Topics of Interest Grouping of courses by themes.

Archaeology and Historical Social Science

  • SOAN 180:  Black + White=Gray: Health and Conceptions of Race
  • SOAN 206:  Archaeology
  • SOAN 207:  Biological Anthropology
  • SOAN 210:  Field Methods in Archaeology
  • SOAN 211:  Laboratory Methods in Archaeology
  • SOAN 225:  Peoples of Central Europe
  • SOAN 230:  Discovering W&L's Origins
  • SOAN 232:  Historical Archaeology
  • SOAN 238:  Anthropology of American History
  • SOAN 256:  History of Violence in America
  • SOAN 367:  Seminar in American Social History
  • SOAN 291:  Archaeology of Virginia's Presidents
  • SOAN 291:  Domains of the Dead
  • SOAN 291:  World Prehistory
  • SOAN 291:  Archaeology of Race and Class
  • SOAN 291:  Seminar in American Indian Ethnohistory
  • SOAN 378:  Archaeological Field Survey Techniques

Gender, Sexuality, and Human Development

  • SOAN 205:  Power and Status
  • SOAN 212:  Theories of Social Psychology
  • SOAN 223:  Social Sciences and Religion
  • SOAN 270:  Deviance
  • SOAN 275:  Feminist Anthropology
  • SOAN 280:  Gender and Sexuality
  • SOAN 281:  Adolescence Under the Microscope
  • SOAN 288:  Childhood
  • SOAN 291:  Cults
  • SOAN 291:  Campus Sex in the Digital Age
  • SOAN 291:  Psychological Anthropology

Global Cultures

  • SOAN 206:  Archaeology 
  • SOAN 221:  Sociology of Religion
  • SOAN 224:  American Indian Religions, Landscapes, and Identities
  • SOAN 225:  Peoples of Central Europe
  • SOAN 240:  Food, Culture, and Society
  • SOAN 243:  Imaging Tibet
  • SOAN 245:  European Politics and Society
  • SOAN 246:  Post-Communism and New Democracies
  • SOAN 252:  Language, Culture, and Communication
  • SOAN 260:  Conflicts in Eurasia: Globalization, New States, and Soviet Legacies
  • SOAN 268:  Migration, Identity, and Conflict
  • SOAN 285:  Introduction to American Indian Religions
  • SOAN 286:  Land in American Indian Culture, Religion, and History
  • SOAN 288:  Childhood
  • SOAN 291:  World Prehistory

Health and Society

  • SOAN 180:  Black + White=Gray: Health and Conceptions of Race
  • SOAN 207:  Biological Anthropology
  • SOAN 212:  Theories of Social Psychology
  • SOAN 265:  Exploring Social Networks
  • SOAN 277:  Medical Anthropology
  • SOAN 289:  Sociology of the Self, Self-Help, and the Pursuit of Happiness
  • SOAN 290:  Medical Sociology
  • SOAN 291:  Psychological Anthropology

Identity and Inequality

  • SOAN 180:  Health and the Concept of Race
  • SOAN 180:  With and Against the Herd
  • SOAN 212:  Theories of Social Psychology
  • SOAN 221:  Sociology of Religion
  • SOAN 224:  American Indian Religions, Landscapes, and Identities
  • SOAN 228:  Race and Ethnic Relations
  • SOAN 234:  Nations and Nationalism
  • SOAN 240:  Food, Culture, and Society
  • SOAN 255:  Terror and Violence in Anthropological Perspective
  • SOAN 266:  Neighborhoods, Culture, and Poverty
  • SOAN 268:  Migration, Identity, and Conflict
  • SOAN 285:  Introduction to American Indian Religions
  • SOAN 286:  Land in American Indian Culture, Religion, and History
  • SOAN 291:  Archaeology of Race and Class

Politics, Economics, and Culture

  • SOAN 202:  Contemporary Social Problems
  • SOAN 205:  Power and Status
  • SOAN 221:  Sociology of Religion
  • SOAN 225:  Peoples of Central Europe
  • SOAN 234:  Nations and Nationalism
  • SOAN 245:  European Politics and Society
  • SOAN 246:  Post-Communism and New Democracies
  • SOAN 251:  Social Movements
  • SOAN 255:  Terror and Violence in Anthropological Perspective
  • SOAN 265:  Exploring Social Networks
  • SOAN 266:  Neighborhoods, Culture, and Poverty
  • SOAN 267:  Simulating Society
  • SOAN 268:  Migration, Identity, and Conflict
  • SOAN 272:  Social Revolutions
  • SOAN 291:  Cults
  • SOAN 291:  Consumer Cultures