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.
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Spring 2026 Teaching Schedule
ANTH 06 - Intro to Biological Anthropology (BIOL) - Fleskes - 10
ANTH 15 - Political Anthropology (CULT) - Slobe - 2A
ANTH 18 - Research Methods in Cultural Anthropology (CULT) - Novacich - 10A
ANTH 20 - Primate Evolution and Ecology (BIOL) - Finkel - 2A
ANTH 48 - From Sacred to Salvation (CULT) - Kan - 2
ANTH 50.05 - Environmental Archaeology (ARCH) - Proctor - 3B
ANTH 50.17 - Rites of Passage (CULT) - Mishra / Craig - 6B
ANTH 50.40 - Anthropology of Disaster (CULT) - Boke - 2A
ANTH 50.41 / COCO 33 - Homelands and Diasporas (CULT) - Kan - 11
ANTH 50.60 - Archaeology of Native American Sports (ARCH) - McLeester - 10A
ANTH 50.64 - Apes and the Behavioral Biology of Men (BIOL) - Finkel - 10A
ANTH 55 - Anthropology of Global Health (CULT) - Sosin - 10
ANTH 73 - Main Currents in Anthropology (CULT) - Greenleaf - 10A
Fall 2026 Teaching Schedule
ANTH 05 - Reconstructing the Past: Intro to Archaeology (ARCH) - McLeester
ANTH 06 - Introduction to Biological Anthropology (BIOL) - Thayer
ANTH 09 - Language and Culture (CULT) - Billings
ANTH 11 / NAIS 11 - Ancient & Native Americans (ARCH) - McLeester
ANTH 12.01 / FILM 41.04 - Ethnographic Film (CULT) - Pena
ANTH 27 - Economic Anthropology (CULT) - Greenleaf
ANTH 31 / WGSS 36.01 - Gender in Cross Cultural Perspective (CULT) - Billings
ANTH 33 / AAAS 83.08 / LACS 25.08 - Global Caribbean (CULT) - Pena
ANTH 40 - Human Functional Anatomy (BIOL) - Dominy
ANTH 50.03 - Digital Archaeology (ARCH) - Casana
ANTH 50.25/ GOVT 60.22 - Law, Power, and Society (CULT) - Greenleaf
ANTH 50.56 - Anthropology of Food (CULT) - Boke
ANTH 50.58 - Anthropology of Rural Places and People (CULT) - Sosin
ANTH 77 - Origins of Inequality (ARCH) – Casana
Winter 2027 Teaching Schedule
ANTH 7.07 - Planthropology: Plants and Humans in Anthropological Context (CULT) - Boke
ANTH 20 - Primate Evolution and Ecology (BIOL) - Dominy
ANTH 41 - Human Evolution (BIOL) - DeSilva
ANTH 46 / GEOG 73 - Advanced Political Ecology (CULT) - Greenleaf
ANTH 47 - Anthropological Genetics (BIOL) - Fleskes
ANTH 48 - From Sacred to Salvation (CULT) - Kan
ANTH 50.50 - Archaeology of Food (ARCH) - Wang
ANTH 51 - FSP Colonialism and its Legacies (CULT) - Billings
ANTH 52 - FSP Foreign Study in Anthropology (CULT) - Billings
ANTH 54 - Foreign Study in Anthropology (TBD) - Billings
ANTH 55 - Anthropology of Global Health (CULT) - Sosin
ANTH 56- Anthropology of Ethnicity and Nationalism (CULT) - Kan
ANTH XX - Sensory Anthropology (CULT) - Pena
ANTH XX - East Asian Archaeology (ARCH) - Wang
ANTH 78 - Senior Seminar: Ethics in Biological Anthropology (BIOL) – Fleskes
Spring 2027 Teaching Schedule
ANTH 7.05 - Animals and Humans (CULT, FYS) - Ogden
ANTH 05 - Reconstructing the Past: Introduction to Archaeology (ARCH) - Wang
ANTH 06 - Introduction to Biological Anthropology (BIOL) - DeSilva
ANTH 13 / CLST 12.03- Who Owns the Past (ARCH) - Casana
ANTH XX - Archaeology Course TBD (ARCH) - Paulsen
ANTH 18 - Research Methods in Cultural Anthropology (CULT) - Carpenter-Song
ANTH 50.17 - Rites of Passage (CULT) - Craig
ANTH 50.39 - Alcohol in the Ancient World (ARCH) - Wang
ANTH 50.47 - Archaeological Field Methods: Digging Dartmouth (ARCH) - Casana
ANTH 50.60 - Archaeology of Native American Sports and Games (ARCH) - McLeester
ANTH 55 - Anthropology of Global Health (CULT) - Sosin
ANTH XX Ancient DNA (BIOL) – Fleskes
ANTH 73 - Senior Seminar: Main Currents in Anthropology (CULT) - Ogden
Summer 2027 Teaching Schedule
ANTH 03 - Introduction to Cultuural Anthropoloogy (CULT) - Ogden
Fall 2027 Teaching Schedule
ANTH 05 - Reconstructing the Past: Introduction to Archaeology (ARCH) - McLeester
ANTH 06 - Introduction to Biological Anthropology (BIOL) - Dominy
ANTH 09 - Language and Culture (CULT) - Billings
ANTH 12.01 / FILM 41.04 - Ethnographic Film (CULT) - Pena
ANTH 12.26 / GEOG 39.01 - Environmental Justice (CULT) - Greenleaf
ANTH 17 - Anthropology of Health and Illness (CULT) - Carpenter-Song
ANTH 27 - Economic Anthropology (CULT) - Greenleaf
ANTH 31 / WGSS 36.01 - Gender in Cross Cultural Perspective (CULT) - Billings
ANTH 33 / AAAS 83.08 / LACS 25.08 - Global Caribbean (CULT) - Pena
ANTH 39 / MES 03.02 - Archaeology of the Middle East (ARCH) - Casana
ANTH XX - New Ancient DNA Course TBD (BIOL) - Fleskes
ANTH XX - Archaeology of Love and Sex (ARCH) - McLeester
ANTH 77- Senior Seminar: Origins of Inequality (ARCH) -Casana
Winter 2028 Teaching Schedule
ANTH 03 - Introduction to Cultural Anthropology (CULT) - Pena
ANTH 7.05 - FYS Animals and Humans (CULT) - Ogden
ANTH 08 - The Rise and Fall of Prehistoric Civilizations (ARCH) - TBD
ANTH 14 - Death and Dying (CULT) - Kan
ANTH 41 - Human Evolution (BIOL) - DeSilva
ANTH 50.50 - Archaeology of Food (ARCH) - Wang
ANTH 51 - FSP Colonialism and its Legacies (CULT) - Thayer
ANTH 52 - FSP Foreign Study in Anthropology (CULT) - Thayer
ANTH 54 - Foreign Study in Anthropology (TBD) - Thayer
ANTH 56- Anthropology of Ethnicity and Nationalism (CULT) - Kan
ANTH XX - Sensory Anthropology (CULT) - Pena
ANTH XX - East Asian Archaeology (ARCH)- Wang
ANTH 49 - Environment, Culture, and Sustainability (CULT) - Greenleaf
ANTH 76 - Evolution of Upright Walking (BIOL) - DeSilva
Spring 2028 Teaching Schedule
ANTH 06 - Introduction to Biological Anthropology (BIOL) - Fleskes
ANTH 09 - Language and Culture (CULT) - Billings
ANTH 25 - Primate Biomechanics (BIOL) - DeSilva
ANTH 44 / WGSS 53.07 - Language, Gender & Sexuality (CULT) - Billings
ANTH 50.39 - Alcohol in the Ancient World (ARCH) - Wang
ANTH 50.47 - Archaeological Field Methods: Digging Dartmouth (ARCH) - Casana
ANTH XX - Ancient Empires of the New World (ARCH) - McLeester
ANTH XX - New Course TBD (ARCH) - TBD
ANTH 73 - Main Currents in Anthropology (CULT) - Ogden