Courses:
Undergraduate Curriculum
The program in anthropology, offering a B.A. degree, is designed to provide students with a strong general background in anthropology preparatory to graduate studies or anthropological employment
in fields such as qualitative research, archeology, foreign
relations, international business, international law, and
social work. The curriculum requires all students, under the
supervision of an anthropology faculty member, to complete a
research project in some area of the student's interest.
Individual counseling is provided for all students.
Lower division work in anthropology emphasizes the four major divisions of the discipline physical anthropology, archaeology, cultural anthropology, and linguistics. Upper division courses emphasize archaeology and cultural anthropology, with supporting courses in physical anthropology and linguistics offered at the junior level.
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Major Subject
Core Requirements
Any course within this group may satisfy general curriculum requirements or major subject requirements in anthropology, but not both.
ANTH 2023, Methods of Communication: Foundations of Linguistics
ANTH 2033, Human Development and Diversity: Physical Anthropology
ANTH 2043, Patterns in Culture: Cultural Anthropology
ANTH 2053, Cultures Before History: Archaeology
Electives (12 hours required; at least)
12 hours required including at least 3 hours in archaeology/physical anthropology and three hours in cultural anthropology/linguistics.
Archaeology/Physical Anthropology area:
ANTH 2114, 2233, 3133, 4033, 4043, 4113-6, 4223, 4503, 4513
Cultural Anthropology/Linguistics area:
ANTH 1063, 3103, 3123, 3163, 3173, 3443, 4013, 4083, 4213-6, 4403, 4633, 4863
Research
Methods (3 hours required)
ANTH
4053 Archaeological Analysis or
ANTH 4063 Qualitative Research Methods
Theory (3 hours required)
ANTH 4763 History of Anthropological Theory
TOTAL HOURS: 30
Senior Project:
3 hours required ANTH 4003, Research Seminar
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Minor Field
At least 12 credit hours must be completed in a related field with 6 hours at the 3000 level or higher.
Course Descriptions
1063 (3 hours)
Culture, People, and Nature: General Anthropology
Survey of the four sub-fields of anthropology: physical or biological anthropology, archaeology, cultural anthropology, and linguistic anthropology, integrated to present a coherent picture of the origins, development, and diversity of humanity and its past and present cultures.
2023 (3 hours)
Linguistics: Foundations of Linguistics
Basic linguistic concepts and analysis are introduced, including phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, and historical linguistics. Emphasis on use of linguistic theories and methods of analysis in describing human cognition, culture, and the social order. Same as Lang 2023 and Engl 2293.
2033 (3 hours)
Human Development and Diversity: Physical Anthropology
Humans as biological and cultural organisms. Discussion of evolutionary theory, modern human variability, human skeletal analysis, monkey and ape behavior, and human evolution. Emphasis on the complex interaction of biology, culture, and environment.
2043 (3 hours)
Patterns in Culture: Cultural Anthropology
Human cultural institutions are described and analyzed, drawing examples from non-industrial societies. Emphasis on the ways anthropologists study people, ideas, patterns of behavior, and material life.
2053 (3 hours)
Cultures Before History: Archaeology
The methods and results of archaeological research are introduced and described. The goals, assumptions, and techniques of modern archaeology are illustrated using prehistoric data from both the Old and New Worlds.
2114 (4 hours)
Field Archaeology
Introduction to the fundamental techniques and methodologies of field research. Emphasis on survey, site preparation, mapping, and excavation procedures. One hour of lecture and three hours of laboratory per week.
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor.
2233 (3 hours)
Prehistoric Archaeology of Oklahoma
Native American cultures of the Southern Plains during the 12,000 years before European contact. Includes effects of the region's environment on cultural development from ecological and evolutionary perspectives; regional, cultural, and ecological succession from nomadic mammoth hunters to settled village farmers; and the diversity of eastern woodlands and western cultures.
3103 (3 hours)
North American Indians
Survey of native peoples and cultures of the United States and Canada. Emphasis on the effects of European contacts and problems of modern Indians.
3123 (3 hours)
Sociolinguistics
Anthropology of communication, including analysis of speech events, language, status and gender, language and identity, political and economic language, cognitive anthropology, cultural classification systems, and ethnoscience. Students conduct research in the Tulsa speech community.
Prerequisite: Anth 2023 or 2043.
3133 (3 hours)
Human Origins
Explores the evidence for human evolution and diversification in the past. Models of the ancestry of man and the evolution of human characteristics are developed. Chronological, morphological, and cultural contexts of fossil forms are presented and evaluated.
Prerequisite: Anth 2033.
3163 (3 hours)
Anthropology and Literature
The extent to which the anthropologist records or creates ethnographic reality. Students read novels and poetry about selected cultures written by both outsiders and insiders. Relations among writing style, genre, and cultural understanding are investigated.
3173 (3 hours)
Gender Across Cultures
A comparative cultural investigation of gender relations and human sexuality in a range of human societies, including the United States.
3443 (3 hours)
Magic, Witchcraft, and Religion
Magic, witchcraft, and religion from a cross-cultural perspective, with emphasis on beliefs and practices of non-Western peoples. Topics include shamanism, sorcery, ritual and symbol, rites of passage, and cult movements. Emphasis on the diversity of beliefs and practices and their possible functions in human societies. Same as Rel 3443.
4003 (3 hours)
Research Seminar in Anthropology
Students conduct and present findings from an independent research project. Readings and class discussion explore the conventions of the various traditions of anthropological research.
Prerequisite: Anth 4053 or 4063.
4013 (3 hours)
Methods and Techniques in Museum Anthropology
Methods distinctive to anthropological work in museums and
other repositories are examined. Topics include
collections-based research in archaeology and ethnology,
collecting cataloging, and conserving cultural objects,
developing exhibitions, and undertaking community
collaborations.
Prerequisite: Anth 2043, 2053, or Permission of
instructor.
4033 (3 hours)
Archaeology of the Americas
Analysis of sequences and processes of cultural development in the Americas. Early hunting cultures, domestication of plants and animals, elaboration of society, and (where applicable) the rise and collapse of states are evaluated and compared for North, Middle, and South America.
Prerequisite: Anth 2053.
4043 (3 hours)
Old World Prehistory
Examines the prehistoric cultures of Europe, Africa, and Asia. Sequences of cultural development are defined by considering technological, economic, and social change over the long prehistoric record.
Prerequisite: Anth 2053.
4053 (3 hours)
Archaeological Analysis
Focuses on the principal types of questions in which
archaeologists are interested and the analytical techniques
necessary to answer them. The course combines traditional and
contemporary issues with a substantial laboratory component.
4063 (3 hours)
Qualitative Research Methods
Introduction to qualitative methods research and analysis such as in-depth interviewing, participant observation, focus groups, and discourse analysis. Students design and implement a qualitative research project.
Prerequisite: Anth 2043.
4083 (3 hours)
Introduction to Museum Work
Introduces students to museums as organizations and examines
career opportunities across the range of museum disciplines,
with a particular focus on art, history, and anthropology
settings. Museum mission statements, staffing, governance,
collections, exhibition, conservation, registrations,
community relations, fundraising and other issues central to
museum work are examined.
Prerequisite: Anth 2045, 2053, or permission of
instructor.
4113-6 (3-6 hours)
Summer Fieldschool in Archaeology
Practical archaeological experience in site preparation, excavation, and field processing of artifacts. Coordinated lectures and field problems provide an active context for developing skills of archaeological problem solving.
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor.
4213-6 (3-6 hours)
Summer Fieldwork in Ethnography
Practical, closely supervised conduct of social and cultural descriptive research in a field setting. Fieldwork includes archival and bibliographic preparation, interviewing techniques, collection of life histories, collection of language materials (as applicable), field analysis, field record systems.
Prerequisite: Anth 2043.
4223 (3 hours)
Geoarchaeology
Focuses on understanding the application of geological
principles and techniques to the solution of archaeological
problems. Principles and techniques employed in geomorphology,
pedology, sedimentology, stratigraphy will be surveyed as a
means for understanding prehistoric human ecology.`
4403 (3 hours)
Topics in Cultural Anthropology
A traditional area of inquiry in anthropology is explored. Topics include but are not limited to cultural materialism, economic anthropology, culture and personality, political anthropology, culture change, acculturation, and symbolic anthropology. Course may be repeated for credit when topics vary.
Prerequisite: Anth 2043.
4503 (3 hours
Topics in Prehistory
Explores particular theoretical and methodological problem areas in archaeology. Semester topics may include the origins of food production, approaches to prehistoric demography, the rise of civilizations, prehistoric cultural ecology, and multi-disciplinary research techniques, depending on the interests of students and faculty. Course may be repeated for credit when topics vary.
Prerequisite: Anth 2053.
4513 (3 hours)
Regional Studies in Prehistory
Human cultural development in selected areas of the world, including the peopling of an area, early and developed hunting cultures, domestication of plants and animals, development of village life, elaboration of society, technological development, and the origin of states. Semester topics alternate among major geographical areas, depending on research interests of faculty. Course may be repeated for credit when areas vary.
Prerequisite: Anth 2053.
4633 (3 hours)
Regional Studies in Cultural Anthropology
Examines the economy, technology, social structure, and political organization of native societies. Semester topics periodically include Mesoamerica, South America, Africa, Oceania, and Europe. Course may be repeated for credit when areas vary.
Prerequisite: Anth 2043.
4763 (3 hours)
History of Anthropological Theory
Anthropological thought from the 19th century to the present is surveyed, with emphasis on the major evolutionary, historical, psychological, functional, and structural orientations of European and American anthropologists.
Prerequisite: 12 hours of anthropology or permission of instructor.
4863 (3 hours)
Contemporary Anthropological Problems
Current issues in anthropology, with emphasis on recent theoretical developments in cultural anthropology.
Prerequisite: Anth 2043.
4991-3 (1-3 hours)
Independent Research
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor.