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2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

ANTH 410. Spatial Analysis for Anthropologists


Credits 4.00 PeopleSoft Course ID 011954 Grading Basis GRD (A, B or C)

The course teaches students how to identify and solve anthropological problems with spatial dimensions. Hands-on experience is stressed in the acquisition, analysis and display of spatial data using Geographic Information Systems software. Topics include the mapping of race and ethnicity, the spatial distribution of cultural variables and human modification and use of the landscape. Prerequisite(s): ANTH 195 , ANTH 196  or ANTH 197 .