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Physical/Biological Anthropology
ANTH 301 Introduction to Biological Anthropology (WI)
ANTH 310 Forensic Anthropology
ANTH 391 Primatology

Linguistics
ANTH/ENGL 449 Introduction to Linguistics
ANTH 450 Cross-Cultural Communication
LING 451 History of the English Language
LING 452 Language and Gender

Archaeology
ANTH 105 Introductory Archaeology
ANTH 252 Archaeology of Richmond
ANTH 302 Archaeological Theory (prerequisite ANTH 105)
ANTH 303 Archaeological Field Methods and Research Design (prerequisite ANTH 105)
ANTH 375 Field Archaeology (prerequisite ANTH 105)
ANTH 394 Historical Archaeology (prerequisite ANTH 105)

Social and Cultural Anthropology
ANTH 200 African Culture--Kinship and Family
AFAM 204 Africa in Transition
ANTH 305 Comparative Society
ANTH 312 History of Human Settlement
ANTH 315 Anthropological Field Methods and Research Design (WI) (prerequisite ANTH 103)
ANTH 348 South American Ethnography (WI) (prerequisite ANTH 103)
ANTH 349 Contemporary Cultures of Latin America (WI) (prerequisite ANTH 103)
ANTH 350 Cultures of the World (regularly rotating- Europe, Africa, Asia)
AFAM 350 Studies in the Music of the African Continent and the Diaspora
ANTH 391 Topics in Anthropology (includes Food and Culture, Globalization, Bioarchaeology, Archaeology of the Southeast, Anthropology of Gender, Pre-Conquest Maya, Early Cities and States, Archaeology of the African Diaspora)
ANTH 415 Economic Anthropology
ANTH 416 The Origin and Evolution of the Idea of Race
ANTH 420 Women in Africa
ANTH 425 Religion, Magic, and Witchcraft (WI) (prerequisite ANTH 103)
ANTH 454 Anthropological Theory (prerequisite ANTH 103)
ANTH 455 Development and Globalization
ANTH 492 Independent Study
ANTH 493 Field Research Internship
Other courses are offered on an irregular basis dependent upon availability of visiting professors.

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