Courses in cultural anthropology, physical anthropology, and archaeology
are offered regularly by WKU faculty. Special topics courses in these areas
and linguistics are offered on demand. A number of anthropology courses
fulfill General Education* requirements at WKU.
Anthropology courses arranged by course number are as follows:
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ANTH 120, Introduction to Anthropology: Culture and Society (3 hours, each
semester)*
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ANTH 121, Introduction to Anthropology: Human Origins (3 hours, each semester)*
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ANTH 200, Introduction to Latin America (3 hours, each semester)*
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ANTH 230, Introduction to Archaeology (3 hours, each spring)
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ANTH 300, Forensic Anthropology (3 hours, alternate years)*
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ANTH 330, North American Archaeology (3 hours, alternate years)
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ANTH 335, Old World Prehistory (3 hours, alternate years)
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ANTH 340, Peoples and Cultures of Latin America (3 hours, alternate
years)
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ANTH 345, Native Americans (3 hours, alternate years)
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ANTH 350, Peoples and Cultures of Africa (3 hours, alternate years)*
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ANTH 366, Special Topics in Anthropology (3 hours, on demand)
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ANTH 399, Fieldwork (3 hours, each spring)*
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ANTH 420, History of Anthropology (3 hours, alternate years)
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ANTH 430, Archaeology of Kentucky (3 hours, alternate years)*
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ANTH 431, Field Course in Archaeology (1-4 hours)
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ANTH 432, Field Course in Archaeology (1-4 hours)
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ANTH 436, Public Archaeology (3 hours, alternate years)
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ANTH 442, Ecological and Economic Anthropology (3 hours, alternate
years)
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ANTH 446, Anthropology of Religion (3 hours, alternate years)*
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ANTH 448, Visual Anthropology (3 hours, alternate years)
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ANTH 470, Museum Procedures and Preservation Techniques (3 hours)
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ANTH 495, Directed Study (3 hours, each semester)*
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ANTH 495, Directed Study (3 hours, each semester)*
Anthropology courses arranged by subdiscipline are as follows:
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Cultural anthropology: 120, 200, 340, 345, 350, 366, 399, 420, 442,
446, 448, 470, 495, 496
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Archaeology: 230, 330, 335, 366, 430, 431, 432, 436, 470, 495, 496
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Physical anthropology: 121, 300, 366, 470, 495, 496
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Linguistics: 366, 495, 496
New courses that are currently being developed in anthropology are as follows:
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Archaeology Lab Methods
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New World Prehistory
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Introduction to Physical Anthropology
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Human Origins and Evolution
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Modern Human Variation
Examples of special topics courses that have been / are being offered are
as follows:
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Ethnoarchaeology and Experimental Archaeology
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Caribbean Music
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Music and Spirituality
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Anthropology of Gender
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