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.

Winter 2025 Teaching Schedule

ANTH 07 - FYS (CULT) - Craig
ANTH 20 - Primate Evolution and Ecology (BIOL) - Boucher
ANTH 27 - Economic Anthropology in a Changing World (CULT) - Greenleaf
ANTH 50.05 - Environmental Archaeology (ARCH) - Ward
ANTH 50.41 / COCO 33 - Homelands and Diasporas (CULT) - Kan
ANTH 50.57 - Cultural Diversity in the United States (CULT) - Novacich
ANTH 50.58 - Rural Places and People (CULT) - Sosin
ANTH 50.61 - Digital Methods in Paleoanthropology (BIOL) - Komza
ANTH 51 - Colonialism and Its Legacies (CULT, FSP) - Thayer
ANTH 52 - Introduction to Maori Society (CULT, FSP) - Thayer
ANTH 54 - Foreign Study in Anthropology - TBD and Thayer
ANTH 55 - Anthropology of Global Health (CULT) - Sosin
ANTH 72 - Ethnicity and Nationalism (CULT) - Kan

Spring 2025 Teaching Schedule

ANTH 06 - Introduction to Biological Anthropology (BIOL) - DeSilva
ANTH 14 - Death and Dying (CULT) - Kan
ANTH 18 - Research Methods in Cultural Anthropology (CULT) - Novacich
ANTH 40 - Human Functional Anatomy (BIOL) - Dominy
ANTH 44  / WGSS 53.07 - Language, Gender & Sexuality (CULT) - Billings
ANTH 45 / ASCL 63.01 - Asian Medical Systems (SOC) - Boke
ANTH 50.03 - Digital Archaeology (ARCH) - Casana
ANTH 50.17 - Rites of Passage (CULT) - Craig/Mishra
ANTH 50.55 - Beyond the Binary: Sex, Gender and Biology (BIOL) - Rivera
ANTH 50.56  - Anthropology of Food (CULT) - Boke
ANTH 50.XX - TBD (ARCH) - Ward
ANTH 50.XX - Language and Humor (CULT) - Billings
ANTH 50.60 - Archaeology of Native American Sports (ARCH) - McLeester
ANTH 50.XX - New Course TBD (BIOL) - Boucher
ANTH 55 - Anthropology of Global Health (CULT) - Sosin
ANTH 60 - Psychological Anthropology (CULT) - Carpenter-Song
ANTH 62 - Health and Disease in Evolutionary Perspective (BIOL) - Rivera
ANTH 73 - Main Currents in Anthropology (CULT) - Craig
ANTH 74 - The Human Spectrum (BIOL) - Dominy
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GEOG 40.04 / ANTH 50.48 - Energy Justice (CULT) - Kelly
REL 67 / ANTH 12.15 - Religion and Imperialism (CULT) - Baum

Summer 2025 Teaching Schedule

ANTH 20 - Primate Evolution and Ecology (BIOL) - Fannin
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AAAS 88.16 / ANTH 50.22 - Sovereignty, Race & Rights (CULT) - Shipley
AAAS 88.17 / ANTH 50.21 - Filmmaking & Visual Culture (CULT) - Shipley

Fall 2025 Teaching Schedule

ANTH 05 - Introduction to Archaeology (ARCH) - McLeester
ANTH 06 - Introduction to Biological Anthropology (BIOL) - Dominy
ANTH 09 - Language & Culture (CULT) - Billings
ANTH 11 / NAIS 11- Ancient Native Americans (ARCH) - McLeester
ANTH 18 - Research Methods in Cultural Anthropology (CULT) - Carpenter-Song
ANTH 31 / WGSS 36.01 - Gender in Cross-Cultural Perspective (CULT) - Billings
ANTH 50.50 - Archaeology of Food (ARCH) - Wang
ANTH 50.XX - Anthropological Genetics (BIOL) - Fleskes
ANTH 50.XX - Archaeology of East Asia (ARCH) - Wang
ANTH 50.58 - Anthropology of Rural Places and People (CULT) - Sosin

Winter 2026 Teaching Schedule

ANTH 07 - FYS (CULT) - TBD
ANTH 12.26 / GEOG 39.01 - Envronmental Justice (CULT) - Greenleaf
ANTH 14 - Death and Dying (CULT) - Kan
ANTH 27 - Economic Anthropology in a Changing World (CULT) - Greenleaf
ANTH 50.03 - Digital Archaeology (ARCH) - Casana
ANTH 51 - Colonialism and Its Legacies (CULT, FSP) - Craig
ANTH 52 - Introduction to Maori Society (CULT, FSP) - Craig
ANTH 54 - Foreign Study in Anthropology (TBD, FSP) - TBD & Craig
ANTH 77 - Origins of Inequality (ARCH) - Casana
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AAAS 87.09 / ANTH 12.14 - African Popular Culture (CULT) - Shipley
AAAS 87.12 / ANTH 12.24 - Africa's Time? (CULT) - Campbell
AAAS 90.12 / ANTH 50.51 - Aesthetics and Power (CULT) - Shipley
BIOL 28 / ANTH 50.46 - Macroevolution (BIOL) - Peterson

Spring 2026 Teaching Schedule

ANTH 06 - Intro to Biological Anthropology (BIOL) - Fleskes
ANTH 17 - Anthropology of Health and Illness (CULT) - Carpenter-Song
ANTH 44 / WGSS 53.07 - Language, Gender & Sexuality (CULT) - Billings
ANTH 48 - From Sacred to Salvation (CULT) - Kan
ANTH 50.05 - Environmental Archaeology (ARCH) - McLeester
ANTH 50.39 - Alcohol in the Ancient World (ARCH) - Wang
ANTH 50.41 / COCO 33 - Homelands and Diasporas (CULT) - Kan
ANTH 50.47 -Archaeological Field Methods (ARCH) - Casana / McLeester
ANTH 50.XX - Linguistic Anthropology Methods (CULT) - Billings
ANTH 55 - Anthropology of Global Health (CULT) - Sosin
ANTH 73 - Main Currents in Anthropology (CULT) - Greenleaf
ANTH 7X - Senior Seminar TBD (BIOL) - Thayer
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REL 3.01 /ANTH 50.32 - Indigenous Religions Colonial Americas (CULT) - Wilkinson
AAAS 44  / ANTH 36 - Contemporary Africa (CULT) - Campbell