Course Number: Anthropology 100

Course Title: Introduction to Anthropology

Course Number: Anthropology 110

Course Title: Cultural Anthropology

Course Number: Anthropology 232

Course Title: Indians of Montana

Course Description: “A course designed to introduce the student to the concepts used in the study of man as a cultural & physical being. It addresses the basic divisions of anthropology—physical and cultural anthropology, including ethnology, linguistics and prehistoric archaeology.”

Course Description: “An introduction to social and cultural anthropology emphasizing key concepts and comparisons of distinctive cultures, social, economic, and political systems, language, religions, esthetics, and cultural change. The study of archaeology, ethnology and linguistics will be introduced.”

Course Description: “The traditional cultures of Indian nations associated with Montana; their lifestyles prior to European contact; Montana reservations & tribal governments; and current issues facing Montana’s Indian people.”

Course Learning Objectives:

• Students will demonstrate: An understanding of the four fields of anthropology
• Students will demonstrate: An understanding of the basic vocabulary of anthropology
• Students will demonstrate: An understanding of the sequence of human evolution during the past 4.5 million years

Course Learning Objectives:

• Students will demonstrate a basic understanding of the concepts of culture, cultural variability, cultural relativism, culture change, and ethnocentrism as basic to the anthropological study of humans.
• Students will demonstrate a knowledge and understanding of the range and variety of human patterns of social organization, belief, behavior, and language, past and present.

Course Learning Objectives:

• Students will demonstrate an understanding of the basic characteristics of tribes which have an association with Montana.
• Students will demonstrate a knowledge of key figures in Native American history a it pertains to Montana (including art, literature, politics, and the sciences).
• Students will demonstrate an understanding of Montana Indian history prior to 1803.
• Students will demonstrate an understanding of the current problems, issues, and concerns of American Indians.

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Gros Ventre

Assiniboine

Poker Joe

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Indian Montana

Montana's Indian Cultures

Sun Dance

Course Number: Anthropology 230

Course Title: Indians of North America

Course Number: Geography 105

Course Title: World Regional Geography

Course Number: Geography 201

Course Title: Human Geography

Course Description: “The traditional cultures of North America: The origin and distribution of native populations, their life ways prior to European contact and the consequences of contact between Indians and non-Indians in North America after 1492.”

Course Description: “A survey of major world geographical regions, including the unique physical environment, population & settlement patterns, cultural diversity, political systems, & economic & social status. Focus is on globalization, its effect on the region’s environment, cultures, politics & economics, and how the regions effect globalization trends.”

Course Learning Objectives:

• Students will demonstrate an understanding of the basic characteristics of North American cultural areas of the United States.
• Students will demonstrate a knowledge of key figures in Native American history (including art, literature, politics, and the sciences).
• Students will demonstrate an understanding of Indian history prior to 1492.
• Students will demonstrate an understanding of current problems, issues, and concerns of American Indians.

Course Learning Objectives: Students will demonstrate a basic, conceptual understanding of the—

• Unique physical characteristics of the regions, including environmental issues
• Geopolitical framework of the regions
• Economic & social status of the regions

Course Learning Objectives: Students will demonstrate a basic, conceptual understanding of the—

• Location of people and activities across the Earth and the reasons for their distribution
• Including population trends and measurements, migration patterns, cultures (including language, religions and ethnicity), political geography, development (including agriculture, industry, services), urban patterns, the use of resources by humans and its effect on the environment

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Winter Count

SE Mounds

Algonquian Spirituality

The Comanche

Noble Savage

Hosteen Klah

Indians of the Northeast

Meriam Report

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