Kermyt
G. Anderson
Courses taught
Courses taught
Director, Anthropology Undergraduate Internship Program
Undergraduate internships give students the opportunity to gain experience applying what they have learned in the classroom to the "real world." Internships are available in all four subfields plus museum studies.
- Anth 3810 Internship in Linguistic Anthropology
- Anth 3910 Internship in Biological Anthropology
- Anth 3920 Internship in Museum Anthropology
- Anth 3940 Internship in Archaeology
- Anth 3950 Internship in Socio-Cultural Anthropology
Previous semesters
Anth 1113 - General Anthropology
This course will provide an introduction to the basic four fields of anthropology: biological anthropology, archaeology, linguistics, and cultural anthropology. In this course you will learn about anthropological perspectives on human origins and evolution, modern and ancient diversity, and the cultural and biological bases of human behavior, language, and thought.
Anth 1823 - Religion in Everyday Life
This course will examine the role of religion in people’s lives from an anthropological perspective. This is not a broad survey of major world religions. Nor does the course attempt to evaluate religions or religious practices and beliefs as right or wrong, good or bad. We will use cross-cultural studies, as well as your own experience, to examine the structure of religions and how religions impact their followers and their lives throughout the world.
Anth 2203 - Peoples of the World
This course is a survey of world cultures, dealing with representative hunting and gathering, horticulturalist, pastoralist and complex societies. The course is designed to introduce you to the full range of variation of human behavior, and to familiarize you with anthropological perspectives on studying world cultures.
Anth 2503 - Introduction to Biological Anthropology
This course covers historical, theoretical and applied perspectives of biological anthropology. The major emphasis is on understanding modern humans as a product of biological, cultural, behavioral and environmental interactions throughout their evolutionary development.
Anth 3953 - Primate Evolution and Behavior
This course looks at primates, our closest living relatives, with particular emphasis on the evolution and ecology of primate behavior. Topics covered include mating and foraging strategies, social dynamics, communication and cognition, community ecology, and conservation. The course draws on the full panoply of living non-human primates to examine the interactions between humans and primates in a variety of settings.
Anth 4593 - The Anthropology of Human Reproduction
Even before the advent of modern, reliable contraception, fertility levels varied greatly both within and between populations. This course examines the major features of human fertility and reproduction, exploring the interactions between physiology, ecology, and behavior. We bring an anthropological and evolutionary perspective to such issues as cross-cultural patterns of fertility, the timing and probability of conception, the relationship between breastfeeding and ovulation, age at first and last reproduction, and male reproductive physiology.
Anth 4713 - Statistical Concepts in Anthropology
This course is an introduction to statistics for anthropologists. We will use anthropological examples with real data to understand how individuals and populations are described, as well as how different variables relate to each other.
Anth 5273 - Anthropological Demography
This graduate seminar will consider demography, the study of human populations, from an anthropological perspective. Classic as well as recent readings will be examined. Readings will emphasize small-scale societies, natural fertility populations and developing countries, and class exercises will use empirical data from current and historical hunter-gatherer, horticulturalist and pastoralist populations.
Last updated: 11-30-11