ANT 112. Introduction to Archaeology. (3 h)

Overview of the field of archaeology and its place within anthropology. Includes coverage of methods, theory, history of the field, ethical issues, and discussions of major transitions in world history.  (CD, D, SWC)

ANT 113. Introduction to Biological Anthropology. (3 h)

Introduction to biological anthropology, including human biology, human variation, human genetics, human evolution, and primatology. (D)

ANT 114. Introduction to Cultural Anthropology. (3 h)

Investigates and interprets the cultural diversity of the world's people, through an understanding of economic, social, and political systems, law, and religion; language and culture; gender, race, ethnicity, kinship and the family; and culture change.  (CD, D, POR, SWC)

ANT 115. Language, Culture, and Power: Linguistic Anthropology. (3 h)

Covers theoretical and methodological approaches to the study of language and culture, including: semiotics, the ethnography of communication, discourse analysis, and sociolinguistics. Topics include: linguistic relativity, grammar and worldview, language use and social inequality, and language and gender. Also listed as LIN 115. (D, POR)

ANT 150. Introduction to Linguistics. (3 h)

The social phenomenon of language: how it originated and developed, how it is learned and used, its relationship to other kinds of behavior; types of language (oral, written, signed) and language families; analysis of linguistic data; social issues of language use. Also listed as LIN 150. (CD, D)

ANT 190. Introduction to Museum Studies. (3 h)

Survey of museum history and theory. Covers object collections, curation, exhibit design, and cutlural issues in museums. Does not count toward the major or minor in anthropology.

ANT 305. Museum Anthropology. (3 h)

Examines the historical, social, and ideological forces shaping the development of museums including the formation of anthropological collections and representation, and the intellectual and social challenges facing museums today. P - ANT 112 or 114, or prerequisite override required. (SWC)

ANT 308. Archaeological Theory and Practice. (3 h)

Building knowledge relevant to contemporary society through understanding the interdependent nature of archaeological theory and method. Examination of contemporary archaeological topics through participation in the formulation and implementation of an archaeological research design.

ANT 315. Artifact Analysis and Laboratory Methods in Archaeology. (4 h)

An introduction to methods for determining the composition, age, manufacture, and use of different prehistoric and historic artifact types. Techniques for reconstruction of past natural environments from geological or ecofact samples. Exploration of data display tools including computer-based illustration, and archeological photography. P-ANT 112 or 114, or prerequisite override required.

ANT 318. Prehistory and Archaeology of Europe. (3 h)

Problem-based survey of the archaeological record of Europe. Complex interrelationships of material culture, economy, ideology, and social life from earliest peopling to the late Iron Age. Offered only in WFU Study Abroad programs.

ANT 325. Roots of Racism: Race and Ethnic Diversity in the U.S.. (3 h)

Examines biological myths of race and race as a social construction; historical, economic, and political roots of inequalities; institutions and ideologies that buttress and challenge power relations; and implications of anthropological teaching and research for understanding social class and race discrimination in the U.S. Credit not allowed for both ANT 325 and AES 251/WGS 251, Cross-listed as AAS 325. (CD, POR)

ANT 327. Global Justice and Human Rights in Latin America. (3 h)

Examines anthropological understandings of human rights, with emphasis on activism and rights-in-practice in Latin America. Explores how human rights are understood, mobilized, and reinterpreted in specific contexts. Investigates how anthropologists negotiate tensions between culture and rights, universalism and relativism, and advocacy and neutrality. (CD)

ANT 329. Anthropology of Gender and Sexuality. (3 h)

Examines cultural constructions of gender and sexuality from a cross-cultural perspective and the relationship between gender and sexuality and anthropology through time. Emphasizes how varied forms of feminisms are constituted within diverse social, cultural, and economic systems. Also listed as WGS 329.

ANT 333. Language and Gender. (3 h)

Uses an anthropological perspective to examine relationships among language structure, language use, persons, and social categories.  Also listed as LIN 333.

ANT 334. People and Cultures of South Asia. (3 h)

Surveys of the peoples and cultures of the Indian subcontinent in the countries of Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. The course reviews major topics of interest to anthropologists, including prehistory, history and politics, religion, social organization, caste, gender, development, and population. (CD)

ANT 335. Anthropology of Space and Place in the U.S.. (3-4 h)

Course examines the spatial dimensions of culture by focusing on inequalities in the built environment. Particular attention is paid to the cultural, gendered, economic, political, and regional contexts of housing policies and the impact policies have on children, families and communities. Course includes an optional Service-Learning community asset mapping assignment of a local Winston-Salem neighborhood. Only offered for 3 or 4 hours.

ANT 336. Myth, Ritual, and Symbolism. (3 h)

Explores how people envision and manipulate the supernatural in crosscultural perspective. Emphasizes dynamic aspects of religious beliefs and practices. P-ANT 114 or prerequisite override required. (CD)

ANT 337. Economic Anthropology. (3 h)

Examines the relationship between culture and the economy. The variable nature and meaning of economic behavior will be examined in societies ranging from non-industrial to post-industrial. Discusses the impact of economic development programs, foreign aid and investment, technology transfer, and a variety of other economic aid programs. P-ANT 112 or 113 or 114, or prerequisite override required.

ANT 338. Cyborg Anthropology. (3 h)

Examines what it means to be human—present and future—in the age of artificial intelligence and climate change. Topics include robots, microbes, pollution, data and biometrics, social media, outer space, and the end of the world. Introduces science and technology studies. (POR)

ANT 339. Culture and Nature: Introduction to Environmental Anthropology. (3 h)

Exploration of humanity's 'place' in the cosmos, focusing on different worldviews of nature and culture. Case studies from anthropology, archeology, and environmental science examine conceptions of technology, resources, environment, and ownership in the context of environmental change, 'natural' disasters, and resource scarcity.

ANT 340. Anthropological Theory. (4 h)

Critical review of the major anthropological theories of humans and society. The relevance and significance of these theories to contemporary anthropology are discussed. P-ANT 112 and 113 and 114, or prerequisite override required.

ANT 342. Applied Anthropology. (3 h)

Explores the application of anthropological concepts and methods in the understanding of contemporary problems. (CD)

ANT 350. Language, Indigeneity and Globalization. (3 h)

Taking a global case-study approach, this seminar explores the role language plays in contemporary identity formation and expression, from indigenous to transnational contexts. Addresses relationships among language and colonialism, postcolonialism, nationalism, cultural revitalization, standardization, social and economic inequality, boundary-formation, and processes of cultural inclusion and exclusion. Also listed as LIN 350. (CD)

ANT 353. Language in Education. (3 h)

This seminar explores the role of language in educational contexts; includes the study of bilingual and bicultural education, second language education, cross-cultural education, and communication in the classroom. Service-learning component. Also listed as EDU 353. (CD)

ANT 354. Field Methods in Linguistic Anthropology. (4 h)

Trains students in basic skills of collectiong and analyzing linguistic data at the levels of phonetics-phonology, grammar, lexico-semantics, discourse, and sociocultural context. Students will learn about the research questions that drive linguistic fieldwork as well as the relevant methods, tools, and practical and ethical concerns. Also listed as LIN 354. P-ANT 150/LIN 150 or prerequisite override required.

ANT 356. Language and Social Justice: Signs, Stigma and Social Capital. (3 h)

Explores contemporary topics on how language use creates, sustains, justifies, resists, and alters social and economic inequality; constitutes social action; embeds social orders in linguistic structures. Course is collaborative, hands-on, seminar-style. Also listed as LIN 356. (CD)

ANT 358. Native Cultures of North America. (3 h)

Ethnography and ethnohistory of the indigenous peoples and cultures of North America since European contact. Explores historic and contemporary  cultures, social and political relationships with Euroamericans, and social justice issues. (CD)

ANT 360. Anthropology of Global Health. (3 h)

A critical introduction to the interdisciplinary field of global health, focusing on contributions from medical anthropology. Compares a diversity of health experiences and evaluates interventions across the globe. Explores how biocultural, political, and economic forces shape patterns of illness and disease with special attention to improving the health of the world's most vulnerable citizens.

ANT 361. Evolution and Human Behavior. (3 h)

Examines human behavior in light of our shared evolutionary history with apes. Includes explorations of aggression, cooperation, family structures, hierarchy, risk-taking, and other biocultural phenomena influencing our daily lives.

ANT 362. Medical Anthropology. (3 h)

Examines conceptions of health, illness, the roles of patient and healer, and the organization of health in diverse cultural contexts. Service learning optional. P-ANT 114, or prerequisite override required. (CD)

ANT 366. Human Evolution. (3 h)

The paleontological evidence for early human evolution, with an emphasis on the first five million years of bio-cultural evolution.

ANT 367. Human Biological Diversity. (3 h)

Seminar focusing on current issues in human biological diversity. Special emphasis on the nature of human variation, and the relationship between human biological diversity and human behavioral diversity. Students learn what is known about how modern human biological variation is patterned, and investigate how this variation is intrepreted culturally.

ANT 368. Human Osteology. (4 h)

Survey and analysis of human skeletal anatomy, emphasizing archeological, anthropological, and forensic applications and practice. Lab-4 hours.

ANT 370. Origins to Empires: The Archaeology of Africa and Eurasia. (3 h)

Survey of human history from the earliest hominin social behaviors to the rise of cultural complexity and stratified societies in Africa, Asia, and Europe. Detailed examination of the cultural evolution of state societies within important contexts of past environmental, social, and political change. (CD)

ANT 371. Ritual and Religion, Past and Present. (3 h)

Explores theoretical and methodological approaches to the study of ritual and religion, with a focus on archaeology and material culture.

ANT 372. Environmental Archaeology. (3 h)

Survey of scientific approaches for reconstructing and interpreting the interactions between past human populations and their environments. Integrates geoarchaeological, archaeobotanical, zooarchaeological, and geochronological methods with anthropological understandings of human construction and experience of environment. Problem-based field activities provide experience applying research techniques and anthropological theory.

ANT 373. Olmec to Inca: States of the Americas. (3 h)

Examines complex societies, cities, states, and empires that developed in the Americas before European contact, using archaeological and historical evidence. Explores Indigenous American strategies of governance and sociopolitical organization. (SWC)

ANT 374. North American Archaeology. (3 h)

The development of indigenous cultures in North America, from the earliest arrival of people to European contact as outlined by archeological research, with an emphasis on ecology and sociocultural processes. (CD)

ANT 381. Field Program in Anthropological Archeology. (3 h)

Integrated training in archeological field methods and analytical techniques for researching human history. Students learn archeological survey, mapping, excavation, recording techniques, and artifact and ecofact recovery and analysis. P-ANT  112 or 113 or 114 or prerequisite override required. (D)

ANT 382. Field Program in Anthropological Archeology. (3 h)

Integrated training in archeological field methods and analytical techniques for researching human history. Students learn archeological survey, mapping, excavation, recording techniques, and artifact and ecofact recovery and analysis. P-ANT  112 or 113 or 114 or prerequisite override required. (D)

ANT 383. Field Program in Cultural Anthropology. (3 h)

The comparative study of culture and training in ethnographic and cultural analysis carried out in the field. P-ANT 112 or 113 or 114 or prerequisite override required. (CD, D)

ANT 384. Field Program in Cultural Anthropology. (3 h)

The comparative study of culture and training in ethnographic and cultural analysis carried out in the field. P-ANT 112 or 113 or 114 or prerequisite override required. (CD, D)

ANT 385. Special Problems Seminar. (3 h)

Intensive investigation of current scientific research within the discipline. The course concentrates on problems of contemporary interest. May be repeated for credit.

ANT 386. Special Problems Seminar. (3 h)

Intensive investigation of current scientific research within the discipline. The course concentrates on problems of contemporary interest. May be repeated for credit.

ANT 387. Ethnographic Research Methods. (4 h)

Designed to familiarize students with ethnographic research methods and their application. Considers the epistemological, ethical, political, and psychological aspects of research. Field experience and data analysis. P-ANT 114 or prerequisite override required.

ANT 390. Student-Faculty Seminar. (4 h)

A review of contemporary problems in the fields of archeology, linguistics, and biological and cultural anthropology. Senior standing recommended. P-ANT 112, 113 and 114, or prerequisite override required.

ANT 391. Internship in Anthropology. (1-3 h)

An internship course designed to meet the needs and interests of selected students, to be carried out under the supervision of a departmental faculty member. May be repeated for credit. P-Prerequisite override required.

ANT 392. Internship in Anthropology. (1-3 h)

An internship course designed to meet the needs and interests of selected students, to be carried out under the supervision of a departmental faculty member. May be repeated for credit. P-Prerequisite override required.

ANT 393. Community-Based Research or Service-Learning in Anthropology. (1-3 h)

Semester experience to be taken in conjunction with another anthropology course. Involves the application of anthropological methods and theory within a community-based research project or service-learning framework.

ANT 394. Mentored Research in Anthropology. (1-3 h)

Undergraduate research mentored by faculty and involving intensive investigation of an anthropological problem. P-Prerequisite override required.

ANT 395. Honors Thesis in Anthropology. (1-3 h)

Research, analysis, and writing of an Honors Thesis required for graduation with departmental honors to be carried out under the supervision of a departmental faculty member. Senior standing required. P-Prerequisite override required.

ANT 398. Individual Study. (1-3 h)

A reading or research course designed to meet the needs and interests of selected students, to be carried out under the supervision of a departmental faculty member. May be repeated for credit. P-Prerequisite override required.

ANT 399. Individual Study. (1-3 h)

A reading or research course designed to meet the needs and interests of selected students, to be carried out under the supervision of a departmental faculty member. May be repeated for credit. P-Prerequisite override required.