ANTH 188 A-Z - Special TopicsSemester Hours: 1-3
Fall, Spring
These courses deal with innovative or advanced topics and may include field projects. Students prepare individual projects on a research theme.
Current Special Topics
ANTH 188K: Dangerous Ideas
Ideas matter. Concepts such as cultural identity, the meaning of and practices around food, democracy, faith, race, freedom, gender have inspired social movements, shaped ways of life and political systems, and dramatically influenced the lives of individuals. Scientific ideas (such as evolution, species extinction, climate science) also shape our lives. Powerful ideas can be dangerous, generating turmoil and destabilizing the status quo, or supporting the status quo when change is needed, or creating unanticipated consequences.
This one-credit course explores some powerful ideas in human experience. Each week a faculty member from a different department will explore a concept that has shaped human experience across time and space. This course is also an opportunity to explore the different methodologies and approaches to ideas in the Humanities, Social Sciences and Natural Sciences with faculty from Philosophy, Literature, Natural Science, Music, Religion, Anthropology and History.
Attendance and participation in discussion activities are obligatory and a brief reflection paper at the end of the course will be required. The course is available only on a pass/D+/D/fail basis. Register for any one of the cross-listed sections for the course. They all have the same title, “Dangerous Ideas”, and they will all meet together as one course. Cross-listed sections are: ANTH 188K , ENGL 008Q, HIST 006M, MUS 151, PHI 051D ), RELI 141F.
ANTH 188M: Osteology
What can the human skeleton tell us about past lives? This course features hands-on laboratory sessions and illustrated lectures. Activities involve whole and fragmentary bone identifications, feature and landmark identifications, and applying human osteology to answer broader questions about individuals and populations. The skills learned are applicable for studies in medicine, comparative anatomy, bio-archaeology, forensic anthropology, and paleoanthropology.
Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
Open to students who have completed at least 6 semester hours in anthropology and/or related social sciences. May be repeated for credit when topics vary. Specific titles and course descriptions for special topics courses are available in the online class schedule. (Formerly 188, 3 s.h.)
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