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AN 101. Biological Anthropology

This course presents the biological and evolutionary history of humans. Basic concepts of evolutionary theory, human genetics, human biological adaptation and diversity, and the hominid fossil record are explored. It includes the behavior and ecology of living non-human primates.

Credits: 3

AN 102. Cultural Anthropology

This course examines the cultural evolution of humans in a cross-cultural perspective. It includes the study of kinship, marriage, family, political and economic organization, the arts, and the individual in society. It covers the historical background of development of the discipline, research methods, and concepts proposed by various schools of anthropological thought.

Credits: 3

AN 104. Archaeology

This course examines the reconstruction of past human cultures based on the material remains left behind. Archaeological concepts, methods, and theories about the past are explored as they apply to human cultural development.

Credits: 3

AN 205. Forensic Anthropology

This introductory course provides a general understanding of the methods that forensic anthropologists use to identify human skeletal remains. It introduces the human skeleton, anthropological techniques used in forensic investigations, and how to discriminate between human and non-human remains. This course involves actual human skeletal material.

Credits: 3