Undergraduate Courses

The Department of Anthropology offers a number of undergraduate courses that fulfill requirements in the liberal arts and sciences core curriculum and the writing-intensive (W) general education requirement.

Academic Year 2023-2024

3532. Archaeology of the Age of Sail

Also offered as: MAST 3532, HIST 3210

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: Recommended preparation: ANTH 1500, ANTH 2501, or ANTH 2510.

Grading Basis: Graded

Overview of archaeological and historical sources on the development of seafaring and navigation, exploration, waterborne trade and economic systems, colonialism and empire building, naval warfare and shipbuilding in Europe, Asia and Australia from the fifteenth to the beginning of the twentieth century.