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Department of Anthropology Chairperson: David Hicks Administrative Assistant: Janet Masullo Office: S-509 Social and Behavioral Sciences Phone: 632-7620 E-mail: JMasullo@ccmail.sunysb.edu Web Address: http://www.sunysb.edu/anthro Minors of particular interest to students majoring in anthropology: biology (BIO), Chinese studies (CNS), history (HIS), Japanese studies (JNS), Judaic studies (JDS), Korean studies (KRS), Middle Eastern studies (MES), psychology (PSY) About the Anthropology Major Anthropology is a social science that seeks to understand and explain human cultural, behavioral, and biological variation through time and space. This gives anthropology a wide reach and has resulted in the formation of three subdisciplines: social anthropology, archaeology, and physical anthropology. Social anthropology concentrates on modern human culture and behavior. Archaeology examines cultural and behavioral variation over time. Physical anthropology studies the biological evidence for human evolution, encompassing everything from the study of modern non-human primates to the earliest stages of mammalian fossil evolution. The objective of the anthropology major is to train the student in all three subdisciplines while allowing the student to concentrate in a specific subdiscipline. Students with a degree in anthropology take several post-graduate paths. Some continue their anthropology training in graduate schools, many at the finest graduate schools in the country. Others pursue, for example, medical school or conservation studies. The undergraduate program introduces the student to the general field of anthropology, its branches, its theories and methods, and its relation to the other social sciences, the humanities, and the natural sciences. The curriculum emphasizes the fields of cultural and social anthropology, archaeology, and physical anthropology, and includes offerings in medical anthropology. Students often have the opportunity to pursue coursework in any of the three fields in different cultural settings. Interested students should contact the Director of Undergraduate Studies for details. Courses in Physical Anthropology Courses in Cultural Anthropology Requirements for the Major in Anthropology The major in anthropology leads to the Bachelor of Arts degree. Students must take an introductory course in two of the three sub-fields offered and include at least 18 credits of upper-division -courses in the major. All courses offered for the major must be passed with a letter grade of C or higher. No transfer credits with a grade lower than C may be applied toward major requirements. Completion of the major requires 37 credits. Study within the Area of the Major Two introductory courses chosen from: ANT 102 Introduction to Cultural Anthropology ANT 104 Introduction to Archaeology ANP 120 Introduction to Physical Anthropology One course in social and cultural anthropology at the 200 level or higher One course in archaeology at the 200 level or higher One course in physical anthropology at the 200 level or higher Six additional anthropology courses (one course from another department may be substituted with the approval of the student’s faculty advisor) One 400-level seminar chosen from ANT 401, 402, 418, 419, 420, ANP 403 or 404 Upper-Division Writing Requirement Anthropology majors must achieve an evaluation of S (Satisfactory) for a paper written for a 300-level ANT or ANP course. This paper must be submitted to the Director of Undergraduate Studies during the student’s junior year and will be assessed by the department’s Upper-Division Writing Requirement Committee for advanced writing skills appropriate to anthropology majors. The writing assessment is in addition to the evaluation of the paper for the course. Subfields of Study Social and Cultural Anthropology ANT 102, 160, 201, 203, 219, 230, 255, 310, 311, 333, 350, 351, 352, 354, 356, 361, 367, 379, 380, 381, 390, 391, 392, 395, 401. Archaeology ANT 104, 290, 321, 353, 357, 358, 360, 362, 363, 364, 366, 368, 370, 385, 393, 394, 402, 418, 419, 420. Physical Anthropology ANP 120, 210, 300, 320, 321, 325, 330, 340, 360, 391, 403, 404. Honors Program in Anthropology The honors program is designed for students preparing to enter a graduate program in anthropology. It is open to anthropology majors in their junior or beginning senior year who have an excellent academic record (3.0 g.p.a. overall) and a g.p.a. of 3.5 or higher in anthropology courses. Qualified students are eligible to enroll in the anthropology honors program at, but preferably before, the beginning of their senior year. The student, after asking a faculty member to be a sponsor, must submit a proposal indicating the topic and procedure of the planned research to the departmental honors committee through the director of undergraduate studies. The supervising faculty member must also submit a statement supporting the student’s proposal and indicating the merit of the planned research. This must ordinarily be done in the semester prior to the beginning of the student’s senior year. Students register for ANT or ANP 495 in the first semester of their senior year and conduct research for the project. They register for ANT or ANP 496 during the second semester of their senior year. These two courses must be taken in addition to the total credits required for the major. Students must submit a draft of their thesis to their faculty sponsor by April 1 for May graduation or November 1 for December graduation. They must submit an honors thesis of 20 pages or more of fully referenced material to the director of undergraduate studies no later than Monday of the penultimate week of classes (excluding final examination week). Each thesis is read by two anthropologists and a member of another department, as arranged by the director of undergraduate studies. If the paper is judged to be of sufficient merit and the student’s record warrants such a determination, the department recommends honors. The program consists of: Completion of all requirements for the major in anthropology with a g.p.a. of 3.5 or higher in anthropology courses ANT 495 and 496, or ANP 495 and 496 The honors thesis Requirements for the Minor in Anthropology The minor in anthropology is designed for students majoring in other fields who wish to take anthropology courses relevant to their interests. The student must choose one of the tracks listed below. At least nine credits must be in upper-division courses. All courses offered for the minor must be passed with a letter grade of C or higher. No transfer credits with a grade lower than C may be applied to the minor requirements. No more than one directed readings or research course may be used. Completion of the minor requires 21 or 22 credits. General Anthropology Two introductory courses chosen from: ANT 102 Introduction to Cultural Anthropology ANT 104 Introduction to Archaeology ANP 120 Introduction to Physical Anthropology Two additional courses chosen from different subfields Three anthropology elective courses Social and Cultural Anthropology ANT 102 Introduction to Cultural Anthropology Three ethnographic area courses in social and cultural anthropology chosen from: ANT 201 Peoples of South America ANT 203 Native Peoples of North America ANT 219 Peoples of the Caribbean ANT 230 Peoples of the World ANT 310 Ethnography ANT 311 Immersion in Another Culture ANT 366 Prehistoric and Historic Hunter-Gatherers ANT 379 Ethnicity and Nation in China ANT 380 Race and Ethnicity in Latin America and the Caribbean One topical course in social and cultural anthropology to be selected from ANT 160, 255, 333, 350, 351, 352, 354, 356, 361, 367, 379, 380, 381, and also 391 and 401 when the topic is applicable Two elective courses in social and cultural anthropology Archaeology and Cultural History ANT 104 Introduction to Archaeology Six courses in archaeology, at least five of which must be ANT courses; one may be an HIS course with the approval of the director of undergraduate studies Physical Anthropology ANP 120 Introduction to Physical Anthropology ANP 210 The Living Primates or ANP 330 Human Evolution ANP 321 Primate Evolution Three additional ANP courses (except 475 or 476) One course chosen from BIO 321, 344, 351, 354, 359, 385; GEO 302, 403; AMS 110

Faculty William Arens, Professor, Ph.D., University of Virginia: Africa; social anthropology. David Bernstein, Associate Professor and Director of the Institute for Long Island Archaeology, Ph.D., State University of New York at Binghamton: North American archaeology. Patricia Crawford, Adjunct Professor, Ph.D., Boston University: Archaeology, Egypt, Near East, paleoethnobotany. Diane Doran, Associate Professor, Ph.D., State University of New York at Stony Brook: Behavior and ecology of African apes; primatology. David Gilmore, Professor, Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania: Mediterranean area; social anthropology. Frederick Grine, Professor, Ph.D., University of Witwatersrand: Physical anthropology; human evolution. Margaret Gwynne, Adjunct Professor, Ph.D., State University of New York at Stony Brook: Caribbean area; women in development. David Hicks, Professor, Ph.D., University of London; D. Phil., University of Oxford: Indonesia; social anthropology. Theodore R. Kennedy, Associate Professor, Ph.D., Princeton University: North America; Caribbean area; social anthropology. Aisha Khan, Assistant Professor, Ph.D., City University of New York: Joint appointment with Africana Studies; Caribbean; post-colonial societies; Diaspora studies. Andreas Koënig, Assistant Professor, Ph.D., University of Göttingen: Primate behavioral ecology. Curtis Marean, Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley: African prehistory; archaeozoology. Lawrence Martin, Professor, Ph.D., University of London: Ape and human evolution; dental anthropology. Dolores Newton, Associate Professor, Ph.D., Harvard University: South America; cultural anthropology; material culture. Gregory Ruf, Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Columbia University: Joint appointment with Social Sciences Interdisciplinary; Social organization and gender; theory and methodology; rural industrialization; East Asia, China, Overseas Chinese, Japan. John J. Shea, Associate Professor, Ph.D., Harvard University: Lithic technology; Old World paleolithic. Elizabeth C. Stone, Professor, Ph.D., University of Chicago: Near East; Old World archaeology. Patricia Wright, Professor and Director of the Institute for the Conservation of Tropical Environments, Ph.D., City University of New York: Primate ecology; primate behavior; primate conservation; Madagascar. Adjunct Faculty Estimated number: 2 Teaching Assistants Estimated number: 4