Anthropology

This course focuses on food domestication as a major contributor to human societies and cultures as well as to ecological changes around the world. Small-scale gardening is examined through time and space in conjunction with service-learning primarily using our campus gardens.

Food unites people in ritualized gatherings, while it also divides them over politics and economics. Besides considering food’s place in anthropology, this course will examine food and identity—food as it relates to cultural, class, and gendered identities—as well as food’s significance in social, political, and economic systems. This course is writing-intensive, and students will become active in Cottey’s organic garden as a part of this course.

This course examines race, class, gender, sexuality and other identities as sociological concepts within an interdisciplinary paradigm focusing on how these identities intersect. Students will consider each identity largely separately and then learn to use the intersectional framework to interpret contemporary social issues and institutional settings by analyzing how they together shape individual, institutional, and larger societal expectations. The course also introduces students to the experiences of diverse groups in the United States and beyond.

This course introduces students to cultural anthropology, considering such topics as ethnography, ethics, culture, society, religion, and ritual. Students also learn how anthropologists have approached difference and inequality within and across cultures - focusing on race and gender as well as considering global varieties of economies, political structures, and kinship.

This course examines the ways in which gender intersects with social class, work, politics, sexuality, and religion in multiple cultural contexts. It also explores the reproductive, economic, and religious factors that influence our gendered experiences and offers students opportunities to understand the diversity of these experiences around the world.

This course introduces students to the field of anthropology, including its historical origins and its four major subfields - cultural, linguistic, archaeological, and biological anthropology. Applied aspects of each of the four subfields are included as well as an emphasis on the holistic nature of the discipline.

This course introduces students to Linguistic Anthropology. Although language will be our principle concern, taking an anthropological approach pushes us to consider language, culture, society, and communication as all interrelated aspects of the human condition. The overall goal is to encourage students to appreciate the complex and diverse communication signals that humans engage in, while also considering some of their own language and communication biases.

This course examines the unique perspectives of those who identify as Indigenous. While it considers some historical issues, its focus is primarily on the contemporary Indigenous experience. The course includes at least one fieldtrip with a focus on the Osage Nation. 3 credits

This writing-intensive course focuses on the society and culture surrounding music and dance in global settings. We consider music and dance’s function, its relation to various identities (class, gender, nationality, ethnicity) as well as to technology, globalization and new media. We also delve into the intellectual history and varying approaches encompassing the study of music and dance.

This course focuses on food domestication as a major contributor to human societies and cultures as well as to ecological changes around the world. Small-scale gardening is examined through time and space in conjunction with service-learning primarily using our campus gardens.

Food unites people in ritualized gatherings, while it also divides them over politics and economics. Besides considering food’s place in anthropology, this course will examine food and identity—food as it relates to cultural, class, and gendered identities—as well as food’s significance in social, political, and economic systems. Students will become active in Cottey’s organic garden as a part of this course.

This course examines race, class, gender, sexuality and other identities as sociological concepts within an interdisciplinary paradigm focusing on how these identities intersect. Students will consider each identity largely separately and then learn to use the intersectional framework to interpret contemporary social issues and institutional settings by analyzing how they together shape individual, institutional, and larger societal expectations. The course also introduces students to the experiences of diverse groups in the United States and beyond.

This course introduces students to cultural anthropology, considering such topics as ethnography, ethics, culture, society, religion, and ritual. Students also learn how anthropologists have approached difference and inequality within and across cultures - focusing on race and gender as well as considering global varieties of economies, political structures, and kinship.

This course examines the ways in which gender intersects with social class, work, politics, sexuality, and religion in multiple cultural contexts. It also explores the reproductive, economic, and religious factors that influence our gendered experiences and offers students opportunities to understand the diversity of these experiences around the world.