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Courses: Anthropology (ANTH)

6300: Seminar in Anthropological Theory
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: ANTH 2302 or equivalent. Survey of contemporary theory in the various subfields of anthropology.

6301: Language and Cultural Cognition
Cr. 3. (3-0). Graduate standing in Anthropology. Examination of language as a key to the world view of people; theoretical and methodological issues will also be discussed.

6310: Seminar in Anthropological Research Design
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: graduate standing in anthropology or consent of instructor. Discussion of research, design, statement of problems, literature search and proper methods of implementing anthropological research.

6311: Proseminar in Ethnology
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: ANTH 4310 or equivalent. Survey of current research trends in ethnology.

6312: Proseminar in Physical Anthropology
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: ANTH 2301 or equivalent. Survey of current research trends in physical anthropology.

6313: Seminar in Archaeological Methods and Theory
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: ANTH 2303 or equivalent. Survey of recent trends in methods and theoretical orientations in American archaeology.

6314: Environment, Culture and Public Policy
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: graduate standing in anthropology. Social impacts of environmental change; cultural issues raised in environmental policy.

6315: Seminar in Ethnographic Analysis
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: ANTH 6310 and ANTH 6311 or equivalents. A critical evaluation of major ethnographic works in terms of methodology, logic of argument, empirical evidence, and justification of conclusions.

6316: Seminar in Artifact Analysis
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: graduate standing in anthropology. Techniques of artifact analysis, numerical taxonomy, and database construction.

6317: Seminar in Anthropology and Gender
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: graduate standing in anthropology or consent of instructor. Cross-cultural analysis of gender roles from theoretical and ethnographic perspectives.

6318: Seminar in Historical Archaeology
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: graduate standing in anthropology or consent of instructor. Survey of methods and theories in historic site archaeology.

6319: African Myth, Cosmology and Symbolism
Cr. 3. (3-0). Analysis of several societies from theoretical and ethnographic perspectives.

6321: Seminar in Demographic Anthropology
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: graduate standing in anthropology, ANTH 2303 or equivalent. Analysis and characterization of small, nonwestern populations and populations known only from skeletal remains.

6322: Seminar in Medical Anthropology
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: graduate standing in anthropology or consent of instructor. Interrelationship and influence of biology, culture, and nature on disease patterns and the role of adaptation in disease processes.

6325: Statistics in Anthropology
Cr. 3. (3-0). This course is an introduction to quantitative analyses and to statistical methods that are appropriate to the data and problems of anthropology. No prior statistical knowledge is required.

6326: Cultural Construction of HIV
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: graduate standing in anthropology or consent of instructor. History of the disease and its epidemiology, the development of theories concerning its etiology, public health issues and the cultural, social, and psychological dimensions of AIDS.

6330: Applied Anthropology
Cr. 3. (3-0). Overview of the development of theory and methodology in applied anthropology.

6337: Anthropology of the Life Cycle and Aging
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: graduate standing in anthropology. In cross-cultural and historical perspective, this course explores the meaning of growing "older" in different cultures and societies.

6340: Anthropology and Literature
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: permission of the instructor. Applying cultural critiques to works of classic literature by reading them as ethnographic texts.

6341: Cultural Ecology
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: graduate standing in anthropology. Exploration of the relationship of human cultural behavior to the natural environment, with both ethnographic and archaelogical samples.

6342: Food and Culture
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: graduate standing in anthropology. The relationship of food to humans through its biological, social, economic, political, and symbolic roles.

6343: Anthropology of Wine
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: graduate standing in anthropology. Investigation of the biological, social, economic, political, and symbolic roles that wine has in human cultures since the first use of wine.

6351: Human Osteology
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: permission of the instructor. Detailed study of the human skeleton and how it is used in anthropological research.

6372: Mayan Archaeology
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: graduate standing in anthropology. Evolution of prehistoric Mayan culture and the archaeological methods used to obtain and interpret the data.

6373: Aztec Archaeology
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: graduate standing in anthropology. The antecedents and the evolution of the Aztecs and the archaeological methods used to obtain and interpret the data.

6375: Southeastern U.S. Archaeology
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: graduate standing in anthropology. Exploration of the prehistoric and protohistoric (European Contact) period archaeology of the southeastern United States.

6376: Texas Archaeology
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: graduate standing in anthropology. Survey of the aboriginal archaeology of Texas, ranging from European Contact to the earliest known groups.

6377: Archaeology of the African Diaspora
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: graduate standing in anthropology. The development of African American culture in North America and the Caribbean from the late 16th to through early 20th centuries.

6379: Archaeology of the Southwestern U.S.
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: graduate standing in anthropology. Prehistoric archaeology of the soutwestern United States from earliest times up to the Mission period.

6380: Field Methods in Anthropology
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: graduate standing in anthropology or consent of instructor. Overview of methods for cultural/applied studies.

6382: Laboratory Methods in Archaeology
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: consent of instructor. Presentation of techniques of clasification, taxonomy, functional analysis, processing, and curation of artifacts recovered from archaeological sites.

6390: Archaeological Field Work I
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: approval of field work director. May be taken concurrently with ANTH 7390. Archaeological field work for M.A. thesis.

6391: Ethnographic Field Work I
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: approval of field work director. May be taken concurrently with ANTH 7391. Archaeological field work for M.A. thesis.

6392: Practicum in Applied Anthropology
Cr. 3. Prerequisite: consent of graduate advisor. May be taken concurrently with ANTH 6393.

6393: Practicum in Applied Anthropology
Cr. 3. Prerequisite: consent of graduate advisor. May be taken concurrently with ANTH 6392.

6395: Selected Topics in Anthropology
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: approval of chair. May be repeated for credit.

6396: Ethnographic Field Work I
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: graduate standing in anthropology. Practical field training and experience in ethnographic research procedures.

6397: Archaeological Field Work I
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: graduate standing in anthropology. Practical field training and experience in archeological research procedures.

6399:7399: Master's Thesis
Cr. 3 per semester.

7391: Archaeological Field Work II
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: approval of field work director. May be taken concurrently with ANTH 6391. Archaeological field work for M.A. thesis.

7396: Ethnographic Field Work II
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: graduate standing in anthropology. Practical field training and experience in ethnographic research procedures.

7397: Archaeological Field Work II
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: graduate standing in anthropology. Pracitcal field training and experience in archeological research procedures.