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2012-2013 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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  • AED 270 - Introduction to Visual Culture and Learning

    An introduction to visual culture and its relationship to the development and maintenance of human knowledge and experience. Students will explore and gain insight into diverse forms of visual culture, including those different from and similar to their own cultural experiences; and will become aware of the relationship between visual culture and the theory and practice of contemporary education as it takes place within the contexts of schools, museums and other community-based settings. Developed primarily for Art Education, Museum Education and Community Practice students.

    Prerequisites: Art Education Majors with a minimum of sophomore standing and ART 100, ART 110, ART 120, ART 200, ARH 155, and ARH 156 - or permission of the instructor.


    Credits: 3
  

  • AED 371 - Methods and Materials in Art Education

    Introduction to instructional methods and strategies in art education. Exploration, development and evaluation of approaches to teaching, teaching and learning styles, educational materials, media and technologies. Art education majors or art certification students only. Lec 3.

    Prerequisites: EDB 202 and EDB 221; 21 credits in Studio Art; 12 credits in Art History; 15 credits of General Education requirements. Corequisites: AED 372 and AED 373.

    Credits: 3
  

  • AED 372 - Foundations of Art Education

    Includes historical, philosophical, political, psychological and sociological foundations of art education; theories of child art; and critical examination of current research, trends and issues in art education. Art education majors or art certification students only.

    Satisfies the General Education Writing Intensive Requirement. Lec 3.

    Prerequisites: None. Corequisites: AED 371 and AED 373.

    Credits: 3
  

  • AED 373 - Introduction to Curriculum

    Introduction to art curricula strategies and development. Includes instructional planning, lesson writing and organization, and practicum experience. Art education majors or art certification students only. Lec 2, Lab 1.

    Prerequisites: None. Corequisites: AED 371 and AED 372.

    Credits: 3
  

  • AED 473 - Advanced Curriculum in Art Education

    An examination of current theory, research and practice pertaining to curriculum development in art education. Including an exploration of traditional and innovative approaches to curriculum development in art education, problems and issues relevant to art curricula design and implementation, critical examination of existing curricula, and practice in developing and evaluating art curricula. Art education majors, art certification students or by instructor’s permission only. Lec 3.

    Prerequisites: AED 371, AED 372 and AED 373 or permission.

    Credits: 3
  

  • AED 474 - Topics in Art Education

    Seminar in advanced research and practice in art education and related areas. Specific topic to be announced.

    Credits: 3
  

  • AED 496 - Field Experience in Art Education

    Students involved in pre-professional activities with art education in schools or community agencies may apply for supervision and credit for the project.

    Prerequisites: AED 371, AED 372, AED 373 and permission.

    Course Typically Offered: Fall and Spring semesters.

    Credits: Ar
  

  • AED 497 - Independent Study in Art Education

    Advanced projects, readings, or seminars in art education. Topic and form of study to be determined by student in consultation with faculty member.

    Prerequisites: AED 371, AED 372, AED 373 or equivalents and permission.

    Course Typically Offered: Fall and Spring semesters.

    Credits: Ar
  

  • AED 498 - Directed Study in Art Education

    Advanced projects, readings, or seminars in art education. Topic and form of study to be determined by student in consultation with faculty member.

    Prerequisites: AED 371, AED 372, AED 373 or equivalents and permission.

    Course Typically Offered: Fall and Spring semesters.

    Credits: Ar
  

  • AED 574 - Topics in Art Education

    Advanced seminar and workshop with research projects in art education and related areas. Specific topic to be announced or arranged. The course may be repeated once for credit.

    Prerequisites: Art teaching experience.

    Credits: 3
  

  • AED 597 - Independent Study in Art Education

    Advanced level projects, readings or seminars in art education. Topic and form of study to be determined by the student in consultation with faculty member. May be repeated for credit.

    Prerequisites: graduate standing and permission.

    Credits: 1-3
  

  • AED 598 - Directed Study in Art Education

    Structured projects, readings or seminars in art education at an advanced level. Topics and form of study to be determined by the student under the direction of a faculty member. May be repeated for credit.

    Prerequisites: graduate standing and permission.

    Course Typically Offered: Fall and Spring semesters.

    Credits: 3
  

  • ANT 101 - Introduction to Anthropology: Human Origins and Prehistory

    A survey course focusing on the evolution of humankind, the development of culture, and the beginnings of civilization. Required for Anthropology majors.

    Satisfies the General Education Social Contexts and Institutions and Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives Requirements.

    Credits: 3
  

  • ANT 102 - Introduction to Anthropology: Diversity of Cultures

    A survey course focusing on the nature of culture, similarities and differences among the world’s cultures, relationships among cultures, and culture change. Required for Anthropology majors.

    Satisfies the General Education Social Contexts and Institutions and Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives Requirements.

    Credits: 3
  

  • ANT 120 - Religions of the World

    A survey of the distinctive features of the major world religions and the most studied Native American, African and aboriginal Australian religions. Focuses on the fit between myth and ritual, the problems involved in trying to understand both “from the believer’s point of view,” and what generalizations can be made about religion in general.

    Satisfies the General Education Social Contexts and Institutions and Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives Requirements.

    Credits: 3
  

  • ANT 140 - Cities of the Ancient World

    This course explores ancient urbanism in a global context.  It includes theoretical approaches to the concept of ‘city’ and weekly explorations of urban landscapes among ancient civilizations of the world.

    Satisfies the General Education Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives Requirement.

    Credits: 3
  

  • ANT 170 - Popular Archaeology

    Many popular ideas about the past are at odds with what professional archaeologists think they know. Most of us find the past inherently interesting, without embellishment. But we are commonly confronted by intriguing beliefs in visits by ancient astronauts, the lost continent of Atlantis, etc. While some of these ideas may have merit, many do not. Develops methods for evaluating critically the archaeological record, sorting out science from pseudoscience and distinguishing that which is plausible from that which is unlikely.

    Credits: 3
  

  • ANT 207 - Introduction to World Archaeology

    An overview of the human record as determined by archaeology using examples drawn from the global experience.

    Satisfies the General Education Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives Requirement.

    Credits: 3
  

  • ANT 210 - Physical Anthropology

    Introduces current topics in human biology and evolution including human origins and the fossil record, human genetics and population variability, and human and non-human primate behavior.

    Satisfies the General Education Applications of Scientific Knowledge Requirement.

    Credits: 3
  

  • ANT 212 - The Anthropology of Food

    Food is the most direct and meaningful connection people have with the environment, a connection that addresses both biological and cultural needs.  This course aims at exposing students to the different ways in which anthropologists think about food across its sub-disciplines as a way to understand human origins, behavior, and cultural diversity.  Themes include food procurement strategies, influence on human evolution, religious traditions and food, food as pertains to power dynamics, warfare, gender relations and identity, and the role of food in environmental and sustainable development policy-making.

    Satisfies the General Education Population and the Environment and Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives Requirements.

    Credits: 3
  

  • ANT 221 - Introduction to Folklore

    A survey of the different genres of folklore, its forms, uses, functions and modes of transmission. Emphasis on belief, custom and legend.

    Satisfies the General Education Western Cultural Tradition and the Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives Requirements.

    Credits: 3
  

  • ANT 245 - Sex and Gender in Cross-Cultural Perspective

    An exploration into the commonality and diversity of sex and gender roles in cross-cultural perspective and an examination of cultural and bio-social explanations for why such diversity exists.  Foci include contemporary approaches to sex and gender, changing views about men’s and women’s roles in human evolution, the conditions under which gender roles vary in contemporary societies and the issues surrounding gender equality, power and politics.

    Satisfies the General Education Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives and Ethics Requirements.

    Credits: 3
  

  • ANT 249 - Religion and Violence

    Explores the anthropology of contemporary political violence. The ethnographic study of terrorism, guerilla warfare, state terror and human rights will be complemented by examination of the ethical and methodological concerns that arise in this special are of investigation.

    Satisfies the General Education Ethics, Social Contexts and Institutions and Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives Requirements.

    Prerequisites: ANT 120.

    Credits: 3
  

  • ANT 250 - Conservation Anthropology: The Socio-Cultural Dimension of Environmental Issues

    Conservation is fundamentally a socio-cultural problem.  Examines the different types of human/nature relationships that emerge across various cultural, environmental, socio-economic, and political contexts.  Through a comparative approach this course is designed to illustrate how culture is an important variable when creating viable conservation strategies.  Themes covered in class include protected areas, indigenous and traditional knowledge, resource management, market-based conservation, environmental economics, and political ecology.  Case studies: United States, Africa, Australia, Latin America, and Papua New Guinea.

    Satisfies the General Education Population and the Environment and Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives Requirements.

    Credits: 3
  

  • ANT 256 - Ethnic Conflict

    An exploration of ethnic conflict and revival today including a survey of anthropological theories of ethnicity, focusing on ethnic revival in the modern world. European and other ethnic groups of the industrialized West provide the major cases to be considered. Satisfies the General Education Social Contexts and Institutions and Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives Requirements.

    Credits: 3
  

  • ANT 260 - Forensic Anthropology

    Provides an introduction to the application of the theory and methods of physical anthropology to medicolegal investigations and problems.  The field consists of four basic topics: 1) human skeletal anatomy, 2) developing a biological profile, 3) the science of decomposition, and 4) forensic anthropology in the court system.

    Satisfies the General Education Applications of Scientific Knowledge Requirement.

    Credits: 3
  

  • ANT 261 - Islamic Fundamentalism

    A survey of the distinctive ideological and social features of Islamic fundamentalist movements.

    Satisfies the General Education Social Contexts and Institutions and Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives Requirements

    Prerequisites: ANT 102 or ANT 120

    Credits: 3
  

  • ANT 270 - Environmental Justice Movements in the United States

    Examines how poor and racialized communities have responded to the incidence, causes, and effects of environmental racism and injustice.  Special attention will be given to how critiques offered by these communities challenge the knowledge and procedural forms of justice embedded in environmental policy and democracy in the United States.  Case studies will be drawn from readings on African-American, European-Americans, Chicano and Latino Americance, and Native Americans.

    Satisfies the General Education Social Contexts and Institutions and Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives Requirements.

    Credits: 3
  

  • ANT 280 - Northwest Coast Prehistory

    This course explores the prehistory of the Pacific Northwest and its place in North American prehistory. Important themes include the earliest settlement of the Pacific Northwest and its role in the peopling of the Americas, the development of unique complex hunter-gatherer groups in the Northwest, ethical issues in Northwest Coast research history, and current debates and research in Pacific Northwest archaeology.

    Prerequisites: ANT 101.

    Credits: 3
  

  • ANT 290 - Special Topics in Anthropology

    Intermediate treatment of specialized problems in anthropology with emphasis on analysis in frontier areas of anthropological research.  Topics vary.  May be repeated for credit.

    Credits: 3
  

  • ANT 300 - Basic Theory in Cultural Anthropology

    A seminar in which the most important theories shaping modern cultural and social anthropology will be presented through the analysis of key monographs. Emphasis placed on developing critical thinking and library research skills. Required of all Anthropology majors.

    Satisfies the General Education Social Context and Institutions, Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives and Writing Intensive Requirements.

    Prerequisites: Permission, and ANT 102 and ANT major standing.

    Course Typically Offered: Fall and Spring semesters.

    Credits: 3
  

  • ANT 317 - Fundamentals of Archaeology

    Techniques of excavation and analysis; theoretical basis of methods and fundamental principles; application to specific case studies; the use of geological, biological, chemical and other tools in archaeological research. A one-day compulsory weekend field trip to local archaeological sites.

    Satisfies the General Education Applications of Scientific Knowledge and Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives Requirements.

    Prerequisites: ANT 101 or ANT 170 or ANT 173 or ANT 207 or permission. Required for Anthropology majors.


    Credits: 3
  

  • ANT 328 - S/He: Rituals & Folk Traditions of Gender

    This course will explore and examine several aspects of traditional cultural practices and rituals of women and men.  We will look at how women and men express, question and negotiate gender in everyday face-to-face interactions, ritual celebration, and various forms of public display.  Folklore, as narrative, material culture, and social practices, will also illuminate how gendered spaces, languages, and experiences provide a unique way of expressing the everyday.

    Prerequisites: ANT 102 or ANT 221 or WST 101.


    Credits: 3
  

  • ANT 330 - The U.S. Folk Experience

    Examines how disenfranchised groups respond through their traditional expressive folklore to the incidences, causes and effect of racism and injustice found in the United States, as well as maintaining and conveying their values, and sense of identity at simultaneous levels (individual, communal, regional) to each other and the larger society.  Groups read and examined are Afro-American, Hispanic, Asian American, Native American, and Euro-American.


    Satisfies the General Education Western Cultural Tradition and Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives Requirements.

    Credits: 3
  

  • ANT 340 - Arctic and Subarctic Archaeology

    This course explores the archaeology of Arctic and Subarctic peoples from their initial occupation of the region through to the historic era, with an emphasis on the archaeology of North America.  Important themes include the causes and consequences of changing climate in Arctic regions, human migration across the Arctic, and adaptations to the Arctic through technology, ideology, artwork, and subsistence, as well as the history of research in the region.

    Prerequisites: ANT 101.

    Credits: 3
  

  • ANT 372 - North American Prehistory

    The history of North American native peoples from the first evidence to the arrival of the Europeans. Emphasis on major issues such as glacial and postglacial adaptation, development of agriculture, and the emergence of sedentism.

    Prerequisites: ANT 101.

    Credits: 3
  

  • ANT 414 - Ethics in Archaeology

    This course explores the complex world of archaeological and anthropological ethics, primarily in North America.  Through the assigned readings, writing assignments, and class discussions, we will examine the following themes: the relationship between archaeologists and the native people they study, the role of science in interpreting the past, and the ethics of archaeological study, collecting, and museum exhibition.

    Prerequisites: ANT 101

    Credits: 3
  

  • ANT 420 - Human Impacts on Ancient Environments

    Designed to challenge students to critically evaluate the relationship between humans and their environment, and to assess the local, regional, and global impact of humans on our planet.  The long, diachronic approach taken here, particularly over the past 10,000 years, will serve to broaden our understanding of how humans have effected change in our landscapes and resource distribution in the past, and ultimately how this perspective may be integrated with contemporary resource management and environmental policy for the future.  Historical ecology is also introduced as a research program structured to evaluate the historical role human agency has played in shaping contemporary landscapes.

    Satisfies the General Education Population and the Environment Requirement.

    Prerequisites: ANT 101 or EES 100 or permission.

    Credits: 3
  

  • ANT 421 - Inca Society and Peasants of the Andes

    Explores the nature of Inca civilization of South America as it began to form in the 15th century.   Also explores the organization of Andean peasant communities, which constituted the foundation of Inca society in the past and continues to dominate Andean landscapes today.

    Satisfies the General Education Writing Intensive Requirement.

    Prerequisites: ANT 101 or ANT 207, or permission.

    Credits: 3
  

  • ANT 422 - Folklore of Maine and The Maritime Provinces

    A survey of the genres of folklore found in the major linguistic traditions (English, French, Native American) of the Northeast, with emphasis on Maine. Special attention given to the occupational traditions of farming, fishing and lumbering.

    Prerequisites: ANT 221 or permission of instructor.

    Credits: 3
  

  • ANT 425 - Recorded Interviewing Techniques and Methods

    This course will introduce students to the theory and methodology of ethnographic and oral history fieldwork as it is practiced by social scientists and humanities researchers.  Students will learn to prepare research plans, develop questions, and conduct and record interviews.  They will learn how to navigate the essential practices of permissions, understand the concepts of copyright of research materials as it pertains to interviews, and fulfill the requirements of the Institutional Review Board for the Protection of Human Subjects (IRB) - Required Training at the University of Maine.  Students will learn about the practices of archiving research materials and how to interpret and incorporate interview research into a research paper or documentary.

    Satisfies the General Education Ethics Requirement.

    Credits: 3
  

  • ANT 426 - Native American Folklore

    An overview of folklore and folklife covering various genres of traditional expressive culture.

    Satisfies the General Education Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives Requirement.

    Credits: 3
  

  • ANT 430 - Who Owns Native Cultures?

    The answer to the simple question of who owns Native American / American Indian / indigenous cultures and cultural productions is surprisingly complex and engages the history of anthropology and the nature of anthropological knowledge itself.  Course examines the evolving relationships between anthropologists, historians, and other researchers with indigenous peoples (in particular American Indians) and what kinds of ethical and legal relationships have evolved over time to address this question.  Also looks at the ways in which contemporary cultural resource management by indigenous peoples serves as a key articulation of indigenous nationhood and sovereignty.  Special attention is given to recent scholarship by indigenous researchers that decolonizes standard academic practices and roots the ownership of Native cultures and research in Native communities.

    Satisfies the General Education Social Contexts and Institutions and Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives Requirements.

    Prerequisites: ANT 102 or NAS 101.

    Credits: 3
  

  • ANT 431 - Folklore, the Environment and Public Policy

    Examines the interaction of humans with the environment from the perspective of folklore, and reviews its impact on public policy at the local, state, federal and international level.

    Satisfies the General Education Population and the Environment Requirement.

    Credits: 3
  

  • ANT 435 - Human Dimensions of Natural Resource Management

    This course focuses on shifting paradigms guiding natural resource management.  The class will survey a variety of influential ideas driving debates over natural resources, including the following: 1.) debates over property right and management approaches in common pool resources, 2.) complex adaptive systems theory and its role in the debate over adaptive management as alternatives to single-species management, 3.) the ideal of efficiency in the formative era of professional natural resource management and new approaches that seek to move beyond it, 4.) ideas of progress, modernism, and optimism, including debates over the limits to growth, and 5.) debates over uncertainty and the precautionary principle.  Students will explore these paradigms through case studies from fisheries, climate change, industrial pollution, forestry and public land management.  In doing so, students will gain a better understanding of the development and contours of current debates over controversial environmental issues.

    Satisfies the General Education Population and the Environment Requirement.

    Prerequisites: Junior or Senior standing.

    Credits: 3
  

  • ANT 441 - People and Cultures of the Pacific Islands

    Topics include Pacific geography, the history and prehistory of the Pacific islands, cultural traditions of the ancient Polynesians with special reference to the political evolution of their societies, cultural traditions of the Melanesians with special reference to art, warfare and ritual, cultural traditions of the Micronesians with special reference to the problems of these Oceanic people in the modern world.

    Satisfies the General Education Social Contexts and Institutions and Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives Requirements.

    Prerequisites: ANT 102 or ANT 300 or permission.

    Credits: 3
  

  • ANT 448 - Ethnography Through Film

    A critical analysis of film from an anthropological perspective. Students will be introduced to the history of the use of ethnographic film in anthropology, and they will consider how professional anthropologists living at different times have used motion pictures to capture aspects of human cultural behavior. Students will also examine how ethnographic films, documentaries, and popular motion pictures (past and present) have been used to represent people in a variety of cultures. We will ask how professional anthropologists may differ from other types of filmmakers in their treatment of the same cultural groups and/or subjects.

    Satisfies the General Education Ethics Requirement.

    Prerequisites: ANT 102 or permission.

    Credits: 3
  

  • ANT 451 - Native American Cultures

    Covers both traditional culture patterns and modern developments and problems. Includes consideration of traditional culture areas, emphasizing adaptations and cultural dynamics, past and present.

    Satisfies the General Education Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives Requirement.

    Prerequisites: ANT 102 or NAS 101 or permission.

    Credits: 3
  

  • ANT 452 - Civilization in South Asia

    An exploration into the nature of civilization in South Asia, focusing on India. The central religious tradition of Hinduism and the caste order are investigated, with complementary perspectives provided by non-Hindu traditions. The impact of colonialism and development of national identities are also considered. Anthropological views are distinguished from and supplemented by other disciplinary perspectives.

    Satisfies the General Education Social Contexts and Institutions and Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives Requirements.

    Prerequisites: ANT 102 or ANT 300.

    Credits: 3
  

  • ANT 454 - Cultures and Societies of the Middle East

    Each semester, a specific Middle Eastern conflict will be examined with particular attention to the different ways it is understood by the parties involved.  The course will attempt to demonstrate the importance of understanding conflict from the insider’s point of view.

    Satisfies the General Education Social Contexts and Institutions and Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives Requirements and Writing Intensive Requirements.

    Prerequisites: ANT 102 or ANT 300 or permission.

    Credits: 3
  

  • ANT 458 - Anthropology of War

    Surveys war in human prehistory and history and the anthropological theories developed to explain it. The primary focus is on pre-industrial warfare, especially the contact-era Pacific. Throughout the course, however, this comparative perspective will be brought to bear on what pre-modern warfare tells us about war in the modern world.

    Satisfies the General Education Social Contexts and Institutions and Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives Requirements.

    Prerequisites: ANT 102 or permission.

    Credits: 3
  

  • ANT 462 - Numerical Methods in Anthropology

    Introduction to how numerical methods are used in anthropological research. Topics include: survey and history of numerical methods in anthropology, presentation and description of quantitative and qualitative anthropological data, probability, testing anthropological hypotheses using parametric and nonparametric statistics, the pitfalls and potential of numerical methods in anthropology.

    Satisfies the General Education Mathematics Requirement.

    Prerequisites: one 300 level course in anthropology or permission. MAT 232 recommended but not required.

    Credits: 3
  

  • ANT 464 - Ecological Anthropology

    Comparative study of human populations in ecosystems. Topics include the adaptive nature of culture, implications of the ecological approach for anthropological theory, sociocultural evolution and change, and contemporary problems. Case studies from simple and complex societies.

    Satisfies the General Education Social Contexts and Institutions, Population and the Environment, and Writing Intensive Requirements.

    Prerequisites: ANT 102 or permission.

    Credits: 3
  

  • ANT 465 - Political Anthropology

    A study of mechanisms and institutions for mediating disputes and allocating public power in selected non-Western societies.

    Satisfies the General Education Social Contexts and Institutions and Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives Requirements.

    Prerequisites: ANT 102 or ANT 300 or permission.

    Credits: 3
  

  • ANT 466 - Economic Anthropology

    Comparative study of production, consumption and exchange in selected non-Western societies. Emphasis on factors influencing economic decisions in a variety of social and cultural settings.

    Satisfies the General Education Social Contexts and Institutions and Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives Requirements.

    Prerequisites: ANT 102 or ANT 300 or permission.

    Credits: 3
  

  • ANT 467 - Peasant Studies

    Peasants, neither primitive nor modern, are the majority of humanity. A comparative study of peasant societies in various parts of the world including a critical examination of the body of anthropological theory concerning peasantry.

    Prerequisites: ANT 102 or ANT 300 or permission.

    Credits: 3
  

  • ANT 469 - Theories of Religion

    Considers various anthropological approaches to religion including evolutionary, historical, psychological, functional, structural, and symbolic. Emphasis on the appropriateness of these theories for the wide range of cross-cultural material available.

    Satisfies the General Education Social Contexts and Institutions and Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives Requirements.

    Prerequisites: ANT 102 or permission.

    Credits: 3
  

  • ANT 470 - Religion and Politics

    A study of religion and politics in a wide variety of human societies, past and present with particular emphasis on 1) the interrelationships among religion, culture, and political ideology as systems of belief and value, 2) the relationship between religious and national identity and 3) the role of interests and values in determining political action.

    Satisfies the General Education Social Contexts and Institutions, Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives, and Writing Intensive Requirements.

    Prerequisites: ANT 102 or ANT 120 or permission.

    Credits: 3
  

  • ANT 475 - Environmental Archaeology

    Introduces historical and current theoretical literature which addresses cultural environmental relationships in prehistoric contexts. Emphasis on outlining the kinds of environmental data that survive in the historical record (geological, floral, faunal, soils, etc.), the sampling methods used to collect different kinds of data and types of inferences that can be made from surviving data regarding fossil cultural environmental relationships.

    Satisfies the General Education Population and the Environment Requirement.

    Prerequisites: ANT 317.

    Credits: 3
  

  • ANT 476 - The Ancient Maya

    Examines the origins and development of ancient Maya civilization beginning with precursors to Maya culture in the first two millennia BC and ending with the final conquest of the last independent Maya kingdom in 1697.  Among the topics covered will be the rise of complex society in the Maya region, the history of individual Maya city-states and rulers, social and political organization, art and religion, craft production and economy, commoner life, hieroglyphic writing, human-environment dynamics, and the Classic Maya collapse.

    Satisfies the General Education Writing Intensive Requirement.

    Prerequisites: ANT 101 or ANT 170.

    Credits: 3
  

  • ANT 477 - Field Research in Archaeology

    Introduction to archaeological field techniques through excavation of an archaeological site. Intensive training in site survey, excavations techniques, recording, analysis and preliminary interpretation of archaeological materials. Generally conducted on prehistoric and historic sites in Maine. Admission by application only.

    Satisfies the General Education Applications of Scientific Knowledge and Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives Requirements. (Offered Summers only.)

    Prerequisites: permission.

    Credits: 2-6
  

  • ANT 478 - Zooarchaeology

    A laboratory course covering techniques for analysis and interpretation of osteological remains from archaeological sites.

    Satisfies the General Education Lab in the Basic or Applied Sciences Requirement. Rec 2, Lab 2.

    Prerequisites: ANT 317 or permission.

    Credits: 4
  

  • ANT 479 - Laboratory Techniques in Prehistoric Archaeology

    Hands-on experience in lab techniques using real archaeological materials. Includes analysis, classification and synthesis of the data. Rec 1, Lab 2.

    Satisfies the General Education Applications of Scientific Knowledge Requirement.

    Credits: 3
  

  • ANT 481 - Language, Culture and Society

    Introduction to basic concepts, problems and methods used by anthropologists in the investigation of the relationships among language, culture and society. Topics include the biological basis of language; origin and evolution of human language; language, conceptual systems and world view; language socialization in cross-cultural perspective; language in its social context (e.g. social roles, gender, settings, speech “styles,” attitudes, discourse, bilingualism).

    Satisfies the General Education Social Contexts and Institutions and Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives Requirements.

    Prerequisites: ANT 102; INT 410 highly recommended.

    Credits: 3
  

  • ANT 490 - Topics in Anthropology

    Advanced treatment of specialized problems in anthropology with emphasis on analysis in frontier areas of anthropological research. Topics vary. May be repeated for credit.

    Credits: 3
  

  • ANT 492 - Capstone in Anthropology

    Provides seniors with an opportunity to conduct in-depth research and analysis with a faculty member in conjunction with an existing course. Program must be approved by department. Required of majors.

    Satisfies the General Education Capstone Experience Requirement.

    Prerequisites: Permission and senior standing.

    Credits: 1
  

  • ANT 493 - Capstone in Anthropology: What does it mean to be human?

    Capstone course for Anthropology and International Affairs in Anthropology majors.  Addresses five themes concerning anthropology and what it means to be human. (1) Debate and Argumentation in Anthropology; (2) Science, Theory, and the Applications of Anthropological Inquiry; (3) Race and Human Variation; (4)

     Satisfies the General Education Captstone Experience Requirement

    Prerequisites: Senior standing in the Anthropology or International Affairs in Anthropology majors

    Credits: 3
  

  • ANT 497 - Department Projects

    A special project course. Specific content, scheduling and credit hours proposed by student in consultation with instructor. Maximum of 3 credit hours.

    Credits: Ar
  

  • ANT 500 - Advanced Social Theory

    Seminar for students with and without exposure to social science theory at undergraduate level.  Brief, intensive review of basic, undergraduate-level, social theory followed by advanced social theory.  Emphasis on core ideas relevant to environmental policy.  Focus on basic ideas and frameworks rather than minutiae.

    Credits: 3
  

  • ANT 530 - Human Dimensions of Climate Change

    Multi-disciplinary overview of selected social science topics on humans and climate change. Critical anthropological attention to what this literature overlooks and how these omissions can be dealt with.

    Prerequisites: None.

    Credits: 3
  

  • ANT 550 - Anthropological Dimensions of Environmental Policy

    Seminar on basic principles of environmental policy and analysis in both industrialized and Third World societies.  Covers policies and institutions of states, local governments and co-management systems.  Emphasis on anthropological case studies on the management of key common-pool resources, including fisheries, wildlife, irrigation systems and forests.

    Credits: 3
  

  • ANT 553 - Institutions and the Management of Common Pool Resources

    Focuses on the various social science theories concerning the generation of institutions and rules including action theory, the IAD approach (Institutional Analysis and Development), rational choice theory and topics from political economy.  Emphasis will be placed on the development of institutions governing the use of fisheries with some discussion of the management of other common pool resources such as forests, rangeland, air and petroleum reserves. (SMS 553 and ANT 553 are identical.)

    Prerequisites: senior or graduate standing or permission.

    Credits: 3
  

  • ANT 555 - Resource Management in Cross-cultural Perspective

    Examines the institutions used to reduce risk and uncertainty in selected societies dependent on renewable resources. Emphasis on fishing societies around the world with some discussion of the utilization of forests and rangeland by different societies. Studies the governance structures used to manage common pool resources including state systems, local level management systems and co-management systems.  (SMS 555 and ANT 555 are identical.)

    Prerequisites: senior or graduate standing or permission.

    Credits: 3
  

  • ANT 570 - Seminar in Northeastern North American Prehistory

    The prehistory of northeastern North America viewed from an interdisciplinary perspective. Each semester will focus on a current topic in the archaeology of the northeast.

    Prerequisites: ANT 472 or equivalent and permission.

    Credits: 3
  

  • ANT 576 - Method and Theory in Archaeology

    The history of and current debates in archaeological methods and theory, with a focus on Americanist archaeology.

    Prerequisites: ANT 317, ANT 372.

    Credits: 3
  

  • ANT 597 - Advanced Topics in Anthropology

    Advanced students study selected topics with a staff member. Credits to be arranged with instructor.

    Prerequisites: Graduate standing, or senior standing with permission of department.

    Credits: 1-3
  

  • ARH 100 - Art and Human Experience

    An exploration of the relationships between art and human experience as they exist within historical, cross-cultural and contemporary contexts. Focus is on specific areas of human experience as they intersect with the creation, understanding and use of visual artifacts.

    Satisfies the General Education Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives and Artistic and Creative Expression Requirements. Lec 3.

    Prerequisites: Non-art majors only.

    Course Typically Offered: Fall and Spring semesters.

    Credits: 3
  

  • ARH 155 - Art and Visual Culture in the Ancient and Medieval Worlds

    Introductory survey of painting, sculpture, architecture, and forms of visual and material culture in their various contexts from the Paleolithic and Ancient Worlds to the end of the Middle Ages.

    Satisfies the General Education Western Cultural Tradition, Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives and Artistic and Creative Expression Requirements. Lec 3.

    Course Typically Offered: Fall and Spring semesters.

    Credits: 3
  

  • ARH 156 - Art and Visual Culture in the Modern Era

    Introductory survey of painting, sculpture, architecture, and other forms of visual and material culture in their various contexts from the Renaissance to the present.

    Satisfies the General Education Western Cultural Tradition and Artistic and Creative Expression Requirements. Lec 3.

    Course Typically Offered: Fall and Spring semesters.

    Credits: 3
  

  • ARH 251 - Classical Art and Architecture

    Survey of the art and architecture of Greece and Rome in their historical context since the beginnings of Aegean civilization to the Christianization of the Roman Empire.

    Satisfies the General Education Western Cultural Tradition, Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives and Artistic and Creative Expression Requirements. Lec 3.

    Prerequisites: ARH 155 or permission.

    Credits: 3
  

  • ARH 252 - Mediterranean Medieval Art and Architecture

    An in-depth survey of the art and architecture of the Mediterranean world, including Southern Europe, the Mid-East and northern Africa, from the first decades through the fourteenth century, examines how diverse Christian and Islamic cultures built upon the strong legacy of the Classical world. The unique artistic visions of each region spawned cross-cultural developments, facilitated by the relative ease of movement that the Mediterranean permitted.

    Satisfies the General Education Western Cultural Tradition, Artistic and Creative Expression and Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives Requirements.

    Prerequisites: ARH 155 or permission.

    Credits: 3
  

  • ARH 253 - Northern European Medieval Art and Architecture

    Surveys the art and architecture of the major civilizations of Northern Europe that developed there from the fourth century through the fifteenth, including the Carolingian, Ottonian, Romanesque and Gothic eras, focussing upon the diversity of particular cultural identities and their interrelationships among one another and the Mediterranean cultures with which they interacted. Offered in 3-year rotation.

    Satisfies the General Education Western Cultural Tradition and Cultural Diversity and international Perspectives Requirements.

    Prerequisites: ARH 155 or permission.

    Credits: 3
  

  • ARH 255 - Italian Renaissance Art

    Survey of the major works of painting, sculpture and architecture of the Italian Renaissance in their historical context from the 13th century to the early 16th century.

    Satisfies the General Education Western Cultural Tradition, Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives and Artistic and Creative Expression Requirements. Lec 3.

    Prerequisites: ARH 156 or permission.

    Credits: 3
  

  • ARH 257 - Northern Renaissance Art

    Survey of the art of the Netherlands, France, Spain, and Germany in its historical context from Late Gothic of the 14th century to Mannerism of the 16th century.

    Satisfies the General Education Western Cultural Tradition, Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives and Artistic and Creative Expression Requirements. Lec 3.

    Prerequisites: ARH 155 and ARH 156 or permission.

    Credits: 3
  

  • ARH 258 - Baroque Art and Architecture

    Surveys the art and architecture of the Baroque era in Southern and Northern Europe, along with their settlements in the Americas, focus on the major shifts in the European world outlook. The course investigates how the art of the period reflects the rise of strong national identities, radically shifting political powers, growing colonialism around the globe, religious reformation and increased interests in empirical knowledge and scientific inquiry.  Offered in 3-year rotation.

    Satisfies the General Education Western Cultural Tradition, Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives and Artistic and Creative Expression Requirements.

    Prerequisites: ARH 155 or ARH 156 or permission.

    Credits: 3
  

  • ARH 260 - The Modern Classical Tradition

    This topical survey develops the Classical tradition in western visual arts from 1700 to 1900 within the broader context of the political, social and cultural changes of the era. It considers issues from the Rococo and Neoclassical movements to Realism, Impressionism and Post-Impressionism. Lec 3.

    Prerequisites: ARH 156 or permission.

    Credits: 3
  

  • ARH 261 - Nineteenth-Century European Art

    This topical survey of European visual arts form 1700 to 1900 looks to the broader political, social and cultural contexts of the era.  This class considers movements in art from Romanticism to Symbolism and Post-Impressionism.

     

    Satisfies the General Education Western Cultural Tradition and the Artistic and Creative Expression Requirements.

    Prerequisites: ARH 156.

    Credits: 3
  

  • ARH 262 - Early Modern Art: From Fauvism to Surrealism

    In a thematic consideration of art and its related concepts from 1900 to 1945, this course places particular emphasis on the notions of modernity and the diversity of artistic forms that the period spawned. Lec 3.

    Prerequisites: ARH 156 or permission.

    Credits: 3
  

  • ARH 263 - Late Modern Art: From Abstract Expressionism Through New Forms

    This thematic course considers art forms and conceptual developments from the mid-Twentieth century through the middle of the 1970’s. It places particular emphasis on the expanding nature of the work of art and the changing role, place and function of the artist during the period. Lec 3.

    Prerequisites: ARH 156 or permission.

    Credits: 3
  

  • ARH 264 - Themes and Issues in Contemporary Art

    Surveys the major topical themes in Western and non-western art from ca. 1980 to the present (including identity and body politics, globalization, the environment, millennialism, and violence and terror).  The course also examines the theoretical discourses and “issues” - raised by artists, art historians, critics, philosophers, and politicians - that attend visual representation during this period.  Among those “issues” are postmodern discourse, the politics of display, the art market, and notions of originality and ownership.  Various media are examined, including painting, printmaking, photography, video, film, and digital forms.

    Satisfies the General Education Artistic and Creative Expression and Western Cultural Tradition Requirements.

    Prerequisites: ARH 156 or permission.

    Credits: 3
  

  • ARH 265 - American Art

    Survey of painting, sculpture, architecture, and other forms of visual and material culture in the United States from 1776-1945.

    Satisfies the General Education Western Cultural Tradition and Artistic and Creative Expression Requirements.

    Prerequisites: ARH 156

    Credits: 3
  

  • ARH 270 - Topical Survey in History of Art

    Surveys the historical artifacts and monuments of culture not covered by the regular rotation of Department offerings, such as those by African, Asian or Pre-Columbian peoples. Students may repeat this course for credit to study different cultures.

    Satisfies the General Education Social Contexts and Institutions, Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives and Artistic and Creative Expression Requirements.

    Course Typically Offered: Fall and Spring semesters.

    Credits: 3
  

  • ARH 351 - Art Theory and Criticism

    Examination and discussion of aesthetic theory and its relationship to the visual arts; study of a wide range of ideas in the development of aesthetic thought with primary emphasis on contemporary theory; application of theoretical systems in the critical analysis of a work of art.

    Satisfies the General Education Western Cultural Tradition and Writing Intensive Requirements.

    Prerequisites: ARH 155 and ARH 156.

    Credits: 3
  

  • ARH 361 - Topics in Art History

    Identifies and develops a particular topic within the field of History of Art not covered by traditional notions of period, geographic identity, or style. Specific topics will vary from semester to semester. May be repeated for credit.  

    Satisfies the General Education Writing Intensive Requirement. Lec 3.

    Prerequisites: ARH 155 or ARH 156 or permission.

    Credits: 3
  

  • ARH 362 - Medieval Art and Architecture Seminar

    Addresses focussed topics within the field of Medieval History of Art, such as the spread of the Gothic style across Europe, the regional flavors of the Romanesque, the relationship between the Byzantine and Roman churches, etc. Students define their own research projects, work with them over the course of the semester, present them within the forum of the seminar and develop them as major papers. May be repeated for credit.

    Satisfies the General Education Western Cultural Tradition, Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives, Artistic and Creative Expression and the Writing Intensive Requirements.

    Prerequisites: ARH 252 and ARH 253 or permission.

    Credits: 3
  

  • ARH 363 - Renaissance Art and Architecture Seminar

    Addresses focussed topics defined by the instructor within the field of Renaissance History of Art, such as the post-Plague decades of the fourteenth century, the origins of Mannerism, the rise of artistic theory, etc. Students define their own research projects, work with them over the course of the semester, present them within the forum of the seminar and develop them as major papers. May be repeated for credit.

    Satisfies the General Education Western Cultural Tradition, Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives, Artistic and Creative Expression and Writing Intensive Requirements.

    Prerequisites: ARH 255 or ARH 257 or permission.

    Credits: 3
  

  • ARH 366 - Twentieth Century Art and Architecture Seminar

    In an in-depth consideration, this seminar focuses upon the culture, period, artists or artist, or of a particular issue in the history of art and/or architecture of the twentieth century. Specific topics vary from semester to semester. May be repeated for credit.


    Satisfies the General Education Western Cultural Tradition and Writing Intensive Requirements.

    Prerequisites: ARH 262 or ARH 263.

    Credits: 3
  

  • ARH 369 - Film and Video Theory Seminar

    Topics in film and video theory, with attention to their critical language, philosophical underpinnings, and social contexts, worked through in terms of select examples. Students define their own research projects, work with them over the course of the semester, present them within the forum of the seminar, and develop them as major papers. Topics vary each semester. May be repeated for credit.

    Satisfies the General Education Artistic and Creative Expression, Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives and Writing Intensive Requirements.

    Prerequisites: Permission.

    Credits: 3
  

  • ARH 397 - Independent Study in Art History

    Advanced independent study or research and writing projects in the history of art and related areas.

    Prerequisites: Junior or senior standing and permission.

    Course Typically Offered: Fall and Spring semesters.

    Credits: Ar
  

  • ARH 398 - Directed Study in Art History

    Advanced independent study or research and writing projects in the history of art and related areas.

    Prerequisites: Junior or senior standing and permission.

    Course Typically Offered: Fall and Spring semesters.

    Credits: Ar
 

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