Courses of Instruction and Faculty

African and African Diaspora Studies

Office: 105 F. Edward Hébert Hall

Phone: (504) 862-3550

Fax: (504) 862-8677

Website: www.tulane.edu/~adst/

Email: www.adst@tulane.edu

Program Administrator

Felipe Smith, English (Director)

Faculty Associates

Rosanne Adderley, History

Jane Carter, Classical Studies

Michael Cunningham, African and African Diaspora Studies, Psychology

Gaurav Desai, African and African Diaspora Studies, English

Raymond Diamond, Law School

Joel Dinerstein, English

Christopher Dunn, African and African Diaspora Studies, Spanish and Portuguese

Pamela Franco, Art History

Rebecca Mark, English

Adeline Masquelier, Anthropology

Marilyn Miller, Spanish

Gayle Murchison, Music

Supriya Nair, English

Olanike-Ola Orie, Anthropology

Stacy Overstreet, Psychology

John Patton, Communication

Steven Pierce, History

Lawrence Powell, History

Benjamin Reiss, English

Randy Sparks, History

N. Frank Ukadike, African and African Diaspora Studies, Communication

Richard Watts, French and Italian

Demetrius Williams, Classical Studies

Justin Wolfe, History

The program in African and African Diaspora studies offers students an interdisciplinary course of study that may lead to either a major or a minor. Both the major and the minor are designed to enable students a considerable degree of freedom in the choice of electives, and they both offer ample avenues for students interested in pursuing independent research and/or internship experiences. The program is particularly interested in encouraging the study of less commonly taught languages such as Yoruba, Kiswahili, Arabic, and Haitian Creole. The program also encourages student to pursue study abroad opportunities in Africa and its Diaspora and advises them in all matters pertaining to such study. The option to write an honors thesis is available to students who are in the University’s Honors Program as well as to those who seek honors with the ADST program.

Major

Ten courses (minimum of 30 credits) are required for the major. The major consists of the following:

I. ADST 200 Introduction to African and African Diaspora Studies

II. One of the following courses in history or culture:

ANTH 311 Cultures of Sub-Saharan Africa

HISB 312 West African Culture and Society

HISB 313 Southern Africa

HISU 369 African-American History to 1865

III. Senior capstone seminar

ADST 481 or 482 Special Topics in African and African Diaspora Studies

IV. Seven additional elective courses

Students must ensure that at least three of the electives (nine credits) are at the 400 level or higher and no more than three electives (nine credits) are at the 100 or 200 levels. Furthermore, students must choose elective courses from both the humanities as well as the social and behavioral sciences and must fulfill a distribution component of at least two courses (six credits) in African studies and two courses (six credits) in African Diaspora studies.

Minor

Six courses (minimum of 18 credits) are required for the minor which includes African and African Diaspora Studies 200 plus five additional electives. Students must ensure that at least three of the electives (nine credits) are at the 300 level or higher. Furthermore, students must choose elective courses from both the humanities as well as the social and behavioral sciences and must fulfill a distribution component of at least one course (three credits) in African Studies and one course (three credits) in African Diaspora Studies.

Courses

ADST 200 Introduction to African and African Diaspora Studies (3)

Staff. This course will serve as an introduction to the study of Africa and its Diaspora and is intended to help students understand the complexities of interdisciplinary approaches to area studies. Emphasis will be placed on the complementary nature of such scholarship and a portion of the course will be devoted to learning how the “same” issue or thematic is treated in diverse ways depending on the disciplinary perspective of the scholar.

ADST 310 Issues in Afro-Atlantic Studies (3)

Staff. An exploration of some of the central themes of Afro-Atlantic Studies through the study of selected issues arising out of the Afro-Atlantic moral, cultural, political, and religious experience.

ADST 320 Issues in African Studies (3)

Staff. An exploration of some of the central themes of African studies through the study of selected issues arising out of the African moral, cultural, political, and religious experience.

ADST 330 Issues in African Diaspora Studies (3)

Staff. An exploration of some of the central themes of African Diaspora Studies through the study of selected issues arising out of the African Diasporic moral, cultural, political, and religious experience.

ADST 389 Service Learning (1)

Staff. Prerequisite: Departmental approval. Students complete a service activity in the community in conjunction with the content of a three-credit corequisite course.

ADST 456, 457 Internship Studies (1-3, 1-3)

Staff. Prerequisites: approval of instructor and Director. An experiential learning process coupled with pertinent academic course work. Open only to juniors and seniors in good standing. Registration is completed in the academic department sponsoring the internship on TUTOR. Note: a maximum of six credits may be earned in one or two courses toward the African and African Diaspora Studies major. See also the college requirements for internships.

ADST 481, 482 Special Topics in African and African Diaspora Studies (3, 3)

Staff. Special topics in African and African Diaspora studies; also cross-listed with special topics from other departments when related to African and African Diaspora studies. This course is required for African and African Diaspora majors. African and African Diaspora minors are encouraged but not required to take this course. May be used to fulfill African and African Diaspora studies distribution requirements in consultation with the Program Director.

ADST 491, 492 Independent Studies (3, 3)

Staff. Open to advanced student with approval of the Director and subject to availability of faculty mentor.

ADST H499-H500 Honors Thesis (3, 4)

Staff. For especially qualified juniors and seniors with approval of the director and the Honors Committee. Students must have a minimum of a 3.0 overall grade-point average and a 3.5 grade-point average in the major.

Electives

Africa

ADST 320 Issues in African Studies

ANTH 311 Cultures of Sub-Saharan Africa

ANTH 415 African Pre-History

ARHS 385 African Art

CLAS 413 Egypt Under the Pharaohs

COMM 418 African Cinema

HISB 130 Africa to 1880

HISB 131 Africa Since 1880

HISB 312 West African Culture and Society

HISB 313 Southern Africa

HISB 397, 398 Special Offerings in African History

HISB 422 Prison, Medicine, and Madness in Africa

HISB 423 Gender and Sexuality in Modern Africa

HISB 607 Africa and Gender Theory

HISB 611 Colonialism, Freedom, and the Problem of Difference

HISM 404 Modern North Africa 1516-1914

HISM 405 Medieval Northwest Africa

PORT 413 Lusophone Africa: Literature and Society

African Diaspora

ADST 330 Issues in African Diaspora Studies

ADST 430 Culture, Dominance and Resistance

ARHS 386 Arts of the African Diaspora

ARHS 387 20th-Century African-American Art

COMM 350 The Rhetoric of Civil Rights

COMM 460 Intercultural Communication

COMM 462 Women, Development, and Communication in the English-speaking Caribbean

COMM 464 Communication and Cultural Identity in the English-speaking Caribbean

ENLS 373 Introduction to African-American Literature

ENLS 444 Issues in African-American Literature

FREN 305 Literature in Exile

HISU 344 African-American Religious History

HISU 350 The Civil War and Reconstruction

HISU 357 Race Relations in the American South 1865-1970

HISU 358 Slavery and Freedom in the Antebellum South

HISU 369 African-American History to 1865

HISU 370 Introduction to African-American History: Emancipation to the Present

HISU 654 African-American Cultural History

HISL 172 Introduction to Caribbean History

HISL 374 Caribbean Cultural History

HISL H420 History of Voodoo

HISL 675 Africans in the Americas: Comparative Social and Cultural History of the African Diaspora

HISL 678 Readings in Caribbean History

MUSC 334 History of Jazz

POLA 425 Power and Poverty in America

PORT 616 Afro-Brazilians

PSYC 331 Introduction to African-American Psychology

PSYC 461 Black Youth: Developmental Psychology Perspectives

SOCI 612 Race, Sex, and Power

SPAN 416 Afro-Hispanic Literature and Culture

Other Electives

The following courses which do not meet the requirements for African or African Diaspora distribution credits may nevertheless be taken as electives by majors as well as minors. In addition, students may petition to count any African and African Diaspora studies related course currently being offered at Tulane or taken at other universities as part of their own curriculum. Such petitions will be considered by the Program Director in consultation with the program Executive Committee. Please note that of the courses below, a maximum of three dance credits may count toward the major or minor.

ANTH 672 Spoken Yoruba

DANC 191 Beginning African Dance

DANC 391 Intermediate African Dance

ENLS 482 Colonial and Postcolonial Discourse

ENLS 483 Race, Class, and Gender

FREN 304 African and Caribbean Literature

FREN 305 Literature in Exile

FREN 480 Survey of Francophone Literature

HISB 323 The Atlantic Slave Trade

American Studies

Office: 207 Norman Mayer

Phone: (504) 865-5160

Fax: (504) 862-8958

Program Administrator

Teresa A. Toulouse, English (Director)

Affiliated faculty come from the following schools and departments:

Anthropology

Architecture

Art

Communication

English

History

Latin American Studies

Philosophy

Political Science

Major

An interdisciplinary and interdepartmental major designed to provide an analysis of American thought, culture, and society, past and present. The required and elective courses balance flexibility and coherence as students select areas of concentration from the broad categories of American arts, American thought and experience, and American institutions and social practices. Students are also encouraged to address specifically local, regional and comparativist dimensions of these categories both through their coursework and through internships at local institutions and museums.

A student majoring in American studies must take the seven required courses listed below in addition to seven elective courses selected from a list of appropriate courses grouped in three major categories and offered by participating departments.

Normally, the elective courses are selected from above the 100 level and at least three of the seven courses must be above the 300 level. With the exception of American Studies 301 and 501, all of the required courses should normally be completed by the junior year.

Students interested in American studies should consult with the Director as soon as possible so they can arrange their program with an eye to the American studies requirements. The Director also maintains an up-to-date list of acceptable electives. Full descriptions of the courses are provided by the participating departments.

AMST 456, 457 Internship Studies (1-3, 1-3)

Staff. Prerequisites: approval of instructor and Program Director. An experiential learning process coupled with pertinent academic course work. Open only to juniors and seniors in good standing. Registration is completed in the academic department sponsoring the internship on TUTOR. (Note: A maximum of six credits may be earned in one or two courses.)

AMST 491, 492 Independent Studies (3, 3)

Staff. Open to qualified juniors and seniors only.

AMST H499-H500 Honors Thesis (3, 4)

Staff. Only one of these courses will count towards requirements for the major.

Required Courses

American Studies

AMST 201 Issues of American Identity (3)

Staff. An exploration of one of the central themes of American studies, the American identity, through the study of selected issues arising out of the American moral, cultural, political, and religious experience.

AMST 301 Special Topics in American Studies (3)

Staff. Seminar primarily for American studies majors, generally taken in the junior year, comprising a detailed exploration of some one topic or theme relevant to the American scene.

AMST 311 New Orleans as a Cultural System (3)

Staff. Analyzing the City as a cultural system, the course explores the nature of the intersections among diverse cultural phenomena such as space, ritual, food, and music.

AMST 501 Seminar in American Studies (3)

Staff. Seminar primarily for American studies majors, generally taken in the senior year, involving an in-depth study of a major motif, movement, or problem in American intellectual or religious thought. The production of an acceptable research paper demonstrates competence in American studies.

History

HISU 141-142 The United States from Colonization to 1865, and The United States from 1865 to the Present (3, 3)

or six credits of American history approved by the American Studies Director.

English

ENLS 375-376 American Life in American Literature, 1620-1864 and 1865-1940 (3, 3)

or six credits of American literature approved by the American Studies Director.

Elective Courses

Students should consult with the Director for additional or alternative courses.

American Arts

ARHS 360 Art in America, 1492 to the Civil War

ARHS 361 American Art from the Civil War to World War II

MUSC 331 History of Music in the United States

MUSC 332 Musical Theatre in America

MUSC 334 History of Jazz

MUSC 335 Music in Contemporary Society

American Thought and Experience

ENLS 373 Introduction to African-American Literature

ENLS 431 American Literature to 1820

ENLS 436 American Renaissance

ENLS 437 19th-Century American Literature

ENLS 440 Modern American Literature

ENLS 441 Contemporary American Literature

ENLS 442 Southern Literature

HISU 342 Urban America

HISU 340 Women and Gender in U.S. History to 1830

HISU 341 Women and Gender in U.S. History, 1830 to the Present

HISU 343 History of American Religion

HISU 344 African American Religious History

HISU 355 American Political Traditions: Foundations, 1776-1860

HISU 358 Slavery and Freedom in the Antebellum South

HISU 361 U.S. Identity Politics, 1945-Present

HISU 370 Introduction to African-American History: Emancipation to Present

HISU 381 Southern Folk Culture

HISU 382 Mythic South in Film and Television

HISU 452 Rise and Fall of the Plantation South

HISU 652 Ideas and Thinkers in American History, 1607-1865

HISU 661 The Old South

HISU 662 The New South, 1865-Present

PHIL 313 Classic American Thought

PHIL 314 Recent American Philosophy

American Institutions and Social Processes

ANTH 413 North American Prehistory

ANTH 605 North American Indians

ANTH 613 Southeastern United States Prehistory

POLA 315 Elections in America

POLA 322 The American Presidency

POLA 324 Public Policy

POLT 486 American Political Thought

SOCI 103 Sociology of the Family

SOCI 106 Urban Sociology

SOCI 109 Social Problems

SOCI 602 Political Sociology

SOCI 611 Sociology of Work and Leisure

Although not included in the program’s requirements, American Studies students are strongly encouraged to take one or more of the following courses as early in their career as possible.

ANTH 102 Cultural Anthropology

COMM 315 Film Analysis

COMM 326 Critical Analysis of the Media

POLS 101 Introduction to Politics

SOCI 201 Foundations of Sociology

Anthropology

Office: 1021 Audubon St.

Phone: (504) 865-5336

Fax: (504) 865-5338

Website: www.tulane.edu/~anthro

Professors

E. Wyllys Andrews V, Ph.D., Tulane

William Balée, Ph.D., Columbia

Harvey M. Bricker, Ph.D., Harvard

Victoria R. Bricker, Ph.D., Harvard

Dan M. Healan, Ph.D., Missouri

Robert M. Hill, Ph.D., Pennsylvania

Associate Professors

Trenton W. Holliday, Ph.D., New Mexico

Adeline M. Masquelier, Ph.D., Chicago

Judith M. Maxwell, Ph.D., Chicago

Olanike-Ola Orie, Ph.D., British Columbia

John W. Verano, Ph.D., California, Los Angeles

Assistant Professors

Shanshan Du, Ph.D., Illinois

Katharine M. Jack, Ph.D., Alberta

Katherine R. Nelson, Ph.D., Southern Methodist

Major

Ten courses (excluding writing practica) totaling no fewer than thirty credits of approved course work are required for a major in anthropology. Only one course, Anthropology 406, is required for majors; this is a three-credit proseminar in general anthropology. In addition, there is a general distribution requirement within the major; at least one course above the 100 level must be taken in each of the four major subdivisions of anthropology: social/cultural anthropology, archaeology, linguistics, and physical anthropology.

Other anthropology courses used to satisfy the 30-credit requirement should be chosen by the student in response to his or her specific interests. Up to six credits toward an anthropology major may be given for courses offered by other departments of the university, provided that such courses are directly relevant to anthropology and to the student’s specific course of study. Requests for approval of courses offered by other departments (for example, art history, biology, economics, geology, history, mathematics, philosophy, psychology, sociology) should be addressed to the advisor of majors. This flexibility permits many of the students majoring in anthropology to have double majors in their disciplines and to integrate their study of anthropology with various preprofessional (e.g., premedical) curricula. Anthropology majors may work toward the fulfillment of college requirements for either the B.A. or the B.S. degree. Students planning graduate work in anthropology should take course work in statistics either outside the major or within it (Anthropology 601).

The subject matter of anthropology is such that most of the curriculum is not an explicitly graded sequence. Few anthropology courses at Tulane have specific prerequisites (exceptions, mostly linguistic courses, are noted in the catalog), and anthropology majors are expected to choose their courses from among all those with numbers less than 700. The 600-level courses are specifically designed for undergraduate as well as graduate students, and all junior and senior majors should choose freely from among these offerings.

The anthropology department administers the Kenneth J. Opat Fund in Anthropology, reserved for the support of undergraduate research in anthropology. Students majoring in anthropology are encouraged to seek further information from the advisor of majors about the use of this research fund.

ANTH 101 Human Origins (3)

Staff. Biological evolution of the human species and the archaeology of early man. Relationship of man to other primates, living and extinct. Cultural achievements of early man and their relationship to biological evolution and the natural environment. The fossil and archaeological record of Pliocene and Pleistocene man.

ANTH 102 Cultural Anthropology (3)

Staff. The observed range of variation of ways of life around the world. The cross-cultural investigation of becoming and being human. Comparative treatment of social organization, subsistence activities, values, and religion.

ANTH 103 Languages of the World (3)

Prof. Maxwell, Prof. Orie. This course aims to equip students with some basic facts about the world’s languages, a fundamental prerequisite to understanding the nature of human language. We will be examining: (1) the diversity of languages across space and time, and (2) the fundamental similarities of languages. We will address a range of questions about language through an exploration of the following areas: language families and historical relationships, linguistic typology, language universals, sound and structure features of the world’s languages, and writing systems.

ANTH 114 Freshman Seminar (3)

Staff. Description varies; specific description available when offered.

ANTH 201 Man Before History (3)

Staff. A selective worldwide survey of peoples and cultures of the prehistoric past, from the end of the Ice Age to the beginnings of recorded history. Examination of the technologies and institutions developed in antiquity to meet the challenges of the natural and social environments. Emphasis upon the great achievements of prehistory including late Ice Age adaptations, peopling of new continents, development of the world’s major food sources, beginnings of urbanism, ancient American and other early civilizations of the non-Western world.

ANTH 203 The Anthropology of Women and Men (3)

Staff. A cross-cultural survey of women in society and culture among hunters and gatherers, pastoral nomads and agriculturalists of Oceania, the Near East, Africa, and the New World. Kinship and female symbolism in Africa, women and men in myths in traditional societies. Cross-cultural variability of women’s roles and status and the variability of women’s and men’s language and behavior.

ANTH 210 Myth and Life (3)

Prof. Bricker. Traditional oral narratives in their social and cultural context. The functions of myth in developing individual character and supporting social values. The structure of myth. Causes and limits of change.

ANTH 288 Writing Practicum (1)

Staff. Writing practicum. Fulfills the college intensive-writing requirement.

ANTH 301 Hunters and Gatherers (3)

Prof. Balée, Prof. Nelson. Comparative study of selected modern and past groups of hunter-gatherers. Anthropological approaches to understanding subsistence practices, social organization, and cultural change in non-agricultural societies. Both ethnographic and archaeological cases will be considered.

ANTH 305 North American Indians (3)

Prof. Hill. Native North American cultures from the time of European contact to the 20th century. Cultural variation from the Arctic to northern Mexico and the adjustments to modern life. See ANTH 605.

ANTH 306 South American Indians (3)

Prof. Balée. Ethnology of the indigenous peoples of lowland South America and adjacent southern Central America. The course examines cultural developments from prehistory to the present. Models for the classification of indigenous cultures, societies, and languages are critically reviewed. See ANTH 606.

ANTH 307 Contemporary Chinese Society (3)

Prof. Du. Brief introduction to Chinese history and mainstream cultural traditions. Anthropological examination of the shared and contrasting identities and experiences of peasants, urbanites, and the members of different ethnic groups. See ANTH 607.

ANTH 308 East Asia (3)

Prof. Du. Anthropological examination of East Asia, focusing on China, Japan, and Korea. Topics include mainstream philosophical traditions, individual and society, ethnicity and nationalism, gender and globalization. See ANTH 608.

ANTH 309 Selected Cultural Systems (3)

Staff. Systematic treatment of specific cultures of the past and present.

ANTH 311 Cultures of Sub-Saharan Africa (3)

Prof. Masquelier. A survey of the cultures of sub-Saharan Africa from the time of European contact to the present. A detailed study of selected African cultures, identifying, and explaining cultural diversity and unity of African cultures, and comparing African cultures with cultures of other geographic areas. Inequality, development, the family, gender roles, kinship systems, and world view are considered.

ANTH 314 Primate Behavior and Ecology (3)

Staff. An introduction to the social and physical diversity of the Order Primates, emphasizing the biology, ecology, and behavior of living nonhuman primates. Social structure will be explored from an evolutionary perspective, and the ecological and social constraints on behavioral flexibility will be examined. Examples will cover both field and laboratory investigations of nonhuman primates. Students may not take both ANTH 314 and ANTH 614 for credit.

ANTH 315 Cognitive Anthropology (3)

Prof. Balée. Cross-cultural investigation of human thinking and rationality. Assesses linguistic relativity; cognitive rationalism; comparative aspects of human classification and nomenclature of diverse semantic fields; the use of linguistic and cultural universals in attempts to define the nature of human thought processes; possible relationships among sociocultural evolution and the size and structure of given vocabularies in unrelated languages; and the problem of irrationality. See ANTH 615.

ANTH 316 Peoples of the Pacific (3)

Prof. Marksbury. Introduction to the cultures of Polynesia, Micronesia, Melanesia, and Australia from the first settlement to the emergence of modern nation-states.

ANTH 323 Zooarchaeology (3)

Staff. This course is designed to provide basic instruction in the identification of large mammal remains commonly recovered from archaeological sites. In addition, a taphonomic approach to zooarchaeology is stressed, with an emphasis on understanding and interpreting the formation of archaeological faunal assemblages.

ANTH 326 Highland Mexican Prehistory (3)

Prof. Healan. Patterns and processes of cultural development in the highlands of central Mexico, western Mexico, and Oaxaca as known from archaeological and ethnohistorical data. Early cultures, Toltecs, Aztecs, Mixtecs, Zapotecs. See ANTH 626.

ANTH 328 Middle American Indians (3)

Prof. Hill. Colonial and modern indigenous cultures of Mexico and Central America.

ANTH 329 The Nature of Language (3)

Prof. Maxwell. Language as a reflection of the human mind and the role of language in defining the essence of humanity. Language and the expression of social values. Emphasis on analysis of primary linguistic data. Critical examination of theories of linguistic structure.

ANTH 330 History of Writing (3)

Prof. Bricker. This course will look at the different systems of writing which have been used in various cultures through time with attention to the materials and purpose in relation to the cultures. Orientation to and practice in decipherment will be included. Finally, the issues of modern script development will be introduced.

ANTH 331 Introduction to Historical Linguistics (3)

Prof. Maxwell. The investigation of language change and its causes. The reconstruction of earlier linguistic forms. The Indo-European language family. Selected problems in phonological and grammatical reconstruction.

ANTH 333 Anthropology of Gender (3)

Prof. Du, Prof. Masquelier. A theoretical and ethnographical examination of how gender is constructed across cultures. Topics include sex and gender, gender identity, bodily experiences, masculinity and femininity, gender roles, kinship and gender, gender stratification, and gender equality, as well as gender, ethnicity, and class.

ANTH 334 Introduction to Archaeology (3)

Staff. Introduction to the method, theory, and techniques of prehistoric archaeology. Relationship of archaeology to other disciplines, how and why archaeologists work, archaeological records, dating, analysis and interpretation of artifacts, sites, and environments. Consideration of selected case studies.

ANTH 335 Culture and Religion (3)

Prof. Masquelier. Religions, ideas, ritual, and organization of primitive peoples; nativistic and messianic movements; function of religion in social systems. See ANTH 635.

ANTH 338 Cultural Dynamics (3)

Prof. Hill. An exploration of the development in the western tradition of ideas concerning culture, its variation, and change. The courses focuses on the specific insights of anthropology with regard to the study of change processes such as innovation, directed culture change, nativism, and revitalization. The relevant contributions of other social sciences will also be considered.

ANTH 339 Peasants in Preindustrial Society (3)

Prof. Hill. An examination of the concept of peasants as a distinct sociocultural type and the predominant segment of preindustrial civilizations around the world, down to the 20th century. Agricultural systems, population dynamics, ideologies and systems of stratification, and strategies of resistance are among major topics addressed. Consideration is also given to early modern transformations and the problems associated with modernization.

ANTH 340 Language and Culture (3)

Prof. Maxwell. Language, the complex symbolic system of our species, has the power to index, refer to, frame and reframe social reality. Cultures, shared symbolic and interactional systems, both shape and are shaped by language and its use. This course will explore speech communities around the world, their social practices and the language schemata which ground them: the quotidian instance of “asking for a drink” in Indonesia, the ritual of trading insults in inner city Detroit, the routine of formal and phatic greetings among the Kuna.

ANTH 344 Dialectology (3)

Prof. Maxwell. Introduction to language variation both geographically and socially. The course looks at the history and methods of dialectology as well as the ways speakers demonstrate identity through speech patterns.

ANTH 345 Methods of Observation in Behavioral Research (3)

Prof. Jack. This course will focus on the development, design, analysis, and presentation of research on behavior using observational methods. While these methods can be used on captive populations (zoo, research center) they are also appropriate for studies of free-ranging animals, including human beings. The student will be exposed to the specific challenges of observational research, and learn appropriate levels of analysis.

ANTH 351 Race, Ethnicity, and Nationalism (3)

Prof. Du. Theoretical and ethnographic examinations of race, ethnicity, and nationalism. Topics also include multiculturalism, globalization, and diasporas. See ANTH 651.

ANTH 353 Arts of Native North America (3)

Prof. Hill. A survey of the great range of media and the many forms of aesthetic expression developed by the indigenous peoples of what today are the United States and Canada. The course examines the functions of art in smaller-scale societies and illustrates aspects of their dynamics. Changes in arts due to European contact, attempts at revivals of specific genres, and the emergence of named artists in the 20th century are also addressed. See ANTH 653.

ANTH 354 Indians of the Great Plains (3)

Prof. Hill. Popularly considered as the very image of the American Indian, 19th-century Great Plains cultures were a recent and, tragically, short-lived florescence, made possible largely by the introduction of the horse. Horses encouraged the development of a new lifestyle and attracted immigrant peoples from every direction. The course will examine traditional cultures, the change to a nomadic equestrian existence, and the ways in which diverse immigration groups quickly developed very similar ways of life. See ANTH 654.

ANTH 359 Introduction to Syntax (3)

Prof. Maxwell. Introduction of transformational generative syntax, with examples from selected areas of English grammar. Formal models in grammatical description. Emphasis on the logic of linguistic argumentation.

ANTH 363 Linguistic Phonetics (3)

Prof. Orie. The course offers an overview of articulatory and acoustic phonetics with emphasis on matching acoustic cues closely with the articulatory gestures. The first part of the course will study the articulatory and acoustic cues to range of English and non-English speech sounds with information about the normal range of variation. The second part will focus on collecting and interpreting acoustic data, and using such data as evidence to solve phonological problems in normal and pathological speech.

ANTH 364 Studies in Phonology (3)

Prof. Orie. Prerequisite: ANTH 363. This course provides an introduction to phonological analysis and theory, with strong emphasis on description and analysis of data from a wide variety of languages. Major issues to be addressed include universal principles of human phonological systems, language-specific variation, constraints on representation of rules, the relationship of phonology to morphological and syntactic components of the grammar, and the historical underpinnings of current theoretical models.

ANTH 365 Morphology (3)

Prof. Orie. This course provides an introduction to prosodic and non-prosodic morphology with emphasis on data analysis and argumentation. With data from a variety of languages, the first part of the course will examine non-prosodic morphological processes to highlight the typology of word structure across languages. The second part will examine morphological processes conditioned by prosody, and consider the various frameworks for analyzing the data; eventually, the course will work toward a dormal model like that of McCarth and Prince’s “Theory of Prosodic Morphology”. The main objectives of the course are: (1) to learn to analyze morphological data; (2) to learn to compare alternative analysis for a given set of data and to find evidence to choose between the alternative; (3) to learn to present linguistic analysis and argumentation in a coherent essay.

ANTH 366 Discourse Analysis: Pragmatics of Language Use (3)

Prof. Maxwell. Study of written and spoken texts from a variety of languages and language use contexts. Focus on structural aspects of language (noun phrase construction and anaphora, topicalization, focus constructions, word order, deictics, and definite reference) as they relate to the situated use of language.

ANTH 367 Language and Its Acquisition (3)

Prof. Orie. This course provides an introduction to issues such as the genetic basis of language ability and acquisition; neurological aspects of linguistic knowledge; first language acquisition; childhood bilingualism; language acquisition in special populations (deaf children, blind children, children with mental retardation, children with autism and children with specific language impairmant). Emphasis will be on child language data collection, description, and analysis.

ANTH 368 Language and Power (3)

Prof. Maxwell. Exploration of the ways that language indexes, reflects, and constructs power. Cross-cultural study of the interrelationship of social ascriptions, attitudes toward groups and their members, and the speech patterns of in-group/out-g