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  • ANTH 3300: Archaeological Field Technique

    3.00 - 6.00 Credits
    Weber State University

    Intensive field school involving archaeological excavation and/or survey, emphasizing modern field techniques, data recordation and recovery, map interpretation and production, and the proper conduct of problem-oriented archaeology. Prerequisite:    ANTH 2030 and ANTH 3100 and ANTH 3200 and ANTH 3400
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  • ANTH 3400: CRE Archaeological Lab Tech

    3.00 Credits
    Weber State University

    Emphasizes student analysis and write-up of an artifact assemblage from an archaeological site. Weekly lectures familiarize students with analyses of prehistoric and historic archaeological materials, as well as the production of text, figures, tables, maps, and bibliographies for technical reports. Students are strongly encouraged to take ANTH 3300 Archaeological Field Techniques before taking ANTH 3400. Prerequisite:    ANTH 2030
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  • ANTH 3500: Advncd Culture Anthropology

    3.00 Credits
    Weber State University

    The nature of culture, its structure and function in the variety of human activities. Prerequisite:    ANTH 1000 and ANTH 101 and ANTH 2000 and ANTH 2010 and ANTH 210 and ANTH 211
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  • ANTH 3600: Culture Area Studies

    1.00 - 3.00 Credits
    Weber State University

    Surveys selected societies in ethnographically different cultural areas of the world, such as Africa, Asia, North American Indians, Latin America, the Middle East, the Pacific, or the modern United States. When the number is used, it will be accompanied by a descriptive title and the credit authorized, which will appear on the student transcript. Offerings of same title may not be repeated for credit toward graduation. Prerequisite:    ANTH 1000 and ANTH 101 and ANTH 2010 and ANTH 210 and ANTH 211
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  • ANTH 3900: Anthropology of Religion

    3.00 Credits
    Weber State University

    How do spiritual, cosmological, and religious experiences shape our relationships with the world, each other, and ourselves? In this course, we will explore this and many other questions about the operation of faith, belief, spirituality and religion in the world from an anthropological perspective. That means, we will be examining religious and spiritual practice as culturally informed social action. Through a diverse range of literature, film, and podcasts, we will engage historical and contemporary theories on what religion may tell us about the project of being human.
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  • ANTH 4100: Archaeological Method & Mngmnt

    3.00 Credits
    Weber State University

    Explores means by which archaeological inferences are made to decipher the material record of past human behavior. Includes the history of recent archaeological thought from the beginnings of scientific archaeology (ca. 1960's) through the profession of cultural resource management. Prerequisite:    ANTH 2030
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  • ANTH 4150: Tech Skills in Anthropology

    3.00 Credits
    Weber State University

    This course introduces students to visual and spatial data collection, management, and production skills through direct hands-on training and lecture. Topics include field and laboratory based photography, manipulation and management of digital images, spatial data collection through Global Positioning Systems (GPS) and total stations, and digital map/image creation. While exercises used throughout the course focus on archaeological examples, the technical skills learned can easily be applied to all four subfields of anthropology.
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  • ANTH 4200: Anthropological Theory

    3.00 Credits
    Weber State University

    Historical and theoretical development of the major anthropological schools of thought including 19th century evolutionism, historical particularism, social anthropology, symbolic analysis, neoevolutionism, and cultural ecology. Prerequisite:    ANTH 1000 and ANTH 101
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  • ANTH 4220: Forensic Anthropology

    3.00 Credits
    Weber State University

    This upper division course is an introduction to forensic anthropology, a subdiscipline of physical anthropology concerned with the identification of human skeletal remains in medico-legal contexts. Topics covered in this course include a survey of the history of the field and the techniques used to determine age, sex, and physical characteristics of an individual from skeletonized remains, as well as methods used for positive identification, estimating time since death, and determining cause and manner of death. Special attention will be given to Human Osteology as it is relevant in forensic contexts. This course is offered in lower division format (ANTH 2220) and upper division format (ANTH 4220). Students must choose either the upper division course or the lower division course and will not receive credits for taking both courses.
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  • ANTH 4300: CRE Anth Research Methods

    3.00 Credits
    Weber State University

    Students will learn and apply the scientific methods of inquiry used in anthropological research. Required for majors and recommended for minors. Prerequisite:    ANTH 1000 and ANTH 101 and SOC 360 and SOC 3600
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