This 2004-2006 Bridgewater State College Catalog Web Addenda contains the most up-to-date information. Information in this Catalog Web Addenda supersedes the published version of this catalog.

Only changes made to program requirements, courses or academic policies are outlined here. This Web Addenda should be used in conjunction with the 2004-2006 print or Online Catalog.

ANTHROPOLOGY (ANTH)

ANTH 101 Introduction to Physical Anthropology

• Change in title to: Biological Anthropology

ANTH 130 Introduction to Primates

• Change in semester offered to: spring semester

ANTH 216 Peoples and Cultures of the Near East (3 credits) (New)

• The Near East was the cradle of the world's earliest civilizations, and has made immense contributions to the development of agriculture, pastoralism, urbanization, and organized religion. Today it remains an extraordinarily important and volatile crossroads for world culture. The course will examine both ancient and modern cultures within this diverse region from a cross-cultural perspective. The study will include kinship patterns, social organization, political structures, subsistence strategies, and belief systems. The course will play particular attention to the role of modern peoples in shaping the world stage, both in reaction to and in harmony with the introduction of Western ideologies and economics. Satisfies GER in Non-Western Civilization.

ANTH 307 Anthropology of Religion

• Change in prerequisite to: ANTH 100 or ANTH 111 or consent of instructor

ANTH 309 Anthropology of Art

• Change in prerequisite to: ANTH 100 or ANTH 110; or consent of instructor

ANTH 314 Contemporary Native Americans

• Change in semester offered to: every other year

ANTH 315 Ethnic Experience in America

• Change in prerequisite to: ANTH 100 or SOCI 102 or consent of instructor

ANTH 322 War, Peace and Culture

• Change in prerequisite to: Any 100 or 200 level anthropology course or consent of instructor

ANTH 330 Medical Anthropology

• Change in prerequisite to: Any 100 or 200 level anthropology course or consent of instructor

ANTH 340 Myths and Peoples of the Ancient Near East

• Change in prerequisite to: ANTH 100 or ANTH 110 or ANTH 111 or ANTH 307 or consent of instructor

ANTH 355 Anthropological Study Tour

• Change in semester offered to: yearly

ANTH 399 Special Topics in Anthropology

• Change in course description to: Various special topics of current interest in anthropology will be offered from time to time. Topics will be announced before pre-registration. May be taken more than once for different topics, but only six credits will be counted toward the first 30 hours of the anthropology major.

ANTH 403 Archaeological Field Excavation in Prehistoric Sites in New England

• Change in course number to: ANTH 303
• Change in prerequisite to: None
• Change in semester to: every summer

ANTH 404 Seminar: Culture and Consciousness

• Change in prerequisite to: ANTH 100 or ANTH 110 or ANTH 111 or consent of instructor

ANTH 405 Forensic Anthropology

• Change in prerequisite to: ANTH 101 or ANTH 103 or BIOL 100 or consent of instructor

ANTH 415 Anthropology of Education

• Change in course number to: ANTH 308

ANTH 420 Visual Anthropology

• Change in prerequisite to: ANTH 100 or consent of instructor

ANTH 426 Seminar: New England Ethnic and Regional Communities

• Change in prerequisite to: ANTH 100 or SOCI 102; and ANTH 315 or SOCI 315; or consent of instructor

ANTH 435 Seminar: Global Feminism

• Change in semester offered to: every third year
• Change in prerequisite to: one of the following: ANTH 100 or ANTH 204 or ANTH 208 or SOCI 104 or WMST 240; or consent of instructor.

ANTH 504 Archaeological Field Excavation (2-6 credits) (New, effective Summer 2005)

Prerequisite: Consent of instructor
This course provides intensive training in the practical skills of field archaeology. Direction in site survey, excavation tactics and strategy, fieldwork supervision, methods of sampling and on-site analysis is given. The course includes an introduction to laboratory work. Topics such as cataloging, recognizing lithic materials, metric measurement and flotation of organic samples will be covered. This course is repeatable up to 9 credits. Yearly during summer