Courses

The Anthropology Department offers courses in a variety of subdisciplines and topics. Below is a tentative schedule of courses that we plan to offer in upcoming semesters. While the these course offerings are subject to change, our goal is to schedule classes in a way that allows students to take all the required courses needed to complete their degrees in a timely manner. Follow this link for a list of all undergraduate courses offered by the department.

NOTE: Graduate courses listed in bold font. Follow this link for a list of graduate courses offered by the department.

Winter 2025
ANTHR 101 - Introduction to Social/Cultural Anthropology
ANTHR 110 - Discovering Archaeology (New course name)
ANTHR 150 - Introduction to the Major
ANTHR 202 - Foundations of Anthropological Theory
ANTHR 215 - Archaeological Method and Theory
ANTHR 314 - Museum Registration and Legal/Ethical Issues
ANTHR 340 - Peoples of the Middle East
ANTHR 344 - Culture, Language and History of Korea
ANTHR 376 - Archaeology of the Ancient Aegean and Greece
ANTHR 378 - Near Eastern Archaeology
ANTHR 402 - Quantitative Methods
ANTHR 404 - Historical Anthropology: Americas and Pacific
ANTHR 436 - Symbolic Anthropology
ANTHR 442 - Ethnographic Research Design
ANTHR 450 - Anthropology Seminar
ANTHR 454 - Archaeology Field School Prep
ANTHR 490R - Anthropology of Europe
ANTHR 495R - Ethnographic Field Project (Morocco and Local)
ANTHR 496 - Internship
ANTHR 499 - Senior Thesis
*500-level courses are open to advanced undergraduate students
ANTHR 526 - Museum Exhibitions and Programming
ANTHR 601 - Current Method & Theory - Archaeology
ANTHR 602 - Quantitative Methods
ANTHR 625 - Museum Registration and Legal/Ethical Issues
ANTHR 639 - Psychological Anthropology
ANTHR 690R - Archaeology of the Ancient Aegean and Greece
ANTHR 695 - Thesis research
ANTHR 696 - Internship
ANTHR 699 - Master’s Thesis

SPRING/SUMMER 2025
ANTHR 101 - Introduction to Social/Cultural Anthropology
ANTHR 110 - Introduction to Archaeology
ANTHR 455 - Field School of Archaeology (Hawaii/Utah Field School)
ANTHR 495R - Ethnographic Field Project (Korea and Local Field Schools)

FALL 2025
ANTHR 101 - Introduction to Social/Cultural Anthropology
ANTHR 103 - Archaeology Field Trip
ANTHR 110 - Discovering Archaeology
ANTHR 150 - Introduction to the Major
ANTHR 201 - Foundations of Social Theory
ANTHR 209 - Intercultural Communication (formally 309 Language, Culture, and Society)
ANTHR 247 - Applied Anthropology
ANTHR 301 - Human Osteology
ANTHR 311 - Museums and Cultures
ANTHR 343 - Disease and Society
ANTHR 351 - Archaeology and the Bible
ANTHR 377 - Archaeology of Roman Civilization
ANTHR 390R - Oceanic Epistemologies and Dance
ANTHR 407 - Multispecies Sociality
ANTHR 450 - Anthropology Seminar
ANTHR 456 - Lab Skills in Anthropology
ANTHR 496 - Internship
ANTHR 499 - Senior Thesis
*500-level courses are open to advanced undergraduate students
ANTHR 522 - Museum Practices and Technology
ANTHR 535 - Southwest Seminar
ANTHR 543 - Ethnographic Data Analysis
ANTHR 580 - Near East Seminar
ANTHR 600 - History of Anthropology
ANTHR 611 - Museums and Cultures
ANTHR 695 - Thesis research
ANTHR 696 - Internship
ANTHR 699 - Master’s Thesis