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Anthropology and International Development
Courses
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All students in the program are required to complete the following courses, which provide a strong foundation in anthropology, archaeology, heritage studies, and international development:
Required courses: 66 credits
- Cultural Concepts and Social Networks (6 cr.)
- Introduction to Archaeology (6 cr.)
- International Development: Donors, NGOs, Communities, and Cultures (6 cr.)
- International Development and Intercultural Communication (6 cr.)
- History of Anthropological Theory I and II (12 cr.)
- Ethnographic Research Methods (6 cr.)
- Fieldwork in Anthropology (6 cr.)
- Fieldwork in Archaeology (6 cr.)
- Thesis Writing, I and II (12 cr.)
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Major Electives: 36 credits
- Language, Culture and Power听
- Race, Human Diversity and Biology
- Archaeology of Central Asia
- Rock Art of Eurasia
- Anthropology of Love听
- Human Evolution
- "Nature" and "Sustainable Development"
- Ethnicity and Identity in Multicultural Societies
- Religion and Culture in Japan
- Death and Ritual in the Past
- Ancient Turkic inscriptions
- Gender, Kinship and Family
- Selected Topics in Kyrgyz Culture and Literature
- Religion and Spirituality as Cultural Categories
- Creative Thinking
- Cross-cultural Communication in the Age of Google-Translate
- Health and Illness: anthropological perspective
- Alternate worlds: culture at work
- Anthropology of Violence
- Interdisciplinary Research Methods
- Understanding the Reality through Body and Performance
- Visual Anthropology
- Globalization, Migration and Transnationalism
- Ethics and Value Conflicts
- Cultural Resources Management
