Theoretical frameworks for the analysis of political systems and processes. The seminar explores politics as action and systemic process in contemporary, prehistoric, and historical contexts. Students are expected to formulate research questions and discuss current theory in a critical fashion.

A study of interrelationship among populations, organization, environment, technology and symbols. The course focuses on recent anthropological contributions to the understanding of ecological relationships both now and in the past, including how people exploit the environment and how resource exploitation results in environmental change.

This course examines contemporary issues and theory in the archaeology of a particular region of the world. Students may take this course up to 9 credit hours under a different region each time course is offered. Repeatable for up to 9 credit hours.

This course takes a cross-cultural approach to understanding how reproduction and associated phenomena (family formations and the social use of technologies) comprise arenas where broader political debates become played out, and social relations become created and contested. Ethnographic case studies include cross-cultural constructions of the body, parenthood, and kinship relations; and we examine how the state, social movements, legal/medical experts, and lay persons struggle to appropriate reproductive potentials for their own needs.

This course number is to allow for new and experimental classes to be introduced into the architectural curriculum on an ad hoc basis. The course, if adopted on a permanent basis, will be formally proposed for addition to the College curriculum and assigned a new, permanent number. May be repeated to a maximum of twelve credits under different subtitles.

This course number is to allow for new and experimental classes to be introduced into the architectural curriculum on an ad hoc basis. The course, if adopted on a permanent basis, will be formally proposed for addition to the College curriculum and assigned a new, permanent number. May be repeated to a maximum of twelve hours under different subtitles.

This course number is to allow for new and experimental classes to be introduced into the architectural curriculum on an ad hoc basis. The course, if adopted on a permanent basis, will be formally proposed for addition to the College curriculum and assigned a new, permanent number. May be repeated to a maximum of twelve hours under different subtitles.

A continued exploration of computer visualization with particular emphasis on a specific software. Subtitle required. Lecture: 1 hours; laboratory: four hours per week.

This course explores, studies, and tests various visual and analytical tools used by designers to understand their work in order to understand the relationship of form, content, and performance of a design. Students will use these tools to gain an understanding of buildings, spaces, objects, contexts, and landscapes from a wide range of cultures and time periods.

Accelerated Design I: Immersion through design in the comprehensive elements that order architecture with emphasis on integrative strategies.