The following courses will be offered during the Spring 2024 semester. Please see the BU Bulletin for the most up-to-date information regarding course offerings, meeting times, and locations.
CAS AN 462 4 credits. 2nd sem. CAS AN 461; and First Year Writing Seminar (e.g., WR 100 or WR 120)
Required of majors. Examines current anthropological theory and method. Discussion focuses on recent ethnographies and the anthropological debates they have provoked. Effective Fall 2019, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas: Social Inquiry II, Writing-Intensive Course.
Section A1, SPRG 2024 Jan 18th to Apr 30th
Parla
Independent
TR
02:00:00 PM–03:15:00 PM
CAS 425
CAS AN 492 Var credits. Either sem. junior or senior status in major, consent of instructor, and approvalof the CAS Academic Advising Center.
Individual instruction and directed research in anthropology.
Section H1, SPRG 2024 Jan 18th to May 1st
Hefner
Directed Study
ARR
TBD–TBD
CAS AN 508 4 credits. Either sem. First-Year Writing Seminar (e.g., WR 100 or 120).
A seminar-style introduction to "landscape archaeology," a theoretical and methodological approach that explores how past and present communities create (and are in turn affected by) "cultural landscapes" formed through the interplay of sociocultural values and the natural environment. Effective Spring 2024, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU HUB areas: Writing-Intensive Course, Social Inquiry I, Critical Thinking.
Section A1, SPRG 2024 Jan 18th to Apr 30th
Campbell
Independent
TR
02:00:00 PM–03:15:00 PM
STO 253
CAS AN 510 4 credits. 2nd sem. consent of instructor.graduate student standing in the social sciences or humanities.
Workshop-based course designed to turn students' intellectual interests into answerable, field-based research questions. Goal is the production of a doctoral level research project proposal and/or dissertation prospectus.
Section A1, SPRG 2024 Jan 24th to May 1st
Marston
Independent
W
08:00:00 AM–10:45:00 AM
STO 243
CAS AN 519 4 credits. CAS AR 307.
BU Hub Learn More Scientific Inquiry II Oral and/or Signed Communication Teamwork/Collaboration
Problem-based course where students apply quantitative methods across archaeological datasets to address complex problems of human-environmental relationships rooted in deep time. Through teamwork-based research projects students develop marketable skills in research design, theory integration, and data analysis and visualization. Effective Spring 2023, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas: Scientific Inquiry II, Quantitative Reasoning II, Teamwork/Collaboration.
Section A1, SPRG 2024 Jan 18th to Apr 30th
Robinson
Independent
TR
12:30:00 PM–01:45:00 PM
STO 243
CAS AN 524 4 credits. consent of instructor.
Focuses on language and culture contact in Africa. Provides students with a foundation in the research on contact linguistics, language and culture change, and the relationship between language variation and gender, ethnicity, religion, and youth culture.
Section A1, SPRG 2024 Jan 19th to May 1st
Ngom
Independent
MWF
02:30:00 PM–03:20:00 PM
CGS 111B
CAS AN 550 4 credits. Either sem. CAS AN 102 or CAS AN 331; or consent of instructor.
Function, development, variation, and pathologies of the human musculoskeletal system, emphasizing issues of human evolution. Basic processes of bone biology and how they are affected by use, age, sex, diet, and disease. Meetings are predominantly lab oriented. Effective Fall 2020, this course fulfills a single unit in the following BU Hub area: Scientific Inquiry I.
Section A1, SPRG 2024 Jan 19th to Apr 26th
Cunningham
Independent
F
02:30:00 PM–05:15:00 PM
CAS 335
CAS AN 555 4 credits. CAS AN 102 or CAS BI 107; or equivalent, and one additional biological anthropology course; or consent of instructor.
BU Hub Learn More Scientific Inquiry II Oral and/or Signed Communication Teamwork/Collaboration
Why do we get sick? Evolutionary medicine seeks to answer this question by applying modern evolutionary theory to understanding health and disease among contemporary human populations. Topics include chronic and infectious disease, mental illness, allergies, autoimmunity, and drug addiction. Effective Fall 2020, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas: Oral and/or Signed Communication, Scientific Inquiry II, Teamwork/Collaboration.
Section A1, SPRG 2024 Jan 19th to Apr 26th
Durgavich
Independent
F
11:15:00 AM–02:00:00 PM
PLS 312B
CAS AN 558 4 credits. CAS AN 102; or (CASBI107 & CASBI119), or consent of instructor.
BU Hub Learn More Philosophical Inquiry and Life's Meanings Oral and/or Signed Communication Research and Information Literacy
Are sex and gender instantiated in the body? This seminar explores evolutionary approaches to investigating sex differences in human behavior and physiology from phylogenetic, mechanistic, and developmental perspectives. Topics include gender expression, non-binary sex/gender, aggression, mate choice, cognition, and more. Effective Spring 2024, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas: Oral and/or Signed Communication, Philosophical Inquiry and Life's Meanings, Research and Information Literacy.
Section A1, SPRG 2024 Jan 18th to Apr 30th
Durgavich
Independent
TR
11:00:00 AM–12:15:00 PM
PLS 102
CAS AN 563 4 credits. Either sem. junior or senior standing; or consent of instructor.
BU Hub Learn More Global Citizenship and Intercultural Literacy Social Inquiry II
Explores the role of religion, religious movements, and secularism in modern politics, citizenship, gender politics, and public life. Case studies draw from Muslim-majority lands, Africa and Latin America, East-Southeast Asia, and the modern West. Effective Spring 2021, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas: Global Citizenship and Intercultural Literacy, Social Inquiry II.
Section A1, SPRG 2024 Jan 18th to Apr 30th
Hefner
Independent
TR
12:30:00 PM–01:45:00 PM
CAS 235
CAS AN 590 4 credits. Either sem. consent of instructor.consent of instructor.
Hands-on experimentation with and theoretical implications of a variety of methods for anthropological ethnographic field research, including posing research questions, research design and ethics, data collection, analysis, and initial write-up.
Section A1, SPRG 2024 Jan 23rd to Apr 30th
Smith-Hefner
Independent
T
03:30:00 PM–06:15:00 PM
PLS 102