Anthropology 101 (3) -- Anthropology
An examination of people and their cultures. An introduction to the techniques employed by the physical anthropologist, archaeologist, and ethnographer is provided. Specific subjects considered include: the physical prerequisites to the acquisition of culture, archaeological interpretation of cultural behavior, and the influences of culture upon the individual and society. Staff
Fall, Winter

Sociology 102 (3) -- General Sociology
Human society: culture, personality, human nature, social groups, associations, and institutions; analysis of major institutions and of modern social trends. Staff
Fall, Winter, Spring

Sociology 190 (3) -- Introduction to Social Psychology
(Psychology 114) The scientific study of how individuals’ feelings, thoughts, and behavior are affected by others. Topics include prejudice, the self, interpersonal attraction, helping, aggression, attitudes, and persuasion. Woodzicka
Fall

Sociology 190 (3) -- Bibliographical Resources
An introduction to the use of the library and other compilations of information on sociology and anthropology. Directed by library and sociology and anthropology department staff. Degree credit is awarded for only one 190 course regardless of academic discipline. Staff
Fall

Sociology 200 (3) -- Religion and American Social Institutions
(Religion 200) A study of religion in American society in relation to other fundamental social institutions—family, polity, economy, and education—with special attention to religion and politics. White
Winter

Sociology 202 (3) -- Contemporary Social Problems
Prerequisite: Sociology 102 or consent of the instructor. A study of the relationship of social problems to the cultural life and social structure of American society. An analysis of the causes, consequences, and possible solutions to selected social problems in American society. Cintron
Fall 2009 and alternate years

Anthropology 205 (3) -- Archaeology
An examination of anthropologically-oriented archaeology. Specific subjects to be considered will include the history of the subdiscipline, theoretical developments, field techniques, substantive contributions for the prehistoric and historic sub-areas and recent developments in theory and methodology. Means
Winter 2008 and alternate years

Anthropology 207 (3) -- Physical Anthropology
An examination of the theory and applications of physical anthropology. Specific subjects considered include the history of evolution theory, the development of the “new” physical anthropology, the fossil record of man’s evolution, the social behavior of primates, the nature of biological variations in present human populations, the adaptive capabilities of humans, the concept of ongoing evolution, and the pragmatic applications of the discipline. Means
Winter 2008 and alternate years

Anthropology 210 (3) -- Cultural Anthropology
This course addresses the fundamentals of cultural anthropology, including an exploration of the techniques of fieldwork and ethnography. Students examine the issues central to the anthropological study of culture: ritual, kinship, gender, sexuality, economic and political systems, and globalization and social change. Goluboff
Not offered in 2007-2008

Sociology 212 (3) -- Theories of Social Psychology
Prerequisite: Three credits in psychology or sociology or permission of the instructor. An introduction to the major theories in social psychology, with origins in both psychological and sociological traditions. The course examines psychoanalytic, behaviorist, cognitive, and symbolic interactionist theories. Staff
Not offered in 2007-2008

Sociology 221 (3) -- Sociology of Religion
(Religion 221) Theories of the origin and functions of religion; institutionalization of religious belief, behavior, and social organization; and conditions in which religion maintains social stability and/or generates social change. White
Not offered in 2007-2008

Anthropology 224 (3) -- American Indian Religions, Landscapes, and Identities
(Religion 224) Drawing on a combination of scholarly essays, native accounts, videos, guest lectures, and student presentations, this seminar examines the religious assumptions and practices that bind American Indian communities to their traditional homelands. The seminar elucidates and illustrates those principles concerning human environmental interactions common to most Indian tribes; focuses on the traditional beliefs and practices of a particular Indian community that reflected and reinforced their understanding of the relationship they sought to maintain with the land and its creatures; and examines the moral and legal disputes that have arisen out of the very different presuppositions which Indians and non- Indians hold regarding the environment. Markowitz
Fall

Sociology 225 (3) -- Peoples of Central Europe
This course provides basic information about the inhabitants of the central European nations of Poland, the Czech Republic, and Hungary. The beliefs, attitudes, and value systems of the people of Central Europe are studied using some core textbook readings supplemented by feature films, video materials, novels, short stories, and poetry. Class discussions focus on interpreting these works of art in the context of comparative sociological analysis of the Polish, Czech and Hungarian cultures and societies. Jasiewicz
Spring

Sociology 228 (3) -- Race and Ethnic Relations
Prerequisite: One introductory course in sociology or anthropology or consent of the instructor. An analysis of minority groups in America. Theories of ethnicity are examined focusing on the relationship between class and ethnicity, and on the possible social and biological significance of racial differences. Attention is also given to prejudice and discrimination, as well as to consideration of minority strategies to bring about change. Novack
Fall

Anthropology 230 (3) -- Anthropology of East Asia
An exploration of the human geography, demography, and social and cultural organization of East Asian societies, intended to help students develop a synoptic view of this important region. Readings include both classics of East Asian anthropology and recent scholarship; films and music add visual and aural dimensions. In addition to work with local library resources and traditional tools of scholarship, students use Geographic Information System (GIS) software to create maps, and develop and publish Web projects expressive of their particular interests. Staff
Not offered in 2007-2008

Sociology 245 (3) -- European Politics and Society
(Politics 245) A comparative analysis of European political systems and social institutions. The course covers the established democracies of western and northern Europe, the new democracies of southern and east-central Europe, and the post-Communist regimes in eastern and southeastern Europe. Mechanisms of European integration are also discussed with attention focused on institutions such as European Union, NATO, OSCE, and Council of Europe. Jasiewicz
Fall 2008 and alternate years

Sociology 246 (3) -- Post-Communism and New Democracies
(Politics 246) A comparative analysis of transition from Communism in the countries of the former Soviet bloc. Cases of successful and unsuccessful transitions to civil society, pluralist democracy, and market economy are examined. The comparative framework includes analysis of transition from non-Communist authoritarianism and democratic consolidation in selected countries of Latin America, the Mediterranean, Southeast Asia, and South Africa. Jasiewicz
Fall 2007 and alternate years

Anthropology 252 (3) -- Linguistic Anthropology
This course surveys anthropological approaches to understanding the intersections among language, culture and society. Topics include non-human communication systems, the origins of human language, and methods of establishing historical relationships among languages. Formal linguistic analysis receives some attention, but the greatest part of the course concerns language in sociocultural contexts. Examples of linguistic phenomena in ethnographic perspective are drawn from people around the world, including the Gullah, the Apache, and the Bedouin of Egypt. Bell
Fall 2008 and alternate years

Anthropology 255 (3) -- Terror and Violence in Anthropological Perspective
This course investigates violence and terror in historical and contemporary societies. We discuss the various causes, methods, and effects of violence and terror, and then look at how anthropologists have documented, challenged, and even condoned such processes. Goluboff
Spring 2008 and alternate years

Anthropology 260 (3) -- Conflicts in Eurasia: Globalization, New States, and Soviet Legacies
In this course, students learn how to apply anthropology and a wide range of other disciplinary techniques to understand and attempt to solve post-socialist problems. Students do independent research on issues relevant to their main areas of course work. We explore how ethnographic fieldwork and cultural theory provide key information about how people in Eurasia relate to daily conflicts through common past socialist experiences and new interactions with globalization, transnational movements, and the world market. Throughout the term, we discuss differences and similarities, advantages and disadvantages of various disciplinary approaches to key conflicts in the region. Topics include crime, the emerging marketplace, poverty, health, gender, and ethnic conflict. We study Eurasia via issues rather than geography, and we focus intensely on the transnational effects of wars in Chechnya and Afghanistan. The class reads material from anthropology and other disciplines and watches several documentaries. Goluboff
Winter 2008 and alternate years

Sociology 262 (3) -- The Sociology of Culture
This course introduces research and theory in the sociology of culture. Explores such questions as: What is culture? What is the relationship between culture and society? How and why does culture change? In addition to these questions, topics covered include an examination of the various theoretical approaches to culture; the relationship between high and popular culture and the debate over cultural boundaries; the production, distribution and consumption of culture; national culture and national identity; globalization; and the intersections between culture and class, gender, ethnicity and race. Special attention will be paid to examining key cultural forms such as television, fashion, music, advertising, museums, art, and literature. Cintron
Fall 2008 and alternate years

Sociology 264 (3) -- Work and Family
Prerequisite: One course in sociology or anthropology or permission of the instructor. Surveys research and theory in the growing area of work-family studies. Explores how work and family life interconnect and influence each other and the implications of these linkages for women, men, children, employers, the community and society. Examines how gender, social class, family structure, poverty, and race and ethnicity affect individuals’ ability to manage work and family. Topics will include work-family conflict, single-parent families, dual-career families, childcare and eldercare issues, international perspectives on work and family, and changing attitudes towards work-life integration. Private and public policy initiatives will be reviewed. Cintron
Spring 2009 and alternate years

Sociology 266 (3) -- Cities and Regions
Prerequisite: One course in sociology or anthropology or permission of the instructor. Examines how cities and regions are shaped and the social, political, economic, historical, technological, ecological and other forces that help shape them. Focuses on the spatial dimension of evolving societies. Topics include: the development of the U.S. North and South; the plantation complex; the emergence of the industrial Northern metropolis; suburbanization and post-suburbanization; the “crisis of the cities” and policy responses (such as urban renewal); gentrification; de-industrialization; and the debate over the future of cities and regions. Cintron
Winter 2008 and alternate years

Sociology 270 (3) -- Deviance
Prerequisite: One introductory course in sociology or anthropology or consent of the instructor. An examination of theories of deviance from a sociological perspective. Particular emphasis is placed on the causes of deviant acts and on the social processes utilized in evaluating these behaviors. Theoretical applications are made to crime and mental illness. Novack
Not offered in 2007-2008

Sociology 272 (3) -- Social Revolutions
Prerequisite: Anthropology 101, Sociology 102, or permission of the instructor. This seminar provides an in‑depth exploration of a variety of social revolutions. The overarching goal of the course is to discern whether or not a single “theory of revolutions” can be constructed. Are there common patterns to be observed in (and common causes behind) events as separated by time, place, and ideology as the 17th-century “Glorious Revolution” in England, the French Revolution, Latin American revolutions (including the Wars of Independence and the Mexican Revolution), the Russian Revolution, and more recent events such as the revolution that brought the current regime in Iran to power? To this end, students read and discuss a variety of such theories that have been put forward by sociologists, historians, and political scientists and then consider case studies of the aforementioned social revolutions in order to scrutinize these theories. Eastwood
Winter 2009 and alternate years

Sociology 274 (3) -- Sociology of Literature
Prerequisite: Anthropology 101, Sociology 102, or permission of the instructor. This seminar introduces students to the field of the sociology of literature. After surveying a number of the classic problems of the field, the course focuses on several sociological theories of the emergence and development of the novel. In addition to reading theorists such as Benedict Anderson, Pierre Bourdieu, Wendy Griswold, Michael McKeon, and Ian Watt, among others, there is a sociological reading of several classic novels (for example, by Cervantes, Defoe, Austen, and Flaubert, among others). Eastwood
Spring

Anthropology 275 (3) -- Feminist Anthropology
This course covers the complex and sometimes “awkward” relationship between feminism and anthropology. We explore topics such as the place of feminist theory and politics within the discipline of anthropology, the problems involved in being a feminist and an anthropologist, and the creation of feminist ethnography. Goluboff
Fall 2008 and alternate years

Sociology 280 (3) -- Gender and Society
Prerequisite: One introductory course in sociology or anthropology or consent of the instructor. An anthropological and sociological investigation of sex roles in preliterate and modern societies. Special consideration is given to the role of innate sexual differences, cultural variation, technology, and power in determining patterns of male dominance. Emphasis is placed on real and mythical female and male power in the context of changing relationships between men and women in American society. Novack
Winter

Anthropology 285 (3) -- Introduction to American Indian Religions
(Religion 285) This class introduces students to some of the dominant themes, values, beliefs, and practices found among the religions of North America’s Indian peoples. The first part of the course explores the importance of sacred power, landscape, and community in traditional Indian spiritualities and rituals. It then examines some of the changes that have occurred in these traditions as a result of western expansion and dominance from the 18th through early 20th centuries. Lastly, the course considers some of the issues and problems confronting contemporary American Indian religions. Markowitz
Fall

Anthropology 290 (3) -- Special Topics in Anthropology
Prerequisite: Permission of the department. A discussion of a series of topics of anthropological concern. May be repeated for degree credit with permission and if the topics are different. Topic for Fall 2007: Anthropology 290A (Childhood). This course will explore the experience of childhood cross-culturally. It will investigate how different societies conceptualize the fetus, birth, babies, toddlers, children, and adolescents. It will also address issues such as discipline, emotion, feeding, and education. Special attention will be given to the effects of war, poverty, social inequality, and disease on children. Goluboff. Topic for Fall 2007: Anthropology 290B (Grave Matters: On Death and Burial). Topics include: beliefs about the dead across time and space; the transformations our physical bodies undergo after death; how archaeologists investigate human remains to interpret past peoples; and how forensic scientists investigate human remains. Means. Topic for Winter 2008: Space, Time, And Society. This course explores how people interact with and arrange space to structure their social relationships. This issue is examined at a number of scales, including: analysis of one-on-one interpersonal contact; studies of individual households and the larger communities of which they are a part; how architecture—the built environment—guides behavior; and, the creation of cultural and sacred landscape. Case studies will include cultures from across the world and deep into the recesses of the past. Means
Offered when interest is expressed and departmental resources permit.

Sociology 290 (3) -- Special Topics in Sociology
Prerequisite: Permission of the department. A discussion of a series of topics of sociological concern. May be repeated for degree credit with permission and if the topics are different. Staff. Topic for Fall 2007: Nationalism and Religion Prerequisite: Sociology 102 or permission of the instructor. This seminar explores the relationship between nationalism and religion. It considers the intersection of two major sociological questions: the secularization debate (in the sociology of religion) and the question of nationalism’s political implications (in political sociology). To what extent has nationalism “replaced” religion in the modern world? To what extent do seemingly religious conflicts (e.g., the conflict between some Islamic Fundamentalists and the West, the conflicts in Northern Ireland) actually reveal themselves to be about nationalism? Can nationalism and religion coexist? Eastwood
Offered when interest is expressed and departmental resources permit.

Sociology 305 (3) -- Power and Society
Prerequisite: Junior standing or permission of the instructor. An analysis of the concept of power is followed by an examination of the distribution and exercise of power in hunting and gathering, agrarian, industrial, and post-industrial societies. Special attention is devoted to the neo-Marxist, elitist, and pluralist accounts of power in American society and their implications for social stratification. White
Not offered in 2007-2008

Anthropology 332 (3) -- Historical Archaeology
This course considers the discipline of historical archaeology from developmental, theoretical, methodological, and substantive perspectives. Beginning with the age of European exploration and continuing through modern times, this course surveys archaeological approaches to understanding social relations, class structures, and economic strategies among people of diverse ethnicities in North America, South America, Europe, Africa, and Australia. Students become familiar with prominent theoretical orientations within historical archaeology, debates about archaeologists’ ethical obligations, and methodological developments in fieldwork and artifact research. Galke
Fall 2007 and alternate years

Sociology 334 (3) -- Nationalism in Latin America
Prerequisite: Anthropology 101, Sociology 102, or permission of the instructor. (History 334) This course focuses on the emergence and development of nationalism in Latin America. Readings include works by scholars from across the range of the social sciences, including history, political science, and sociology. The course devotes consideration to the following issues: a variety of explanatory accounts that scholars have provided of why the region turned to nationalism in the early 19th century; the main social and political implications of this transformation of identity; the various competing images of the nation in the region; the question of whether some Latin American nations understand themselves in “civic” and others in “ethnic” terms; the relationship between particularistic Latin American nationalisms and Bolívar’s pan‑American dream; and, finally, the nature and roles of nationalism in more recent Latin American politics. Background knowledge of Latin American history is not required. Eastwood
Winter 2009 and alternate years

Anthropology 338 (3) -- Anthropology of American History
Prerequisite: Anthropology 101, Sociology 102, History 107, History 340, or permission of the instructor. (History 338) This course explores issues within historic American communities that ethnographers often investigate among living groups, including cultural values, religious ideologies, class structures, kinship networks, gender roles, and interethnic relations. Although the communities of interest in this course ceased to exist generations ago, many of their characteristic dynamics are accessible through such means as archaeology, architectural history, and the study of documents. Case studies include early English settlement in Plymouth, Massachusetts; the 18th-century plantation world of Virginia and South Carolina; the post-Revolutionary Maine frontier; and 19th-century California. Bell
Fall 2008 and alternate years

Sociology 350 (3) -- Social Movements
Prerequisite: Junior standing and permission of the instructor. (Politics 350) A survey of American social movements, including an evaluation of competing theoretical approaches to the study of social movements and an examination of the strategies, successes, failures, and political and social consequences of the civil rights, labor, student, and women’s movements. Close attention is given to factors contributing to the rise and decline of these movements. Staff
Not offered in 2007-2008

Sociology 351 (3) -- Sociological Theory
Prerequisite: Three credits in anthropology or sociology or permission of the instructor. An introduction to the main ideas of classical social theorists, who established the foundations of sociology, and to the basic theoretical concepts of modern sociology, covering the period from the early 19th century to the present. The origins of theorists’ basic ideas are studied, along with the nature of their basic works and their legacies to modern sociological theory. The major schools of sociological theory (functional, conflict, exchange, interactionist, and structural) are discussed, along with the possibilities for the integration of various theoretical perspectives. Cintron
Winter

Anthropology 354 (3) -- Cultural Theory
Prerequisite: Anthropology 101. A consideration of the development of social and cultural theory from an anthropological perspective. A discussion of the major contributors to the field is pursued. Required of all majors in anthropology and sociology. Goluboff
Fall

Sociology 375 (3) -- Methods of Social Inquiry
Prerequisite: Politics 100 or 105 or Sociology 102 and the completion of the sociology major statistics requirement, or permission of the instructor. (Politics 375) The rationale and utility of research and its relationship to social and political theory. The two major aspects of social inquiry—measurement and interpretation—are examined focusing on the structuring of inquiry, modes of observation (experiments, surveys, field research, unobtrusive research, etc.), and analysis of data. The course includes lectures, discussions and field exercises. Eastwood
Fall

Sociology 376 (3) -- Seminar in Survey Data Analysis
Prerequisite: Sociology/Politics 375 or permission of the instructor. (Politics 376) This course is designed as a group research project. Students select a topic, prepare a list of hypotheses, select indicators, construct a questionnaire, conduct interviews, analyze data, and write research reports. Jasiewicz
Winter

Anthropology 377 (6) -- Field Techniques in Archaeology
Prerequisite: Anthropology 101 and permission of the instructor. The course will be designed toFieldwork in archaeology. The student participates in all phases of ongoing archaeological projects. Students who have successfully completed Anthropology 205 are assured of a place in Anthropology 377. With the supervision of the instructor, students may exercise the decision to take Anthropology 377 more than once. provide the student with an opportunity to engage in archaeological field survey in Rockbridge County. Classroom meetings concerning the theory and methods of modern archaeological survey are supplemented by field research concerning sites of historic and prehistoric significance. Means, Galke
Spring

Anthropology 378 (4) -- Archaeological Field Survey Techniques
Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor. The course will be designed to provide the student with an opportunity to engage in archaeological field survey in Rockbridge County. Classroom meetings concerning the theory and methods of modern archaeological survey are supplemented by field research concerning sites of historic and prehistoric significance. Bell
Not offered 2007-2008

Anthropology 379 (6) -- Ethnographic Field Methods
Prerequisite: Anthropology 101 or permission of the instructor. Preference given to students who have completed Anthropology 210. This course is designed to give students firsthand experience with fieldwork in cultural anthropology. Classroom meetings focus on the methods and theories of fieldwork and the techniques of writing ethnographies. Topics include writing field notes, choosing informants, analyzing and synthesizing information, coping with problems in the field, writing styles, and the politics of ethnography. Students apply what they learn by engaging in their own ethnographic projects in the local area. Goluboff
Not offered 2007-2008

Anthropology 390 (3) -- Special Topics in Anthropology
Prerequisite: Permission of the department required. Topics and prerequisites to be arranged. A discussion of a series of topics of anthropological concern. May be repeated for degree credit with permission and if the topics are different. Staff

Sociology 390 (3) -- Special Topics in Sociology
Prerequisite: Permission of the department required. A discussion of a series of topics of sociological concern. May be repeated for degree credit with permission and if the topics are different. Staff. Topic for Spring 2008: Microsociology. An analysis of various models of social interaction with particular emphasis placed on social exchange, symbolic interaction, reality construction, and social dramaturgy. As each approach is studied, socialization and self-development are examined within the context of social determinism and voluntarism. The course concludes with an integration of these orientations, focusing on ideological issues and the development of an emergent model of social interaction. Novack

Anthropology 401 (1) -- Directed Individual Study
Prerequisite: Permission of the department. A course for selected students, typically with junior or senior standing, who are preparing papers for presentation to professional meetings or for publication. May be repeated for degree credit with permission and if the topics are different. Staff

Sociology 401 (1) -- Directed Individual Study
Prerequisite: Permission of the department required. A course for selected students, typically with junior or senior standing, who are preparing papers for presentation to professional meetings or for publication. Staff

Anthropology 402 (2) -- Directed Individual Study
Prerequisite: Permission of the department. A course for selected students, typically with junior or senior standing, who are preparing papers for presentation to professional meetings or for publication. May be repeated for degree credit with permission and if the topics are different. Staff

Sociology 402 (2) -- Directed Individual Study
Prerequisite: Permission of the department required. A course for selected students, typically with junior or senior standing, who are preparing papers for presentation to professional meetings or for publication. Staff

Anthropology 403 (3) -- Directed Individual Study
Prerequisite: Permission of the department required.  Staff

Sociology 403 (3) -- Directed Individual Study
Prerequisite: Permission of the department required. A course for selected students with junior and senior standing, especially for sociology honors students, with direction by different members of the department.  Staff

Anthropology 404 (4) -- Directed Individual Study
Prerequisite: Permission of the department required.  Staff

Sociology 404 (4) -- Directed Individual Study
Prerequisite: Permission of the department required. A course for selected students with junior and senior standing, especially for sociology honors students, with direction by different members of the department.  Staff

Anthropology 405 (5) -- Directed Individual Study
Prerequisite: Permission of the department required.  Staff

Sociology 405 (5) -- Directed Individual Study
Prerequisite: Permission of the department required. A course for selected students with junior and senior standing, especially for sociology honors students, with direction by different members of the department.  Staff

Anthropology 406 (6) -- Directed Individual Study
Prerequisite: Permission of the department required.  Staff

Sociology 406 (6) -- Directed Individual Study
Prerequisite: Permission of the department required. A course for selected students with junior and senior standing, especially for sociology honors students, with direction by different members of the department.  Staff

Sociology 453 (3) -- Internship
Prerequisite: Grade point average of 2.500 in sociology and 2.500 overall, and permission of the staff.  

Sociology 456 (6) -- Internship
Prerequisite: Grade point average of 2.500 in sociology and 2.500 overall, and permission of the staff.  

Sociology 459 (9) -- Internship
Prerequisite: Grade point average of 2.500 in sociology and 2.500 overall, and permission of the staff.  

Anthropology 493 (3-3) -- Honors Thesis 
Fall-Winter

Sociology 493 (3-3) -- Honors Thesis 
Fall-Winter