Exploration of a topic (to be determined) not covered by the standard curriculum but of interest to faculty and students in a particular semester.

Economics, politics, religion, symbolism, rites of passage, developmental cycle, and expressive culture. Required for Anthropology majors.

Historical and sociopolitical materials. Approaches to studying the African American experience, antecedents from African past, and special problems.

Case studies of global cultural diversity. Exploration of daily life, rites of passage, marriage, family, work, politics, social life, religion, ritual, and art among foraging, agricultural, and industrial societies.

Biological anthropology subfields; anthropology's relationship to history of science. Evolutionary theory; mechanisms of evolution; survey of the non-human primates; humans ancestral to modern Homo sapiens; and modern human variation. Required for Anthropology majors.

Survey of the prehistoric past spanning the origins of humankind through the rise of complex societies. Class activities and field trips provide a hands on introduction to archaeological interpretation.

Role of history and archaeology in our understanding of 17th- to 19th-century Europe, Africa, and America. Historical archaeology as a mechanism to critique perceptions of the past. Firsthand record of ethnic groups and cultural settings not recorded in writing.

Offered through SUAbroad by educational institution outside the United States. Student registers for the course at the foreign institution and is graded according to that institution's practice. SUAbroad works with the SU academic department to assign the appropriate course level, title, and grade for the student's transcript.

Predominant views of reality and values in the cultures of Asia, Africa, and the Americas. Humanistic study of cultures and nature of cross-cultural understanding.

Exploration of a topic (to be determined) not covered by the standard curriculum but of interest to faculty and students in a particular semester.

Broad survey of world languages, language diversity, identity, contact, and shift. Non-technical overview of linguistic phenomena, language documentation, preservation, and revitalization.

Examines how globally diverse religious groups create distinct moral systems in order to provide their members with the feeling of belonging to unique and meaningful communities.

Introduction to modern archaeology and the scientific study of the past. Utilizing fictional portrayals of archaeological interpretation in popular culture the course examines some of the major research questions of modern anthropology.

Participation in a discipline- or subject-related experience. Students must be evaluated by written or oral reports or an examination. Limited to those in good academic standing.

The connections between material life and religious life in cultures throughout the world. The diverse ways that various cultures inhabit their landscapes.

Offered through SUAbroad by educational institution outside the United States. Student registers for the course at the foreign institution and is graded according to that institution's practice. SUAbroad works with the S.U. academic department to assign the appropriate course level, title, and grade for the student's transcript.

In-depth exploration of a problem or problems.  Individual independent study upon a plan submitted by the student. Admission by consent of supervising instructor or instructors and the department.

Exploration of a topic (to be determined) not covered by the standard curriculum but of interest to faculty and students in a particular semester.

Anthropological theory focusing on debates about human nature, cultural and racial diversity, and the goals of anthropology as a discipline. Required for majors.

Social and cultural variation throughout cities of the world. Historical, political, familial, and symbolic aspects of ethnicity, race, and social class in urban areas.

Selected contemporary African cultures. West Africa and the impact of the slave trade. Aspects of colonialism and neocolonialism and their relationship to current social and political development.

Archaeology and cultural history. Racial, linguistic, and cultural areas from 1492 to today. Studies of contemporary Indian and Mestizo populations.

Racial, linguistic, and cultural areas of North America from the Rio Grande to the Arctic. Selected areas and tribes. Data from archaeology, historical records, and contemporary anthropological fieldwork.

Societies of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka. Social organization, economic and political structures, religions and world view, survey of languages, the arts. Transition and modernization, rural and urban problems.

Analysis of American culture using film and literature. Concept of "national character." Major cultural configurations and themes.

Cultural, political, and social life of Africa and Africans through African literature. Each semester deals with a motif (e.g., novels of Achebe).

History of racial ideologies in Latin America and the Caribbean; interactions of racial ideologies with self concepts and life chances; racial ideologies' shaping of expressive culture and religion; antiracism movements and legislation; race and transnational migration.

Evolution of nonhuman primates and behavior patterns of their living descendants.

Introduction to the analysis of human skeletal remains to determine a biological profile of the deceased. Methods used by forensic anthropologists, including osteological, archaeological, and cross-cultural techniques are studied as applied to medicolegal investigations.

Examines archaeological studies of 19th-century life in the United States. Topics include: the archaeology of slavery, race, labor, social reform, public institutions (prisons, asylums, almshouses, etc.), health and sanitation, and industrialization.

This course provides an introduction to the history and culture of the Maya; from the deep past to the modern world. Anthropologically informed archaeological, documentary and ethnographic research will guide our critical exploration.

This course provides students an introduction to anthropological and archaeological concepts, ideas, perspectives and critiques via the medium of science fiction novels, short stories and film.

The study of gender and sexuality in archaeology from the late Stone Age to the 1800s

Drawing on exciting discoveries from the history of archaeology the course traces the fields history from the first antiquarians to the emergence of the field as a scientific discipline.

Offered only in London. Introduction to a variety of critical approaches; questions about power and representation; role of food in construction of identity.

Offered only in Madrid. Explores what is considered important, good, and fashionable in Spain today and how these values relate to historical developments as well as foreign influences.

Describes past and present uses of anthropology in social policy. Examines the discipline's role in addressing global issues such as economic development, environmental degradation, indigenous rights, refugees, and health care. Careers in nonacademic settings.

Cross-cultural perspective on illness, health, medicine, and the body; medical pluralism; biomedicalization; illness and moral reasoning; local and global political economies of health and healing; globalization and medicine. Applied medical anthropology.

Anthropology of peace, war and security examining the biological basis for war, archaeology of early warfare, effects of colonial expansion among indigenous peoples and postcolonial society, contemporary peacekeeping, and humanitarian intervention.

Historical and cross-cultural study of forms of family and domestic organization, marriage, status and sex roles, ideals, and customs of family life.

Sexual attractiveness across cultures. Cultural differences as well as cultural universals.

Economic and cultural processes of globalization as they affect different groups of men, women, and households; including gender and work, development and environmental change, and redefinitions of masculinity and femininity across the globe.

Foundations, theory, and practice of bilingual/bicultural education. Critical concepts of linguistic, sociolinguistic, psycholinguistic issues and methods as applied to bilingualism/multiculturalism. Additional work required of graduate students.

Crosscultural study of magical and religious behavior, ritual, and belief systems in simple and complex societies. Specialists and their craft: shamans, priests. Curing, possession, witchcraft. Millennial and counterculture movements. Religious ideologies and innovations.

Functions of language in society. Geographical, socioeconomic, and male-female differentiation. Functions of various types of speech events. Requirements include a research project.

Examines the application of core linguistic concepts,( including concepts of socio-psychological/pragmatic/discourse analysis), and interpretive techniques to investigate crimes, and other legal matters in which language data is used as pertinent evidence. Additional work required of graduate students.

Folklore as a cultural system expressing the value orientations of nonliterate, illiterate, and minority populations. Various genres of folklore (myth, song, art) and the folklore of several specific societies.

Explores role of quilts and quilting communities. Discussion, films, exploration of quilts and their makers-and communities that result. Class learns quilt making process. No sewing experience required.

An exploration of the theories, qualitative and quantitative methods, and the ideological, social, cultural, linguistic and structural factors involved in the study of language variation and change. Additional work required of graduate students.

Offered through SUAbroad by educational institution outside the United States. Student registers for the course at the foreign institution and is graded according to that institution's practice. SUAbroad works with the S.U. academic department to assign the appropriate course level, title, and grade for the student's transcript.

Offered only in Madrid. From Paleolithic and Neolithic settlements of the Iberian Peninsula to modern immigration into Spain, this course examines the complex layering of ancient belief systems in a modern country, using Spain as a laboratory.

Surveys major cultural, biological and environmental features of the Middle East and relates them to aspects of health including infectious disease, chronic disease, reproductive health, population, war, poverty and globalization.

Exploration of a problem, or problems, in depth. Individual independent study upon a plan submitted by the student. Admission by consent of supervising instructor(s) and the department.

Exploration of a topic (to be determined) not covered by the standard curriculum but of interest to faculty and students in a particular semester

Offered only in London. Examines the ways in which migration has shaped and reworked British national identity over the past two thousand years through the study of original historical sources, literature, film and music, and explores the contributions that migrants have made to modern British society.

Taught in South Africa through the Organization for Tropical Studies program. Analyze management of wildlife and natural resources within ecological, political, social, historical, and economic context of South Africa.

Taught in South Africa through OTS program. Human history of South Africa. Range of cultural, social aspects of current South African society. Origin and maintenance of cultural diversity of region, archaeological records, early migration patterns.

Taught in Costa Rica through OTS program. Issues conservation biology and policy: habitat degradation and fragmentation, design of nature reserves, land-use planning, agro ecosystems, environmental economics, and conservation ethics.

Authorized and "alternative" sexuality in Europe 15th to 18th centuries (especially Italy, France, and England.) "Licit love" (courtship, marriage, conjugal relations) as opposed to "illicit unions" (adultery, rape, prostitution, bestiality, homosexuality, lesbianism). Offered only in Florence.

History of witchcraft from various perspectives: its intellectual roots, the causes and dynamics of the witch-hunt, and the beliefs and self-perceptions of those who were called "witches". Offered only in Florence.

Processes of urbanization, migration, adjustments of peasants in cities, ethnic and cultural variation in urban areas. Cultural differences in industrial development. Uses of applied anthropology in urban situations. Sometimes offered abroad.

The person-in-culture and the function of culture in personality formation. Cross-cultural problems of child rearing, learning and education, life-cycle patterns, cultural conditioning, normality, and deviance. The individual and cultural milieu.

Social power in the global political economy. Co-existence of various emergent and residual social formations such as tribe, peasant, and state. Conflicts over identities in terms of nationality, gender, ethnicity, race and/or class. Additional work required of graduate students.

Survey of primitive modes of production: major adaptive strategies (collecting, hunting, horticulture, and pastoralism), division of labor, and ecological influences impinging on these productive techniques.

Seminar examines gender and sexuality in South Asia through ethnographies and films. Topics explored relating to gender and sexuality include: colonialism; nationalism; development; globalization; kinship; the life cycle; caste and class; religion; same-sex/"third sex" identities. Additional work required of graduate students.

Explores art and society of ancient Italy from ca. 1000 B.C. to A.D. 138, with special emphasis on the early Etruscans through Rome under Hadrian. Requires previous course in art history. Offered only in Florence.

A grassroots view of major transformations in Latin America due to globalization/global change, including adaptations to global warming, effects of and reactions to neo-liberal policies, internal and international migration, ethnic movements and social revolutions.

Negotiation skills for resolving differences effectively and achieving mutually satisfying outcomes. Position based versus interest based negotiation. Advanced techniques of communication such as chunking, reframing, anchoring, metaphor and rapport to obtain negotiation outcomes of excellence. Additional work required of graduate students.

Introduction to Afghanistan and Pakistan, recent histories, cultures, current politics. Covers geography, religious systems, gender roles, economic systems, foreign policy issues, refugees, migration. Additional work required of graduate students.

History and culture of Brazil; indigenous populations; Afro-Brazilians; race and ethnic relations; development; kinship; gender; religion; urbanization; politics; nationalism; globalization. Additional work required of graduate students.

Change and continuity after the demise of communism as experienced by ordinary citizens. Transformations in agriculture, industry, social, and political institutions; the rise of ethnic nationalism; and ethnic conflict. Additional work required of graduate students.

Genetics as applied by anthropologists to humans. Description of the genetic systems most commonly studied. Descriptions of polygenic, polymorphic variations and the methods by which they are gathered.

This course is an intensive study of the human skeletal system. The focus is identification of fragmentary skeletal elements and their osseous structure, skills relevant to archaeological and forensic contexts. Laboratory practicum forms the basis.

Death in anthropological perspective. Survey of the many ways death has entered into the work of archaeologists, biological anthropologists, ethnographers and social theorists.

Surveys the analysis of human skeletal remains in archaeological and medico-legal settings. Methods and techniques of analysis and interpretation will be emphasized. Case studies will be used to illustrate application to variable social and historical contexts. Additional work required of graduate students.

What does it mean for something to be "good to eat?" Survey of anthropological and archaeological perspectives on how culture, politics, and power inform what and how we eat. Additional work required of graduate students.

This course considers the influence of long term climate changes on hominid evolution and human adaptation, as well as how abrupt climate events and transitions may have impacted the distribution of human populations, the development of agriculture, human conflict and societal change. Additional work required of graduate students.

Topics might include West African Archaeology, Iron Age and Stone Age Africa, the Nile Valley, and East and Southern Africa. Additional work required of graduate students.

Formulation and conduct of archaeological research with a focus on field and laboratory methods used to obtain and analyze data. Survey techniques, excavation strategies, archaeological classification, and data base management. Additional work required of graduate students.

Supervised training in the excavation of archaeological sites, including analysis, cataloging and accessioning of artifacts.

Introduction to archaeo-logical materials analysis, artifact-classification systems, processing of data, materials analyses (ceramic, lithic, etc.). Conservation and curation of collections. Extra work required of graduate students.

Proactive critique of public policy and implementation efforts to preserve and protect archaeological and historical sites and resources. Additional work required of graduate students.

Caribbean archaeology from the region's early prehistory through the historic period. Cultural diversity, indigenous societies, Hispanic and colonial impacts, and the African Diaspora.

Introduction to the regional prehistory of North America north of Mexico, from the late Pleistocene until European contact. Adaptation of prehistoric human populations to their ecosystems. Additional work required of graduate students.

This course provides an introduction to the archaeology and anthropology of colonialism, with a particular focus on the variety of approaches to the study of colonization used by archaeologists. Additional work required of graduate students.

A seminar exploring global perspectives on UNESCO World Heritage Sites. Review of laws and policies aimed at protecting cultural and natural sites that have been defined as universally significant. Includes evaluation and critique of policies and practices. Additional work required of graduate students.

Cultural aspects of the development and implementation of public policy. Emphasizing decision making methodologies and ethnographic studies of the consequences of implemented policies. Additional work required of graduate students.

National programs and local interventions that address poverty related social conditions in Syracuse and Onondaga county. Field study of current policies and practices in government and in health, education, and human services agencies. Additional work required of graduate students.

Relationship between AIDS and cultures in which it spreads. Cultural practices and sexuality and social effects of widespread AIDS, including healthcare in Asia, Africa, Latin America, and USA. Additional work required of graduate students.

Contested images used by colonizers and other non-indigenous people to represent Native Americans and other indigenous peoples. How indigenous people represent themselves in a variety of media. Additional work required of graduate students.

Contemporary issues including federal Indian policy, population controls, fishing rights, religious freedom, land disputes, gaming, repatriation, environmental colonialism, and Native American artistic response. Additional work required of graduate students.

The contested relationships among Native North Americans and museums from earliest contact until the present. Topics include: "salvage" ethnography, collecting practices, exhibition, and recent shifts in power. Additional work required of graduate students.

Cultural anthropological approaches to cross-cultural variations in reproductive practices (pregnancy, childbirth, infertility, etc.) Impact of globalization, biomedicalization, international development on reproduction and reproductive health. Medical anthropology and gender studies.

Global health in anthropological perspective. Examines how culture affects people's experience and response to morbidity and mortality. Considers topics like gender and health, reproductive health, infectious disease, health and inequality and health and war.

Illness and healing in ecological and cross-cultural perspectives; strengths and weaknesses of Western and non-Western methods of healing; problems of introducing Western medicine to other cultures. Additional work required of graduate students.

Cross-cultural patterns of dating and court-ship, sexuality, marriage, fertility, and divorce from biosocial and medical perspectives. Additional work required of graduate students.

Mental disorders viewed as illnesses or social constructions. Cross-cultural variation and universals. Western and non-Western methods of treatment. Additional work required of graduate students.

Anthropology of the social, cultural, geographical, and political realities of the Middle East. Additional work required of graduate students.

Interaction of biological and cultural factors in disease causation, diagnosis, and treatment in Western and non-Western societies. Introducing Western medicine to non-Western cultures. Additional work required of graduate students.

Participation in a discipline- or subject-related experience. Students must be evaluated by written or oral reports or an examination. Limited to those in good academic standing.

Role of religion in society; religions of Brazil, including Catholicism, liberation theology, afro-religions. Spring break field stay in Rio de Janeiro; methods of study; preparation of research proposal.

Introduction to Balkan histories, cultures, and societies. Topics include ethnic nationalism, the wars of Yugoslav dissolution, effects of international humanitarian interventions on everyday life, and politics of reconciliation and reconstruction. Additional work required of graduate students.

Explores modalities of disputing, dispute resolution, and conflict management in cross-cultural perspective. Decision making in meetings and organizations, negotiation, mediation, intercultural negotiation, and third party interventions. Ethnographic materials are drawn from many cultures. Additional work required of graduate students.

Examines global politics, war and violence through a gender-sensitive lens. The topics include human trafficking, prostitution, militarization, poverty, nationalism, ethnic conflict, war-rapes, torture, genocide, reconciliation and recovery. Additional work required of graduate students.

An overview of conflict in cross-cultural perspective. Covers a variety of approaches to using cultural analysis in the study of conflict and reviews case studies of specific conflicts. Additional work required of graduate students.

Impact of global processes, including industrialization, capitalist expansion, transnational migration, environmental change, and international tourism on the daily lives of men and women in Third World contexts. Additional work required of graduate students.

Offered through SUAbroad by educational institution outside the United States. Student registers for the course at the foreign institution and is graded according to that institution's practice. SUAbroad works with the S.U. academic department to assign the appropriate course level, title, and grade for the student's transcript.

Research methods and techniques in cultural anthropology. Participant observation, interviewing, establishing rapport, research design, recording and analyzing field data, etc.

Evaluation of personal narratives (fieldwork memoirs, reflexive writings), oral histories and testimonials of respondents, a means of personalizing ethnographic discourse, giving more direct voice to respondents, and increasing multivocality. Issues of reflexivity, subjectivity, authority. Additional work required of graduate students.

Theoretical approaches to analysis of social movements including Marxist and other Utopian traditions of social analysis, rational choice and resource mobilization models, new social movement theory, and Gramscian analysis of power and resistance. Additional work required of graduate students.

Exploration of a problem, or problems, in depth. Individual independent study upon a plan submitted by the student. Admission by consent of supervising instructor(s) and the department.

Myth and history of the Underground in the context of African American freedom efforts. Emphasis on events, personalities, and sites in upstate New York. Student field research and exploration of archival and Internet resources. Additional work required of graduate students.

Research and background study in preparation to write a capstone 'Distinction' paper. The project will involve significant library and/or field work under faculty supervision. GPA requirement and faculty approvals needed.

Distinction paper: Advanced research under the supervision of a faculty supervisor. The capstone "Distinction in Anthropology" paper involves significant library and/or field work. GPA requirement and faculty approvals needed.

Completion of an Honors Capstone Project under the supervision of a faculty member.

Exploration of a topic (to be determined) not covered by the standard curriculum but of interest to faculty and students in a particular semester.

Function of changes in women's roles in sociocultural urbanization, revolution, and modernization. Women in Third World countries compared to women in industrialized countries.

Interrelationship of social and spatial organization in traditional and modern societies. Nonverbal communication: use of space, territoriality, and impact of physical design on human behavior.

Offered through SUAbroad by educational institution outside the United States. Student registers for the course at the foreign institution and is graded according to that institution's practice. SUAbroad works with the S.U. academic department to assign the appropriate course level, title, and grade for the student's transcript.