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Accounting Courses numbered X37; X97; 300, 400; 417, 445 are described in the University Academic Policies section of this catalog. |
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ACCT 240 - Financial Accounting
An introduction to the theory and practice of accounting and financial reporting. Topics include the accounting cycle, financial statements and accounting for assets, liabilities, equities, revenues and expenses.
Credits: 4
Grade Mode: L
Coll of Business and Economics
Accounting
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ACCT 245 - Managerial Accounting
An introduction to the use of accounting information by managers. Topics include the use of accounting information for planning and control, performance evaluation, decision-making, and the statement of cash flows, along with financial statement analysis.
Prerequisites & Notes:
ACCT 240
Credits: 4
Grade Mode: L
Coll of Business and Economics
Accounting
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ACCT 321 - Accounting Information Systems I
An introduction to the subject of information system’s role in accomplishing the objectives of financial accounting, managerial accounting, tax accounting and auditing. Systems covered include manual accounting, computerized accounting, and Internet electronic commerce applications. Additional topics include internal controls, systems analysis, systems design and systems implementation.
Prerequisites & Notes:
Major restricted, ACCT 245, MIS 220 or equivalent skills
Credits: 4
Grade Mode: Letter
College of Business and Economics
Accounting
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ACCT 331 - Cost Management
Procedures used for classifying, recording, summarizing and allocating current, and estimated costs for planning, controlling and reporting purposes.
Prerequisites & Notes:
Major restricted, ACCT 245, DSCI 205, MIS 220 or equivalent skills
Credits: 4
Grade Mode: Letter
College of Business and Economics
Accounting
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ACCT 341 - Intermediate Accounting Theory and Practice I
An in-depth study of accounting theory and practice for students who require more than introductory coverage. Both conceptual and application topics are studied.
Prerequisites & Notes:
Major restricted, ACCT 245
Credits: 4
Grade Mode: Letter
College of Business and Economics
Accounting
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ACCT 342 - Intermediate Accounting Theory and Practice II
A continuation of ACCT 341 covering complex topics in accounting and financial reporting.
Prerequisites & Notes:
Major restricted, ACCT 341
Credits: 4
Grade Mode: L
College of Business and Economics
Accounting
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ACCT 343 - Intermediate Accounting Theory and Practice III
A continuation of ACCT 342 covering complex topics in accounting and financial reporting. Special topics, existing and emerging issues in accounting.
Prerequisites & Notes:
Major restricted, ACCT 342
Credits: 4
Grade Mode: L
College of Business and Economics
Accounting
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ACCT 375 - Income Taxation I
Taxation of individuals and sole proprietorships. Introduction to tax planning and sources of authority of tax law.
Prerequisites & Notes:
Major restricted, ACCT 240
Credits: 4
Grade Mode: L
College of Business and Economics
Accounting
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ACCT 421 - Accounting Information Systems II
Principles and techniques of database technology as applied to modern accounting information systems, uses of database technology for transaction processing and analysis. Systems documentation techniques and the auditing of computerized accounting systems. Format will be lecture, discussion, computer presentations and computer lab assignments.
Prerequisites & Notes:
Major restricted, ACCT 321
Credits: 4
Grade Mode: L
Coll of Business and Economics
Accounting
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ACCT 431 - Topics in Management Accounting
Focuses on responsibility accounting, performance measurement and evaluation, and budgeting and control in various types of organizations. Additional topics may include quantitative methods in decision making and other current issues in management accounting.
Prerequisites & Notes:
Major restricted, ACCT 331
Credits: 4
Grade Mode: L
Coll of Business and Economics
Accounting
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ACCT 435 - Seminar in Cost Management
Provides an in-depth study of cost management systems. Topics include activity-based management, Japanese cost management techniques, and strategic cost management.
Prerequisites & Notes:
Major restricted, ACCT 331
Credits: 4
Grade Mode: L
Coll of Business and Economics
Accounting
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ACCT 441 - Advanced Accounting Theory and Practice
An introduction to business combinations and fund accounting. Partnerships, SEC reporting, interim reports and other topics.
Prerequisites & Notes:
Major restricted, ACCT 343
Credits: 4
Grade Mode: L
Coll of Business and Economics
Accounting
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ACCT 447 - Accounting in Not-For-Profit Organizations
An examination of accounting and financial reporting in governmental and not-for-profit entities and an introduction to the use of accounting information in the management of these organizations.
Prerequisites & Notes:
Major restricted, ACCT 343 or concurrent.
Credits: 4
Grade Mode: L
Coll of Business and Economics
Accounting
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ACCT 451 - International Accounting
Analysis of accounting for multinationals; area studies of accounting and financial reporting standards; and an evaluation of the international accounting harmonization effort.
Prerequisites & Notes:
Major restricted, ACCT 343
Credits: 4
Grade Mode: L
Coll of Business and Economics
Accounting
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ACCT 461 - Auditing Theory and Practice
A study of the role of auditing and auditors in corporate financial reporting, and the importance of this role to the public. Topics covered include the audit planning process, audit reports, professional standards, and the legal and ethical responsibilities of auditors to their clients, the accounting profession and to the public.
Prerequisites & Notes:
Major restricted, ACCT 321, ACCT 343
Credits: 4
Grade Mode: L
College of Business and Economics
Accounting
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ACCT 462 - Advanced Auditing
In-depth exposure to a variety of aspects of the theory and practice of professional auditing. Topics may include auditing theory and research, economic function of audits, professional standards and malpractice, new auditing techniques and services. Cases, readings, individual research, and discussion.
Prerequisites & Notes:
Major restricted, ACCT 461
Credits: 4
Grade Mode: L
Coll of Business and Economics
Accounting
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ACCT 470 - Law of Commercial Transactions
Legal principles underlying the law of contracts, sales, secured transactions, real property security, bankruptcy and suretyship.
Prerequisites & Notes:
Major restricted, MGMT 271
Credits: 4
Grade Mode: L
Coll of Business and Economics
Accounting
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ACCT 475 - Income Taxation II
Taxation of corporations and partnerships. Advanced topics in tax planning and compliance.
Prerequisites & Notes:
Major restricted, ACCT 375
Credits: 4
Grade Mode: L
Coll of Business and Economics
Accounting
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ACCT 477 - Tax Research and Planning
An in-depth look at tax research and tax planning. Students will gain proficiency in tax research and apply this skill to a variety of federal taxation issues and case studies.
Prerequisites & Notes:
Major restricted, ACCT 375
Credits: 4
Grade Mode: L
Coll of Business and Economics
Accounting
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ACCT 484 - Environmental Accounting
An in-depth analysis of accounting for the natural environment. Readings, discussion and case analyses cover current issues, such as financial reporting and disclosure, management decision making and evaluation techniques, taxation and the profession’s role in environmental issues.
Prerequisites & Notes:
Major restricted, ACCT 331, ACCT 343, ACCT 375 or concurrent.
Credits: 4
Grade Mode: L
College of Business and Economics
Accounting
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ACCT 490 - Internship in Accounting
Practical application of academic curriculum beyond that contained in normal undergraduate course work. Internship may not be substituted for a required or elective accounting course.
Prerequisites & Notes:
Major restricted, ACCT 341; minimum 2.75 GPA in 300/400-level ACCT courses; internship coordinator approval
Credits: 1 TO 2
Grade Mode: S/U
Repeatability: Repeatable
Maximum Repeatability: 4 credits
College of Business and Economics
Accounting
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American Cultural Studies Courses numbered X37; X97; 300, 400; 417, 445 are described in the University Academic Policies section of this catalog. |
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AMST 202 - The American Indian Experience
The social and cultural evolution of the first peoples of the Americas. Focus on such aspects as education, self-determination, health issues and urbanization as they impact native indigenous populations. Also listed as FAIR 263B on an S/U grading basis.
Prerequisites & Notes:
also offered as FAIR 263B
Credits: 3
Grade Mode: L
GUR Attributes: BCGM
University Interdisciplinary Programs
American Cultural Studies
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AMST 203 - The Hispano/a-American Experience
The development of the Hispano/a-American community, with emphasis on its history, its social and political institutions, and the effects of education, continuing immigration and economic stratification. Also offered as FAIR 218C.
Prerequisites & Notes:
Also offered as FAIR 218C
Credits: 3
Grade Mode: L
GUR Attributes: BCGM
University Interdisciplinary Programs
American Cultural Studies
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AMST 204 - The African-American Experience
An overview of African-American history from an interdisciplinary perspective. Emphasis is on the struggle for social and political equality in a developing capitalist economy. The contemporary social, economic and political life of African Americans also will be examined. Also offered as FAIR 219D.
Prerequisites & Notes:
Also offered as FAIR 219D.
Credits: 3
Grade Mode: L
GUR Attributes: BCGM
University Interdisciplinary Programs
American Cultural Studies
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AMST 205 - The Asian-American Experience
The history of Asians in the United States, the development of communities and the effects of the encounter between Asian cultures and the developing American cultural context. Also offered as FAIR 215F.
Prerequisites & Notes:
Also offered as FAIR 215F.
Credits: 3
Grade Mode: L
GUR Attributes: BCGM
University Interdisciplinary Programs
American Cultural Studies
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AMST 206 - The Jewish-American Experience
An overview of the Jewish experience in America, past and present Jewish American marginalization, encounters with anti-Semitism and impact on the national scene. Study of Jewish Americans as a secular community, a community of faith, and an American minority ethnic group.
Credits: 3
Grade Mode: L
GUR Attributes: BCGM
University Interdisciplinary Programs
American Cultural Studies
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AMST 242 - The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgendered Experience
The development of the lesbian, gay, bisexual transgendered community in the United States, with emphasis on identity formation, historical and sociological influences and the effects of encounters between gay cultures and the larger American cultural context. Also offered as FAIR 219.
Prerequisites & Notes:
also offered as FAIR 219
Credits: 3
Grade Mode: L
GUR Attributes: BCGM
University Interdisciplinary Programs
American Cultural Studies
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AMST 301 - Comparative Cultural Studies
The interaction of immigrant and indigenous cultures with the developing American cultural patterns. Emphasis upon models and concepts of interaction, especially related to African Americans, Native Americans, Asian Americans and Latinos. Also offered as FAIR 366E.
Prerequisites & Notes:
Introductory-level course: history, sociology, anthropology or equivalent; also offered as FAIR 366E.
Credits: 4
Grade Mode: L
GUR Attributes: BCGM
University Interdisciplinary Programs
American Cultural Studies
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AMST 314 - Contemporary Latino/a Issues
The course will familiarize students with theoretical approaches, empirical research, and policy issues relating to the social and historical conditions of Latino/as. By examining the conditions of adaptation, and particularly the implications of exclusion or inclusion, the course critically assesses the close ties that Latino/as have with the multiple dimensions of immigration and borders of many kinds.
Prerequisites & Notes:
AMST 203/FAIR 218c or AMST 301/FAIR 366e
Credits: 4
Grade Mode: L
University Interdisciplinary Programs
American Cultural Studies
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AMST 315 - Contemporary American Indian Issues
A historical and cultural overview of issues in Indian/White relations. Emphasis on issues of sovereignty, land claims, water rights, treaty rights, education, women, economic development, religious freedom, and cultural appropriation. Also offered as FAIR 399B.
Prerequisites & Notes:
AMST 202 or HIST 275. Also offered as FAIR 399B.
Credits: 4
Grade Mode: L
University Interdisciplinary Programs
American Cultural Studies
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AMST 316 - Contemporary African American Issues
This course is an interdisciplinary examination of contemporary African American issues from the 1970s to the present. The focus will be on the various social, political, and economic issues that affect the African American community including education, economic development, affirmative action, reparations, interracial relations, criminal justice, racial discrimination, and political empowerment among others.
Prerequisites & Notes:
AMST 204 or AMST 301
Credits: 4
Grade Mode: L
University Interdisciplinary Programs
American Cultural Studies
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AMST 362 - Asian-American History
Contributions Asian Americans have made to the development of the United States, with emphasis on immigration, adaptation, settlement and their struggle for justice and equality. Also taught as HIST 362.
Prerequisites & Notes:
HIST 103 or HIST 104 or AMST 203, AMST 205 or AMST 301; also offered as HIST 362
Credits: 5
Grade Mode: L
GUR Attributes: BCGM
University Interdisciplinary Programs
American Cultural Studies
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AMST 499 - Research and Writing
Designed to introduce students to primary and secondary sources associated with American cultural studies. Assignments include one major research/writing project and several smaller ones. Also taught as LIBR 499.
Prerequisites & Notes:
AMST 301; senior status or instructor approval; also offered as LIBR 499
Credits: 4
Grade Mode: L
University Interdisciplinary Programs
American Cultural Studies
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Anthropology Courses numbered X37; X97; 300, 400, 500; 417, 445, 517, 545 are described in the University Academic Policies section of this catalog. |
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ANTH 102 - Introduction to Human Origins
Description of scientific evidence for the evolution of the human lineage from its primitive primate ancestors to the origins of civilization. Emphasis on analytical methods employed to reconstruct history from fossils, geological context and cultural remains.
Credits: 5
Grade Mode: L
GUR Attributes: SSC
Humanities and Social Sciences
Anthropology
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ANTH 104 - American Mosaic: The Cultures of the United States
The study of the cultures of the United States from the perspectives of ethnicity, race, gender and class. Special emphasis on anthropological methods and approaches to enhance understanding of contemporary socio-cultural lifeways.
Credits: 4
Grade Mode: L
GUR Attributes: BCGM
Humanities and Social Sciences
Anthropology
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ANTH 201 - Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
The study of societies that contrast with Western civilization, leading to an acquaintance with the concept of culture and its importance to an understanding of human behavior. Emphasis on understanding each culture from its own point of view rather than from our own.
Credits: 5
Grade Mode: L
GUR Attributes: SSC
Humanities and Social Sciences
Anthropology
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ANTH 210 - Introduction to Archaeology
The historical roots and current goals of archaeology. Principles of archaeological inference, including formation of the archaeological record, data collection and analysis, and interpretive frameworks.
Credits: 5
Grade Mode: L
GUR Attributes: SSC
Humanities and Social Sciences
Anthropology
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ANTH 215 - Introductory Biological Anthropology
The biological side of anthropology; human osteology, primate paleontology, human variation, human evolution and primate behavior.
Prerequisites & Notes:
no labs first week of class
Credits: 5
Grade Mode: L
GUR Attributes: LSCI
Humanities and Social Sciences
Anthropology
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ANTH 247 - Introduction to Linguistic Anthropology
The study of language from an anthropological perspective. Includes an introduction to the structure and patterning of language, the study of language as it is used in daily life, and the role of language in human evolution.
Credits: 5
Grade Mode: L
GUR Attributes: SSC
Humanities and Social Sciences
Anthropology
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ANTH 301 - Anthropological Theory
The development of anthropological thought from the late 1800s to the present. Emphasis is placed on the major theoretical developments in the discipline.
Prerequisites & Notes:
ANTH 201
Credits: 5
Grade Mode: L
Humanities and Social Sciences
Anthropology
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ANTH 303 - Qualitative Methods in Anthropology
This course will familiarize students with perspectives, methods and techniques of qualitative research in anthropology. The course will cover the theoretical background of qualitative research, major research traditions, methods of data collection, analysis of textual data and the write-up of findings.
Prerequisites & Notes:
ANTH 201
Credits: 5
Grade Mode: L
Humanities and Social Sciences
Anthropology
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ANTH 308 - Hunter-Gatherer Societies in World Prehistory
The archaeological remains of hunting-gathering groups from early hominids to modern times interpreted in terms of evolution of adaptive strategies. Relationship to agriculture as an adaptive strategy; contributions of studies of modern hunter-gatherer groups.
Prerequisites & Notes:
ANTH 210.
Credits: 4
Grade Mode: L
Humanities and Social Sciences
Anthropology
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ANTH 310 - The Rise of Civilizations
Village agricultural societies as revealed by archaeology; crystallization of village farming societies into urban civilizations in the Near East, Egypt, India, China and New World parallel developments.
Prerequisites & Notes:
ANTH 102 or ANTH 210.
Credits: 4
Grade Mode: L
Humanities and Social Sciences
Anthropology
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ANTH 312 - Field Course in Archaeology
On-site training in methods and techniques of archaeological survey and excavation.
Prerequisites & Notes:
ANTH 210 or equivalent and permission of instructor.
Credits: 12
Grade Mode: L
Humanities and Social Sciences
Anthropology
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ANTH 314 - Archaeology of North America
Origins of PaleoIndians of North America, their paleoenvironments and the cultural sequences leading to the historic peoples of the New World north of Panama. Mesoamerican and Mississippian cultures, those of the Southwest and the Woodland Archaic.
Prerequisites & Notes:
ANTH 210.
Credits: 5
Grade Mode: L
Humanities and Social Sciences
Anthropology
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ANTH 330 - Religion and Culture
Comparative study of religious thought, belief and behavior; relationship of religious experience and institutions to other aspects of culture and society.
Prerequisites & Notes:
ANTH 201
Credits: 5
Grade Mode: L
Humanities and Social Sciences
Anthropology
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ANTH 335 - Quantitative Methods in Anthropology
Mathematics and statistics as applied to anthropological problems.
Prerequisites & Notes:
ANTH 201 or ANTH 210 or ANTH 215.
Credits: 5
Grade Mode: L
GUR Attributes: QSR
Humanities and Social Sciences
Anthropology
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ANTH 338 - Economic Anthropology
Examines the relationship between systems of production and culture through four theoretical approaches: formalist, substantivist, Marxist and culturalist. Emphasis on localized consequences of global economic forces. Service learning component required.
Prerequisites & Notes:
ANTH 201 or instructor permission
Credits: 5
Grade Mode: L
Humanities and Social Sciences
Anthropology
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ANTH 347 - The Ethnography of Communication
Familiarizes students with methods of data collection and analysis used in linguistic anthropology through an examination of both classic and current literature. Examines the complex relationship between language and culture.
Prerequisites & Notes:
ANTH 247.
Credits: 5
Grade Mode: L
Humanities and Social Sciences
Anthropology
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ANTH 350 - The Ecology of Human Variation
Examines contemporary sociopolitical, health and related environmental issues starting with a historical and evolutionary perspective that emphasizes changes in human biology, diet, demography and disease, and the cultural milieu since the hunting and gathering past.
Prerequisites & Notes:
ANTH 215 and either ANTH 201 or ANTH 210.
Credits: 5
Grade Mode: L
Humanities and Social Sciences
Anthropology
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ANTH 351 - Family and Kinship Organization
Cross-cultural study of family types and the definition of social roles through kinship organization.
Prerequisites & Notes:
ANTH 201
Credits: 5
Grade Mode: L
Humanities and Social Sciences
Anthropology
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ANTH 352 - Cross-Cultural Study of Aging
Explores aging and being old in a variety of cultures as well as our own in the context of an unprecedented worldwide population explosion of older people, examining longevity and the demography of aging, conceptualizations of the life course and late life, family and community roles of older people, gender differences and similarities of aging, status relations between and among people of different ages, health and health care.
Prerequisites & Notes:
ANTH 201
Credits: 4
Grade Mode: L
Humanities and Social Sciences
Anthropology
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ANTH 353 - Sex and Gender in Culture
Cross-cultural study of gender stereotypes, gender and language, gender and work roles, gender and religion.
Prerequisites & Notes:
ANTH 201.
Credits: 5
Grade Mode: L
GUR Attributes: BCGM
Humanities and Social Sciences
Anthropology
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ANTH 361 - Native Peoples of North America
Ethnographic survey of the peoples and cultures.
Prerequisites & Notes:
ANTH 201
Credits: 5
Grade Mode: L
GUR Attributes: BCGM
Humanities and Social Sciences
Anthropology
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ANTH 362 - Peoples of Asia
Ethnographic survey of the peoples and cultures.
Prerequisites & Notes:
ANTH 201
Credits: 5
Grade Mode: L
GUR Attributes: ACGM
Humanities and Social Sciences
Anthropology
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ANTH 365 - Peoples of Latin America
Ethnographic survey of the peoples and cultures.
Prerequisites & Notes:
ANTH 201
Credits: 5
Grade Mode: L
GUR Attributes: ACGM
Humanities and Social Sciences
Anthropology
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ANTH 406 - Archaeological Method and Theory
History of theory and method in North American archaeology and the legacy of earlier goals. Current goals and the development of appropriate theory, method and empirical applications.
Prerequisites & Notes:
ANTH 210 and ANTH 301.
Credits: 5
Grade Mode: L
Humanities and Social Sciences
Anthropology
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ANTH 410 - Archaeological Analysis and Interpretation
Archaeological laboratory methods; artifact identification, classification, measurement; map reproduction, soil and feature profiles; use of photographs and other graphic methods.
Prerequisites & Notes:
ANTH 210 and Junior or Senior status.
Credits: 5
Grade Mode: L
Humanities and Social Sciences
Anthropology
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ANTH 411 - Archaeology of Northwestern North America
The prehistoric archaeology of the Northwest coast and plateaus; current explorations and interpretations in a context of paleoenvironmental and ethnohistorical evidence.
Prerequisites & Notes:
ANTH 210 and one of ANTH 310 or ANTH 314 or ANTH 361.
Credits: 5
Grade Mode: L
Humanities and Social Sciences
Anthropology
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ANTH 415 - Archaeological Spatial Analysis
Focuses on the application of advanced quantitative methods in spatial analysis to specific archaeological contexts and projects. Students will complete a major research project and present it to the class and as a paper.
Prerequisites & Notes:
ANTH 201 and ANTH 335.
Credits: 3
Grade Mode: L
Humanities and Social Sciences
Anthropology
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ANTH 420 - Human Osteology and Forensic Anthropology
After learning the human skeleton, the student will be trained in techniques for recovery of the body, reconstruction of the body’s history (age, sex, race, etc.) and how to aid the crime investigator.
Prerequisites & Notes:
ANTH 210 or ANTH 215 or ANTH 335 or ANTH 410 or permission of instructor
Credits: 5
Grade Mode: L
Humanities and Social Sciences
Anthropology
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ANTH 422 - Nutritional Anthropology
The study of human nutrition and metabolism from an anthropological perspective. Topics include the structure and function of the digestive system, the chemical composition of nutrients and the regulation by the body of nutrient stores and body composition. Focuses on using a comparative approach to elucidate a naturalistic human diet and the health consequences when this ideal is not met.
Prerequisites & Notes:
ANTH 201 and ANTH 215 and BIOL 349 or permission of instructor
Credits: 5
Grade Mode: L
Humanities and Social Sciences
Anthropology
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ANTH 423 - Human Evolution
Detailed discussion on behavioral and anatomical changes leading to contemporary humanity evident from fossil record and studies of modern primates.
Prerequisites & Notes:
ANTH 210 and ANTH 215 and one of ANTH 308 or ANTH 410 or ANTH 420; or instructor permission.
Credits: 5
Grade Mode: L
Humanities and Social Sciences
Anthropology
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ANTH 424 - Medical Anthropology
Introduction to an area where biological and cultural anthropology interface. Includes health and disease in evolution, the relationships between disease and world view, the healer and the cultural milieu, and comparative studies of healing practices.
Prerequisites & Notes:
ANTH 201 and Junior standing or instructor permission.
Credits: 5
Grade Mode: L
Humanities and Social Sciences
Anthropology
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ANTH 428 - Cultural Resource Management
Introduction to the field of cultural resource management including historic preservation, archaeological resource management, cultural resource management for subsistence and spiritual practices. Background on legislation and current practices, review of case studies and experience with actual projects.
Prerequisites & Notes:
ANTH 210 and junior or senior status or instructor permission.
Credits: 4
Grade Mode: L
Humanities and Social Sciences
Anthropology
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ANTH 429 - Politics, Participation and the Critique of Power
Examines how collective action is possible in societies without centralized authority. Considers problems of order, action and representation in non-state societies, and the question of popular participation in states.
Prerequisites & Notes:
ANTH 301, and junior or senior status or permission of instructor
Credits: 3
Grade Mode: L
Humanities and Social Sciences
Anthropology
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ANTH 440 - Cyborg Anthropology
The cyborg is a life form that is part human and part machine. This course examines the shifting conceptual and physical boundaries between humans and their techno-scientific creations through theoretical works, ethnographic accounts and popular cultural artifacts such as film.
Prerequisites & Notes:
ANTH 201 or instructor permission
Credits: 5
Grade Mode: L
Humanities and Social Sciences
Anthropology
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ANTH 447 - Anthropological Semiotics
Myth, metaphor and media offer the material for this exploration of theories which offer insight into the relationship between language and mind.
Prerequisites & Notes:
ANTH 347 and junior or senior status or permission of instructor.
Credits: 5
Grade Mode: L
Humanities and Social Sciences
Anthropology
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ANTH 453 - Women of the Global South
Explores women’s economic, religious, political and familial roles through topics such as development and globalization, violence, and women’s movements. Student contributions to course topics emphasized through individual papers and group panel work.
Prerequisites & Notes:
ANTH 301 and ANTH 353 and junior or senior status or permission of instructor.
Credits: 5
Grade Mode: L
Humanities and Social Sciences
Anthropology
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ANTH 454 - Participatory Action Research Methods
Participatory Action Research is a methodology of researching, analyzing, and carrying out actions that directly benefit members (stakeholders) of a community. As a form of applied anthropology, PAR is a method that emphasizes working in collaboration with others to develop research questions, conduct research, analyze findings, present results, and create actions. In this course, graduate students will work with an identified community group (in most cases, one with which the student already has a great familiarity through participant-observation fieldwork methods in ANTH 471) to work on a PAR project.
Prerequisites & Notes:
ANTH 303 or ANTH 471 or permission of instructor.
Credits: 5
Grade Mode: Letter
Humanities and Social Sciences
Anthropology
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ANTH 456 - Anthropology of War and Human Rights
The course focuses on emic and etic perspectives of war and human rights. Investigates cultural relativism and anthropology with regard to war and violence. Cultural constructions of war and definitions of human rights are fundamental to an understanding of what it means to be human.
Prerequisites & Notes:
ANTH 301 and junior or senior status.
Credits: 4
Grade Mode: L
Humanities and Social Sciences
Anthropology
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ANTH 457 - The Anthropology of Death and Dying
The course considers death and dying anthropologically as cultural constructs. The course explores a wide range of cultures from a variety of interdisciplinary and interactive perspectives in order to further our understanding of what it means to be human. Studies death and dying in order to broaden our understanding of the human cultural experience. Field trips required.
Prerequisites & Notes:
ANTH 301 and junior or senior status.
Credits: 5
Grade Mode: L
Humanities and Social Sciences
Anthropology
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ANTH 460 - Culture and Society of Japan
Overview of Japanese culture and society, its pre-history and historic formation, emphasizing contemporary social organization and social relations in urban and rural society. Examines Japan’s solutions to the problems of modern industrial society.
Prerequisites & Notes:
ANTH 362 or permission of instructor.
Credits: 4
Grade Mode: L
Humanities and Social Sciences
Anthropology
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ANTH 462 - Native Peoples of the Northwest
Tribal distributions, social organization and ecological adaptation and social change with emphasis on the Native peoples of Washington state.
Prerequisites & Notes:
ANTH 361
Credits: 5
Grade Mode: L
Humanities and Social Sciences
Anthropology
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ANTH 463 - Peoples of East and Southeast Asia
An ethnographic in-depth study of the national and minority peoples of China, mainland and insular Southeast Asia. Emphasis on special topics, including ecology, prehistory and selected cultural groups. Readings focus on original monographs.
Prerequisites & Notes:
ANTH 362 or permission of instructor.
Credits: 5
Grade Mode: L
Humanities and Social Sciences
Anthropology
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ANTH 465 - Peoples of Mexico and Central America
Overview of cultures and social relations in Mesoamerica, with an emphasis on indigenous and rural communities, subsistence and survival issues, and factors underlying political and economic change.
Prerequisites & Notes:
ANTH 365.
Credits: 5
Grade Mode: L
Humanities and Social Sciences
Anthropology
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ANTH 466 - Reproductive Ecology
Study of human reproduction from an anthropological perspective. Topics include the structure and function of the reproductive system, including hormonal control of ovarian cycling, but also culturally mediated behaviors that influence reproduction. Focus is on variation in the fertility between populations and among couples within populations.
Prerequisites & Notes:
ANTH 201 and ANTH 215 and BIOL 349 or permission of instructor
Credits: 5
Grade Mode: L
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Anthropology
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ANTH 469 - Directed Internship
Application of anthropological methods and theory in an applied setting. Interns work at least 10 hours per week at the work site, in the type of work specified in the internship contract. In addition students complete several written assignments, Repeatable to a maximum of 15 credits. No more than 10 credits in internship may be counted toward the major.
Prerequisites & Notes:
permission of instructor.
Credits: 5 TO 10
Grade Mode: L
Maximum Repeatability: 15
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Anthropology
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ANTH 470 - Museology Studies
Internship at the Whatcom Museum of History and Art or other local museums. Students may select an area of museum specialization in most cases; essay questions and a paper are also required. Repeatable to a maximum of 10 cr.
Prerequisites & Notes:
ANTH 301 and junior or senior status or permission of faculty liaison.
Credits: 3 TO 5
Grade Mode: L
Maximum Repeatability: 10
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Anthropology
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ANTH 471 - Field Work Methods in Cultural Anthropology
The study of ethnographic field work methods through exercises in class and a major field work project in the community. Discussion of topics, including the anthropologist as field worker and the ethics of field work.
Prerequisites & Notes:
ANTH 301 or ANTH 303 and junior or senior status or permission of instructor.
Credits: 7
Grade Mode: L
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Anthropology
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ANTH 472 - Visual Anthropology
Examination of photographic representation of people by anthropologists, ethnographic filmmakers, indigenous people, media and other groups. Analytical skills and applications are emphasized and theoretical perspectives are explored.
Prerequisites & Notes:
ANTH 301 or ANTH 303 and junior or senior status or permission of instructor.
Credits: 5
Grade Mode: L
Humanities and Social Sciences
Anthropology
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ANTH 473 - Field Course in Ethnography
Course is partly classroom-based and partly field-based research through participation in on-site projects. Actual projects vary by quarter and instructor.
Prerequisites & Notes:
ANTH 201 and permission of instructor.
Credits: 5 TO 12
Grade Mode: L
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Anthropology
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ANTH 475 - Global Migration
Economic, political and human factors motivating movements of people and affecting their transitions into new societies; comparative exploration of issues, case studies and global trends, with specific focus on implications for policy and services.
Prerequisites & Notes:
ANTH 201.
Credits: 5
Grade Mode: L
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Anthropology
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ANTH 476 - Borderlands
Comparative examination of simultaneous separating and integrating functions of borders, significance of border regions as vital transition zones, and transboundary policy needs associated with accelerated flows of people, goods and ideas; particular focus on U.S.-Mexico and US.-Canada borderlands.
Prerequisites & Notes:
ANTH 201
Credits: 5
Grade Mode: L
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Anthropology
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ANTH 480 - Applied Anthropology
Use of anthropology to solve human problems; examines ethics, interventions and policy applications regarding contemporary social issues.
Prerequisites & Notes:
ANTH 301 or ANTH 303.
Credits: 5
Grade Mode: L
Humanities and Social Sciences
Anthropology
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ANTH 481 - Childhood and Culture
The process of socialization or enculturation viewed from a cross-cultural perspective.
Prerequisites & Notes:
ANTH 201.
Credits: 5
Grade Mode: L
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Anthropology
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ANTH 484 - Cross-Cultural Education
Comparative and anthropological study of educational issues. Examines learning in other cultures, home-school linkages, minority student achievement and multi-cultural curricula.
Prerequisites & Notes:
ANTH 201 or permission of instructor.
Credits: 5
Grade Mode: L
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Anthropology
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ANTH 490 - Senior Seminar in Anthropology
Capstone seminar in anthropology. Topics vary, emphasis is on current research questions in anthropology. Students write a research proposal, conduct a research project and present the findings. Repeatable to a maximum of 10 credits.
Prerequisites & Notes:
Senior status in anthropology.
Credits: 5
Grade Mode: L
Maximum Repeatability: 10
Humanities and Social Sciences
Anthropology
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ANTH 495 - Teaching-Learning Processes in Anthropology
Practicum as discussion leaders in anthropology courses. May be repeated once for departmental credit if taken from a different instructor.
Prerequisites & Notes:
Permission of instructor.
Credits: 3
Grade Mode: L
Repeatability: 1
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Anthropology
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ANTH 496 - Portfolio Assembly
Student assembles and submits portfolio contents in four areas: research, competence, data analysis, critical comprehension and synthetic comparison, under continuing direction of departmental academic adviser. S/U grading.
Prerequisites & Notes:
Senior status in anthropology.
Credits: 1
Grade Mode: S/U
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Anthropology
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ANTH 501 - History of Anthropology
Development of principal theoretical orientations and methods in the cultural and historical setting; development of anthropology as a discipline.
Credits: 5
Grade Mode: L
Humanities and Social Sciences
Anthropology
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ANTH 502 - Theory in Anthropological Research
Issues relating to use of theory in contemporary anthropological research; examination of major writings and their implications.
Credits: 5
Grade Mode: L
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Anthropology
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ANTH 503 - Research Design and Method
Analysis of major theoretical approaches; research methods and procedures; relationship of theory and method in formulating research problems.
Credits: 5
Grade Mode: L
Humanities and Social Sciences
Anthropology
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ANTH 506 - Archaeological Method and Theory
History of theory and method in North American archaeology and the legacy of earlier interpretive frameworks. Current goals of the discipline and the development of appropriate theory, method and empirical applications.
Credits: 5
Grade Mode: L
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Anthropology
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ANTH 510 - Applied Archaeological Analysis and Interpretation
Advanced design and implementation of archaeological laboratory methods to a specific research project.
Credits: 5
Grade Mode: L
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Anthropology
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ANTH 511 - Current Archaeological Research in Northwestern North America
Advanced survey of current literature in Pacific Northwest archaeology in seminar format with preparation of a major research paper.
Credits: 5
Grade Mode: L
Humanities and Social Sciences
Anthropology
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ANTH 515 - Practicum in Archaeological Spatial Analysis
Application of advanced quantitative spatial analysis techniques to specific archaeological contexts and projects. Students will complete a major research project and paper.
Credits: 5
Grade Mode: L
Humanities and Social Sciences
Anthropology
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ANTH 520 - Human Osteology
Advanced study of human osteology. The latest methods in reconstruction of the individual.
Credits: 5
Grade Mode: L
Humanities and Social Sciences
Anthropology
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ANTH 522 - Nutritional Anthropology
Advanced study of human nutrition and metabolism from an anthropological perspective. Topics include the structure and function of the digestive system, the chemical composition of nutrients and the regulation by the body of nutrient stores and body composition. Each student will prepare a major research paper and presentation.
Prerequisites & Notes:
graduate students in good standing in the anthropology department and other programs with approval of their program advisor
Credits: 5
Grade Mode: L
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Anthropology
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ANTH 524 - Applied Medical Anthropology
Advanced study of the use of medical anthropological method and theory in contemporary health care systems or in the analysis of health and disease in past populations.
Credits: 5
Grade Mode: L
Humanities and Social Sciences
Anthropology
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