DESCRIPTIONS


The problem of identifying political behavior. Natural
leadership in bands, tribes, and small groups.
Acephalous societies and republican structures.
Kingship and early despotic states. Theories of
bureaucracy. (S)
ANT 4312 The North American Indian.
 Credits: 3
The peopling of North America. The culture areas of
North America. Unique characteristics, institutions,
and problems. (I)
ANT 4326 People of Mexico and Central America.
 Credits: 3
The settlement and early cultures of the area with an
emphasis on the rise of the major culture centers. The
impact of European civilization and surviving
Indians. (I)
ANT 4336 The Peoples of Brazil.
 Credits: 3
 Ethnology of Brazil; historical, geographic, and socioe-
 conomic material will be covered and representative
 monographs from the various regions of Brazil will be
 read. The contribution of the Indian, Portuguese and
 African to modern Brazilian culture. (I)
 ANT 4337 Peoples of the Andes.
 Credits: 3
 The area-cotradition. The Spanish Conquest. The
 shaping and persistence of colonial culture.
 Twentieth-century communities and their social, land
 tenure, religious and value systems. Modernization,
 cultural pluralism, and problems of integration. (I)
 ANT 4338 The Tribal Peoples of Lowland South
 America.
 Credits: 3
 Survey of marginal and tropical forest hunters and
 gatherers and horticulturists of the Amazon Basin,
 Central Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina, and other areas
 of South America. Social organization, subsistence
 activities, ecological adaptations, and other aspects of
 tribal life will be covered. (I)
 ANT 4346 Anthropology of the Caribbean.
 Credits: 3
 Investigation into cultural contact that has taken place
 in the Caribbean and results of that contact in terms of
 peoples and sociocultural units produced and pro-
 cesses of cultural change involved. (I)
 ANT 4352 Peoples of Africa.
 Credits: 3
 An anthropological survey of the culture, history and
 ethnographic background of the peoples of Africa. A
 basis for appreciation of current problems of accultur-
 ation, nationalism, and cultural survival and change
 among African peoples. (I)
 ANT 4354 The Anthropology of Moder Africa.
 Credits: 3
 Study of continuity and change in contemporary
 African societies with special reference to cultural and
 ethnic factors in modern nations. (I)
 ANT 4403 Environment and Cultural Behavior.
 Credits: 3
 The interaction of people and their environment as
 mediated by cultural institutions. Levels of socioeco-
 nomic adaptation in hunting and gathering, pastoral,
 and agricultural societies. Warfare and ritual as eco-
 logical mechanisms. (S)
 ANT 4426 Kinship and Social Organization.
 Credits: 3; Prereq: ANT 2402 or ANT 3410.
 Property concepts, forms and complexes. Tribal pat-
 terns of government and social control. (I, S)
 ANT 4464 Culture and Aging.
 Credits: 3; Prereq: Two of the following: ANT 3410,
 SYG 2000 or introductory psychology course.


Cross-cultural perspectives of adult development and
aging in traditional and industrial society. This course
includes comparative assessment of culturally mediat-
ed, life-cycle transformations into old age, and health
related and human service policy issues. (I, S)
ANT 4525 Human Osteology and Osteometry.
 Credits: 3; Prereq: ANT 3511 and consent of instructor.
Human skeletal identification for the physical anthro-
pologist and archeologist. Techniques for estimated
age at death, race, and sex from human skeletal
remains. The measurement of human skeleton for
comparative purposes. (B)
ANT 4552 Primate Behavior.
 Credits: 3
 Deals with the taxonomy, distribution, and ecology of
 primates. The range of primate behavior for each
 major taxonomic group is explored.
 ANT 4586 Human Evolution.
 Credits: 3; Prereq: ANT 3511 and consent of instructor.
 The data, methods, and theoretical problems found in
 human evolution. (B)
 ANT 4620 Anthropological Linguistics.
 Credits: 3; Prereq: ANT 3610.
 The methods and techniques of descriptive linguistics.
 Language structure and process especially related to
 describing, understanding, and analyzing non-
 Western languages.
 ANT 4905 Individual Work.
 Credits: 1 to 5; Prereq: Consent of instructor. May be
 repeated to a maximum of 8 hours.
 ANT 4907 Research Projects in Social, Cultural and
 Applied Anthropology.
 Credits: 1 to 5; Prereq: Consent of instructor. May be
 repeated with change of content up to a maximum of 8 credits.
 For students undertaking directed research in supple-
 ment or regular course work or on special problems.
 ANT 4914 Departmental Honors in Anthropology.
 Credits: 3; Prereq: Consent of Undergraduate coordi-
 nator.
 Open to students meeting departmental honors crite-
 ria and normally taken in the senior year. Students
 will develop special interests and write an essay based
 upon this research.
 ANT 4930 Special Topics in Anthropology.
 Credits: 3 to 5; Prereq: Instructor's permission or 10
 credits of work in Anthropology. With permission, may be
 requested as topics change. Maximum of 8 credits.
 Rotating topics.

 GRADUATE COURSES
 Please refer to the Graduate Catalog for graduate
 course listings.






 INSTRUCTIONAL STAFF 1992-93
 McCarter, R.S., Chair; Gundersen, M.G., Assistant
 Chairperson; Shaw, L.G., Assistant Chairperson;
 Ridgdill, G.D., Graduate Adviser; White, T.R,,
 Undergraduate Adviser; Bitz, D.; Cappellari, F.;
 Chomowicz, P.; Constant, C.; Dasta, A.J.; Drumond,
 R.W.; Foster, M.T.; Garcia, R.; Haase, R.W.; Hill, O.W.;
 Hofer, A.; Kaul, J.M.; Kemner K.; Kemp, H.W.; Lisle,
 Jr., F.F.; MacLeod, R.M.; Merritt, H.C.; Morgan, G.;
 Pohlman, R.W.; Prugh, P.E.; Steinmetz R.; Tanzer,
 K.M.; Thorne, K.S.; Tilson, W.L.; Voichysonk, B.F.;
 Winarsky, I.H.; Witte, R.
 ARC 1211 The Building Arts. F, S.
 Credits: 3
 A survey of the building arts, with emphasis on the
 social and physical factors that influence them. (H)


ARC 1301 Architecture Design 1. F, SS.
 Credits: 4
An introductory course interfacing communication
skills with design thinking. Emphasis is on the aware-
ness and understanding of basic organization ideas in
design.
ARC 1302 Architectural Design 2. S, SS.
 Credits: 4; Prereq: ARC 1301.
An analysis course that uses the study of architectural
precedent as a foundation for the development of
communication and design skills.
ARC 1701 Architectural History 1. F, S, SS.
 Credits: 3
A general survey of social, political, and cultural fac-
tors which have generated art and architecture from
prehistoric times through the nineteenth century. (H,
I)
ARC 2201 The Theory of Architecture. 1. F.
 Credits: 3; Prereq: ARC 1211, ARC 1701.
 A critical study of the processes which influence the
 form and image of architecture. There is an emphasis
 on an understanding of ordering principles and con-
 cepts about how space and architecture systems are
 interrelated. (H)
 ARC 2303 Architectural Design 3. F.
 Credits: 5; Prereq: ARC 1302.
 Studio course explores the influence of history and
 culture on design decision-making.
 ARC 2304 Architectural Design 4. S.
 Credits: 5; Prereq: ARC 2303.
 Context is explored as a generator of architectural
 design ideas. Contemporary cultural influences are
 also examined and incorporated in the design process.
 ARC 2461 Materials and Methods of Construction 1.
 F.
 Credits: 3
 The nature of materials used in construction. Criteria
 for evaluation and selection related to design deci-
 sion-making.
 ARC 2501 Architectural Structures 1. S.
 Credits: 4; Prereq: PHY 2004.
 A foundation course which emphasizes statics as well
 as an investigation of wood systems.
 ARC 3291 Special Studies in Architecture. F, S, SS.
 Credits: 1 to 3; Prereq: Completion of lower division
 in Architecture and recommendation of adviser. Student
 may repeat for a maximum of 6 credits.
 Special studies in Architecture adjusted to individual
 needs of undergraduate students.
 ARC 3320 Architectural Design 5. F.
 Credits: 6; Prereq: ARC 2304.
 Architectural design focusing on architectural detail
 and articulation. An investigation of landscape pro-
 vides the context for this study.
 ARC 3321 Architectural Design 6. S.
 Credits: 6; Prereq: ARC 3320.
 Architectural design and its relationship to regional
 contextual influences, is investigated through a range
 of projects which vary in scale and complexity.
 ARC 3463 Materials and Methods of Construction 2.
 F.
 Credits: 3.
 Methods of assembling and selecting materials;
 detailed systems of construction will be investigated.
 ARC 3502 Architectural Structures 2. F.
 Credits: 4; Prereq: ARC 2501.
 An intermediate course focusing on an investigation
 of steel and concrete systems.


tt Grading is on S-U basis only.