ANT 101S - Introduction to Cultural and Linguistic Anthropology

This cross-cultural course is one of the fundamental building blocks to understanding diversity in many different cultural and social contexts.  We will discuss symbols and symbolic behavior, material culture, ethnicity, colonialism, gender roles, subsistence patterns, boundary markers and many facets of human adaptations through time and space.  This course will also investigate issues of language in cultural and social context from a comparative perspective.  Students will have the opportunity to conduct rudimentary ethnographic research in this course in order to provide them with the tools necessary for upper division courses in anthropology and other social science courses. Every Year. CCP Credit: 4

ANT 102S - Introduction to Archeology

The purpose of this course is to introduce the beginning student to the principal techniques and central concepts used by archaeologists in the study of past human cultures. After a review of archaeological methods, a brief overview of special problems oriented topics including human evolution, origins of agriculture/animal domestication, and peopling of the Americas is presented. Every two years. CCP Credit: 4

	ANT 103S - Human Origins and Cultural Development
	A paleoanthropological examination of human society extending from Hominid origins to the establishment of Neolithic societies in the Old World. Basic aspects of organic evolution, taxonomy, and archaeological classification are examined and applied. (Pass/Fail option) Every Year. CCP Credit: 4

ANT 104S - Global Society

The focus of this multicultural course is to introduce anthropology students to the discipline of sociology through a global lens.  Students explore various aspects of society, examining how individuals, groups, communities and societies act and interact around the world, utilizing macro and micro perspectives.  Students are introduced to a wide range of conceptual frameworks and approaches used to examine and understand society.  Some of the topics discussed in clued: the self, socialization, roles and status, culture, groups, family, social stratification and inequality. Every two years. CCP Credit: 4

	ANT 202S - Civilizations of the Ancient World
	The social development and traditions of many of the early civilizations that dominate the Old World are examined by means of data and theory derived from archaeology, history, comparative sociology and ethnography. Attention if given to cultural development in Mesopotamia, Egypt, South and Southeast Asia, bronze and iron age Europe. (Pass/Fail option) Every two years. Credit: 4

	ANT 203S - Archeology of Northeastern North America
	Covers the prehistory of the region from its Paleo-Indian beginnings, around 20,000 years before the present, to the historical present. Particular emphasis is given to several questions and puzzles that are currently focusing the activities of archaeologists in the Northeast. Every two years. CCP Credit: 4

ANT 215S - Social Problem and Social Change

Utilizing various sociological theories, concepts and techniques, this multicultural course examines a wide array of topics considered to be "social problems" in our society.  Students examine such issues of inequality as racism, classism, and sexism as well as institutional concerns surrounding crime, education, health care and the impact of migration and globalization in U.S. society. Students also explore various techniques that have been utilized to create social changes to remedy these 'problems'. (Pass/Fail option) Every two years. Credit: 4

	ANT 220S - Peoples and Cultures of North America
	This course will focus on the various ethnic groups located in the United States.  We will spend a good deal of time discussing diversity and minority issues, issues of stratification, power relations, ethnic boundary markers.  This course will focus on either Native Americans or the wide variety of ethnic groups residing in the United States. (Pass/Fail option) Every three years. CCP Credit: 4

	ANT 222S - Peoples and Cultures of Europe
	This course will focus on small scale village societies in both Western and Eastern Europe.  Special attention will be paid to ethnographies written in these geographic locations. Issues of nationalism, ethnicity, minority issues, post-colonialism, regionalism, and globalism, will play a central role in this course. (Pass/Fail option) Every three years. CCP Credit: 4

ANT 225S - Popular Culture and Mass Media

Using a sociological lens combined with anthropological influences, students examine the relationship and role of mass media and popular culture in society. Students explore the ways in which mass culture impacts society as well as how the media industry shapes our daily lives on both a micro and macro level. Areas of focus include music, television, film, books and magazines, consumerism as well as the Internet. We will explore the impact of US popular culture on other nations and their impact on our culture. (Pass/Fail option) Every three years. CCP Credit: 4

ANT 230S - Linguistic Anthropology

Language and Culture are patently and intrinsically tied. This course will investigate issues of language and culture in cross-cultural settings focusing on a wide variety of topics affiliated with both Anthropological linguistics and sociolinguistics.  We will discuss methodology, language and gender, language and power, language acquisition, and other related topics. (Pass/Fail option) Prerequisite(s): ANT 101S or ANT 103S. Every three years. CCP        Credit: 4

ANT 233S - Prehistory of North America

Using a Culture Area approach, the Prehistory of North America surveys the social history and adaptive ingenuity of First Nation societies in North American. Controversies, puzzles and particular sites are intensively examined from a post-processual perspective.  Spans the earliest settlement to the proto-historical. (Pass/Fail option) Prerequisite(s): ANT 101S or ANT 102S, or ANT 103S. Every three years. CCP        Credit: 4

ANT 240S - Cultural Ecology

This course will investigate the relationship of human beings to various geographical locations on earth.  We will examine adaptation and subsistence strategies of foragers, pastoralists, intensive agriculturalists, and industrial agriculturalists.  We will study small scale societies in the form of ethnographies and ethnographic descriptions paying close attention to the role of kinship, technology, innovation, and acculturation in each society studied.  This course will focus on the role of the ethnographer as participant observer in each society studied. (Pass/Fail option) Prerequisite(s): ANT 101S and one of the Peoples and Culture courses or permission of the instructor. Every two years. CCP        Credit: 4

ANT 245S - Constructing Sexualities

This multicultural course examines the ways in which sexualities are defined and understood in society.  Students analyze the social, cultural, political and economic connections to sexuality.  The course also traces some of the main events and issues connected to conceptions and practices of sexuality from the nineteenth century to present day.  Areas of focus include marriage & relationships, reproductive options, sexuality and public policy, social movements and sexuality, and sexuality in the media. (Pass/Fail option) Every two years. CCP Credit: 4

ANT 250S - Ethnography

This writing intensive course will examine the history of anthropological ethnographic tradition paying close attention to the trends and developments of anthropological theory contemporaneous with those ethnographies studied.  Students will be expected to become ethnographers themselves through a host of writing assignments which sharpen methodological skills such as:  observation, participant observation, and questionnaires.  The goal of this course thus is two fold:  the introduce students to the art and science of ethnographic writing and to help students enhance their own ethnographic writing skills. Prerequisite(s): ANT 101S and one of the Peoples and Cultures courses and SOC 101S or by permission of instructor. (Pass/Fail option) Every two years. CCP Credit: 4

ANT 260S - Kinship and Family

This course will focus on issues of kinship and family both within the United States and in many varied cross-cultural contexts around the globe.  Various types of families and kinship affiliations will be discussed such as:  polyandry, polygyny, household residence patterns, marriage patterns, wedding rituals, family roles will be addressed.  We will also pay particular attention to the changing family forms in the United States. (Pass/Fail option) Prerequisite(s): ANT 101S and one of the Peoples and Cultures courses, or by permission of instructor. Every three years. CCP Credit: 4

	ANT 277S - Special Topics in Anthropology
	This course offers study in a specialized topic in anthropology that is not offered in the usual anthropology curriculum, at an introductory level.  These topics include but are not limited to the Anthropology of Gender, Anthropology of Native North America, or Cultures in Conflict. Every two years. CCP Credit: 4

ANT 300 - Food and Culture

This course will focus on the nexus between food and culture in a variety of cross-cultural settings.  We will examine the relationship between subsistence strategies and food production.  We will also compare local food systems to large scale globalization of the world wide food industry.  Students will also experience ethnographic methods and writing in this course.  This will be a writing intensive course. (Pass/Fail option) Prerequisite(s): ANT 103S or permission of instructor. Every three years. CCP Credit: 4

ANT 301 - Culture and Personality

A subdiscipline of anthropology dealing with the relationship between the culture and social structure of a society and the personality of its members. The impact of culture and personality on the course of historical events and culture change is examined. Attention is paid to both tribal and industrial societies. (Pass/Fall option) Prerequisite(s): ANT 101S or SOC 101S or permission of instructor. Every two years. CCP Credit: 4

ANT 303 - Field Work: Archaeology

Provides intensive training in archaeological field work and field laboratory processing. In both the preliminary class work and field work, emphasis is given to the interrelationship between human populations and environmental conditions using the perspective of ecological anthropology. (Pass/Fail option) Prerequisite(s): ANT 101S or ANT 103S or permission of instructor. Every three years. CCP Credit: 6

ANT 340 - Theoretical Foundations Anthropology/Sociology

This multicultural course provides an introduction to various theoretical foundations in Sociology and Anthropology.  Students trace the evolution of social thought aimed at understanding societies and cultures within both disciplines.  Students study both classical and contemporary theory and learn how to apply these concepts toward understanding contemporary issues in society.  Theorists include: Addams, Benedict, DuBois, Durkheim, Foucault, Marx, Smith, and Weber. Prerequisite(s): ANT 101S and ANT 103S and SOC 101S or permission of instructor. Once a Year. CCP Credit: 4

ANT 360 - Peasant Societies

Anthropological definitions of peasants include the vast majority of the people living on earth today.  Peasants are defined as small scale farmers who provide subsistence agriculture for themselves and their families, are political underdogs, employ animal husbandry, and are characterized by a moral economy. This course will investigate the changing nature of peasants in the contemporary world and focus on migration, return migration, urbanization, farming practices, horticulture and intensive agriculture.  This will be a writing intensive class.  Students should pick a peasant society and plan to research this society throughout the course of the semester.  The course will culminate with a larger research project and term paper. (Pass/Fail option) Prerequisite(s): ANT 103S and two 200 level ANT courses or by permission of the instructor. Once a Year.  Credit: 4

ANT 370 - Qualitative Methods

This course is for advanced Sociology/Anthropology students. Each student will continue her/his study of methods from the "Social Science Research Methods" course and will conduct research utilizing these particular methods which include ethnography, participant observation or various forms of content or discourse analysis.  This course is a good compliment to the introductory level "Ethnography" course. (Pass/Fail option) Prerequisite(s): SOC 360. Every three years. CCP Credit: 4

ANT 377 - Special Topics in Anthropology

This course offers an in-depth exploration of a specialized topic in anthropology that is not offered in the usual anthropology curriculum.  This course may offer a subject matter that is completely new or will serve as a continuation of a topic taught at the 200 level.  These topics include but are not limited to the Ethnography of Maine's People, Peasants and Small Scale Agriculture, Rural Maine Service Learning or Paleoanthropology. (Pass/Fail option) Prerequisite(s): ANT 101S and ANT 103S and SOC 101S or permission of instructor. Every two years. Credit: 4

ANT 380 - Medieval Society, Structure and Institution

History, archaeology, in combination with the methods of comparative anthropology are employed to acquaint the student with the social history and institutions of European society during the Middle Ages. Aspects of both popular and aristocratic culture are examined along with the development of both Roman and Common Law. (Pass/Fail option) Prerequisite(s): ANT 101S or SOC 101S or permission of instructor. Every three years. CCP Credit: 4

ANT 397 - Independent Study in Anthropology

The purpose of this course is to provide the exceptional student with an opportunity to explore specialized topics within the discipline of anthropology.  Students are required to be involved in the design of the course; submitting in writing a detailed outline of their course of study to the instructor they are working with prior to registering for the course.  Students require permission by the instructor to enroll in the course. Prerequisite(s): ANT 101S, ANT 103S and permission of the instructor. Every Semester. CCP Credit: 4

ANT 400 - Internship

Internships allow students to gain direct experience in areas that are relevant to their fields of study.  Students work directly with faculty to determine which organization to work with as well as to determine what project(s) the student may do that is relevant to the internship.  Internships must be approved by this faculty member as well as the site where students are performing their internship prior to registration.  Students are strongly encouraged to establish these relationships at least one semester prior to enrolling in the internship. (Pass/Fail option) Prerequisite(s): ANT 101S, ANT 103S and permission of instructor. Every Semester. CCP Credit: 4

ANT 460 - Independent Research in Anthropology

This course is designed to provide an opportunity for advanced students seeking additional experience performing directed research.  Students work individually with instructors on projects driven by the student's interests or as part of larger on-going projects that the instructor is involved in.  This course is particularly useful for students interested in attending graduate school. (Pass/Fail option) Prerequisite(s): ANT 103S, SOC 360 and permission of instructor. SOC 340 is highly recommended. Every Semester. Credit: 4

ANT 480 - Senior Seminar/Capstone in Anthropology

This course is designed to be a culminating experience for students with a Sociology/Anthropology major. This seminar asks students to build upon previous work in both disciplines, by conducting a research project of their own choosing.  Students are also able to focus their research within a particular discipline or subfield of Anthropology.  Students work independently but discuss their work with one another, examining the process of research and their progress as a whole. Prerequisite(s): ANT 102S, SOC 340, SOC 360 and permission of instructor. Once a Year. CCP Credit: 4