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Anthropology
	ANTH 6300 - Human Evolution 3 Credit Hours Description Principles and mechanisms of hominid evolution.
	ANTH 6310 - Human Biology 4 Credit Hours Description Provides an in-depth overview of human biological systems and the intersections of human culture and biology. Explores adaptation, population genetics and physiological adaptability; examines biological impacts of poor nutrition and social stress; interrogates assumptions surrounding race, gender, and sexuality.
	ANTH 6330 - Primate Behavioral Ecology 3 Credit Hours Description Examination of the diversity of free-ranging primates in their natural habitats. Ecological factors affecting diet, locomotor repertoires, body size, and the evolution of social behavior will be emphasized.
	ANTH 6340 - Applied Anthropology 3 Credit Hours Prerequisites: Limited to graduate students. Description This course examines historical, contemporary, and interdisciplinary perspectives of applied anthropology: a way of life and work informed by scientific and scholarly knowledge, expressed as socially responsible conduct, and defined by ethical principles and strategies of social reform. We will explore, evaluate, and critique (1) anthropologists’ claims of a “new anthropology” concerned with the study of humanity at the service of humanity; (2) epistemological, theoretical, and methodological frameworks of applied anthropology across the sub-disciplines of archaeology, biological anthropology, sociocultural anthropology, and linguistics; and (3) empirical case studies of policy and practice.
	ANTH 6350 - Anthropology and Natural History Museums in the Netherlands 3 Credit Hours Description In this study abroad, students will compare and contrast osteological, paleontological, cultural and archaeological materials as well as national patrimony, language and culture at museums of the Netherlands. Instruction will occur via observation, lecture, discussion, written response essays, field and photo documentation, and a final comparative table on cultural expression, exhibition, patrimony, paleoanthropology or conservation biology.
	ANTH 6360 - Methods and Analysis in Biological Anthropology 3 Credit Hours Description This advanced biological anthropology course is designed to elucidate the basic principles of research regarding human skeletal morphology, variation, evolution and adaptation using hands-on osteology laboratories and statistical analyses in SPSS (Statistical Package for the Social Sciences). One goal of the course is to improve students’ ability to successfully critique hypotheses. Another goal is to provide students with the basic tools needed to test and interpret relationships. A portfolio of results graphs and charts will showcase the analytical skills of students.
	ANTH 6370 - Forensic Anthropology 3 Credit Hours Description Laboratory-based identification of skeletal remains of unknown individuals with an emphasis on determining age, sex, evidence of trauma, and cause of death. Crime scene recovery, documentation of evidence, the criminal justice system, and human rights initiatives will be explored.
	ANTH 6390 - Diet, Demography, and Disease 3 Credit Hours Description Overview of human/disease interactions from prehistoric to contemporary populations. Emphasis on major social transformations such as sedentism, animal and plant domestication, urbanism and globalism.
	ANTH 6400 - Anthropology of Tourism 3 Credit Hours Description Developing hand in hand with globalization, the tourist industry has exponentially increased its capacity to move large numbers of people across the world even as the economy of leisure has intensified the pursuit of new experiences. The purpose of this course is to lead students in the exploration of the cultural and social dynamics underlying tourism in contemporary societies. Course topics will include the tourist experience; labor relations in the tourist industry; and tourist consumption.
	ANTH 6420 - Gender and Power in Ethnographic Perspective 3 Credit Hours Description Same as WGSS 6210. Ethnographic and theoretical examination of the role of gender in human societies, including role differences and inequalities between women and men cross-culturally; the cultural significance and social institutions associated with public and domestic spheres; power, ideology, and the production of historically specific gender identities and sexualities; global perspectives on feminism and approaches to women’s empowerment.
	ANTH 6460 - Health and Culture 4 Credit Hours Description Interrelationship of health care delivery systems within the context of the culture and structure of societies; impact of health planning and policy on subcultural groups. Importance of epidemiology, nutrition, transcultural nursing, and mental health in a holistic view of health.
	ANTH 6470 - Visual Culture 3 Credit Hours Description Same as WGSS 6470. Study of the visual politics of social organization with emphasis on the images and the arenas of everyday life in North American culture. Includes explorations of the fashion system, the medical body, the cosmetic and fitness industry, visual colonialism, museum displays, and high and popular art.
	ANTH 6480 - Ethnography in the 21st Century 4 Credit Hours Description Critical survey of current ethnographic theories and analysis of classic ethnographies. Includes a workshop during which students will improve their ethnographic writing skills. Students will also participate in WebCT discussion forums.
	ANTH 6490 - The Anthropology of Globalization 3 Credit Hours Description Same as GLOS 6490. This course critically analyzes the concept of globalization by examining the various components that are often invoked in defining/discussing the concept and the current world structure. We will explicitly examine the anthropological components of globalization and determine the manner in which it shapes culture, constructions of identity, restrictions of the body, distributions of economic and natural resources, intercultural contact, and patterns of global inequality.
	ANTH 6500 - Work and Culture 3 Credit Hours Description The purpose of this course is to lead students in the critical analysis of the role of work in the shaping of social identities, life narratives, and power dynamics in the contemporary world. Issues discussed in this course will include classed subjectivities in industrial and postindustrial societies; flexibility and neoliberal ideology; the global division of labor; work and the politics of gender, class, race, and age, and the narrative construction of professional lives.
	ANTH 6520 - Anthropology of Public Culture 4 Credit Hours Description The circulation of commodities, ideas, and practices that produce the condition of being public (and in public) as well as the notion and experience of privacy. Analyzes the production and usage of public and private space (e.g. plazas, malls, homes), museum displays, the social life of commodities (e.g. fashion, antiquities, collectibles), and the role of theatricality in everyday life.
	ANTH 6530 - The Archaeology of Ancient Cities 3 Credit Hours Description This course provides an archaeological perspective to help us better understand the historical trajectory of cities cross-culturally. Through critical evaluation of archaeological research on ancient cities, students will come to understand the dramatic impact of cities on human populations across the globe.
	ANTH 6550 - Field School in Anthropology 4 to 8 Credit Hours Prerequisites: consent of the instructor. Description Anthropological field methods. Students will develop skills in ethnographic, archaeological, and biological methods through field projects. Emphasis will be on providing a holistic interpretation of conditions at the field location.
	ANTH 6560 - Advanced Field School in Anthropology 4 to 8 Credit Hours Prerequisites: ANTH 4550 or consent of instructor. Description Advanced anthropological field methods. Students expand upon the ethnographic, archaeological, linguistic, and/or biological methods learned in ANTH 6550 through supervised development and completion of their own professional research project.
	ANTH 6590 - Archaeological Methods 4 Credit Hours Description Data recovery techniques, analytic methods, and theoretical concepts. Experience with archaeological materials.
	ANTH 6600 - Archaeological Theory 4 Credit Hours Description Review of the history of theory in anthropological archaeology, followed by a comprehensive overview of the state of contemporary theory and new theoretical directions in the discipline.
	ANTH 6670 - Research Methods in Sociocultural Anthropology 3 Credit Hours Description Examines various research approaches that constitute sociocultural anthropology. This course dissolves the divisions between qualitative and quantitative research to form an inclusive research methodology. Topics covered include qualitative and quantitative approaches, history of research methodology, defining a population, coding, modeling, social impact analysis, and linguistic and cognitive research.
	ANTH 6680 - Monsters, Magical Creatures, and Other Nonempirical Beings 3 Credit Hours Description In this anthropology course, we will explore how people in different cultural contexts understand €œnonempirical beings, € or beings which cannot be verified scientifically but that nonetheless may play an important part in daily life. We will also discuss the ways that global and local inequalities and historical constructions of racial identity, politics, class, and gender shape (and may be shaped by) practices of religion, healing, magic, and sorcery.
	ANTH 6700 - Cultures of Display: Archaeology, Museums and Nationalism 3 Credit Hours Description This course examines the ways in which archaeology and public museums were placed in the service of emerging nationalism in “the long 19th century” (1789-1920), specifically in Italy, Greece, Egypt and Turkey.
	ANTH 6740 - Cultural History of Sexuality: From Plato to Foucault 3 Credit Hours Description This course explores the relationship between Greek reflections on eros (in tragedy and philosophy) and modern theories of sex and sexuality grounded in these same texts (Freud and Foucault). The goal is an understanding of the modern culture of “sexuality.”
	ANTH 6750 - Film Culture, Morality and Modernity 3 Credit Hours Description This course begins with an analysis of the technological revolutions that made modern film culture possible, as well as the shift in perceptions of objectivity and subjectivity in storytelling occasioned by these startling innovations.
	ANTH 6760 - Archaeology of the Olympics 3 Credit Hours Description This course offers a comparative study of the ancient and modern Olympic Games, which will concentrate on the cultural and religious meaning of ritualized athletic activity. It also provides a case study of Neohellenic revival, a significant cultural force, globally speaking, in the last two hundred years.
	ANTH 6780 - Critical Perspectives on Democracy, Secularism and Religion 3 Credit Hours Description This course attempts to situate modern theories of democracy, pluralism and secular politics within the social and cultural revolutions that constitute western modernity. The course will conclude with an ethnographic study of grass roots political organizing.
	ANTH 6790 - The Concept of Origins 3 Credit Hours Description This course offers a survey of the emerging “Human Sciences” in which the concept of origins became foundational, such as: Anthropology of Religion; Archaeology; Classical Studies; Evolutionary Biology; Philosophy; Sociology of Religion; and Theology.
	ANTH 6799 - Founders and Foundations: The Anthropology of Religious Community Formation 3 Credit Hours Description One approach to the comparative study of religion is to explore the similarities and differences between various religious traditions; another approach explores the remarkable diversity to be found within a single religious tradition. This course develops the second approach through an early Christian case study.
	ANTH 6850 - GSU Exchange and Non-GSU Study Abroad 3 to 9 Credit Hours Prerequisites: Permission of faculty member in the Department of Anthropology at GSU. Description This course provides students with an opportunity to receive Anthropology credit hours in a study abroad program or field school, including GSU exchange programs (but not GSU faculty-led study abroad programs) and non-GSU programs. Students may receive credit for programs that involve travel to a society overseas that exposes them to anthropological perspectives and methods of studying and interpreting different ways or life and that provides them with experience in anthropological methods.
	ANTH 6888 - Exploring the Cultural Heritage of Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula 3 Credit Hours Prerequisites: Permission of instructor. Description This study abroad program will introduce students to the cultural history of the Yucatan Peninsula. Students will gain an understanding and appreciation of the achievements and struggles of past and contemporary Maya peoples. The archaeological sites visited will enable students to experience the importance and impact of cultural heritage, and spark interest in archaeology and love of different cultures, past and present.
	ANTH 6980 - Selected Topics 1 to 3 Credit Hours Description May be repeated if topics are different.
	ANTH 8000 - Anthropological Theory and Praxis 3 Credit Hours Prerequisites: consent of the instructor. Description Principal intellectual trends and debates in historical and contemporary anthropological thought and praxis. Emphasis on demonstrating the manifold interconnections, and erasing the conceptual divides, between academic and applied anthropology.
	ANTH 8010 - Qualitative Methods in Anthropology 3 Credit Hours Description Advanced study in ethnographic research design, data collection and management, analysis, and application. Special emphasis is placed on applied anthropological research methods relative to community intervention, policy formation, and program evaluation in the public and private sectors.
	ANTH 8020 - Graduate Professionalization Seminar 1 Credit Hours Prerequisites: Limited to graduate students in Anthropology unless otherwise permitted by instructor. Description This weekly seminar centers on graduate-level topics and skills in anthropology. Its primary aim is to provide a well-rounded supplement to the core graduate curriculum: to give graduate students a space in which to benefit from their peers and from scholars in GSU anthropology, GSU departments in related fields, or elsewhere in the greater Atlanta area. The course will include discussion of selected articles and book chapters from areas of interest; practice presentations of conference posters or defenses by interested students; invited guest lectures by local scholars; tutorials in literature research and other skills; and similar.
	ANTH 8021 - Graduate Professionalization Seminar-Lab 1 Credit Hours Prerequisites: Co-requisite with ANTH 8020. Students must be enrolled in the MA program in Anthropology. Description Lab Section associated with ANTH 8020. Students work in small groups to workshop presentations of conference posters and papers or defenses, exchange feedback in teaching, draft grant proposals, and conduct role-playing exercises in effective networking. Careers-oriented modules allow students to push forward as burgeoning and successful professionals.
	ANTH 8040 - Seminar in Anthropology 3 Credit Hours Prerequisites: consent of instructor. Description Advanced topics in anthropology that vary each offering; may be taken more than once when topics differ.
	ANTH 8050 - Seminar in Applied Anthropology 3 Credit Hours Prerequisites: consent of the instructor. Description Advanced topics in applied anthropology. May be repeated if topics vary.
	ANTH 8060 - Writing Seminar in Anthropology 3 Credit Hours Description This course is to support third semester MA students in the process of taking comps and to assist graduating students as they write their MA thesis and practicum papers.
	ANTH 8065 - Non-thesis research 1 to 15 Credit Hours Description For graduate lab assistant (GLA) or graduate research assistant (GRA) students only.
	ANTH 8070 - Museum Experience 3 Credit Hours Prerequisites: Consent of instructor. Description This course will provide students with a critical understanding of museum exhibits and/or museum collections through fieldwork, data collection or observations and may involve collections housed at Georgia State University or elsewhere to provide hands-on experience, anthropological insights and professional skills concerning the reproduction of knowledge for public education.
	ANTH 8220 - Refugees and Forced Migration 3 Credit Hours Description Same as GLOS 8220. Provides an understanding of forced migration processes (the complex causes, characteristics, and consequences of displacement) and of the “refugee problem” (how international policymakers and scholars have constructed displacement as an object for analysis and action “and some of the consequences of this construction).
	ANTH 8240 - Public Archaeology 3 Credit Hours Prerequisites: consent of the instructor. Description Laws and regulations governing cultural resource protection and preservation, the conduct of archaeology in a contract format, and mechanisms for public education.
	ANTH 8900 - Directed Study 3 to 9 Credit Hours Description Independent Study.
	ANTH 8910 - Internship 1 to 9 Credit Hours Description Academic training and professional experience through short-term internships at public or private agencies. May be taken more than once, but only three credits may be applied toward graduate requirements.
	ANTH 8970 - Thesis Prospectus 3 Credit Hours Description For student completion of thesis prospectus by answering three questions provided by the thesis chair. The course will be satisfied upon evaluation with a pass by the thesis committee.
	ANTH 8980 - Thesis Writing 3 Credit Hours Description For student completion of thesis writing. The course will be satisfied upon evaluation with a pass on the thesis oral defense and submission of final thesis to the university library.
	ANTH 8990 - Research Practicum 3 Credit Hours Description For non-thesis students only. This course serves as a research practicum in lieu of a thesis for the M. A. degree. May be retaken but only three credit hours can count toward the M.A.
	ANTH 8999 - Thesis Research 1 to 9 Credit Hours Description
Applied Linguistics
	AL 6111 - Semantics and Pragmatics in Lingustic Theory 3 Credit Hours Prerequisites: AL 3021 or AL 8240 with a C or better preferred. Description Broad range of topics in semantics, the study of how language communicates meaning, and in pragmatics, the study of how language is used to accomplish a speaker’s intention.
	AL 6121 - Historical Linguistics 3 Credit Hours Prerequisites: AL 3021 with grade of C or higher, or equivalent. Description Comprehensive introduction to historical and comparative linguistics with a focus on causes and mechanisms of language change over time.
	AL 6131 - Bilingualism 3 Credit Hours Description Comprehensive introduction to the phenomena, role, and function of bilingualism in the contemporary world with special emphasis on North America.
	AL 6999 - Directed Readings 1 to 4 Credit Hours Description
	AL 8240 - General Linguistics 3 Credit Hours Description An introduction to linguistic theory focusing on subtopics of particular relevance to language teachers: phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, and semantics.
	AL 8250 - Second Language Acquisition 3 Credit Hours Description Survey of the complex variables underlying second language acquisition and the various perspectives that inform second language acquisition theories. Current theories of second language acquisition and their implications for second language teaching.
	AL 8255 - Task-Based Language Teaching and Assessment 3 Credit Hours Description Explores core issues of task-based language teaching and assessment (TBLT), with particular emphasis on pedagogical implications. Introduces TBLT ‘s history and origin, then considers components of task-based teaching, critically examining current research and practice. Students explore key components of a task-based program (e.g., needs analysis, syllabus design, task design, task sequencing, instruction, teachers, learners, assessment, and program evaluation).
	AL 8270 - Selected Topics in Applied Linguistics 3 Credit Hours Description Study of current theory and research in selected topics in English as a second/foreign language. This course may be repeated with change in content with consent of adviser. This course may be repeated with change in content with consent of adviser.
	AL 8320 - The Sound System of English 3 Credit Hours Description Comprehensive treatment of second language pronunciation pedagogy drawing on current theory, research, and practice. Thorough grounding in the sound system of North American English and in research on the acquisition of second language pronunciation abilities. In-depth discussion of instructional issues.
	AL 8330 - Intercultural Communication 3 Credit Hours Description An overview of intercultural communication, including cultural differences in pedagogy and the role of culture in second language acquisition.
	AL 8400 - Preparation for Undergraduate Teaching 3 Credit Hours Description This course allows students to shadow an experienced instructor in an existing Applied Linguistics/English as Second Language course. Enrollment limited to AL/ESL graduate students.
	AL 8450 - Approaches to Teaching Second/Foreign Languages 3 Credit Hours Description An overview, description, and analysis of methods and approaches to second language teaching. Focus on theoretical perspectives, major issues, and current controversies. Examination of the historical and theoretical foundations. Particular attention to long-term development of language teachers as decision-makers and problem-solvers.
	AL 8460 - English Grammar for ESL/EFL Teachers 3 Credit Hours Description Investigation of the characteristics of the English language with emphasis on form and meaning in discourse. Discussion and applications to the teaching of ESL/EFL, especially the development and modification of language-teaching curricula, lessons, and materials.
	AL 8470 - Sociolinguistics 3 Credit Hours Description The fundamental concepts of sociolinguistics: the study of the interplay of linguistic, social, and cultural factors in human communication. Relation of those concepts to the concerns of language teaching, particularly the teaching of English as a second or foreign language.
	AL 8480 - Classroom Practices in Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language 3 Credit Hours Description Emphasis on practical needs of prospective English language teachers and complement to the department’s required AL 8450 course. Focus specifically on classroom techniques, instructional procedures, and teacher/learner behaviors. Familiarization with instructional procedures consistent with established theoretical principles of second language teaching/learning.
	AL 8520 - Psycholinguistics 3 Credit Hours Description A broad introduction to psycholinguistics at the graduate level, covering general methodology for the study of psycholingustics, the nature of language, biological bases of language, language and the brain, animal communication systems, language comprehension, discourse processing, speech perception and production, and first and second language development.
	AL 8530 - Issues in Second Language Writing 3 Credit Hours Description Same as ENGL 8530 Theories and practices underlying the teaching and learning of second language writing. Emphasis on developing the background necessary for graduate students to examine and refine their own pedagogical positions on the teaching of writing.
	AL 8550 - Second Language Evaluation and Assessment 3 Credit Hours Description An overview of language testing with a focus on the development of teacher-generated tests to measure student’s achievement in a second language.
	AL 8570 - Second Language Reading-Writing Relationships 3 Credit Hours Description Examination of evolving theories of reading and writing as interconnected sociocognitive processes and of the changing nature of these processes in the transition from print to electronic literacies. Exploration of pedagogical implications of the new multiliteracies for second language classrooms.
	AL 8620 - Technology and Language Teaching 3 Credit Hours Description This course provides an overview of computer-based or technology-enhanced language learning and teaching through exploring a working theory of technology and language learning environments, using and discussing existing and potential applications of computer and corpus tools and approaches in the language classroom, and creating projects to use and test knowledge gained through reading, discussion, and hands-on experience. This course is repeatable.
	AL 8630 - English for Specific Purposes (ESP) 3 Credit Hours Description Refers to that branch of ESL teaching and research in which the course content and teaching methods are derived from an analysis of a specific language use situation, such as English for business, English for tour guides, English for English teaching, or English for air traffic control. The course focuses on two aspects of ESP teaching and research that may be said to distinguish them from more general purpose English: authenticity of task and the interaction between language knowledge and specific purpose content knowledge.
	AL 8660 - Materials Design, Development and Publication 3 Credit Hours Description Analysis of materials used in teaching ESL/EFL. Investigation of teacher and student use of materials. Design, development, and publication of a set of materials.
	AL 8710 - Research Methods in Applied Linguistics 3 Credit Hours Description Fundamental concepts of qualitative and quantitative reseach methods. Focus is on understanding the main research paradigms in applied linguistics, critically evaluating published research articles, and interpreting basic descriptive and inferential statistics.
	AL 8760 - Corpus Linguistics 3 Credit Hours Description Review of the literature on corpus linguistics with a focus on both the conceptual and methodological underpinnings of the field. Analysis of a selection of corpora of English. Development of corpora. Use of concordancing software in corpus analysis.
	AL 8765 - Phraseology 3 Credit Hours Description Analysis of patterns of lexis in text and underlying phrase patterns characteristic of various discourse types with applications to issues in applied linguistics.
	AL 8820 - Psycholinguistics 3 Credit Hours Prerequisites: PhD student status or permission of the instructor. Description A broad introduction to psycholinguistics at the graduate level, covering general methodology for the study of psycholingustics, the nature of language, biological bases of language, language and the brain, animal communication systems, language comprehension, discourse processing, speech perception and production, and first and second language development.
	AL 8850 - Second Language Evaluation and Assessment 3 Credit Hours Prerequisites: PhD student status or permission of the instructor. Description An overview of language testing with a focus on the development of teacher-generated tests to measure student’s achievement in a second language.
	AL 8860 - English Grammar for ESL/EFL Teachers 3 Credit Hours Prerequisites: Ph.D. student status or permission of the instructor. Description Investigation of the characteristics of the English language with emphasis on form and meaning in discourse. Discussion and applications to the teaching of ESL/EFL, especially the development and modification of language-teaching curricula, lessons, and materials.
	AL 8870 - Sociolinguistics 3 Credit Hours Prerequisites: PhD student status or permission of the instructor. Description This course focuses on the fundamental concepts of sociolinguistics: the study of the interplay of linguistic, social, and cultural factors in human communication. Relation of those concepts to the concerns of language teaching, particularly the teaching of English as a second or foreign language, will also be addressed. This course is repeatable.
	AL 8900 - Practicum in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages 3 Credit Hours Description Practical teaching experience for pre-service teachers of English as a second language. Enrollment limited to AL/ESL graduate students whose schedules permit them to observe and participate in the practicum supervisor’s ESL course.
	AL 8910 - Directed Individual Study 1 to 3 Credit Hours Description Exploration of a particular area of interest in department. Study is based on plan submitted by the student. Permission of adviser required.
	AL 8920 - Research Apprenticeship for Graduate Research Assistants 3 Credit Hours Requirements: Required of all GRA’s in the department. Description Supervised research as an assistant to a faculty member. Required of all GRA’s in the department. Does not count toward degree requirements.
	AL 8930 - Apprenticeship for Graduate Laboratory Assistants 3 Credit Hours Requirements: Required of all GLA’s in the department. Description Supervised work as a graduate laboratory assistant. Required of all GLA’s in the department. Does not count toward degree.
	AL 8940 - Teaching Apprenticeship for Graduate Teaching Assistants 3 Credit Hours Requirements: Required for all GTA’s in the department. Description In-service teacher training for GTA’s. Required for all GTA’s in the department. Does not count toward degree requirements.
	AL 8950 - Developing MA Portfolio 3 Credit Hours Description Development of skills necessary to prepare MA portfolio and MA paper. Special attention is given to (1) documentation and introspection of classroom-based and professional development experiences; and (2) development of research and writing skills. The course includes a series of talks given by faculty members on professional development topics. Does not count toward degree requirements.
	AL 8955 - Academic and Professional Socialization for Applied Linguistics 3 Credit Hours Description In this doctoral course, students read about and discuss issues related to being a successful doctoral student and job applicant. Topics include the importance of mentors, time-management, professional development (e.g., writing conference abstracts, presenting papers, writing for publication), ethics (e.g., multiple authorship), CV development, grant-writing, and teaching. Students also shadow an experienced instructor in an Applied Linguistics course, teach short lessons, and receive feedback.
	AL 8960 - Quantitative Research Methods 3 Credit Hours Prerequisites: PhD student status in Applied Linguistics or permission of the instructor. Description Focus on the most widely used and useful statistical methods in Applied Linguistics (AL). Examination of statistical concepts and methods fundamental to analysis and explanation of empirical data.
	AL 8961 - Qualitative Research Methods 3 Credit Hours Prerequisites: PhD student status in Applied Linguistics or permission of the instructor. Description Overview of issues related to qualitative research methods. Topics include various types of methodology, data collection and analysis. Course is for doctoral and advanced MA students. This course is repeatable.
	AL 8962 - Seminar in Research Methods 3 Credit Hours Prerequisites: AL 8960 and AL 8961, or permission of instructor. Description In-depth investigation of various topics related to research methods. Course is for doctoral and advanced MA students. May be repeated if topics vary.
	AL 8970 - Current Issues in Linguistic Analysis 3 Credit Hours Prerequisites: PhD student status in Applied Linguistics or permission of the instructor. Description Overview of linguistic theory of particular relevance to applied linguistics. Topics may include syntax, morphology, and cross-language speech perception. May be repeated if topics vary.
	AL 8971 - Thesis Prospectus 3 Credit Hours Description For student completion of thesis prospectus by answering three questions provided by the thesis chair. The course will be satisfied upon evaluation with a pass by the thesis committee.
	AL 8972 - Seminar in Language and Cognition 3 Credit Hours Prerequisites: Consent of instructor. Description In-depth investigation of current research in a language-and-cognition-related topic such as psycholinguistics or the second language lexicon. Course Course is for doctoral and advanced MA students. Course may be repeated if topic varies.
	AL 8977 - Seminar in Sociolinguistics 3 Credit Hours Prerequisites: Consent of instructor. Description In-depth investigation of a topic related to sociolinguistics, such as language attitudes or language policy and planning. Course is for doctoral and advanced MA students. May be repeated if topics vary.
	AL 8978 - Seminar in Discourse Analysis 3 Credit Hours Prerequisites: Consent of instructor. Description In-depth investigation of a topic related to discourse analysis, such as academic discourse analysis, critical discourse analysis, conversation analysis, formulaic language, or genre theory. Course is for doctoral and advanced MA students. May be repeated if topics vary.
	AL 8980 - Current Issues in Adult Second Language Acquisition 3 Credit Hours Prerequisites: AL 8250 . Description Survey of current research and theory in the field of L2 acquisition. Topics may include cognitive, sociocultural, and discourse theories of second language acquisition. For each topic, examination of underlying epistemologies (including theories and research methods) and evaluations of the implications of established findings for second and foreign language learning by adults. Course is for doctoral and advanced MA students. May be repeated if topics vary.
	AL 8981 - Seminar in Second and Foreign Language Pedagogy 3 Credit Hours Prerequisites: Consent of instructor. Description In-depth investigation of a topic related to second and/or foreign language pedagogy, such as task-based language learning and assessment, L2 pronunciation, or critical pedagogy. Course is for doctoral and advanced MA students. May be repeated if topics vary.
	AL 8982 - Seminar in Second Language Acquisition 3 Credit Hours Prerequisites: Consent of instructor. Description In-depth investigation of a topic related to second language acquisition. Course is for doctoral and advanced MA students. May be repeated if topics vary.
	AL 8987 - Seminar in Second Language Reading, Writing, and Literacy 3 Credit Hours Prerequisites: Consent of instructor. Description In-depth investigation of a topic related to reading, writing, or literacy in a second or foreign language. Course is for doctoral and advanced MA students. May be repeated if topics vary.
	AL 8990 - Current Issues in Preparation of Second Language Teachers 3 Credit Hours Prerequisites: AL 8450 or consent of instructor or PhD student status. Description For prospective educators of ESL and EFL teachers. Focuses on theory, processes, and research options teacher educators may explore to prepare language teachers to work in diverse cultural, linguistic, and social contexts. Expands awareness of social, cultural, professional, and institutional considerations that combine to influence the process of serving as an educator of ESL/EFL teachers, especially of those teachers who work in English for Academic Purposes (EAP) settings with adult learners. Research project focused on L2 teacher learning and/or teacher development required. Course is for doctoral and advanced MA students.
	AL 8991 - Seminar in Second and Foreign Language Pedagogy 3 Credit Hours Prerequisites: Consent of instructor. Description In-depth investigation of a topic related to second and/or foreign language pedagogy, such as task-based language learning and assessment, L2 pronunciation, or critical pedagogy. Course is for doctoral and advanced MA students. May be repeated if topics vary.

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ANTH 6300 - Human Evolution

ANTH 6310 - Human Biology

ANTH 6330 - Primate Behavioral Ecology

ANTH 6340 - Applied Anthropology

ANTH 6350 - Anthropology and Natural History Museums in the Netherlands

ANTH 6360 - Methods and Analysis in Biological Anthropology

ANTH 6370 - Forensic Anthropology

ANTH 6390 - Diet, Demography, and Disease

ANTH 6400 - Anthropology of Tourism

ANTH 6420 - Gender and Power in Ethnographic Perspective

ANTH 6460 - Health and Culture

ANTH 6470 - Visual Culture

ANTH 6480 - Ethnography in the 21st Century

ANTH 6490 - The Anthropology of Globalization

ANTH 6500 - Work and Culture

ANTH 6520 - Anthropology of Public Culture

ANTH 6530 - The Archaeology of Ancient Cities

ANTH 6550 - Field School in Anthropology

ANTH 6560 - Advanced Field School in Anthropology

ANTH 6590 - Archaeological Methods

ANTH 6600 - Archaeological Theory

ANTH 6670 - Research Methods in Sociocultural Anthropology

ANTH 6680 - Monsters, Magical Creatures, and Other Nonempirical Beings

ANTH 6700 - Cultures of Display: Archaeology, Museums and Nationalism

ANTH 6740 - Cultural History of Sexuality: From Plato to Foucault

ANTH 6750 - Film Culture, Morality and Modernity

ANTH 6760 - Archaeology of the Olympics

ANTH 6780 - Critical Perspectives on Democracy, Secularism and Religion

ANTH 6790 - The Concept of Origins

ANTH 6799 - Founders and Foundations: The Anthropology of Religious Community Formation

ANTH 6850 - GSU Exchange and Non-GSU Study Abroad

ANTH 6888 - Exploring the Cultural Heritage of Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula

ANTH 6980 - Selected Topics

ANTH 8000 - Anthropological Theory and Praxis

ANTH 8010 - Qualitative Methods in Anthropology

ANTH 8020 - Graduate Professionalization Seminar

ANTH 8021 - Graduate Professionalization Seminar-Lab

ANTH 8040 - Seminar in Anthropology

ANTH 8050 - Seminar in Applied Anthropology

ANTH 8060 - Writing Seminar in Anthropology

ANTH 8065 - Non-thesis research

ANTH 8070 - Museum Experience

ANTH 8220 - Refugees and Forced Migration

ANTH 8240 - Public Archaeology

ANTH 8900 - Directed Study

ANTH 8910 - Internship

ANTH 8970 - Thesis Prospectus

ANTH 8980 - Thesis Writing

ANTH 8990 - Research Practicum

ANTH 8999 - Thesis Research

AL 6111 - Semantics and Pragmatics in Lingustic Theory

AL 6121 - Historical Linguistics

AL 6131 - Bilingualism

AL 6999 - Directed Readings

AL 8240 - General Linguistics

AL 8250 - Second Language Acquisition

AL 8255 - Task-Based Language Teaching and Assessment

AL 8270 - Selected Topics in Applied Linguistics

AL 8320 - The Sound System of English

AL 8330 - Intercultural Communication

AL 8400 - Preparation for Undergraduate Teaching

AL 8450 - Approaches to Teaching Second/Foreign Languages

AL 8460 - English Grammar for ESL/EFL Teachers

AL 8470 - Sociolinguistics

AL 8480 - Classroom Practices in Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language

AL 8520 - Psycholinguistics

AL 8530 - Issues in Second Language Writing

AL 8550 - Second Language Evaluation and Assessment

AL 8570 - Second Language Reading-Writing Relationships

AL 8620 - Technology and Language Teaching

AL 8630 - English for Specific Purposes (ESP)

AL 8660 - Materials Design, Development and Publication

AL 8710 - Research Methods in Applied Linguistics

AL 8760 - Corpus Linguistics

AL 8765 - Phraseology