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2022-2023 Undergraduate Bulletin [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Course Descriptions
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The number system reflects the level of course material and associated rigor. With the exception of upper graduate level and professional courses, any prerequisite restrictions limiting the level of a student accepted into a course shall be specified in a course prerequisites. Courses shall be numbered as follows:
| 001-099 |
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No credit, non-degree and/or developmental courses; |
| 100-199 |
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Freshmen level course; undergraduate credit only; |
| 200-299 |
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Sophomore level course; undergraduate credit only; |
| 300-399 |
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Junior level course; undergraduate credit only; |
| 400-499 |
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Advanced junior and senior level course; undergraduate credit only; |
| 400G-499G |
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Senior and first year graduate level course; graduate credit for non-majors only; |
| 500-599 |
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First year graduate level course; undergraduate and graduate credit; |
| 600-799 |
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Upper graduate level course; open only to graduate students; |
| 800-999 |
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Professional Programs course; open only to students in professional colleges and to students in other colleges offering professional degrees as defined by the Council on Postsecondary Education. |
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The letter R following the course designation and number indicates a remedial course. No course designated with an R will be counted as credit toward a bachelor’s degree at the University of Kentucky. |
Courses may be approved for variable credits, e.g., (1-3), (2-6), etc. In no case, however, may the total credits exceed the maximum number authorized for the course.
Repeated registration in a course may be allowed if the course description carries the statement: “May be repeated to maximum of … credits.” However, a student may enroll only one time in a specific course during a given semester. Courses with the same number are not considered to be the same course if different identifying titles are an integral part of the record.
Unless indicated in the course description, the number of credits for a course indicates the number of lecture or discussion or class hours.
Exceptions to the requirements for admission to courses may be made as follows:
Seniors with superior ability or preparation may be admitted to courses numbered between 600 and 799, upon approval of the instructor, the dean of the student’s college and the Dean of The Graduate School.
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AN 390 - SPECIAL TOPICS IN ANALYTICS
College of Business and Economics
Credit(s): 3
This course number gives faculty members the flexibility to teach various special topics of interest to students, subject to contemporary student demand and faculty availability. The special topics are concerned with techniques, technologies, and applications related to analytics. The offerings include, but are not limited to, such courses as Supply Chain Management, Enterprise Systems, Electronic Commerce, Systems Analysis & Design, Data Mining, Data Warehouse and Database Management, Online Analytical Processing, Knowledge Management Systems, and Programming Languages. While a student may take as many distinct DIS 390 courses as offered, only two of these can be counted as electives. A student may not repeat a special topics course under the same title.
Prereq: Completion of all college Pre-major requirements and admission to Upper Division in Business and Economics. Non-B&E Upper Division undergraduate students may be enrolled with the consent of the instructor.
Repeatable up to 6 credit hours.
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AN 395 - INDIVIDUAL WORK IN ANALYTICS
College of Business and Economics
Credit(s): 1 - 3 (Variable)
This individually customized course enables the student to independently study a topic of personal interest that is not ordinarily covered in the standard curriculum. The student confers with a willing qualified instructor to design the course including the course scope, learning methods, timetable, milestones, deliverables, and evaluation metrics. Typically, a final written report or paper irequried. To ensure progress, the student stays in contact with the instructor throughout the course of independent study. Examples of prior individual work include: Lean logistics, Website Design & Implementation, Enterprise Resources Planning, Materials Requirement Planning, Lot Sizing, Advanced Six Sigma, Programming in Java, and Database Design. A course of independent study may not be requested/offered for material that is already covered in the normal curriculum, except under extenuating circumstances. May be repeated to a maximum of six credits.
Prereq: Completion of all college Pre-major requirements and admission to Upper Division in Business and Economics. Approval of instructor and DSIS Director of Undergraduate Studies.
Repeatable up to 6 credit hours.
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AN 403G - PRODUCTION AND INVENTORY SYSTEMS
College of Business and Economics
Credit(s): 3
This course is an advanced introduction to the complexities of managing production and inventory systems. An enterprise’s success in today’s highly-competitive, often-global business environment, depends on effectively managing its production activities and the related inventories at various production-process stages. Because such decisions are invariably tied to demand forecasts, the course begins with an examination of forecasting. Students are then led through the topics of production planning, master scheduling, material-requirements & manufacturing-resources planning, production activity control, capacity management, and sequencing & scheduling. The course culminates with coverage of contemporary trends toward just-in-time manufacturing systems and lean manufacturing systems. Applications of analogous systems and principles in the service sector are also addressed throughout the course.
Prereq: Completion of all college pre-major requirements and admission to Upper Division or graduate student status in Business and Economics.
Crosslisted with: MKT 403
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AN 406G - PRODUCTIVITY AND QUALITY MANAGEMENT
College of Business and Economics
Credit(s): 3
This course is an advanced treatment of two related concepts that are vital to the success of an enterprise; quality and productivity. As a key ingredient of competitive strategy, quality encompasses many attributes of a product or service - such as its design, its features, fit and finish, durability, safety, and customer treatment. In highly competitive settings, a firm that achieves and sustains high quality levels for its goods and/or services, while remaining at least as efficient as competitors in processes used to produce these outputs, tends to outperform its competitors. Beginning with an examination of connections between quality and productivity, this course examines their underlying philosophic, strategic, and human issues. The coverage includes emergent practices for continuous improvement including Kaizen, Six Sigma, customer relationship management, and strategic planning.
Prereq: Completion of all college pre-major requirements and admission to Upper Division or Graduate Student status in Business and Economics.
Crosslisted with: MKT 406
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AN 420G - BUSINESS DATA MINING
College of Business and Economics
Credit(s): 3
Data mining is concerned with tools and techniques to numerically and visually explore vast data sets, classify data, predict outcomes, and identify associations, patterns, and exceptional events. Such capabilities enable firms to — for example – better segment markets, evaluate and classify stocks, identify prospective customers, predict contingencies and catastrophes, identify defaulters and fraudulent transactions, measure churn, identify threats, perform service requests, and bundle goods and services. Such capabilities are critical in global, competitive business settings. This course is an introduction to the rapidly blossoming field of Data Mining.
Prereq: AN 300.
Crosslisted with: MKT 420
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AN 440G - TOPICS IN ANALYTICS
College of Business and Economics
Credit(s): 3
This course covers contemporary topics in enterprise data, analysis, and decision making. Past coverage has included Data Mining, Data Communications, and Valuation of Information. The topics covered would also be valuable to students from programs such as Computer Science, Telecommunications, Statistics, and Engineering.
Prereq: Completion of all college pre-major requirements and admission to Upper Division or Graduate Student status in Business and Economics.
Crosslisted with: MKT 440
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AN 450G - BUSINESS ANALYTICS STRATEGY AND APPLICATIONS
College of Business and Economics
Credit(s): 3
This case-based course examines the role of analytics in the development and execution of business strategy. The examination includes applying the principles, tools, and techniques for data-driven business decision- making within business domains. Students will learn to critically analyze data for its use in achieving strategic goals.
Prereq: AN300, AN306, AN324. Must have completed or be taking AN420G concurrently.
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ANA 104 - ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY
College of Medicine
Credit(s): 4
This course will cover the general features of the anatomy of the human body and the general aspects of physiology. Early in the semester emphasis will be on physiology in the latter part, with form and function related throughout. Information is presented at the college freshman level.
Prereq: Consent of instructor. (Offered in Community College System only.)
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ANA 109 - ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY FOR NURSING I
College of Medicine
Credit(s): 4
Basic anatomy and physiology integrated to prepare freshman students for nursing. Lecture 3 hours, laboratory 1 hour. (THIS COURSE WILL HAVE A LABORATORY FEE).
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ANA 110 - ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY FOR NURSING II
College of Medicine
Credit(s): 4
Basic anatomy and physiology integrated to prepare freshman students for nursing. Lecture 3 hours, laboratory 1 hour (THIS COURSE WILL HAVE A LABORATORY FEE).
Prereq: Successful completion of ANA 109 with a C or better.
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ANA 209 - PRINCIPLES OF HUMAN ANATOMY
College of Medicine
Credit(s): 3
The structure of the human body will be examined at various levels: cellular, tissues and organ systems. The gross anatomical arrangement of the body will be studied in a system-by-system format relating structure to function and the fundamentals of human embryology/malformation with adult anatomy. The central nervous system will be emphasized. The course includes an online laboratory component for each system covered. Prereq: Introductory biology or zoology.
Prereq: Introductory Biology or Zoology.
Approved for Distance Learning.
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ANA 210 - PRINCIPLES OF HUMAN ANATOMY LABORATORY
College of Medicine
Credit(s): 1
ANA 210 is a 1 credit hour online laboratory course that is designed to be taken in conjunction with ANA 209. Students will complete a digital systems-based study of human anatomy through modules that incorporate identification of cadaver and illustrative images, as well as quizzes that test comprehensive understanding of each system.
Prereq: ANA 209 (can be taken concurrently).
Approved for Distance Learning.
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ANA 305 - INTRODUCTION TO NEUROSCIENCE TECHNIQUES
College of Medicine
Credit(s): 4
This introductory laboratory course will provide students with practical knowledge and hands-on experience in basic behavioral, anatomical and physiological techniques used by laboratory scientists in the investigation of the nervous system. It is designed as a gateway to independent research experiences in working neuroscience laboratories.
Prereq: BIO 302 Introduction to Neuroscience or equivalent.
Crosslisted with: PSY 305
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ANA 309 - AN INTRODUCTION TO REGIONAL ANATOMY
College of Medicine
Credit(s): 5
This course is designed to serve as a transition between systems-based undergraduate anatomy and regionally-based medical professional anatomy. The human body will be taught in an online format, including modules for independent study, weekly virtual team-based learning sessions, and formal course and practical examinations. Anatomical organization will be presented in a regional format so that students can assimilate the bones, muscles, vasculature, innervations, and lymphatic pattern for each region of the body, similar to the pedagogical approach used in medical professional programs.
Prereq: ANA 209 and mastery of the Second Life program
Approved for Distance Learning.
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ANA 394 - INDEPENDENT RESEARCH IN NEUROBIOLOGY AND NEUROSCIENCE
College of Medicine
Credit(s): 1 - 3 (Variable)
ANA 394 is designed to provide students with an intensive experience in laboratory or field research. Participants should take an active role in the design and execution of experiments and in the analysis and interpretation of data. They should be capable of ‘independent research’ in the sense that they can conduct the experiments with little direct supervision. Students are expected to become familiar with related research in the current literature by regularly reading scientific journals. The student is expected to devote at least 3-4 hours per week for each credit hour enrolled to laboratory work, although often more time is necessary.
Repeatable up to 12 credit hours.
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ANA 395 - INDEPENDENT RESEARCH IN ANATOMY AND NEUROBIOLOGY
College of Medicine
Credit(s): 1 - 3 (Variable)
Independent research with faculty members. May be repeated to a maximum of 12 credits. Laboratory, three to nine hours per week.
Prereq: Biology or psychology majors with sophomore, junior, or senior standing and consent of a faculty member.
Repeatable up to 12 credit hours.
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ANA 410G - NEUROBIOLOGY OF BRAIN AND SPINAL CORD DISORDERS
College of Medicine
Credit(s): 3
ANA 410G is a multidisciplinary discussion of neurodegenerative diseases and neurologic disorders. The course objective is to provide an in depth understanding of the basic science and clinical symptoms of selected neurologic disorders and neurodegenerative diseases, current treatment strategies and new approaches for treatment and potential cure of these devastating illnesses. Included are such topics as the 1) subcellular and molecular basis of the diseases, 2) the role of genetics in aging and neurodegeneration, 3) mechanisms of cell death, and 4) the cellular/molecular basis of neurodegenerative diseases and neurologic disorders. The format of the course will consist of a series of formal lectures and informal discussion sessions. Reference materials will be recent review articles. Graduate students taking the course will present studies from the primary medical literature in a journal club format and will also prepare a paper examining one disorder in detail. This course will be of interest to advanced students from a variety of disciplines whose interests concern brain and spinal cord disorders.
Prereq: For undergraduate students: BIO 302 or PSY 312 or consent of course directors. For graduate students: Enrollment in a graduate program in biomedical sciences, gerontological sciences or consent of one of the course directors.
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ANA 417G - FUNCTIONAL HUMAN NEUROANATOMY
College of Medicine
Credit(s): 3
This course provides an introductory level of understanding of human central nervous system (CNS) anatomy and function. Lecture topics will explore the CNS based on structures that make up functional systems (e.g., motor, sensory, visual, etc.), how these systems interact, and examples of how a loss of function results in disease conditions.
Prereq: BIO 302 Introduction to Neuroscience.
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ANA 442 - MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR NEUROBIOLOGY
College of Medicine
Credit(s): 3
This 3 credit hour course is designed to be an introductory course for undergraduate students aimed at providing an overview of major principles and techniques associated with cellular and molecular neurobiology. Subject matter is intended to range from molecular mechanisms underlying neuronal signaling and cellular function to how these properties are invoked across simple networks, neural systems and behavior.
Prereq: BIO 152 or an equivalent; BIO 302 or PSY 312, or consent of course director.
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ANA 503 - INDEPENDENT WORK IN ANATOMY
College of Medicine
Credit(s): 3
Reading and laboratory work in a defined area of anatomy are carried out under the direct supervision of one staff member. Hours of discussion and lab work by individual arrangement. May be repeated three times for a maximum of 12 credits.
Prereq: An introductory course in Biology, Zoology, or Botany and consent of the instructor.
Repeatable up to 12 credit hours.
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ANA 511 - INTRODUCTION TO HUMAN ANATOMY
College of Medicine
Credit(s): 5
The principles of organization of the human body are presented. Gross anatomy lectures initially follow a systemic plan. This is succeeded by a regional pres- entation. Several methods of studying anatomy are utilized. These include radiology, palpation of living structures, and the demonstration of prosected fresh and fixed materials.
Prereq: Some background in Biology, including one or more such courses as Biology, Zoology, Botany, Comparative Anatomy or Embryology, and enrollment in the College of Medicine or a graduate program in the bio-medical sciences. In addition, students from graduate programs outside of anatomy must obtain the consent of the course director before registration.
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ANA 512 - MICROSCOPY AND ULTRASTRUCTURE
College of Medicine
Credit(s): 4
The organization of cells, tissues and organs are presented through lectures and in the laboratory, through the microscopic study of histological sections and illustrations.
Prereq: Some background in Biology, including one or more such courses as Biology, Zoology, Botany, Histo- logical techniques, Comparative Anatomy or Embryology, and enrollment in the College of Medicine or a graduate program in the bio-medical sciences. In addition, students from graduate programs outside of anatomy must obtain the consent of the course director before registration.
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ANA 516 - SELECTED TOPICS IN ADVANCED NEUROSCIENCE
College of Medicine
Credit(s): 3
ANA 516 will cover advanced topics in neuroscience. Topics include: neural pathways, development, neuroanatomy, neurobiochemistry, neuropharmacology, neural imaging and molecular neuroscience. Laboratory experiences will be used to complement lectures.
Prereq: ANA 511, 512, 513; PGY 511; and enrollment in the College of Medicine or a graduate program in the bio-medical sciences. In addition, students from graduate programs outside of anatomy must obtain the consent of the course director before registration.
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ANA 530 - COMBINED HISTOLOGY AND SPECIAL ORAL MICROANATOMY
College of Medicine
Credit(s): 5
An analysis of the histological structure and or- ganization of the human body, including an especially detailed treatment of the tissues and organs related to the oral cavity.
Prereq: Admission to the College of Dentistry or some background in biology and consent of the instructor.
Repeatable up to 20 credit hours.
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ANA 534 - ANATOMY, EMBRYOLOGY AND NEUROANATOMY
College of Medicine
Credit(s): 6
This class presents principles of human anatomy, integrated with embryology and neuroanatomy and with particular emphasis on the head and neck to first year dental students. The course involves both lectures and viewing cadaver prosections in a laboratory setting. Anatomical concepts are presented in a regional format in lecture followed by viewing specifically-prepared anatomical prosections of the same regions in lab.
Prereq: Admission to the College of Dentistry or some background in biology and consent of instructor.
Repeatable up to 24 credit hours.
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ANA 536 - HUMAN EMBRYOLOGY, AN ABBREVIATED COURSE
College of Medicine
Credit(s): 2
A concise presentation of developmental mechanisms, early development of the embryo, and subsequent development of selected systems and regions of the body.
Prereq: Admission to the College of Dentistry.
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ANT 101 - WHAT MAKES US HUMAN? INTRO TO ANTHROPOLOGY
College of Arts & Sciences
Credit(s): 3
This course explores what it means to be human by studying human cultures, past and present. Students will develop an understanding of anthropology that emphasizes the concepts and methods of the major sub- fields, i.e., cultural, biological, archaeology, and linguistics.
Meets UK Core: Intellectual Inquiry in the Social Sciences.
Approved for Distance Learning.
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ANT 102 - ARCHAELOGY: MYSTERIES AND CONTROVERSIES
College of Arts & Sciences
Credit(s): 3
Scientific archaeology has a problem: fringe ideas about mysteries of the past attract more interest than scholarly accounts of these same mysteries. In discussing the ‘mysterious’ side of archaeology, this course asks why consideration of the past invites some of the most bizarre speculations about human life. Why do fringe theories about lost civilizations, intergalactic interactions, and mysterious technologies gain more popularity than mainstream theories? Why should serious archaeologists and students pay any attention to such ‘wacko’ ideas? To answer these questions, this course attends to two kinds of controversies: fantastic claims in the past (such as the Myth of the Moundbuilders and the Shroud of Turin) and debates in the present (such as the cultural affiliation of Kennewick Man and uses of archaeology to promote discrimination).
Prerequisite: None.
Meets UK Core: Intellectual Inquiry in the Social Sciences.
Approved for Distance Learning.
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ANT 103 - SPORTS, CULTURE, AND SOCIETY
College of Arts & Sciences
Credit(s): 3
From little league baseball to the world of college and professional sports and the numerous ESPN channels that track them, it is clear that sports play a significant role in our culture and society and yet, we often take for granted this significance. This course introduces students to the anthropology of sports through an examination of the rituals, political and economic dimensions, and social and cultural meanings of sports from around the globe in both the past and the present.
Meets UK Core: Intellectual Inquiry in the Social Sciences.
Approved for Distance Learning.
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ANT 104 - FIRST YEAR SEMINAR: SUBTITLE REQUIRED
College of Arts & Sciences
Credit(s): 3
This course introduces the freshman student to the concept of community. What is a community? Who is part of the community and who is not? Anthropological theories and concepts involved in defining communities and cultures and in building a sense of community will be explored as will the use of anthropological methods and data collection and presentation.
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ANT 105 - HUMAN ORIGINS
College of Arts & Sciences
Credit(s): 3
This course is directed at non-majors (with no anthropology prerequisite) and will introduce students to the science of biological anthropology. Students will critically examine the ways in which biology, the environment, society, and culture come together to form the human condition. Guided by evolutionary theory and the scientific method, we will explore the evolutionary history of modern Homo sapiens from early primate origins to our recent hominin ancestors. We will explore the role that evolutionary forces had in shaping the variation that exists in modern humans today; and we will problematize ‘race’ as a way of categorizing that variation.
Meets UK Core: Intellectual Inquiry in the Natural, Physical and Mathematical Sciences.
Approved for Distance Learning.
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ANT 130 - INTRODUCTION TO COMPARATIVE RELIGION
College of Arts & Sciences
Credit(s): 3
Comparative study of major world and selected regional religions with emphasis on analysis of belief, ritual, artistic expression and social organization. Eastern and Western religions are considered.
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ANT 160 - GLOBAL CULTURAL DIVERSITY
College of Arts & Sciences
Credit(s): 3
Directed at non-majors, this course introduces students to the diversity of cultural experience in today’s world. Goals of the course include gaining an appreciation of the equality of everyone’s shared humanity and unique identities both locally and globally; to understand global experiences of cultural diversity through forced or chosen migration; to understand how categories of identity, including racialized, gendered, ethnic, religious, age, class and national identities – shaped by power – are social and cultural, and not biological.
Meets UK Core: Global Dynamics.
Approved for Distance Learning.
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ANT 220 - INTRODUCTION TO CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY
College of Arts & Sciences
Credit(s): 3
The study of the lifeways and beliefs of different peoples. The objectives of the course are to foster an appreciation for the variety of cultural traditions found throughout the world, and to introduce students to anthropological concepts and methods of inquiry.
Approved for Distance Learning.
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ANT 221 - NATIVE PEOPLE OF NORTH AMERICA
College of Arts & Sciences
Credit(s): 3
This is a survey of the aboriginal Native American cultures of North America and of the impact of four centuries of British, French, Spanish, and Russian contact on Native American societies. Particular emphasis is placed on comparing and contrasting cultural characteristics of Native American groups living in ecologically diverse regions of North America. The course will include consideration of the status of Native Americans in present-day North America.
Meets UK Core: Community, Culture and Citizenship in the USA.
Approved for Distance Learning.
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ANT 222 - MIDDLE EAST CULTURES
College of Arts & Sciences
Credit(s): 3
As part of the General Education curriculum, this course falls under the ‘Global Dynamics’ category of the broad area of ‘Citizenship’. This course will explore some of the cultures, and aspects of culture, found in the broad region of the Middle East and North Africa. Exploration will be rooted in anthropological research and perspective, and organized around rubics including kinship, gender, religion, and cultural performance.
Meets UK Core: Global Dynamics.
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ANT 225 - CULTURE, ENVIRONMENT AND GLOBAL ISSUES
College of Arts & Sciences
Credit(s): 3
A fundamental part of human experience is interacting with our physical surroundings, but in the globalized ecosystem of our planet, our interactions with the physical world increasingly include distant places rather than just the surroundings we see from our door step. This course aims to develop students’ awareness, knowledge and ability to reflect on how human behavior intersects with global environments. To do so, it applies an anthropological interpretive framework to topics that link human lifestyles, the environment and global issues.
Prereq: Freshmen or sophomore standing ONLY.
Meets UK Core: Global Dynamics.
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ANT 230 - INTRODUCTION TO BIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY
College of Arts & Sciences
Credit(s): 3
This course explores the ways in which biology, the environment and culture come together to form the human condition. Topics include human genetics, human evolution, primate behavior, contemporary human variation and applied biological anthropology, including forensics, child growth and human nutrition. This course includes a laboratory component.
Meets UK Core: Intellectual Inquiry in the Natural, Physical and Mathematical Sciences.
Approved for Distance Learning.
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ANT 240 - INTRODUCTION TO ARCHAEOLOGY
College of Arts & Sciences
Credit(s): 3
Introduces the theories, techniques, and strategies used by archaeologists to recover and interpret information about past cultures.
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ANT 241 - ORIGINS OF OLD WORLD CIVILIZATION
College of Arts & Sciences
Credit(s): 3
This course explores the rise of civilizations in the Old World through archaeology and history. The course examines theories of civilization and state formation and case studies that demonstrate how states arose. Concentrates on regions that produced some of the earliest and most complex societies on the planet: Mesopotamia, Egypt, the Indus Valley, China, and Europe. Comparing and contrasting these great societies will show how each was influenced by its unique social, cultural, and environmental surroundings. The course also examines the origins of agriculture, writing, art, trade, mathematics, astronomy, and religion in Africa, Asia, and Europe.
Meets UK Core: Global Dynamics.
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ANT 242 - ORIGINS OF NEW WORLD CIVILIZATION
College of Arts & Sciences
Credit(s): 3
This course discusses warfare, commerce, social organization, political diplomacy, disease, demographics, religion, and environmental degradation among the ancient peoples of the Americas as revealed by archaeological, art historical, and textual data. Students will gain an appreciation of the diversity of human life in the New World as well as an understanding of the tremendous cultural achievements of the Inca, the Aztec, the Maya, and their neighbors. We will use the concept of complexity as a framework for comparing different societies and for contextualizing the relevance of ancient civilizations for understanding global processes in the contemporary world.
Meets UK Core: Global Dynamics.
Approved for Distance Learning.
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ANT 245 - FOOD CULTURE AND SOCIETY
College of Arts & Sciences
Credit(s): 3
This course is designed for students in anthropology, food and nutrition, agriculture and environmental studies. It explores food in terms of human food systems. Human food systems include the knowledge, values, and practices used to produce, distribute, process, exchange and consume food. These are embedded in culture and operate within societies. Thus, why we eat, what we eat, when, where and with whom we eat, how and where we obtain our food, how we prepare it, and distribute it in specific ways may vary as a function of the culture in which we live, our place of residence and our location within society. We will explore these issues through lectures, readings, videos and discussions to gain a better understanding of the complexity of food- related behaviors among people around the world.
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ANT 251 - GLOBAL HEALTH INEQUALITIES
College of Arts & Sciences
Credit(s): 3
This course explores contemporary global health issues from an anthropological perspective. We will examine health effects of economic collapse, disasters and socio-political changes in industrialized and developing countries. We also study the growing global health and humanitarian industries. Topics include in chronic and infectious diseases, environmental illnesses, pharmaceuticals, and the commerical traffic in tissues, organs and other bodily substances. This course will be of interest to students in anthropology and the social sciences, public health, International Studies, pre-med students and those who are interested in pursuing advanced degrees or professional careers in other health-related fields, including development and policy.
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ANT 296 - GLOBAL ETHICS
College of Arts & Sciences
Credit(s): 3
This course will introduce students to ethical traditions from around the world and will give students the opportunity to engage ethical considerations around a variety of vocational and experiential topics.
Meets UK Core: Global Dynamics.
Crosslisted with: INT 296, SPA 296
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ANT 301 - HISTORY OF ANTHROPOLOGICAL THEORY
College of Arts & Sciences
Credit(s): 3
The purpose of this course is to acquaint the undergraduate student with historical perspectives on the development of anthropological ideas from their precursors in thought about human nature and behavior, and ending with discussion of current emphases in anthropological theory. Students will engage with global, North American and European anthropologies to learn about a range of foundational approaches in international cultural and historical contexts. The course will provide anthropology majors with the foundations they need to master this area of disciplinary knowledge.
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ANT 302 - ETHNOGRAPHIC METHODS: DOING ANTHROPOLOGY
College of Arts & Sciences
Credit(s): 3
Introduction to qualitative research methods in cultural anthropology, with a focus on participant-observation, interviewing, collaborative methods, ethnographic writing, and other techniques.
Prereq: anthropology major or minor status or instructor’s approval.
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ANT 303 - TOPICS IN THE ANTHROPOLOGY OF FOOD NUTRITION: (SUBTITLE REQUIRED)
College of Arts & Sciences
Credit(s): 3
This course focuses on food and nutrition though the lens of anthropology. Topics will vary, but each semester the course will provide insight into an aspect of food and nutrition that is relevant to present-day concerns in regional, national and/or global context. Nutrition is one of the most critical health issues in the U.S. and globally as people struggle with both under nutrition and over nutrition and the long-term consequences of both to human well-being. At the same time, it is important to recognize that food is embedded in cultural, social, and political-economic contexts that serve to foster and maintain cultural and social identity, and/or in which food is a commodity to be bought, sold and traded for economic profit and/or political gain.
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ANT 311 - ANTHROPOLOGY OF GLOBALIZATION
College of Arts & Sciences
Credit(s): 3
This course explores the ways in which differences in factors such as nationality, ethnicity, age, gender, class, and occupation shape experiences of globalization. We will analyze and interpret rapidly changing patterns of global production, consumption, politics, resistance, adaptation, and identity construction around the world.
Meets UK Core: Global Dynamics.
Approved for Distance Learning.
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ANT 312 - BUSINESS, CULTURE AND SOCIETY
College of Arts & Sciences
Credit(s): 3
The course introduces students to recent research in business and organizational anthropology within three overlapping domains: marketing and consumer behavior, organizational theory and culture, and global business (especially international marketing, intercultural management and intercultural communication). We will explore and critically examine the meaning and usage of core concepts such as culture, design, social organization, consumption, globalization, ethnography, business, branding and marketing. Students will have opportunities for hands-on research involving observation and critical analysis and will learn how to make effective (oral, written, and visual) critical commentaries on the methods, theories and ethics of business anthropology.
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ANT 315 - CULTURE THROUGH FILM AND SOUND
College of Arts & Sciences
Credit(s): 3
Anthropologists have drawn on visual representation and analysis of human experience since the inception of the discipline, and are increasingly paying attention to what can be learned through the other senses as well. This course will explore ethnographic, documentary, and cross-cultural film traditions; ethics, methods, and theories of recording and representation; ways to use sensory anthropology methods in all the subfields (archaeologists reconstructing soundscapes, for example); critical attention to the uses of cinema, television, radio and social media to disempower or empower; indigenous media; and current work in participatory video and interest in analog vs. digital technologies.
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ANT 320 - ANDEAN CIVILIZATION
College of Arts & Sciences
Credit(s): 3
A study of the Inca and other pre-Hispanic civilizations of highland South America in terms of their origins, their development, and their material, social, and intellectual achievements.
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ANT 321 - INTRODUCTION TO JAPANESE CULTURE, MEIJI (1868) TO PRESENT
College of Arts & Sciences
Credit(s): 3
General introduction to Japanese culture from Meiji Restoration (1868) to the present, focusing mainly on the literary arts, but also including film, architecture and the fine arts.
Meets UK Core: Global Dynamics.
Crosslisted with: JPN 321
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ANT 322 - ANCIENT MEXICAN CIVILIZATIONS
College of Arts & Sciences
Credit(s): 3
The course provides a study of the Aztec and related cultures of the New World. It provides a detailed discussion of pre-Columbian subsistence practices, economy, religion, and politics by tracing the development of ancient Mesoamerican civilization from its earliest beginnings to the Spanish conquest.
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ANT 324 - CONTEMPORARY LATIN AMERICAN CULTURES
College of Arts & Sciences
Credit(s): 3
This course is a detailed survey of societies and cultures of contemporary Latin America, utilizing contributions from anthropological research.
Prereq: Introductory social science course.
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ANT 325 - LANGUAGE AND CULTURE
College of Arts & Sciences
Credit(s): 3
This course is an introduction to linguistic anthropology. The course reviews the basic principles of linguistic analysis and examines the ways in which linguistic structures interact with and reflect cultural variation.
Crosslisted with: LIN 325
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ANT 326 - CONTEMPORARY AFRICAN LIVES
College of Arts & Sciences
Credit(s): 3
What do you think when you hear AFRICA? This course goes beyond the words, images and stereotypes that we typically learn from western news reports, popular media and mainstream descriptions of issues on the continent. Our goal will be to examine, and challenge, many of the popular portrayals of Africa, and thus build a more realistic and grounded understanding of the region. We will consider issues of geography, social organization and family life, health and food security, economy and ecology, and politics and identity. But our examination will draw from African sources and people living on the continent, as well as media built on long term engagement with the multitude of African nations. We will investigate how social, economic and global systems come together to produce the diversity of lives across the vast region. We will also discover positive, hopeful and sustainable aspects of African life with attention to local people’s solutions and efforts to build the lives they want. Ultimately, we will come away with both better understanding of the complex reality of ‘Africa’, and with analytical tools for examining other complex, but often stereotyped, issues in society more broadly.
Prereq: Sophomore standing or higher
Approved for Distance Learning.
Crosslisted with: AAS 326
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ANT 327 - CULTURE AND SOCIETIES OF INDIA AND SOUTH ASIA
College of Arts & Sciences
Credit(s): 3
This course considers the interrelationships between the various religious, political and philosophical traditions and practices of India and South Asia in the context of their shared cultural, historic, structural, geographic and demographic ties.
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ANT 328 - THE ANCIENT MAYA
College of Arts & Sciences
Credit(s): 3
This course uses archaeology, epigraphy, ethnohistory, and ethnographic analogy to explore the origin, florescence and decline of the ancient Maya (1000 BC to 1500 AD). The class ties economics, politics, social organization, and religion into a holistic understanding of the ancient Maya world.
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ANT 329 - CULTURES AND SOCIETIES OF EURASIA AND EASTERN EUROPE: SOCIALISM AND POST-SOCIALIST CHANGE
College of Arts & Sciences
Credit(s): 3
This course provides an anthropological study of cultures and societies of Eurasia and Eastern Europe. The course considers the demise of Soviet socialism and the emergence of democracy and market economies. We examine how people experience political, cultural, and economic transformations in their social relations and in their everyday lives.
Prereq: None.
Meets UK Core: Global Dynamics.
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ANT 330 - NORTH AMERICAN CULTURES
College of Arts & Sciences
Credit(s): 3
This course uses readings, films, and music to explore the plurality of peoples and cultures in North America - with particular attention to the US. We will look at youth cultures as sites of creativity and resistance, examine perennial problems in social equality, consider the similarities and differences between urban and rural ways of life, and explore environmental concerns as an integral part of making and sustaining culture
Meets UK Core: Community, Culture and Citizenship in the USA.
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ANT 331 - ANTHROPOLOGY OF NORTH AFRICA
College of Arts & Sciences
Credit(s): 3
This is a survey course of North Africa as a cultural area. Countries included in any given semester will vary. North Africa is Islamic and is often considered to be part of the Middle East but has a distinct history and culture of its own. Course content will include cultural, social, historical, economic, religious, and political perspectives on this important region. Ethnicity and the impact of colonialism will be discussed. Other important segments will examine gender status and roles, family and marriage, sociopolitical organization, the life course of males and females, and aging.
Prereq: None.
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ANT 332 - HUMAN EVOLUTION
College of Arts & Sciences
Credit(s): 3
Basic concepts and theory of evolution will be reviewed and applied to the study of fossil humans The evidence for the evolution of humans and their primate relatives will be studied, with attention paid to alternate interpretations of the data.
Prereq: ANT 230 or BIO 150.
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ANT 333 - CONTEMPORARY HUMAN VARIATION
College of Arts & Sciences
Credit(s): 3
This course focuses on human variation resulting from adaptation to a wide range of environments and the stresses inherent in each. It explores how humans respond/have responded to natural stresses, e.g., cold, heat, aridity and altitude, and human-made stresses, e.g., poverty, malnutrition and chemical pollution.
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ANT 334 - SOUL AND COSMOS IN THE NATIVE AMERICAS
College of Arts & Sciences
Credit(s): 3
This course examines Native American cosmologies across space and time from the perspectives of ontology and epistemology, with a focus on concepts of soul and personhood. Students develop an empathetic understanding of the contours of indigenous universes and how these intersect with the socio-political dynamics that shape Native lives within modern nation-states.
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ANT 335 - RELIGION IN EVERYDAY LIFE
College of Arts & Sciences
Credit(s): 3
Directed at non-majors (with no anthropology prerequisite), this course is intended to introduce the student to the diversity and unity of religious beliefs and practices in everyday life throughout the world through the lens of the social science anthropology. This includes the study of religions both textual and non-textual, large-scale and small- scale. The course content will include ethnographic materials as well as an examination of various methods and theoretical approaches used in anthropology in the cross-cultural study of religion. Questions that are addressed in this course include: Why do humans have/need religion? What is ‘religion’? Where, when, and how did ‘religion’ evolve as a cultural universal in the human species? We will examine the basic components of religious beliefs and practices and how they are integrated into human life both individually and in communities. Students will think critically about the social organization of religion and impact of religion on society. Other areas of discussion will include: religious specialists, sacred places, religion and adaptation, religion and gender, and politics and religion. This course is much more than a typical survey of world religions and will specifically encourage the cross-cultural comparative perspective of a significant feature of all human groups.
Meets UK Core: Intellectual Inquiry in the Social Sciences.
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ANT 336 - CONTEMPORARY MUSLIM SOCIETIES
College of Arts & Sciences
Credit(s): 3
Provides an anthropological analysis of Islam as a key factor for understanding contemporary Muslim societies and globalized Islam. Analyzes issues relevant to the growth and development of Muslim societies. Exposes students to diverse expressions and practices of Islam through ethnographic case studies in the West and in the Islamic world.
Meets UK Core: Global Dynamics.
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ANT 337 - GLOBAL AGING
College of Arts & Sciences
Credit(s): 3
In this course, the discipline of anthropology provides the framework for the study of aging in cross-cultural perspective. Aging is a universal human phenomenon and a basic and inevitable biological reality, but the social and cultural experience of aging varies a great deal cross-culturally. Culture shapes biology and this cultural variation provides the topic of this course. What does it mean to get older in our own and other cultures? We will begin with the global demography of the world’s elderly population. Course readings and discussions will include such topics as social support, intergenerational relationships, attitudes and stereotypes about aging, conceptualizations about the life course, gender and aging, religion and aging, aging and technology, and peer relationships among elders. One of the features of the course will be an examination of the diversity of aging in the US including ethnicity and LGBTQI. Some of the cultures we will study are in Morocco, India, China, Europe, and Japan. One of the main themes of this course is successful aging. Students will be encouraged to explore their own interests as well.
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ANT 338 - ECONOMIC ANTHROPOLOGY
College of Arts & Sciences
Credit(s): 3
A comparative ethnographic, theoretical, and historical exploration of the socio-cultural constitution of economic practices. Students will examine different approaches to questions of human nature, choice, values, and morality. The course explores power and social life in diverse cultures through a topical focus on peasants, markets, gifts, commodities, consumption, and systems of production. The course provides a foundation for applying anthropological knowledge to real-world situations and the material is readily applied to archaeology, international business, and social science.
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ANT 339 - HUMAN RIGHTS IN GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE
College of Arts & Sciences
Credit(s): 3
This class discusses theoretical debates on human rights within the discipline of anthropology and contrasts these approaches to those of other disciplines. Once students acquire this foundation, they apply their knowledge to a human rights problem of their own choice. They identify a researchable question about human rights and use appropriate evidence and methods to substantiate their claims. Students will also learn through experience the ethic dimensions of research and how research can have an important impact on society.
Meets UK Core: Intellectual Inquiry in the Social Sciences.
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ANT 340 - DEVELOPMENT AND CHANGE IN THE THIRD WORLD
College of Arts & Sciences
Credit(s): 3
This course introduces the student to how anthropologists approach the study and practice of economic development. It explores cross-culturally how local populations have responded to development; the different topics of development anthropology, such as agriculture and rural development; and the ways anthropological knowledge is applied in addressing development problems.
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ANT 341 - APPALACHIAN ENGLISH
College of Arts & Sciences
Credit(s): 3
The Appalachian Mountains, which range from New York to Mississippi, making up part of the landscape of 13 different states, are known to many Americans as being home to a unique cultural and linguistic experience. In this course, we will examine the extent to which this uniqueness is true, considering the nature of many myths and stereotypes that exist about this variety. We will discuss certain lexical, phonetic, syntactic, and other linguistic features that set this variety apart from other American varieties while also noting the features the speech of Appalachia shares with others. We will examine the history, origins, and development of English in Appalachia and address issues of identity, education, and standardness with respect to the English of Appalachia.
Crosslisted with: LIN 311, APP 311
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ANT 342 - NORTH AMERICAN ARCHAEOLOGY
College of Arts & Sciences
Credit(s): 3
This course focuses on the origin and growth of prehistoric American Indian cultures north of Mexico as revealed by archaeological data.
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ANT 343 - SOUTH AMERICAN ARCHAEOLOGY
College of Arts & Sciences
Credit(s): 3
In this course we will examine the early peopling of South America, the collector strategies of the coast, lowlands and highlands, and the origins of pottery production, food production and agricultural technologies. Some of the objectives of the course are to explain the rise of ceremonial centers such as Chavin; the development of chiefdoms in the llanos of Venezuela, on Marajo Island at the mouth of the Amazon River, and the northern Andes and lowlands such as San Agustin, Muisca, and Sinu, and the formation process of Andean states such as Moche, Chimu, Huari, Tiawanaku and the Inka. Finally, we will explore an example of the impetus for the Spanish and other European conquest of South America and how indigenous societies transform and survive up to the present.
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ANT 350 - TOPICS IN ANTHROPOLOGY (SUBTITLE REQUIRED)
College of Arts & Sciences
Credit(s): 3
Discussion, reading and writing focusing on specific topics in anthropology. May be repeated to a maximum of nine credits under different subtitle.
Repeatable up to 9 credit hours.
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ANT 351 - SPECIAL TOPICS IN ARCHAEOLOGY (SUBTITLE REQUIRED)
College of Arts & Sciences
Credit(s): 3
Discussion, reading and writing focusing on specific topics in archaeology. 351 may be repeated up to a maximum of 12 credits under a different subtitle.
Repeatable up to 12 credit hours.
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ANT 352 - SPECIAL TOPICS IN CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY (SUBTITLE REQUIRED)
College of Arts & Sciences
Credit(s): 3
Discussion, reading and writing focusing on specific topics in cultural anthropology. 352 may be repeated up to a maximum of twelve credits under a different subtitle.
Repeatable up to 12 credit hours.
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ANT 353 - SPECIAL TOPICS IN PHYSICAL OR BIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY (SUBTITLE REQUIRED)
College of Arts & Sciences
Credit(s): 3
Discussion, reading and writing focusing on specific topics in physical or biological anthropology. 353 may be repeated up to a maximum of twelve credits under a different subtitle.
Approved for Distance Learning. Repeatable up to 12 credit hours.
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ANT 354 - HUMAN SKELETAL ANTHROPOLOGY
College of Arts & Sciences
Credit(s): 3
The focus of this course is human osteology, or the study of the human skeleton, from a biocultural perspective. Emphasis will be placed on both the biology of human skeletal remains through osteological analysis as well as cultural context. This course will explore the various types of biological, cultural and evolutionary information that can be derived from the examination of human skeletal remains. Students will not only learn how to identify skeletal elements, but also estimate age and sex of individuals. Lectures will also cover various topics such as the reconstruction of diet, the identification of disease in past populations (paleopathology), forensic applications and ethical issues concerning the concept of race, and the research of human remains.
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ANT 355 - FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY
College of Arts & Sciences
Credit(s): 3
This course will provide students with an introduction to human skeletal biology and its applications to medico-legal issues. We will also discuss the different contexts in which forensic anthropology is applied, including local death investigations, mass disasters, and human rights violations. Utilizing a biocultural perspective, participants will explore the biology of human skeletal remains through osteological analysis, while also emphasizing the cultural context of the people we study as well as the scientists who study them. We will also investigate the various types of biological, cultural and evolutionary information that can be derived from the examination of human skeletal remains.
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ANT 360 - STATISTICS IN ANTHROPOLOGY
College of Arts & Sciences
Credit(s): 3
Students learn how to use probability and quantitative data to test hypotheses in anthropology. Due to common characteristics of anthropological data sets, this class emphasizes methods appropriate for handling small sample sizes and nominal and ordinal scale variables. The course also covers descriptive statistics, sampling, spatial analysis, confidence intervals, and the creation of charts and tables. Since the class focuses more on core concepts than mechanical computation, lessons learned in the context of anthropological questions can be applied to everyday decisions.
Prereq: Any Quantitative Foundations course.
Meets UK Core: Statistical Inferential Reasoning.
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ANT 375 - ECOLOGY AND SOCIAL PRACTICE
College of Arts & Sciences
Credit(s): 3
This course provides a broad survey of theoretical and historical issues in the link between humans and their environment. Throughout the semester, students will read about and discuss the many ways humans interact with their physical surroundings. Students will examine human cultural adaptation to different ecological settings, with an overall concern of finding general principles that apply to the many human lifestyles on the planet.
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ANT 395 - INDEPENDENT STUDY
College of Arts & Sciences
Credit(s): 1 - 4 (Variable)
A course with special assignments for study of special topic usually involving preparation of a final paper. Student must identify a clearly defined topic and a specific faculty member as instructor. All work to fulfill this course must be detailed clearly and described fully in advance using the approved learning contract. The student and faculty member will need to agree on a general schedule of student/faculty meetings during the semester to discuss the progress of the project. May be repeated to a maximum of 12 credits. Letter Grade only.
Prereq: Major in anthropology, standing of 3.0 in the department and permission of Instructor, DUS or DGS, and Chair; and completion of departmental learning agreement.
Repeatable up to 12 credit hours.
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ANT 399 - FIELD BASED/COMMUNITY BASED EDUCATION IN ANTHROPOLOGY
College of Arts & Sciences
Credit(s): 1 - 15 (Variable)
A community-based or field-based experience in Anthropology under the supervision of a faculty member. May be repeated to a maximum of 15 credits. Pass-fail only.
Prereq: Permission of instructor and department chairman; completion of departmental learning agreement.
Repeatable up to 15 credit hours.
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ANT 401 - GENDER ROLES IN CROSS-CULTURAL PERSPECTIVE
College of Arts & Sciences
Credit(s): 3
The world encompasses a liberating array of cross-cultural variation in how humans interpret sexual difference. ANT 401 explores the theoretical and substantive basis for contemporary thinking about gender from an anthropological perspective. Gender content is explored in several cultures representing all levels of sociocultural complexity. Additional topics include the history of the study of gender within anthropology and the impact of development on gender systems in the global South. A primary objective is for the student to reflect upon her/his own gendered self.
Approved for Distance Learning.
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ANT 425 - DIMENSIONS OF AGING
College of Arts & Sciences
Credit(s): 3
Analysis of demographic and institutional patterns, social roles, psychological and physiological changes, and social policies and programs associated with aging.
Prereq: Six hours of social science or permission of instructor.
Crosslisted with: PSY 425
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ANT 428G - CONTEMPORARY CULTURES AND SOCIETIES IN SOUTHEAST ASIA
College of Arts & Sciences
Credit(s): 3
A descriptive and analytical consideration of representative cultures from insular and mainland Southeast Asia in terms of their social, political, economic and religious organization. The history of the cultural contacts of Southeast Asia with India, China, Europe and the Islamic tradition will be discussed.
Prereq: ANT 120, 121 or consent of instructor.
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ANT 429 - SURVEY OF MEDICAL ANTHROPOLOGY
College of Arts & Sciences
Credit(s): 3
This course provides a survey of health, disease, and healing in non-Western and Western societies. An examination of major theoretical perspectives in medical anthroplogy.
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ANT 433 - SOCIAL ORGANIZATION
College of Arts & Sciences
Credit(s): 3
This course provides an overview of how anthropoligists approach the study of social organization. The class will provide historical and conceptual background to the study of social organization, and explore a range of organizational forms from rural households to complex communities.
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ANT 440 - ANTHROPOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES ON CHILD GROWTH
College of Arts & Sciences
Credit(s): 3
This course examines basic concepts of child growth and development, the evolutionary pattern of human growth and comparative patterns of human growth across populations. Taking a biocultural approach, it explores the many influences that facilitate or constrain child growth, including poverty, gender ideology, nutrition, and illness, focusing especially on social inequality. Taking a child-centered approach the course also focuses on the lives of children, how children cope with the circumstances of their lives, and the effect of those circumstances on their well- being.
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ANT 450 - SYMBOLS AND CULTURE
College of Arts & Sciences
Credit(s): 3
Examines the way in which symbolic systems create the meanings through which we experience life. The course will explore symbols and symboling behavior from a humanistic perspective, and will present examples of non-Western symbolic systems.
Prereq: ANT 220, or consent of instructor.
Approved for Distance Learning.
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ANT 470G - REGIONAL AMERICAN ETHNOGRAPHY
College of Arts & Sciences
Credit(s): 3
The ethnography of a selected North American or South American culture area or group. Both historical and contemporary cultures will be considered, e.g., Appalachia, Northwest Coast Indians, Urban American, etc. May be repeated to a maximum of six credits.
Repeatable up to 6 credit hours.
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ANT 480 - BUSINESS AND ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURES
College of Arts & Sciences
Credit(s): 3
The course introduces students to the various applications of anthropological theory and ethnographic research methods in contemporary institutional settings, including businesses, government, and non- governmental organizations. Students will investigate the concept of organization from an anthropological perspective in order to understand how organizational forms manifest in different social and cultural contexts and what cultural patterns and processes shape them. Students will learn about the growing field of business anthropology in which anthropologists apply their knowledge, skills, and research methods to improve business performance, competitiveness, and communication. Students will explore how business anthropologists help organizations develop culturally appropriate ways of working with suppliers, partners, and consumers and promote smooth working relationships among employees from different cultural contexts. Students will also critically examine the meaning and usage of core concepts such as culture, design, social organization, consumption, globalization, ethnography, business, branding and marketing. Students will have opportunities for hands-on, qualitative research involving interviews and participant observation. They will learn to effectively analyze their research data and relate it to the theoretical and analytical frameworks developed by business and organizational anthropologists.
Prereq: Admission to the Online Bachelor of Liberal Studies degree program in the College of Arts and Sciences; Anthropology 101, 160, 220; or consent of the instructor.
Approved for Distance Learning.
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ANT 481 - HEALTH CARE INEQUALITIES
College of Arts & Sciences
Credit(s): 3
This course introduces students to anthropological theory and ethnographic research methods from the perspective of health inequalities and cultural aspects of health care systems. Students will investigate the concepts of health, disease and illness from an anthropological perspective in order to study how cultural and structural inequalities influence diverse experiences of health care institutions and practices. Students will develop skills in cross- cultural analysis to understand how factors such as race, gender, sexuality, and socio-economic status affect health outcomes, access to care, and the nature of patient-professional interactions in diverse social and cultural contexts. Students will critically examine Western biomedical interventions and practices as culturally embedded rather than universal or existing outside of culture. Students will also reflect on their own cultural and personal beliefs about the causes of and responses to illness. Students will explore the practical applications of medical anthropology for understanding the strengths and limitations of how concepts such as culture, compliance and cultural competency shape health care systems and practices, and how an anthropological approach can improve patient-professional relationships and health outcomes. Students will have opportunities for evaluating scholarly literature, critically analyzing representations of health and illness in mass media and popular culture outlets, and hands-on qualitative research involving interviews. They will learn to effectively analyze their research data and relate it to the theoretical and analytical frameworks developed by medical anthropologists.
Prereq: Admission to the Online Bachelor of Liberal Studies degree program in the College of Arts and Sciences; Anthropology 101, 160, 220; or consent of the instructor.
Approved for Distance Learning.
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ANT 506 - SOCIOLINGUISTICS
College of Arts & Sciences
Credit(s): 3
This course is an advanced survey of current areas of research in sociolinguistics. Topics include dialectology, language variation and change, ineractional sociolinguistics, language and gender, bilingualism, and language contact.
Prereq: LIN 221 or LIN 222 or SOC 101 or ANT 220.
Crosslisted with: SOC 506, LIN 506
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ANT 507 - LINGUISTIC ANTHROPOLOGY
College of Arts & Sciences
Credit(s): 3
This course is an advanced survey of current areas of research in linguistic anthropology. Topics include language and thought, cultural difference in linguistic interactions, the ethnography of communication, ritual uses of language and identify and cultural poetics.
Prereq: LIN 221 or LIN 222 or SOC 101 or ANT 220.
Crosslisted with: LIN 507
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ANT 515 - PHONOLOGICAL ANALYSIS
College of Arts & Sciences
Credit(s): 3
This course is an investigation of the systematic properties of speech sounds in natural languages. It compares current theoretical approaches to the analysis of individual features and sounds as well as larger prosodic units, and identifies the dimensions of topological variation in the phonological domain. Discussion includes extensive reference to languages other than English.
Prereq: LIN 221.
Crosslisted with: LIN 515
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ANT 516 - GRAMMATICAL TYPOLOGY
College of Arts & Sciences
Credit(s): 3
This course examines the typological classification of languages according to their morphological and syntactic characteristics. Coursework includes practical training in the writing of grammatical descriptions and in the elicitation, transcription, and analysis of data from non-Western language. Discussion includes extensive reference to languages other than English.
Prereq: LIN 221.
Crosslisted with: LIN 516
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ANT 519 - HISTORICAL LINGUISTICS
College of Arts & Sciences
Credit(s): 3
This course studies the historical development of language through time and space, examining the internal mechanisms and external influences involved in language change. Change will be examined at all levels: orthographic, phonetic, phonological, morphological, syntactic, semantic, and lexical. The course will also to investigate a variety of topics related to the phenomenon of language change; language classification; comparative linguistics; the reconstruction of linguistic systems; the social context of language change. Through study of these issues, students will gain insights into historical language varieties and writing systems; relationships among the world’s languages; and the origins of the sounds, words, and structures of the languages we speak today.
Prereq: LIN 221 and LIN 222.
Crosslisted with: LIN 519
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ANT 525 - APPLIED ANTHROPOLOGY
College of Arts & Sciences
Credit(s): 3
Principles of policy research and intervention in cultural anthropology with attention to the theoretical and ethical basis of such research and intervention. Intervention techniques considered include research and development anthropology, action anthropology, community development, community advocacy anthropology and culture brokerage.
Prereq: Nine hours of cultural anthropology or consent of instructor.
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ANT 526 - PSYCHOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY
College of Arts & Sciences
Credit(s): 3
Explores the interrelations of culture, social structure, and individual psychology. The historical development of theory treating the relationships between culture and personality, as well as recent theory are emphasized.
Prereq: Nine hours of cultural anthropology and PSY 100, or consent of instructor.
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