The University of Texas at Arlington Undergraduate Catalog
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The principal common educational objective in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology is to develop a systematic understanding of social behavior, human culture, and social institutions. Knowledge of human social and cultural relationships is vital to a meaningful perspective on and understanding of the society in which we live. Contemporary societies are characterized by diversity, rapid change, complex organization, and extensive specialization. Programs of study in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology pursue the challenge of (1) creating and disseminating general knowledge that will render this world more understandable and (2) providing an educational base for more effective and humane planning and social intervention in society. Each of the programs of study relates to this general objective in a somewhat different manner. Students are encouraged to visit with the faculty and learn more about the programs offered in the department. Sociology Anthropology Requirements for
a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Sociology Optional Specializations in Sociology
Requirement for a Minor in Sociology Teacher Certification Requirements for
a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Anthropology Oral Communication and Computer Competencies Department of Sociology and Anthropology
Faculty Sociology (SOCI) 1311. INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY (3-0) 3 hours credit (SOCI 1301). A scientific approach to the analysis and explanation of culture, personality, and social organization. The social processes and mechanisms of interaction involved in the natural process of cultural development, dissemination, assimilation, and the institutions of the group. 2312. CONTEMPORARY
SOCIAL ISSUES (3-0) 3 hours credit (SOCI 1306). Selected
topics in contemporary social issues. May be repeated once for
credit with departmental permission. Formerly listed as SOCI 1312. 3305. INTRODUCTION
TO SOCIAL RESEARCH (3-0) 3 hours credit. Required of all
sociology majors. Methods of setting up a research project will
be covered, including the collection and analysis of data. Prerequisite:
sophomore standing or permission of the instructor. 3312. JUVENILE DELINQUENCY
(3-0) 3 hours credit. The delinquent as a person and delinquency
as a social problem, theories of delinquency, and methods of correctional
treatment and preventive programs. Prerequisite: sophomore standing
or permission of the instructor. 3313. CRIMINOLOGY
(3-0) 3 hours credit. Crime-related social issues. Defining
and measuring crime, surveying major theoretical explanations
of criminal behavior, and society’s formal responses to crime
and criminals. Prerequisite: sophomore standing or permission
of the instructor. 3315. SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY
OF CRIME (3-0) 3 hours credit. Selected concepts in social
psychology applied to issues in crime and justice, such as the
actions of victims, criminals, and criminal justice professionals.
Topics include aggression, social perception, cognitions, conformity,
obedience, and deviance. Prerequisite: sophomore standing or permission
of instructor. 3317. INDIVIDUAL
AND SOCIETY (3-0) 3 hours credit. How society influences
individual thought, feeling, and behavior. Includes interpersonal
perception, attitudes, norms, roles, conformity, and such social
issues as aggression, helping behavior, prejudice, and interpersonal
attraction. Prerequisite: sophomore standing or permission of
the instructor. 3318. SELF AND SOCIAL
IDENTITY (3-0) 3 hours credit. The social self. Topics
include factors in the development, organization, evaluation and
presentation of self in everyday life and processes by which social
categories and roles influence self concept. Prerequisite: sophomore
standing or permission of instructor. 3319. SMALL GROUPS
(3-0) 3 hours credit. The process and structures of small-scale
interaction systems, including an analysis of the process of leadership,
the exercise of influence, the effect of groups on individuals
and of individuals on groups, the relation and function of the
small group as a part of a larger whole, and the process of group
formation, development, and disintegration. Prerequisite: sophomore
standing or permission of the instructor. 3320. DEVIANCE:
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL (3-0) 3 hours credit. Theoretical perspectives
on societal definitions of behavior as deviant or disorganized.
Selected studies, representative of current problems, examined
critically in terms of the structural-cultural conditions of contemporary
society. Prerequisite: sophomore standing or permission of the
instructor. 3321. SOCIALIZATION
AND SOCIAL CONTROL (3-0) 3 hours credit. The relationship
between social structure and the individual. The influence of
social factors on cognitive development, personality formation,
and the behavior of individuals throughout the life-cycle. The
effect of socialization on conformity and deviance. Prerequisite:
sophomore standing or permission of the instructor. 3322. FAMILY VIOLENCE
(3-0) 3 hours credit. Examines domestic and intimate violence
in the context of sociological/anthropological theories and research.
Incidence, causes, and social responses to family violence are
reviewed, as are crosscultural aspects of sex roles and domestic
violence. Prerequisite: sophomore standing or permission of the
instructor. Also listed as WOMS 3322; credit will not be given
for both. 3323. RIOTS, FADS,
CULTS, AND SOCIAL MOVEMENTS (3-0) 3 hours credit. The social
origins, leadership, ideology, and organizational patterns of
collective behavior and social movements with attention to their
role in effecting social change. 3326. SOCIOLOGY
OF LANGUAGE (3-0) 3 hours credit. Language behavior as
a social variable. The role of language in international relations
and crosscultural contact, as well as the social position of language
minorities including the deaf. 3327. INTERCULTURAL
INTERACTION (3-0) 3 hours credit. Patterns and variations
in interactions involving people from different cultures and subcultures.
Intercultural interaction, both within multicultural societies
and between persons from different societies. 3328. MARITAL AND
SEXUAL LIFESTYLES (3-0) 3 hours credit. Contemporary American
lifestyles selected from: singles, traditional marriage, homosexuals,
single-parent families, open marriage, non-marital sexuality,
cohabitation, dual-career marriage, childless couples, egalitarian
marriage, families in later life. Also listed as WOMS 3328; credit
will not be given for both. 3331. SOCIOLOGY
OF THE FAMILY (3-0) 3 hours credit. The family’s
role in American society and in other cultures past, present,
and future. Family research methods, comparative family systems,
child development/parenting, culture and personality, minority
families, social class variation in families, work and family.
Prerequisite: sophomore standing or permission of the instructor.
Also listed as WOMS 3331; credit will not be given for both. 3334. GENDER ROLES
(3-0) 3 hours credit. Theories of gender role socialization
and change in female and male roles. Impact of biology, psychology,
and socialization on gender role development. How we learn gender
in various social contexts including the family, education, and
the peer group. Also listed as WOMS 3334; credit will not be given
for both. 3336. SOCIAL INEQUALITY
(3-0) 3 hours credit. Examines the processes, characteristics,
and consequences of social inequality in society. Topics include
the social class structure, status groups, and elite power structure
as they influence people’s life chances. 3340. SOCIOLOGY
OF EDUCATION (3-0) 3 hours credit. Social relations between
the school and society, teachers and parents, teachers and school
management, and other relevant relationships. Studying cooperation
and conflict, values, complex organizational structure, and social
change. Prerequisite: sophomore standing or permission of the
instructor. 3343. POVERTY AND
HOMELESSNESS IN AMERICA (3-0) 3 hours credit. Major substantive
issues related to poverty and homelessness; understanding the
structural causes and the stigma of poverty. Problems of the working
poor and homeless; community responses to these problems. 3346. U.S. INTO
THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY (3-0) 3 hours credit. Selected
problems, prospects, and dilemmas examined in the context of contemporary
perspectives in sociology as the United States enters the new
millennium as a global actor. 3350. POWER AND
BUREAUCRACY (3-0) 3 hours credit. The development, structure,
and operation of formal organizations in society, with emphasis
on internal processes, the effects of technology, and variations
in the institutional setting. Prerequisite: sophomore standing
or permission of instructor. 3351. WORK IN MODERN
SOCIETY (3-0) 3 hours credit. The changing patterns of
work in modern society. The impact of technology, changing characteristics
of the work force, and developments in organizational and occupational
structure are examined. Prerequisite: sophomore standing or permission
of the instructor. 3352. SOCIAL STATISTICS
(3-0) 3 hours credit. Descriptive statistics including
measures of central tendency, measures of dispersion, and measures
of association. Emphasis is on probability theory and testing
hypotheses. Specific models include T-Test, chi-square, gamma,
lambda, theta, analysis of variance and covariance, regression
and correlation analysis. Prerequisite: sophomore standing or
permission of instructor. 3353. SOCIAL CLIMATE
OF CITIES (2-2) 3 hours credit. A comparative study of
urban communities and metropolitan areas in terms of their distinctive
social life and culture. Topics touching on power and urban politics,
race and ethnic relations, poverty, and leisure and lifestyles
will be examined in terms of their contribution to the unique
social climate of cities. 3354. POPULATION
AND SOCIETY (2-2) 3 hours credit. The factors and processes
determining population size, composition, and distribution. The
relationship of population to social organizations and human welfare,
recent population trends, policies, and programs. 3355. COMPUTER APPLICATIONS
IN THE SOCIAL SCIENCES (3-0) 3 hours credit. Students will
learn how to develop a research proposal, collect and analyze
data based on the proposal, and present the results. The course
will emphasize computer analysis, graphics and presentation skills
through the use of popular software packages such as Word, Excel,
Access, Power Point, and SPSS. Internet data collection and web
publishing will also be covered. Individual and group oral presentation
is a cornerstone of the course mission. Satisfies the university
requirements for computer literacy and oral communication. Prerequisite:
SOCI 3352 or equivalent. 3356. WOMEN, WORK
AND SOCIAL CHANGE (3-0) 3 hours credit. Women’s work
experiences, how these experiences are changing, and relationship
between paid employment and non-wage household labor. Paid and
unpaid work experiences are empirically examined in terms of a
variety of theoretical perspectives. Also listed as WOMS 3356;
credit will be granted only once. 3357. LAW AND SOCIETY
(3-0) 3 hours credit. Law as a social institution. The
processes of defining criminal conduct and the social functions
of law and of legal processes and systems. Prerequisite: sophomore
standing or permission of the instructor. 3360. SCIENCE AND
SOCIETY (3-0) 3 hours credit. The influences of sociological
forces on the development of scientific thought, investigations,
and applications. Related economic and political influences, and
the dynamics of reciprocal scientific and sociocultural developments.
Prerequisite: sophomore standing or permission of the instructor. 3390. HONORS COLLOQUIUM
(3-0) 3 hours credit. An interdisciplinary course designed
to meet the needs of advanced undergraduates in the Honors College.
Prerequisite: participation in the Honors College and/or permission
of instructor. 4191, 4291, 4391.
CONFERENCE COURSE (Variable credit from 1 to 3 semester
hours as arranged). Topics assigned on an individual basis covering
personal research or study in the designated areas. Prerequisite:
permission of the instructor. 4303. WOMEN IN SOCIETY
(3-0) 3 hours credit. Women’s status in contemporary
American society, including the family, workplace, and politics.
Women’s status will also be examined in historical and crosscultural
perspectives. Also listed as WOMS 4303; credit will not be given
for both. 4306. QUALITATIVE
RESEARCH METHODS (3-0) 3 hours credit. Conceptual frameworks
and techniques for planning, conducting, analyzing, reporting
and evaluating qualitative research. Topics include interviewing,
participant observation, coding, case studies and focus groups.
Prerequisite: sophomore standing or permission of the instructor. 4309. SOCIAL POLICY
AND HEALTH CARE DELIVERY (3-0) 3 hours credit. Factors
influencing social policy in contemporary and future health care
delivery. Topics examined include bioethics, managed care, patients’
rights, comparative health systems, and the role of social processes
in decision-making. Prerequisite: sophomore standing or permission
of the instructor. 4310. MINORITIES
(3-0) 3 hours credit. The role of racial and minority categories
in the social order. The role, and the associated problems, of
groups within the U.S. culture and the impact of these persons
on the total cultural milieu. Prerequisite: sophomore standing
or permission of the instructor. Also listed as MAS 4310; credit
will not be given for both. 4311. SOCIOLOGICAL
THEORY (3-0) 3 hours credit. The nature and function of
sociological theory and the systematic organization of concepts
and principles for the explanation of social phenomena as a guide
for social research. Prerequisite: junior standing or permission
of the instructor. 4315. VIOLENCE IN
SOCIETY (3-0) 3 hours credit. Violence as a group process
directed toward social change. Historical perspectives, current
events, preventive and control techniques, public reaction, and
individual behavior. Prerequisite: sophomore standing or permission
of the instructor. 4318. SOCIAL CHANGE
AND CONFLICT (3-0) 3 hours credit. The sources of conflict
and social change as an outgrowth of inequality. Movements arising
out of such conflicts which attempt to bring about fundamental
social change. Prerequisite: sophomore standing or permission
of the instructor. 4320. MEDICAL SOCIOLOGY
(3-0) 3 hours credit. The relationships between different
societies and social groups and their incidence of disease and
mortality. Also examines culture-related causes of disease and
treatment approaches, medicine as an occupation, healer-patient
relationships, and the modern hospital as a bureaucratic organization. 4332. SOCIOLOGY
OF MENTAL AND BEHAVIORAL DISORDERS (3-0) 3 hours credit. Mental
and behavioral disorders in the social environment, with emphasis
on selected aspects of the social construction of reality which
influence identifying, categorizing, and reacting to such disorders.
Prerequisite: sophomore standing or permission of the instructor. 4362. RESEARCH PRACTICUM
(2-2) 3 hours credit. Provides students an opportunity
to gain practical experience in applying acquired methodological
and statistical analyses skills through in-depth participation
in a selected research project. Prerequisite: SOCI 3305 and SOCI
3352 or permission of the instructor. 4365. TOPICS IN SOCIOLOGY (3-0) 3 hours credit. Selected topics in social issues, policy, processes and/or structure. Prerequisite: junior standing or permission of the instructor. May be repeated for credit with departmental permission. 4370. SENIOR RESEARCH
SEMINAR (2-2) 3 hours credit. Provides sociology majors
with an opportunity to gain practical experience in social research
through in-depth participation in a cooperative research project.
Integrates substantive knowledge with methodological and statistical
skills. Oral, written, and computer application components are
included. Prerequisites: SOCI 3352 and SOCI 3305 or permission
or the instructor. 4394. HONORS THESIS/SENIOR
PROJECT (3-0) 3 hours credit. Required of all students
in the University Honors College. During the senior year, the
student must complete a thesis or project of equivalent difficulty
under the direction of a faculty member in the major department. Anthropology (ANTH) 1306. INTRODUCTION
TO ANTHROPOLOGY (3-0) 3 hours credit (ANTH 2346). The major
fields of anthropology: ethnology, archaeology, physical anthropology,
and linguistics. 2301. MEETING THE NEW MILLENNIUM:
ANTHROPOLOGY OF THE FUTURE (3-0) 3 hours credit.
Futuristic predictions of cultural changes based on evolutionary
history, trends, past technology, and images from fiction and
religion. Cultural analysis of technology, ecology, and sociology
providing a humanistic perspective entering the new millennium. 2307. BIOLOGICAL
ANTHROPOLOGY (3-0) 3 hours credit. Human variation and
human evolution. Genetics, living and fossil nonhuman primates,
the human skeleton, the fossil record of human evolution, modern
human variation and biological adaptation. Formerly ANTH 3307;
credit will not be granted for both ANTH 2307 and 3307. 2322. GLOBAL CULTURES
(3-0) 3 hours credit . Methods and theories of sociocultural
anthropology. Examines systems of social organization and cultural
meaning in contemporary human societies. Topics include fieldwork,
cross-cultural analysis, applied anthropology, and global perspectives
on political, economic, and social institutions. Formerly ANTH
3322; credit will not be granted for both ANTH 2322 and 3322. 2339. PRINCIPLES
OF ARCHAEOLOGY (3-0) 3 hours credit. The methods and theories
of prehistoric archaeology. The techniques and approaches employed
in recovering, dating, and interpreting prehistoric cultural materials.
Formerly ANTH 3339; credit will not be granted for both ANTH 2339
and 3339. 3309. HUMAN EVOLUTION
(3-0) 3 hours credit. Paleoanthropology; an exploration
of the fossil evidence for the evolution of our taxonomic family,
the Hominidae, from over four million years ago to historic times.
Prerequisite: ANTH 1306 or 2307 or permission of the instructor. 3311. HUMAN ADAPTATION
AND THE CONCEPT OF RACE (3-0) 3 hours credit. The study
of modern human biological variation from an anthropological perspective
emphasizing adaptation combined with an examination of the concept
of race. Prerequisite: ANTH 1306 or 2307 and junior standing or
permission of instructor. Formerly listed as 4308. Credit cannot
be given for both 3311 and 4308. 3313. PRIMATE EVOLUTION
AND BEHAVIOR (3-0) 3 hours credit. An overview of the primate
order. Primate evolution, ecology, adaptation, and behavior. Prerequisite:
ANTH 1306 or 2307 or permission of the instructor. 3323. FOLK AND PEASANT
SOCIETIES (3-0) 3 hours credit. The development and patterning
of folk and peasant societies in various parts of the world. Archaeological
and historical records as well as contemporary ethnographic studies.
May be repeated for credit whenever the content varies. Formerly
listed as ANTH 4323. Credit cannot be given for both ANTH 3323
and 4323. 3324. THE ANTHROPOLOGY
OF EUROPE (3-0) 3 hours credit. Culture and society in
contemporary Europe, with emphasis on ethnographic studies of
rural and urban settings. Topics include sociocultural change,
family systems, foodways, social class and ethnicity, gender ideologies,
political institutions. Anthropological perspectives on the “New
Europe,” including the growth and impact of the European
Union. 3325. ETHNOGRAPHY
OF SOUTH AMERICA (3-0) 3 hours credit. The indigenous groups
of South America, with emphasis on the Aymara and Quechua of the
Andes. Topics include culture change, environmental destruction,
and preservation of cultural heritage. 3328. CIVILIZATIONS
OF SOUTH AMERICA (3-0) 3 hours credit. Complex agrarian
civilizations in South America, concentrating on political, social,
and cultural developments of the Chavin, Nazca, Moche, Tiahuanaco,
Wari-Tiahuanaco, Inca, and Conquest periods. Formerly listed as
ANTH 4328. Credit cannot be given for both ANTH 3328 and 4328. 3330. CULTURAL DIVERSITY
AND IDENTITY (3-0) 3 hours credit. The ways identity is
constructed in contemporary societies in an increasingly complex
and multicultural world. Ethnic, racial, gender, and class identities.
How and when identity is asserted and assigned, and how it can
both draw boundaries and forge ties between peoples. Formerly
listed as ANTH 2350. Credit cannot be given for both ANTH 2350
and 3330. Also listed as MAS 3330. 3331. CULTURE AND
PERSONALITY (3-0) 3 hours credit. The interplay of culture
and personality in various Western and non-Western societies.
The relationship of specific practices to the development of personality
and the psychological effects of colonization, modernization,
and economic development of traditional societies. 3333. NORTH AMERICAN
INDIANS (3-0) 3 hours credit. North American Indian cultures
and their development both before and after European contact.
3336. ANTHROPOLOGY
OF RELIGION (3-0) 3 hours of credit. A crosscultural study
of magic and religion. Theories of the origin and function of
magic and religion in pre-industrial societies. 3338. COMPARATIVE
KINSHIP AND FAMILY SYSTEMS (3-0) 3 hours credit. Variation
in kinship and family systems from crosscultural and evolutionary
perspectives. Structure, function, and dynamics of kinship and
family systems as adaptations to diverse ecological, social, and
historical circumstances. Implications of this approach for understanding
kinship and family in American society also addressed. Formerly
listed as ANTH 4338. Credit cannot be given for both ANTH 3338
and 4338. 3340. ANTHROPOLOGY
AND EDUCATION (3-0) 3 hours credit. Global perspective
on human teaching and learning in a variety of cultural contexts.
Ethnographic methods in educational research and anthropological
approaches to education. Western and nonwestern childrearing at
home and in schools. The educational problems of minorities and
immigrants in modern nation-states. 3341. RESEARCH METHODS
IN CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY (3-0) 3 hours credit. Observational
techniques, participant-observation, hypothesis testing, research
design, use of the computer in research, analysis, and report
writing, and oral presentations of research reports. Satisfies
oral communication and computer use competence requirements. Prerequisite
ANTH 1306 or 2322 or permission of instructor. 3346. CULTURES OF
THE AMERICAN SOUTHWEST (3-0) 3 hours credit. The ethnography,
prehistory, and culture contacts of Native Americans of Arizona,
New Mexico, Southwestern Colorado, Southeastern Utah, and West
Texas. 3350. NORTH AMERICAN
ARCHAEOLOGY (3-0) 3 hours credit. Prehistoric cultural
adaptations in North America from human arrival to European contact.
Topics treated include the question of when and where the first
Native Americans arrived; the beginnings of village and farming
life; and the development of Puebloan and "Mound-building"
cultures. 3353. STONE AGE
HUNTERS AND FARMERS (3-0) 3 hours credit. Human adaptations
and cultural evolution in the Old World from the earliest African
sites over two million years ago to the domestication of plants
and animals about ten thousand years ago. 3355. THE RISE OF
CIVILIZATION (3-0) 3 hours credit. The development of complex
cultures from village farming societies in various regions of
the Old and New Worlds. The civilizations of Mesopotamia, Egypt,
and Mesoamerica, among others, will be treated, along with general
questions concerning the rise, development, and collapse of early
civilizations. 3358. TOPICS IN
ARCHAEOLOGY (3-0) 3 hours credit. Selected topics, to include
examination of specific archaeological cultures of the Old World,
archaeological theory, and archaeology and pseudoscience. May
be repeated for credit with departmental permission. Formerly
listed as ANTH 4358. 3366. SEX, GENDER,
AND CULTURE (3-0) 3 hours credit. The ways gender and sexuality
are culturally constructed. Readings include ethnographies, life
histories, and fiction. Debates within anthropology and within
specific cultures over maleness and femaleness. Also listed as
WOMS 3366; credit will not be given for both. 3369. MEDICAL ANTHROPOLOGY
(3-0) 3 hours credit. Medical systems studied cross-culturally
to understand how environmental, biological, social, and cultural
factors affect disease and health. The cultural dynamics of traditional
practitioners and rituals within the health care system. Methods
of articulating modern medicine with traditional medicine are
discussed. 3370. ARCHAEOLOGY
OF THE PREHISTORIC AEGEAN (3-0) 3 hours credit. Origin,
evolution and decline of the first high civilizations in Europe,
namely the Minoans on the island of Crete and the Mycenaeans in
Greece. Stone Age background and Early Bronze Age seafaring in
the Cycladic Islands; Late Bronze Age society, economy, and religion;
art and architecture of the Minoan and Mycenaean palaces; Linear
A and B tablets; Mycenaean collapse and the beginning of the Iron
Age; Homer’s Iliad, archaeology and the Trojan War. 3371. ARCHAEOLOGY
OF GREECE (3-0) 3 hours credit. Material evidence relevant
to our understanding of classical Greek culture and society from
the collapse of the Mycenaean Empire through the Hellenistic Period
(ca. 1200-31 B.C.). Examination of the magnificent (temples, sculpture,
athletic monuments, ships) and the mundane (domestic architecture,
pottery, crafts, coinage, inscriptions, architecture and artifacts
of civic life, burials). Archaeological evidence will be considered
in light of contemporary historical sources. 3372. ARCHAEOLOGY
OF THE ANCIENT NEAR EAST (3-0) 3 hours credit. Survey of
the cultures of Mesopotamia, Syria, Palestine, and Anatolia from
the earliest agricultural settlements to the late first millennium
B.C. based on the surviving archaeological remains. Among the
topics covered: Nature of early urbanism; development of religious
and economic hierarchies; origins and impact of writing; interrelationships
among early states. 3373. ARCHAEOLOGY
OF EGYPT (3-0) 3 hours credit. The culture of ancient Egypt
from its earliest occupation until the Arab invasion (7th century
A.C.), with emphasis on the first 20 pharaohnic dynasties (third
and second millennia B.C.). Egyptian social, religious, economic
and political development traced through the surviving material
culture (architecture, art, industries, artifacts of daily life,
funerary remains, etc.) supplemented by historical and literary
evidence as pertinent. Egypt’s relations with neighboring
regions (Crete, Anatolia, Palestine, Nubia and Libya) considered. 4191, 4291, 4391.
CONFERENCE COURSE (Variable credit from 1 to 3 semester
hours as arranged). Topics assigned on an individual basis covering
personal research or study in the designated area. Prerequisite:
permission of the instructor. 4306. HUMAN OSTEOLOGY
(3-0) 3 hours credit. Detailed examination of human skeletal
morphology. Topics include form and function of all skeletal elements
in the human body, differentiation of each bone, left and right
side identification, identification of fragmented remains, and
muscle attachments and articulations. Content useful in forensic
anthropology, archaeology, and hominid paleontology. 4307. FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY
(3-0) 3 hours credit. Estimating age, sex, race, stature,
pathology, cause of death, and time since death from human remains.
The role of skeletal biology and physical anthropology in criminal
investigation. Case studies will be used to demonstrate application
of the methods studied. Prerequisite: ANTH 4306 or permission
of instructor. 4308. ADVANCED FORENSIC
ANTHROPOLOGY (3-0) 3 hours credit. Explores in greater
detail the methodology of forensic anthropology surveyed in ANTH
4307, including all aspects of the recovery and analysis of skeletal
remains. Estimation of biological factors (age at death, sex,
ancestry, and stature) and postmortem interval, analysis of trauma,
and field recovery techniques via laboratory materials and literature
review. Knowledge of human anatomy, particularly osteology, is
necessary. Prerequisite: ANTH 4307 or permission of the instructor.
4322. PROBLEMS IN
ANTHROPOLOGY (3-0) 3 hours credit. Intensive examination
of an important problem in anthropological research selected by
the instructor. May be repeated for credit whenever the topic
varies. Prerequisite: ANTH 1306 or 2322 or permission of instructor. 4342. TOPICS IN
CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY (3-0) 3 hours credit. Selected topics,
to include anthropological theory, population and cultural ecology,
semiotics, and humanistic anthropology. May be repeated for credit
with departmental permission. 4348. POLITICAL ANTHROPOLOGY (3-0) 3 hours credit. Relationships among power, identity, and culture in cross-cultural perspective. Traditional political systems, political symbols and rituals, gender and power, and the relationship between domination and resistance. How culture influences the ways in which men and women get power, use power, and resist power. 4393. INTERNSHIP
IN ANTHROPOLOGY (3-0) 3 hours credit. Supervised internship
program, in which students intern at various companies, non-profit
and governmental agencies, and museums in the Metroplex. Applied
use of anthropology in a non-academic setting. Students will learn
skills of career development in anthropology. Requirements include
several short assignments and a final report to the instructor.
Prerequisites: ANTH 2307, 2322, or 2339; permission of the instructor;
and junior or senior standing. 4394. HONORS THESIS/SENIOR
PROJECT (3-0) 3 hours credit. Required of all students
in the University Honors College. During the senior year, the
student must complete a thesis or project of equivalent difficulty
under the direction of a faculty member in the major department. 4398, 4698. SUMMER FIELD SCHOOL IN ANTHROPOLOGY (3 or 6 hours credit). Offered only during the summer session. Experience in methods of field research in ethnography or archaeology. May be repeated for credit if research topic changes. --- |