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Durham   Liberal Arts :: Anthropology

ANTH 525 (1SY) - Anthropology of the Body: Fat, Fitness and Form

The Body: Fat, Fitness & Form

Credits: 4.0
Term: Fall 2020 - Full Term (08/31/2020 - 12/11/2020)
Grade Mode: Letter Grading
Class Size:   25  
CRN: 16357
This course surveys the way our human bodies are valued, transformed, experienced and made subject to control in different societies around the world. It explores cultural constructions of fatness and obesity, fitness and sports as sites of politics, economics and social change, and bodily modification and dis-integration in tattooing, injury, biomedical technology, disability, aging, and extreme environments of war and outerspace. Uses anthropological and feminist theories and introduces ethnographic methods.
Department Approval Required. Contact Academic Department for permission then register through Webcat.
Only listed campus in section: Durham
Attributes: Scheduled meeting time, Social Science (Discovery), Online with some campus visits, EUNH
Instructors: STAFF
Start Date End Date Days Time Location
8/31/2020 12/11/2020 T 2:10pm - 3:30pm MUB 338/340
8/31/2020 12/11/2020 R 2:10pm - 3:30pm ONLINE
Durham   Liberal Arts :: Anthropology

ANTH 550 (1SY) - Introduction to Forensic Anthropology

Intro to Forensic Anth

Credits: 4.0
Term: Fall 2020 - Full Term (08/31/2020 - 12/11/2020)
Grade Mode: Letter Grading
Class Size:   20  
CRN: 14024
This course provides an overview of forensic anthropology, a sub-field of biological anthropology that applies knowledge of skeletal anatomy to problems of medico-legal significance (i.e., identification of human skeletal remains and interpretation of the circumstances surrounding death). This course outlines concepts underlying the recovery and analysis of human remains, the determination of the biological profile (including age, sex, ancestry, and stature), and the interpretation of skeletal trauma and pathology.
Section Comments: Full Title - Introduction to Forensic Anthropology.
Department Approval Required. Contact Academic Department for permission then register through Webcat.
Only listed campus in section: Durham
Attributes: Scheduled meeting time, Online with some campus visits, EUNH
Instructors: STAFF
Start Date End Date Days Time Location
8/31/2020 12/11/2020 T 9:40am - 11:00am PETT 114
8/31/2020 12/11/2020 R 9:40am - 11:00am ONLINE
Durham   Liberal Arts :: Anthropology

ANTH 550 (2SY) - Introduction to Forensic Anthropology

Intro to Forensic Anth

Credits: 4.0
Term: Fall 2020 - Full Term (08/31/2020 - 12/11/2020)
Grade Mode: Letter Grading
Class Size:   34  
CRN: 16358
This course provides an overview of forensic anthropology, a sub-field of biological anthropology that applies knowledge of skeletal anatomy to problems of medico-legal significance (i.e., identification of human skeletal remains and interpretation of the circumstances surrounding death). This course outlines concepts underlying the recovery and analysis of human remains, the determination of the biological profile (including age, sex, ancestry, and stature), and the interpretation of skeletal trauma and pathology.
Department Approval Required. Contact Academic Department for permission then register through Webcat.
Only listed campus in section: Durham
Attributes: Scheduled meeting time, Online with some campus visits, EUNH
Instructors: STAFF
Start Date End Date Days Time Location
8/31/2020 12/11/2020 T 11:10am - 12:30pm PETT G10
8/31/2020 12/11/2020 R 11:10am - 12:30pm ONLINE
Durham   Liberal Arts :: Anthropology

ANTH 611 (1SY) - History of Anthropological Theory

History Anthropological Theory

Credits: 4.0
Term: Fall 2020 - Full Term (08/31/2020 - 12/11/2020)
Grade Mode: Letter Grading
Class Size:   20  
CRN: 12041
Provides a grounding in the history of social thought in cultural anthropology and sister disciplines from 19th century evolutionism to the present. Course reading is based on primary sources - original essays written by theorists central to the discipline. Assessment is partly based on students' ability to apply theoretical concepts to novel contexts, as well as the ability to evaluate and compare theories on the basis of logic and evidence.
Department Approval Required. Contact Academic Department for permission then register through Webcat.
Only listed campus in section: Durham
Attributes: Scheduled meeting time, Online with some campus visits, EUNH
Instructors: STAFF
Start Date End Date Days Time Location
8/31/2020 8/31/2020 M 12:40pm - 2:00pm MUB 338/340
9/1/2020 12/11/2020 M 12:40pm - 2:00pm ONLINE
9/1/2020 12/11/2020 W 12:40pm - 2:00pm MUB 338/340
Durham   Liberal Arts :: Anthropology

ANTH 650 (1SY) - Anthropology of Migration and Movement

Anthropology of Migration

Credits: 4.0
Term: Fall 2020 - Full Term (08/31/2020 - 12/11/2020)
Grade Mode: Letter Grading
Class Size:   12  
CRN: 15852
This course uses an anthropological framework to gain a more nuanced understanding of the complexities of global migration and human movement. It will examine the theoretical underpinnings of an anthropological perspective on migration and movement, and will explore a variety of ethnographic case studies to explore the significant political, economic, environmental, legal, and social issues that influence global migration.
Department Approval Required. Contact Academic Department for permission then register through Webcat.
Only listed campus in section: Durham
Attributes: Writing Intensive Course, Scheduled meeting time, Online with some campus visits, EUNH
Instructors: STAFF
Start Date End Date Days Time Location
8/31/2020 12/11/2020 T 11:10am - 12:30pm HS 126
8/31/2020 12/11/2020 R 11:10am - 12:30pm ONLINE
Durham   Liberal Arts :: Anthropology

ANTH 685 (1SY) - Gender, Sexuality and HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa

Gendr, Sex, HIV Sub-Sahara Afr

Credits: 4.0
Term: Fall 2020 - Full Term (08/31/2020 - 12/11/2020)
Grade Mode: Letter Grading
Class Size:   20  
CRN: 16360
HIV/AIDS has been defined as one of the exceptional global pandemics of the Millennium. This course traces the rise and global spread of HIV and AIDS and the introduction of antiretroviral therapies and preventions in sub-Saharan African and its Diasporas with a focus on sex and gender. Includes findings on heterosexual and LGBTIQA individuals, couples, and communities and perspectives on: kinship, marriage, love, transactional sex, reproduction, contraception, gender-based violence, and activist movements. Uses ethnographies and health sciences databases.
Department Approval Required. Contact Academic Department for permission then register through Webcat.
Only listed campus in section: Durham
Classes not allowed in section: Freshman
Attributes: Writing Intensive Course, Scheduled meeting time, Online with some campus visits, EUNH
Instructors: STAFF
Start Date End Date Days Time Location
8/31/2020 12/11/2020 T 5:10pm - 6:30pm KING N101
8/31/2020 12/11/2020 R 5:10pm - 6:30pm ONLINE
Durham   Liberal Arts :: Anthropology

ANTH 697 (1SY) - Special Topics

Spc Top/Bioarcheology

Credits: 4.0
Term: Fall 2020 - Full Term (08/31/2020 - 12/11/2020)
Grade Mode: Letter Grading
Class Size:   20  
CRN: 15068
Occasional or experimental offerings. May be repeated for different topics. Prereq: ANTH 411 or permission. Operates on a seminar format.
Department Approval Required. Contact Academic Department for permission then register through Webcat.
Repeat Rule: May be repeated up to unlimited times.
Equivalent(s): ANTH 697W
Only listed campus in section: Durham
Attributes: Writing Intensive Course, Scheduled meeting time, Online with some campus visits, EUNH
Instructors: STAFF
Start Date End Date Days Time Location
8/31/2020 12/11/2020 T 8:10am - 9:30am PETT 114
8/31/2020 12/11/2020 R 8:10am - 9:30am ONLINE
Additional Course Details: 

Bioarcheology is the study of human remains from archaeological sites to understand life experience, disease, status, violence, trauma, health, and more in the past. This course is a geographically diverse survey of archaeological sites through time and space, but will focus on women and children in the archaeological record.

Durham   Liberal Arts :: Anthropology

ANTH 785 (1SY) - The Anthropology of Dreams and Dreaming

Dreams and Dreaming

Credits: 4.0
Term: Fall 2020 - Full Term (08/31/2020 - 12/11/2020)
Grade Mode: Letter Grading
Class Size:   20  
CRN: 14516
This course emphasizes the "dream theories" of indigenous societies and how beliefs and practices associated with dreaming are integrated into cultural, ontological, political, economic, and religious systems. Western theories are also examined from within a comparative perspective--from basic Freudian models to contemporary scientific debates about the neurological origin and significance of dreaming. Writing intensive.
Department Approval Required. Contact Academic Department for permission then register through Webcat.
Only listed campus in section: Durham
Classes not allowed in section: Freshman, Sophomore
Attributes: Writing Intensive Course, Scheduled meeting time, Online with some campus visits, EUNH
Instructors: STAFF
Start Date End Date Days Time Location
8/31/2020 9/25/2020 W 2:10pm - 5:00pm MUB 338/340
9/26/2020 12/11/2020 W 2:10pm - 5:00pm ONLINE