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University Curriculum Committee

Course Proposal Form

for Courses Numbered 0001 – 4999

(Faculty Senate Resolution #04–18, April 2004)
(editorially revised 02-16-07)

Note: Before completing this form, please carefully read the accompanying instructions.

ANTH 3116

1. Course prefix and number:

8/20/07

2. Date:

3. Requested Action (check only one box):

X / New Course
Revision of Active Course
Revision & Unbanking of a Banked Course
Renumbering of an Existing Course
from / # / to / #

4. Justification for new course or course revision or renumbering:

We have ethnographic courses on central and South America but have lacked an accounting of the prehistory of those areas. We have corresponding courses on North America. Our assessment exams indicate that our students need greater understanding of the prehistory of Latin America. This area is covered by discipline of anthropology and we are expanding our course offerings.

5. Course description exactly as it should appear in the next catalog:

3116. Latin American Archaeology (3) (OY) P: ANTH 1000 or 2000 or consent of instructor. Archaeology of Latin America from initial human colonization (Late Pleistocene) until European contact including impact of food production, and development of social complexity.
N/A

6. If this is a course revision, briefly describe the requested change:

115, 318

7. Undergraduate Catalog Page Number from current catalog:

8. The Writing Across the Curriculum Committee must approve Writing Intensive

(WI) credit for all courses prior to their consideration by the UCC. If WI credit is

requested, has this course been approved for Writing Intensive (WI) credit?

Yes No

If Yes, will all sections be Writing Intensive (yes/no)?

Yes No

9. The Academic Standards Committee must approve Foundations Curriculum Credit for all courses prior to their consideration by the UCC. If FC credit has been approved by the ASC, then check the appropriate box (check only one):

English (EN) / Science (SC)
Humanities (HU) / Social Science (SO)
Fine Arts (FA) / Mathematics (MA)
Health (HL) / Exercise (EX)

10. Course Credit:

Lecture Hours / 3 / Weekly / OR / Per Term / Credit Hours / s.h.
Lab / Weekly / OR / Per Term / Credit Hours / s.h.
Studio / Weekly / OR / Per Term / Credit Hours / s.h.
Practicum / Weekly / OR / Per Term / Credit Hours / s.h.
Internship / Weekly / OR / Per Term / Credit Hours / s.h.
Other (e.g., independent study) Please explain.
Total Credit Hours / 3 / s.h.
25

11. Anticipated yearly student enrollment:

12. Affected Degrees or Academic Programs:

Degree(s)/Course(s) / Current
Catalog Page / Changes in Degree Hours
Anthropology / 115 & 318 / 0

13. Overlap or Duplication with Affected Units or Programs:

X / Not Applicable
Applicable (notification and responses from affected units are attached)

14. Approval by the Council for Teacher Education (required for courses affecting

teacher education programs):

X / Not Applicable
Applicable (CTE has given its approval.)

15. Statements of Support:

X / Current staff is adequate
Additional staff is needed (describe needs in the box below):
X / Current facilities are adequate
Additional facilities are needed (describe needs in the box below):
X / Initial library resources are adequate
Initial resources are needed (in the box below, give a brief explanation and an estimate for the cost of acquisition of required initial resources):
X / Unit computer resources are adequate
Additional unit computer resources are needed (in the box below, give a brief explanation and an estimate for the cost of acquisition):
X / ITCS resources are not needed
The following ITCS resources are needed (put a check beside each need):
Mainframe computer system
Statistical services
Network connections
Computer lab for students

16. Syllabus – please insert course syllabus below. You must include (a) the

name of the textbook chosen for the course, (b) the course objectives, (c) the

course content outline, and (d) the course assignments and grading plan.

ANTH 3116 Latin American Archaeology

COURSE DESCRIPTION: Overview of Latin American archaeology from initial human colonization (Late Pleistocene) until European contact with examination of human adaptation to various environments, impact of food production, and development of social complexity.

(A) REQUIRED READINGS:

Dillehay, T.D. 2001 The Settlement of the Americas: A New Prehistory

Evans, S.T., 2004 Ancient Mexico and Central America: Archaeology and Culture History

Moseley, M.E., 2001 The Incas and Their Ancestors

(B) COURSE OBJECTIVES, THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO:

1. Study the impact of the origin of food production and rise of New World civilizations.

2. Compare and contrast human groups from different regions within Central and South America.

3. Appreciate the diversity and richness of the archaeological record throughout these regions.

Landscape of Central and South America

Natural Regions of Central and South America

Past Landscape-Human Interactions

Early Stone Tool Technology

Peopling of North America

Peopling of Mesoamerica and Northern South America

Peopling of Central and South America

Origins of Food Production

Mesoamerican Agriculture

Pacific South America: Lowlands & Highlands

Amazonian and Atlantic Lowlands

Mesoamerica: Rise of Complex Societies

Mesoamerica: The Olmecs

Mesoamerica: The Late Preclassic

Mesoamerica: The Classic

Mesoamerica: Late Classic and Epiclassic Maya

Mesoamerica: Postclassic

Mesoamerica: Aztecs

South America: Preceramic in the Andes

South America: Early Civilization in the Andes

South America: Complex Society in the Andes

South America: Andean Empires

South America: Formative-Classic in Amazonia

South America: Prehistory in Argentina

(D) COURSE ASSIGNMENTS AND GRADING

1. Assigned reading for each course meeting

2. Five short answer exams throughout the semester (each is worth 10% of grade for a total of 50%)

3. One research paper: 10-15 pages (30%)

4. One cumulative final exam (10%)

5. Class participation in discussion (10%)

GRADING SCALE

A = 90-100%

B = 80-89%

C = 70-79%

D = 60-69%

F = <60%