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Anthropology
Chairman of the Committee on the Undergraduate Program: Ralph W. Nicholas,
H 314, 702-7737
Program of Study
Anthropology encompasses a number of historical and comparative approaches
to human cultural and physical variety, ranging from the study of human
evolution and prehistory to the study of cultures as systems of meaningful
symbols. Anthropology involves, at one extreme, such natural scientific
studies as anatomy, ecology, genetics, and geology; at the other, various
social sciences and humanities ranging from psychology, sociology, and linguistics
to philosophy, history, and comparative religion. Anthropology can lead
(through graduate study) to careers in research and teaching in university
and museum settings. More often it provides a background for further work
in other disciplines of the social sciences, humanities, and biological
sciences, as well as for professional careers in government, business, law,
medicine, social services, and other fields.
Program Requirements
Students wishing to concentrate in anthropology must confer with the undergraduate
chairman before being officially admitted to the program. The Bachelor of
Arts program in anthropology consists of thirteen courses, of which at least
ten are normally chosen from those listed or cross-listed as Department
of Anthropology courses (a minimum of three from the introductory group
211 through 214, plus seven others). With approval in advance from the program
chairman, the additional three concentration courses may be ones offered
by other departments.
Students are encouraged to construct individual programs, and in so doing
they should consult regularly with the program chairman. For a view of the
whole of anthropology they may wish to include courses in each of the four
recognized subfields of anthropology: archaeological, physical, linguistic,
and sociocultural. Examples from courses currently offered are
Archaeological. Anthropology 211, 260, 262, 266, 267, 268, 287, 288.
Physical. Biological Sciences 114 (Apes and Human Evolution); Anthropology
214, 382, 386, 481, 485.
Linguistic. Anthropology 270, 279, 372, 373, 374, 376, 377, 378, 379,
473, 577, 579.
Sociocultural. Anthropology 211, 212, 213, 214, 228, 251, 271, 272,
273, 300, 301, 302, 306, 307, 308, 312, 323, 357, 358, 412, 414, 416, 448,
452, 455, 502, 506, 513, 514, 523.
The courses numbered 211 through 214 do not presume any previous study of
anthropology and may be taken in any order; their contents often vary, and
if so, a student may take a course of the same number for a second or third
time.
These courses are intended to offer an introduction to some of the substantive,
methodological, and theoretical issues of sociocultural anthropology. Students
emphasizing sociocultural anthropology are encouraged also to take one or
more of the non-Western civilization sequences: African, South Asian, and
Latin American. These civilization sequences normally feature anthropological
approaches and content. Other civilization sequences can be taken for anthropology
credit in accordance with the individual student's needs or interests.
Students who wish to emphasize study in biological, archaeological, or linguistic
anthropology will be referred by the program chairman to departmental advisers
in these fields to assist them in developing the requirements of their individual
programs.
Where desirable for a student's individual anthropology program and with
the approval of the program chairman in advance, a student may also obtain
course credit for supervised individual reading or research (Anthropology
299), as well as by attending field schools or courses offered by other
universities.
Summary of Requirements
3 from Anthro 211-214 7 additional anthropology courses 3 anthropology
or approved related courses 13
Grading. Concentration courses must be taken for quality grades unless
the program chairman gives permission in advance for P/N or P/F
registration.
Honors. A special honors program is open, on application to the undergraduate
program chairman before the end of the junior year, to superior students
with an overall grade point average of 3.25 or better who wish to develop
an extended piece of research through a bachelor's essay under the approved
supervision of a faculty member. One quarter's registration in Anthropology
290 may be devoted to the preparation of the senior honors essay. For award
of honors, the essay must be judged excellent by the faculty member who
supervised the work and then by a second reader approved by the program
chairman. No later than the fifth week of the quarter in which the student
expects to graduate, two copies of the completed paper must be submitted
to the program chairman by the student being recommended for special honors.
Faculty
ARJUN APPADURAI, Barbara E. & Richard J. Franke Professor, Departments
of Anthropology and South Asian Languages & Civilizations and the College
ANDREW APTER, Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology and the College
MANUELA L. CARNEIRO DA CUNHA, Professor, Department of Anthropology and
the College
JEAN COMAROFF, Bernard E. and Ellen C. Sunny Distinguisihed Service Professor,
Department of Anthropology; Committee on Human Nutrition & Nutritional
Biology, Morris Fishbein Center for the History of Science & Medicine,
and the College; Committee on African & African-American Studies; Chairman,
Department of Anthropology
JOHN L. COMAROFF, Harold H. Swift Distinguished Service Professor, Departments
of Anthropology and Sociology and the College, Committee on African &
African-American Studies
MICHAEL DIETLER, Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology and the
College
JAMES W. FERNANDEZ, Professor, Department of Anthropology and the College
RAYMOND D. FOGELSON, Professor, Departments of Anthropology and Psychology
(Human Development) and the College
LESLIE G. FREEMAN, Professor, Department of Anthropology and the College
SUSAN GAL, Professor, Department of Anthropology and the College
WILLIAM F. HANKS, Professor, Departments of Anthropology and Linguistics
and the College
JOHN D. KELLY, Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology and the College
ALAN L. KOLATA, Professor, Department of Anthropology and the College; Director,
Latin American Studies Center
MCKIM MARRIOTT, Professor, Department of Anthropology and the College
NANCY D. MUNN, Professor, Department of Anthropology and the College
RALPH W. NICHOLAS, William Rainey Harper Professor, Department of Anthropology
and the College; President, International House
ELIZABETH A. POVINELLI, Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology
and the College
MARSHALL D. SAHLINS, Charles F. Grey Distinguished Service Professor, Department
of Anthropology and the College
DAVID SCOTT, Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology and the College
MICHAEL SILVERSTEIN, Samuel N. Harper Professor, Departments of Anthropology,
Linguistics, and Psychology (Cognition & Communication) and Committee
on Analysis of Ideas & Study of Methods
RONALD SINGER, Robert R. Bensley Professor, Departments of Organismal Biology
& Anatomy and Anthropology and Committee on Evolutionary Biology
GEORGE W. STOCKING, JR., Stein-Freiler Distinguished Service Professor,
Department of Anthropology and Committee on the Conceptual Foundations of
Science
TERENCE S. TURNER, Professor, Department of Anthropology and the College
RUSSELL H. TUTTLE, Professor, Department of Anthropology, Committee on Evolutionary
Biology, Morris Fishbein Center for the History of Science and Medicine,
and the College
VALERIO VALERI, Professor, Department of Anthropology and the College
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