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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:

Required courses: 66 credits

1. Cultural Concepts and Social Networks (6 cr.)
2. Introduction to Archaeology (6 cr.)
3. International Development: Donors, NGOs, Communities, and Cultures (6 cr.)
4. International Development and Intercultural Communication (6 cr.)
5. History of Anthropological Theory I and II (12 cr.)
6. Ethnographic Research Methods (6 cr.)
7. Fieldwork in Anthropology (6 cr.)
8. Fieldwork in Archaeology (6 cr.)
9. Thesis Writing, I and II (12 cr.)

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Major Electives: 36 credits

1. Language, Culture and Power听
2. Race, Human Diversity and Biology
3. Archaeology of Central Asia
4. Rock Art of Eurasia
5. Anthropology of Love听
6. Human Evolution
7. "Nature" and "Sustainable Development"
8. Ethnicity and Identity in Multicultural Societies
9. Religion and Culture in Japan
10. Death and Ritual in the Past
11. Ancient Turkic inscriptions
12. Gender, Kinship and Family
13. Selected Topics in Kyrgyz Culture and Literature
14. Religion and Spirituality as Cultural Categories
15. Creative Thinking
16. Cross-cultural Communication in the Age of Google-Translate
17. Health and Illness: anthropological perspective
18. Alternate worlds: culture at work
19. Anthropology of Violence
20. Interdisciplinary Research Methods
21. Understanding the Reality through Body and Performance
22. Visual Anthropology
23. Globalization, Migration and Transnationalism
24. Ethics and Value Conflicts
25. Cultural Resources Management