2012-2013_Anthropology

Chair: Stocks
Professors: Cartwright, Loether, Lohse
Research Professor: Maschner
Associate Professor: Reedy-Maschner
Assistant Professors: Dudgeon, Peterson
Native Language Instructor: Gould
Assistant Lecturers: Petersen, Thomas
Research Affiliate Faculty: Dean, Hansen, Woods
Emeriti: Holmer, Stocks

Mission

The mission of the Department of Anthropology is to research and teach about humankind the world over from the distant past to the present. Anthropology consists of subfields that specialize in the human past, human biology and evolution, language, society, and culture, and provides cross-cultural, environmental, international, and global perspectives on past and present human behavior. At Idaho State University, an important part of the anthropology mission is to apply anthropological concepts to the resolution of important social, cultural, and environmental problems of our times. The Department of Anthropology offers courses leading to the Bachelor of Arts degree and the Master of Arts or Master of Science degrees in Anthropology. For a full description of the M.A. and M.S. degrees, refer to the Graduate Catalog. The Anthropology major provides training in all four subdisciplines in the field, including archaeology, biological anthropology, anthropological linguistics, and sociocultural anthropology. The department also offers minors in Anthropology, American Indian Studies, Latino Studies, and Linguistics, and opportunities for specialization in archaeological science; ecological, medical, and applied anthropology; language preservation; biocomplexity; informatics; and oral history.

Undergraduate Learning Objectives And Outcomes

Program Objectives – Students who have completed an undergraduate major in Anthropology at Idaho State University should be able to:

Understand basic methods, concepts, alternative theories and approaches, and modes of explanation appropriate to each of the subfields of the discipline.
Read and understand anthropological theory at the level of Bachelor of Arts.
Understand the use of quantitative and qualitative analysis in anthropological research.
Understand a comparative approach to the human condition, both cross-culturally and chronologically.
Demonstrate technical writing skills at the level of Bachelor of Arts.

Apply knowledge of anthropological methods, approaches, and modes of explanation to contemporary social issues.
Use theory to formulate a testable explanation for a given cultural behavior.
Select and perform quantitative and qualitative analytical techniques at a basic level.
Carry out a research project using cross-cultural or diachronic (or combination of the two) comparative methods.
Write a competent senior research project.

Students must fulfill the following requirements in order to advance to Upper Division status in the Anthropology major:

Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology

Beyond the general university requirements, a student seeking Bachelor of Arts degree with a major in anthropology must complete at least 37 credits in the following curriculum, earning at least a C grade in all lower and upper division core courses. Major and minor students must select their upper division anthropology elective courses in consultation with their major advisor. Majors who complete MATH 1153 with at least a C grade generally will not be required to take additional statistics courses.

Upper Division Anthropology elective courses		9 cr
Writing, statistics, logic, language, museum, or
similar specialty courses as determined 
with major advisor approval				6 cr
						TOTAL: 15 cr

Minor in American Indian Studies

Plus FOUR of the following courses:

ANTH 1101	Elementary Shoshoni I			4 cr
ANTH 1102	Elementary Shoshoni II			4 cr
ANTH 2206	Indigenous Traditional Parenting	3 cr
ANTH 3301	Introduction to Shoshoni Folklore	3 cr
ANTH 4406	American Indian Health Issues		3 cr
ANTH 4421	Federal Indian Relations		3 cr
ANTH 4452	American Indian Verbal Arts		3 cr
ANTH 4454	Survey of American Indian Languages	3 cr
ANTH 4472	Native American Arts			3 cr
ANTH 4474	Topics in Indian Education		3 cr
ANTH/POLS 4478	Federal Indian Law			3 cr
ANTH/POLS 4479	Tribal Governments			3 cr
ANTH 4489	Topics in American Indian Studies	3 cr
					Minimum Total: 21 cr

Minor in Anthropology

Minor in Latino Studies

Required Courses

ANTH 2250	Introduction to
		  Sociocultural Anthropology		3 cr
ANTH 2239       Contemporary Latinos in the U.S.	3 cr 
           OR
ANTH 2239       Peoples of Mexico Through Film		3 cr
           OR
ANTH 2239       Culture South of the Border		3 cr 
HIST 2251       Latin America				3 cr

Plus 6 credits from the following for a total of at least 21 credits
(3 credits must be 400 level or above):

Minor in Linguistics

Anthropology Courses

ANTH 1100 General Anthropology 3 credits. Introduction to fields of anthropology: physical anthropology, archaeology, linguistics, and ethnology, and to biological and cultural development of humans. Satisfies Goal 12 of the General Education Requirements. F, S, Su

ANTH 1101 Elementary Shoshoni I 4 credits. Basic communication skills and grammar of Shoshoni and introduction to Shoshoni culture. Equivalent to SHOS 1101. With ANTH/SHOS 1102, satisfies Goal 10B of the General Education Requirements. F

ANTH 1102 Elementary Shoshoni II 4 credits. Furthering basic communication skills and grammar of Shoshoni and introduction to Shoshoni culture. Equivalent to SHOS 1102. PREREQ: ANTH/SHOS 1101 or equivalent. With ANTH/SHOS 1101, satisfies Goal 10B of the General Education Requirements. S

ANTH 1107 Nature of Language 3 credits. General survey of structure and use of language. Topics include language origins, descriptive and historical linguistics, language and culture, and history of the English language. Equivalent to ENGL 1107 and LANG 1107. S

ANTH 2201 Intermediate Shoshoni I 4 credits. Intermediate communication skills and grammar of Shoshoni. Deepens understanding of Shoshoni culture and builds on skills and knowledge gained in Elementary Shoshoni. Equivalent to SHOS 2201. PREREQ: ANTH/SHOS 1102 or equivalent. With ANTH/SHOS 2202, satisfies Goal 10B of the General Education Requirements. F

ANTH 2202 Intermediate Shoshoni II 4 credits. Intermediate communication skills and grammar of Shoshoni. Deepens understanding of Shoshoni culture and builds on skills and knowledge gained in Elementary Shoshoni. Cross‑listed as SHOS 2202. PREREQ: ANTH/SHOS 2201 or equivalent. With ANTH/SHOS 2201, satisfies Goal 10B of the General Education Requirements. S

ANTH 2203 Introduction to Archaeology 3 credits. Introduction to basic methods, data and concepts of archaeology. S

ANTH 2206 Indigenous Traditional Parenting 3 credits. Using the traditional knowledge of a Shoshoni language speaker, course is based in language and philosophy. Includes concepts of personhood, relations between parent and child, and the philosophy and use of childcare artifacts such as cradleboards. F

ANTH 2210 Conversational Shoshoni 3 credits. Refresher in Shoshoni words and phrases for those with previous exposure to the language and culture. S

ANTH 2212 Introduction to Folklore/Oral Tradition 3 credits. Folklore genres and folk groups, including introductory experience in folklore fieldwork focused on study of a genre or group of genres within verbal, customary, or material culture. Equivalent to ENGL 2212. R1

ANTH 2230 Introduction to Biological Anthropology 3 credits. Introduction to human biology, including human origins, evolution, human adaptation, and diversity. F

ANTH 2233 Sex, Culture and Human Evolution 3 credits. Examination of worldwide variation in human sexuality from an anthropological and evolutionary perspective. D

ANTH 2237 Peoples and Cultures of the Old World 3 credits. Examination of human social and cultural diversity from different parts of the Old World. Topics include social structure, ecology, religion, politics, and language. May be repeated for up to 6 credits. Satisfies Goal 10A of the General Education Requirements. D

ANTH 2238 Peoples and Cultures of the New World 3 credits. Examination of the human social and cultural diversity from different parts of the New World. Topics include social structure, ecology, religion, politics, and language. May be repeated for up to 6 credits. Satisfies Goal 10A of the General Education Requirements. F, S

ANTH 2239 Latino Peoples and Cultures 3 credits. Examination of the human, social and cultural diversity among Latino people in different regions of the world. Topics include ethnicity, health and healing, social structure, ecology, religion, politics, prehistory and language. May be repeated for up to 6 credits. Satisfies Goal 10A of the General Education Requirements. F, S

ANTH 2250 Introduction to Sociocultural Anthropology 3 credits. Explores cultural and biocultural behavior including cross cultural examination of enculturation, culture and personality, social organization, kinship and marriage, economics, politics, and ideology. Focus on cultural dynamics and contemporary issues in cultural anthropology. F

ANTH 2258 Native American History 3 credits. Assesses diversity of North American natives, their life and thought; European impact; federal policy; and natives' response to continual cultural and physical assault. Equivalent to HIST 2258. D

ANTH 3301 Introduction to Shoshoni Folklore 3 credits. Survey of Shoshoni beliefs, customs, music, dance and various genres of oral tradition including tales, legends and myths. Includes the material manifestations of Shoshoni culture, including arts and crafts, costuming and folk technology. R1

ANTH 3367 Language in the United States 3 credits. A survey of the languages of the United States (American Indian languages, immigrant languages, and ethnic and regional varieties of English) along with the social and political aspects of American language use. Equivalent to ENGL 3367. PREREQ: ANTH/ENGL/LANG 1107. D

ANTH 4401 History and Theory of Anthropology 3 credits. Survey of the development of anthropology, various schools of thought, important personalities, and concepts that have contributed to anthropology over time. PREREQ: ANTH 2250 or permission of instructor. S

ANTH 4402 Ecological Anthropology 3 credits. Interaction of human biocultural systems and environment. Relations of natural resources, technological inventories, social organization, cultural categories. Native resource management practices. PREREQ: ANTH 2203, ANTH 2250, ANTH 2230, BIOL 1100 or permission of instructor. D

ANTH 4403 Method and Theory in Archaeology 3 credits. History of the development of current methods and theory in archaeology and contemporary applications. PREREQ: ANTH 2203 or permission of instructor. F

ANTH 4404 Material Culture Analysis 3 credits. Methods and analyses used in archaeology and anthropology to understand the relationship between objects and culture. PREREQ: ANTH 2203 or permission of instructor. COREQ: ANTH 4405. D

ANTH 4405 Analytical Techniques Laboratory 1 credit. Analytical techniques laboratory to accompany ANTH 4404. Students will complete an assigned project in material culture analysis. PREREQ: ANTH 2203 or permission of instructor. COREQ: ANTH 4404. D

ANTH 4406 American Indian Health Issues 3 credits. An overview of health concerns, both current and past, of American Indian people, and the biological and sociocultural factors which influence health status. PREREQ: Permission of instructor. AF

ANTH 4407 Anthropology of Global Health 3 credits. How cultures define health and illness, and how these definitions ultimately influence the health status of individuals. PREREQ: Prior Anthropology course or permission of instructor. F

ANTH 4408 Topics in Medical Anthropology 3 credits. Rotating topics, including international health issues, ethno-psychiatry, ethnomedicine and non-western healing systems. May be repeated for up to 6 credits. PREREQ: Permission of instructor. D

ANTH 4409 Clinical Medical Anthropology 3 credits. Explores the culture of biomedicine and the beliefs of patients. Topics include doctor/patient communication, cultural competency, cultural construction of risk, critiques of high-tech medicine and the international pharmaceutical industry. S

ANTH 4410 Introduction to Cultural Resources Management 3 credits. Introduction to CRM reviewing historic preservation and federal legislation as they pertain to archaeology; practical experience in site survey and recording. PREREQ: ANTH 2203 or permission of instructor. D, W

ANTH 4413 Old World Archaeology 3 credits. Prehistory of the Old World. Precise areal focus and periods may vary. Includes both theory and exposition. May be repeated for up to 6 credits with different course topics. PREREQ: ANTH 2203 or permission of instructor. D

ANTH 4414 New World Archaeology 3 credits. Examination of the prehistory of the Americas with emphasis on the North American Continent. May be repeated for up to 6 credits with different course topics. PREREQ: ANTH 2203 or permission of instructor. D

ANTH 4430 Human Evolution 3 credits. Examines relevant topical issues/problems in human evolution from a bioanthropological, ecological, and demographic perspective, including paleoanthropology, evolutionary genetics, and the impact of health, nutrition, and disease in human populations. May be repeated for up to 6 credits. PREREQ: ANTH 2230 or permission of instructor. D

ANTH 4432 Human Osteology 3 credits. Provides a comprehensive, working knowledge of the human skeletal system presented in a laboratory context, including identification of individual bones, osteogenesis, pathologies, demography, and the applications of knowledge and techniques in real world settings. PREREQ: ANTH 2230 or permission of instructor. D

ANTH 4439 Principles of Taphonomy 3 credits. Effects of processes which modify organisms between death and the time the usually fossilized remains are studied. Emphasis on vertebrates. Crosslisted as BIOL 4439 and GEOL 4439. PREREQ: Permission of instructor. AS

ANTH 4449 Sociocultural Anthropology Research Methods 3 credits. Study of the methods of field work and analysis in sociocultural anthropology; design of field studies; data types; techniques for collection and analysis of empirical data; report writing; experimental field projects. AF

ANTH 4450 Socio-linguistics 3 credits. Study of the patterned covariation of language and society, social dialects and social styles in language; problems of bilingualism, multilingualism, creoles and language uses.Equivalent to ENGL 4488. PREREQ: ANTH/ENGL/LANG 1107; ENGL 2280 or ENGL 2281; or permission of instructor. AF

ANTH 4452 American Indian Verbal Arts 3 credits. Analysis of current theories in the study of oral literature and ethnopoetics, focusing on the oral traditions of American Indians. PREREQ: ANTH/ENGL/LANG 1107 or permission of instructor. AF

ANTH 4453 American Indian Literature 3 credits. Considers literary works by and about North American native people, especially in relationship to history, genre, and culture, including oral traditions. Equivalent to ENGL 4453. PREREQ: Goal 1. R2

ANTH 4454 Survey of American Indian Languages 3 credits. History of scholarship, analysis and classification of American Indian languages with emphasis on the languages of a particular phylum or geographical area. PREREQ: ANTH/ENGL/LANG 1107 or permission of instructor. AF

ANTH 4455 Phonetics 3 credits. Introduction to descriptive linguistics focusing on the phonetics and phonetic phenomena of English and the other languages of the world. Extensive practice in perception and production of such phenomena. Equivalent to LANG 4455. PREREQ: ANTH/ENGL/LANG 1107. D

ANTH 4456 Phonology and Morphology 3 credits. Phonological theory and analysis; current theories in morphology. Phonological rules, representations, underlying forms, derivations, justifications of phonological analyses; morphological structure, derivational and inflectional morphology; relation of morphology to phonology. Equivalent to LANG 4456. PREREQ: ANTH/ENGL/LANG 1107. D

ANTH 4457 Survey of Indo-European Languages 3 credits. Survey of Indo-European languages from ancient to modern times, their relationships to one another, and chief characteristics. Equivalent to LANG 4457. PREREQ: Completion of Goal 10B. D

ANTH 4458 Historical Linguistics 3 credits. The methods and theories of the historical study of language. The comparative method, internal reconstruction, linguistic change over time, genetic typology of languages, and applications to prehistory. PREREQ: ANTH/ENGL/LANG 1107. AS

ANTH 4459 Linguistic Field Methods 3 credits. Practical experience in linguistic analysis of a language using data elicited from a native speaker. May be repeated for up to 6 credits. PREREQ: ANTH 4456 or permission of instructor. D

ANTH 4463 Applied Statistics in Anthropology 3 credits. Practical applications of commonly used statistical analyses in anthropology. PREREQ: MATH 1153 or permission of instructor. AF

ANTH 4464 Analytical Methods 4 credits. Examination of and practical experience in applying advanced quantitative, qualitative, and laboratory methods and analyses. May be repeated for up to 8 credits. PREREQ: ANTH 4463 or permission of instructor. D

ANTH 4472 Native American Arts 3 credits. Survey of Native American arts and industries, including prehistoric, ethnographic, and contemporary venues. PREREQ: ANTH 2238 and permission of instructor. D

ANTH 4474 Topics in Indian Education 3 credits. Rotating review of topics dealing with issues in Indian education. Consult current schedule of classes for exact course being taught. D

ANTH 4478 Federal Indian Law 3 credits. Examination of tribal governments; their relationship with the federal government; sovereignty, jurisdictional conflicts over land and resources; and economic development. Equivalent to POLS 4478. D

ANTH 4479 Tribal Governments 3 credits. Complex legal position of Indian tribes as self-governing entities; principles of inherent powers; governmental organization, lawmaking, justice, relation to state and federal government. Equivalent to POLS 4479. D

ANTH 4480 Varieties of American English 3 credits. In-depth study of various dialects of American English, including historical evolution of different dialects, effects of migration on dialects, and influences of non-English immigrant languages on development of American English. Field-work studying the Snake River dialects of Idaho. Equivalent to ENGL 4480. PREREQ: ANTH/ENGL/LANG 1107. D

ANTH 4481 Topics in Sociocultural Anthropology 3 credits. Selected topics in social, political, economic, and religious systems/organization. Intensive survey of literature and analysis of relevant materials. See current schedule of classes for exact course titles. May be repeated for up to 9 credits with different course topics. PREREQ: Upper Division status or permission of instructor. D

ANTH 4482 Independent Problems in Anthropology 1-3 credits. Investigation of an anthropological problem chosen by the student and approved by the staff. May be repeated for up to 6 credits. PREREQ: Permission of instructor. D

ANTH 4483 Field Research 3 credits. Practical experience in field research. May be repeated for up to 6 credits. PREREQ: Permission of instructor. D

ANTH 4484 Rotating Topics in Linguistics 3 credits. Rotating topics in different areas of linguistics and linguistic analysis. Consult current schedule of classes for exact course being taught. May be rerpeated for up to 6 credits. Equivalent to ENGL 4484 and LANG 4484. PREREQ: ANTH/ENGL/LANG 1107 or ENGL 2280 or ENGL 2281. D

ANTH 4485 Anthropology of War and Violence 3 credits. Survey of war and violence from its evolutionary foundations through its modern representations. History and ethnography of violent conflict around the world. PREREQ: Any upper division social science course. AS

ANTH 4486 Archaeology Field School 1-6 credits. Practical field and laboratory training in archaeological excavation techniques and methods of analysis. May be repeated for up to 6 credits. PREREQ: ANTH 2203 or permission of instructor. Su

ANTH 4487 Ethnographic Field School 1-6 credits. Supervised fieldwork in cultural anthropology in a given ethnographic setting where students and faculty work on a specific set of field problems. May be repeated for up to 6 credits. PREREQ: ANTH 2250 and 4449 or permission of instructor. D

ANTH 4489 Special Topics in American Indian Studies 3 credits. Rotating review of topics dealing with issues in American Indian studies. Consult current schedule of classes for exact course being taught. May be repeated with different content. D

ANTH 4490 Topics in Folklore 3 credits. Focused study of an issue in folkloristics or a particular genre of folklore, including history of the scholarship concerning that issue or genre. Rotating topics. May be repeated for up to 9 credits with different topics. Equivalent to ENGL 4490. R1

ANTH 4491 Archaeology Laboratory Analysis 3 credits. Directed analysis of archaeological remains and report writing. May be repeated for up to 6 credits. PREREQ: Permission of instructor. F, S, W

ANTH 4492 Senior Seminar 3 credits. Integration and application of anthropological theories and methods to current research issues. S

ANTH 4494 Visual Anthropology 3 credits. Documentary and ethnographic filmmaking techniques including story structure, interviewing, audio and lighting, camera handling, composition, POV, and editing. Anthropological critiques of visual representation. Students create their own short film for a final project. May be repeated for up to 6 credits.PREREQ: ANTH 1100 or ANTH 2250 or permission of instructor. F

ANTH 4495 Department Colloquium 1 credit. Presentations of current research issues in Anthropology by faculty and students. S