore the phenomenon of tourism from an anthropological perspective. It will look at tourism as linked to consumer culture, transnational movements of people and goods, post-colonial settings, global capitalism, and the politics of ethnic and national identities E618 Global Consumer Culture (3 cr.) Examines processes of globalization and economic and cultural integration, including the origin and spread of mass-consumer society. Topics include the theories of consumption, mass media and advertising, and the relationship between modernity and consumerism. Examples from Africa, Latin America, Asia, and the United States are included. E620 Seminar in Cultural Ecology (3 cr.) Rotating topics in cultural ecology: explores cultural adaptations to specific environments. Emphasis is placed on individual research by students, discussion of relevant theoretical and methodological issues, and critical evaluation of research. E624 Native American Art (3 cr.) Addresses the principles of Native art and its materials, styles, functions, methods, meanings and the contexts in which Native art is used. In addition to addressing the principles, cultural, anthropological and Indigenous theories will be explored. Cultural background information will be interwoven in the lectures and discussions. E641 Law as Cultural Practice in the United States (3 cr.) Explores modern life in the U.S. through two lenses: contemporary ethnography and recent Supreme Court opinions. Specific topics vary. Examples include the nature of moral traditions; civil rights; family; privacy and choice; the significance of race. E649 Culture, Power, History (3 cr.) Culture, power, and history have been three of the most important concerns and concepts in social and cultural anthropology. This course examines how we have understood and used them and how they have defined and continue to define the field. E650 African Systems of Thought (1-3 cr.) Examines approaches to the analysis of systems of thought and their correlates in social action in African societies. Focuses on structural differences among the various systems of ideas used for interpreting experience in different African societies. Attention paid to alterations made in cosmological systems in situations of social change. E660 Arts in Anthropology Seminar (3 cr.) P: E460. Anthropology's concern with the arts; cross-cultural study and comparison; the relationships of the arts to other aspects of society and culture; problems of the cross-cultural validity of aesthetics and the interrelationships of the arts. E661 Seminar in Ethnomusicology I (3 cr.) Techniques of transcription and analysis of the music of nonliterate peoples. E662 Seminar in Ethnomusicology II (3 cr.) Music as it functions in human society. Role of the musician, concepts underlying production of musical sound, symbolic and other functions of music. E663 Exhibiting Cultures: Museums, Exhibitions, and World's Fairs (3 cr.) Explores the ideas, values, and symbols that pervade and shape the practice of exhibiting other cultures. Examines the ways in which museums and other sites of exhibition accord objects particular significances, the politics of exhibitions and display strategies, and the interpretive differences between art, anthropology, and other types of museums and institutions which exhibit other cultures. E670 Seminar in and Personality (3 cr.) Culture Seminar for the investigation of advanced problems in culture and personality. Focus will be primarily on developments since 1960, particularly in such areas as the situational determinants of personality, cognitive growth, and adolescent studies. E675 Law and Culture (3 cr.) Introduction to classic anthropological writing on cultural concepts of law, conflict, and social ordering, concentrating on ethnographic approaches since the 1960s. Focus is cross-cultural, following the emphasis of the works themselves on Africa, native North America and the contemporary United States. Discussions emphasize the historical context of individual works and critical readings from the vantage points offered by contemporary anthropological theory. E680 Seminar in Culture Change (3 cr.) P: three courses in cultural anthropology, including the courses listed under both ethnology and ethnography, and consent of instructor. Researches by students under the instructor's supervision, group discussions, and occasional lectures on various problems concerning culture change. E681 Seminar in Urban Anthropology (3 cr.) P: E580. Seminar in cross-cultural urban social organization, emphasizing recruitment manifestation of urbanism in various cultural contexts and techniques of investigation. Practical work required. E682 Memory and Culture (3 cr.) Students will interrogate the concept of "collective memory," based on Halbwachs' major contribution in the domain. This social scientific analysis of remembrance as culturally determined will review diverse contexts in which it unfolds, (i.e. art, fiction, ritual, architecture, bodily practice, national identity, and politics). E690 Development and Anthropology (3 cr.) E420 or consent of instructor. The theory of development; the way anthropology has been employed in development schemes in Melanesia, Southeast Asia, India, Africa, and elsewhere; the practical problem of relating to development bodies such as AID and Third World governments; the ethical problem of such relationships. GraduateG731 Seminar on Contemporary Africa (cr. arr.) History of AnthropologyE635 French Social Thought: Anthropological Perspectives (3 cr.) Students will read and explicate the writings of six prominent scholars in twentieth-century French social thought, (i.e., Durkheim, Mauss, Levi-Strauss, Barthes, Foucault, and Bourdieu). They will discuss these thinkers' contributions to contemporary anthropological theory, and will reflect on the usage of these works in their respective doctoral projects. H500 History of Anthropological Thought in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries (3 cr.) Development of nineteenth-century and contemporary anthropological thought, with special reference to methods and theory of scientific anthropology. H501 Contemporary Problems and Issues in Ethnological Theory (3 cr.; 6 cr. max.) P: introductory work in anthropology. Special attention to problems arising from relation of cultural anthropology to other social sciences, such as psychology and history. H505 History of Social Anthropology (3 cr.) R: course in social organization. Seminar on development of social anthropology, with special attention to various "schools" such as functionalism and to major figures from Edward Tylor to Alfred Radcliffe-Brown. H506 Modern Development in Social Anthropology (3 cr.) Seminar on development of social anthropology since World War II, with special attention to contributions of influential Cambridge, Manchester, and London "schools." Anthropological LinguisticsL500 Proseminar in Language and Culture (3 cr.) Relationships of language and culture; survey of ethnolinguistics, sociolinguistics, psycholinguistics, Weltanschauung theory, diglossia, bilingualism, and single language society; relevance of linguistic analysis to cultural and social anthropology. L501-L502 Anthropological Linguistics I-II (3-3 cr.) An introduction to grammatical discovery procedure, including phonetic, phonemic, morphemic, and syntactic analysis, designed to introduce the student to techniques for use with an unknown language in the field. L510 Elementary Lakota (Sioux) Language I (3 cr.) Introduction to Lakota (Sioux), an American Indian language spoken on the northern plains of the United States. Focuses on developing elementary reading and writing skills as well as oral fluency in the Lakota language within the context of Lakota culture. L511 Elementary Lakota (Sioux) Language II (3 cr.) Introduction to Lakota (Sioux), an American Indian language spoken on the northern plains of the United States. Focuses on developing elementary reading and writing skills as well as oral fluency in the Lakota language within the context of Lakota culture. L512 Intermediate Lakota (Sioux) Language I (3 cr.) Study of more complex Lakota grammatical structures, with emphasis on development of active reading, writing, and speaking skills. L513 Intermediate Lakota (Sioux) Language II (3 cr.) Study of more complex Lakota grammatical structures, with emphasis on development of active reading, writing, and speaking skills. L518 Navajo Language and Culture (3 cr.) Introduction to the Navajo language and an exploration of it as an integral dimension of Navajo culture. Topics include Navajo history, kinship, ritual life, beliefs, and literature, and will be grounded in the appropriate dimensions of Navajo grammar. Provides a case study to review the major issues in the field of language and culture. L520 American Indian Languages (3 cr.) Introductory survey of the native languages of the Americas. Topics include history of the study of American Indian languages, genetic and typological classifications, structures of selected languages, the comparative (historical) study of selected language families, and the interplay between language and culture. Emphasizes diversity of New World languages. L580 Semiotics and Human Ethnology (2 cr.) Study of the relationship between the general theory of signs and the biological study of behavior under three headings: elaboration of theoretical models, study of animal communication systems as a natural and behavioral science, and their exploitation for the benefit of humankind. L600 Topical Seminar in the Ethnography of Communication (3 cr.) Current issues in linguistic anthropology, designed to acquaint the student with readings and points of view not covered in the introductory courses. Topics such as: (1) languages of the world, (2) variation in language, (3) problems in linguistic structure, and (4) culture and communication. May be repeated for credit with change of topic. L605-L606 Field Methods in Anthropological Linguistics I-II (3-3 cr.) L840 Ethnolinguistic Seminar (1-2 cr.) P: consent of instructor. Structural statements and arrangements of data in anthropology (including folklore and musicology) and linguistics. May be repeated for credit. ArchaeologyP301 Archaeological Methods and Analyses (3 cr.) P500 Proseminar in Archaeology (3 cr.) Gives the entering graduate student background in history and frames of reference of archaeology; emphasis on place of archaeology in anthropology. P505 History of Theory in Archaeology (3 cr.) Seminar on the development of theoretical constructs and "schools" in prehistoric archaeology. Focus on thought of major figures such as V. G. Childe, J. G. D. Clark, D. Clarke, L. R. Binford, J. C. Gardin, A. C. Renfrew, and W. W. Taylor. P506 Laboratory Methods in Archaeology (1-6 cr.) P: P405 or consent of instructor. Specialized training in laboratory procedures and analysis of archaeological materials. Major categories of material culture to be studied include lithics, ceramics, faunal and floral remains. Emphasis is on processing, sorting, identifying and analyzing material recovered from the previous Field School in Archaeology (P405). P509 Archaeological Ethics (3 cr.) Explores the professional responsibilities of archaeologists by examining timely issues, such as the differences and, sometimes, conflicts between international law and professional ethics, and between archaeologists and others (e.g., Native Americans, antiquities collectors) who affect and are affected by archaeological work. Some background in archaeology is helpful. P600 Seminar in Prehistoric Archaeology (3 cr.) Subject will vary; students may thus receive credit more than once.
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