Bachelor of Arts in Linguistics and Anthropology
The interdepartmental Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology (ANTH) and Linguistics (LING) is designed for students who want to study language from a holistic perspective that draws equally from both disciplines. Students who pursue this major will take courses in linguistic field methods, language change and linguistic variation. They will also develop expertise in at least one non-Indo-European language.
Requirements
- Introduction to Linguistics General Core Courses. One (1) course:
- LING-L 103 Introduction to the Study of Language
- LING-L 203 Introduction to Linguistic Analysis
LING-L 103 Introduction to the Study of Language
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- A survey of perspectives on language, covering topics such as the relation between the form of words and sentences and their meanings, the sounds of languages and their dialect variations, the use of language in daily life, language in humans and animals, and the relationship between language and thought.
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LING-L 203 Introduction to Linguistic Analysis
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Introduction to basic concepts of linguistic analysis, exemplifying the general principles of structural approaches to the modeling of language. Focus on, and application of, analytical methods applied in phonetics/phonology and morphology/syntax.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of LING-L 203 or LING-L 303.
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- Introduction to Sociolinguistics. One (1) course:
- LING-L 315 Introduction to Sociolinguistics
LING-L 315 Introduction to Sociolinguistics
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Examines the relationship between language and society. Issues include the nature of sociolinguistics; the importance of age, sex, socioeconomic status, language ideologies; why people use different dialects/languages in different situations; bilingualism and multilingualism; language choice, language attitudes, language endangerment; the relevance of sociolinguistics to general linguistics theory.
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- Social and Cultural Anthropology. One (1) course:
- ANTH-E 200 Social and Cultural Anthropology
ANTH-E 200 Social and Cultural Anthropology
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- An introduction to social-cultural anthropology\'s history, theories, and analytical approaches to cross-cultural analysis. Covers foundational concepts and ethnographic methods used to understand current issues such as race and racism, ethnicity and nationalism, class and inequality, gender, family and kinship, religion, and people\'s relationship to the environment.
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- Language and Culture. One (1) course:
- ANTH-L 200 Language and Culture
ANTH-L 200 Language and Culture
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- An introduction to the field of linguistic anthropology, the social scientific study of language. Examines how languages reflect cultures, how language use reproduces culture(s), how linguistic categories relate to categories of thought, and how linguistic variation both reflects and shapes social categories such as gender, class, race, and ethnicity.
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- Elective Courses in Linguistics. Two (2) courses:
- LING-L 306 Phonetics
- LING-L 307 Phonology
- LING-L 308 Morphology
- LING-L 310 Syntax
- LING-L 315 Introduction to Sociolinguistics
- LING-L 325 Semantics
- LING-L 367 Languages of the World
- LING-L 399 Readings in Linguistics (Honors)
- LING-L 413 Psycholinguistics
- LING-L 415 Corpus Linguistics
- LING-L 430 Language Change and Variation
- LING-L 431 Field Methods
- LING-L 432 Advanced Field Methods
- LING-L 435 Foundational Skills in Computational Linguistics
- LING-L 441 Field Methods in Sociolinguistics
- LING-L 445 The Computer and Natural Language
- LING-L 480 Introduction to African Linguistics
- LING-L 481 Language in Africa
- LING-L 485 Topics in Linguistics
- LING-L 490 Linguistic Structures
- LING-L 499 Honors Project
- LING-X 490 Readings in Linguistics
LING-L 306 Phonetics
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Introduction to the nature of speech, and the physiology and process of speech production, and training in IPA transcription of utterances drawn from the languages of the world, including various English dialects. The course includes an emphasis on naturally occurring speech and understanding physical aspects of speech behavior. Some laboratory work is included.
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LING-L 307 Phonology
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Notes
- R: LING-L 306
- Description
- Basic concepts such as the phoneme and distinctive feature as defined and used within particular theories. The relationship of phonology to phonetics and morphology; exploration of salient aspects of sound structure and some characteristic modes of argumentation; extensive phonological analysis with some practice in writing phonological rules.
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LING-L 308 Morphology
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- LING-L 103, LING-L 203, or LING-L 307
- Description
- An introduction to morphology, the study of the internal structure of words. Topics include the concept of the morpheme, the structure of words and processes of word formation, inflection versus derivation, and issues in morphological theory. Students will do morphological analyses on forms drawn from a variety of languages.
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LING-L 310 Syntax
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Notes
- R: LING-L 203
- Description
- Examination of the basic concepts, assumptions, and argumentation of modern syntactic theory to describe and analyze common syntactic structures in English and other languages. Practice in constructing and evaluating grammars.
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LING-L 315 Introduction to Sociolinguistics
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Examines the relationship between language and society. Issues include the nature of sociolinguistics; the importance of age, sex, socioeconomic status, language ideologies; why people use different dialects/languages in different situations; bilingualism and multilingualism; language choice, language attitudes, language endangerment; the relevance of sociolinguistics to general linguistics theory.
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LING-L 325 Semantics
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Notes
- R: LING-L 203
- Description
- An introduction to the relationship between linguistic forms and their meanings, use, and interpretation. Students will investigate the domain of linguistic semantics and acquire the "tools" to do semantic analysis and to critically evaluate those of others.
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LING-L 367 Languages of the World
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- LING-L 103 or LING-L 203
- Description
- Survey of the language families of the world, including their chief grammatical characteristics, geographical distribution, and cultural status. Topics include methods and evidence for language grouping, causes for linguistic diversity, characteristics of endangered languages, and causes for their endangerment.
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LING-L 399 Readings in Linguistics (Honors)
- Credits
- 1–6 credit hours
- Prerequisites
- Consent of departmental honors committee
- Notes
- Honors course
- Description
- None
- Repeatability
- May be repeated twice for a maximum of 12 credit hours.
LING-L 413 Psycholinguistics
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Provides an introduction to Psycholinguistics, the interdisciplinary study of how humans acquire, produce, and comprehend language. Explores and evaluates theories of language processing, as well as experimental evidence in support of those theories.
LING-L 415 Corpus Linguistics
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- LING-L 203 and LING-L 245
- Description
- Computer technology has revolutionized the ways linguists approach data. Large bodies of text (corpora) can now be searched to uncover complexities in natural data and explore specific linguistic phenomena. Explores the nature of corpora and programs that annotate or automatically produce a concordance, and how such programs are developed and used.
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LING-L 430 Language Change and Variation
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- LING-L 307
- Notes
- R: LING-L 310 or LING-L 308
- Description
- An introduction to how languages change over time and how prehistoric languages can be reconstructed by comparing their modern descendants. Major topics include principles of language change; historical reconstruction; language relatedness and language families; variation and the mechanism of language change; contact-induced change; the birth and death of languages.
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LING-L 431 Field Methods
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- LING-L 307
- Notes
- R: LING-L 310
- Description
- Introduction to the procedures involved in the structural description of language, using a native speaker of an unfamiliar language whose speech will be analyzed.
LING-L 432 Advanced Field Methods
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- LING-L 431
- Description
- Advanced analysis of the language under study in LING-L 431.
LING-L 435 Foundational Skills in Computational Linguistics
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- No previous programming experience required. Introduces basic concepts in programming such as loops or functions with the goal of attaining practical skills for text processing and solving problems in computational linguistics: expression searching, managing text, searching in text, and extracting information from text.
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LING-L 441 Field Methods in Sociolinguistics
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- LING-L 307 and LING-L 315
- Notes
- R: LING-L 310
- Description
- A practical introduction to sociolinguistic research, including methods of data collection and quantitative analysis. Experience in all stages of sociolinguistic research, culminating in an original research paper developed from fieldwork. Topics may include social variation among Bloomington natives, regional variation in the Midwest, gender differences among IU students, politeness strategies, and register differences associated with different settings.
LING-L 445 The Computer and Natural Language
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Present-day computer systems work with human language in many different forms, whether as stored data in the form of text, typed queries to a database or search engine, or speech commands in a voice-driven computer system. We also increasingly expect computers to produce human language, such as user-friendly error messages and synthesized speech. This course surveys a range of linguistic issues and problems in computational linguistics.
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LING-L 480 Introduction to African Linguistics
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- LING-L 203 or linguistics major
- Description
- Introduction to the linguistic study of African languages; questions of language distribution, typological and genetic classification, comparative reconstruction, and structural aspects of individual languages.
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LING-L 481 Language in Africa
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Study of language as an integral component of the lives of African peoples. Topics include linguistic rituals, such as greetings, condolences, apologies, and leave-taking; speaking the unspeakable, joking and insulting, storytelling, proverbs, and anthroponymy. Issues addressed include women and rhetoric, language education, and the dynamics of language spread.
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LING-L 485 Topics in Linguistics
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Notes
- Prerequisites vary by topic
- Description
- Studies in special topics not ordinarily covered in departmental courses.
LING-L 490 Linguistic Structures
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- The linguistic analysis of particular aspects of the structure of one language or a group of closely related languages.
LING-L 499 Honors Project
- Credits
- 1–6 credit hours
- Prerequisites
- Approval of the departmental honors committee
- Notes
- Honors course
- Description
- None
- Repeatability
- May be repeated twice for a maximum of 12 credit hours.
LING-X 490 Readings in Linguistics
- Credits
- 1–4 credit hours
- Prerequisites
- None
- Notes
- R: 12 credit hours of linguistics, or LING-L 103 and advanced work in a foreign language. May not duplicate a regularly offered course
- Description
- Directed reading in various fields of linguistics.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated up to a maximum of 12 credit hours in LING-L 408 and LING-X 490.
- Elective Courses in Anthropology. Two (2) courses:
- ANTH-E 300 Culture Areas and Ethnic Groups
- ANTH-E 302 Ethnographic Methods
- ANTH-E 309 Problems in African Ethnography
- ANTH-E 317 Ethnographies of Media Worlds
- ANTH-E 318 Nature/Culture: Global Perspectives in Environmental Anthropology
- ANTH-E 319 Native American Religions
- ANTH-E 320 Indigenous Populations of North America
- ANTH-E 321 Peoples of Mexico
- ANTH-E 322 Peoples of Brazil
- ANTH-E 323 Indigenous Peoples of Indiana
- ANTH-E 327 Native Amazonians and the Environment
- ANTH-E 328 Ecological Anthropology
- ANTH-E 331 Debt
- ANTH-E 333 Peoples of the Andes
- ANTH-E 335 Ancient Civilizations of Mesoamerica
- ANTH-E 337 Food, Sex and Gender
- ANTH-E 338 Stigma and Taboo
- ANTH-E 340 Indigenous Populations of Mexico and Central America
- ANTH-E 344 On The Move Across Asia: Gender, Migration, Mobility
- ANTH-E 345 Changing China
- ANTH-E 346 Global Anarchy
- ANTH-E 347 The Anthropology of Contemporary Japan
- ANTH-E 349 Identity and Difference
- ANTH-E 358 Photography and Ethnography
- ANTH-E 366 Commodities and Culture
- ANTH-E 373 Plagues and People
- ANTH-E 380 Urban Anthropology
- ANTH-E 381 Ethnographic Analysis of Family, Work, and Power
- ANTH-E 382 Memory and Culture
- ANTH-E 383 A World of Work
- ANTH-E 385 Applied Anthropology
- ANTH-E 386 Performance, Culture, and Power in the Middle East and North Africa
- ANTH-E 387 The Ethnography of Europe
- ANTH-E 388 Ethnicity, Class, and the Model U.S. Citizen
- ANTH-E 393 World Fiction and Cultural Anthropology
- ANTH-E 397 Peoples and Cultures of the Middle East
- ANTH-E 398 Peoples and Cultures of Central Asia
- ANTH-E 400 Undergraduate Seminar
- ANTH-E 404 Field Methods in Ethnography
- ANTH-E 407 Visual Anthropology: Filmmaking
- ANTH-E 408 Talk, Tales, and Television: Africa, Europe, the United States
- ANTH-E 412 Anthropology of Russia and Eastern Europe
- ANTH-E 413 Global Africa
- ANTH-E 415 Topics in Communication and Culture in Comparative Perspective
- ANTH-E 416 Anthropology of Tourism
- ANTH-E 417 African Women
- ANTH-E 418 Globalization and Consumer Culture
- ANTH-E 420 Economic Anthropology
- ANTH-E 421 Food and Culture
- ANTH-E 422 Native American and Indigenous Media
- ANTH-E 423 Life Histories
- ANTH-E 424 Sense of Place
- ANTH-E 426 Coffee Culture, Production, and Markets
- ANTH-E 428 Contemporary Latin American Social Movements
- ANTH-E 431 Ethnography as Cultural Critique
- ANTH-E 432 Cultures of Democracy
- ANTH-E 434 Food Communication and Performance
- ANTH-E 435 Fashion, Beauty, Power
- ANTH-E 436 The Politics of Marriage
- ANTH-E 437 Power and Violence: Political Systems in Ethnographic Perspective
- ANTH-E 438 Communication in the Digital Age
- ANTH-E 442 Ethnographic Memoir
- ANTH-E 444 People and Protected Areas: Theories of Conservation
- ANTH-E 445 Seminar in Medical Anthropology
- ANTH-E 454 India Lost and Found in Diasporic Feminist Films
- ANTH-E 456 Anthropology of Race
- ANTH-E 460 The Arts in Anthropology
- ANTH-E 463 Anthropology of Dance
- ANTH-E 464 Body, Power, and Performance
- ANTH-E 474 The Anthropology of Human Rights
- ANTH-E 485 Art and Craft of Ethnography
- ANTH-E 490 Development and Anthropology
- ANTH-L 310 Elementary Lakota (Sioux) Language I
- ANTH-L 311 Elementary Lakota (Sioux) Language II
- ANTH-L 312 Intermediate Lakota (Sioux) Language I
- ANTH-L 313 Intermediate Lakota (Sioux) Language II
- ANTH-L 314 Performance as Communicative Practice
- ANTH-L 320 Native American Languages
- ANTH-L 330 Mesoamerican Languages: Structure, History, Social Context
- ANTH-L 340 Language and Globalization
- ANTH-L 400 Topical Seminar in the Ethnography of Communication
- ANTH-L 402 Language in/of Media
- ANTH-L 407 Language and Prehistory
- ANTH-L 410 Language and Society in Central Eurasia
ANTH-E 300 Culture Areas and Ethnic Groups
- Credits
- 1–3 credit hours
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- An ethnographic survey of a selected culture area or ethnic group.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated for a maximum of 6 credit hours.
ANTH-E 302 Ethnographic Methods
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Students learn the approaches and methods of ethnography by conducting their own hands-on field research projects in and around the community. Students complete a series of ethnographic lab assignments on participant observation, mapping and visual technologies, interviewing, and writing up research findings.
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ANTH-E 309 Problems in African Ethnography
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Concentrating on ethnographies of African cultures, this course seeks to create an understanding of specific social worlds through the interaction of cultural practices (economy, the arts, law, language, religion, politics) as they have been affected by colonialism, nationalism, modernity, and globalization.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 6 credit hours.
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ANTH-E 317 Ethnographies of Media Worlds
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Examines the challenges that focusing on the mass media--including technologies, production processes, content, and reception--present for studying cultures. Explores the relationship between media and culture to understand people's experiences and conceptualization of time, space, communities, families, and identities.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of ANTH-E 317 or CMCL-C 310.
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ANTH-E 318 Nature/Culture: Global Perspectives in Environmental Anthropology
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- When we think of nature, what images come to mind? How are ideas of nature influenced by culture, history, and politics? By the end of the semester, students will recognize how environments represent a collection, not only of plants and animals, but also of meanings and relationships.
ANTH-E 319 Native American Religions
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Introduces religions of the peoples indigenous to North America. Topics include traditional and contemporary rituals, mythology, folklore, and symbolism occurring throughout these indigenous cultures. Explores areas including art, architecture, cosmology, sustenance, trade, history, gender.
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ANTH-E 320 Indigenous Populations of North America
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Ethnographic survey of culture areas from the Arctic to Panama plus cross-cultural analysis of interrelations of culture, geographical environment, and language families.
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ANTH-E 321 Peoples of Mexico
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Surveys indigenous and mestizo peoples within the context of the larger nation, as well as the effects of urbanization, emigration, and globalization in contemporary Mexico.
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ANTH-E 322 Peoples of Brazil
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Introduces contemporary Brazil while examining Brazil\'s colonial history and legacies and the political, demographic, cultural, economic, and environmental transformation of the country. Examines implications of these processes for indigenous populations, and considers current societal changes as related to racial and socioeconomic inequalities.
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ANTH-E 323 Indigenous Peoples of Indiana
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Provides an introduction to the history and culture of the two principal Native American Nations of Indiana, the Miami and the Potawatomi. Takes an ethnohistorical approach, investigating the past and present of these communities on the basis of anthropological research as well as historical documents.
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ANTH-E 327 Native Amazonians and the Environment
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Study of how native peoples in the Amazon Basin have used the environment from prehistoric times to the present. Examination of archaeological evidence, current pressures from development processes, and indigenous knowledge as the key to balancing conservation and development.
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ANTH-E 328 Ecological Anthropology
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Survey of anthropological approaches to the study of human interaction with the environment: history of ideas, major theories, critiques, and contemporary approaches.
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ANTH-E 331 Debt
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- What is debt? To talk about debt is to talk about many other things: finance, wealth transmission, public goods, or social solidarity. In this course, we will explore how political economists, anthropologists, and historians have looked at \"debt\" in different places and times.
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ANTH-E 333 Peoples of the Andes
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Explores the cultures of prehistoric and current groups of the slopes and high reaches of the Andes, from Colombia to southern Chile. Considers historic and current contexts of socioeconomic, political, and environmental change that have shaped the cultures of their nations. The Quichua (Quechua), Aymara, and Mapuche cultures receive special attention.
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ANTH-E 335 Ancient Civilizations of Mesoamerica
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Historical ethnography of the major pre-Columbian civilizations, especially the Aztec, the Maya, and the Zapotec and Mixtec. Emphasis on the social life, cultural achievements, religion, worldview, and political systems to illustrate the diversity and richness of indigenous life before the Spanish conquest.
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ANTH-E 337 Food, Sex and Gender
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Studies a range of people and places--from cave dwellers to reality TV, New Guinea to New York. Explores how food reflects and creates gender and promotes and expresses sexuality. Readings from many disciplines will foster wide ranging and lively discussion.
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ANTH-E 338 Stigma and Taboo
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Examines the relation between stigma and taboo, specifically how stigmatized groups and taboo practices are marked by moral judgement. We examine theory and particular cases to identify strategies to combat moralizing logics as related to race, class, gender, and the body broadly speaking.
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ANTH-E 340 Indigenous Populations of Mexico and Central America
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Notes
- R: ANTH-E 105, ANTH-E 200, ANTH-E 303, or sophomore standing
- Description
- Ethnographic survey of indigenous populations of Mexico and Central America, both historical and contemporary. Considers these populations in the context of wider political contexts and relationships.
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ANTH-E 344 On The Move Across Asia: Gender, Migration, Mobility
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Examines how changing ideas about gender and family have influenced Asia's economic "miracles." We will study how gender and sexuality have organized mobility and migration across Asia, examining the effects of industrialization, global capitalism, and militarization. Topics include domestic and factory labor, sex work, and human trafficking debates.
ANTH-E 345 Changing China
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Introduction to the dramatic social and cultural changes in China from 1949 to the present. Focuses on how Maoist socialism, market reforms, and globalization have affected everyday life, family, gender and sexuality, and inequality in China.
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ANTH-E 346 Global Anarchy
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Exploring everything from Antifa in the streets of Trump's America and anarcho-feminist essays to DIY punk scenes and apocalyptic zombie scenarios, this course seeks to advance a basic understanding of anarchist ideals, practices, and imaginaries. Focused largely on cases in the Americas and Europe, the course explores the basic principles of anarchism, the theories behind it, and the everyday political dilemmas that arise in efforts to practice it. Course materials will be drawn from texts, music, comics, TV and film.
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ANTH-E 347 The Anthropology of Contemporary Japan
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Frames in anthropological perspective the history, present, and future of Japanese society. Explores anthropological research on Japanese attitudes toward ethnic and national identity; gender and education; and the wide-ranging impact of Japan's economic decline on attitudes toward work, play, consumption, and travel overseas.
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ANTH-E 349 Identity and Difference
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- How do groups of people become convinced that they are similar to some but different from others? When do forms of difference become the basis for exclusion or even violence? We explore how cultural differences are produced, maintained and transformed in relation to wider sociopolitical formations.
ANTH-E 358 Photography and Ethnography
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Anthropologists have understood photographs as primary data, as documentation for colonial projects, as evidence of fieldwork, in museum exhibitions, and as works of art. Examines the political and ethical practice of photography with the aim of learning to think critically about photography in global and historical contexts.
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ANTH-E 366 Commodities and Culture
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Considers the complex connections between commodities, \"sustainable\" trade, and culture, especially for agricultural commodities. Drawing from work in anthropology and real-world case studies, asks: What makes something a commodity? What is the \"right\" way to farm, to trade, and to eat? Who decides, and why?
ANTH-E 373 Plagues and People
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Examines pandemics as cultural phenomena. Provides a backdrop to the 2020-2022 pandemic by studying how anthropologists and historians have viewed pandemics in different places and times. Explores cultural understandings of social solidarity, family obligations, the common good, risk, responsibility, authority, and the enforcement of new social norms in this context.
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ANTH-E 380 Urban Anthropology
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- ANTH-E 200; or consent of instructor
- Description
- Urban social organization in cross-cultural perspective. Theoretical perspectives on urbanism and urbanization. Problems include kinship and social networks, politico-economic factors, and cultural pluralism. Strategies of anthropological research in urban settings.
ANTH-E 381 Ethnographic Analysis of Family, Work, and Power
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- ANTH-E 200; or consent of instructor
- Description
- This course teaches ethnographic analysis as a set of intellectual and practical tools students can use to define and answer questions about the implications of economic and social changes in their own lives and the world at large. Students will learn to identify and debate the patterns of loyalty, authority, and conflict established by specific relations in families and workplaces whether these are described in readings or presented in actual situations.
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ANTH-E 382 Memory and Culture
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Remembrance is analyzed as a cultural and social reality. Review of the theoretical literature on collective memory as it unfolds in written, narrative, visual, and audiovisual art; in architecture and monuments; in private and public ritual; in genealogy; and in the social experience of the body.
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ANTH-E 383 A World of Work
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Ethnographic study of how people learn to work in a range of real jobs around the world. Focuses on how people learn to do a job and get along with co-workers in different cultures. Shows how much a country's legal or economic policies can affect daily work lives.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourseSummer 2024CASE SHcourseSpring 2024CASE SHcourse
ANTH-E 385 Applied Anthropology
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Survey of the applications of anthropological theory and method to meet societal needs in the areas of education, health, industry, food production, and rural development.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourseSummer 2024CASE SHcourseSpring 2024CASE SHcourse
ANTH-E 386 Performance, Culture, and Power in the Middle East and North Africa
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Middle Eastern cultures are well known for their rich and diverse performance practices. Taking an ethnographic perspective, this course views performances as communicative events through which social relations are organized. It explores how performances both participate in local arrangements of power and constitute responses to colonialism, nationalism, and globalization.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of ANTH-E 386 or CMCL-C 422.
- Fall 2024CASE GCCcourseSummer 2024CASE GCCcourseSpring 2024CASE GCCcourse
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourseSummer 2024CASE SHcourseSpring 2024CASE SHcourse
ANTH-E 387 The Ethnography of Europe
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Europe is viewed as an idea, an identity, and an historical consciousness. Students explore the meaning of this idea in the contemporary development of social and cultural anthropology, and in such social areas as regionalism and nationalism, ethnic identity, gender and kinship, religion, the city versus the village, and political life.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourseSummer 2024CASE SHcourseSpring 2024CASE SHcourse
ANTH-E 388 Ethnicity, Class, and the Model U.S. Citizen
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Considers how people's identities influence the ideals and practice of citizenship. Focuses in particular on identities based on ethnicity and class. Examines how ethnicity and class shape discourses of citizenship found in the media and in political and legal spheres.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of ANTH-E 388 or CMCL-C 346.
ANTH-E 393 World Fiction and Cultural Anthropology
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Uses literature and anthropology as a means of understanding culture. Ethnographic writing and world fiction--novels, short stories, poems, myths, folktales--are analyzed to reveal aspects of the social, cultural, and political lives of peoples around the world. Colonialism, war, socialism, and immigration are also discussed.
ANTH-E 397 Peoples and Cultures of the Middle East
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- General anthropological introduction to social institutions and cultural forms of the Arab countries of North Africa and the Near East, Israel, Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan. Topics include ecology, development of Islam and Muslim empires, traditional adaptive strategies, consequences of colonialism, independence and rise of nation-states, impact of modernization, changing conceptions of kinship, ethnicity, and gender.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of ANTH-E 397, CEUS-R 352, CEUS-U 397, or NELC-N 397.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourseSummer 2024CASE SHcourseSpring 2024CASE SHcourse
ANTH-E 398 Peoples and Cultures of Central Asia
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- General anthropological introduction to societies and cultures of contemporary Muslim successor states of former Soviet Central Asia, Western China (Xinjiang), and Iran and Afghanistan. Topics include ecology, ethnohistory, traditional subsistence strategies, family, kinship, gender, sociopolitical organization, impact of colonial rule of tsarist and Soviet Russia and China, development of modern nation-states in Iran and Afghanistan, and dynamics of current conflicts and future prospects.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of ANTH-E 398, CEUS-R 316, or CEUS-U 398.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourseSummer 2024CASE SHcourseSpring 2024CASE SHcourse
ANTH-E 400 Undergraduate Seminar
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Intensive examination of selected topics in anthropology. Emphasis on analytic investigation and critical discussion. Topics vary.
- Repeatability
- May be taken with a different topic for a maximum of 9 credit hours.
ANTH-E 404 Field Methods in Ethnography
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- Junior standing
- Description
- Introduction to the methods and techniques anthropologists use in ethnographic research. Preparation of a research proposal, interviewing, and the use of the life histories and case studies.
- Repeatability
- May be taken with a different topic for a maximum of 9 credit hours.
ANTH-E 407 Visual Anthropology: Filmmaking
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- Junior standing or consent of instructor
- Description
- Experimental filmmaking concerning social behavior, institutions, and customs.
ANTH-E 408 Talk, Tales, and Television: Africa, Europe, the United States
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Colonialism, the slave trade, apartheid, African music, "Roots," Hollywood: these subjects link together Americans, Europeans, and Africans, and they are portrayed through talk, television, film, radio, and performance at specific sites. Using specific examples, we will examine these tools of communication critically to better understand the ideas and images that circulate back and forth across the Atlantic.
- Fall 2024CASE AHcourseSummer 2024CASE AHcourseSpring 2024CASE AHcourse
ANTH-E 412 Anthropology of Russia and Eastern Europe
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Explores the contradictory effects of socialism's "fall" through a study of new ethnographies of postsocialist societies. Regional inquiries will be related to broader intellectual issues such as globalization, social suffering, commodification and cultural identity, ethnicity and nation building, armed conflict, and gender inequalities.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourseSummer 2024CASE SHcourseSpring 2024CASE SHcourse
ANTH-E 413 Global Africa
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Considers recent ethnographies of the African continent that address contemporary debates over theorizing Africa, locating African productive and creative practices (in cities, in unregulated economic spaces, within households), understanding social relationships in and out of marriage, and religious thought and practices.
- Fall 2024CASE GCCcourseSummer 2024CASE GCCcourseSpring 2024CASE GCCcourse
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourseSummer 2024CASE SHcourseSpring 2024CASE SHcourse
ANTH-E 415 Topics in Communication and Culture in Comparative Perspective
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Cross-cultural exploration of communication systems, ranging from face-to-face interaction to mediated forms of communication, with an emphasis on their cultural foundations and social organization.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 6 credit hours in ANTH-E 415 and CMCL-C 415.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourseSummer 2024CASE SHcourseSpring 2024CASE SHcourse
ANTH-E 416 Anthropology of Tourism
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Explores the phenomenon of tourism from an anthropological perspective. Looks at tourism as linked to consumer culture, transnational movements of people and goods, post-colonial settings, global capitalism, and the politics of ethnic and national identities.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourseSummer 2024CASE SHcourseSpring 2024CASE SHcourse
ANTH-E 417 African Women
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- The remarkably active roles that African women play in their communities bring them respect, but also heavy responsibilities. This course follows the themes of autonomy and control of resources, considering both economic resources such as land, labor, income and cattle, and social resources such as education, religion, and political power.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourseSummer 2024CASE SHcourseSpring 2024CASE SHcourse
ANTH-E 418 Globalization and Consumer Culture
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Examines processes of globalization and economic and cultural integration, including the origin and spread of mass-consumer society. Topics include the theories of consumption, mass media and advertising, and the relationship between modernity and consumerism. Includes examples from societies around the world.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourseSummer 2024CASE SHcourseSpring 2024CASE SHcourse
ANTH-E 420 Economic Anthropology
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Considers the ways in which anthropology has addressed economic questions. Topics may include contemporary and classic debates in the field; gendered forms of (re)production and labor; environmental sustainability; social justice; nutrition and food politics; shifting notions of currency; cultures of consumption; and global trade and value.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 6 credit hours.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourseSummer 2024CASE SHcourseSpring 2024CASE SHcourse
ANTH-E 421 Food and Culture
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Discussion of the economy of food production, trade and consumption on a global basis. Gives a cross-cultural and historical perspective on the development of cooking and cuisine in relationship to individual, national, and ethnic identity. Relates cuisine to modernity, migration, and forms of cultural mixing and Creolization.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourseSummer 2024CASE SHcourseSpring 2024CASE SHcourse
ANTH-E 422 Native American and Indigenous Media
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Study of contemporary Native American and global indigenous representation and communication, including oral performance and media. Explores the poetics and politics of media and performance in the context of indigenous histories, cultures, and experiences of colonization. Examines the use of performance forms as symbolic resources in literature, film, the Internet, music and television. Addresses intersections of gender, class and race in indigenous media worlds.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of ANTH-E 422 or CMCL-C 430.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourseSummer 2024CASE SHcourseSpring 2024CASE SHcourse
ANTH-E 423 Life Histories
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Life histories give ethnographies accessibility, emotional impact, deep contextualization, and a deceptively transparent opening for authentic voices. An exploration of the complex issues of power and knowledge underlying this method, including interviewing strategies, consent, confidentiality, editing and publishing choices, and considers its position within broader research agendas. We discuss classic examples, recent narrative collections and contemporary experimental texts.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourseSummer 2024CASE SHcourseSpring 2024CASE SHcourse
ANTH-E 424 Sense of Place
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Examines the relationship between human identities and places through the study of ethnographies, philosophies, personal essays, films, fiction, poetry, and electronic media. Develops ethnographic skills to describe how personal, public, institutional, and virtual spaces are influenced by history, gender, and social forces. Emphasizes analytical, interpretive, and representational skills to communicate the richness of human experience.
ANTH-E 426 Coffee Culture, Production, and Markets
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Considers diverse expressions of "coffee culture" in production, markets, and consumption patterns. Explores the history of coffee production and trade, coffee's impact on international relations, and its implications for environmental changes, social justice, and economic development. Also studies local meanings of coffee and its consumption.
ANTH-E 428 Contemporary Latin American Social Movements
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Compares and contrasts contemporary activist and grassroots movements throughout the Latin American region. Focuses on movements both within the region and within the Latin American diaspora in the United States, organized around the rubrics of ethnicity, gender, resources, and environment.
- Fall 2024CASE GCCcourseSummer 2024CASE GCCcourseSpring 2024CASE GCCcourse
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourseSummer 2024CASE SHcourseSpring 2024CASE SHcourse
ANTH-E 431 Ethnography as Cultural Critique
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Examines the ways ethnographic work can provide a critical lens through which to view our world. By juxtaposing familiar cultural practices and beliefs against those of other societies and cultures, students learn to critically assess aspects of their own society they may have previously taken for granted. Provides training in ethnographic methods and features a semester-long ethnographic project.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 6 credit hours in ANTH-E 431 or CMCL-C 318.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourseSummer 2024CASE SHcourseSpring 2024CASE SHcourse
ANTH-E 432 Cultures of Democracy
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Examines the role of culture in how democracies are practiced. Ethnographic focus varies and includes cross-cultural comparisons of political speech, voting, and democratic representation in different cultures. Particular attention is paid to the dilemmas surrounding the exportation of democracy, especially to the Middle East, Africa, South Africa, the Pacific, and the Balkans.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of ANTH-E 432 or CMCL-C 446.
- Fall 2024CASE GCCcourseSummer 2024CASE GCCcourseSpring 2024CASE GCCcourse
ANTH-E 434 Food Communication and Performance
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Investigates food as a cultural and communicative device: how it functions in language, icons, ideologies, and power systems. Focuses on contemporary uses of and attitudes about food in daily use in lore, rituals, spectacles, festivals, and popular movements.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of ANTH-E 434 and CMCL-C 433.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourseSummer 2024CASE SHcourseSpring 2024CASE SHcourse
ANTH-E 435 Fashion, Beauty, Power
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Explores debates about dress, fashion, and anti-fashion in a global and historical context. Considers the relationship between ideas about the body and self-presentation and ideas about gender, family, race, religion and national consciousness in relation to dress.
ANTH-E 436 The Politics of Marriage
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- What is the state of marriage today? How do we understand marriage as a social, political, and economic institution? Examines marriage across cultures and time periods. Discusses topics such as arranged marriages, marriage and racial politics, marital citizenship, wedding industries, and battles over same-sex marriage.
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- Fall 2024CASE SHcourseSummer 2024CASE SHcourseSpring 2024CASE SHcourse
ANTH-E 437 Power and Violence: Political Systems in Ethnographic Perspective
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Different political systems are founded and maintained by varying combinations of overt violence and more subtle workings of ideas and ideologies. Through cross-cultural case studies, the course examines how coercion, persuasion, consensus, and dissent operate in and through the politics and performances of everyday life.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of ANTH-E 437 or CMCL-C 417.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourseSummer 2024CASE SHcourseSpring 2024CASE SHcourse
ANTH-E 438 Communication in the Digital Age
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Examines the everyday issues surrounding public speech in new media: how people establish appropriate behavior in new media and respond to new possibilities for deceptive behavior; how ideas of what counts as 'public' and 'private' change as the result of changes in the way communication circulates; why scholars believe public speech and democracy are so intertwined.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of ANTH-E 438 or CMCL-C 429.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourseSummer 2024CASE SHcourseSpring 2024CASE SHcourse
ANTH-E 442 Ethnographic Memoir
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- ANTH-E 200; or consent of instructor
- Description
- Explores the intersection of memoir and ethnography. Considers what the defining characteristics of a new genre, ethnographic memoir, would be and how it might differ from ethnography and memoir. Includes experiments in writing that combines observation and description with increasing understanding of the relationships between self and others.
ANTH-E 444 People and Protected Areas: Theories of Conservation
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Seminar course that explores major theories and approaches to conservation, from "fortress conservation" to community-based and participatory strategies. Considers the implications of protected areas for local human populations and cultural diversity. Evaluates outcomes and unintended consequences of protected areas, and controversies over the "best" way to protect natural resources.
- Fall 2024CASE DUScourseSummer 2024CASE DUScourseSpring 2024CASE DUScourse
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourseSummer 2024CASE SHcourseSpring 2024CASE SHcourse
ANTH-E 445 Seminar in Medical Anthropology
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- This advanced seminar in medical anthropology focuses on theoretical approaches to understanding the body and notions of health, illness, and disease across cultures. Concentrates on interpretive and critical (political economy) approaches to issues of health and includes critical study of Western biomedicine.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourseSummer 2024CASE SHcourseSpring 2024CASE SHcourse
ANTH-E 454 India Lost and Found in Diasporic Feminist Films
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Uses an historical and ethnographic approach to study the films and related readings of Indian diasporic filmmakers from the 1980s to the present. Focuses on the films of two prolific feminist filmmakers, Mira Nair and Deepa Mehta.
- Fall 2024CASE AHcourseSummer 2024CASE AHcourseSpring 2024CASE AHcourse
ANTH-E 456 Anthropology of Race
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Explores race from a cultural anthropological perspective and investigates the history of this idea within the discipline as well as its dissemination in international society. Examines the play between challenges to race as an intellectual paradigm and the resilient status of race-thinking in society at large.
ANTH-E 460 The Arts in Anthropology
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Visual art, music, dance, drama, and oral literature, viewed as structural entities, as aspects of human behavior, and in terms of their anthropological context.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with different topics for a maximum of 9 credit hours.
- Fall 2024CASE AHcourseSummer 2024CASE AHcourseSpring 2024CASE AHcourse
ANTH-E 463 Anthropology of Dance
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Techniques of dance research, bibliographic and archival sources, historical and comparative studies, function and structure of dance, distribution of dance styles, and symbolic aspects of dance performance. A variety of dance forms will be considered in their social and cultural contexts.
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ANTH-E 464 Body, Power, and Performance
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Looks at performance in relation to social power by focusing on the body. Examines the extent to which several interdisciplinary readings on performance theory--largely emerging as they have from Western intellectual traditions--speak to embodied/performative negotiations of social power outside "the West."
- Fall 2024CASE AHcourseSummer 2024CASE AHcourseSpring 2024CASE AHcourse
ANTH-E 474 The Anthropology of Human Rights
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Investigates anthropology's theoretical and practical engagements with global social justice. Examines a number of texts central to the development of the notion of human rights, and explores several case studies oriented around a range of historical and contemporary human rights issues.
ANTH-E 485 Art and Craft of Ethnography
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Ethnography is the defining core of social and cultural anthropology; field research is at the heart of ethnography. The definition and purpose of ethnography, the role of ethnographer, voice, ethics, and modes of presentation, standards, craft, art, and evaluation are examined through specific cases and exemplary ethnographies.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourseSummer 2024CASE SHcourseSpring 2024CASE SHcourse
ANTH-E 490 Development and Anthropology
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- ANTH-E 420; or consent of instructor
- Description
- Focuses on theories of development, ethical issues surrounding development, practical issues related to development including interactions with development agencies, and the ways development anthropology has been employed in specific projects around the world.
ANTH-L 310 Elementary Lakota (Sioux) Language I
- Credits
- 4
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- An introduction to Lakota (Sioux), a Native American language spoken on the Northern Plains of the United States. Course focuses on developing elementary reading and writing skills as well as oral fluency in the Lakota language within the context of Lakota culture.
ANTH-L 311 Elementary Lakota (Sioux) Language II
- Credits
- 4
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Continues work begun in ANTH-L 310, focusing on continued development of elementary reading and writing skills as well as oral fluency in the Lakota (Sioux) language within the context of Lakota culture.
ANTH-L 312 Intermediate Lakota (Sioux) Language I
- Credits
- 4
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Study of more complex Lakota grammatical structures, with emphasis on development of active reading, writing, and speaking skills.
ANTH-L 313 Intermediate Lakota (Sioux) Language II
- Credits
- 4
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Study of more complex Lakota grammatical structures, with emphasis on development of active reading, writing, and speaking skills.
ANTH-L 314 Performance as Communicative Practice
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Introduction to performance as a communicative practice, focusing on performance as a special artistic mode of communication and performance and as a special class of display events in which the values and symbols of a culture are enacted before an audience.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of ANTH-L 314 or CMCL-C 313.
- Fall 2024CASE AHcourseSummer 2024CASE AHcourseSpring 2024CASE AHcourse
ANTH-L 320 Native American Languages
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Introductory survey of the indigenous languages of the Americas. Topics covered include history of the study of Native American languages, genetic and typological classifications, structures of selected languages, the comparative (historical) study of selected language families, and the interplay between language and culture. Diversity of Native American languages is emphasized.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourseSummer 2024CASE SHcourseSpring 2024CASE SHcourse
ANTH-L 330 Mesoamerican Languages: Structure, History, Social Context
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Introductory survey of the indigenous languages of Mesoamerica. Covers the genetic and typological classification of these languages, and the social and historical contexts in which they have been and continue to be spoken. Students will have hands-on opportunities to work with native speakers of these languages.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourseSummer 2024CASE SHcourseSpring 2024CASE SHcourse
ANTH-L 340 Language and Globalization
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Explores globalization through the lens of language. Topics include cultural and linguistic contact and translation, migration and assimilation, transnational media, multilingualism, language loss, the emergence and spread of new forms of English, and global discourses of democracy, diversity, and minority rights.
ANTH-L 400 Topical Seminar in the Ethnography of Communication
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Current issues in linguistic anthropology, designed to acquaint the student with readings and points of view not covered in the introductory courses. Topics such as languages of the world, variation in language, problems in linguistic structure, and culture and communication. Topic varies.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 9 credit hours.
ANTH-L 402 Language in/of Media
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Examines how language is represented in media and the language(s) of media as ways of understanding broader sociocultural processes. Explores ways scholars have approached language in/of media to date, while also seeking to open new areas of inquiry. Emphasizes research and analysis methods.
ANTH-L 407 Language and Prehistory
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Introduction to the areas of linguistic research that are most relevant to the work of archaeologists and students of prehistory. Topics include mechanisms of linguistic change, the comparative method, genetic and areal relationships among languages, and applications of linguistic reconstruction to the study of ancient cultures and populations.
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ANTH-L 410 Language and Society in Central Eurasia
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- This seminar explores how language is used to accomplish economic, political, and sociocultural ends in Central Eurasia. Topics covered include multilingualism; regional ethnolinguistic categories; the relationship between language policy and nationalities policy; gendered language; code choice in interactions; the politics of translation; poetics; standardization; and language shift, endangerment, and revitalization.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of ANTH-L 410 or CEUS-R 492.
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- Language Change. One (1) course:
- ANTH-L 407 Language and Prehistory
- LING-L 430 Language Change and Variation
ANTH-L 407 Language and Prehistory
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Introduction to the areas of linguistic research that are most relevant to the work of archaeologists and students of prehistory. Topics include mechanisms of linguistic change, the comparative method, genetic and areal relationships among languages, and applications of linguistic reconstruction to the study of ancient cultures and populations.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourseSummer 2024CASE SHcourseSpring 2024CASE SHcourse
LING-L 430 Language Change and Variation
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- LING-L 307
- Notes
- R: LING-L 310 or LING-L 308
- Description
- An introduction to how languages change over time and how prehistoric languages can be reconstructed by comparing their modern descendants. Major topics include principles of language change; historical reconstruction; language relatedness and language families; variation and the mechanism of language change; contact-induced change; the birth and death of languages.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourseSummer 2024CASE SHcourseSpring 2024CASE SHcourse
- Fieldwork. One (1) course:
- ANTH-E 302 Ethnographic Methods
- LING-L 431 Field Methods
- LING-L 441 Field Methods in Sociolinguistics
ANTH-E 302 Ethnographic Methods
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Students learn the approaches and methods of ethnography by conducting their own hands-on field research projects in and around the community. Students complete a series of ethnographic lab assignments on participant observation, mapping and visual technologies, interviewing, and writing up research findings.
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LING-L 431 Field Methods
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- LING-L 307
- Notes
- R: LING-L 310
- Description
- Introduction to the procedures involved in the structural description of language, using a native speaker of an unfamiliar language whose speech will be analyzed.
LING-L 441 Field Methods in Sociolinguistics
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- LING-L 307 and LING-L 315
- Notes
- R: LING-L 310
- Description
- A practical introduction to sociolinguistic research, including methods of data collection and quantitative analysis. Experience in all stages of sociolinguistic research, culminating in an original research paper developed from fieldwork. Topics may include social variation among Bloomington natives, regional variation in the Midwest, gender differences among IU students, politeness strategies, and register differences associated with different settings.
- Language Structure. Choose one of the following options:
- Linguistics. One (1) course:
- LING-L 432 Advanced Field Methods
- LING-L 490 Linguistic Structures
LING-L 432 Advanced Field Methods
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- LING-L 431
- Description
- Advanced analysis of the language under study in LING-L 431.
LING-L 490 Linguistic Structures
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- The linguistic analysis of particular aspects of the structure of one language or a group of closely related languages.
- American Indian Language. One (1) of the following pairs (2 courses):
- Lakota
- ANTH-L 310 Elementary Lakota (Sioux) Language I
- ANTH-L 311 Elementary Lakota (Sioux) Language II
- Yucatec Maya
- LTAM-M 101 Elementary Maya I
- LTAM-M 102 Elementary Maya II
- Quechua
- LTAM-Q 101 Elementary Quechua I
- LTAM-Q 102 Elementary Quechua II
ANTH-L 310 Elementary Lakota (Sioux) Language I
- Credits
- 4
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- An introduction to Lakota (Sioux), a Native American language spoken on the Northern Plains of the United States. Course focuses on developing elementary reading and writing skills as well as oral fluency in the Lakota language within the context of Lakota culture.
ANTH-L 311 Elementary Lakota (Sioux) Language II
- Credits
- 4
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Continues work begun in ANTH-L 310, focusing on continued development of elementary reading and writing skills as well as oral fluency in the Lakota (Sioux) language within the context of Lakota culture.
LTAM-M 101 Elementary Maya I
- Credits
- 4
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Introduction to Maya language and culture. Maya is an indigenous language of Mexico spoken by close to 1 million people; basic grammatical structure and vocabulary; conversational drills; and lessons on historical and cultural context.
LTAM-M 102 Elementary Maya II
- Credits
- 4
- Prerequisites
- Grade of C or higher in LTAM-M 101 or consent of instructor
- Description
- The second semester of Maya emphasizes vocabulary-building, simple conversation, beginning writing, and common grammatical patterns.
LTAM-Q 101 Elementary Quechua I
- Credits
- 4
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Introduction to Quechua, spoken by over 13 million people across the Andean Nation of South America; basic grammar and vocabulary; an introduction to the culture and history of the Andean region.
LTAM-Q 102 Elementary Quechua II
- Credits
- 4
- Prerequisites
- Grade of C or higher in LTAM-Q 101 or consent of instructor
- Description
- Builds on the basic vocabulary and grammar lessons of LTAM-Q 101 and introduces further aspects of Andean culture and history.
- Lakota
- African Language. One (1) of the following pairs (2 courses):
- Akan
- AFRI-K 101 Elementary Akan I
- AFRI-K 102 Elementary Akan II
- Bamana
- AFRI-B 101 Elementary Bamana I
- AFRI-B 102 Elementary Bamana II
- Kinyarwanda
- AFRI-R 101 Elementary Kinyarwanda I
- AFRI-R 102 Elementary Kinyarwanda II
- Swahili
- AFRI-S 101 Elementary Swahili I
- AFRI-S 102 Elementary Swahili II
- Yoruba
- AFRI-Y 101 Elementary Yoruba I
- AFRI-Y 102 Elementary Yoruba II
- Zulu
- AFRI-Z 101 Elementary Zulu I
- AFRI-Z 102 Elementary Zulu II
AFRI-K 101 Elementary Akan I
- Credits
- 4
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Introduction to Akan, a major language of West Africa, spoken by the Akan peoples of Ghana. With approximately three million speakers, it is the major language of Ghana. Also spoken by thousands of people in the Ivory Coast. Basic grammatical structures and vocabulary. Emphasis on the spoken language.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of AFRI-K 101 or LING-K 101.
AFRI-K 102 Elementary Akan II
- Credits
- 4
- Prerequisites
- Grade of C or higher in AFRI-K 101 or LING-K 101, or equivalent proficiency
- Description
- Basic grammatical structures and vocabulary. Emphasis on spoken language-oral and listening comprehension, language use in specific social settings like the market, school, hospital, doctor's office, among others. Important cultural points such as food, clothing, marriage.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of AFRI-K 102 or LING-K 102.
AFRI-B 101 Elementary Bamana I
- Credits
- 4
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Introduction to Bamana, a Mande language of West Africa, and aspects of Bamana culture. Basic grammatical structures and vocabulary. Emphasis on the spoken language.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of AFRI-B 101 or LING-B 101.
AFRI-B 102 Elementary Bamana II
- Credits
- 4
- Prerequisites
- Grade of C or higher in AFRI-B 101 or LING-B 101, or equivalent proficiency
- Description
- Introduction to Bamana, a Mande language of West Africa, and aspects of Bamana culture. Basic grammatical structures and vocabulary. Emphasis on the spoken language.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of AFRI-B 102 or LING-B 102.
AFRI-R 101 Elementary Kinyarwanda I
- Credits
- 4
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Introduction to Kinyarwanda and Rwandan culture, focusing on developing competency in listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Basic grammatical structures and vocabulary. Emphasis on the spoken language.
AFRI-R 102 Elementary Kinyarwanda II
- Credits
- 4
- Prerequisites
- AFRI-R 101; or consent of program
- Description
- Continuation of AFRI-R 101. Introduction to Kinyarwanda and Rwandan culture, focusing on developing competency in listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Basic grammatical structures and vocabulary. Emphasis on the spoken language.
AFRI-S 101 Elementary Swahili I
- Credits
- 4
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Introduction to Swahili, a Bantu language spoken in East Africa, and to aspects of Bantu culture. Basic grammatical structures and vocabulary. Emphasis on the spoken language.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of AFRI-S 101 or LING-S 101.
AFRI-S 102 Elementary Swahili II
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- Grade of C or higher in AFRI-S 101 or LING-S 101, or equivalent proficiency
- Description
- Introduction to Swahili, a Bantu language spoken in East Africa, and aspects of Bantu culture. Basic grammatical structures and vocabulary. Emphasis on the spoken language.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of AFRI-S 102 or LING-S 102.
AFRI-Y 101 Elementary Yoruba I
- Credits
- 4
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Introduction to Yoruba language, a major African language spoken in Nigeria. Basic grammatical structures and vocabulary. Emphasis on spoken language, listening comprehension, language used in everyday life and in specific social settings.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of AFRI-Y 101 or LING-Y 101.
AFRI-Y 102 Elementary Yoruba II
- Credits
- 4
- Prerequisites
- Grade of C or higher in AFRI-Y 101 or LING-Y 101, or equivalent proficiency
- Description
- Continuation of work begun on basic skills with continued emphasis on oral skills and reading comprehension.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of AFRI-Y 102 or LING-Y 102.
AFRI-Z 101 Elementary Zulu I
- Credits
- 4
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Introduction to Zulu language and culture. Zulu is spoken in South Africa and the neighboring countries of Zimbabwe, Malawi, Namibia, Mozambique, Swaziland, and Lesotho by about 10 million people. Basic grammatical structures and vocabulary, emphasis on the spoken language and cultural awareness.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of AFRI-Z 101 or LING-Z 101.
AFRI-Z 102 Elementary Zulu II
- Credits
- 4
- Prerequisites
- Grade of C or higher in AFRI-Z 101 or LING-Z 101, or equivalent proficiency
- Description
- Basic grammatical structures and vocabulary. Emphasis on the spoken language, oral and listening comprehension, and language use in specific social settings. Uses videos and Internet resources.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of AFRI-Z 102 or LING-Z 102.
- Akan
- Linguistics. One (1) course:
- Additional requirements. Complete the following:
- Departmental Hours. At least 15 credit hours in each department.
- Elective Hours. Additional electives, as needed, to reach 42 credit hours.
- Major GPA, Hours, and Minimum Grade Requirements.
- Major GPA. A GPA of at least 2.000 for all courses taken in the major—including those where a grade lower than C- is earned—is required.
- Major Minimum Grade. Except for the GPA requirement, a grade of C- or higher is required for a course to count toward a requirement in the major.
- Major Upper Division Credit Hours. At least 18 credit hours in the major must be completed at the 300–499 level.
- Major Residency. At least 18 credit hours in the major must be completed in courses taken through the Indiana University Bloomington campus or an IU-administered or IU co-sponsored Overseas Study program.
- College Breadth. At least 38 credit hours must be completed in courses from College of Arts and Sciences disciplines outside of the major area.
Major Area Courses
Unless otherwise noted below, the following courses are considered in the academic program and will count toward academic program requirements as appropriate:
- Any course at the 100–499 level with the
ANTH or LING
subject area prefix—as well as any other subject areas that are deemed functionally equivalent - Any course contained on the course lists for the academic program requirements at the time the course is taken—as well as any other courses that are deemed functionally equivalent—except for those listed only under Addenda Requirements
- Any course directed to a non-Addenda requirement through an approved exception
Exclusions
The following courses cannot be applied toward major requirements or the College Breadth requirement:
- ANTH-A 105
- ANTH-A 107 Becoming Human: Evolving Genes, Bodies, Behaviors, Ideas
- ANTH-A 303
- ANTH-A 310
- ANTH-E 105 Culture and Society
- ANTH-E 303 Introduction to Social and Cultural Anthropology
- ANTH-P 250 Introductory World Archaeology
ANTH-A 107 Becoming Human: Evolving Genes, Bodies, Behaviors, Ideas
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Introduces the interdisciplinary science of human evolution using evidence from genetics, comparative anatomy and behavior of living primates, fossils, and archaeology. Shows how understanding the evolutionary past is relevant to current and future human conditions.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of ANTH-A 103, ANTH-A 105, ANTH-A 107, or ANTH-A 303.
- Fall 2024CASE NMcourseSummer 2024CASE NMcourseSpring 2024CASE NMcourse
ANTH-E 105 Culture and Society
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Introduction to the ethnographic and comparative study of contemporary and historical human society and culture. ANTH-E 105 does not count toward major. May be taken simultaneously with ANTH-A 105.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of the following: ANTH-A 104, ANTH-A 304, ANTH-E 105, or ANTH-E 303.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourseSummer 2024CASE SHcourseSpring 2024CASE SHcourse
ANTH-E 303 Introduction to Social and Cultural Anthropology
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Notes
- R: Junior standing. Introductory course for more advanced students. Not open to students who have taken ANTH-E 105. Not sequential with ANTH-A 303. ANTH-E 303 does not count toward major
- Description
- Approaches to the study of contemporary cultures: structure, process, and change. Topics include kinship, economy, politics, religion, and worldview.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourseSummer 2024CASE SHcourseSpring 2024CASE SHcourse
ANTH-P 250 Introductory World Archaeology
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Introduction to archaeological discovery in the Americas, Asia, Europe, Africa, and the Near East. Reviews the last 10,000 years of human culture and history, looking for what varies and what does not. For non-majors and students who have an interest in archaeology and a desire to learn about ancient cultures.
- Fall 2024CASE GCCcourseSummer 2024CASE GCCcourseSpring 2024CASE GCCcourse
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourseSummer 2024CASE SHcourseSpring 2024CASE SHcourse
This program of study cannot be combined with the following:
- Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology (ANTHBA)
- Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology and Linguistics (ANTHLNGBA)
- Bachelor of Arts in Linguistics (LINGBA)
- Bachelor of Science in Computational Linguistics (COMPLINGBS)
- Bachelor of Science/Master of Science in Computational Linguistics (CMLNBSMSBS)
- Certificate in Global Human Diversity (GLHMDVACRT)
- Certificate in the Ethnography of Communication (ETHCOMACRT)
- Minor in Anthropology (ANTHMIN)
- Minor in Archaeology (ARCHMIN)
- Minor in Linguistics (LINGMIN)
- Minor in Medical Anthropology (MEDANTHMIN)
- Minor in the Anthropology of Food (FOODMIN)
- [Name unavailable] (ETHCOMMMIN)
The Bachelor of Arts degree requires at least 120 credit hours, to include the following:
- College of Arts and Sciences Credit Hours. At least 100 credit hours must come from College of Arts and Sciences disciplines.
- Upper Division Courses. At least 42 credit hours (of the 120) must be at the 300–499 level.
- College Residency. Following completion of the 60th credit hour toward degree, at least 36 credit hours of College of Arts and Sciences coursework must be completed through the Indiana University Bloomington campus or an IU-administered or IU co-sponsored Overseas Study program.
- College GPA. A College grade point average (GPA) of at least 2.000 is required.
- CASE Requirements. The following College of Arts and Sciences Education (CASE) requirements must be completed:
- CASE Foundations
- CASE Breadth of Inquiry
- CASE Culture Studies
- CASE Critical Approaches: 1 course
- CASE Foreign Language: Proficiency in a single foreign language through the second semester of the second year of college-level coursework
- CASE Intensive Writing: 1 course
- CASE Public Oral Communication: 1 course
- Major. Completion of the major as outlined in the Major Requirements section above.
Most students must also successfully complete the Indiana University Bloomington General Education program.