CGS ANT 100 Introduction to Anthropology
3 cr.
A survey of the subfields of anthropology, especially archaeology and physical and cultural anthropology. The course explores human biological evolution and variation, cultural evolution, language, and culture change.
Prerequisites: none
General Education Requirements: SS
Last Taught: Spring 2023.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
CGS ANT 100X Introduction to Anthropology
3 cr.
A survey of the subfields of anthropology, especially archaeology and physical and cultural anthropology. The course explores human biological evolution and variation, cultural evolution, language, and culture change.
Prerequisites: none
General Education Requirements: SS
Last Taught: Spring 2023.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
CGS ANT 102 Discovering our Past: An Introduction to Archaeology and the Prehistoric World
3 cr.
Introduction to the prehistoric world from origins of human culture to the beginnings of written history as revealed by archaeological research at great sites and ruins around the globe. Archaeological analysis of famous prehistoric sites as case studies to illustrate concepts and techniques used by archaeologists in their efforts to understand the rise, florescence, and demise of vanished societies.
Prerequisites: none.
General Education Requirements: SS
Last Taught: Spring 2022, Spring 2021.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
CGS ANT 104 Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
3 cr.
Survey of cultural anthropology with emphasis on ethnographic description, methodology and contemporary theory. Cross-cultural comparisons of societies and institutions. Course includes both humanistic and social scientific approaches to human sociocultural diversity.
Prerequisites: none.
General Education Requirements: SS
Last Taught: Spring 2023, Fall 2022.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
CGS ANT 105 Introduction to Biological Anthropology
3 cr.
Evolutionary theory, the place of humans in the primate order, fossil evidence for human evolution and interpretation of that evidence, biological and genetic basis of human variation, and possible other topics of human biology.
Prerequisites: none.
Course Rules: Students may not receive credit in CGS ANT 105/CGS ANT 106 and CGS ANT 107.
General Education Requirements: NS
Last Taught: Fall 2022, Spring 2022.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
CGS ANT 106 Introduction to Biological Anthropology Lab
1 cr.
Students will learn tools and methods used by anthropologists, explore and examine various data sources, and apply this information to learn more about human evolution and variation.
Prerequisites: concurrent enrollment in CGS ANT 105.
Course Rules: Students may not receive credit in CGS ANT 105/CGS ANT 106 and CGS ANT 107.
General Education Requirements: NS+
Last Taught: Fall 2022, Spring 2022.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
CGS ANT 107 Introduction to Biological Anthropology with Lab
4 cr.
A fully embedded biological anthropology class with lab that examines evolutionary theory, the place of humans in the primate order, fossil evidence for human evolution, and the biological and genetic basis of human variation.
Prerequisites: none.
Course Rules: Students may not receive credit in CGS ANT 105/CGS ANT 106 and CGS ANT 107.
General Education Requirements: NS+
Last Taught: Summer 2023, Spring 2023.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
CGS ANT 150 Food, Culture, and Identity
3 cr.
The role of food in human history, and the biocultural construction of what is classified as food; examines the meaning of food across cultures with particular attention to how cultural and ethnic identities are associated with particular types of food. Rituals, religions and family celebrations, and secular holidays all include the deliberate preparation, serving and sharing of food or abstinence from food.
Prerequisites: none
General Education Requirements: CD, SS
Last Taught: Fall 2022, Fall 2021.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
CGS ANT 291 Selected Topics in Anthropology
1-3 cr.
A specific topic in an instructor's area of special competence. When offered, the particular topic is indicated in the campus timetable.
Prerequisites: Previous CGS ANT course or cons. instr.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
CGS ANT 294 Practice in Applied Anthropology
1-3 cr.
Supervised practical experience in an organization or activity appropriate to a student's career and educational interests. Internships are supervised by faculty members and require periodic student/faculty meetings.
Prerequisites: previous anthropology course and cons. instr.
Course Rules: Repeatable for a maximum of six credits.
General Education Requirements: AP
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
CGS ANT 299 Independent Reading and Research
1-3 cr.
Independent reading and research in Anthropology.
Prerequisites: Cons. instr.
Last Taught: Spring 2020.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
CGS ANT 314 American Indian Societies and Cultures
3 cr.
A survey of diverse and complex American Indian cultures and Peoples in North America, exploring the impact of the past and the influences of Euro-American culture on Native Nations and Peoples.
Prerequisites: none.
Course Rules: CGS AIS 314 and CGS ANT 314 are jointly offered and count as repeats of one another.
General Education Requirements: CD, SS
Last Taught: Spring 2023, Fall 2022.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
CGS ANT 343 Religion, Magic and Witchcraft
3 cr.
Descriptions and interpretations of magico-religious beliefs and practices in a variety of cultures from an anthropological perspective; examines theories about religion and some of the conceptual issues regarding the interpretation of religion and related phenomena which have interested anthropologists over time.
Prerequisites: none.
Course Rules: CGS ANT 343 and CGS REL 343 are the same course. Not recommended for first-semester students.
General Education Requirements: SS
Last Taught: Spring 2023, Spring 2022.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
CGS ANT 350 Introduction to Medical Anthropology: Health and Healing
3 cr.
Explores diverse healing and medical systems. Emphasis on how cultural and evolutionary approaches to medicine are used to examine illness, disease, and healing in diverse ethnic groups; examines how principles of medical anthropology are being used in training nurses and doctor in the US.
Prerequisites: none
General Education Requirements: CD, SS
Last Taught: Fall 2022, Fall 2021.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/