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人类遗传学 （human genetics） 即以人作为研究对象的遗传学，与动植物及微生物的遗传学不同。主要是因为不能用人作杂交实验，故在各方面受到很大限制。因此初期的人类遗传学仅仅停留在分析研究血型等正常性以及患病后所显示的异常性等的遗传方式方面。

分子人类学（英语：Molecular Anthropology）是人类学的分支，是在人类基因组等研究基础上发展形成的一门新兴交叉学科，利用分子水平的遗传信息来分析人类起源、当代和古代人类群体的演化以及古代社会文化结构等多方面多层次的问题。主要方法是比较DNA或蛋白质序列，早期方法亦包括血清学的比较研究。

人类生态学就是运用生物学、地理学、人类学、人口学、经济学、社会学和其他学科的相关理论和方法，探讨人与环境相互关系的一门科学，研究主题包括对环境的影响、环境对人进化与发展的影响以及人与其他生物物种之间的关系，是一门源于普通生态学，并随着普通生态学发展而发展的基础理论学科。

心理人类学是文化人类学的一个分支。文化人类学中强调心理学内容和心理学方法的那部分称为心理人类学。根据泰勒（E．B．Tylor）的定义，“文化”是包含习得知识、信仰和习惯等的复合体。所以文化人类学与心理学有一些共同的研究领域，当心理学方面作各种新的探索时，它们便在人类学家的调查研究和各种释方面反映出来。

古人类学（英语：palaeoanthropology），是古生物学与体质人类学的交叉学科，主要以人类演化为研究内容。 古人类学的研究对象以古人类和古猿类的化石遗骸为主。研究人员在演化理论的指导下，借助体质人类学、比较解剖学的知识和方法，研究古人类及其猿类祖先的体质特征变化，从而分析系统发生关系。此外，古人类制造和使用过的工具和其他遗物，曾与古人类共存的古动植物化石以及古地理、古气候、年代学等领域的资料，也都成为古人类学研究的重要依据和参考。

人种学研究的任务是对全世界各人种建立科学的分类系统，追溯各人种及其体质特征的形成和人种间亲缘关系的历史过程，并对这一过程进行科学的解释，从而揭露种族歧视和种族主义伪科学的反动实质。

人体测量学是用测量和观察的方法描述人类体质特征状况的人类学分支学科，采用人类学常用的活体测量法来研究体育锻炼和运动训练对人体外部形态和体形的影响，运动员身体各部分比例特征、体型、生长发育中身体各部分之间的比例的变化，以及运动遗传因素等问题。各国为了提高竞技运动水平和有效培养运动员，广泛开展人体测量学的研究。

医学人类学是人类学的一个分支，以病人对疾病的社会心理反应为重心，而不是以疾病本身为重心，主要关注生病行为，即病人对疾病的社会心理反应。 医学人类学是国际人类学领域发展最快的一门学科。它是社会和文化人类学理论与心理学、公共卫生和社会医学实践的完美结合。在国际学术界，医学人类学以其科学审慎的研究态度以及体现人文情怀的研究风格，已经成为作为联结社会科学和医学领域最重要的桥梁。

文化人类学（Cultural anthropology）是人类学（对于人类的全貌视野研究）的其中四或五个分支之一。这个学科分支将文化视为有意义的科学概念。 文化人类学家探讨人类的文化变异性，搜集观察结果（这往往透过名为田野调查工作的参与观察），并检视全球的经济与政治过程对地方文化的影响。

社会人类学（Social anthropology）是人类学的主要分支，研究世界各地的不同社会的性质与差异。一般而言，社会人类学家的研究范围与对象大致与文化人类学相同，并且同样采用长期密集的田野调查（主要是参与观察法）进行研究。不过相较于文化人类学起源于美国，社会人类学发源于英国，并且以英国作为主要根据地，故有时称为“英国社会人类学”。社会人类学家强调借由扎实与稳固的田野调查探究特定人群的社会组织：其中包含风俗，经济与政治组织，法律与冲突调解，消费、交换，亲属与家庭结构的模式，性别关系，儿童养育与社会化，宗教等等。

影视人类学（Visual Anthropology），意为“可视的人类学”，我国不少学者也称之为影视民族学。它是通过影视手段将人类的文化纪录下来，并对影片内容和拍摄规律加以理论研究的一门人类学分支学科。

语言人类学（linguistic anthropology）是人类学和语言学的交叉学科。它从语义出发研究语言的社会文化功能，以内在的认识体系和外在的使用方法为基本课题，由博厄斯（Franz Boas）引入正规的人类学研究。语言人类学尝试从语言的发音、语法结构以及文字书写等方面对相关族群的认知习惯、族群心理进行解构剖析。

This course is designed to introduce students to the anthropological study of different cultures, including ways of comparing and contrasting the structures of social relationships and belief systems that operate in different cultural settings. We will explore ways of trying to understand the world views and belief systems of other peoples by studying each of those systems in their particular contexts, and then comparing and contrasting different cultures and the contexts in which they are situated.

This course explores the social and cultural dimensions of production, exchange, saving, borrowing and consumption. We hear every day about "the economy,” an identifiably separate sphere of human life with its own rules and principles and its own scholarly discipline (economics). This class starts from the premise that this "common sense” idea of the economy is only one way to view the way people meet
their basic and not-so-basic human needs.

This course attempts to survey and explain some of the variety found in the human condition around the world. It is both a scientific and a humanistic endeavor to explain differences and similarities in appearance, language, culture, and perspectives. It incorporates basic biology and physiology, history, geography, sociology, evolution, and
sometimes a suspended value judgment, in order to understand why people are who they are, and why they do what they do.

The discipline of Archaeology involves the study of past societies, their practices and behaviors as deduced by the analysis and interpretation of their material remains. This course will provide an introductory exploration of archaeological theory, method and practice. We will begin with an introduction of the roots of the discipline and trace its trajectory to its current state. This course
will review proper archaeological methodologies and techniques that are necessary to excavate a site. We will examine archaeological theoretical conceptions of cultural complexity by studying hunter-gatherer societies, as well as tribes, chiefdoms, and state societies. This class is also designed to provide a brief overview of various critical components of archaeology, such as
Bioarchaeology, NAGPRA, and ethics.

To introduce students to folklore as vernacular expressive culture and as a field of study. By the end of the semester you should be able to:
Provide a definition of "folklore” based on an overview of the disciplinary and intellectual history of the discipline.
Identify examples of folklore in the world around you.
Explain the core concepts of genre, group, tradition, performance, and aesthetics.
Understand and use standard folklore/ethnographic terminology.
Describe the role of folklore (vernacular expressive culture) in identity creation/maintenance and expression of values.
Write analytically about uses of folklore in the world.

Humans around the world share the unique capacity to communicate their thoughts, feelings, and social realities using both verbal and non-verbal forms of communication. Yet our specific forms of communication vary across space and time, culture and social setting; and a range of political and economic constraints influence if and how we are able to express ourselves. In this course we look at the nature of verbal language and how it differs from other communicative forms (sign language, body language, writing…); the origins of human language and the birth, transformation, and death of specific languages and dialects; the everyday use of diverse speech genres in diverse sociocultural contexts; and the development throughout our lives of the ability to communicate in complex ways on a daily basis. We think about the intentions and goals of communicative signs and how our use and interpretation of these are variously constrained by our social circumstances.

The purpose of this course is to provide the student with an introduction to the principles of Physical Anthropology. The genetic processes underlying the expression of population variability will be discussed in detail. The appearance of the hominids, approximately 4.0 million years ago, and their subsequent development to the present will be examined in detail. The mechanisms of evolution, theoretical perspectives, and the relationships between the other primates and humans will also be discussed. It is hoped that through this course the student will gain an understanding of Physical Anthropology, its areas of inquiry and the relationship between culture and the biological nature of humans.

1.Provide a general survey of the anthropology of religion, spiritual ecology, Buddhist ecology, sacred places in nature, and related topics.
2.To become familiar with the basic literature and resources on these subjects.
3.To critically analyze spiritual ecology and especially the pros and cons of turning to religion as a source for the reduction or resolution of environmental crises.