Department of

Anthropology

College of Arts and Sciences

Web Page: http://www.anthro.fsu.edu/

Due to university budget issues, the degree programs in anthropology are currently suspended. Please see the department Web page for information on pertinent changes. The department still offers a full range of undergraduate courses many of which fulfill broader University curriculum requirements. For students who entered the major prior to Fall 2009, please see the appropriate prior year's bulletins for the Major requirements.

Chair: Doran; Professors: Doran, Falk; Associate Professors: Marrinan, Peters, Schepartz; Professors Emeriti: Grindal, Ho, Paredes, Pohl; Courtesy Professor: Pullen; Adjunct Professors: Kowal, Thomas

Anthropology investigates humankind in all its diversity. It includes the study of human origins, physical characteristics, adaptations, distributions, customs, artifacts, languages, beliefs, and practices. Anthropologists divide their work among four sub-disciplines. Archaeologists study material objects left behind by prehistoric and historic peoples and document stability and change in human behavior over long time periods. Physical (biological) anthropologists study living primates, the fossil record of primates and early humans, comparative anatomy and osteology, contemporary forensic anthropology, medical anthropology, human variation, and the evolutionary and biological bases for cognition and culture in humans. Cultural anthropologists live among and study contemporary peoples; their social institutions; their history; their political, religious, and medical practices; and the creative products of their social lives. Anthropological linguists study the evolution and structure of human language and the relationships between language, culture, and society.

The undergraduate offerings in anthropology include survey courses to give liberal studies students an introduction to human diversity and behavior, and upper division courses for advanced students with specialized interests. The courses provide a rigorous course of study intended to prepare students for graduate study in any one of the subfields of anthropology. The courses also provide a science-based liberal arts education to students wishing to pursue other professional degrees such as law or medicine (with additional coursework) and to those students who may not wish to pursue graduate studies. Students with a heavy anthropology background often develop careers in areas of public policy, cultural resource management, public health, women's studies, museum studies, and other areas where practical approaches contribute to providing workable solutions to human problems.

The department also participates in the undergraduate programs in Latin American and Caribbean studies, Middle Eastern studies, and in the honors in the major program. For further information on the program, its offerings, and updated status on the degree suspension please visit http://www.anthro.fsu.edu.

Computer Skills Competency

All undergraduates at Florida State University must demonstrate basic computer skills competency prior to graduation. As necessary computer competency skills vary from discipline to discipline, each major determines the courses needed to satisfy this requirement. Undergraduate majors in Anthropology satisfy this requirement by earning a grade of "C–" or higher in CGS 2060, CGS 2064, or CGS 2100.

State of Florida Common Program Prerequisites

The state of Florida has identified common program prerequisites for this University degree program. Specific prerequisites are required for admission into the upper-division program and must be completed by the student at either a community college or a state university prior to being admitted to this program. Students may be admitted into the University without completing the prerequisites, but may not be admitted into the program.

At the time this document was published, some common program prerequisites were undergoing revision. Please visit http://facts23.facts.org/florida/facts/Home_Page/College_Students/Transferring/Common_Prerequisite_Manual/ for a current list of state-approved prerequisites.

The following lists the common program prerequisites or their substitutions necessary for admission into this upper-division degree program:

1. ANT XXXX: two introductory anthropology courses (ANT prefix) for six credit hours

Requirements for a Major in Anthropology

Please refer to the General Bulletin edition from the year in which you entered the major for specific requirements for your major.

Requirements for a Minor in Anthropology

Twelve semester hours in anthropology, including either ANT 2410 or ANT 2511, are required. Courses in which a student receives a grade below "C–" will not be counted toward the minor.

Definition of Prefixes

ANG—Anthropology: Graduate

ANT—Anthropology

LIN—Linguistics

Undergraduate Courses

ANT 2000. Introduction to Anthropology (3). This introductory course offers a holistic approach to understanding what it means to be human, studying humans and human behavior from the perspectives of evolution and genetics, the archaeological record, and language and culture.

ANT 2100. Introduction to Archaeology (3). This course is an introduction to modern anthropological archaeology. The course introduces students to the interdisciplinary scientific approaches employed in contemporary archaeological research and provides them with an overview of the origins and evolution of human social and economic systems.

ANT 2100L. Introduction to Archaeology Laboratory (1). Corequisite: ANT 2100. The course is conducted as a hands-on laboratory in archaeological methodology. Each week, students have a series of laboratory exercises designed to teach specific analytical techniques, including paleozoological analysis, paleobotanical analysis, geophysical prospecting techniques, and GIS.

ANT 2138. World's Greatest Shipwrecks (3). This course provides an introduction to the field of nautical archaeology through the excavation and exploration of ships and boats from 5000 years ago in ancient Egypt to the U.S.S. Yorktown of WW II. From Titanic to treasure ships, this global survey explores economy, technology, and society.

ANT 2301. Evolution of Human Sexuality (3). This course is an examination of human sexuality from an evolutionary perspective. Some of the topics covered include sexual selection, mating systems, mate preferences, and sexual orientation.

ANT 2410. Introduction to Cultural Anthropology (3). This course introduces the origin and development of human lifeways with emphasis on non-Western societies. A comparative perspective is used to examine language, social organization, religion, values, and technology. Attention is also given to contemporary world problems.

ANT 2416. Childhood Around the World (3). This course examines the variety of ways childhood is experienced in other cultures, allowing students without a background in anthropology to develop an appreciation for the nature of childhood and the pivotal role this stage plays in maintaining cultural continuity and influencing cultural evolution.

ANT 2460. The Anthropology of Food (3). This course examines the ways in which anthropologists have been thinking and writing about food. Archaeological dietary records for early humans and for other early primates are explored to highlight human dietary adaptations and to investigate how dietary changes have contributed to cultural and biological variation.

ANT 2470. The Anthropology of Globalization (3). This course introduces students to the topic of globalization as conceptualized by cultural anthropologists, examining the spread of capitalist economic principles into cultures in which other logics regulate economic and social life. The course draws on ethnography, political economy, public health, and ecology to explore how populations resist, appropriate, and exploit the perils and opportunities of globalization.

ANT 2511. Introduction to Physical Anthropology and Prehistory (3). This course introduces theory and principles of genetically based evolution. It reviews fossil evidence for human evolution and competing ideas about the specific pathways to modern humans. It emphasizes the genetic unity of humankind and the universal features that underlie individual and cultural diversity.

ANT 2511L. Introduction to Physical Anthropology and Prehistory Laboratory (1). Corequisite: ANT 2511. This laboratory provides students an opportunity to observe, handle, and measure archaeological artifacts, skeletal material, and copies of important fossil hominids. Weekly exercises strengthen students' understanding of the scientific procedures used to interpret the nature and causes of human evolution.

ANT 2534. Race: Biology & Culture (3). This course examines the concept of race from the perspective of biological and cultural anthropology, beginning with the study of modern human biological variation and its clinical distribution. This biological patterning is then contrasted with the social categories of race. The final section of the course covers the history of the concept of race, the ways humans culturally construct divisions in different societies, and the continuing effects of racial concepts on science and on modern cultures.

ANT 3101. Fundamentals of Archaeology (3). Prerequisite: ANT 2100. This course provides an overview of objectives, field strategies, basics of laboratory analysis, interpretative approaches to the record, and what the threats to archaeological/cultural resources are. This includes a brief overview of the history of archaeology and the changes in strategies used to examine the prehistoric and historic archaeological records. An emphasis is placed upon developing an understanding of the fundamental objectives and methodologies used in modern anthropological archaeology.

ANT 3141. World Prehistory (3). This course outlines the major events in human cultural and social evolution and includes a brief presentation of general archaeological methods and objectives. The course focuses on the evolution of civilization in the Middle East, Europe, China, Africa, and the Americas.

ANT 3212. Peoples of the World (3). This course is a survey of the world's cultures by major geographic regions. The purpose is to familiarize the student with the range and variety of the human condition and at the same time instill in the student a respect and admiration for humankind. Lectures, readings, and visual materials are utilized.

ANT 3520. Introduction to Forensic Anthropology (3). Prerequisite: ANT 2511. This course is an introduction to forensic anthropology as a scientific discipline within the field of anthropology, examining what happens to a body immediately after death, the process of decomposition, and taphonomic changes. The course also examines what is required of a forensic investigation of such a body from search to documentation, collection, processing, and lab analysis.

ANT 3610. Language and Culture (3). This course is an introduction to and examination of human language, its relation to perception and cognition, and its role in social interaction. This includes verbal as well as nonverbal communication modes, their variety and complexity, the evolution of language, and language change.

ANT 4034. History of Anthropology (3). Prerequisites: ANT 2100, 2410 and 2511. This course is a survey for majors that reviews the development of the central ideas that have shaped the emergence of anthropology as a science. The approach is critical and objective, the presentation is chronological, and the emphasis is to evaluate the scope and limitations of modern theories.

ANT 4122. Wetlands Archaeology (3). Prerequisite: ANT 2100. This course provides an introduction to wet site archaeology, incorporating an overview of wet sites, their geographic distribution, methods of excavation, conservation requirements, and the field's contribution to our understanding of the past.

ANT 4133. Introduction to Underwater Archaeology (3). Prerequisite: ANT 2100. This course is a survey of the history, theory, methods, and problems of underwater archaeology, with attention given to the types of investigations and environments in which underwater archaeology is conducted and to the field's particular contributions to anthropology.

ANT 4134. Nautical Archaeology of the Americas (3). Prerequisite: ANT 2100. This course studies human interaction with bodies of water, particularly in the maritime environment. Illustrated presentations, readings, and discussions focus on a variety of cultures and watercraft built or used in the Americas.

ANT 4135. Nautical Archaeology: Global View (3). Prerequisite: ANT 2100. This course studies human interaction with bodies of water, particularly in the maritime environment. Illustrated presentations, readings, and discussions focus on variety of cultures and watercraft from Asia, Australia, the Mediterranean, and Europe.

ANT 4142. European Prehistory (3). Prerequisite: ANT 2100. This course introduces students to the archaeology of the European continent from its initial colonization by early hominids during the Lower Paleolithic through the archaic state civilizations of the Aegean Bronze Age.

ANT 4145. Origins of Complex Society (3). Prerequisite: ANT 2100. This course examines the evolution of ancient complex societies and theories of state origins using a comparative method involving ecological, economic, and social approaches to investigate the origins, collapse, and sustainability of complex societies.

ANT 4153. North American Archaeology (3). Prerequisite: ANT 2100. This course examines the prehistory of North America from the earliest big-game hunters who exploited extinct megafauna to the societies existing at the time of historic contact. Regional variation and continuity in subsistence and settlement patterns and material culture are examined.

ANT 4163. Mesoamerican Archaeology (3). Prerequisite: ANT 2100. This course investigates the development of high civilization in ancient Mesoamerica. Evidence is drawn from archaeology, art, architecture, ethnohistory, and ethnography.

ANT 4166r. Regional Civilizations in Ancient Mesoamerica (3). Prerequisite: ANT 2100 and ANT 4163. This course focuses on a regional civilization of ancient Mesoamerica (such as Maya, Olmec, or Mixtec) with each topic. Aspects of prehistoric society covered include: subsistence systems, trade, social and political organizations, ideology, calendrics and astronomy, language and writing, artifacts, architecture, sculpture, and painting. Format is seminar with presentations, research reports, and discussion. May be repeated to a maximum of nine semester hours.

ANT 4175. Archaeology of the Islamic World (3). Prerequisite: ANT 2100. This course examines the traditions and culture of Islamic peoples as reflected in the archaeological record. Issues related to the impact of religion on daily life, nationalism, and the development of archaeology in the Middle East are considered.

ANT 4185. Paleonutrition (3). Prerequisite: ANT 2100. This course covers methods in reconstruction of past economic behavior and diet. It includes lab work in identification and analysis of faunal remains.

ANT 4227r. Topics in PreColumbian Art and Iconography (3). This course focuses on major PreColumbian art traditions, as evidenced in the material culture. Attention is paid to cosmology and the socio-cultural context of art in each society. Topics include classic Maya art and iconography; Mixtec codices; Central Mexican art and iconography. May be repeated, when topics vary, to a maximum of nine semester hours.

ANT 4241. Anthropology of Religion (3). This course covers the cultural conceptions of supernatural reality with emphasis on comparative understanding of myth and ritual, the religious experience, and religious evolution and revitalization movements.

ANT 4242. Symbol and Ritual (3). Prerequisite: ANT 2410. This course is an introduction to symbolic approaches in anthropology and the study of ritual. It critically analyzes conceptual mechanisms that anthropologists use in analyzing symbolic activity. Material comes from various parts of the world.

ANT 4277. Human Conflict: Theory and Resolution (3). This course provides an introduction to the nature of and theories concerning human conflict from the interdisciplinary perspectives of biological and cultural anthropology, political economy, and the history of warfare. Particular emphasis is placed upon cross-cultural applications.

ANT 4302. Sex Roles in Cross–Cultural Perspective (3). Prerequisite: ANT 2410. This course explores sex roles in anthropological perspective with emphasis on data from archaeology and ethnology. Special emphasis on the interpretation of sex roles by anthropologists in the field.

ANT 4309. Conquest of the Americas (3). This course examines the conquest of the Americas. It explores the arts of domination, power, and resistance and specific historical encounters where such arts are employed.

ANT 4323. Peoples and Cultures of Mexico and Central America (3). This course provides an overview of Mexico and Central America and the multiplicity of cultural and linguistic groups within the developing modern nations from an anthropological viewpoint. It discusses cultural values and the problems of reconciling modern society with traditional peasant and indigenous ethnic groups, as well as institutions such as kinship and the family; technology, work, and ecological adaptations; social organization, political integration, religion, and ceremonial life.

ANT 4337. Peoples and Cultures of Amazonia (3). This course explores problems of similarity, difference, divinity, and nature/culture in Amazonia. It addresses the conceptual problem of where one culture ends and another begins with regard to Amazonian peoples. Topics include regional networks of trade, similar knowledge systems, shamanism, rainforest ecosystems, and social organization.

ANT 4352. Peoples and Cultures of Africa (3). This course is a survey of African peoples and cultures, emphasizing the sub-Saharan region. Topics studied include geography, prehistory, history, religion, political economy, kinship, gender, and marriage as well as contemporary issues in the anthropology of Africa.

ANT 4363. Japanese Society and Culture (3). This course is intended to be an anthropological introduction to Japan. It aims to clarify the origins of Japanese culture and people, to interpret its cultural history from the earliest times to the present, and to account for the relationship among the components of culture such as ideology, social structure, personality formation, and economic development.

ANT 4422. Kinship and Social Organization (3). This course surveys anthropological thought and practice (theory and methods) with respect to kinship and related forms of social organization, including the classification and analysis of kinship systems and associated terminology, patterns of marriage and residence, descent theory and alliance theory, and the role of kinship in different social systems.

ANT 4462. Introduction to Medical Anthropology (3). This course is an investigation of different medical systems and their practitioners, the ecology of health, illness, human adaptation, nutrition, and the life cycle.

ANT 4525. Human Osteology (3). Prerequisite: ANT 2511 or instructor permission. This course is designed to acquaint the student with each of the bones of the normal adult human skeleton. It is particularly appropriate for those students interested in archaeology and physical anthropology. Each bone is examined, followed by a review of abnormal variations. The uses of anthropometric instruments are demonstrated as are the methods of estimating age, sex, and racial origin.

ANT 4533. The Anthropology of Infancy (3). Prerequisite: ANT 2511 or instructor permission. This course provides an overview of the early phase of the life cycle. It uses data and theory from biological anthropology, primate ethology, evolutionary psychology, and sociocultural anthropology to provide nontraditional perspective on human development and its interface with the caretaking behavior of adults.

ANT 4552. Primate Behavior (3). Prerequisite: ANT 2511 or instructor permission. This course introduces the substantial scholarly literature on the behavior and ecology of free-ranging prosimians, monkeys, and apes. Anthropological applications of recent findings are emphasized.

ANT 4553. The Great Apes (3). Prerequisite: ANT 2511 or instructor permission. This course focuses on the behavior and ecology of the large-bodied, non-human hominoids: chimpanzees, bonobos, gorillas, and orangutans. It also introduces the complexities involved in using this evidence to draw conclusions about human evolution.

ANT 4586. Human Evolution (3). Prerequisite: ANT 2511 or instructor permission. This course emphasizes a close examination of the fossil record for human evolution. It builds on basic principles and ideas presented in ANT 2511.

ANT 4611. Linguistic Prehistory (3). This course introduces underlying concepts and methodology of cross-disciplinary studies that use linguistic data in the investigation of prehistory. Selected case studies convey some of the results of such research. The development of language families is seen as the result of social processes, which may also be reflected in the archaeological record leading to the possibility of discovering and interpreting correlations between these two (and other) lines of evidence.

ANT 4640. Sociolinguistics (3). Prerequisite: ANT 3610. This course provides students with an understanding of the role language plays in society as a means of communication and as a social diacritic, as well as a primary vehicle of enculturation and acculturation. Topics include the methodology and theoretical foundations of sociolinguistics, linguistic variation in a social context, social and geographical dialects, bi- and multilingualism, and literacy and language planning, as featured in case studies from around the world.

ANT 4824. Anthropological Fieldwork: Archaeology (9). Prerequisite: ANT 3101. This course trains students in the principles and methods of archaeological fieldwork, including research strategy development, recovery, recording and controls, sampling strategy, mapping, surveying, laboratory analysis, quantification, and report preparation. This is an intern-type course, sometimes requiring the student to live off-campus.

ANT 4907r. Directed Independent Study (1–3). May be repeated to a maximum of twelve semester hours.

ANT 4914r. Honors Work (1–3). May be repeated to a maximum of nine semester hours.

ANT 4930r. Special Topics in Anthropology (1–3). This course deals with specialized subjects and topics in anthropology. Topics may vary. May be repeated to a maximum of nine semester hours when topics vary. May be repeated within the same semester.

LIN 4030. Introduction to Historical Linguistics (3). This course is designed to familiarize students with the world language families, notion of relatedness, sound correspondence, comparative method, internal reconstruction, and the reconstruction of the Proto-Indo-European languages. Several theories of sound change are also discussed.

LIN 4040. Introduction to Descriptive Linguistics (3). This course attempts to develop an understanding of the organization of language, to provide tools and techniques for describing language data, and to examine various models of linguistic description.

Graduate Courses

ANG 5091. Seminar in Research Methods (3).

ANG 5115. Seminar in Archaeology (3).

ANG 5116. Regional Analysis in Archaeology (3).

ANG 5117. Core Seminar in Archaeology (3).

ANG 5124. Archaeobotany (3).

ANG 5129. Wetlands Archaeology (3).

ANG 5134. Nautical Archaeology of the Americas (3).

ANG 5137. Nautical Archaeology: Global View (3).

ANG 5145. Origins of Complex Society (3).

ANG 5155. Archaeology of the Southeastern United States (3).

ANG 5172. Historic Archaeology (3).

ANG 5194r. Analysis and Interpretation of Archaeological Research (3).

ANG 5240. Anthropology of Religion (3).

ANG 5242. Symbol and Ritual (3).

ANG 5266. Economic Anthropology (3).

ANG 5275. Human Conflict: Theory and Resolution (3).

ANG 5309. Conquest of the Americas (3).

ANG 5352. Peoples and Cultures of Africa (3).

ANG 5426. Kinship and Social Organization (3).

ANG 5471. Technology and Social Change (3).

ANG 5478. Cultural Evolution (3).

ANG 5491r. Seminar in Social Anthropology (3).

ANG 5493. Core Seminar in Culture Anthropology (3).

ANG 5511r. Seminar in Physical Anthropology (3).

ANG 5513. Core Seminar in Physical Anthropology (3).

ANG 5580. Biocultural Adaptation and Paleodemography (3).

ANG 5581. Method and Theory in Human Biology (3).

ANG 5611. Linguistic Prehistory (3).

ANG 5641. Ethnopoetics (3).

ANG 5675. Core Seminar in Linguistic Anthropology (3).

ANG 5677r. Seminar in Linguistic Anthropology (3).

ANG 5737. Medical Anthropology (3).

ANG 5824r. Anthropological Fieldwork: Archaeology (1–9).

ANG 5901. Field Methods in Cultural Anthropology (3).

ANG 5905r. Directed Individual Study (1–3). (S/U grade only.)

ANG 5906r. Directed Individual Study (1–3).

ANG 5910r. Supervised Research (1–3). (S/U grade only.)

ANG 5940r. Supervised Teaching (1–3). (S/U grade only.)

ANG 5942r. Internship in Museum Studies (3–9).

ANG 5971r. Master's Thesis (1–6). (S/U grade only.)

ANG 5976. Master's Thesis Defense (0). (S/U grade only.)

ANG 6484. Cultural Analysis (3).

ANG 6907r. Directed Independent Study (1–3).

ANG 6908r. Directed Independent Study (1–3).

ANG 6930r. Advanced Seminar in Anthropology (3).

ANG 6980r. Dissertation (1–12).

ANG 8964. Doctoral Qualifying Examination (0).

ANG 8966r. Master's Comprehensive Examination (0).

ANG 8985. Defense of Dissertation (0).

ANG 5110. Seminar in Archaeological Method and Theory (3).

ANG 5163. Regional Civilizations in Ancient Mesoamerica (3).

APPLIED POLITICS:

see Graduate Bulletin

ARABIC:

see Modern Languages and Linguistics

ARCHAEOLOGY:

see Anthropology