Florida State University 2008-2009 General Bulletin Undergraduate Edition
Department of Anthropology
College of Arts and Sciences
Chair:TBA; Professors: Doran, Falk, Marlowe, Pohl; Associate Professors: Marrinan, Parkinson, Peters, Schepartz, Uzendoski, Ward; Assistant Professors: Hellweg; Professors Emeriti: Grindal, Ho, Paredes; Courtesy Professor: Pullen
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 subdisciplines. 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 undergraduate major provides a rigorous course of study intended to prepare students for graduate study in any one of the subfields of anthropology. The major also provides 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 anthropology majors 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 detailed information about the anthropology major and the department, 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 course prerequisites for this University degree program. These prerequisites are lower-level courses that are required for preparation for the University major prior to a student receiving a baccalaureate degree from Florida State University. They may be taken either at a community college or in a university lower-division program. It is preferred that these common course prerequisites be completed in the freshman and sophomore years.
The following lists the common course prerequisites or approved substitutions necessary for this degree program:
1. Two introductory courses for six (6) semester hours in anthropology (ANT prefix). See the department for details.
Requirements for a Major in Anthropology
Please review all college-wide requirements summarized in the "College of Arts and Sciences" chapter of this General Bulletin. For the Bachelor of Science (BS) degree in anthropology, the requirements listed below, along with the requirements of the College of Arts and Sciences, must be fulfilled. Of the upper division hours (3000 and 4000-level classes), nine (9) semester hours in the humanities and history are required for the Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree.
Major
To complete a BA or BS degree with a major in anthropology, a student must take, in addition to other college requirements, thirty-two (32) semester hours of anthropology courses, including the following: ANT 2100, 2100L, 2410, 2511, 2511L, and 3610, and fifteen (15) semester hours of work at the 4000 level of which ANT 4034 (History of Anthropology) must be included. No more than three (3) semester hours of credit in fieldwork courses and no hours of directed individual study (DIS) or satisfactory/unsatisfactory (S/U) credits may be used to meet the specific requirement of fifteen (15) semester hours of work at the 4000 level, except upon approval of a petition to the department chair. LIN 4030 and 4040 may be counted as equivalents of courses designated as ANT for purposes of completing the undergraduate major requirement of thirty-two (32) semester hours in the department, but no more than three (3) semester hours of LIN courses will be counted toward completion of the specific requirement of fifteen (15) semester hours of work at the 4000 level. No anthropology course for which the student receives a grade below "C–" may be counted toward satisfaction of the major requirements.
Minor
The anthropology department requires the completion of a minor of twelve (12) semester hours in a related department or program. Courses in which a student receives a grade below "C–" will not be counted toward the minor.
Honors
The Department of Anthropology offers a program in honors in the major to encourage talented juniors and seniors to undertake independent and original research as part of the undergraduate experience. For requirements and other information, see the "University Honors Office and Honor Societies" chapter of this General Bulletin, or visit http://www.anthro.fsu.edu.
Requirements for a Minor in Anthropology
Twelve (12) 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). 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). The 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 2585. 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). This fundamentals 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). 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 3610. Language and Culture (3). An introduction to and examination of human language, its relation to perception and cognition, and its role in social interaction. This will include verbal as well as nonverbal communication modes, their variety and complexity, the evolution of language, and language change.
ANT 3740. 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 4034. History of Anthropology (3). This is a survey course 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 4082. Technology and Social Change (3). This course introduces students to anthropological approaches to the study of technology. The goal is to explore the systemic relationship between technological developments and economics, politics, and social structure both in the past and present.
ANT 4122. Wetlands Archaeology (3). 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 4125. Paleonutrition (3). Methods in reconstruction of past economic behavior/diet. Includes lab work in identification/analysis of faunal remains.
ANT 4133. Introduction to Underwater Archaeology (3). 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). Students will study 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). In this course, students will study 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). 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). 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). 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). 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). Each topic focuses on a regional civilization of ancient Mesoamerica (such as Maya, Olmec, or Mixtec). 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 (9) semester hours.
ANT 4167. Maya Hieroglyphic Writing (3). This course presents the principles of classic Maya hieroglyphic writing, its history, and methods of its decipherment. Classic Maya mathematics are also introduced, as are calendrics and astronomy, Maya grammar and text structure, and a survey of monumental texts from selected sites.
ANT 4175. Archaeology of the Islamic World (3). 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 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 (9) semester hours.
ANT 4241. Anthropology of Religion (3). 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). 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 4269. Economic and Ecological Approaches in Anthropology (3). Seminar on current literature and theories in ecological and economic anthropology, including debate between cultural ecologists and structural Marxists, and between archaeology and related disciplines (landscape geography, social anthropology). Selected topics related to consumption, commodities, exchange, and gender.
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). 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). 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. 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). A survey of African peoples and cultures, emphasizing the sub-Saharan region. Topics to be studied include geography, prehistory, history, religion, political economy, kinship, gender, and marriage. 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 4465. 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 4552. Primate Behavior (3). Prerequisite: ANT 2511 or instructor permission. Introduces the substantial scholarly literature on the behavior and ecology of free-ranging prosimians, monkeys, and apes. Anthropological applications of recent findings will be emphasized.
ANT 4553. The Great Apes (3). Prerequisite: ANT 2511 or instructor permission. Focuses on the behavior and ecology of the large-bodied, non-human hominoids: chimpanzees, bonobos, gorillas, and orangutans. Introduces the complexities involved in using this evidence to draw conclusions about human evolution.
ANT 4563. The Anthropology of Infancy (3). Prerequisite: ANT 2511 or instructor permission. An overview of human nature during this early phase of the life cycle. Uses data and theory from biological anthropology, primate ethology, evolutionary psychology, and sociocultural anthropology to provide a nontraditional perspective on human development and its interface with the caretaking behavior of adults.
ANT 4586. Human Evolution (3). Prerequisite: ANT2511 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). 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 4835. Anthropological Fieldwork: Underwater Archaeology (6). Prerequisite: ANT 4824. An introduction to the specialized methods and concepts of underwater archaeology. Successful completion of a certified divers program will be required of all students who wish to enter underwater environments. The course consists of both lecture and field sessions with reading assignments in selected texts. Specialists in various related disciplines will give presentations to the class as the course progresses. The field sessions will be at selected sites in the state of Florida and adjoining areas, and will involve diving activities at prehistoric Indian sites and/or shipwreck locations in Florida waters.
ANT 4907r. Directed Independent Study (1–3). May be repeated to a maximum of twelve (12) semester hours.
ANT 4914r. Honors Work (1–3). May be repeated to a maximum of nine (9) semester hours.
ANT 4930r. Special Topics in Anthropology (1–3). Specialized subjects and topics in anthropology. Topics may vary. May be repeated to a maximum of nine (9) semester hours when topics vary. May be repeated in 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 5001. Proseminar (1). (S/U grade only.)
ANG 5091. Seminar in Research Methods (3).
ANG 5115. Seminar in Archaeological Method and Theory (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 5136. Ship Construction: Dugouts to Steamboats (3)
ANG 5137. Nautical Archaeology: Global View (3).
ANG 5138. Ship Research and Reconstruction (3).
ANG 5145. Origins of Complex Society (3).
ANG 5155. Archaeology of the Southeastern United States (3).
ANG 5169r. Regional Civilizations in Ancient Mesoamerica (3).
ANG 5172. Historic Archaeology (3).
ANG 5193r. Seminar in Archaeology (3).
ANG 5194r. Analysis and Interpretation of Archaeological Research (3).
ANG 5196. Public Archaeology (3).
ANG 5240. Anthropology of Religion (3).
ANG 5242. Symbol and Ritual (3).
ANG 5246. Contemporary Folk Religion (3).
ANG 5269. Economic Anthropology (3).
ANG 5275. Human Conflict: Theory and Resolution (3).
ANG 5309. Conquest of the Americas (3).
ANG 5337. Peoples and Cultures of Amazonia (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).