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Course Listing for ANTHROPOLOGY - Fall 2025 (ALL: 09/02/2025 - 12/17/2025)
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No.		 Course ID Title Credits Type Instructor(s) Days:Times Location Permission
Required		 Dist Qtr
1614 ANTH-101-01 Intro to Cultural Anthropology 1.00 LEC Conroe, Andrew TR: 9:25AM-10:40AM TBA GLB5  
  Enrollment limited to 29 Waitlist available: Y Mode of Instruction: In Person  
  NOTE: 12 seats reserved for first-years, 10 for sophomores, 4 for juniors, 3 for seniors.
  Anthropology as a field asks what it means to be human: how do we know what is universal to human existence? What is natural and what is cultural? How can the strange become familiar and the familiar strange? This course introduces the theory and method of cultural anthropology as applied to case studies from different geographic and ethnographic areas. Topics to be considered include family and kinship, inequality and hierarchy, race and ethnicity, ritual and symbol systems, gender and sexuality, reciprocity and exchange, globalization and social change.
1669 ANTH-101-02 Intro to Cultural Anthropology 1.00 LEC Hussain, Shafqat MW: 1:30PM-2:45PM TBA GLB5  
  Enrollment limited to 29 Waitlist available: Y Mode of Instruction: In Person  
  NOTE: 12 seats reserved for first-years, 10 for sophomores, 4 for juniors, 3 for seniors.
  Anthropology as a field asks what it means to be human: how do we know what is universal to human existence? What is natural and what is cultural? How can the strange become familiar and the familiar strange? This course introduces the theory and method of cultural anthropology as applied to case studies from different geographic and ethnographic areas. Topics to be considered include family and kinship, inequality and hierarchy, race and ethnicity, ritual and symbol systems, gender and sexuality, reciprocity and exchange, globalization and social change.
2835 ANTH-101-03 Intro to Cultural Anthropology 1.00 LEC Nadel-Klein, Jane TR: 1:30PM-2:45PM TBA GLB5  
  Enrollment limited to 29 Waitlist available: Y Mode of Instruction: In Person  
  NOTE: 12 seats reserved for first-years, 10 for sophomores, 4 for juniors, 3 for seniors.
  Anthropology as a field asks what it means to be human: how do we know what is universal to human existence? What is natural and what is cultural? How can the strange become familiar and the familiar strange? This course introduces the theory and method of cultural anthropology as applied to case studies from different geographic and ethnographic areas. Topics to be considered include family and kinship, inequality and hierarchy, race and ethnicity, ritual and symbol systems, gender and sexuality, reciprocity and exchange, globalization and social change.
3360 ANTH-101-04 Intro to Cultural Anthropology 1.00 LEC Conroe, Andrew TR: 10:50AM-12:05PM TBA GLB5  
  Enrollment limited to 29 Waitlist available: Y Mode of Instruction: In Person  
  NOTE: 12 seats reserved for first-years, 10 for sophomores, 4 for juniors, 3 for seniors.
  Anthropology as a field asks what it means to be human: how do we know what is universal to human existence? What is natural and what is cultural? How can the strange become familiar and the familiar strange? This course introduces the theory and method of cultural anthropology as applied to case studies from different geographic and ethnographic areas. Topics to be considered include family and kinship, inequality and hierarchy, race and ethnicity, ritual and symbol systems, gender and sexuality, reciprocity and exchange, globalization and social change.
3243 ANTH-215-01 Medical Anthropology 1.00 LEC Eisenberg-Guyot, Nadja TR: 2:55PM-4:10PM TBA GLB5  
  Enrollment limited to 29 Waitlist available: Y Mode of Instruction: In Person  
  Also cross-referenced with MNOR
  NOTE: 5 seats reserved for first year students, 5 for sophomores.
  This course covers major topics in medical anthropology, including biocultural analyses of health and disease, the social patterning of disease, cultural critiques of biomedicine, and non-Western systems of healing. We will explore the major theoretical schools in medical anthropology, and see how they have been applied to specific pathologies, life processes, and social responses. Finally we will explore and critique how medical anthropology has been applied to health care in the United States and internationally. The course will sensitize students to cultural issues in sickness and health care, and provide some critical analytic concepts and tools.
3244 ANTH-227-01 Intro to Political Ecology 1.00 LEC Hussain, Shafqat TR: 10:50AM-12:05PM TBA SOC  
  Enrollment limited to 29 Waitlist available: Y Mode of Instruction: In Person  
  This course covers social science approaches to issues concerning ecology, the environment, and nature. It looks at how social identities and cultural meaning are symbolically tied to the physical environment. Ecology and the environment are affected by larger political, social, and economic forces, so we will also broaden the analysis to include wider spatial and temporal scales. The course will also examine how sociology and geography relate to political ecology. Regional foci will include South and Southeast Asia, Africa, and Latin America.
3372 ANTH-241-01 Women in the Caribbean 1.00 LEC DiVietro, Susan T: 6:30PM-9:00PM TBA SOC  
  Enrollment limited to 29 Waitlist available: Y Mode of Instruction: In Person  
  This course explores the diverse lives of women of the Caribbean. We will begin with feminist theories of women and power and trace how those understandings have emerged and changed over time. We will use ethnographies to examine women’s lives in both historical and contemporary Caribbean settings, and explore major theoretical approaches in feminist and Caribbean anthropology. We will analyze how women’s experiences have been shaped by multiple forces, including slavery and emancipation, fertility and constructs of motherhood, gender and violence, race and identity, tourism and sex work, illness and poverty, globalization and labor.
3361 ANTH-261-01 Political Violence in SE Asia 1.00 LEC Conroe, Andrew TR: 1:30PM-2:45PM TBA GLB  
  Enrollment limited to 29 Waitlist available: Y Mode of Instruction: In Person  
  Southeast Asia has been both a subject of anthropological fascination and the location of some of the worst mass political violence of the 20th century. In this class, we will explore, discuss, and critique some of the ways in which this violence has been represented and rendered ethnographically. Students will get a general understanding of anthropological approaches to political violence, and—drawing on a variety of case studies from Indonesia, Vietnam, Cambodia, Timor Leste, and elsewhere-- a sense of the particular histories and dynamics of violence in Southeast Asia. Assignments for the class will include regular discussion questions, short response papers, in-class presentations, a midterm essay, and an individual research project.
3245 ANTH-271-01 Anthropology of Museums 1.00 LEC Guzman, Amanda TR: 10:50AM-12:05PM TBA SOC  
  Enrollment limited to 29 Waitlist available: Y Mode of Instruction: In Person  
    Cross-listing: AMST-271-01
  NOTE: 6 seats reserved for first year students, 6 for sophomores.
  From children's movie backdrops to contemporary news headlines, museums continue to capture our public attention as cultural spaces of fantastical object storytelling and contested object ownership. What might the future of the (re)making of museum spaces tell us about the future of our relationships to social institutions and how we remember the past? We will shift between lenses of research and practice to consider issues of community engagement, digitization, and climate resiliency. We will materially trace and analyze the complex, often difficult historical legacies of these cultural institutions from a global case-study perspective. We will explore the diverse ways in which museums are being called on today to re-imagine the work that they do and the stories that they tell.
3246 ANTH-281-01 Anthropology of Religion 1.00 LEC Landry, Timothy TR: 9:25AM-10:40AM TBA GLB5  
  Enrollment limited to 29 Waitlist available: Y Mode of Instruction: In Person  
    Cross-listing: RELG-281-01
  NOTE: 5 for first years. 5 for sophomores across ANTH/RELG
  Introduction to the foundations of religion through an examination of religious phenomena prevalent in traditional cultures. Some of the topics covered in this course include a critical examination of the idea of primitivity, the concepts of space and time, myths, symbols, ideas related to God, man, death, and rituals such as rites of passage, magic, sorcery, witchcraft, and divination. (May be counted toward anthropology and international studies/global studies.)
2837 ANTH-301-01 Ethnographic Methods & Writing 1.00 SEM Guzman, Amanda M: 1:30PM-4:10PM TBA SOC  
  Enrollment limited to 19 Waitlist available: N Mode of Instruction: In Person  
  Also cross-referenced with EDUC
  Seats Reserved for Anthropology majors.
  This course will acquaint students with a range of research methods commonly used by anthropologists, and with the types of questions and designs that justify their use. It will describe a subset of methods (individual and group interviewing, and observation) in more detail, and give students practice in their use, analysis, and presentation. Through accompanying readings, the course will expose students to the controversies surrounding the practice of ethnography and the presentation of ethnographic authority. Students will conduct group field research projects during the course, and will develop and write up research proposals for projects they themselves could carry out in a summer or semester. It is recommended that students have already taken an anthropology course.
1399 ANTH-302-01 History of Anth Thought 1.00 LEC Nadel-Klein, Jane W: 1:30PM-4:10PM TBA SOC  
  Enrollment limited to 19 Waitlist available: Y Mode of Instruction: In Person  
  Seats Reserved for Anthropology majors.
  This course explores the anthropological tradition as it has changed from the late 19th century until the present. Students will read works of the major figures in the development of the discipline, such as Bronislaw Malinowski, Franz Boas, Margaret Mead, and Claude Levi-Strauss. They will learn not only what these anthropologists had to say about reality, but why they said it when they did. In this sense, the course turns an anthropological eye on anthropology itself. Note: Students who are not anthropology majors may request permission to enroll.
3248 ANTH-310-01 Anth of Development 1.00 SEM Hussain, Shafqat TR: 1:30PM-2:45PM TBA SOC  
  Enrollment limited to 19 Waitlist available: Y Mode of Instruction: In Person  
  This seminar will explore international economic and social development from an anthropological perspective. We will critically examine concepts of development, underdevelopment, and progress. We will compare how multilateral lenders and small nongovernmental organizations employ development rhetoric and methods. We will examine specific case studies of development projects in Africa, Asia, and Latin America, asking what has been attained, and what is attainable.
3376 ANTH-317-01 Magic, Sorcery & Witchcraft 1.00 SEM Landry, Timothy TR: 1:30PM-2:45PM TBA GLB2  
  Enrollment limited to 15 Waitlist available: Y Mode of Instruction: In Person  
    Cross-listing: RELG-317-01
  Anthropologists have explained, documented, and positioned magic, sorcery, and witchcraft as modern strategies designed to empower individuals to cope with and master an ever-globalizing world. Students will explore magic from around the globe and consider the complex relationships that exist between magic, materiality, and other cultural phenomena such as intimacy, family, and capitalism. In so doing, this class will position magic as a meaningful cultural practice that is critical to understanding how people mobilize complex symbolic systems and non-human beings to manage increasing concerns over social inequity, global economic insecurity, and distrust.
1658 ANTH-399-01 Independent Study 0.50 - 2.00 IND TBA TBA TBA Y SOC  
  Enrollment limited to 15 Waitlist available: N Mode of Instruction: In Person  
  Submission of the special registration form, available in the Registrar’s Office, and the approval of the instructor and chair are required for enrollment.
1619 ANTH-466-01 Teaching Assistantship 0.50 - 1.00 IND TBA TBA TBA Y  
  Enrollment limited to 15 Waitlist available: N Mode of Instruction: In Person  
  Submission of the special registration form, available online, and the approval of the instructor are required for enrollment. Guidelines are available in the College Bulletin. (0.5 - 1 course credit)
2376 ANTH-490-01 Research Assistantship 0.50 - 1.00 IND Staff, Trinity TBA TBA Y  
  Enrollment limited to 15 Waitlist available: N Mode of Instruction: In Person  
  This course is designed to provide students with the opportunity to undertake substantial research work with a faculty member. Students need to complete a special registration form, available online, and have it signed by the supervising instructor.
2487 ANTH-497-01 Senior Thesis 1.00 IND TBA TBA TBA Y WEB  
  Enrollment limited to 15 Waitlist available: N Mode of Instruction: In Person  
  Submission of the special registration form, available online, and the approval of the instructor and director are required for enrollment in this single-semester thesis. (1 course credit to be completed in one semester.)
2488 ANTH-498-01 Senior Thesis Part 1 1.00 IND TBA TBA TBA Y WEB  
  Enrollment limited to 15 Waitlist available: N Mode of Instruction: In Person  
  This course is the first part of a two semester, two credit thesis. Submission of the special registration form and the approval of the thesis adviser and the director are required for enrollment. The registration form is required for each semester of this year-long thesis.