ANTHROPOLOGY

Summer 2008 | Fall 2008

Unless otherwise noted, courses are three credit hours and meet for the entire the semester.

Regular UM-St. Louis students may register online at https://myview.umsl.edu or at the Registrar's Office in 351 Millennium Student Center. New students may register by contacting Ashley Patterson at (314) 516-5974 or pattersonam@umsl.edu.

For more information on these courses, visit the Department of Anthropology Web site.

CLICK HERE FOR INFORMATION ON THE SUMMER 2008
ARCHAEOLOGICAL FIELD SCHOOL AT CAHOKIA MOUNDS.

 

SUMMER 2008

World Cultures
ANTHRO 1025 • Class #10017
June 9-August 2
Online Course
Instructor: Catherine Koziol

An ethnographic survey of the major culture areas of the world (Africa, North and South America, Europe and Oceania). Satisfies the non-Euro-American requirement. (SS)

Ancient Greek Civilization and Culture
ANTHRO 1035 • Class #10020
June 9-August 2
Online Course
Instructor: Catherine Koziol

A survey of the history, language, literature, art, science, and philosophy of the ancient Greeks from prehistory to the Roman conquest. It covers the glamorous Minoan-Mycenaean civilization, the rise of classical Greek civilization and the golden age, the history of the city states such as Athens and Sparta, and the Hellenistic period under Alexander the Great and his descendants. Examines the nature of the ancient Greek language, surveys literary classics such as the Iliad and the Odyssey, and describes the archaeology of Greek myths based on the ongoing UM–St. Louis archaeological project in Greece. Discusses the rise of humanism, the ancient Olympic Games, and the legacy of ancient Greece in Western civilization.

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FALL 2008 • August 18-December 13

World Cultures
ANTHRO 1025 • Class #10035
Online
Instructor: Catherine Kozial

An ethnographic survey of the major culture areas of the world (Africa, North and South America, Europe, and Oceania). Satisfies the non-Euro-American requirement.

Ancient Greek Civilization and Culture
ANTHRO 1035 • Class #10039
Online
Instructor: Margaret Phillips

A survey of the history, language, literature, art, science, and philosophy of the ancient Greeks from prehistory to the Roman conquest. It covers the glamorous Minoan-Mycenaean civilization, the rise of classical Greek civilization and the golden age, the history of the city states such as Athens and Sparta, and the Hellenistic period under Alexander the Great and his descendants. Examines the nature of the ancient Greek language, surveys literary classics such as the Iliad and the Odyssey, and describes the archaeology of Greek myths based on the ongoing UM-St. Louis archaeological project in Greece. Discusses the rise of humanism, the ancient Olympic Games, and the legacy of ancient Greece in Western civilization.

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The Olympic Games: Ideals and Reality
ANTHRO 1052 • Class #10041
Online
Instructor: Heather Reid

What would the ancient Greeks think of the modern Olympic Games? In this course, we examine whether the Olympic Games are living up to their ancient Greek ideals. We begin studying the history and philosophy of the ancient Olympic festival in an effort to understand the personal, educational, and political nature of the Olympic ideal. Next we examine the historical and contemporary reality of the modern Games from the perspective of athletes, spectators, and society at large. Based on these accounts, we critically evaluate the Games' success and failure with respect to their ideals. Finally, we develop constructive solutions to the problems we identify, suggesting practical ways to revise the Olympic ideals and/or improve Olympic reality.

Missouri Folk Arts
ANTHRO 2119 • Class #14753
Mondays & Wednesdays • 2:00-3:15 p.m.
131 Social Sciences & Business Bldg., UM-St. Louis
Instructor: John Wolford

This course will begin by introducing folklore as a field of study, and then focus broadly on folk arts and crafts, with a strong focus on Missouri folk arts and crafts. An important element of this course will be enlisting Missouri folk artists (mainly ones designated as Masters by the Missouri Arts Council's Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Program) to talk to the class and demonstrate their art. Possible folk arts covered could include blacksmithing, fiddle making, quilting, fiddling, blues, storytelling, German lace making (kloppelei), saddle making, and Native American regalia, among others. Students will be responsible for assigned coursework, readings, discussion, and a final paper.

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Archaeology of Missouri
ANTHRO 2131 • Class #10048
Tuesdays • 2:00-4:30 p.m.
309 Clark Hall, UM-St. Louis
Instructor: Cricket Kelly

An introduction to the prehistoric American Indian cultures of Missouri and adjacent areas from 20,000 years ago to the coming of the Europeans. Examines the development of prehistoric cultures in Missouri from small bands of hunters and gatherers to moundbuilding, agricultural societies and discusses the decline of indigenous cultures as they came into contact with European civilization. Satisfies the Cultural Diversity requirement.

Cultures of Oceania
ANTHRO 2123 • Class #14593
Online
Instructor: Jacquelyn Lewis Harris

An introduction to the original cultures and peoples of the South and Western Pacific: New Guinea, Australia, New Zealand, Samoa, Hawaii, Easter Island, etc. Focus is on art, religion, language, relationships to the environment, economics, politics social groupings, and how these intertwine to form distinctly adaptive cultures in one of the least understood regions of the world. This course satisfies the Cultural Diversity requirement.

Special Topics in Non-Western Culture:
Hear Her Stories in Life Speak
ANTHRO 2191 • Class #14890
Mondays • 7:00-8:30 p.m. plus online
Face-to-face in room 206, St. Louis Community College at Wildwood
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ANTHRO 2191 • Class #14889
Mondays • 7:00-8:30 p.m. plus online
Live online in 104 Computer Center Bldg,
UM-St. Louis
(Same as WGST 2150.)
Instructor: Sheilah Clarke-Ekong

As women (and men) become increasingly conscious of women's literary accomplishments, this course allows for and encourages reading and critiquing international authors, who write in English, using the conceptual framework of cultural anthropology. CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFO ABOUT THIS COURSE.

This is a hybrid class that will meet 7:00-8:30 p.m. on Mondays face-to-face in room 206 at the Wildwood campus and simultaneously live online in 104 CCB on the UM-St. Louis campus. The remaining contact hours will be online.

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