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Introduction to Museums, including their history and origins, decolonizing practices, and various aspects of working at a museum (exhibition, script writing, exhibition design, collections management, acquisitions, legal aspects of running a museum, and museum laws like NAGPRA).

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(ANTH 385) Archaeology and Oceania

Introduction to basic archaeological concepts and methods, archaeology in Oceania, and decolonizing archaeology. Field trips to archaeological sites.

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(ANTH 390R) Special Topics in Cultural Anthropology

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(ANTH 391) Narrative, Identity and Culture

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(ANTH 399R) Internship in Cultural Anthropology

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(ANTH 440) Conservation of Intangible Culture

Exploration of the varieties of intangible culture, the ethics and practices of documentation, and strategies for developing and managing conservation projects.

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(ANTH 445) Anthropology of Religion

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(ANTH 447) Applied and Development Anthropology

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(ANTH 450) Political and Economic Anthropology

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(ANTH 460) Anthropology of Globalization

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(ANTH 470) Language Documentation and Conservation

Introduction to basic principles of linguistics (phonetics, phonology, morphology, and syntax) in the context of language documentation. Language vitality, methods of language documentation, proper data management principles for language documentation, methods of language conservation.

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(ANTH 496R) Student Research

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(FORS 100) Introduction to Forensic Science

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(GEOL 105) Geology of the Pacific Basin

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(GEOL 106) Field Geology of Hawaii

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(GEOL 390R) Special Topics in Geology

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(GEOL 495R) Independent Study