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?e M.A. degree in ancient Near Eastern and Egyptian studies is awarded to students who have completed at least 32 points of graduate work (a minimum of

24 points in residence at New York University) in consultation with a major ?eld

adviser. With the approval of the director of graduate studies, students may take courses anywhere in the University that contribute to a cogent program in their ?elds and that ful?ll degree requirements. Students most frequently take courses in the Department of Hebrew & Judaic Studies, Department of Middle Eastern & Islamic Studies, Department of Anthropology, Department of Classics, the Institute of Fine Arts and the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World Language requirements include two years of one ancient Near Eastern language for students with specialization in textual evidence, or one year of one language for students with an archaeology specialization. Either French or German is also required, with the agreement of the student's primary adviser. Students may complete the master's degree by either (1) taking a major ?eld subject area exam to be given and evaluated by the principal adviser and one other faculty member or (2) writing a master's thesis. ?e topic of the thesis must be approved in advance by the principal adviser, and the completed thesis must be read and approved by that adviser and one other reader. Doctoral students must complete 72 points of course work if they enter without a master's degree, and they are eligible to transfer a maximum of 40 points of credit if they enter with a master's degree. With the approval of the director of graduate studies, students may take courses anywhere in the University that contribute to a cogent program in their ?elds and that ful?ll degree requirements. Students must also pass written qualifying subject area examinations in major and minor ?elds and an evidence-based exam in the major ?eld. At present, these major ?elds may include Assyriology, ancient Syria-Palestine, ancient Egypt, and ancient Near Eastern archaeology. Minor ?elds may overlap with these major ?elds and also may include Near Eastern late antiquity, covering the Hellenistic and Roman periods. Students must also do basic ancient language course work according to their particular study area. For those focusing on text specialization, this includes two ancient Near Eastern languages with two years of graduate-level study or the Readings in Ancient Near Eastern and Egyptian Studies

1-4 points per term.

?e department o?ers the Master of Arts and Doctor of Philosophy degrees with specialization in various subdisciplines. ?e department o?ers a stand-alone M.A. only to students interested in Human Skeletal Biology. In all other cases, the M.A. is awarded as a step in ful?llment of requirements for the Ph.D. Applicants should apply directly to the Ph.D. program. ?ey will be formally admitted to the Ph.D. program, however, only after the Master of Arts requirements outlined below have been ful?lled. Students take a total of 36 points of course work for the M.A. degree, 12 of these being in the core courses. All students in each of the sub-disciplines are expected to take certain departmental foundational courses. Each of the subdisciplines also has its own courses; students generally take most of their courses within their o wn sub-discipline of specialty.

Human Skeletal Biology Track

: ?is track prepares graduates to apply the principles and techniques of skeletal biology and genetic research in biological anthropology to a variety of contexts, including those in the forensic sci ences (e.g., medical examiner's o?ce, coroner's o?ce, armed forces, criminal justice, law enforcement, mass disasters). HSB also provides useful training for students who are preparing for admission to doctoral programs in skeletal biology and human evolution. Prospective students should hold a B.A. or B.S., preferably with an emphasis in anthropology, biology, or the natural sciences. Students generally take the following courses or their approved equivalents: (1) Depart-mental Seminar, ANTH-GA 1000 (required), (2) Human Osteology, ANTH-GA 1516, (3) Interpreting Human Skeletal Morphology, ANTH-GA

1520, and (4) Biological Variation Among Human Populations, ANTH-GA

1517 or Human Genetics and Biology, ANTH-GA 1525. In addition, students

usually take an approved statistics course and at least one ?eld training or intern ship course.

Biological Anthropology:

Students in the biological track of the Ph.D. program generally take (1) Departmental Seminar, ANTH-GA 1000 (required), or an alternative course approved by the director of graduate studies and their M.A. advisory committee, (2) all three of the New York Consortium for Evolutionary Primatology (NYCEP) core courses, and (3) Seminar: Physical Anthropology I, ANTH-GA 3217 or II, ANTH-GA 3218, or an equivalent seminar approved by their M.A. advisory committee.

Archaeological Anthropology:

Students in this track generally take (1)

Departmental Seminar, ANTH-GA 1000 (required), (2) either History of Archaeological ?eory, ANTH-GA 2213, or History of Anthropology, ANTH-GA 1636, (3) Archaeological Methods and Techniques, ANTH-GA

2214, or an approved substitute, (4) one archaeology course focusing on a

speci?c geographic region, and (5) a supervised ?eld trip experience approved by their M.A. advisory committee.

Cultural and Linguistic Anthropology:

Students in this track generally take

(1) Departmental Seminar, ANTH-GA 1000 (required) or an alternative course approved by the Director of Graduate Studies and their M.A. advisory commit tee, (2) Social Anthropology ?eory and Practice, ANTH-GA 1010, (3) History of Anthropology, ANTH-GA 1636, (4) Linguistic Anthropology, ANTH-GA

1040, and (5) at least one Ethnographic Traditions course, chosen in consulta

tion with their advisory committee. ?e doctoral degree requires a total of 72 points. On completion of at least 60 points of course work and no later than one year after completion of all Ph.D. course requirements, a student must take the written Ph.D. comprehensive examinations. ?ese examinations cover work in three areas of specialization and are evaluated by the student's Ph.D. committee. After completing all Ph.D. course work and passing the comprehensive exam, the student is eligible for the M.Phil. degree. Completion of these requirements as well as an oral defense of the dissertation proposal means that the student has achieved Ph.D. candidacy and may pursue dissertation research. After completion of the dissertation, the student defends the dissertation at a ?nal oral examination conducted by members of the Ph.D. committee and two additional scholars. ?ree members of the examining committee must be from the anthropology faculty. ?e Departments of Anthropology and Cinema Studies o?er a joint course of study, integrated with graduate work in either of those departments, leading to the Advanced Certi?cate in Culture and Media. Core faculty are Professor Faye Ginsburg, director of the Program in Culture and Media; Associate Professor Tejaswini Ganti and Assistant Professor Noelle Stout of the Department of Anthropology; and Professor Robert P. Stam of the Department of Cinema Studies. For more information on the Culture and Media program, please consult that section of this bulletin. www.cmchnyu.org www.therevealer.org www.crmnyu.org

ANTH-GA 1000

Sub?eld core course, topic and instructors vary by year.

Antón and Rapp. 4 points.

2013-14.

?is course examines a range of topics as simultaneously natural/cultu ral objects whose contemporary importance can only be understood through both biological and sociocultural analysis.

ANTA-GA 1208

Wright. 4 points.

2013-14.

?is course examines the prehistory of the ancient Near East from the early Pleistocene to the beginnings of plant and animal domestication. ?e to pics covered include the initial human settlement of the Near East during the early Pleistoocene; the Paleolithic archaeology of the Middle East; changes in settlement, subsistence, and technology at the end of the Ice Age, and the initial domestication of plants and animals. Undergraduates can be admitted to this course with the instructor's permission.

ANTH-GA 1209

Wright. 4 points.

2014-15.

Covers the period from about ten thousand to four thousand years ago, the prehistoric to Ur III (Mesopotamia and Old Kingdom periods in Egypt). ?e course is comparative and concentrates on archaeological evidence, although written documentation is considered. Origins of agriculture; development of towns, villages, and cities; invention of new technologies; and emergence of state-level societies.

ANTH-GA 1212

Crabtree. 4 points.

2013-14.

Faunal analysis or zooarchaeology is the study of animal bones recovered from archaeological sites. ?e goals of faunal analysis include the reconstruction of past hunting, scavenging, and animal husbandry practices, as well as the study of site formation processes. ?e faunal analysis course will cover the identi?cation and analysis of archaeological animal bone remains. ?e course will also examine some of the ways in which faunal data have been used in archaeological interpretation. ?is course is also open to quali?ed undergraduates with the permission of the instructor.

ANTH-GA 1238

Tryon. 4 points.

2013-14.

?is course provides the foundation for interpreting the geological context of archaeological and paleontological sites, including reconstructing ancient environments, understanding factors that have a?ected sites since burial hundreds to thousands of years ago, and geochemical approaches to the mobility of people and objects. ?e class is useful for those interested in archaeology, biological anthropology, and human skeletal biology.

ANTH-GA 1239

Tryon. 4 points.

2013-14.

Stone tools represent the oldest known human technology. ?ey represent the most abundant and arguably one of the most informative elements of the archaeological record for reconstructing ancient human behavior over the last

2.5 million years. In this course, students are provided with a solid methodologi-

cal and theoretical grounding in the analysis of stone (lithic) artifacts, and are evaluated on the basis of practical hypothesis-driven projects as well as research papers. ?e course includes hands-on training in the manufacture and particularly the analysis of stone tools, a global synthesis of stone tool variation since their advent, and detailed discussions of current theoretical perspectives that use stone tools to understand broader questions about the evolution and diversity of human behavioral adaptations.

ANTH-GA 2214

Wright. 4 points.

2014-15.

Examines how archaeologists bridge the gap between the theoretical goals of anthropology and a static database. Includes the relationship between theory and method, excavation techniques, sampling strategies, survey design, chronology building, taphonomy, faunal analysis, typological constructs, functional analysis of artifacts, and quantitative manipulation of archaeological data.

ANTH-GA 2313

Wright. 4 points.

2013-14.

Recent debates on archaeological theory have emphasized the dichotomy between processual and post-processual approaches. In this course we will focus on several monographs and reviews by prominent archaeologists in order to assess where archaeologists currently stand on these debates.

ANTH-GA 3391

Bailey. 4 points.

2013-14.

?is course picks up where Paleoanthropology ends, providing a detailed overview of the evolution of the genus Homo. ?is course will focus on the fossil evidence and archaeological record to provide insights into hominin evolution, ecology and culture. Students will supplement their reading of the primary literature with the study of comparative skeletal materials and casts and of stone and osseous tools, art objects and personal ornaments.

ANTH-GA 3394.001

Tryon. 4 points.

2014.2105.

A foraging economy has characterized most human societies since the appearance of the genus Homo more than 2.3 million years ago. Much of our understanding of the behavior of these ancient foragers is based on archaeological inferences drawn from the observations of historically recent populations that make their living by hunting, gathering, and/or ?shing. In this class, we critically examine this approach, drawing on archaeological, ethnographic, and human behavioral ecological approaches.

ANTH-GA 3394.002

Crabtree. 4 points.

2014-15.

Exposes and assesses in detail the framework of problems and questions that guides anthropological archaeology. Critically examines the process of theory construction and the nature and procedures involved in scienti?c explanation. Discusses domi- nant theoretical constructs within which the archaeological record is understood and/or explained.

ANTH-GA 3396

White. 4 points.

2013-14.

?is course is an advanced workshop focusing on archaeology by experiment, one of the methodological keystones of scienti?c archaeology. ?e course focuses on the formulation and accomplishment of semester-long student projects. It is intended to provide hands-on experimental and analytical skills tailored to individual participants' graduate and undergraduate (senior and honors) theses.

ANTH-GA 1514

Higham. 4 points.

2013-14.

Examines the social interactions of nonhuman primates from an evolutionary per- spective, with a special focus on the roles that kinship and the social environment play in the development and expression of social behavior. Introduces relevant contemporary theoretical perspectives, including biological markets and social network theory, that complement traditional sociobiological approaches.

ANTH-GA 1516

Antón. 4 points.

2013-14.

Knowledge of human osteology forms the underpinning for advanced study in morphology, forensic anthropology, paleoanthropology, bioarcheology, and human skeletal biology. ?is course o?ers an intensive introduction to the human skeleton emphasizing the identi?cation of fragmentary human remains.

ANTH-GA 1517

Antón, Disotell. 4 points.

2014-15.

Despite the signi?cance of culture in human adaptation, genetic variation and biological adaptability continue to a?ect human survival and reproduction in important ways. ?is course explores genetic, physiological, morphological, and behavioral variability in human populations today; its role in human adaptation; and its signi?cance to our understanding of human evolution.

ANTH-GA 1520

Prerequisite: strong knowledge of fragmentary human skeletal anatomy. Antón, Bailey. 4 points.

2013-14.

Provides an intensive introduction to the methods and techniques used to reconstruct soft tissue anatomy and behavior from the human skeleton. Focuses on techniques and applications to all areas of skeletal biology, including bioarchaeology, paleoanthropology, forensics, and anthropology.

ANTH-GA 1525

Disotell. 4 points.

2013-14.

?is course provides a broad overview of human genetic, physiological, morphological, and behavioral variation, and surveys the principles and processes of molecular evolution and adaptation in humans and nonhuman primates.

ANTH-GA 3217, 3218

Disotell, Harrison. 4 points per term.

2013-14.

Designed for advanced graduate students and faculty who present and discuss their research and current topics in the literature.

ANTH-GA 1240

Bailey. 4 points.

2013-14.

Provides a comprehensive review of how biological anthropologists use teeth to inform on various areas of study. Topics include: dental anatomy, evolution, growth and development, pathology, comparative odontology, variation in fossil hominins and non-human primates, bioarchaeology and forensic anthropology.

ANTH-GA 3391

Higham. 4 points.

2013-14, 2014-15.

Required foundation course for students specializing in biological anthropology. Provides an introduction to concepts, methods and research ?ndings in three main areas: primate socioecology and conservation; genetics, molecular anthropol- ogy and evolutionary theory; comparative anatomy, functional morphology and paleoanthropology.

ANTH-GA 3398.002

Disotell. 4 points.

2013-14.

?is course presents the theory and practice of phylogenetic analyses using a variety of methods and tools focussing predominantly on molecular data. Sequence alignment, parsimony, likelihood, and Bayesian approaches for tree inference, tree representation, models of sequence evolution, and molecular clock approaches will be covered.

ANTH-GA 1010

Martin. 4 points.

2013-14, 2014-15.

Introduces the principal theoretical issues in contemporary social anthropology, relating recent theoretical developments and ethnographic problems to their origins in classical sociological thought. Problems in the anthropology of knowledge are particularly emphasized as those most challenging to social anthropology and to related disciplines.

ANTH-GA 1040

Schie?elin. 4 points.

2013-14.

Introduces and examines the interdependence of anthropology and the study of language both substantively and methodologically. Topics include the relationship between language, thought, and culture; the role of language in social interactions; the acquisition of linguistic and social knowledge; and language and speech in ethnographic perspective.

ANTH-GA 1204

Zito. 4 points.

2013-14.

?is course explores some of the more important theories of the origin, character, and function of religion as a human phenomenon. We'll cover psychological, sociological, anthropological, post-colonial and feminist approaches. We will explore some problems for the study of religion today, including secularization theory and the intersection of religion and media.

ANTH-GA 1215

Open only to graduate students in the Departments of Anthropology, Cinema Studies, and Performance Studies. Ginsburg. 4 points.

2013-14.

?is course o?ers a critical revision of the history of the genre of ethnographic ?lm, the central debates it has engaged around cross-cultural representation, and the theoretical and cinematic responses to questions of the screen representation of culture, from the early romantic constructions of Robert Flaherty to current work in ?lm, television, and video on the part of indigenous people throughout the world.

ANTH-GA 1216

Open only to graduate students in the Departments of Anthropology, Cinema Studies, and Performance Studies. Prerequisite:

ANTH-GA

1215.
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