Courses

The Department of Anthropology offers courses broadly categorized as Archaeology, Biological Anthropology, and Cultural Anthropology.

Please consult the teaching schedule below for the most current listing of Anthropology courses by term. This list is subject to change and supersedes any other published listing.

Spring 2023 Teaching Schedule

ANTH 05 - Introduction to Archaeology (ARCH) - Wang
ANTH 07 - Animals and Humans (CULT) - Ogden
ANTH 09 - Language & Culture (CULT) - Billings
ANTH 14 - Death and Dying (CULT) - Kan
ANTH 40 - Human Functional Anatomy (BIOL) - Dominy
ANTH 44 / WGSS 53.07 - Language, Gender, and Sexuality (CULT) - Billings
ANTH 50.17 - Rites of Passage (CULT) - Craig / Mishra
ANTH 50.34 - Peoples of Oceana (CULT) - Ferguson
ANTH 50.37 / REL 20.07 - Archaeologies of Religion (ARCH) - Wilkinson
ANTH 50.48 / GEOG 40.04 - Energy Justice (CULT) - Kelly
ANTH 50.52 - Anthropology of Innovations (CULT) - Kumaki
ANTH 50.53 - The Ancient Silk Road (ARCH) - Silvia
ANTH 50.54 - Issues in Paleoanthropology (BIOL) - Eyre
ANTH 50.55 - Beyond the Binary (BIOL) - Rivera
ANTH 50.56 - Anthropology of Food (CULT) - Boke
ANTH 55 - Anthropology of Global Health (CULT) - Sosin
ANTH 64 - Anthropology of Pregnancy, Birth, and Babies (BIOL) - Eyre
ANTH 73 - Main Currents in Anthopology (CULT) - Ogden
ANTH 74 - Human Spectrum (BIOL) - Dominy

All terms (arrange): ANTH 85, 87, 88

Summer 2023 Teaching Schedule

ANTH 03 - Intro to Cultural Anthropology (CULT) - Boke

All terms (arrange): ANTH 85, 87, 88

Fall 2023 Teaching Schedule

ANTH 06 - Introduction to Biological Anthropology (BIOL) - Thayer
ANTH 09 - Language & Culture (CULT) - Billings
ANTH 11 / NAS 11- Ancient Native Americans (ARCH) - McLeester
ANTH 12.26 /  GEOG 39.01 - Environmental Justice (CULT) - Boke
ANTH 18 - Research Methods in Cultural Anthropology (CULT) - Carpenter-Song
ANTH 31 / WGSS 36.01 - Gender in Cross-Cultural Perspective (CULT) - Billings
ANTH 39 / MES 3.02 - Archaeology of the Middle East (ARCH) - Casana
ANTH 40 - Human Functional Anatomy (BIOL) - Dominy
ANTH 50.03 - Digital Archaeology (ARCH) - Casana
ANTH 50.49 - Anthropology of Museums (CULT) - Ferguson
ANTH 50.50 - Archaeology of Food (ARCH) - Wang
ANTH 55 - Anthropology of Global Health (CULT) - Sosin
ANTH 62 - Health and Disease in Evolutionary Perspective (BIOL) - Thayer
ANTH 75 - Ecology, Culture, and Environmental Change (ARCH) - Wang

All terms (arrange): ANTH 85, 87, 88

Winter 2024 Teaching Schedule

ANTH 07- FYS (CULT) - Ogden
ANTH 12.01 / FILM 41.04 - Ethnographic Film (CULT) - Ogden
ANTH 14 - Death and Dying (CULT) - Kan
ANTH 28 / WGSS 42.05 / AAAS 88.08 - Ethnography of Violence (CULT)  Kivland
ANTH 32 / ASCL 55.01 - Anthropology of Tibet and the Himalayas (CULT) - Craig
ANTH 33 / AAAS 83.08 / LACS 038 - Global Carribean (CULT) - Kivland
ANTH 41 - Human Evolution (BIOL) - DeSilva
ANTH 50.05 - Environmental Archaeology (ARCH) - McLeester
ANTH 50.56 - Anthropology of Food (CULT) - Boke
ANTH 51 - FSP - Billings
ANTH 52 - FSP - Billings
ANTH 76 - Evolution of Upright Walking (BIOL) - DeSilva

All terms (arrange): ANTH 85, 87, 88

Spring 2024 Teaching Schedule

ANTH 03 - Introduction to Culture Anthropology (CULT) - Greenleaf
ANTH 05 - Introduction to Archaeology (ARCH) - TBD
ANTH 06 - Introduction to Biological Anthropology (BIOL) - Fleskes
ANTH 17 - Anthropology of Health and Illness (CULT) - Carpenter-Song
ANTH 20 - Primate Evolution and Ecology (BIOL) - Dominy
ANTH 27 - Economic Anthropology in a Changing World (CULT) - Greenleaf
ANTH 45 / ASCL 63.01 - Asian Medical Systems (CULT) - Craig
ANTH 48 - From Sacred to Salvation (CULT) - Kan
ANTH 50.34 Peoples of Oceana (CULT) - Ferguson
ANTH 50.41 / COCO 34 - Homelands and Diasporas (CULT) - Kan
ANTH 50.47 - Archaeological Field Methods (ARCH) - Casana
ANTH 50.55 - Beyond the Binary (BIOL) - Rivera
ANTH 64 - Anthropology of Pregnancy, Birth, and Babies (BIOL) - Thayer
ANTH 66 - Human Biological Variation (BIOL) - Fleskes
ANTH 73 - Main Currents in Anthropology (CULT) - Craig

All terms (arrange): ANTH 85, 87, 88

Summer 2024 Teaching Schedule

Fall 2024 Teaching Schedule

ANTH 06 - Introduction to Biological Anthropology (BIOL) - Dominy
ANTH 09 - Language & Culture (CULT) - Billings
ANTH 11 / NAS 11 - Ancient Native Americans (ARCH) - McLeester
ANTH 12.26 / GEOG 39.01 - Envronmental Justice (CULT) - Greenleaf
ANTH 13 / CLST 11.09 - Who Owns the Past? (ARCH) - Casana
ANTH 18 - Research Methods in Cultural Anthropology (CULT) - Carpenter-Song
ANTH 27 - Economic Anthropology in a Changing World (CULT ) - Greenleaf
ANTH 41 - Human Evolution (BIOL) - DeSilva
ANTH 50.03 - Digital Archaeology (ARCH) - Casana
ANTH 50.50 - Archaeology of Food (ARCH) - Wang
ANTH 62 - Health and Disease in Evolutionary Perspective (BIOL) - Thayer

Winter 2025 Teaching Schedule

ANTH 03 - Intro to Cultural Anthropology (CULT) - Craig
ANTH 07 - FYS (CULT) - Ogden
ANTH 49 - Environment, Culture, and Sustainability (CULT) - Ogden
ANTH 50.05 - Environmental Archaeology (ARCH) - McLeester
ANTH 51 - Colonialism and Its Legacies in Anthropological Perspective (FSP) - Thayer
ANTH 52 - Introduction to Maori Society (FSP) - Thayer
ANTH 72 - Ethnicity and Nationalism (CULT) - Kan

Spring 2025 Teaching Schedule

ANTH 05 - Introduction to Archaeology (ARCH) - Wang
ANTH 12.01 / FILM 41.04 - Ethnographic Film (CULT) - Ogden
ANTH 14 - Death and Dying (CULT) - Kan
ANTH 17 - Anthropology of Health & Illness (CULT) - Carpenter-Song
ANTH 20 - Primate Evolution and Ecology (BIOL) - Dominy
ANTH 28 / WGSS 42.05 / AAAS 88.08 - Ethnography of Violence (CULT) - Kivland
ANTH 33 / AAAS 83.08 / LACS 038 - Global Carribean (CULT) - Kivland
ANTH 40 - Human Functional Anatomy (BIOL) - Dominy
ANTH 50.47 - Archaeological Field Methods (ARCH) - Casana
ANTH 50.XX - Language and Humor (CULT) - Billings
ANTH 55 - Anthropology of Global Health (CULT) Sosin
ANTH 73 - Main Currents in Anthropology (CULT) Craig
ANTH 75 - Ecology Culture and Environmental Change (ARCH) Wang
ANTH 76 - Evolution of Upright Walking (BIOL) DeSilva