Ph.D. Program in Anthropology
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Fall 2011 Course Offerings

Doctoral Program in Anthropology, The Graduate Center, CUNY
Cultural Anthropology, Archaeology, Linguistic Anthropology, Physical Anthropology

(when available, click on course titles for descriptions)


ANTH. 00000 - Student Professional Development
GC: day & time TBA, 0 credits, Prof. Blim, Students do not register for this non-credit workshop.

ANTH. 70000 – Colloquia: Current Topics in Anthro
GC: F, 4:15-6:15 p.m., Rm. C415A, 0 credits, [15829]

ANTH. 70100 - Cultural Anthropology
GC: T, 10:45 a.m.-1:45 p.m., Rm. TBA, 3 credits, Prof. Robotham, [15831]
Course open to CUNY GC Level 1 Anthropology students only.

ANTH. 70300 - History of Anthro Theory
GC: R, 4:15-7:15 p.m., Rm. TBA, 3 credits, Profs. Blim/Skurski, [15833]
Course open to CUNY GC Level 1 Anthropology students only.

ANTH. 70500 - Research Methods
GC: W, 11:45 a.m.-1:45 p.m., Rm. TBA, 3 credits, Prof. Bornstein, [15834]
Fulfills research requirement for Cultural Anthropology.

ANTH. 71100 - Reading Gramsci
GC: M, 2:00-4:00 p.m., Rm. TBA, 3 credits, Prof. Crehan, [15835]

ANTH. 72000 - Medical Anthropology
GC: T, 2:00-4:00 p.m., Rm. TBA, 3 credits, Prof. Mullings, [15836]

ANTH. 74200 - Ethnol/nog of Mediterranean
GC: F, 11:45 a.m.-1:45 p.m., Rm. TBA, 3 credits, Profs. Blim/Shannon, [15838]
Fulfills area requirement for Cultural Anthropology.

ANTH. 77900 - African American Lang/Culture
GC: M, 4:15-6:15 p.m., Rm. TBA, 3 credits, Prof. Spears, [15839]
Fulfills Linguistic Anthro core requirement. This section open to Anthropology students only; cross listed with LING 79800 & ASCP 81500.

ANTH. 78900 - Phys Anth Professional Devel
GC: F, 2:00-4:00 p.m., Rm. TBA, 3 credits, Prof. Pontzer, [15843]

ANTH. 79000 - Core Course Primate Behavior
HC: T, 9:30am – 12:30 pm, Rm. 705N (Quant Lab), 3 credits, Prof. Swedell, [15841]
NYCEP core course; meets at Hunter.

ANTH. 79000 - Core Evolutionary Morphology
HC: R, 9:30 am- 12:30 pm, Rm. 705N (Quant Lab), 3 credits, Prof. Gilbert, [15840]
NYCEP core course; meets at Hunter.

ANTH. 79100 - Integrative Paleontology I
GC: W, 1:00-4:00 p.m., Rm. TBA, 3 credits, Prof. Harcourt-Smith, [15842]
NYCEP core course; meets at Museum of Natural History.

ANTH. 79800 - Quant Meth in Phys Anthro
NYU: F, 10:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m., Rm. TBA, 3 credits, Prof. Raaum, [15844]
Course meets at NYU.

ANTH. 80500 - Meth Mod: Qual Data Analysis
GC: R, 2:00-4:00 p.m., Rm. TBA, 1 credit, Prof. Low, [15847]
Course meets 11/17, 11/22, 12/1, 12/8 & 12/5.

ANTH. 80500 - Meth Mod: Structured Intrvwng
GC: R, 2:00-4:00 p.m., Rm. TBA, 1 credit, Prof. Low, [15846]
Course meets Thursdays from 10/13 through 11/10.

ANTH. 80500 - Meth Mod:Unstructured Intrvwng
GC: R, 2:00-4:00 p.m., Rm. TBA, 1 credit, Prof. Low, [15845]
Course meets Thursdays from 9/1 through 10/6.

ANTH. 80800 - Doctoral Dissertation Writing
GC: F, 2:00-4:00 p.m., Rm. TBA, 0 credits, Prof. Skurski, [15848]
Course open to Level 3 Anthropology students only.

ANTH. 80900 - Phenomenology/Existentialsm
GC: W, 2:00-4:00 p.m., Rm. TBA, 3 credits, Prof. Crapanzano, [15849]
Cross listed with C L 85000.

ANTH. 81200 - Secularism/Religion/Politics
GC: R, 11:45 a.m.-1:45 p.m., Rm. TBA, 3 credits, Prof. Asad, [15850]
Instructor’s permission required.

ANTH. 81600 - Environment/Nature/Politics
GC: W, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Rm. TBA, 3 credits, Prof. Smith, [15852]

ANTH. 82200 - Situating the Suburbs
GC: F, 2:00-4:00 p.m., Rm. TBA, 3 credits, Prof. Low, [15853]
Cross listed with EES 79903.

ANTH. 83300 - Adv Field Meth in Archaeology
GC: M, 11:45 a.m.-1:45 p.m., Rm. TBA, 3 credits, Prof. McGovern [15854]

ANTH. 85100 - Archaeology of Religion/Ritual
GC: W, 4:15-6:15 p.m., Rm. TBA, 3 credits, Prof. Pugh, [15855]


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(updated 8/10/11)


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