2022-2023 University Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Sociology and Anthropology
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Professors Benson, Bigenho, Henke, Hsu, Hyslop, Loe, Lopes, Moran, Ries
Associate Professors De Lucia, Russo, Shever (Chair), Simmons, Spadola, Villarrubia
Assistant Professors Abdul-Malak, Avera, Juarez
Visiting Professor Newman
Visiting Assistant Professor Lau
Visiting Instructors Helepololei, Hunt, Kolarevic
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Sociology and anthropology study human cultures and societies, past and present, on a comparative basis. These disciplines are concerned with analyzing and understanding the social structures and values that shape our lives, as well as the institutions and social forces of our own and other societies. The major in sociology or anthropology provides an excellent preparation for graduate study and a variety of careers, including law, education, business, public policy, communication, journalism, health, counseling, and social work. Sociology and anthropology graduates also pursue careers in local, national, and international non-profit organizations. The department offers two majors, an Anthropology Major and a Sociology Major .
In keeping with the University’s policy, no declarations of major or minor will be accepted after the fall full-term withdrawal period of a student’s senior year.
Honors and High Honors
See the Anthropology Major and the Sociology Major pages for honors and high honors information.
Awards
The Award for Excellence in Sociology and Anthropology — awarded by the department to a student on the basis of outstanding academic performance in coursework within the department.
The Ramshaw Service Award — established by Warren C. and Molly Ramshaw. Warren Ramshaw taught in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology from 1961 to 1992. The award is presented to an undergraduate student in recognition of outstanding community service and academic achievement.
Off-Campus Study
Students are strongly encouraged to expand the scope of their academic experiences by studying off campus. SOAN faculty help guide each student toward the off-campus study experiences that complement and build on his or her overall course plan; we encourage students not to think of off-campus study as a semester-long break from Colgate but rather as a way to enhance on-campus course work. Students often use off-campus study as a way to collect data for use in senior seminars and honors projects. Since Anthropology majors are encouraged to complete fieldwork, off-campus study can often be rewarding and useful in this way. More information on off-campus study can be found on the Sociology and Anthropology web page.
Transfer Credit
Sociology maintains a list of summer and study abroad programs offering courses that are equivalent to departmental standards. These are the only programs that the department accepts transfer credits from. Sociology majors may use two transfer credits to satisfy their elective requirements; sociology minors may use one. The following courses cannot be transferred for major credit: SOCI 101, SOCI 201, SOCI 250, SOCI 453, SOCI 494, and SOCI 495. Exceptions for students transferring to Colgate from another college or university are made on a case-by-case basis.
Anthropology will accept for major credit no more than two courses taken at another institution and no more than one independent study course in the department, except in special circumstances as approved by the department.
The Longyear Museum of Anthropology
The Longyear Museum of Anthropology enhances the teaching and research facilities of the department. The museum, founded in 1965 and named after Dr. John M. Longyear III, professor of anthropology, emeritus, contains archaeological, ethnographic, and contemporary art collections from a wide range of cultures around the world. The collections of African art, Canadian First Nations art, Haudenosaunee archaeological materials from central New York, and the central Mexican (Guerrero) stone sculptures are extensive.
Students may take advantage of the resources of the museum in a variety of ways. and offer students the opportunity to become acquainted with the museum holdings and to carry out research projects on selected collections of artifacts. Students may also arrange independent studies working with the museum collections and receive credit in either the Department of Sociology and Anthropology or in the Native American Studies Program, which is sponsored by the Division of University Studies. Students are encouraged to inquire at the office of the curator of the Longyear Museum of Anthropology concerning independent studies projects in cultural anthropology or archaeology, as well as for information concerning museum internship programs and opportunities in museum studies and summer programs in archaeological or ethnographic fieldwork.
Related Majors
The sociology and anthropology department, along with departments in the social sciences, arts and humanities, and natural sciences, offers an interdisciplinary major in Native American Studies with a study group in Santa Fe.
Majors and MinorsMajorMinorCoursesAnthropology
- ANTH 102 - Culture, Diversity, and Inequality
- ANTH 103 - Introduction to Archaeology
- ANTH 205 - Archaeology of Warfare
- ANTH 210 - Otherworldly Selves in Science Fiction and Anthropology
- ANTH 211 - Investigating Contemporary Cultures (RI)
- ANTH 226 - Critical Global Health
- ANTH 228 - Women and Gender in Prehistory
- ANTH 244 - Who Owns Culture?
- ANTH 245 - Nature, Culture, and Politics
- ANTH 252 - Muslim Societies in Motion
- ANTH 253 - Field Methods and Interpretation in Archaeology (RI)
- ANTH 291 - Independent Study
- ANTH 300 - Museum Studies in Native American Cultures
- ANTH 305 - Science and Society (RI)
- ANTH 315 - Gender and Culture
- ANTH 316 - Religion, Culture, and Media
- ANTH 322 - Medical Anthropology
- ANTH 330 - Deep Time: Representing the Human Past in Contemporary South Africa (Extended Study)
- ANTH 337 - Globalization and Culture
- ANTH 339 - Corporations and Power (RI)
- ANTH 341 - Archaeology of Death & Burial
- ANTH 350 - Theorizing Contemporary Cultures
- ANTH 355 - Ancient Aztec Civilization
- ANTH 356 - Ethical Issues in Native American Archaeology
- ANTH 358 - Native American Cultures
- ANTH 359 - Archaeology and Ethnology of Southwestern Indians (Study Group)
- ANTH 361 - Ancient Environments and Human Legacies
- ANTH 365 - Andean Lives
- ANTH 371 - Gender and Society in Africa
- ANTH 372 - Anthropological Theory and Archaeological Praxis
- ANTH 374 - Media, Community, Crisis: Mass-Mediated and Digital Cultures
- ANTH 378 - Social Theory of Everyday Life (RI)
- ANTH 382 - Nations, Power, Islam: Muslim Identity and Community in the Global Age
- ANTH 391 - Independent Study
- ANTH 452 - Senior Seminar in Anthropology
- ANTH 491 - Independent Study
- ANTH 495 - Independent Study for Honors and High Honors
Sociology
- SOCI 101 - Introduction to Sociology
- SOCI 201 - Classical Social Theory
- SOCI 212 - Power, Racism, and Privilege
- SOCI 214 - Stories of Our Lives: Narratives, Meanings, and Identities
- SOCI 216 - Sociology of War
- SOCI 220 - Gender, Sexuality, and Society
- SOCI 222 - Media and Modern Society
- SOCI 228 - Immigration
- SOCI 240 - Fascism and Right-Wing Extremism: A Historical Sociology
- SOCI 245 - Nature, Culture, and Politics
- SOCI 250 - Sociological Research Design and Methods
- SOCI 254 - Community-Based Research (RI)
- SOCI 291 - Independent Study
- SOCI 303 - Sociology of Education (RI)
- SOCI 304 - Sociology of Disasters
- SOCI 305 - Urban Sociology
- SOCI 306 - Sociology of the Family
- SOCI 310 - Sociology of the Body
- SOCI 312 - Social Inequality
- SOCI 313 - Environmental Problems and Environmental Activism in the People’s Republic of China
- SOCI 313E - Environmental Problems and Environmental Activism in the People’s Republic of China (Extended Study)
- SOCI 313L - Environmental Problems and Environmental Activism in the People’s Republic of China Lab
- SOCI 318 - International Migration, U.S. Immigration, and Immigrants
- SOCI 319 - Food
- SOCI 320 - Social Deviance
- SOCI 321 - Black Communities
- SOCI 324 - Medical Sociology
- SOCI 326 - Nations and Nationalism
- SOCI 328 - Criminology
- SOCI 330 - Race and Crime
- SOCI 332 - Business and Society
- SOCI 333 - Sociology of the Life Course (RI)
- SOCI 333L - Sociology of the Life Course Field Component/Lab
- SOCI 335 - Sociology of Death, Dying and Grieving (RI)
- SOCI 337 - Globalization and Culture
- SOCI 340 - Work and Society
- SOCI 344 - The Sociology of Money and Markets
- SOCI 348 - Contested identities: Popular Culture in America
- SOCI 355 - Culture, Class, Politics: Social Theory
- SOCI 361 - Power, Politics, and Social Change
- SOCI 367 - Sociology of Gender
- SOCI 369 - Women, Health, and Medicine
- SOCI 375 - Media and Politics (RI)
- SOCI 378 - Social Theory of Everyday Life
- SOCI 391 - Independent Study
- SOCI 453 - Senior Seminar in Sociology
- SOCI 491 - Independent Study
- SOCI 494 - Honors and High Honors Seminar
- SOCI 495 - Honors and High Honors Thesis Workshop
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