The course gives an overview of the prehistory of the Southwest. The course takes on a more cultural and archaeological approach rather than biological or linguistic. There is a one week field trip to Chaco Canyon in Northern New Mexico and Mesa Verde in Southern Colorado. These prehistoric ruins will be visited and analyzed. An examination of how biological anthropologists and archaeologists go about their work.
Emphasis is on biocultural interactions.
Includes a collecting project designed to introduce students to the traditional expressions of ethnic or other cultural groups. An introduction to the major thinkers of the sociological tradition and their reflections on social structure,social action, and social change. Marx, Durkheim, Weber, and other nineteenth and twentieth century theorists such as Freud,Simmel, Mead, de Beauvoir, Parsons, Homans, Bourdieu, Foucault, Habermas, and Giddens. Dr. Jeff Livesay AN 295 MU295 Indonesian Music Surveys Indonesian history, culture, society, religion, and aesthetic values through music. Students become familiar with a variety of Indonesian musical repertories, styles, and performance contexts, including court traditions of Java, Sunda, and Bali and village traditions throughout the Indonesian archipelago.