Department of
Anthropology
2016
SPRING
Course Descriptions
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ANTHROPOLOGY MAJOR REQUIREMENTS
The Department offers work leading to the
Bachelor of Arts Degree in Anthropology.
Carolina Core Requirements: Same as the College of Arts and Sciences,
except for the following more specific requirements:
Major Prerequisites:
ANTH 101 or ANTH 161
&
ANTH 102
(ONLY 101 or 102 fulfill 3 hrs of the 6-hr Social Science Distribution
Requirement)
General Major:
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A topical course in biological anthropology (3 hours)
A topical course in archaeology (3 hours)
A topical course in linguistic anthropology (3 hours)
A topical course in cultural anthropology (3 hours)
A 500-level anthropology course (3 hours)
At least four other anthropology courses (12 hours)
(Prerequisites do not satisfy any of the above General Major
requirements!)
Major requirements (27 hours)
Total of 33 credit hours with the Prerequisites
B.A. with Distinction:
Departmental Undergraduate Research Track/Intensive Major is available to
students majoring in Anthropology who wish to participate in significant
research activities in collaboration with, or under the supervision of, a faculty
mentor.
Minimum GPA of 3.3 overall and in major
 A topical course in biological anthropology (3 hours)
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A topical course in archaeology (3 hours)
A topical course in linguistic anthropology (3 hours)
A topical course in cultural anthropology (3 hours)
Two 500-level anthropology courses (6 hours)
Field School, Laboratory, Practicum, Qualitative Methodology or
Quantitative Methodology course (3 hours)
 At least two other anthropology courses (6 hours)
 ANTH 201 Inquiry or additional 500-level course chosen in consultation
with advisor (3 hours)
 ANTH 498 Thesis (3 hours)
Major requirements 33 hours
Total of 39 credit hours with the Prerequisites
The senior thesis will produce a piece of original research and a public
presentation of the research in a venue approved by the faculty mentor.
Examples of such venues would include:
 Annual meeting of the Southern Anthropological Society (or another
annual meeting of the appropriate professional organization)
 A regular or special session of the Department of Anthropology
Colloquium Series
 USC Discovery Day
 Submission to a professional journal
A written sponsorship agreement from the faculty mentor will be placed on
file in the Department of Anthropology office.
Students who successfully complete the intensive major requirements with a
GPA of 3.3 or higher in the major and overall will be awarded their degree
with Distinction in Anthropology upon graduation.
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University of South Carolina
MINOR IN ANTHROPOLOGY
REQUIREMENTS
This minor consists of eighteen (18) semester hours.
ANTH 101—Primates, People and Prehistory
ANTH 102—Understanding Other Cultures
And four (4) courses of your choice at the 200-level or above.
**(If ANTH 161 is taken for Scientific Literacy, then ANTH 101 does not have to be
taken; but another course must be selected to have the correct number of total credits
for the MINOR)
In certain cases
ANTH 101 or ANTH 102 can be exempted by permission of the Undergraduate Director in the
Department, and replaced with other anthropology courses.
*For more information on advisement and majors and minors in Anthropology go to:
http://www.cas.sc.edu/anth/undergrad2.html
COGNATE IN ANTHROPOLOGY
REQUIREMENTS
A Cognate requires a minimum of 12 hours in advanced courses (usually 300 or above) in other
departments related to and supporting the major. Courses should be junior/senior level and must be
approved in advance by the advisor. Cognate courses may be taken in one or more departments.
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Things to Remember for Undergraduate Advisement
The Anthropology Department is committed to quality academic advising. Each student enrolled in
the Department is assigned a faculty advisor whose specialty most closely matches the student's
interests. The faculty advisor must sign advisement forms and monitor the progression toward the
degree. The advisor cautions the student to make certain that academic programs are completed in
a timely manner. This is especially important since not all required courses may be offered each
semester. It is the responsibility of students to keep track of their courses and make sure that
their programs satisfy department and College graduation requirements.
Reminders:
1.
Check name on list outside of Anthropology Main Office (Gambrell Hall, Suite 440)
2.
Sign up for advisement on your advisor's door. (He/she will have clearly marked their available
times.) Make sure you put your phone number on the advisement sign-up sheet.
3.
Take your file to the advisement appointment with ideas about the courses you would like to
take. (Files are picked up from the main office in Gambrell Hall, Suite 440.)
4.
It is ultimately the responsibility of the student to make sure he/she fulfills the requirements for
the degree.
5.
Following advisement, the student must take a copy of the signed advisement form to the
departmental Undergraduate Administrative Assistant. Only then will the student be cleared on
the computer for registration.
6.
During the student’s the first semester of their Senior Year, he/she must call the office of the
Dean (777-2993) and make an appointment for a Senior Check. The Major Program Card
(available in the Department of Anthropology Office, Gambrell Hall, Suite 440) must be
completed in advance of the Senior Check. The student should schedule an appointment with
his/her advisor to fill out the Major Program card in time to take it to the appointment at the
Dean's office.
7.
The student must apply for graduation at the Dean's office in the first month of their
last
semester.
NOTE:
The normal course load is 15-18 hours per semester. In order to take 19 or more hours, a student
must have attained in the previous full semester an average of 3.0 or better on a minimum of 12
hours taken on a non-pass/fail basis. In order to enroll in independent study, a student must have a
cumulative GPA of 2.5 or higher. No student may apply more than 15 hours of independent study
credits toward the degree. Courses taken on a pass/fail basis can only be used as free electives. This
option is available only to students with a GPA of 2.000 and above and for no more than 8 courses.
No grade of D will be permitted to count toward a student's major, minor, or cognate. If necessary, the
course must be repeated, raising the number of hours required for graduation. In order to graduate,
the student must have a minimum of 120 applicable hours, meet all course requirements, be in good
standing, meet departmental and/or program requirements, and have a cumulative GPA of at least
2.000 on all work completed at USC.
Help your advisor help you!
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☺Be on time for your appointment
☺If you are in trouble with a specific course, or all of your courses, be prepared to discuss this
matter. Be open to your advisor’s suggestions for using the Academic Skills Center, Writing Center,
Math Lab, etc.
☺If you are undecided about your major or you are having second thoughts about your major, ask
your advisor’s opinion. Your advisor cannot make your decision for you, but he or she can suggest
possibilities and refer you to other sources for help and information.
☺Have an idea about which courses you would like to take in the upcoming semester, and listen
carefully to your advisor’s recommendations. Familiarize yourself with the pre-requisites for the
courses that you wish to take. Be sure you have met the pre-requisites.
☺Ask questions about your progress toward meeting your general education requirements, major
requirements, major course sequences and other course requirements for your degree. Review your
progress toward graduation.
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Contact Information
Office
Phone
Email
Dr. Drucilla Barker
Gambrell 408
7-3200
[email protected]
Dr. Joanna Casey
Gambrell 413
7-6700
[email protected]
Dr. Carlina de la Cova
Gambrell 409
7-2957
[email protected]
Dr. Sharon DeWitte
Gambrell 410
7-6940
[email protected]
Dr. Sherina FelicianoSantos
Gambrell 423
7-7259
[email protected]
Dr. Ken Kelly
Gambrell 401
7-2616
[email protected]
Dr. Courtney Lewis
Gambrell 411
7-9922
[email protected]
Dr. Marc Moskowitz
Gambrell 418
7-1536
[email protected]
Dr. Jennifer Reynolds
Gambrell 420
7-2392
[email protected]
Dr. David Simmons
Gambrell 424
7-2321
[email protected]
Dr. Kimberly Simmons
Harper College
7-0822
[email protected]
Dr. Gail Wagner
Gambrell 432
7-6548
[email protected]
Dr. Terry Weik
Gambrell 414
7-6789
[email protected]
Cat Keegan
Gambrell 435
7-9604
[email protected]
Claudia Carriere
Gambrell 439
7-0993
[email protected]
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Anthropology 399 (Independent
Study), 498 (Senior Thesis), 699
(Reading and Research), 799
(Master’s Thesis) and 899
(Dissertation Prep) are being
offered. Please speak to your
Advisor if you are interested in
signing up for one of these
classes.
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Spring 2016
Calendar
SPRING 2016
January 11, Mon.
Classes begin
January 18, Mon.
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Service
Day - no classes
January 19, Tues.
Last day to change a course schedule
or drop a course without a grade of
"W" being recorded
February 1, Mon.
Last day to apply for May graduation
March 3, Thurs.
Last day to drop a course or withdraw
without a grade of "WF" being
recorded
Midpoint in semester
March 6-13, Sun.-Sun.
Spring break - no classes
April 21, Thurs.
Awards day
April 25, Mon.
Last day of classes
April 26, Tues.
Reading day
April 27-May 4, Wed-Wed
Final examinations (includes exams
on Sat.)
May 6-7, Fri.-Sat.
Commencement Exercises in
Columbia
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Courses Being Offered Spring 2016
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Anthropology 101.001 / Primates, People, and Prehistory
Instructor: Kevin Fogle
(3 credits)
Prerequisite for Anthropology Majors & Minors
AND
Fulfills 3 hrs. of the 6 hr. Social Sciences (GSS) Requirement
Course Readings:
Understanding Humans: Introduction to Physical Anthropology and Archaeology 11th Edition
Barry Lewis, Rob Jurmain, Lynn Kilgore. Wadsworth Cengage Learning .
Course Description:
This course covers the origin of humans and human societies, exploring our cultural and biological
evolution.
Students will learn what anthropologists do for a living, what humans have in common with other
primates, what we know about how the human species has evolved, and how human culture has
developed and changed through time. This class will provide an introduction to the concepts,
methods, and data of physical, biological, and archaeological anthropology.
Anthropology 101.E01 / Primates, People and Prehistory
Professor: Adam King
(3 credits)
Prerequisite for Anthropology Majors & Minors
AND
Fulfills 3 hrs. of the 6 hr. Social Sciences (GSS) Requirement
Course Readings:
Understanding Humans by Lewis, Barry, Robert Jurmain and Lynn Kilgore. Wadsworth, Belmont, CA.
Course Description:
Physical anthropology, as a subfield of general anthropology, is focused on understanding humans as
biological organisms and users of culture. This class will provide an introduction to the concepts,
methods, and data of physical, biological, and archaeological anthropology.
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Students will explore human origins, human evolution, human prehistory, and cultural existence from
its less complex forms to early civilizations.
ANTH 102.001-012 / Understanding Other Cultures
Professor: Marc Moskowitz
(3 credits)
Section 1: Wednesday / 12:00 – 12:50 / Gambrell 406
Section 2: Wednesday / 1:10 - 2:00 / Gambrell 406
Section 3: Wednesday / 2:20 - 3:10 / Gambrell 406
Section 4: Wednesday / 3:30 – 4:20 / Gambrell 406
Section 5: Thursday / 1:15 - 2:05 / Gambrell 406
Section 6 Thursday / 11:40 – 12:30 / Gambrell 406
Section 7: Thursday / 2:50 - 3:40 / Gambrell 406
Section 9: Friday / 9:40 - 10:30/ Gambrell 406
Section 10: Friday / 10:50 - 11:40 / Gambrell 406
SECTIONS 008, 011 AND 012 HAVE BEEN CANCELED
Prerequisite for Anthropology Majors & Minors
AND
Fulfills 3 hrs of the 6-hr Social Science GSS (Global Citizenship & Multicultural
Understanding) Carolina Core Requirement
Course Readings:
Bender, Shawn. 2012. Taiko Boom: Japanese Drumming in Place and Motion. Berkeley: UC Press.
Brandes, Stanley. 1988. Power and Persuasion: Fiestas and Social Control in Rural Mexico.
University of Pennsylvania Press.
MacLeish, Kenneth. 2015. Making War at Fort Hood: Life and Uncertainty in a Military Community.
Princeton: Princeton University Press.
Moskowitz, Marc L. 2013. Go Nation: Chinese Masculinities and the Game of Weiqi in China.
Berkeley: University of California Press.
Course Description:
This course is designed as an introduction to the field of Anthropology. The course will address a
range of anthropological issues including economics, gender, healing, legitimacy,
religion & sorcery, social stratification, status, popular culture, and the tensions between individualism
and community orientation. We will trace the history of anthropology ranging from attempts to
understand small-scale societies to current scholarship on modernity, globalism, and popular culture.
Course Presentation:
I will show several films in this class. The films may appear on the exams. If you miss class on a day
I am showing a film it is your responsibility to get notes from a classmate and/or try to see it. I do not
lend my films out. Also, I do not guarantee that you will be able to find all of these films at our library
or at the local rental store. I also reserve the right to show a film on a day other than the one it is
scheduled for so attendance is important in this way also.
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Attendance and Participation (TA Sections)
Participation points will not only take into account how often you speak in class but also whether or
not you demonstrate that you have done the readings in the discussions and if you have insights
other than just repeating what the reading was about. Needless to say if you do not go to your
sections not only will you lose attendance points but participation points.
Grade Points
Test 1
Test 2
Test 3
Final Exam
Sections—Participation and
Attendance
Total Possible Points
200
200
250
250
100
1000
Anthropology 102.E01/ Understanding Other Cultures
Instructor: Nick Younginer
(3 credits)
Prerequisite for Anthropology Majors & Minors
AND
Fulfills 3 hrs of the 6-hr Social Science GSS (Global Citizenship & Multicultural Understanding)
Carolina Core Requirement
Course Readings:
Miller, Barbara
2012. Cultural Anthropology, seventh edition. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Education, Inc.
Additional required readings designated by (BB) on the schedule are accessible through blackboard.
Course Description:
Anthropology, in general, is the holistic study of human cultural variation through time and space.
The course will address a range of anthropological issues including economics, political systems and
globalization, religion and ideology, language and communication, gender, race, and kinship systems.
Anthropology 102.H01/ Understanding Other Cultures
Professor: Kim Simmons
(3 credits)
Prerequisite for Anthropology Majors & Minors
AND
Fulfills 3 hrs of the 6-hr Social Science GSS (Global Citizenship & Multicultural Understanding)
Carolina Core Requirement
Course Readings:
TBA
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Course Description:
An exploration and comparison of selected contemporary cultures, including their languages. An
introduction to the concepts, methods, and data of socio-cultural anthropology and anthropological
linguistics. May be taken with, or independently of, ANTH 101or ANTH 161.
Anthropology 161.001 - 008 / Human Origins: An Intro to Biological Anthropology
Professor: Kenneth Kelly
(4 credits)
Can be used as a Prerequisite in place of ANTH 101 within the Major
AND
Fulfills 4 hrs of the Carolina Core Requirements for the Scientific Literacy’s 8 hrs
Section 1: Thursday / 11:40 – 1:10 / Gambrell 430
Section 2: Monday / 12:00-1:30 / Gambrell 430
Section 3: Monday / 2:20-3:50 / Gambrell 430
Section 4: Tuesday / 11:40-1:10 / Gambrell 430
Section 5: Thursday / 2:50-4:30 / Gambrell 430
Section 6: Wednesday / 9:40-11:10 / Gambrell 430
Section 7: Wednesday / 12:00 – 1:30 / Gambrell 430
Section 8: Wednesday / 2:20 – 3:50 / Gambrell 430
(Note: This course can be used as a Prerequisite for the Anthropology Major and it can also be
used for 4 hrs of the Carolina Core Requirements for the Science Literacy’s 8 credits at the
same time. This course cannot be used to satisfy any credits for the Social Science GSS
Carolina Core Requirement)
Course Readings:
No required texts
Course Description:
This four-credit course satisfies the College of Arts and Sciences requirement for a Lab Science
Course. It can also meet the Anthropology Major prerequisite requirement and the Anthropology
Minor requirement in place of ANTH 101. It meets for two one hour and fifteen minute lectures and a
required two-hour lab. Students should take either ANTH 101 and ANTH 161, and not take both
courses due to some course overlap. The course is an introduction to the science of biological
anthropology. Biological anthropology is a subfield of anthropology that emphasizes a focus on
humanity and its origin from a biological perspective. As a subfield of Anthropology, biological
anthropology recognizes the complex interaction of biology and culture in the evolutionary
development of the human species. In this class we study the basic concepts and mechanisms of
evolution and the evolutionary history of humankind from primate beginnings to anatomically and
behaviorally modern Homo sapiens. The course is divided into 3 sections: 1) the science of
anthropology and the models and mechanisms of human evolution; 2) modern human variation and
adaptation, and our relationships to non-human primates; and 3) the origin, development, and
dispersal of humans using evidence from the fossil record (paleoanthropology) and archaeological
remains. Along the way, it illustrates the ways in which anthropologists learn about the past and how
we can use our knowledge of the past to understand the present. The weekly labs will address
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subjects including genetics, human variation, primate anatomy and behavior, human anatomy, fossil
hominids, and archaeological dating techniques.
Anthropology 161.H01 - H04 / Human Origins: An Intro to Biological Anthropology
Professor: Kenneth Kelly
(4 credits)
FOR HONORS COLLEGE STUDENTS ONLY
Can be used as a Prerequisite in place of ANTH 101 within the Major
AND
Fulfills 4 hrs of the Carolina Core Requirements for the Scientific Literacy’s 8 hrs
Honors 1: Monday / 9:40 – 11:10 / Gambrell 430
Honors 2: Tuesday / 2:50 – 4:30 / Gambrell 430
Honors 3: Friday / 12:00-1:30 / Gambrell 430
Honors 4: Friday / 9:40-11:10 / Gambrell 430
(Note: This course can be used as a Prerequisite for the Anthropology Major and it can also be
used for 4 hrs of the Carolina Core Requirements for the Science Literacy’s 8 credits at the
same time. This course cannot be used to satisfy any credits for the Social Science GSS
Carolina Core Requirement)
Course Readings: No required texts
Course Description:
This four-credit course satisfies the College of Arts and Sciences requirement for a Lab Science
Course. It can also meet the Anthropology Major prerequisite requirement and the Anthropology
Minor requirement in place of ANTH 101. It meets for two one hour and fifteen minute lectures and a
required two-hour lab. Students should take either ANTH 101 and ANTH 161, and not take both
courses due to some course overlap. The course is an introduction to the science of biological
anthropology. Biological anthropology is a subfield of anthropology that emphasizes a focus on
humanity and its origin from a biological perspective. As a subfield of Anthropology, biological
anthropology recognizes the complex interaction of biology and culture in the evolutionary
development of the human species. In this class we study the basic concepts and mechanisms of
evolution and the evolutionary history of humankind from primate beginnings to anatomically and
behaviorally modern Homo sapiens. The course is divided into 3 sections: 1) the science of
anthropology and the models and mechanisms of human evolution; 2) modern human variation and
adaptation, and our relationships to non-human primates; and 3) the origin, development, and
dispersal of humans using evidence from the fossil record (paleoanthropology) and archaeological
remains. Along the way, it illustrates the ways in which anthropologists learn about the past and how
we can use our knowledge of the past to understand the present. The weekly labs will address
subjects including genetics, human variation, primate anatomy and behavior, human anatomy, fossil
hominids, and archaeological dating techniques.
ANTH 225.001 / Archaeology Film & Popular Culture
Professor: Joanna Casey
(3 credits)
CANCELED
Fulfills the Archaeological Requirement for the Anthropology Major
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Course Readings:
Links to readings will be available on Blackboard
Course Description:
This course critically evaluates the archaeological ideas and imagery that are part of our daily lives.
Everyone is familiar with the image of the swashbuckling archaeologist risking life and limb to get the
treasure, of the evil creatures inadvertently awakened through archaeological excavations and
unleashed on an unsuspecting modern world, and the cavemen who, unconstrained by modern
society, live lives devoted to sex and violence. How true are these images to the actual work of
archaeology and the interpretation of the material remains of the past? And why do the fictions
endure when the facts are equally interesting?
Course Presentation:
This class will be taught through lectures, readings, films and film clips. We will have movie
screenings on Thursdays after lecture. You are welcome to invite friends and family to the
screenings.
ANTH 303.001 / African-American Cultures
Professor: Terrance Weik
(3 credits)
Fulfills the Cultural Requirement for the Anthropology Major
Course Readings:
Race in the 21st Century: Ethnographic Approaches (2010), John Hartigan (ISBN 0195375602)
Uncommon Ground: Archaeology and Early African America, 1650-1800 (2004), by Leland Ferguson.
(ISBN 1-56098-059-1).
Other readings will be on Blackboard.
Course Description:
This course will survey some of the major perspectives on African American experiences during the
last few centuries. The main themes that will be explored include cultural practices, oral traditions,
social interactions, African heritage, slavery, inequality, resistance, material culture, religion, and
migration. Although North America will be our geographical focus, we will also briefly explore
connections with people of African descent who live in other parts of the world. We will explore
African American cultures through anthropology, and also consider alternative approaches such as
Black studies, Afrocentricity, nationalism, and African Diaspora. Within and between these programs
and discourses circulate theories and concepts such as culture, identity, race, and class that also
shape our perspective on different populations. Lectures, films, music, and discussions comprise
most class content.
ANTH 321.001 / South Carolina Archaeology
Professorr: Andrew White
(3 credits)
Fulfills the Archaeological Requirement for the Anthropology Major
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Course Readings:
David G. Anderson and Kenneth E. Sassaman. 2012. Recent Developments in Southeastern
Archaeology: From Colonization to Complexity. Washington, DC: The SAA Press..
Course Description:
This course explores the archaeology of South Carolina, extending from the earliest prehistoric
human occupations during the last Ice Age through the historic period and up to the recent past. We
will cover what is known and what is not known about South Carolina’s prehistory and history, framing
the archaeology of the state in terms of how it can contribute to archaeological questions of regional,
continental, and world significance. Among other things, we will discuss:
1) The history of archaeology in the American southeast , focusing on South Carolina in
particular;
2) How and when the first humans entered our area and what their societies may have been
like;
3) The culture and technology of South Carolina’s Ice Age inhabitants;
4) How the “simple” hunter-gatherer systems present at the end of the last Ice Age
transformed into complex societies over the course of thousands of years;
5) The significance of technological innovation, population movements, and participation in
exchange networks to South Carolina’s prehistoric populations;
6) The nature and influence of “complex” Woodland and Mississippian societies in South
Carolina;
7) What South Carolina archaeology can tell us about European exploration and colonization;
8) The archaeology of slavery and the Civil War;
9) How archaeology can be used to understand the recent past.
ANTH 327.E01 / Prehistoric Civilizations of the New World
Online
Professor: Tony de la Cova
(3 credits)
Cross-listed with LASP 325.E01
Fulfills the Archaeological Requirement for the Anthropology Major
Course Readings:
Richard Townsend, The Aztecs (3rd ed., 2009) ISBN 0-500-2879-10
Michael D. Coe and Stephen Houston, The Maya (9th ed., 2015) ISBN 9780-500-29188-7
Rebecca R. Stone, The Art of the Andes (3rd ed., 2012) ISBN 0-500-2041-5
Course Description:
Prehistoric Civilizations of the New World. Study of South American and Mesoamerican civilizations,
particularly the Chinchorro, Caral, Chavin, Chachapoya, Chimu, Nazca, Moche, Tiwanacu, Wari,
Inca, Maya and Aztec nations. Processes of state formation as reflected in archaeological data.
Emphasis on the social life, gender roles, cultural achievements, religion, world view, and political
systems to illustrate the diversity and richness of Amerindian life before the Spanish conquest.
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ANTH 331.E01 / Mesoamerican Prehistory
Online
Professor: Tony de la Cova
(3 credits)
Cross-listed with LASP 322
Fulfills the Archaeological Requirement for the Anthropology Major
Course Readings:
Mary Ellen Miller, The Art of Mesoamerica (5th ed., 2012) ISBN 978-0500-20414-6
Michael D. Coe and Stephen Houston, The Maya (9th ed., 2015) ISBN 978-0500-29188-7
Richard Townsend, The Aztecs (3rd ed., 2009) ISBN 0-500-2879-10
Course Description:
Mesoamerican Prehistory. Historical ethnography of the major pre-Columbian
Mesoamerican civilizations, especially the Olmec, Teotihuacanos, the Maya, Aztec, the
Zapotec and Mixtec. Emphasis on the social life, gender roles, cultural achievements,
religion, world view, and political systems to illustrate the diversity and richness of
Amerindian life before the Spanish conquest.
ANTH 333.001 /North American Prehistory
Professor: Adam King
(3 credits)
Fulfills the Archaeological Requirement for the Anthropology Major
Course Readings:
Seeking Our Past: An Introduction to North American Archaeology, 2nd Edition. Sarah W. Neusius
and G. Timothy Gross, Oxford University Press
Course Description:
This course is an exploration of North American prehistory via archaeology. The student will develop
an understanding and appreciation for the Native cultures often disenfranchised by history. Students
will learn the temporal and geographic distribution of the major societies of Canada and the US.
Students will learn about the lifeways, technology and material culture by way of a natural regions
approach (Southwest, Arctic, Plains, etc.)
ANTH 356.E01/ Anthropology of Art
Professor: Jonathan Leader
(3 credits)
Fulfills the Cultural Requirement for the Anthropology Major
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Course Readings:
Richard L. Anderson, Calliope's Sisters, Prentice-Hall. (CS)
Richard L. Anderson and Karen L. Field, Art in Small-Scale Societies, Prentice-Hall. (AIS)
Howard Morphy, Aboriginal Art, London: Phaidon, 1998.(AA)
Course Description:
This course will introduce the student to the anthropological study of art. Classic concepts and articles
will be discussed in class for their enduring insights, temporal connections, and areas of blindness.
Contemporary studies from within and without western societies will be used to illustrate the breadth
and current concerns within the sub-discipline. By the end of class the student will have acquired a
basic understanding of this field of endeavor and have mastered the terminology.
ANTH 363.001 / Primate Studies
Instructor: Brittany Walter
(3 credits)
Fulfills the Biological Requirement for the Anthropology Major
Course Readings:
Strier, K. B. (2007). Primate Behavioral Ecology. Boston: Allyn and Bacon.
Course Description:
This course serves as a survey of field and laboratory investigations of the comparative anatomy and
behavior of our closest relatives- nonhuman primates. This class will provide students with an
overview of the behavior and social systems seen among nonhuman primates. We will also consider
anatomical differences between nonhuman primates. Variation within these aspects of primate
biology will then be interpreted between and within species from the perspective afforded by
evolutional and socioecological theory.
ANTH 373.001 / Intro. To Language Science
Instructor: TBA
(3 credits)
Cross-listed with LING 300 / PSYC 470
Course Description:
Introduction to the linguistic component of human cognition. Properties of speech, the organization of
language in the mind/brain, cross-linguistic universals, child language acquisition, and aspects of
adult language processing.
*** NOTE:
This course should only be used if the student has no other choice for the Linguistic
Requirement!
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ANTH 373.E01 / Intro. To Language Science
MW / 5:30 – 6:45 / Hamilton 143
Instructor: Lauren Colomb
(3 credits)
Cross-listed with LING 300 / PSYC 470
Course Description:
Introduction to the linguistic component of human cognition. Properties of speech, the organization of
language in the mind/brain, cross-linguistic universals, child language acquisition, and aspects of
adult language processing.
*** NOTE:
This course should only be used if the student has no other choice for the Linguistic
Requirement!
ANTH 373.H01 / Intro. To Language Science
Instructor: Aubrey Dillard
(3 credits)
Honors College Students Only
Cross-listed with LING 300 and PSYC 470
Course Description:
This course is a general introduction to the field of language studies. We will examine how language
works and simultaneously define its characteristics and component parts: the sound system, the
structure of words, sentences, and meaning. The key goal is to become familiar with the terminology
needed to describe and analyze language and build appreciation for the diversity of human
languages.
*** NOTE:
This course should only be used if the student has no other choice for the Linguistic
Requirement!
ANTH 391.001 / Medicine, Disease & Slavery
Professor: Carlina de la Cova
(3 credits)
Cross-listed with AFAM 397
Fulfills the Biological Requirement for the Anthropology Major
Course Readings:
Washington, Harriett (2008) Medical Apartheid: The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on
Black Americans from Colonial Times to the Present. New York: Anchor. ISBN-10: 076791547X;
ISBN-13: 978-0767915472
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Skloot, Rebecca (2010) The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks. New York: Crown. ISBN-10:
1400052181; ISBN-13: 978-1400052189
References for additional readings listed in your course schedule will be placed on
Blackboard.
Course Description:
The goal of the course is to provide an interdisciplinary understanding of the health of enslaved
African Americans during the nineteenth century by focusing on the conceptions, experiences, and
dynamics of the relationship between slaves, medicine, healing, and their masters in the Antebellum
American South. Through readings, discussions, and lectures, emphasis will be placed on the
following issues: the health and disease of enslaved African Americans, the imagined and
experienced relationship between black health and white health, gender and its effects on health and
medicine among enslaved African Americans, and the intersection of spiritual, naturalistic, and
magical discourses with issues of slave health.
ANTH 515.001 / Tradition & Transformations in Islamic Cultures
Professor: Hamid M. Khan
(3 credits)
Meets with RELG 551.001
Fulfills the Cultural Requirement for the Anthropology Major
OR
Fulfills the 500-level(s) requirement(s) for the Major or for DURT
Course Readings:
Islam: The View from the Edge, Richard W. Bulliet
The Future of Islam, John Esposito
Muhammad and the Believers: At the Origins of Islam, Fred McGraw Donner
Beyond Belief: Islamic Excursions Among the Converted Peoples, V.S. Naipaul
Course Description:
This course seeks to trace and analyze the concept of what constitutes a “Muslim,” and therefore
Islam, through in depth analysis of sacred texts, history as well as various Muslim lives in different
among different cultural, and national contexts including the Middle East and North Africa, South and
Southeast Asia, Europe and the United States. Course themes include interpretations of sacred texts
and laws; global and local religious experiences, gender issues; education and media practices;
national, ethnic, and class identities; and the politics of feminist and Islamic movements.
ANTH 518.001 / Visual Cultures
Professor: Marc Moskowitz
(3 credits)
Fulfills the Cultural Requirement for the Anthropology Major
OR
Fulfills the 500-level(s) requirement(s) for the Major or for DURT
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Course Readings:
(for both undergraduate and graduate students)
You should feel free to buy any version of the books to save money—you do not have to have the
most recent version.
Jenkins, Henry. 2008. Convergence Culture: Where Old and New Media Collide. New York: NYU
Press.
MacDougall, David. 1998. Transcultural Cinema. Princeton University Press.
Zhu, Ying and Chris Berry. 2009. TV China. Bloomington: Indiana Press.
Other readings will be posted on Blackboard.
Additional Required Reading List for Graduate Students
In addition to the books listed above, you will need to obtain the following books:
Bolter, Jay David and Richard Grusin. 1999. Remediation: Understanding New Media. Cambridge,
MA: MIT Press.
Chow, Rey. 2010. The Rey Chow Reader. New York: Columbia University Press.
Course Description:
This course will cover a range of theoretical issues concerning visual anthropology in relation to mass
media and new technologies. This will include an examination of the presentation of cultures in
advertising, cinema, ethnographic film, photography, television, and on the internet. We will also
address cultures that are produced with these mediums including internet communities, the shifting
narratives and methodologies in ethnographic film production, and visual representation as a means
of invented traditions.
ANTH 550.001 / Archaeological Laboratory Methods
Professor: Joanna Casey
(3 credits)
Fulfills the Archaeological Requirement for the Anthropology Major
OR
Fulfills the 500-level(s) requirement(s) for the Major or for DURT
NOTE:
Prerequisite: ANTH 319: Principles of Archaeology or Permission by Instructor
Lab Fee: $20 to cover the cost of materials
Course Readings:
There is no text book for this course, but students will be expected to buy a set of inexpensive digital
calipers. Details in first class.
Course Description:
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This is a course in basic laboratory procedures for the analysis of archaeological materials. Topics
include archaeological taxonomy and the analysis of ceramics, lithics and animal remains from
archeological sites.
ANTH 552.E01 / Medical Anthropology
Instructor: Kathryn Luchok
(3 credits)
Meets with ANTH 552.E02 (Honors College Students Only!)
And
HPEB 552.E01 and HPEB 552.E02 (Honors College Students Only!)
Fulfills 3 hrs of the Anthropology Elective Requirement for the Major
OR
Fulfills the 500-level(s) requirement(s) for the Major or for DURT
Course Readings:
Exploring Medical Anthropology (2010, 3rd Edition) Donald Joralemon. Routledge Press
The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down (1997) Anne Fadiman, Farrar, Strauss and Giroux
AIDS and Accusation (1992) Paul Farmer. University of California Press
Course Description:
This course introduces the field of medical anthropology, which is the study of human health, disease
and healing from a cross-cultural perspective with an emphasis on the socio-cultural factors that
shape health systems and how individuals interface with these systems. A central focus is the
interrelationships that affect global health, including effects of modernization and globalization on
population level health. Topics covered include cross-cultural understandings of illness and healing,
the social/cultural context of health and health interventions, and the impacts of emerging and reemerging diseases such as AIDS, Ebola, and Tuberculosis on world health. The underlying theme of
the course is the use of anthropological concepts, including critical medical anthropology, and
methods in domestic and international public health contexts.
ANTH 561.001 / Human Osteology
Professor: Carlina de la Cova
(4 credits)
Fulfills the Biological Requirement for the Major
OR
Fulfills the 500-level(s) requirement(s) for the Major or for DURT
Course Readings:
Human Osteology, 3rd Edition. Time White, et al. Hardcover, ISBN 13: 978-0123741349
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Additional readings will be placed on Blackboard. It is the student’s responsibility to check Blackboard
daily as announcements, readings, and other materials will be posted on Blackboard.
Course Description:
This course provides an intensive, hands-on and active learning introduction to the identification of
human skeletal remains. Throughout the course of the semester students will learn: 1) how to identify
skeletal elements, both whole and fragmentary; 2) how to estimate age, sex, ancestry, and stature of
an individual; 3) how to distinguish between human and non-human remains; 4) how to reconstruct
populations, particularly in terms of diet and disease; and 5) real world applications of human
osteology.
ANTH 591.001 / Human Conflict Through the Ages
Professor: Steve Smith
(3 credits)
Fulfills the Cultural Requirement for the Major
OR
Fulfills the 500-level(s) requirement(s) for the Major or for DURT
Course Readings:
No Required Texts
Course Description:
Anthropological theories and methods in the study conflict, war, and warfare. Causes, effects,
outcomes, of sustained social acts of violence of groups, tribes, states, and nations. Evolutionary,
biological, social, origins of warfare.
Learning Outcomes:
Upon completion of the course, the student will have a comprehensive understanding of the range of
anthropological studies, models, and theories on human conflict. Topics included the origins of
warfare, warfare through prehistory and history, modern conflict studies, effects and shaping of
culture through conflict and warfare.
ANTH 591.002 / Forensic Archaeology Recovery (FAR)
Professor: Jonathan Leader
(3 credits)
Fulfills the Archaeological Requirement for the Major
OR
Fulfills the 500-level(s) requirement(s) for the Major or for DURT
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Course Readings:
Primary Texts:
2013 Forensic Anthropology: An Introduction. Edited by MariaTeresa A. Tersigni-Tarrant and Natalie
R. Shirley, CRC Press ISBN 978-1-4398-1646-2
2012 Techniques of Crime Scene Investigation, 8th edition. Barry A.J. Fisher and David R. Fisher,
CRC Press ISBN 978-1-4398-1005-7
OPTIONAL TEXTS (Portions and concepts from the optional texts will appear in lectures):
2013 Criminal Investigation, 4th Edition, Michael J. Palmiotto, CRC Press ISBN 978-1-4398-8218-4
2013 Fisher’s International Techniques of Crime Scene Investigation: First International Edition.
William J. Tilstone, Michael L. Hastrup and Camilla Hald, CRC Press ISBN 978-1-4398-1704-9
2013 Genocide Matters: Ongoing Issues and Emerging Perspectives. Edited by Joyce Apsel and
Ernesto Verdeja, Routledge ISBN 978-0-415-81496-6
2013 Peace Building: From Concept to Commission. Rob Jenkins, Routledge Global Institutions
Series ISBN 974-0-415-77644-8
2011 Practical Forensic Digital Imaging: Applications and Techniques. Patrick Jones, CRC Press
ISBN 978-1-4200-6012-6
Course Description:
This course will introduce the student to Forensic Archaeological Recovery (FAR). Central concepts,
defining articles and multimedia presentations will be presented and discussed in class for their
enduring insights, multi-disciplinary connections, and areas of relevance. Contemporary case studies
from within and without western societies will be used to illustrate the breadth and current concerns
within the sub-discipline. By the end of class the student will have acquired a basic understanding of
this field of endeavor and have mastered the terminology.
ANTH 591.H01 / Bilingualism
Professor: Mila Tasseva-Kurktchiev
(3 credits)
Fulfills the Linguistic Requirement for the Major
OR
Fulfills the 500-level(s) requirement(s) for the Major or for DURT
Meets with LING 405.H01 and PSYC 589.H01
Topics of special interest. May be taken more than once as topics change.
ANTH 730.001 / Cultural Theory through Ethnography
Professor: David Simmons
(3 credits)
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Course Readings:
Marjorie Shostak’s NISA: The Life and Words of a a !KUNG WOMAN
Kirin Narayan’s Alive in the Writing: Crafting Ethnography in the Company of Chekov
Katherine Dettwyler’s Dancing Skeletons: Life and Death in West Africa
Paul Farmer’s AIDS and Accusation: Haiti and the Geography of Blame
Joao Biehl’s VITA: Life in a Zone of Social Abandonment
[Articles on Blackboard]
Course Description:
This seminar deals with the relationship between anthropological theory and ethnography. Graduate
students in other disciplines are welcome to the seminar. Our readings feature contemporary
ethnographies that provide novel anthropological framings of human suffering and subjectivity in
different formations of structural and epistemic violence. Our goal is to critically interrogate
ethnographic writing, ascertain from where it derives its sense of authority, and to explore its
relationship with anthropological theory.
ANTH 748.001 / Introduction to Linguistic Anthropology
Professor: Jennifer Reynolds
(3 Credits)
Meets with LING 748.001
Course Readings:
1) Agha, Asif (2007) Language and Social Relations. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
2) Bauman, Richard, & Briggs, Charles (2003) Voices of Modernity: Language Ideologies and the
Politics of Inequality. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
3) Duranti, Alessandro (1997) Linguistic Anthropology. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
And several other linguistic anthropology case study monographs in addition to selected readings
posted on Blackboard.
Course Description:
This course provides a comprehensive introduction to the emergence of linguistic anthropology as
one of the four core sub-fields within Anthropology, its relationship(s) to sociolinguistics, (critical)
discourse analysis, and conversation analysis. Emphasis will be placed on the scholarly contributions
that this tradition has made to social theory as well as theories of language and discourse.
Course Presentation:
Seminar format driven by student led presentations of prescribed readings on a particular topic.
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Audience:
Graduate students in linguistics, anthropology, education, and other related fields interested in the
social scientific examination of language in context.
ANTH 773.001 / Exploring Ethnohistory
Professor: Terrance Weik
(3 Credits)
CANCELED
Course Readings:
Harmon, Alexandra. 2010. Rich Indians Native people and the problem of wealth in American
history. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press.
Levine, Lawrence W. 2007 (1977). Black culture and black consciousness: Afro-American folk
thought from slavery to freedom. New York: Oxford University Press. Edition: 30th anniversary.
McMillen, Christian W. 2008 Making Indian Law: The Hualapai Land Case and the Birth of
Ethnohistory. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2007
Miles, Tiya. 2011. The House on Diamond Hill: A Cherokee Plantation Story.
Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press.
Price, Richard. 1983. First Time: The Historical Vision of an Afro-American People.
Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press.
Rosaldo, Renato. 1980. Ilongot Headhunting: 1883-1974: A Study in Society and
History. Stanford: Stanford University Press.
Stojanowski, Christopher M. 2010. Bioarchaeology of ethnogenesis in the colonial Southeast.
Gainesville: University Press of Florida.
Stoler, Ann Laura. 2009. Along the archival grain: epistemic anxieties and colonial common
sense. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.
Trouillot, Michel-Rolph. 1995. Silencing the past: power and the production of history. Boston,
Mass: Beacon Press.
Voss, Barbara L. 2008. The archaeology of ethnogenesis: race and sexuality in colonial San
Francisco. Berkeley: University of California Press.
Course Description:
This course explores classic notions of ethnohistory, which have drawn on the strengths of historical
and anthropological research methods, and alternative approaches to the past. Course participants
will consider the merits and challenges of working between disciplines and generating metadiscourses about the past. To this end, a number of questions will be addressed. How can multiple
lines of evidence be integrated, analyzed, or otherwise marshalled to represent and study people?
What kind of relationships have developed between the disciplines? Ethnohistory emerged from mid
twentieth century government and academic attempts to use archival sources to legitimize or contain
‘Indian’ claims to land, reparations, and rights. In light of the fact that social forces shape historical
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knowledge, course participants will be encouraged to become aware of the political and applied
dimensions of research. Students will also examine how different projects have looked beyond
archived texts in search of history, using a range of other sources such as ethnographies, material
culture, built environment, artistic creations, and oral histories. Theories that guide the analysis of
evidence, such as time, memory, culture, identity, race, gender, and class will also be assessed.
Discussions, presentations, lectures, films, and texts will constitute the learning media during the
semester.
ANTH 791.001 / Global Capitalism, Gender & Debt
Professor: Drue Barker
(3 credits)
Cross listed with WGST 796
Course Readings:
David Graeber, Debt: The First 5,000 Years (Melville House Publishing 2011)
Lamia Karim, Microfinance and its Discontents: Women and Debt in
Bangladesh (University of Minnesota Press 2011).
Karl Polanyi, The Great Transformation: The Political and Economic Origins of Our Time (Beacon
Press [1957] 2001).
Course Description:
Who has to pay their debts? Who does not? Why is it that some nation states are allowed to remain
debtor nations while others are subject to harsh austerity measures? Why does student debt in the
U.S. come at such a high cost? How did targeting impoverished, redlined neighborhoods result in
increased profits for financial brokers and foreclosures and social exclusion for the mortgage holders?
Why do payday lenders cluster around military bases? Why does the burden of debt fall
disproportionately on women’s shoulder all over much of the world? This course examines the nature
of debt, the causes of debt crises, and the human costs and gendered dimensions of austerity
measures in order to address these and similar questions. An interdisciplinary course, it will draw on
economic anthropology, feminist theory, and political economy.
PLEASE NOTE: IT IS THE STUDENT’S RESPONSIBILITY TO CHECK THE OFFICIAL U.S.C.
MASTER SCHEDULE
(https://ssb.onecarolina.sc.edu/BANP/twbkwbis.P_GenMenu?name=homepage ) FOR ANY
CHANGES IN DAY, TIME AND/OR LOCATION OF ANY PARTICULAR COURSE. SUCH
INFORMATION CAN BE CHANGED AT ANY TIME.
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Department of Anthropology
Gambrell Hall, Suite 440
817 Henderson Street
Columbia, SC 29208
(803) 777-6500
Fax (803) 777-0259
Web: http://www.cas.sc.edu/anth/
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