Courses
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All students in the program are required to complete the following courses, which provide a strong foundation in anthropology, archaeology, heritage studies, and international development:
Major Required: 90 credits
- 鈥楲ocal鈥 Cultures, Knowledges and Arts in Global Era (6 cr.)
- Graduate Writing, Thinking and Learning (6 cr.)
- Archeology and Heritage Studies (6 cr.)
- Anthropology of International Development (6 cr.)
- Development Project Management (6 cr.)
- Applied Research in Sustainable Development (6 cr.)
- Advanced Anthropological Theories I and II (12 cr.)
- Ethnographic Research Methods (6 cr.)
- Fieldwork in Anthropology (6 cr.)
- Master Thesis Writing I and II (12 cr.)
- Language, Culture and Power (6 cr.)
- Religion and Spirituality as Cultural Categories (6 cr.)
- Independent study (6 cr.)
Major Electives: 30 credits
- Race, Human Diversity and Biology
- Archaeology of Central Asia
- Rock Art of Eurasia
- Anthropology of Love听
- Human Evolution
- "Nature" and "Sustainable Development"
- Ethnicity and Identity in Multicultural Societies
- Religion and Culture in Japan
- Death and Ritual in the Past
- Ancient Turkic inscriptions
- Gender, Kinship and Family
- Selected Topics in Kyrgyz Culture and Literature
- Creative Thinking
- Cross-cultural Communication in the Age of Google-Translate
- Health and Illness: anthropological perspective
- Alternate worlds: culture at work
- Anthropology of Violence
- Interdisciplinary Research Methods
- Understanding the Reality through Body and Performance
- Visual Anthropology
- Globalization, Migration and Transnationalism
- Ethics and Value Conflicts