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Anthropology at University of Indianapolis
Anthropology, according to anthropologist Wendell Oswalt, is the holistic study of humankind. We regard Anthropology, therefore, as the most comprehensive discipline in the world, able to make important statements about people and their cultures individually as well cross-culturally. Most anthropologists divide our profession into four fields: cultural anthropology, linguistics, biological (or physical) anthropology, and archeology. All of them relate to one thing: culture, how it works, and what it does for people in different societies. Cultural anthropology considers modern societies around the world. This is by far the most heavily represented field in terms of number of anthropologists. We offer an introduction to cultural anthropology (ANTH-100), a class in global problems (ANTH-200), a course about Eskimos (ANTH-210), one about how people depict American Indians (ANTH-290), a class about religions in traditional societies (ANTH-310), another dealing with cross-cultural experiences and field methods (ANTH-410), and a course on doing ethnography--a hands-on, detailed study of one culture (ANTH-490). Linguistics focuses on people's use of language and how languages change, spread, relate to each other, and serve people's needs. This field has the fewest practicing anthrolologists. Our course in this field of anthropology is called Cultural Linguistics (ANTH-360), and the English department has another (ENGL-260). Biolological (physical) anthropology is broadly concerned with human beings, their biological nature and variation around the world. and their ancestors (hominids, apes, and monkeys). We present a class on primates and human beings (ANTH-130), a course about humans' physical variations worldwide (ANTH-205), one examining human evolution (ANTH-345), another that relates human biology and culture (ANTH-411), a class in dental science (ANTH-425), and one that compares human and non-human skeletal anatomy (ANTH-450). The Department of Anthropology has strong ties to the Department of Biology at this university. Archeology (also spelled archaeology) usually concentrates on prehistoric peoples, but it really emphasizes material remains that people leave behind. Therefore, archeologists could also look at /modern/ societies by examaining /their/ materail culture. Our offerings include an introductory class (ANTH-110), one in North American archeology (ANTH-220), another in Classical archeology (ANTH-251), courses in laboratory methods (ANTH-370) and field methods (ANTH-375), field schools (ANTH-380) and (ANTH-480), and a capstone course about practices and ethics (ANTH-470). Internships. More advanced students may also choose to explore anthropology through an interships that places them as volunteers with a buisness or museum similar to their professional interests (ANTH-350). Occasionally we create a new or one-shot course to try out a specific subject (ANTH-430). Some of these previous seminars have become regular courses; others appear intermittently or never again.
For a full listing of what is offered for each subfield go to the Registrar website and see the Curriculum Guide.
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