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Course # (Section)	Title	Day/Times	Instructor	Location	Term	Additional Details
AS.010.239 (01)	Art in Motion: The Interconnected Mediterranean in the 1st mill. BCE	TTh 12:00PM - 1:15PM	Feldman, Marian	Gilman 177	Spring 2026	Description: The Mediterranean Sea has long connected the lands that surround it, from western Asia to North Africa, southern Europe and Iberia. The first millennium BCE, from the collapse of the Bronze Age (1200/1100 BCE) to the conquests of Alexander the Great (334-323 BCE), witnessed an especially vibrant period of interactions and exchanges that led to dramatic local developments. This class examines artworks that moved around the Mediterranean during this time, as well as those that arose from these interactions. Impacted by the large, emerging empires of Assyria, Persia, and Macedonia, and inheritors of older traditions such as Egypt, the arts of the 1st millennium BCE Mediterranean encourage us to ask questions about cultural interactions, mobile technologies, and the effect of globalizing forces on local regions. No previous experience in art history, archaeology, or the ancient Mediterranean is required. Credits: 3.00 Status: Closed Seats Available: 9/20 Tags: HART-ANC, ARCH-RELATE
AS.010.427 (01)	Catharsis: Creating (with) Greek Tragedy	W 1:30PM - 4:00PM	Stager, Jennifer	Gilman 177	Spring 2026	Description: This seminar considers the mutual imbrication of Greek tragedy and the visual arts, from descriptions of art in the plays to inspiration drawn by artists from ancient performances. We will read extant plays in translation (those with knowledge of ancient Greek may translate key passages in addition) and trace the materialities of their performances, textual transmissions, and receptions, with particular attention to the ways in which the visual arts inspire and draw inspiration from this body of work. We will visit relevant museum collections in the region and, where possible, see live performances. Credits: 3.00 Status: Closed Seats Available: 4/15 Tags: HART-ANC, ARCH-ARCH
AS.060.330 (01)	Witches, Weather, and Wonder: Early Climate Thinking	TTh 1:30PM - 2:45PM	Achinstein, Sharon	Shriver Hall 104	Spring 2026	Description: This class reads how literature represented the causes of early climate disasters during the European period of transition from magic to science as ways of knowing. How did people understand the new experiences of climate in the age of coal mining, colonization, and extreme weather conditions in the 'little ice age' in Europe. Readings include plays, poems, fiction. Credits: 3.00 Status: Closed Seats Available: 1/16 Tags: ENGL-PR1800, ARCH-RELATE, ENVS-MAJOR, ENVS-MINOR
AS.070.419 (01)	Logic of Anthropological Inquiry	T 1:30PM - 4:00PM	Lans, Aja Marie	Mergenthaler 439	Spring 2026	Description: Anthropology is an endeavor to think with the empirical richness of the world at hand, a field science with both literary and philosophical pretensions. This course grapples with the nature of anthropological inquiry, reading classic works in the discipline as well as contemporary efforts to reimagine its foundations. Required for anthropology majors. Credits: 3.00 Status: Closed Seats Available: 8/12 Tags: ARCH-RELATE
AS.130.126 (01)	Gods and Monsters in Ancient Egypt	TTh 12:30PM - 2:00PM	Jasnow, Richard	Gilman 130G	Spring 2026	Description: A basic introduction to Egyptian Religion, with a special focus on the nature of the gods and how humans interact with them. We will devote particular time to the Book of the Dead and to the "magical" aspects of religion designed for protective purposes. Credits: 3.00 Status: Closed Seats Available: 6/25 Tags: ARCH-RELATE
AS.130.209 (01)	Ancient Economies	WF 3:00PM - 4:15PM	Freire, Lucas	Gilman 238	Spring 2026	Description: Humans have recorded economic transactions since the invention of writing, but only recently have historians, text specialists, and social theorists joined forces to ask: can modern economic models explain ancient interactions? What roles did political and legal institutions play in shaping economic life? How did early records reflect trade, contracts, and the emergence of credit markets? What norms ensured trust, and how were scribes trained to document disputes and inheritance? This course explores these questions through case studies from Mesopotamia, Anatolia, the Biblical world, Egypt, Greece, and Rome. We’ll examine ancient documents alongside social theory, digital tools, and hands-on activities. Topics include trade, taxation, entrepreneurship, and the broader debate over applying modern theories to ancient economies. Credits: 3.00 Status: Closed Seats Available: 9/18 Tags: NEAS-HISCUL, ARCH-RELATE, CES-FT, CES-LSO
AS.130.214 (01)	The Origins of Civilization: A Cross-Cultural Perspective	TTh 1:30PM - 2:45PM	Schwartz, Glenn M	Krieger Laverty	Spring 2026	Description: One of the most significant transformations in human history was the “urban revolution” in which cities, writing, kingdoms, and social classes formed for the first time. In this course, we compare five areas where this development occurred: China, Mesopotamia, the Indus Valley, Egypt, and Mesoamerica (Mexico/Guatemala/Honduras/Belize). In each region, we review the archaeological and textual evidence and consider how and why these complex societies emerged – and, often, failed. We will also consider the concept of “civilization” and how it has been used (and abused) in the contemporary world. Credits: 3.00 Status: Closed Seats Available: 4/15 Tags: ARCH-ARCH, CES-CC, CES-PD
AS.130.317 (01)	Akhenaten, Nefertiti and the Armana Period	WF 12:00PM - 1:15PM	Bryan, Betsy Morrell	Gilman 238	Spring 2026	Description: This course examines the visual expressions of the revolutionary pharaoh Akhenaten and his wife Nefertiti. The artistic changes that this reign introduced will be discussed through art historical, religious, political, and sociological lenses. Who was the king's sole god Aten and how did he and his visual appearance impact Egypt and the ancient world 1350 to 1330 BCE? Credits: 3.00 Status: Closed Seats Available: 11/12 Tags: ARCH-ARCH
AS.130.339 (01)	Archaeological Sciences: An Introduction to the Principles and Applications of Archaeometry	TTh 3:00PM - 4:15PM	Shannon, John Lafe	Krieger 302	Spring 2026	Description: Over the past 50 years, archaeological science (or Archaeometry) has become an increasingly important subfield within the wider discipline of anthropological archaeology. Analytical approaches to archaeological materials including ceramic, stone, metal, bone, and plant remains have proven to be vital in archaeologists’ pursuit of piecing together the human past. This course is designed to familiarize students with the foundational principles of archaeological sciences including dating techniques, conservation sciences, and materials science approaches to artifact studies including optical petrography, X-ray fluorescence, mass spectrometry, stable isotope geochemistry, neutron activation analysis, and scanning electron microscopy. Students will learn the fundamental science behind archaeometric techniques and their applications to anthropological and historical questions. Students will also obtain hands-on laboratory experience through required labs and an optional final project. Credits: 3.00 Status: Closed Seats Available: 7/20 Tags: ARCH-ARCH, ARCH-RELATE
AS.136.505 (01)	Archaeology Fieldwork		Schwartz, Glenn M		Spring 2026	Description: Fieldwork associated with Archaeology major Credits: 1.00 Status: Closed Seats Available: 10/10 Tags: ARCH-RELATE
AS.136.505 (02)	Archaeology Fieldwork		Anderson, Emily S.K.		Spring 2026	Description: Fieldwork associated with Archaeology major Credits: 1.00 Status: Closed Seats Available: 10/10 Tags: ARCH-RELATE
AS.136.506 (01)	Independent Study-Archaeology Fieldwork		Schwartz, Glenn M		Spring 2026	Description: Fieldwork associated with Archaeology major Credits: 1.00 - 3.00 Status: Closed Seats Available: 10/10 Tags: ARCH-RELATE
AS.136.506 (02)	Independent Study-Archaeology Fieldwork		Harrower, Michael James		Spring 2026	Description: Fieldwork associated with Archaeology major Credits: 1.00 - 3.00 Status: Closed Seats Available: 10/10 Tags: ARCH-RELATE
AS.136.506 (03)	Independent Study-Archaeology Fieldwork		Anderson, Emily S.K.		Spring 2026	Description: Fieldwork associated with Archaeology major Credits: 1.00 - 3.00 Status: Closed Seats Available: 10/10 Tags: ARCH-RELATE
AS.136.506 (04)	Independent Study-Archaeology Fieldwork		Feldman, Marian		Spring 2026	Description: Fieldwork associated with Archaeology major Credits: 1.00 - 3.00 Status: Closed Seats Available: 9/10 Tags: ARCH-RELATE
AS.136.506 (05)	Independent Study-Archaeology Fieldwork		Bryan, Betsy Morrell		Spring 2026	Description: Fieldwork associated with Archaeology major Credits: 1.00 - 3.00 Status: Closed Seats Available: 10/10 Tags: ARCH-RELATE
AS.136.506 (06)	Independent Study-Archaeology Fieldwork		Deleonardis, Lisa		Spring 2026	Description: Fieldwork associated with Archaeology major Credits: 1.00 - 3.00 Status: Closed Seats Available: 10/10 Tags: ARCH-RELATE
AS.136.506 (07)	Independent Study-Archaeology Fieldwork		Arnette, Marie-Lys		Spring 2026	Description: Fieldwork associated with Archaeology major Credits: 1.00 - 3.00 Status: Closed Seats Available: 10/10 Tags: ARCH-RELATE
AS.136.510 (01)	Archaeology Major Honors Thesis I		Schwartz, Glenn M		Spring 2026	Description: Thesis writing related to Archaeology major Credits: 3.00 Status: Closed Seats Available: 10/10 Tags: ARCH-RELATE
AS.136.510 (02)	Archaeology Major Honors Thesis I		Roller, Matthew		Spring 2026	Description: Thesis writing related to Archaeology major Credits: 3.00 Status: Closed Seats Available: 10/10 Tags: ARCH-RELATE
AS.136.510 (03)	Archaeology Major Honors Thesis I		Deleonardis, Lisa		Spring 2026	Description: Thesis writing related to Archaeology major Credits: 3.00 Status: Closed Seats Available: 10/10 Tags: ARCH-RELATE
AS.136.510 (04)	Archaeology Major Honors Thesis I		Harrower, Michael James		Spring 2026	Description: Thesis writing related to Archaeology major Credits: 3.00 Status: Closed Seats Available: 10/10 Tags: ARCH-RELATE
AS.136.510 (05)	Archaeology Major Honors Thesis I		Anderson, Emily S.K.		Spring 2026	Description: Thesis writing related to Archaeology major Credits: 3.00 Status: Closed Seats Available: 10/10 Tags: ARCH-RELATE
AS.136.510 (06)	Archaeology Major Honors Thesis I		Feldman, Marian		Spring 2026	Description: Thesis writing related to Archaeology major Credits: 3.00 Status: Closed Seats Available: 10/10 Tags: ARCH-RELATE
AS.136.511 (01)	Archaeology Major Honors Thesis II		Schwartz, Glenn M		Spring 2026	Description: Thesis writing related to Archaeology major Credits: 3.00 Status: Closed Seats Available: 10/10 Tags: ARCH-RELATE
AS.136.511 (02)	Archaeology Major Honors Thesis II		Roller, Matthew		Spring 2026	Description: Thesis writing related to Archaeology major Credits: 3.00 Status: Closed Seats Available: 10/10 Tags: ARCH-RELATE
AS.136.511 (03)	Archaeology Major Honors Thesis II		Deleonardis, Lisa		Spring 2026	Description: Thesis writing related to Archaeology major Credits: 3.00 Status: Closed Seats Available: 10/10 Tags: ARCH-RELATE
AS.136.511 (04)	Archaeology Major Honors Thesis II		Arnette, Marie-Lys		Spring 2026	Description: Thesis writing related to Archaeology major Credits: 3.00 Status: Closed Seats Available: 10/10 Tags: ARCH-RELATE
AS.136.511 (05)	Archaeology Major Honors Thesis II		Feldman, Marian		Spring 2026	Description: Thesis writing related to Archaeology major Credits: 3.00 Status: Closed Seats Available: 10/10 Tags: ARCH-RELATE
AS.270.202 (01)	Introduction to Ecology	TTh 10:30AM - 11:45AM	Szlavecz, Katalin	Olin 305	Spring 2026	Description: Ecology is the study of organisms and their environment. This course focuses on the patterns of distribution and abundance of organisms. Topics include population dynamics and regulation, competition, predation, host-parasite interactions, patterns of species diversity, community succession, the flow of energy and matter through ecosystems. We will also discuss the role of natural and human disturbances in shaping communities. Credits: 3.00 Status: Closed Seats Available: 12/40 Tags: ENVS-MINOR, BEHB-BIOBEH, ENVS-MAJOR, ARCH-RELATE
AS.270.205 (01)	Introduction to Geographic Information Systems and Geospatial Analysis	M 1:30PM - 4:00PM	Chen, Xin	Krieger 108	Spring 2026	Description: The course provides a broad introduction to the principles and practice of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and related tools of Geospatial Analysis. Topics will include history of GIS, GIS data structures, data acquisition and merging, database management, spatial analysis, and GIS applications. In addition, students will get hands-on experience working with GIS software. Credits: 3.00 Status: Closed Seats Available: 8/24 Tags: ENVS-MINOR, ARCH-RELATE
AS.389.202 (01)	Introduction to the Museum: Issues and Ideas	F 1:30PM - 4:00PM	Forloney, Robert	Gilman 300	Spring 2026	Description: American museums today face ongoing practical, political and ethical challenges, including economic difficulties, technology and globalization, ongoing debates over the ownership and interpretation of culture and pressure to demonstrate their social value. This course considers how museums are answering these challenges and projects into the future. In addition to class discussions and group work, we will visit a number of different cultural institutions to discuss best practices in interpretation, how culture is represented in a variety of manners, the history of collection acquisition, analyze visitor experiences, how sites approach advocacy and civic engagement, among other topics related to the weekly readings. Credits: 3.00 Status: Closed Seats Available: 0/15 Tags: PMUS-INTRO, ARCH-ARCH, CES-ELECT
AS.389.250 (01)	Introduction to Conservation	Th 1:30PM - 4:00PM	Jarvis, Jennifer	BLC 5017	Spring 2026	Description: This course will introduce you to the theoretical and practical underpinnings of the conservation profession: who gets to be a conservator, where we work and how. There will be a hands-on opportunity to apply theoretical knowledge to document and stabilize items from JHU Special Collections. Topics include but are not limited to: what are the origins of the conservation profession and how has it evolved? What challenges do conservators face today? How do conservators contribute to institutional goals of preservation, access, research and learning? Credits: 3.00 Status: Closed Seats Available: 0/10 Tags: PMUS-INTRO, PMUS-PRAC, ARCH-ARCH
AS.389.303 (01)	A World of Things	T 4:30PM - 7:00PM	Kingsley, Jennifer P	Mergenthaler 431	Spring 2026	Description: This course aims to make the object a focus point for understanding museums and what they do, and to consider the museum as a site for investigating the interaction between humans and things. At the center of the course is a tension between the idea that things are subject to human will, on the one hand, and indications that things can and do evade human attempts to control them, on the other. Readings from scholars across many disciplines, from anthropology to political science, will stimulate our looking, thinking, and discussion. Every session includes hands-on activities to help us think through the key concepts of the readings. Credits: 3.00 Status: Closed Seats Available: 2/10 Tags: ARCH-ARCH
AS.389.333 (01)	The Curator is on the Case: Museum Research Methods in Practice	W 1:30PM - 4:00PM	Kingsley, Jennifer P	Hmwd House Wine Cllr	Spring 2026	Description: How do art curators solve the puzzles posed by the collections they care for? This course invites students to work hands on with a collection of early modern paintings recently donated to the university. Students will learn to investigate art like a curator, from material and technical examination through provenance research and the reconstruction of object contexts. Students will share their research findings with public audiences in the form of an exhibition to be installed in the renovated MSEL library. Credits: 3.00 Status: Closed Seats Available: 2/10 Tags: PMUS-PRAC, ARCH-RELATE
AS.389.445 (01)	The Political Lives of Dead Bodies	M 1:30PM - 4:00PM	Hester, Jessica Leigh; Lans, Aja Marie	Gilman 55	Spring 2026	Description: Taking its name from the work of scholar Katherine Verdery, who investigates why and how certain corpses took on a political life in post-Soviet Eastern Europe, this course examines ways that human bodies have been collected, displayed, concealed and disappeared across cemeteries, museums, universities and other sites. We will trace various valuations (and devaluations) imposed on bodies across the life course and examine how some bodies are made to matter more than others in both life and death. Drawing on interdisciplinary perspectives across anthropology, Black studies, history of medicine and more, we will engage with case studies from across the globe, from the 18th century to the present day. Credits: 3.00 Status: Closed Seats Available: 0/12 Tags: HIST-US, HIST-EUROPE, CDS-SSMC, ARCH-ARCH, MSCH-HUM
AS.136.505 (04)	Archaeology Fieldwork		Harrower, Michael James		Summer 2026	Description: Fieldwork associated with Archaeology major Credits: 1.00 Status: Approval Required Seats Available: 10/10 Tags: n/a
AS.136.506 (01)	Independent Study-Archaeology Fieldwork		Schwartz, Glenn M		Summer 2026	Description: Fieldwork associated with Archaeology major Credits: 1.00 - 3.00 Status: Approval Required Seats Available: 10/10 Tags: n/a
AS.136.506 (02)	Independent Study-Archaeology Fieldwork		Harrower, Michael James		Summer 2026	Description: Fieldwork associated with Archaeology major Credits: 1.00 - 3.00 Status: Approval Required Seats Available: 10/10 Tags: n/a
AS.136.506 (03)	Independent Study-Archaeology Fieldwork		Anderson, Emily S.K.		Summer 2026	Description: Fieldwork associated with Archaeology major Credits: 1.00 - 3.00 Status: Approval Required Seats Available: 10/10 Tags: n/a
AS.136.506 (04)	Independent Study-Archaeology Fieldwork		Feldman, Marian		Summer 2026	Description: Fieldwork associated with Archaeology major Credits: 1.00 - 3.00 Status: Approval Required Seats Available: 10/10 Tags: n/a
AS.136.506 (05)	Independent Study-Archaeology Fieldwork		Bryan, Betsy Morrell		Summer 2026	Description: Fieldwork associated with Archaeology major Credits: 1.00 - 3.00 Status: Approval Required Seats Available: 10/10 Tags: n/a
AS.136.506 (06)	Independent Study-Archaeology Fieldwork		Deleonardis, Lisa		Summer 2026	Description: Fieldwork associated with Archaeology major Credits: 1.00 - 3.00 Status: Approval Required Seats Available: 10/10 Tags: n/a
AS.290.101 (11)	Human Origins	MTWTh 1:00PM - 3:30PM	Gallup, Andrew	Gilman 413	Summer 2026	Description: This course examines the origins of human structure, function and behavior from an evolutionary perspective. It includes study of the evolution, behavior and behavioral ecology of nonhuman primates, hominid evolution (including the paleontological and archaeological records), and the origins of human cognition, social behavior and culture. Credits: 4.00 Status: Canceled Seats Available: 15/15 Tags: BEHB-BIOBEH
AS.010.446 (01)	Philoctetes and the Art of Medicine	W 1:30PM - 4:00PM	Stager, Jennifer	Gilman 75	Fall 2026	Description: Through the prism of the Greek tragedy Philoctetes by Sophocles, this course explore the history of ancient Greek medicine as it intersects with the history of art. We will cover themes of war, wounds, isolation, incarceration, pain, pharmaka, and friendship through a close-reading of the text in translation, close looking at associated images, and attention to the play's many receptions. Credits: 3.00 Status: Waitlist Only Seats Available: 0/8 Tags: HART-ANC, ARCH-RELATE
AS.040.314 (01)	Objects as Storytellers: Micro Retellings of the Ancient Mediterranean	W 12:30PM - 3:00PM	Anderson, Emily S.K.	Gilman 150	Fall 2026	Description: How does an ancient object speak, and how do we speak for it? What stories can it convey about its life and relations, and are they coherent, interesting, reliable? What of its silences? This seminar draws together hands-on work with objects in the Archaeological Museum and discussion of readings in relevant areas of material culture theory, ancient studies, anthropology, art history, museology, and cultural heritage studies, in order to examine different approaches that have been brought to bear on ancient things in attempts to generate communications about their pasts and presents. We will consider how different disciplinary and historical interests shape these stories, with implications for the fundamental identity of the object. Each seminar participant will work with ancient objects in the museum’s collection to craft alternative accounts of their existences, through which we will consider how each version has the potential to expand, conceal, and manipulate knowledge and connections. Credits: 3.00 Status: Open Seats Available: 1/6 Tags: ARCH-ARCH
AS.070.132 (01)	Invitation to Anthropology	T 10:30AM - 11:45AM, Th 10:30AM - 11:45AM	Procupez, Valeria	Gilman 50; Mergenthaler 426	Fall 2026	Description: The question of what it means to be human requires continual investigation. Anthropology offers conceptual tools and an ethical groundwork for understanding humanity in all its diversity. This course familiarizes students with anthropological concepts and methods. We will engage in critical analysis of a broad range of subjects including language, exchange, class, race, gender, kinship, sexuality, religion, and capitalism. Credits: 3.00 Status: Reserved Open Seats Available: 5/15 Tags: ARCH-RELATE
AS.070.132 (02)	Invitation to Anthropology	T 10:30AM - 11:45AM, Th 10:30AM - 11:45AM	Procupez, Valeria	Gilman 50; Mergenthaler 439	Fall 2026	Description: The question of what it means to be human requires continual investigation. Anthropology offers conceptual tools and an ethical groundwork for understanding humanity in all its diversity. This course familiarizes students with anthropological concepts and methods. We will engage in critical analysis of a broad range of subjects including language, exchange, class, race, gender, kinship, sexuality, religion, and capitalism. Credits: 3.00 Status: Reserved Open Seats Available: 6/15 Tags: ARCH-RELATE
AS.070.132 (03)	Invitation to Anthropology	T 10:30AM - 11:45AM, Th 10:30AM - 11:45AM	Procupez, Valeria	Gilman 50; Bloomberg 168	Fall 2026	Description: The question of what it means to be human requires continual investigation. Anthropology offers conceptual tools and an ethical groundwork for understanding humanity in all its diversity. This course familiarizes students with anthropological concepts and methods. We will engage in critical analysis of a broad range of subjects including language, exchange, class, race, gender, kinship, sexuality, religion, and capitalism. Credits: 3.00 Status: Reserved Open Seats Available: 8/15 Tags: ARCH-RELATE
AS.070.132 (04)	Invitation to Anthropology	T 10:30AM - 11:45AM, Th 10:30AM - 11:45AM	Procupez, Valeria	Gilman 50; Shriver Hall 104	Fall 2026	Description: The question of what it means to be human requires continual investigation. Anthropology offers conceptual tools and an ethical groundwork for understanding humanity in all its diversity. This course familiarizes students with anthropological concepts and methods. We will engage in critical analysis of a broad range of subjects including language, exchange, class, race, gender, kinship, sexuality, religion, and capitalism. Credits: 3.00 Status: Reserved Open Seats Available: 9/15 Tags: ARCH-RELATE
AS.070.132 (05)	Invitation to Anthropology	T 10:30AM - 11:45AM, Th 10:30AM - 11:45AM	Procupez, Valeria	Gilman 50; Gilman 50	Fall 2026	Description: The question of what it means to be human requires continual investigation. Anthropology offers conceptual tools and an ethical groundwork for understanding humanity in all its diversity. This course familiarizes students with anthropological concepts and methods. We will engage in critical analysis of a broad range of subjects including language, exchange, class, race, gender, kinship, sexuality, religion, and capitalism. Credits: 3.00 Status: Reserved Open Seats Available: 6/15 Tags: ARCH-RELATE
AS.070.273 (01)	Ethnographies	W 1:30PM - 4:00PM	Pandian, Anand	Mergenthaler 439	Fall 2026	Description: This course explores the craft of ethnography as a mode of research and writing fundamental to anthropology. Through the close reading of several ethnographic works, we will consider the intertwining of description, local concepts, and analysis. We will undertake several observation and writing exercises to learn how to write in an ethnographic mode and translate field research into lively texts. Credits: 3.00 Status: Open Seats Available: 7/15 Tags: ARCH-RELATE
AS.130.177 (01)	World Prehistory: An Anthropological Perspective	TTh 10:30AM - 11:45AM	Harrower, Michael James	Gilman 55	Fall 2026	Description: How and why did our nomadic hunting and gathering ancestors become farmers? What led agricultural societies to build cities, develop writing, religious institutions, wage war, and trade for exotic goods? This course surveys prehistory and ancient history from the origins of human culture to the emergence civilization. Although prehistory and ancient history yield evidence of tremendous cultural diversity this course emphasizes common elements of past human experience, culture, and culture change. These include the origins of modern humans and their adjustment to a variety of post-ice age environments, shifts from hunting and gathering to agricultural lifeways, and the initial development of the world’s earliest cities and civilizations. Credits: 3.00 Status: Open Seats Available: 18/30 Tags: ARCH-ARCH, CES-FT, CES-PD
AS.130.354 (01)	Archaeological Method and Theory	TTh 12:00PM - 1:15PM	Harrower, Michael James; Vance, Georgia Hunter	Gilman 130G	Fall 2026	Description: Climate change, population growth, war - what questions do archaeologists ask about the ancient past, how do they collect relevant evidence, and how do they arrive at satisfying answers to their questions? This course will review major theoretical currents in archaeology including evolutionary, cultural-historical, processual and post-processual approaches and discuss the future of archaeology as a scientific and humanistic discipline. Basic techniques for analyzing major categories of artifacts such as lithics, ceramics, archaeobotanical, and zooarchaeological materials will also be introduced. Credits: 3.00 Status: Waitlist Only Seats Available: 0/15 Tags: ENVS-MAJOR, ENVS-MINOR, ARCH-ARCH
AS.136.505 (01)	Archaeology Fieldwork		Schwartz, Glenn M		Fall 2026	Description: Fieldwork associated with Archaeology major Credits: 1.00 Status: Approval Required Seats Available: 10/10 Tags: n/a
AS.136.505 (02)	Archaeology Fieldwork		Anderson, Emily S.K.		Fall 2026	Description: Fieldwork associated with Archaeology major Credits: 1.00 Status: Approval Required Seats Available: 10/10 Tags: n/a
AS.136.505 (03)	Archaeology Fieldwork		Deleonardis, Lisa		Fall 2026	Description: Fieldwork associated with Archaeology major Credits: 1.00 Status: Approval Required Seats Available: 10/10 Tags: n/a
AS.136.505 (04)	Archaeology Fieldwork		Harrower, Michael James		Fall 2026	Description: Fieldwork associated with Archaeology major Credits: 1.00 Status: Approval Required Seats Available: 10/10 Tags: n/a
AS.136.506 (01)	Independent Study-Archaeology Fieldwork		Schwartz, Glenn M		Fall 2026	Description: Fieldwork associated with Archaeology major Credits: 1.00 - 3.00 Status: Approval Required Seats Available: 10/10 Tags: n/a
AS.136.506 (02)	Independent Study-Archaeology Fieldwork		Harrower, Michael James		Fall 2026	Description: Fieldwork associated with Archaeology major Credits: 1.00 - 3.00 Status: Approval Required Seats Available: 10/10 Tags: n/a
AS.136.506 (03)	Independent Study-Archaeology Fieldwork		Anderson, Emily S.K.		Fall 2026	Description: Fieldwork associated with Archaeology major Credits: 1.00 - 3.00 Status: Approval Required Seats Available: 10/10 Tags: n/a
AS.136.506 (04)	Independent Study-Archaeology Fieldwork		Feldman, Marian		Fall 2026	Description: Fieldwork associated with Archaeology major Credits: 1.00 - 3.00 Status: Approval Required Seats Available: 10/10 Tags: n/a
AS.136.506 (05)	Independent Study-Archaeology Fieldwork		Bryan, Betsy Morrell		Fall 2026	Description: Fieldwork associated with Archaeology major Credits: 1.00 - 3.00 Status: Approval Required Seats Available: 10/10 Tags: n/a
AS.136.506 (06)	Independent Study-Archaeology Fieldwork		Deleonardis, Lisa		Fall 2026	Description: Fieldwork associated with Archaeology major Credits: 1.00 - 3.00 Status: Approval Required Seats Available: 10/10 Tags: n/a
AS.136.510 (01)	Archaeology Major Honors Thesis I		Schwartz, Glenn M		Fall 2026	Description: Thesis writing related to Archaeology major Credits: 3.00 Status: Approval Required Seats Available: 10/10 Tags: n/a
AS.136.510 (02)	Archaeology Major Honors Thesis I		Roller, Matthew		Fall 2026	Description: Thesis writing related to Archaeology major Credits: 3.00 Status: Approval Required Seats Available: 10/10 Tags: n/a
AS.136.510 (03)	Archaeology Major Honors Thesis I		Deleonardis, Lisa		Fall 2026	Description: Thesis writing related to Archaeology major Credits: 3.00 Status: Approval Required Seats Available: 10/10 Tags: n/a
AS.136.510 (04)	Archaeology Major Honors Thesis I		Harrower, Michael James		Fall 2026	Description: Thesis writing related to Archaeology major Credits: 3.00 Status: Approval Required Seats Available: 10/10 Tags: n/a
AS.136.510 (05)	Archaeology Major Honors Thesis I		Anderson, Emily S.K.		Fall 2026	Description: Thesis writing related to Archaeology major Credits: 3.00 Status: Approval Required Seats Available: 10/10 Tags: n/a
AS.136.510 (06)	Archaeology Major Honors Thesis I		Bryan, Betsy Morrell		Fall 2026	Description: Thesis writing related to Archaeology major Credits: 3.00 Status: Approval Required Seats Available: 10/10 Tags: n/a
AS.136.510 (07)	Archaeology Major Honors Thesis I		Arnette, Marie-Lys		Fall 2026	Description: Thesis writing related to Archaeology major Credits: 3.00 Status: Approval Required Seats Available: 10/10 Tags: n/a
AS.136.510 (08)	Archaeology Major Honors Thesis I		Feldman, Marian		Fall 2026	Description: Thesis writing related to Archaeology major Credits: 3.00 Status: Approval Required Seats Available: 10/10 Tags: n/a
AS.136.511 (01)	Archaeology Major Honors Thesis II		Schwartz, Glenn M		Fall 2026	Description: Thesis writing related to Archaeology major Credits: 3.00 Status: Approval Required Seats Available: 10/10 Tags: n/a
AS.136.511 (02)	Archaeology Major Honors Thesis II		Roller, Matthew		Fall 2026	Description: Thesis writing related to Archaeology major Credits: 3.00 Status: Approval Required Seats Available: 10/10 Tags: n/a
AS.136.511 (03)	Archaeology Major Honors Thesis II		Deleonardis, Lisa		Fall 2026	Description: Thesis writing related to Archaeology major Credits: 3.00 Status: Approval Required Seats Available: 10/10 Tags: n/a
AS.136.511 (04)	Archaeology Major Honors Thesis II		Anderson, Emily S.K.		Fall 2026	Description: Thesis writing related to Archaeology major Credits: 3.00 Status: Approval Required Seats Available: 10/10 Tags: n/a
AS.136.511 (05)	Archaeology Major Honors Thesis II		Bryan, Betsy Morrell		Fall 2026	Description: Thesis writing related to Archaeology major Credits: 3.00 Status: Approval Required Seats Available: 10/10 Tags: n/a
AS.136.511 (06)	Archaeology Major Honors Thesis II		Arnette, Marie-Lys		Fall 2026	Description: Thesis writing related to Archaeology major Credits: 3.00 Status: Approval Required Seats Available: 10/10 Tags: n/a
AS.136.511 (07)	Archaeology Major Honors Thesis II		Harrower, Michael James		Fall 2026	Description: Thesis writing related to Archaeology major Credits: 3.00 Status: Approval Required Seats Available: 10/10 Tags: n/a
AS.136.511 (08)	Archaeology Major Honors Thesis II		Feldman, Marian		Fall 2026	Description: Thesis writing related to Archaeology major Credits: 3.00 Status: Approval Required Seats Available: 10/10 Tags: n/a
AS.270.103 (01)	Introduction to Global Environmental Change	MW 1:30PM - 2:45PM	Gnanadesikan, Anand; Zaitchik, Benjamin Frederick	Olin 305	Fall 2026	Description: An introduction to the science behind global environmental issues. Earth systems, biogeochemical cycles, and the interrelationships between the living and nonliving world are explored, along with applications to climate change, biodiversity loss, and other issues of global significance. Credits: 3.00 Status: Open Seats Available: 48/65 Tags: ARCH-RELATE, ENVS-MAJOR, ENVS-MINOR, CES-LE
AS.270.202 (01)	Introduction to Ecology	TTh 10:30AM - 11:45AM	Avolio, Meghan Lynn	Hodson 311	Fall 2026	Description: Ecology is the study of organisms and their environment. This course focuses on the patterns of distribution and abundance of organisms. Topics include population dynamics and regulation, competition, predation, host-parasite interactions, patterns of species diversity, community succession, the flow of energy and matter through ecosystems. We will also discuss the role of natural and human disturbances in shaping communities. Credits: 3.00 Status: Open Seats Available: 31/40 Tags: BEHB-BIOBEH
AS.270.205 (01)	Introduction to Geographic Information Systems and Geospatial Analysis	M 1:30PM - 4:00PM	Chen, Xin	Krieger 108	Fall 2026	Description: The course provides a broad introduction to the principles and practice of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and related tools of Geospatial Analysis. Topics will include history of GIS, GIS data structures, data acquisition and merging, database management, spatial analysis, and GIS applications. In addition, students will get hands-on experience working with GIS software. Credits: 3.00 Status: Open Seats Available: 14/24 Tags: ENVS-MINOR, ARCH-RELATE, ENVS-MAJOR
AS.270.220 (01)	The Dynamic Earth: An Introduction to Geology	TTh 1:30PM - 2:45PM	Smith, Emmy; Viete, Daniel R	Krieger 180	Fall 2026	Description: Basic concepts in geology, including plate tectonics; Earth’s internal structure; geologic time; minerals; formation of igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks; development of faults, folds and earthquakes; geomagnetism. Corequisite (for EPS Majors): AS.270.221; optional for others. The course is introductory and open to undergraduates at all levels; freshmen are encouraged to enroll. Credits: 3.00 Status: Open Seats Available: 28/48 Tags: ENVS-MINOR, ENVS-MAJOR, ARCH-RELATE
AS.270.318 (01)	Remote Sensing of the Environment	MWF 10:00AM - 10:50AM	Lewis, Kevin; Zaitchik, Benjamin Frederick	Krieger 108	Fall 2026	Description: This course is an introduction to the use of remote sensing technology to study Earth’s physical and biochemical processes. Topics covered include remote sensing of the atmosphere, land and oceans, as well as remote sensing as a tool for policy makers. Also offered as 270.618. Credits: 3.00 Status: Open Seats Available: 3/15 Tags: ARCH-RELATE
AS.290.101 (01)	Human Origins	TTh 12:00PM - 1:15PM, F 11:00AM - 11:50AM	Gallup, Andrew	Krieger 180; Dunning Hall 414	Fall 2026	Description: This course examines the origins of human structure, function and behavior from an evolutionary perspective. It includes study of the evolution, behavior and behavioral ecology of nonhuman primates, hominid evolution (including the paleontological and archaeological records), and the origins of human cognition, social behavior and culture. Credits: 4.00 Status: Waitlist Only Seats Available: 0/12 Tags: ARCH-RELATE, BEHB-BIOBEH
AS.290.101 (02)	Human Origins	TTh 12:00PM - 1:15PM, F 12:00PM - 12:50PM	Gallup, Andrew	Krieger 180; Dunning Hall 414	Fall 2026	Description: This course examines the origins of human structure, function and behavior from an evolutionary perspective. It includes study of the evolution, behavior and behavioral ecology of nonhuman primates, hominid evolution (including the paleontological and archaeological records), and the origins of human cognition, social behavior and culture. Credits: 4.00 Status: Waitlist Only Seats Available: 0/12 Tags: ARCH-RELATE, BEHB-BIOBEH
AS.290.101 (03)	Human Origins	TTh 12:00PM - 1:15PM, F 1:30PM - 2:20PM	Gallup, Andrew	Krieger 180; Dunning Hall 414	Fall 2026	Description: This course examines the origins of human structure, function and behavior from an evolutionary perspective. It includes study of the evolution, behavior and behavioral ecology of nonhuman primates, hominid evolution (including the paleontological and archaeological records), and the origins of human cognition, social behavior and culture. Credits: 4.00 Status: Open Seats Available: 2/12 Tags: ARCH-RELATE, BEHB-BIOBEH
AS.290.101 (04)	Human Origins	TTh 12:00PM - 1:15PM, F 3:00PM - 3:50PM	Gallup, Andrew	Krieger 180; Dunning Hall 414	Fall 2026	Description: This course examines the origins of human structure, function and behavior from an evolutionary perspective. It includes study of the evolution, behavior and behavioral ecology of nonhuman primates, hominid evolution (including the paleontological and archaeological records), and the origins of human cognition, social behavior and culture. Credits: 4.00 Status: Open Seats Available: 9/12 Tags: ARCH-RELATE, BEHB-BIOBEH
AS.389.201 (01)	Introduction to the Museum: Past and Present	TTh 10:30AM - 11:45AM	Kingsley, Jennifer P	Gilman 219	Fall 2026	Description: This course surveys museums, from their origins to their most contemporary forms, in the context of broader historical, intellectual, and cultural trends including the social movements of the 20th century. Anthropology, art, history, and science museums are considered. Credits: 3.00 Status: Open Seats Available: 16/25 Tags: HIST-EUROPE, ARCH-ARCH, PMUS-INTRO, MSCH-HUM, ARCH-RELATE, CDS-SSMC
AS.389.313 (01)	Data and the Digital in Museums	TTh 9:00AM - 10:15AM	McGinn, Emily	BLC 4040	Fall 2026	Description: Digital media play an increasingly significant role in museums from how museums share and narrate their collections online to the use of AI to catalog things and create metadata about them. This class explores critically how digital tools work to tell stories and invites students to unpack the resulting museum narratives. Students will learn by doing, creating a digital exhibit of five museum objects using Omeka and later transforming their exhibits by creating data of their own design to tell a new story about their objects. This new narrative will apply critical perspectives considered in the course such as, but not limited to, repatriation, critical cataloging, and geo-politics. Credits: 3.00 Status: Open Seats Available: 8/15 Tags: PMUS-PRAC, MSCH-HUM, ARCH-RELATE