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2020-2021 Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Course Descriptions

 

Anthropology
  

  • ANTH 213 Language and Culture

    Introduction to the anthropological study of language and communicative behavior. Examines basic concepts underlying linguistic analysis and reviews anthropological studies of conversational practice and social variation in language and speech. Part of introductory sequence (ANTH 213, ANTH 214 , ANTH 215  and ANTH 216 ) which may be taken in any order.
    Credits: 4
    Exploring Knowledge: Social, Historic, and Civic Perspectives


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  • ANTH 214 Physical Anthropology

    Biological aspects of the human experience, especially interactions between biology and culture. A review of the modern synthetic theory of evolution; fossil evidence of early primate and hominid populations; the mechanisms of heredity, human variation and adaptation; and the development of culture in human evolution. Part of introductory sequence (ANTH 213 , 214, ANTH 215  and ANTH 216 ) which may be taken in any order.
    Credits: 4
    Exploring Knowledge: Social, Historic, and Civic Perspectives


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  • ANTH 215 Archaeology

    Understanding the human past through the study of material remains. A review of the methods used to collect and analyze data and the theories used to construct chronologies, reconstruct ancient life styles and explain the processes of cultural evolution. Part of introductory sequence (ANTH 213 , ANTH 214 , 215 and ANTH 216 ) which may be taken in any order.
    Credits: 4
    Exploring Knowledge: Social, Historic, and Civic Perspectives


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  • ANTH 310 World Prehistory

    A survey of human cultural evolution worldwide over the past 4 million years up to the beginnings of written records. Examines archaeological evidence for the invention of language and art, the evolution of technology, the peopling of the New World, the invention of agriculture and the origins of cities.
    Credits: 4


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  • ANTH 322 Forensic Anthropology

    Examines the role of the forensic anthropologist and history of the discipline. Students become familiar with the goals, techniques and broader applications of forensic anthropology.
    Meets for four hours per week following an integrated lecture-lab format with 40% of the scheduled class time dedicated to experiential lab-oriented exercies.
    Credits: 4
    Exploring Knowledge: Scientific Perspectives


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  • ANTH 328 Forensic Osteology

    Hands-on experience in identification of complete and fragmentary human skeletal and dental remains. Topics will also include growth and development of osseous and dental structures, variation in osseous tissues and modification of these tissues through traumatic, pathologic and taphonomic factors.
    Credits: 4


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  • ANTH 329 Archaeological Resources: Policies and Procedures

    Traces the history of federal and local historic preservation/cultural resource management legislation and regulations. Topics include the merging of archaeology with historic preservation, how laws are made, how archaeological resources are protected on public land and political issues involving Native American concerns.
    Credits: 4


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  • ANTH 369 Evolution of Ethnographic Film

    Examines the place of the visual in anthropological analysis. Introduces some of the techniques and theories used to analyze visual images. Students investigate aspects of visual anthropology through readings, discussions, independent research and projects.
    Credits: 4
    Integrating Knowledge Science, Technology, and Society


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  • ANTH 370 Women Hold Up Half the Sky

    Similarities and differences in women’s lives in a variety of cultures around the world. Evolutionary and historical precedents for contemporary patterns of gender role construction; economic, social and ideological challenges to women seeking change in existing gender hierarchies.
    Credits: 4
    Integrating Knowledge Citizenship, Social Responsibility, and Global Awareness


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  • ANTH 372 Social Constructions of Race

    Critical perspective on racial/ethnic categorizations. Through lectures, discussions, readings and films, students become acquainted with the social, cultural, historical and evolutionary context of modern human diversity.
    Credits: 4
    Integrating Knowledge Citizenship, Social Responsibility, and Global Awareness


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  • ANTH 374 Cultures of South Asia

    Course introduces the societies and cultures of South Asia, forces shaping contemporary life, and core themes in the anthropological literature. Topics include caste and hierarchy, colonialism and postcolonial politics, religion, nationalism, violence and peace, international development and bureaucracy, and globalization. Introduction to Cultural Anthropology or Introduction to Linguistic Anthropology strongly recommended.
    Credits: 4


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  • ANTH 376 Cultures of South Asia

    Samples the rich anthropological literature on the cultures of South Asia, with an emphasis on ethnographic works as well as fiction, film and other media. Students gain familiarity with a range of social contexts and issues along with the major concepts and debates in the anthropological study of the region.
    Credits: 4
    Integrating Knowledge Citizenship, Social Responsibility, and Global Awareness


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  • ANTH 380 Africa

    Survey of African societies that compares classic and contemporary anthropological texts. The goal is to come to an anthropological understanding of how political, economic, historical and cultural factors shape contemporary African societies.
    Credits: 4
    Integrating Knowledge Citizenship, Social Responsibility, and Global Awareness


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  • ANTH 386 Anthropology of Muslim Societies

    Introduction to the anthropology of Muslim societies through a series of ethnographic readings. Explores the diversity of Islamic thought and practice. Key themes include ritual and everyday life, gender and popular culture, and Islamic fundamentalism and modernity.
    Credits: 4
    Integrating Knowledge Citizenship, Social Responsibility, and Global Awareness


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  • ANTH 390 Development and Humanitarianism

    Course explores the history of international development aid, major critiques of development, and ethnographic accounts of development encounters. We also examine the politics of humanitarian aid, from the creation of crises to problematic applications of the idea of ‘humanity.’ Introduction to Cultural Anthropology or Introduction to Linguistic Anthropology strongly recommended.
    Credits: 4


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  • ANTH 392 Applied Anthropology

    Applies insights from cultural anthropology to contemporary social issues. Explores diverse frameworks for approaching solutions to real-world problems and reviews ethical, methodological and career-track issues specific to applied anthropology.
    Credits: 4
    Integrating Knowledge Citizenship, Social Responsibility, and Global Awareness


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  • ANTH 410 Research Design

    Students identify and design an internship or field experience that will be written up as the Senior Project. In consultation with an adviser, students independently read background materials while they write a theoretically grounded research proposal.
    Credits: 4
    Prerequisite: Anthropology major and junior standing


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  • ANTH 413 Field Experience

    Working closely with an adviser, the student plans either an internship equivalent to at least 20 hours per week during 10 weeks or a study abroad term of at least eight weeks. Internship must have an applied anthropology focus; study abroad must provide a cross-cultural experience. A mid-term progress report and an end-term final report are required.
    Eligible for the RP grade option.
    Credits: 4
    Prerequisite: Anthropology major and junior standing or above


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  • ANTH 441 Forensic Archaeology and Taphonomy

    Introduction to forensic archaeology or the application of archaeological methods to the resolution of medicolegal issues. Students learn and apply search and recovery techniques. Students are introduced to forensic taphonomy or the subfield of forensic anthropology that examines how taphonomic forces have altered evidence subject to medicolegal investigation.
    Credits: 4
    Prerequisite: ANTH 322  and CJ 328  


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  • ANTH 442 Readings in Forensic Anthropology

    Individualized course designed to meet the student’s special interests in an area of forensic anthropology. Students will be assigned readings but also conduct literary research and present on a variety of special topics within forensic anthropology, ranging from the latest techniques in the analysis and interpretation of bones to role of the forensic anthropologist in the mass fatality incidents.
    Credits: 4


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  • ANTH 443 Advanced Forensic Anthropology

    Forensic anthropology is the application of the techniques of biological anthropology to human skeletal remains of forensic significance. In this course we delve deeper into the methods used in forensic anthropology, and the biological, historical, and methodological theory behind their development. Students will gain practical hands-on experience working with human skeletal materials through analysis and present their findings. Topics may vary but include the history of forensic anthropology as a discipline, forensic search and recovery, taphonomy, and further estimation of age, sex, stature, and ancestry from skeletal remains.
    Credits: 4
    Prerequisite: ANTH 322  or CJ 322  


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  • ANTH 455 Evolution of the Human Diet

    Examines food ways across time and space, from a holistic perspective. Will discuss how biology and culture have interacted throughout our evolution forming biocultural interface with our food ways, the meanings and values associated with food structure identity and our relationships with natural and social environments.
    Credits: 4


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  • ANTH 494 Northwest Native Nations

    A survey of indigenous peoples of Northwestern North America, including the Northwest Coast, the Columbia-Fraser Plateau and the Great Basin. Emphasis on adaptation to particular environments and interactions with other cultures in both pre- and post-contact periods.
    Credits: 4
    Integrating Knowledge Science, Technology, and Society


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Art Education
  
  
  
  
  

American Sign Language Studies
  

  • ASL 101 American Sign Language I

    The first in a related series of courses that focus on the use and study of American Sign Language (ASL), the language that is widely used by Deaf Americans. This course includes basic ASL vocabulary, grammatical structures and conversational behaviors. Students are introduced to the values and beliefs shared by members of Deaf Culture and the behavioral norms of the Deaf Community.
    Credits: 3-4
    Foundational Skills: Communication and Language


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  • ASL 102 American Sign Language II

    Second in a related series of courses that focus on the use and study of ASL. This course includes intermediate ASL vocabulary, grammatical structures and conversational behaviors. Special emphasis on developing more awareness of the cultural values and beliefs shared by the Deaf Community.
    Credits: 3-4
    Prerequisite: ASL 101  with a grade of C- or better
    Foundational Skills: Communication and Language


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  • ASL 103 American Sign Language III

    Third in a related series of courses that focus on the use and study of ASL. Course includes intermediate ASL vocabulary, grammatical structures and conversational behaviors. Special emphasis on developing more awareness of the cultural values and beliefs shared by the Deaf Community.
    Credits: 3-4
    Prerequisite: ASL 102  with a grade of C- or better
    Foundational Skills: Communication and Language


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  • ASL 201 American Sign Language IV

    Fourth in a related series of courses that focus on the use and study of ASL. Course includes intermediate ASL vocabulary, grammatical structures and conversational behaviors. Special emphasis on developing more awareness of the cultural values and beliefs shared by the Deaf Community.
    Credits: 4
    Prerequisite: ASL 103  with a grade of C- or better
    Foundational Skills: Communication and Language


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  • ASL 202 American Sign Language V

    Fifth in a related series of courses that focus on the use and study of ASL. Course includes intermediate ASL vocabulary, grammatical structures and conversational behaviors. Special emphasis on developing more awareness of the cultural values and beliefs shared by the Deaf Community.
    Credits: 4
    Prerequisite: ASL 201  with a grade of C- or better
    Foundational Skills: Communication and Language


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  • ASL 203 American Sign Language VI

    Sixth in a related series of courses that focus on the use and study of ASL. Course includes intermediate ASL vocabulary, grammatical structures and conversational behaviors. Special emphasis on developing more awareness of the cultural values and beliefs shared by the Deaf Community.
    Credits: 4
    Prerequisite: ASL 202  with a grade of C- or better
    Foundational Skills: Communication and Language


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  • ASL 301 American Sign Language VII

    Seventh in a related series of courses that focus on the use and study of ASL. Course includes intermediate ASL vocabulary, grammatical structures and conversational behaviors. Special emphasis on developing more awareness of the cultural values and beliefs shared by the Deaf Community.
    Credits: 4
    Prerequisite: ASL 203  with a grade of B- or better or consent of instructor


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  • ASL 302 American Sign Language VIII

    Eighth in a related series of courses that focus on the use and study of ASL. Course includes intermediate ASL vocabulary, grammatical structures and conversational behaviors. Special emphasis on developing more awareness of the cultural values and beliefs shared by the Deaf Community.
    Credits: 4
    Prerequisite: ASL 301  with a grade of B- or better or consent of instructor


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  • ASL 303 American Sign Language IX

    Ninth in a related series of courses that focus on the use and study of ASL. Course includes intermediate ASL vocabulary, grammatical structures and conversational behaviors. Special emphasis on developing more awareness of the cultural values and beliefs shared by the Deaf Community.
    Credits: 4
    Prerequisite: ASL 302  with a grade of B- or better or consent of instructor


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  • ASL 327 Deaf Cinema History

    This course helps students to build on the prior knowledge gained from past courses and expands on the world of cinema. Specifically, on the Deaf cinema world. This course will discover the history of the Deaf films, Deaf performers, accessibility, barriers, successes, and controversies. Several assignments will be developed, such as critiques on films, and reviews by people.
    May be repeated three times for credit.
    Credits: 3
    Prerequisite: ASL 203  with a grade of C- or better


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  • ASL 330 Special Topics in American Sign Language

    Introduction to specific topics and content areas in ASL discourse. Topics include mathematics, history, science, art, sports, psychology, health, biology, computer and mental health/medical. Receptive and expressive skills in ASL will be enhanced. Skills related to research in sign language discourse will be introduced.
    Credits: 4
    Prerequisite: ASL 203  or consent of instructor


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  • ASL 340 Introduction to the Deaf Latino Community

    Focuses on issues of Deaf and Hard of Hearing Latinos in the U.S. and discover ways the Latino Deaf community can empower itself to become active players that promote leadership, advocacy, and education in the American community.
    May be repeated three times for credit.
    Credits: 3
    Prerequisite: ASL 203  or consent of instructor


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  • ASL 353 Linguistics of ASL

    Examines linguistic structural properties of American Sign Language including phonology, morphology, syntax and semantics and how signed languages differ and are similar to spoken languages. Students will be introduced to the linguistic and culturally based communication issues that impact the process between deaf and hearing people.
    Credits: 3
    Prerequisite: LING 310 , ASL 302  (may be taken concurrent with ASL 303 )


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  • ASL 415 American Sign Language Syntax and Semantics

    Focuses on the study of syntactic structure and its interaction with meaning. Word order, lexical categories, sentence types, clause structure, topicalization and sentences with transitive, intransitive and agreement verbs will be studied.
    Credits: 3
    Prerequisite: ASL 303  and ASL 353  with a grade of C or better in both classes or consent of instructor


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  • ASL 429 American Deaf History

    Introduction to history of the social, cultural, political, educational and social service aspects of the deaf community. Students examine the norms and values of deaf culture, the linguistic, educational, social and professional influences on the deaf community and ways deaf and hearing people interact in American society.
    Credits: 3


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  • ASL 435 Mentoring for ASL Specialists and Teachers

    Prepares experienced ASL specialists and teachers to become mentors and resource specialists for less experienced or entry-level ASL specialists and teachers. Special focus on various assessment and evaluation strategies applied to mentoring.
    Credits: 3
    Prerequisite: ASL 430  with a grade of B or better or consent of instructor


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  • ASL 460 Black American Sign Language

    This course primarily examines language use within the Black Deaf community in America. This course focuses on the history of Black Deaf American Sign Language, language variation and structure and its influence on the Black Deaf experience. It will concentrate on the development of an unique group of people, and carefully analyze intersectionalized identity and language use that can result from being part of both the Deaf community and the Black community. 
    May be repeated three times for credit.
    Credits: 3
    Prerequisite: ASL 353  or consent of instructor


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  • ASL 465 Black Deaf Culture

    This course primarily examines Black Deaf people in America. It focuses on the history, education, community, culture and psychological forces that influence the Black Deaf experience. It will concentrate on the social, political and cultural development of an unique group of people and carefully examine the intersectionalized identity that can result from being part of both the Deaf community and the Black community through a critical theory lens of oppression and resilience.
    Credits: 3


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  • ASL 470 DeafBlind Culture, Communication & Guiding

    Students will explore a variety of communication strategies that can contribute to their skill set as ASL/English interpreters and support service providers working with the deafblind community. Students will incorporate these strategies and personalize them depending on the individuals with whom they are working.
    Credits: 3
    Prerequisite: ASL 301  and INT 254  with a grade of B or better, or consent of instructor


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