Dr. DeLeon Embryology is essential to understanding the evolutionary and ontogenetic origins of biological variation. This course assumes a basic understanding of adult human anatomy as the framework for exploring the developmental origins of all systems of the vertebrate body. Weekly lectures provide an overview of each system and introduce new concepts and terminology. Students […]
Dr. Kernaghan What kinds of communities emerge through the material and figural construction of roads as public works? Which genres of events do such works make possible? And how do roads, and related transit infrastructures, bring to the fore tensions between physical terrains, state governance and political subjectivities? In this class we will weigh the […]
Stephanie Bogart, Ph.D. An interdisciplinary course discovering the evolutionary, cultural, and environmental factors in the emergence and existence of human diseases with a focus on the Darwinian examination of illness and medicine. Students will be able to identify, describe, explain, and apply factual, conceptual, and procedural knowledge in human evolution relating to disease. This course […]
Dr. Tucker Do you start your day with coffee? This course explores the diverse expressions and ramifications of “coffee culture,” from farmers who see it as their livelihood, to traders and baristas who know it as a living, to consumers who can’t imagine life without it. We will explore the histories of coffee, including its […]
Dr. Daegling The lifeways of our ancestors are inferred from multiple ecological and behavioral perspectives, but ultimately the test of these inferences focuses on fossils and their geological context. This course critically examines the methods used in human paleontology to reconstruct the major events and behavioral innovations that define hominin emergence and diversification. Issues […]
Dr. DeLeon A practical survey of the human skeleton for aspiring bioarchaeologists, forensic anthropologists and paleoanthropologists. Emphasis is on developing techniques for the identification of fragmentary human remains, including methods for establishing a biological profile from skeletal remains. This challenging course provides hands-on experience with human remains, and includes a basic introduction to skeletal biology […]
Dr. Schwartz Go the game, write fieldnotes, repeat! In this very special edition of ANT 4495 Ethnographic Methods, up to 25 students will receive a hands-on apprenticeship in ethnography by participating in “Into the Jaws of Gator Nation,” a student-driven, instructor-coordinated research project. Students will do real fieldwork on what makes Gator fans tick using […]
ANT 3620 Language and Culture Dr. Schwartz Humans use language to accomplish many of their communicative goals, but the forms and functions of language use vary across cultures. After a crash course in linguistic approaches to phonology, morphology, syntax, and semantics, students consider anthropological approaches to language in its diverse social and cultural contexts. […]
ANT 2301 Human Sexuality and Culture (GenEd S and D) (WR 6000 words) Stephanie Bogart, Ph.D. Focus on human sexuality in an anthropological context – examining culture, biology, and archaeology through time and space – enriches our understanding because it encourages us to examine a wide range of human sexual experiences within and across […]
ANT 2301 Human Sexuality and Culture (GenEd S and D) (Non-writing eligible) Stephanie Bogart, Ph.D. Focus on human sexuality in an anthropological context – examining culture, biology, and archaeology through time and space – enriches our understanding because it encourages us to examine a wide range of human sexual experiences within and across cultures. The […]