15 hours plus 150 hours supervised fieldwork; 6 credits Intensive instruction in field methods and techniques of archaeology through participation in every aspect of an excavation; training in archaeological mapping, excavation techniques, and methods of archaeological laboratory analysis. For Summer Archaeological Field School abroad, room and board fees and travel expenses are additional. Prerequisite: permission of the chairperson.

610X Special Topics in Anthropology

45 hours, 3 credits
Subjects of interest in any of the four fields of anthropology that are not treated systematically in the regular curriculum. Topics vary from term to term. Students may take the course twice but may not repeat the topic.

611 X Special Topics in People and Cultures of Selected Areas

45 hours, 3 credits
Study of Cultural Groups or areas, not usually encountered in the departmental offerings; institutions, historical and environmental influences, and/or effects of outside contact on specific ethnographic or archaeological cultures. Physical, ethnographic and theoretical analysis of cultural groups, Cultural adaptations and retentions. Contemporary issues and problems. Student may take the course twice but may not repeat topics

624X Seminar in Zooarchaeology

30 hours lecture, 30 hours lab; 3 credits
Study of animal remains from archaeological sites, methods of recovery, identification and analysis. Special emphasis placed on natural and social environments, formation processes, subsistence strategies and paleoenvironments. Prerequisite: Completion of the core courses in Biological Anthropology and Archaeology in the Ph.D. program at the C.U.N.Y. Graduate Center, or permission of the chairperson.

643 Cult Occult and Secret Society

3 hours, 3 credits
Cross-cultural perspectives on cults and secret societies in Western and non-Western cultures. Concepts of the supernatural outside of formalized religion. Similarities between religious and secular groups with similar ideologies.

752 North American Indian

3 hours, 3 credits
Patterns of American Indian cultures north of Mexico; cultural and linguistic diversity; cultural adaptations and developments; contemporary Native Americans.