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  • ANTH 3450

    Native American Languages
     Rating

    4.00

     Difficulty

    4.00

     GPA

    3.72

    Last Taught

    Fall 2026

    Introduces the native languages of North America and the methods that linguists and anthropologists use to record and analyze them. Examines the use of grammars, texts and dictionaries of individual languages and affords insight into the diversity among the languages.

  • ANTH 3480

    Language and Prehistory
     Rating

    3.62

     Difficulty

    2.43

     GPA

    3.26

    Last Taught

    Fall 2026

    This course covers the basic principles of diachronic linguistics and discusses the uses of linguistic data in the reconstruction of prehistory.

  • ANTH 3490

    Language and Thought
     Rating

    3.70

     Difficulty

    2.70

     GPA

    3.32

    Last Taught

    Fall 2024

    Language and Thought

  • ANTH 3541

    Topics in Linguistics
     Rating

    3.75

     Difficulty

    3.00

     GPA

    3.60

    Last Taught

    Spring 2026

    Topics to be announced prior to each semester, dealing with linguistics.

  • ANTH 3559

    New Course in Anthropology
     Rating

    4.33

     Difficulty

    2.00

     GPA

    3.44

    Last Taught

    Spring 2026

    New course in the subject of Anthropology.

  • ANTH 3589

    Topics in Archaeology
     Rating

    2.67

     Difficulty

    1.00

     GPA

    3.59

    Last Taught

    Fall 2026

    Topics to be announced prior to each semester, dealing with archaeology.

  • ANTH 3590

    Social and Cultural Anthropology
     Rating

    2.33

     Difficulty

    2.67

     GPA

    3.49

    Last Taught

    Fall 2026

    Topics to be announced prior to each semester, dealing with social and cultural anthropology.

  • ANTH 3679

    Curating Culture: Collection, Preservation, and Display as Cultural Forms
     Rating

    —

     Difficulty

    —

     GPA

    3.69

    Last Taught

    Fall 2026

    This course teaches the importance of understanding cultural meanings when curating items, whether material or intangible, drawn from social worlds other than one's own. It provides a general introduction to collection, preservation, and display through study of a specific collection held by the instructor or by a local institution such as the Fralin Museum of Art.

  • ANTH 3680

    Australian Aboriginal Art and Culture
     Rating

    —

     Difficulty

    —

     GPA

    3.43

    Last Taught

    Summer 2025

    This class studies the intersection of anthropology, art and material culture focusing on Australian Aboriginal art. We examine how Aboriginal art has moved from relative obscurity to global recognition over the past thirty years. Topics include the historical and cultural contexts of invention, production, marketing and appropriation of Aboriginal art. Students will conduct object-based research using the Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection. Prerequisite: ANTH 1010 or instructor permission.

  • ANTH 3840

    Archaeology of the Middle East
     Rating

    3.56

     Difficulty

    2.33

     GPA

    3.32

    Last Taught

    Fall 2025

    This course is an introduction to the prehistory/early history of the Middle East (Egypt, Mesopotamia, the Levant and southeast Anatolia) from 10,000 to 4,000 BP.