Anthropology
College of Letters and Science
Department Office: 232 Kroeber Hall, (510) 642-3391
Department Chair: Mary Elizabeth Berry, PhD
Department Website: Anthropology
Overview
The Department of Anthropology offers students the opportunity to study humankind from the broadest historical and geographical perspective. Courses in the department offer knowledge of social and cultural aspects of behavior, as well as the physical nature of humans. Lower division courses are intended to give a general understanding of human evolution, prehistory, and the nature of human cultures, while upper division courses elaborate particular themes.
The anthropology major is designed to serve two purposes: to provide a general education in anthropology for students who are pursuing a liberal arts education, and to provide preparation for graduate work for students who wish to become professional anthropologists. Students who do not intend to do graduate work in anthropology may plan their program with considerable freedom, so long as they fulfill the requirements of the major listed below. Students who plan to go on to graduate study, either at UC Berkeley or at another institution, should select a combination of courses to form a unified plan of study that meets special intellectual interests.
The collections and research facilities of the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology are available for study in archaeology, ethnography, physical anthropology, and related subjects by graduate and undergraduate students, and visiting scholars; the museum's exhibition hall is used for instructional and educational purposes, particularly in connection with classwork. Those interested may address the Director, 103 Kroeber Hall.
The Anthropology Library, 230 Kroeber Hall, is part of the campus library system. It contains nearly 70,000 bound volumes and receives 965 current serial titles. The Anthropology Library houses a large reading room and facilities for reading microfilm. It is open to all members of the University but serves primarily the faculty and students of the Anthropology Department.
Students seeking information on the Undergraduate Program may inquire at 209 Kroeber Hall. Students seeking information on the Graduate Program may inquire at 205 Kroeber Hall.
Major Requirements
Lower Division Prerequisites (3 total):
Anthropology 1, 2 or 2AC, and 3 or 3AC. The three lower division prerequisites may be taken in any order.
Upper Division Requirements (9 total):
- Anthropology 114: History of Anthropological Thought
- One course in biological anthropology (choose from Anthropology 100-112, 127A, 127B)
- One course in archaeology (choose from Anthropology 121-136J, 174AC)
- One course in social/cultural anthropology (choose from Anthropology 115-119, 138-189A)
- Five anthropology electives (choose five from Anthropology 100-196)
- The nine required upper division courses listed above must include at least one Area course and one Method course:
- Area courses: 121-125B, 128A, 147C, 170-188, 189A
- Method courses: C100, C103, 121C, 127A, 128M, 131-136J, 138B, 139, 169A, 169B, 189M
Courses taken to satisfy the Area and Method requirement also simultaneously satisfy one of the nine required courses. For example, taking Anthropology 189A will satisfy both the Area requirement and one of the five electives; Anthropology 132A would satisfy both the Method and the Archaeology Core.
All courses taken to satisfy the major requirements must be taken on a letter grade basis.
Students wishing to pursue a PhD in Anthropology should consider tracking their five elective requirements. (This concentration would not be noted on the transcript or diploma.) Faculty advisers are available to meet with students who have questions on how best to prepare for graduate work in Anthropology. See the undergraduate adviser in 209 Kroeber for a referral to one of the faculty undergraduate advisers.
A minimum grade point average (GPA) of 2.0 must be maintained in the lower and upper division Anthropology courses.
Lower division courses may be completed in any order. Start with the course that seems most interesting to you. Note: Anthropology 1 is offered once a year (either fall or spring) and during summer. Anthropology 2 and 3 are offered during both fall and spring of each year, and usually during the summer.
Anthropology 114 is only offered in the spring and should be taken no later than the spring of junior year.
Study Abroad
A maximum of four courses taken at other institutions, including those of the Education Abroad Program of the University of California, may be used to meet upper-division major requirements. Submit a Course Substitution petition and a detailed syllabus for each class you'd like evaluated to the undergraduate adviser in 209 Kroeber. Note: A course description alone is never sufficient for evaluation; a syllabus is always required for course evaluation.
Honors Program
The Honors Program in anthropology is an independently pursued course of research undertaken by qualified students under the mentorship of a faculty thesis adviser. A GPA of 3.3 overall, and 3.5 in the major in courses completed at Berkeley is required to qualify for the program. A year-long senior program, it may begin in either the fall or spring semester. The program requires the sponsorship of an anthropology professor as thesis adviser and a second reader. The honors courses, H195A and H195B, may also count as elective requirements for the major. Applications and more information are available at 209 Kroeber Hall.
Minor Requirements
Lower Division Requirements
Choose two from Anthropology 1, 2/2AC, or 3/3AC.
Upper Division Requirements
Any five anthropology courses. All courses must be taken for a letter grade, and the student must achieve a C average in all anthropology coursework. At least four of the five courses must be completed at Berkeley. For more information about the minor, please contact the undergraduate adviser in 209 Kroeber.
Preparation for Graduate Study
Admission to graduate studies at Berkeley does not presuppose a BA in anthropology. The graduate program is oriented toward the doctorate, and only candidates for the PhD will be accepted. The MA degree is awarded in the course of study leading to the doctorate.
Because of the number of students who wish advanced training, only a small percentage of applicants can be accepted. Applications are considered only once a year for the following fall semester. The deadline for applications is December 15.
Graduate Programs
Anthropology PhD Program
The Department of Anthropology offers a PhD in anthropology, with the subdisciplines of social-cultural anthropology or archaeology. The PhD in anthropology is concerned with diverse analytic and substantive problems in the contemporary world and includes research sites across the United States and around the world. For example, the PhD in anthropology might focus on globalization and political economy; gender and feminist analysis in archaeology and social-cultural anthropology; genomics and the anthropology of science and reason; folklore theory; ethno-archaeology; linguistic anthropology; paleo-ethnobotany; the anthropologies of tourism, food, energy, space, and the body; sexuality and difference; aging and the life course; cultural politics of identity, space, and the body; political ecology and agrarian micropolitics; coastal archaeology; urban anthropology and psychoanalytic anthropology.
The program for the PhD degree normally takes six years and is divided into three steps, as follows:
- Step I: The students begin to narrow down their interests to particular topical and geographical fields of specialization, a process that normally takes one year.
- Step II: Students attend seminars, prepare three field statements in their specializations, satisfy their language requirement, and prepare for their PhD oral qualifying examination. This step lasts one to two years. With the successful passing of the orals, students are advanced to candidacy for the PhD degree.
- Step III: Students undertake research for the PhD dissertation under a three-person committee in charge of their research and dissertation. Students do original field, laboratory, or library research, which generally takes a minimum of one year. The students then write the dissertation based on the results of this research. On completion of the research and approval of the dissertation by the committee, the students are awarded the doctorate.
For further information, please address correspondence to the Graduate Adviser, Department of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley; Berkeley, CA 94720.
Medical Anthropology PhD Program
General Information: The Department of Anthropology at Berkeley, and the Graduate Group in Anthropology at the University of California at San Francisco, currently offer a joint PhD in medical anthropology. Students may apply to enter the program through either the Berkeley or the San Francisco campus but not to both. The point of entry determines the student's home base during the program. Financial aid, primary advising, and other routine services are provided by the campus through which the student enters the program. All students, however, benefit by taking required coursework on both campuses and by the participation of the faculty on both sides of the program on all qualifying examinations and on the doctoral dissertation committees. The degree is the same and bears the name of both campuses.
Medical Anthropology: Medical anthropology entails the exploration of humans as simultaneously physical and symbolic beings in both contemporary and evolutionary contexts. As such, medical anthropology participates in anthropology as a whole, encompassing theory and practice from sociocultural, psychological, biological, biocultural, symbolic, and linguistic anthropology. It is concerned with questions of both theoretical and applied significance, and with research that is of relevance to the social sciences as well as to medicine and the biological sciences. Courses in bioevolutionary dimensions of disease are accompanied by seminars that explore pain, suffering, madness, and other human afflictions as a social language speaking to the critically sensitive or contradictory aspects of culture and social relations. Anthropological epidemiology asks the questions, "Who gets sick with what ailments?" (differential risks, forms of medical knowledge, and medical systems) and "Why?" (what social arrangements, cultural features, and biotechno-environmental forces account for these risks). Medical anthropology interprets individuals as actively constructing their medical realities and not simply adjusting to or coping with them.
Given the broad definition of medical anthropology, the joint graduate program at Berkeley-UCSF is extremely flexible, allowing for the individual needs and interests of each student. During the first year of training, students are required to take core courses in both sociocultural and biological aspects of medical anthropology, taught at both campuses. After the first year and successful completion of the preliminary qualifying examination, medical anthropology students develop a more specialized and individually tailored program under the supervision and guidance of their adviser.
For students entering Berkeley with a BA, the doctoral program is estimated to take between five and six years, as follows: three years of coursework, one to two years of dissertation research, and one to two years of writing the dissertation.
For a complete list of faculty, consult the Medical Anthropology brochure available from the Program Office, 232 Kroeber Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720-3710, or the Berkeley Bulletin or catalog for the UCSF campus.
Applications to all graduate programs are considered once each year for admission the following fall semester. The application period opens in early September, and the deadline for receipt of both department and Graduate Division applications is December 15. Applications are screened by the anthropology faculty, and selections are made on the basis of academic excellence, letters of recommendation, GRE scores, relevant experience, and a strong statement of intellectual and professional purpose.
The minimum requirement for admission to the Berkeley doctoral program in anthropology and in medical anthropology is a B.A. The UCSF program in medical anthropology requires a master's degree in anthropology or a related discipline, or a postbaccalaureate professional degree.
The Master of Arts in Folklore
The folklore program is designed to provide graduate students with a competent knowledge of both the materials of folklore and the various methods of studying these materials.
For information, see the Folklore section of this bulletin.
ANTHRO 1 Introduction to Biological Anthropology 4 Units
Department: Anthropology
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Spring and summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture and 1 hour of Discussion per week for 15 weeks. 6 hours of Lecture and 1.5 hours of Discussion per week for 8 weeks. 8 hours of Lecture and 2 hours of Discussion per week for 6 weeks.
An introduction to human evolution. Physical and behavioral adaptations of humans and their prehistoric and living relatives. Issues in evolutionary theory, molecular evolution, primate behavior, interpretation of fossils. Prehistoric activities, racial differences, genetic components of behavior are defined and evaluated.
Students will receive no credit for Anthropology 1 after taking Anthropology N1, XAnthropology 1.
ANTHRO N1 Introduction to Physical Anthropology 4 Units
Department: Anthropology
Course level: Undergraduate
Term course may be offered: Summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 5.5 hours of Lecture and 2.5 hours of Discussion per week for 6 weeks.
An introduction to human evolution. Physical and behavorial adaptations of humans and their prehistoric and living relatives. Issues in evolutionary theory, molecular evolution, primate behavior, interpretation of fossils. Prehistoric activities, racial differences, genetic components of behavior are defined and evaluated.
ANTHRO 2 Introduction to Archaeology 4 Units
Department: Anthropology
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall, spring and summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture and 1 hour of Discussion per week for 15 weeks. 6 hours of Lecture and 1.5 hours of Discussion per week for 8 weeks. 8 hours of Lecture and 2 hours of Discussion per week for 6 weeks.
Prehistory and cultural growth.
Students will receive no credit for Anthropology 2 after taking Anthropology 2AC, XAnthropology 2AC but may remove a deficient grade.
ANTHRO 2AC Introduction to Archaeology 4 Units
Department: Anthropology
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall, spring and summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture and 1 hour of Discussion per week for 15 weeks. 6 hours of Lecture and 1.5 hours of Discussion per week for 8 weeks. 8 hours of Lecture and 2 hours of Discussion per week for 6 weeks.
Prehistory and cultural growth. Introduction to the methods, goals, and theoretical concepts of archaeology with attention to the empact archaeology has had on the construction of the histories of diverse communities - Native Americans, Hispanics, and Euro-Americans. It fulfills the requirements for 2.
Satisfies the American Cultures requirement
Students will receive no credit for Anthropology 2AC after taking Anthropology 2, XAnthropology 2AC but may remove a deficient grade.
ANTHRO 3 Introduction to Social and Cultural Anthropology 4 Units
Department: Anthropology
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall, spring and summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture and 1 hour of Discussion per week for 15 weeks. 6 hours of Lecture and 1.5 hours of Discussion per week for 8 weeks. 8 hours of Lecture and 2 hours of Discussion per week for 6 weeks.
The structure and dynamics of human culture and social institutions.
Students will receive no credit for 3 after taking 3AC; deficient grade in 3 may be removed by taking 3AC.
ANTHRO 3AC Introduction to Social/Cultural Anthropology (American Cultures) 4 Units
Department: Anthropology
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall, spring and summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture and 1 hour of Discussion per week for 15 weeks. 6 hours of Lecture and 1.5 hours of Discussion per week for 8 weeks. 8 hours of Lecture and 2 hours of Discussion per week for 6 weeks.
The structure and dynamics of human cultures and social institutions from a comparative perspective with special attention to American cultures and their roots. Case studies will illustrate the principles presented in the course. It fulfills the requirements for 3.
Satisfies the American Cultures requirement
Students will receive no credit for 3AC after taking 3; deficient grade in 3AC may be removed by taking 3.
ANTHRO N3 Introduction to Social and Cultural Anthropology 4 Units
Department: Anthropology
Course level: Undergraduate
Term course may be offered: Summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 5.5 hours of Lecture and 1.5 hours of Discussion per week for 6 weeks.
The structure and dynamics of human culture and social institutions.
ANTHRO R5B Reading and Composition in Anthropology 4 Units
Department: Anthropology
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall, spring and summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks. 5.5 hours of Lecture per week for 8 weeks. 7.5 hours of Lecture per week for 6 weeks.
Reading and composition courses based on the anthropological literature. These courses provide an introduction to issues distinctive of anthropological texts and introduce students to distinctive forms of anthropological writing, such as ethnography and anthropological prehistory. Readings will be chosen from a variety of texts by authors whose works span the discipline, from bioanthropology to archaeology and sociocultural anthropology. Satisfies the second half of the Reading and Composition requirement.
Satisfies the second half of the Reading and Composition requirement
ANTHRO 24 Freshman Seminar 1 Unit
Department: Anthropology
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: The grading option will be decided by the instructor when the class is offered.
Hours and format: 15 hours of seminar per semester.
The Freshman Seminar Program has been designed to provide new students with the opportunity to explore an intellectual topic with a faculty member in a small seminar setting. Freshman seminars are offered in all campus departments, and topics may vary from department to department and semester to semester. Enrollment limited to 15 freshmen.
Course may be repeated for credit with different topic and different instructor. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
ANTHRO 84 Sophomore Seminar 1 or 2 Units
Department: Anthropology
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall, spring and summer
Grading: The grading option will be decided by the instructor when the class is offered.
Hours and format: 1 hour of seminar per week per unit for 15 weeks. 1 and 1 half hours of seminar per week per unit for 10 weeks. 2 hours of seminar per week per unit for 8 weeks. 3 hours of seminar per week per unit for 5 weeks.
Prerequisites: At discretion of instructor.
Sophomore seminars are small interactive courses offered by faculty members in departments all across the campus. Sophomore seminars offer opportunity for close, regular intellectual contact between faculty members and students in the crucial second year. The topics vary from department to department and semester to semester. Enrollment limited to 15 sophomores.
Course may be repeated for credit as topic varies. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
ANTHRO 98 Directed Group Study 1 - 4 Units
Department: Anthropology
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Offered for pass/not pass grade only.
Hours and format: 3 to 12 hours of group study (or tutorial or fieldwork) per week.
Prerequisites: Consent of instructor; freshmen or sophomore status.
Organized group study on topics selected by lower division students under the sponsorship and direction of a member of the Anthropology Department's faculty.
Course may be repeated for credit. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes. Enrollment is restricted; see the Introduction to Courses and Curricula section of this catalog.
ANTHRO 99 Supervised Independent Study and Research 1 - 4 Units
Department: Anthropology
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall, spring and summer
Grading: Offered for pass/not pass grade only.
Hours and format: 3 to 12 hours of tutorial (or fieldwork) per week.
Prerequisites: Consent of instructor; freshmen and sophomores only.
Individual research by lower division students.
Course may be repeated for credit. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes. Enrollment is restricted; see the Introduction to Courses and Curricula section of this catalog.
ANTHRO C100/INTEGBI C185L Human Paleontology 5 Units
Department: Anthropology; Integrative Biology
Course level: Undergraduate
Term course may be offered: Spring. Offered alternate years.
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture and 3 hours of Laboratory per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: Anthropology 1, Biology 1A-1B.
Origin and relationships of the extinct forms of mankind.
Instructor: White
ANTHRO C103/INTEGBI C142L Introduction to Human Osteology 6 Units
Department: Anthropology; Integrative Biology
Course level: Undergraduate
Term course may be offered: Spring. Offered alternate years.
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 6 hours of Lecture and 14 hours of Laboratory per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: Anthropology 1, Biology 1B.
An intensive study of the human skeleton, reconstruction of individual and population characteristics, emphasizing methodology and analysis of human populations from archaeological and paleontological contexts, taphonomy, and paleopathology.
Instructor: White
ANTHRO 105 Primate Evolution 4 Units
Department: Anthropology
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall, spring and summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks. 5.5 hours of Lecture per week for 8 weeks. 7.5 hours of Lecture per week for 6 weeks.
Prerequisites: 1 recommended.
A consideration of the major groups of primates with an emphasis on the evolution of behavior.
ANTHRO 106 Primate Behavior 4 Units
Department: Anthropology
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall, spring and summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture and 1 hour of Discussion per week for 15 weeks. 6 hours of Lecture and 1.5 hours of Discussion per week for 8 weeks. 8 hours of Lecture and 2 hours of Discussion per week for 6 weeks.
Prerequisites: 1 or Integrative Biology 32 recommended.
Humans, apes, and selected monkeys are the primates of concern, and among this array patterns and degrees of social behavior vary greatly. Lectures present a general introduction to behavior and its ecological context, the interaction of biology and behavior from an evolutionary perspective, and an examination of the roots of modern human behavior.
ANTHRO N106 Primate Social Behavior 3 Units
Department: Anthropology
Course level: Undergraduate
Term course may be offered: Summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 6 hours of Lecture and 1 hour of Discussion per week for 6 weeks.
Prerequisites: 1 is recommended.
Humans, apes, and selected monkeys are the primates of concern, and among the array of primates, patterns and degrees of social behavior vary greatly. Lectures present a general introduction to behavior and its ecological context, the integration of biology and behavior from an evolutionary perspective, and examination of the roots of modern human behavior.
ANTHRO 107 Evolution of the Human Brain 4 Units
Department: Anthropology
Course level: Undergraduate
Term course may be offered: Fall
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture and 1 hour of Discussion per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: Upper division undergraduate standing and Anthropology 1 or equivalent or consent of instructor.
Introduction to comparative vertebrate brain anatomy, neural development, and sensory-motor functions that are relevant to the study of human brain evolution and the evolution of uniquely human mental and behavioral capacities. Emphasis is on understanding the processes of evolution that are responsible for species differences in brain structure and function. Special attention will be given to animal communication, vocalization, neurolinguistics, and theories of language evolution.
Instructor: Deacon
ANTHRO 111 Evolution of Human Behavior 4 Units
Department: Anthropology
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks. 6 hours of Lecture per week for 8 weeks. 8 hours of Lecture per week for 6 weeks.
This course will ask to what extent human behavior in its various individual, group, social, and cultural dimensions can be understood using the relatively small number of basic principles provided by evolutionary biological considerations.
ANTHRO 112 Special Topics in Biological Anthropology 4 Units
Department: Anthropology
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall, spring and summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of lecture per week and 1 or more hours of laboratory may be required based on topic.
Prerequisites: Anthropology 1 recommended.
Varying topics covering current discoveries, research, theories, fieldwork, etc., in biological anthropology. Topics vary with instructor.
Course may be repeated for credit. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
ANTHRO 114 History of Anthropological Thought 4 Units
Department: Anthropology
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall, spring and summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture and 1 hour of Discussion per week for 15 weeks. 8 hours of Lecture and 2 hours of Discussion per week for 6 weeks.
This course will present a history of anthropological thought from the mid-19th century to the present, and will draw upon the major subdisciplines of anthropology. It will focus both upon the integration of the anthropological subdisciplines and upon the relationships between these and other disciplines outside anthropology.
Formerly known as 114A.
ANTHRO 115 Introduction to Medical Anthropology 4 Units
Department: Anthropology
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall, spring and summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture and 1 hour of Discussion per week for 15 weeks. 6 hours of Lecture and 1.5 hours of Discussion per week for 8 weeks. 8 hours of Lecture and 2 hours of Discussion per week for 6 weeks. 15 hours of Lecture and 5 hours of Discussion per week for 3 weeks.
Cultural, psychological, and biological aspects of the definitions, causes, symptoms, and treatment of illness. Comparative study of medical systems, practitioners, and patients.
ANTHRO 119 Special Topics in Medical Anthropology 4 Units
Department: Anthropology
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall, spring and summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks. 5.5 hours of Lecture per week for 8 weeks. 7.5 hours of Lecture per week for 6 weeks.
Prerequisites: Upper division status and consent of instructor.
Special topics in cultural, biomedical and applied approaches to medical anthropology.
Course may be repeated for credit. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
ANTHRO 121AC American Material Culture 4 Units
Department: Anthropology
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall, spring and summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks. 7.5 hours of Lecture per week for 6 weeks.
Prerequisites: 2 or consent of instructor.
Patterns in material culture as it reflects behavioral and psychological aspects of American culture since the 17th century. Topics include architecture, domestic artifacts, mortuary art, foodways, and trash disposal.
Satisfies the American Cultures requirement
Students will receive no credit for 121AC after taking 121A.
ANTHRO 121B Historical Archaeology: Theoretical Approaches in American Historical Archaeology 4 Units
Department: Anthropology
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks. 6 hours of Lecture per week for 8 weeks. 8 hours of Lecture per week for 6 weeks.
Prerequisites: 2 or consent of instructor.
This course will provide a background in the theoretical and methodological development of American historical archaeology, with particular emphasis on the ways in which archaeologists have approached the integration of archaeological, documentary, oral historical and ethnohistoric data. Emphasis on continuing theoretical developments in the discipline. Politics of historical archaeology, and ways in which historical archaeologists and other public historians make the past relevant to the present.
Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
ANTHRO 121C Historical Archaeology: Historical Artifact Identification and Analysis 4 Units
Department: Anthropology
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall, spring and summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 2 hours of lecture, 3 hours of scheduled laboratory, and 3 to 6 hours of unscheduled laboratory per week.
Prerequisites: 121A, 121AC, or 121B recommended and consent of instructor.
Learn to work with historical artifacts from the stage of recovery through the stages of analysis and interpretation. The focus is on the analysis of materials (i.e., ceramic, glass, metal, bone, shell artifacts) recovered from historic sites. Skills acquired include how to identify, date, record, illustrate, photograph, catalog, and interpret historical archaeological materials through a combination of lectures, lab exercises, and a research paper.
Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
ANTHRO 122A Archaeology of the Americas: Archaeology of North America 4 Units
Department: Anthropology
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall, spring and summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks. 6 hours of Lecture per week for 8 weeks. 7.5 hours of Lecture per week for 6 weeks.
Prerequisites: 2.
. Prehistory of North American Indians; prehistoric culture areas; relations with historic Indians.
ANTHRO 122C Archaeology of the Americas: Archaeology of Central America 4 Units
Department: Anthropology
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall, spring and summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks. 6 hours of Lecture per week for 8 weeks. 8 hours of Lecture per week for 6 weeks.
Prerequisites: 2.
A survey of what archaeology can tell us about the pre-Columbian cultures of Central America: the Olmec, Maya, Aztec, and their neighbors.
ANTHRO 122E Archaeology of the Americas: Andean Archaeology: People of the Andes 4 Units
Department: Anthropology
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall, spring and summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks. 6 hours of Lecture per week for 8 weeks. 8 hours of Lecture per week for 6 weeks.
Prerequisites: 2.
This course covers the archaeology and history of the indigenous societies of the Andean region of South America. The lectures and readings emphasize major political, economic, social, and symbolic processes in the development of the Andean civilizations. Particular attention is paid to the development of the early states along the coast of Peru. The development of major centers in the highlands, and the relationship between the political, economic, and religious systems of the later empires and earlier political structures and social processes, are also emphasized.
ANTHRO 122F Archaeology of the Americas: California Archaeology 4 Units
Department: Anthropology
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks. 6 hours of Lecture per week for 8 weeks. 8 hours of Lecture per week for 6 weeks.
Prerequisites: 2.
Prehistory of California Indians; selected archaeological sites and current issues in interpretations.
ANTHRO 123A Old World Cultures: Stone Age Archaeology 4 Units
Department: Anthropology
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall, spring and summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks. 6 hours of Lecture per week for 8 weeks. 8 hours of Lecture per week for 6 weeks.
Prerequisites: 2.
Overview of stone age cultures and development. Selected topics or geographic areas of paleolithic research.
ANTHRO 123B Old World Cultures: Archaeology of Africa 4 Units
Department: Anthropology
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall, spring and summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks. 4.5 hours of Lecture per week for 10 weeks. 6 hours of Lecture per week for 8 weeks. 8 hours of Lecture per week for 6 weeks.
Prerequisites: 2.
This course provides an overview of the archaeological history of the African continent.Through case studies,it will explore Africa beginning with human evolution and cultural development to later colonial encounters and their impacts. It will also examine how groups and governments have used the past in politics, and the roles heritage plays in contemporary African Societies.
ANTHRO C123F/NE STUD C119 Disciplining Near Eastern Archaeology: Explorers, Archaeologists, and Tourists in the Contemporary Middle East 3 Units
Department: Anthropology; Near Eastern Studies
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall, spring and summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks. 5.5 hours of Lecture per week for 8 weeks. 7.5 hours of Lecture per week for 6 weeks.
This course examines the roles that Near Eastern archaeology plays within the context of recent Middle Eastern history and society, from 1800 to the present day. Topics include the discipline's entanglement with imperialism, nationalism, science, tourism, the antiquities trade, media, and war. Students will examine and discuss ethnographies, technical reports, memoirs, films, and images.
Instructor: Porter
ANTHRO 124A Pacific Cultures: Archaeology of the South Pacific 4 Units
Department: Anthropology
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks. 6 hours of Lecture per week for 8 weeks. 8 hours of Lecture per week for 6 weeks.
Prerequisites: 2.
Selected topics and research problems in the archaeology of the southern Pacific from prehistory through to the establishment of complex chiefdoms in many locales. Stress on current issues and interpretations.
ANTHRO 124AC Hawaiian Ethnohistory 4 Units
Department: Anthropology
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall, spring and summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks. 6 hours of Lecture per week for 8 weeks. 8 hours of Lecture per week for 6 weeks.
Prerequisites: 3 or equivalent or consent of instructor.
Developmental foundations of the 20th-century multicultural society of Hawaii, during the period 1778-1900, explored through an explicitly anthropological perspective. The following ethnic groups are emphasized: Native Hawaiians, British-American whites, Chinese, and Japanese.
Satisfies the American Cultures requirement
ANTHRO C124C/INTEGBI C187 Human Biogeography of the Pacific 3 Units
Department: Anthropology; Integrative Biology
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: Biology 1B strongly recommended, or evidence the student has mastered an equivalent set of basic concepts in evolution and ecology.
This course examines the history of human dispersal across Oceania from the perspectives of biogeography and evolutionary ecology. H. sapiens faced problems of dispersal, colonization, and extinction, and adapted in a variety of ways to the diversity of insular ecosystems. A dual evolutionary model takes into account cultural evolution and transmission, as well as biological evolution of human populations. This course also explores the impacts of human populations on isolated and fragile insular ecosystems, and the reciprocal effects of anthropogenic change on human cultures.
Instructor: Kirch
ANTHRO C125A/JAPAN C175 Archaeology of East Asia 4 Units
Department: Anthropology; Japanese
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks.
Prehistoric and protohistoric archaeology in China, Japan, and Korea.
ANTHRO C125B/JAPAN C176 Archaeology and Japanese Identities 4 Units
Department: Anthropology; Japanese
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks.
Course explores stereotypical images of traditional Japanese culture and people through archaeological analysis. Particular emphasis will be placed on changing lifeways of past residents of the Japanese islands, including commoners, samurai, and nobles. Consideration will be given to the implications of these archaeological studies for our understanding of Japanese identities.
ANTHRO 127A Bioarchaeology: Introduction to Skeletal Biology and Bioarchaeology 4 Units
Department: Anthropology
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall, spring and summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 2 hours of Lecture and 4 hours of Laboratory per week for 15 weeks. 3.5 hours of Lecture and 7.5 hours of Laboratory per week for 8 weeks. 5 hours of Lecture and 10 hours of Laboratory per week for 6 weeks.
Prerequisites: 1, Biology 1B.
An introduction to skeletal biology and anatomy to understand how skeletal remains can be used in reconstructing patterns of adaptation and biocultural evolution in past populations, emphasizing a problem-based approach to bioarchaeological questions.
Students will receive no credit for 127A after taking either C103 or Integrative Biology C142.
ANTHRO 127B Bioarchaeology: Reconstruction of Life in Bioarchaeology 4 Units
Department: Anthropology
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 2 hours of Lecture and 4 hours of Laboratory per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: 127A or C103/Integrative Biology C142L is required.
This course deals with the skeletal biology of past populations, covering both the theoretical approaches and critical analysis of methods used in the study of skeletal and dental remains, and is considered the continuing course for those that have already taken introduction to skeletal biology, 127A.
ANTHRO 128 Special Topics in Archaeology 4 Units
Department: Anthropology
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall, spring and summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks. 6 hours of Lecture per week for 8 weeks. 8 hours of Lecture per week for 6 weeks.
Prerequisites: 2.
Current topics in method and theory of archaeological research, varying with instructor.
Course may be repeated for credit. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
ANTHRO 128A Special Topics in Archaeology/Area 4 Units
Department: Anthropology
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall, spring and summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks. 4.5 hours of Lecture per week for 10 weeks. 6 hours of Lecture per week for 8 weeks. 8 hours of Lecture per week for 6 weeks.
Prerequisites: 2 recommended.
Special topics in archaeology which meet the area requirement for the anthropology major.
Course may be repeated for credit. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
ANTHRO 128M Special Topics in Archaeology/Method 4 Units
Department: Anthropology
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall, spring and summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture and 3 hours of Laboratory per week for 15 weeks. 6 hours of Lecture per week for 8 weeks. 8 hours of Lecture per week for 6 weeks.
Prerequisites: 2 recommended.
Special topics in archaeology which meet the method requirement for the anthropology major.
Course may be repeated for credit. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
ANTHRO 129A Topical Areas in Archaeology: Prehistoric Art 4 Units
Department: Anthropology
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall, spring and summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks. 6 hours of Lecture per week for 8 weeks. 8 hours of Lecture per week for 6 weeks.
Prerequisites: 2. (2 or 3 for 129A.)
Draws on study of art in non-literate societies and on archaeology to explore a range of prehistoric arts in cultural contexts; e.g., rock art; Ice Age Arts; prehistoric ceramics. Usses illustrative materials from the Hearst Museum.
ANTHRO 129C Topical Areas in Archaeology: Archaeology of Hunter-Gatherers 4 Units
Department: Anthropology
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall, spring and summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks. 6 hours of Lecture per week for 8 weeks. 8 hours of Lecture per week for 6 weeks.
Prerequisites: 2. (2 or 3 for 129A.)
Course will provide an overview of hunter-gatherer archaeology, focusing on the history of hunter-gatherer archaeology in North America and Britian; long-term changes in hunter-gatherer subsistence, settlement, mortuary/ceremonial practices and crafts/trade; social archaeology of hunter-gatherers including studies of gender, cognition, and cultural landscapes; and discussions of the relevance of hunter-gatherer studies in the context of world archaeology.
ANTHRO C129D/INTEGBI C155 Holocene Paleoecology: How Humans Changed the Earth 3 Units
Department: Anthropology; Integrative Biology
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks.
Since the end of the Pleistocene and especially with the development of agriculturally based societies humans have had cumulative and often irreversible impacts on natural landscapes and biotic resources worldwide. Thus "global change" and the biodiversity crisis are not exclusively developments of the industrial and post-industrial world. This course uses a multi-disciplinary approach, drawing upon methods and data from archaeology, palynology, geomorphology, paleontology, and historical ecology to unravel the broad trends of human ecodynamics over the past 10,000 years.
Instructor: Kirch
ANTHRO C129F/L & S C140U The Archaeology of Health and Disease 4 Units
Department: Anthropology; Letters and Science
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture and 1 hour of Laboratory per week for 15 weeks.
This course explores how archaeologists and bioarchaeologists study human families' and communities' conceptualizations and experiences of health and health care cross-culturally and through time. Students will be exposed to case studies drawing upon skeletal and material cultural evidence.
ANTHRO 129E Topical Areas in Archaeology: Household Archeology 4 Units
Department: Anthropology
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall, spring and summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks. 6 hours of Lecture per week for 8 weeks. 8 hours of Lecture per week for 6 weeks.
Prerequisites: 2. (2 or 3 for 129A.)
This class explores the questions: why study the archaeology of households? How do we define households and how can we identify and study them archaeologically? What research questions, strategies, and methodologies does the archaeological investigation of households entail? How does the study of households contribute to multiscalar approaches for understanding social organization? Why is this important? What are the causes and effects of changing scales of analysis?
ANTHRO 132A Analysis of Archaeological Materials: Analysis of Archaeological Ceramics 4 Units
Department: Anthropology
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall, spring and summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture and 3 hours of Laboratory per week for 15 weeks. 6 hours of Lecture and 6 hours of Laboratory per week for 8 weeks. 8 hours of Lecture and 8 hours of Laboratory per week for 6 weeks.
Prerequisites: 2 or consent of instructor.
Discussion of and laboratory instruction in methods of analysis of ceramics used by archaeologists to establish a time scale, to document interconnections between different areas, sites, or groups of people, to suggest what activities were carried out at particular sites, and to understand the organization of ceramic production itself.
ANTHRO 134 Analysis of the Archaeological Record 4 Units
Department: Anthropology
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall, spring and summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture and 3 hours of Laboratory per week for 15 weeks. 6 hours of Lecture and 5.5 hours of Laboratory per week for 8 weeks. 7.5 hours of Lecture and 7.5 hours of Laboratory per week for 6 weeks.
Prerequisites: 2 or consent of instructor.
Guidance in the preparation of excavated materials for publication, including sampling and analysis strategy, drawing, photography and write-up.
Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
ANTHRO 134A Field Course in Archaeological Methods 6 Units
Department: Anthropology
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall, spring and summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: Forty hours of field work per week for 4 weeks.
Prerequisites: 2 or consent of instructor.
Practical experience in the field study of archaeological sites and materials. Coverage may include reconnaissance, mapping, recording, and excavation.
Course may be repeated for credit. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes. Formerly known as 133 and N133.
ANTHRO 134B Archaeological Laboratory Practicum 1 - 4 Units
Department: Anthropology
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall, spring and summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 1 hour of Lecture and 2 to 11 hours of Laboratory per week for 15 weeks. 1.5 hours of Lecture and 3.5 to 20.5 hours of Laboratory per week for 8 weeks. 2.5 hours of Lecture and 5 to 20-7.5 hours of Laboratory per week for 6 weeks.
Prerequisites: Consent of instructor.
This is a practical laboratory analysis course that offers a team of students the opportunity to work closely with faculty on an aspect of their laboratory research in archaeological physical or natural sciences, or archaeological material analysis. May be taken concurrently with other laboratory courses or as the logical follow-up to a field school. Projects will vary by course.
Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
ANTHRO 135 Paleoethnobotany: Archaeological Methods and Laboratory Techniques 4 Units
Department: Anthropology
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture and 3 hours of Laboratory per week for 15 weeks. 6 hours of Lecture and 5.5 hours of Laboratory per week for 8 weeks. 7.5 hours of Lecture and 7.5 hours of Laboratory per week for 6 weeks.
Prerequisites: 2 and consent of instructor.
An introduction to the basic approaches and techniques in archaeobotanical analysis. A series of different data types and their unique approaches will be discussed, including phytoliths, pollen, and DNA, with an emphasis on macrofloral remains. Laboratory study will include the major classes of plant remains likely to be encountered in archaeological sites. Discussion will emphasize the use of plant remains to answer archaeological questions, rather than study the plant remains for their own sake. Microscope work and computing will be included.
ANTHRO 136A Museum Exhibit Curation and Design 4 Units
Department: Anthropology
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall, spring and summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture and 4 hours of Studio per week for 15 weeks. 6 hours of Lecture and 7.5 hours of Studio per week for 8 weeks. 8 hours of Lecture and 10 hours of Studio per week for 6 weeks.
A practical introduction to contemporary museum approaches to exhibition design, with particular application to the design of exhibits that present cultural heritage in anthropology, art, and natural history museums. Both the theory of museum exhibit desing and practice will be covered, including critiques of representation; issues of cultural heritage; conversation, education, and installation standards; and incorporation of interactivity, including through digital media.
ANTHRO 136C Multimedia Authoring Part 1 4 Units
Department: Anthropology
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall, spring and summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 1 hour of Lecture and 4 hours of Laboratory per week for 15 weeks. 1.5 hours of Lecture and 7.5 hours of Laboratory per week for 8 weeks. 2.5 hours of Lecture and 10 hours of Laboratory per week for 6 weeks.
This course is the first part in a two-part series of courses that coach students in research and presentation of archaeological information through nonlinear multimedia authoring. The content of the course varies and may focus on an area or a topic depending on instructor. Students experience the first stage of multimedia authoring process: research, planning, and design. The focus is on content development and evaluation of digital research sources, with an introduction to software skills and practice.
ANTHRO C136K/L & S C180W Who Owns the Past? Cultural Heritage in a Digital Age 4 Units
Department: Anthropology; Letters and Science
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture and 1 hour of Discussion per week for 15 weeks.
A cross-disciplinary exploration of cultural heritage on a global and local scale through discussion, debate, in-class activities, and team-based research projects that draw attention to the impacts of digital technology. Themes include the creation and management of heritage sites; the ethics of archaeologists as stewards of heritage; listening to multiple voices of interest groups; destruction and looting; and the preservation, conservation, and public presentation of heritage.
ANTHRO 136E Digital Documentation and Representation of Cultural Heritage 4 Units
Department: Anthropology
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall, spring and summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 2.5 hours of lecture and 10 hours of laboratory per week for 6 weeks. Forty hours of lecture/laboratory per week for 3 weeks.
A practical, hands-on overview of cutting-edge digital technology that is being used and developed for the documentation of archaeological sites. This course outlines a digital documentation strategy for collecting, processing, and integrating digital data from a variety of different media into a dataset that holistically describes place, including landscape, architecture, and other cultural artifacts.
ANTHRO 136H Public Anthropology: Archaeology After-School Program 4 Units
Department: Anthropology
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 2 hours of Lecture and 3 hours of Laboratory per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: 2 or consent of instructor.
An opportunity to work with sixth-graders in exploring the worlds of archaeology, history, and computer-based technologies. Meets the method requirement for the anthropology major.
Course may be repeated for credit. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes. Formerly known as 128M.
ANTHRO 136I Public Anthropology: Archaeology and the Media 4 Units
Department: Anthropology
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall, spring and summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 1 hour of Lecture and 4 hours of Laboratory per week for 15 weeks. 2.5 hours of Lecture and 10 hours of Laboratory per week for 6 weeks.
Prerequisites: 2.
Focus on the use of digital media to create narrative about the practice and products of archaeology. Students build a critical awareness of the way digital media are used by archaeologists, journalists, film and TV producers, and others. Students will experience the introductory stage of the digital media authoring process.
ANTHRO 136J Public Anthropology: Archaeology and the Media Method 4 Units
Department: Anthropology
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 1 hour of Lecture and 4 hours of Laboratory per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: 136I.
Focus on the use of digital media to create narratives about the practice and products of archaeology. Students work in teams to produce short videos (digital narrative or digital stories) from their own research. Students share equally the responsibilities of research and writing, directing, camera, sound recording, and editing. This course satisfies the method requirement for the anthropology major.
ANTHRO 137 Energy, Culture and Social Organization 4 Units
Department: Anthropology
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks.
This course will consider the human dimensions of particular energy production and consumption patterns. It will examine the influence of culture and social organization on energy use, energy policy, and quality of life issues in both the domestic and international setting. Specific treatment will be given to mind-sets, ideas of progress, cultural variation in time perspectives and resource use, equity issues, and the role of power holders in energy related questions.
ANTHRO 138A History and Theory of Ethnographic Film 4 Units
Department: Anthropology
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall, spring and summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks. 6 hours of Lecture and 1.5 hours of Discussion per week for 8 weeks. 8 hours of Lecture and 2 hours of Discussion per week for 6 weeks.
Prerequisites: 3 or 114.
The course will trace the development of ethnographic film from its beginnings at the turn of the century to the present. In addition to looking at seminal works in the field, more recent and innovative productions will be viewed and analyzed. Topics of interest include the role of visual media in ethnography, ethics in filmmaking, and the problematic relationship between seeing and believing. Requirements include film critiques, a film proposal, and a final exam.
ANTHRO 138B Field Production of Ethnographic Film 5 Units
Department: Anthropology
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall, spring and summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture and 3 hours of Laboratory per week for 15 weeks. 6 hours of Lecture and 5.5 hours of Laboratory per week for 8 weeks. 7.5 hours of Lecture and 7.5 hours of Laboratory per week for 6 weeks.
Prerequisites: 138A.
This course is devoted to training students in methods of ethnographic field film production. Based on the previous coursework in ANTHRO 138A, students will work toward the production of an ethnographic video from elected project proposals. In addition to weekly discussions of student projects, guest consultants and lecturers will lend their expertise on aspects of production as well as editing.
ANTHRO 139 Controlling Processes 4 Units
Department: Anthropology
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks. 6 hours of Lecture per week for 8 weeks. 8 hours of Lecture per week for 6 weeks.
Prerequisites: Those with at least one social science course will be more familiar with the subject matter.
This course will discuss key theoretical concepts related to power and control and examine indirect mechanisms and processes by which direct control becomes hidden, voluntary, and unconscious in industrialized societies. Readings will cover language, law, politics, religion, medicine, sex, and gender.
ANTHRO 140 The Anthropology of Food 4 Units
Department: Anthropology
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall, spring and summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks. 6 hours of Lecture per week for 10 weeks. 10 hours of Lecture per week for 6 weeks.
Prerequisites: 3 or equivalent or consent of instructor.
This course examines the place of food in society and includes discussions of identity, taste, taboos, ritual, traditions, nationalism, health, alcohol use, civilizing society, globalism, and the global politics of food.
ANTHRO 141 Comparative Society 4 Units
Department: Anthropology
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture and 1 hour of Discussion per week for 15 weeks. 6 hours of Lecture and 1.5 hours of Discussion per week for 8 weeks. 8 hours of Lecture and 2 hours of Discussion per week for 6 weeks.
Prerequisites: 3 or consent of instructor.
Theories of social structure, functional interrelationships of social institutions. Primary emphasis on non-Western societies.
ANTHRO 142 Kinship and Family 4 Units
Department: Anthropology
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall, spring and summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks. 6 hours of Lecture per week for 8 weeks. 8 hours of Lecture per week for 6 weeks.
Prerequisites: 3.
Comparative study of the family and kinship systems in non-state and state societies.
ANTHRO C146/ART C179 Mobile City Chronicles: Gaming with New Technologies of Detection and Security 5 Units
Department: Anthropology; Practice of Art
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture and 1 hour of Studio per week for 15 weeks.
This course studies the city through cases of 19th and 21st century urban detection, including detective fiction, epidemiology, urban planning, surveillance, ethnography, and related technologies. Students develop and playtest cellphone games that in turn require players to investigate cities. This "gaming the city" uses smart phones not only to read existing databases but also to write to them, producing new urban practice and knowledge. The course is organized as a research and game lab.
ANTHRO C147B/LGBT C147B Sexuality, Culture, and Colonialism 4 Units
Department: Anthropology; Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender St
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks. 6 hours of Lecture per week for 8 weeks. 8 hours of Lecture per week for 6 weeks.
Prerequisites: 3 or Sociology 3.
An introduction to social theory and ethnographic methodology in the cross-cultural study of sexuality, particularly sexual orientation and gender identity. The course will stress the relationships between culture, international and local political economy, and the representation and experience of what we will provisionally call homosexual and transgendered desires or identities.
ANTHRO 148 Anthropology of the Environment 4 Units
Department: Anthropology
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks. 6 hours of Lecture per week for 8 weeks. 8 hours of Lecture per week for 6 weeks.
Prerequisites: 3 or consent of instructor.
Surveys anthropological perspectives on the environment and examines differing cultural constructions of nature. Coverage includes theory, method, and case materials extending from third world agrarian contexts to urban North America. Topics may include cultural ecology, political ecology, cultural politics of nature, and environmental imaginaries.
ANTHRO 149 Psychological Anthropology 4 Units
Department: Anthropology
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall, spring and summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture and 1 hour of Discussion per week for 15 weeks. 6 hours of Lecture and 2.5 to 1.5 hours of Discussion per week for 8 weeks. 8 hours of Lecture and 2 hours of Discussion per week for 6 weeks.
Prerequisites: 3 or consent of instructor.
In the contemporary world, different systems of knowledge, philosophies, and techniques of the self, understandings of normality and pathology, illness and healing, are increasingly engaged in a dialogue with each other in the lives, on the bodies, and in the imagination of people. The terms of this dialogue are often unequal and painful, yet they are also productive of new subjectivities and new voices. It is the task of a renewed psychological anthropology to study and reflect on these processes. Topics to be covered in this class include new forms of the subject and ethics at the intersection of psychical/psychiatric, political, and religious processes and discources; ethno-psychiatry, psychoanalysis, the psychology of colonization and racism; anthropological approaches to possession and altered states, emotion, culture, and the imagination, madness and mental illness. The specific stress will be on the stakes of anthropology of the psyche today, for an understanding of power and subjugation, delusion and the imagination, violence, and the possibility of new forms of life.
ANTHRO 150 Utopia: Art and Power in Modern Times 4 Units
Department: Anthropology
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 4 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks.
Modern times have been dominated by utopian visions of how to achieve a happy future society. Artists in competing social systems played a central role in the development of these visions. But artistic experiments were filled with paradoxes, contributing to the creation not only of the most liberating and progressive ideals and values but also to the most oppressive regimes and ideologies. The course questions: what is art, what can it achieve and destroy, what is beauty, artistic freedom, and the relationship between esthetics, ethics, and power?
ANTHRO 155 Modernity 4 Units
Department: Anthropology
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall, spring and summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks. 7.5 hours of Lecture per week for 6 weeks.
This upper division course presents episodes in the understanding of anthropos (man, humanity, civilization, etc.) in its modern figuration. The course will juxtapose the conceptual repertoire of key thinkers about modernity, and will examine episodes in the history of the arts and/or sciences.
ANTHRO 156 Anthropology of the Contemporary 4 Units
Department: Anthropology
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall, spring and summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks. 7.5 hours of Lecture per week for 6 weeks.
This course is an introduction to the conceptual field of "the contemporary," a stylization of both old and new elements that stands in contrast to "modernity", and "post modernity", and which opens up inquiries into the actual state of things, particulary for anthropology. Anthropology 155, while not required, is highly recommended as a prerequisite.
ANTHRO 156B Culture and Power 4 Units
Department: Anthropology
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks. 6 hours of Lecture per week for 8 weeks. 8 hours of Lecture per week for 6 weeks.
The course examines how representations are situated within fields of power and, in turn, how political considerations are translated into cultural forms. Topics include: philosophy and history of social science, power/knowledge, the social, difference and power, social science and ethics.
ANTHRO 157 Anthropology of Law 4 Units
Department: Anthropology
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks. 6 hours of Lecture per week for 8 weeks. 8 hours of Lecture per week for 6 weeks.
Prerequisites: 3 or consent of instructor.
Comparative survey of the ethnography of law; methods and concepts relevant to the comparative analysis of the forms and functions of law.
ANTHRO 158 Religion and Anthropology 4 Units
Department: Anthropology
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall, spring and summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks. 6 hours of Lecture per week for 8 weeks. 8 hours of Lecture per week for 6 weeks.
Prerequisites: 3 or consent of instructor.
A consideration of the interplay between religious beliefs and institutions and other aspects of culture.
ANTHRO 160AC Forms of Folklore 4 Units
Department: Anthropology
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall, spring and summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture and 1 hour of Discussion per week for 15 weeks. 4.5 hours of Lecture and 1.5 hours of Discussion per week for 10 weeks. 6 hours of Lecture and 1.5 hours of Discussion per week for 8 weeks. 7.5 hours of Lecture and 2.5 hours of Discussion per week for 6 weeks.
Prerequisites: Upper division standing.
A world-wide survey of the major and minor forms of folklore with special emphasis upon proverbs, riddles, superstitions, games, songs, and narratives.
Satisfies the American Cultures requirement
ANTHRO 161 Narrative Folklore 4 Units
Department: Anthropology
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks.
The study of folktales, myths, legends, and other forms of verbal art; methods and theories of folklore.
ANTHRO 162 Topics in Folklore 4 Units
Department: Anthropology
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall, spring and summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks. 6 hours of Lecture per week for 8 weeks. 8 hours of Lecture per week for 6 weeks.
Special topics in folklore or ethno-musicology.
Course may be repeated for credit. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
ANTHRO N162 Introduction to Arabic Folklore 4 Units
Department: Anthropology
Course level: Undergraduate
Term course may be offered: Summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 6 hours of Lecture per week for 8 weeks.
This course is concerned with the principal genres of Arabic folklore and the oral tradition in Arab culture. The reading material is in English and will be supplemented by slide presentations, a museum exhibit, and films.
ANTHRO 166 Language, Culture, and Society 4 Units
Department: Anthropology
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall, spring and summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks. 6 hours of Lecture per week for 8 weeks. 8 hours of Lecture per week for 6 weeks.
Prerequisites: 3 or consent of instructor.
This course examines the complex relationships between language, culture, and society. The materials in the course draw on the fields of linguistic anthropology, linguistics, sociolinguistics, philosophy of language, discourse analysis, and literary criticism to explore theories about how language is shaped by, and in turn shapes, our understandings about the world, social relations, identities, power, aesthetics, etc.
ANTHRO 169A Data Analysis and Computational Methods 4 Units
Department: Anthropology
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall, spring and summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks. 6 hours of Lecture per week for 8 weeks. 8 hours of Lecture per week for 6 weeks.
Prerequisites: 2 or consent of instructor.
This course capitalizes on a successful approach of using definitional formulas to emphasize concepts of statistics, rather than rote memorization in both qualitative and quantitative anthropology. This conceptual approach constantly reminds the students of the logic behind what they are learning. Procedures are taught verbally, numerically, and visually, to reach students with different learning styles.
ANTHRO 169B Research Theory and Methods in Socio-Cultural Anthropology 5 Units
Department: Anthropology
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall, spring and summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture and 1 hour of Discussion per week for 15 weeks. 6 hours of Lecture and 1.5 hours of Discussion per week for 8 weeks. 7.5 hours of Lecture and 2.5 hours of Discussion per week for 6 weeks.
Prerequisites: 3.
Introduction to research problems and research design techniques. Will involve local field research on the collection, analysis, and presentation of data. This course requires 15 hours of work per week including class time, outside work and preparation. One section meeting per week will be required.
ANTHRO 169C Research Theory and Methods in Linguistic Anthropology 4 Units
Department: Anthropology
Course level: Undergraduate
Term course may be offered: Fall
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture and 1 hour of Discussion per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: Upper division undergraduate standing.
This course provides an introduction to selected theories and methods in Linguistic Anthropology, with a focus on topics of relevance to ethnographic fieldwork. Readings and lectures are organized into three modules: Linguistic categories and their consequences for thought, the effects of social context on meaning, and the empirical basis of research on language.
Instructor: Hanks
ANTHRO 170 China 4 Units
Department: Anthropology
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks. 6 hours of Lecture per week for 8 weeks. 8 hours of Lecture per week for 6 weeks.
Chinese culture and society with an emphasis on the village level.
ANTHRO 171 Japan 4 Units
Department: Anthropology
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall, spring and summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks. 6 hours of Lecture per week for 8 weeks. 8 hours of Lecture per week for 6 weeks.
Ethnological treatment of historic and modern Japanese culture, covering history, art and religion; family, kinship and community organization; political, economic and occupational patterns; cultural psychology and social problems in modern Japan. The approach utilizes both sociological and psycho-cultural forms of analysis.
ANTHRO 172AC Special Topics in American Cultures 4 Units
Department: Anthropology
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall, spring and summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks. 6 hours of Lecture per week for 8 weeks. 8 hours of Lecture per week for 6 weeks.
Various topics which meet the American cultures requirement, taught by members of the Social/Cultural faculty. See the Schedule of Classes for each semester, and the department's Internal Catalog for course title, description, instructor name, and specific format.
Satisfies the American Cultures requirement
Course may be repeated for credit with different instructor. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
ANTHRO 174AC California Historical Anthropology 4 Units
Department: Anthropology
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall, spring and summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks. 5.5 hours of Lecture per week for 8 weeks. 7.5 hours of Lecture per week for 6 weeks.
Combining historical archaeology, ethnohistory, and ethnography, this course will take account of ethnic groups and their interaction in early colonial California; Native Americans; mission, presidio, pueblo, and rancho communities of Spanish/Mexican California; Russian frontier society at Fort Ross; and American expansion into California, especially the Gold Rush. The course will also examine how the colonial past affects ethnic relations and cultural identity among contemporary California Indians.
Satisfies the American Cultures requirement
ANTHRO 179 Ethnography of the Maya 4 Units
Department: Anthropology
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks. 5.5 hours of Lecture per week for 8 weeks. 7.5 hours of Lecture per week for 6 weeks.
Prerequisites: 3 recommended.
An introduction to the anthropological study of Maya people in Southern Mexico, Guatemala, and Belize. The course focuses on certain parts of the Maya region, emphasizing selected themes and problems. We will explore regional history through the development of Maya studies and the historical transformations of Maya societies. These themes will be traced through studies of the Classic Maya, the Spanish conquest and colonization, indigenous resistance and rebellion, and recent pan-Maya activism.
Students will receive no credit for 179 after taking 188 spring or fall 2001.
ANTHRO 180 European Society 4 Units
Department: Anthropology
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks. 6 hours of Lecture per week for 8 weeks. 8 hours of Lecture per week for 6 weeks.
Representative groups in historical and modern perspective. Rural-urban relationships and the dynamics of change.
ANTHRO 181 Themes in the Anthropology of the Middle East and Islam 4 Units
Department: Anthropology
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall, spring and summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of lecture and zero to 1 hours of discussion per week. 6 hours of lecture and zero to 2 hours of discussion per week for 8 weeks. 8 hours of lecture and zero to 2 hours of discussion per week for 6 weeks. 15 hours of lecture and zero to 5 hours of discussion per week for 3 weeks.
Prerequisites: Anthropology 3 recommended.
Cultures of the contemporary Near East, with special emphasis upon Arab populations.
Instructor: Pandolfo
ANTHRO 183 Topics in the Anthropological Study of Africa 4 Units
Department: Anthropology
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks. 6 hours of Lecture per week for 8 weeks. 8 hours of Lecture per week for 6 weeks.
Prerequisites: 3 and/or 114.
The course will focus on African societies and cultures, as well as on issues relating to the history of Africanist anthropology. Images and constructs of Africa or Africans will thus be contextualized in relation to prevailing anthropological theories at different times, and in different regions of the continent.
ANTHRO 189 Special Topics in Social/Cultural Anthropology 4 Units
Department: Anthropology
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall, spring and summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks. 5.5 hours of Lecture per week for 8 weeks. 7.5 hours of Lecture per week for 6 weeks. 15 hours of Lecture per week for 3 weeks.
Prerequisites: 3 or consent of instructor.
Various topics covering current research theory, method; issues of social and cultural concern; culture change, conflict, and adaptation. May combine more than one subdiscipline of Anthropology.
Course may be repeated for credit. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
ANTHRO 189A Special Topics in Cultural Anthropology/Area 4 Units
Department: Anthropology
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall, spring and summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks. 6 hours of Lecture per week for 8 weeks. 8 hours of Lecture per week for 6 weeks.
Prerequisites: 3 recommended.
Special topics in cultural anthropology which meet the area requirement for the major.
Course may be repeated for credit. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
ANTHRO H195A Senior Honors 4 Units
Department: Anthropology
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall, spring and summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Tutorial per week for 15 weeks. 5.5 hours of Tutorial per week for 8 weeks. 7.5 hours of Tutorial per week for 6 weeks.
Prerequisites: Open only to honors students.
Systematic readings in history and modern theory, collection and analysis of research materials, and the preparation of an honors thesis. Group or individual tutorials.
ANTHRO H195B Senior Honors 4 Units
Department: Anthropology
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall, spring and summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Tutorial per week for 15 weeks. 5.5 hours of Tutorial per week for 8 weeks. 7.5 hours of Tutorial per week for 6 weeks.
Prerequisites: Open only to honors students.
Systematic readings in history and modern theory, collection and analysis of research materials, and the preparation of an honors thesis. Group or individual tutorials.
ANTHRO 196 Undergraduate Seminar 4 Units
Department: Anthropology
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall, spring and summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 2 hours of Seminar per week for 15 weeks. 3.5 hours of Seminar per week for 8 weeks. 5 hours of Seminar per week for 6 weeks.
Prerequisites: Consent of instructor.
Seminar for the advanced study of the subject matter of a previously given upper division course, emphasizing reading and discussion.
Course may be repeated for credit. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
ANTHRO 197 Fieldwork 1 - 12 Units
Department: Anthropology
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall, spring and summer
Grading: Offered for pass/not pass grade only.
Hours and format: 3 to thirty-6 hours of tutorial or fieldwork per week.
Prerequisites: Upper-division status; consent of instructor.
Individual field experience sponsored by a faculty member; written reports required.
Course may be repeated for credit. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes. Enrollment is restricted; see the Introduction to Courses and Curricula section of this catalog.
ANTHRO 198 Directed Group Study 1 - 4 Units
Department: Anthropology
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall, spring and summer
Grading: Offered for pass/not pass grade only.
Hours and format: 1 to 6 hours of directed group study per week for 10 weeks. 2 to 7 hours of directed group study per week for 8 weeks. 2 to 10 hours of directed group study per week for 6 weeks.
Prerequisites: 60 units; good academic standing.
Undergraduate research by small groups.
Course may be repeated for credit. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes. Enrollment is restricted; see the Introduction to Courses and Curricula section of this catalog.
ANTHRO 199 Supervised Independent Study 1 - 4 Units
Department: Anthropology
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall, spring and summer
Grading: Offered for pass/not pass grade only.
Hours and format: 1 to 3 hour of Independent study per week for 15 weeks. 1.5 to 6 hours of Independent study per week for 10 weeks.
Prerequisites: Consent of instructor.
Supervised independent study and research.
Course may be repeated for credit. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes. Enrollment is restricted; see the Introduction to Courses and Curricula section of this catalog.
ANTHRO 210 Special Topics in Physical Anthropology 4 Units
Department: Anthropology
Course level: Graduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 2 hours of Seminar per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: Consent of instructor.
Course may be repeated for credit. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
ANTHRO 217 Discourse and of the Body 4 Units
Department: Anthropology
Course level: Graduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Seminar per week for 15 weeks.
This course juxtaposes discourse analysis and approaches to health and biomedicine, querying how ideologies of language and communication provide implicit foundations for work on health, disease, medicine, and the body and how biopolitical discourses and practices inform constructions of discourse.
Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes. Instructor: Briggs
ANTHRO 219 Topics in Medical Anthropology 4 Units
Department: Anthropology
Course level: Graduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 2 hours of Seminar per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: Consent of instructor.
Comparative study of mental illness and socially generated disease: psychiatric treatment, practitioners, and institutions.
Course may be repeated for credit. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
ANTHRO 221 Pre-Columbian Central America 4 Units
Department: Anthropology
Course level: Graduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 2 hours of Seminar per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: Consent of instructor.
Course may be repeated for credit. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
ANTHRO 226 Archaeology of the Pacific 4 Units
Department: Anthropology
Course level: Graduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 2 hours of Seminar per week for 15 weeks.
Subject matter will vary; current issues and debates in the archaeology of the Pacific, e.g., trade, exchange, colonization, maritime adaptations, etc.
Course may be repeated for credit. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
ANTHRO 227 Historical Archaeology Research 4 Units
Department: Anthropology
Course level: Graduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 2 hours of Seminar per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: Graduate standing with some background in archaeology, or undergraduates who have taken 2, or consent of instructor.
Historical archaeology seminar. Subject matter will vary from year to year.
Course may be repeated for credit. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
ANTHRO 228 Method 4 Units
Department: Anthropology
Course level: Graduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 2 hours of Seminar per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: Consent of instructor.
Various topics and issues in the methods of archaeological analysis and interpretation: style, ceramics, architectural analysis, lithic analysis, archaeozoology, etc.
Course may be repeated for credit. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
ANTHRO 229A Archaeological Research Strategies 4 Units
Department: Anthropology
Course level: Graduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Seminar per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: Consent of instructor.
Required for all first and second year graduate students in archaeology. Three hours of seminar discussion of major issues in the history and theory of archaeological research and practice (229A), and of the research strategies and design for various kinds of archaeological problems (229B). To be offered alternate semesters.
ANTHRO 229B Archaeological Research Strategies 4 Units
Department: Anthropology
Course level: Graduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Seminar per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: Consent of instructor.
Required for all first and second year graduate students in archaeology. Three hours of seminar discussion of major issues in the history and theory of archaeological research and practice (229A), and of the research strategies and design for various kinds of archaeological problems (229B). To be offered alternate semesters.
ANTHRO 229C Writing the Field in Archaeology 4 Units
Department: Anthropology
Course level: Graduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 2 hours of Seminar per week for 15 weeks.
This seminar is intended to guide students in the definition of a field within archaeology, from initial conceptualization to writing of a field statement, dissertation chapter, or review article.
ANTHRO 230 Special Topics in Archaeology 4 Units
Department: Anthropology
Course level: Graduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 2 hours of Seminar per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: Consent of instructor.
Course may be repeated for credit. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
ANTHRO 231 Advanced Topics in Bioarchaeology 4 Units
Department: Anthropology
Course level: Graduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 2 hours of Seminar per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: Consent of instructor.
This advanced seminar course explores how we reconstruct past lifeways from archaeological skeletal remains. It deals with the skeletal biology of past populations, covering both the theoretical approaches and methods used in the analysis of skeletal and dental remains.
Instructor: Agarwal
ANTHRO 235 Special Topics in Museum Anthropology 4 Units
Department: Anthropology
Course level: Graduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 2 hours of Seminar per week for 15 weeks.
Contemporary issues in museum studies from an anthropological perspective.
Course may be repeated for credit. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
ANTHRO 240A Fundamentals of Anthropological Theory 5 Units
Department: Anthropology
Course level: Graduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 4 to 6 hours of Seminar per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: Enrollment is strictly limited to and required of all anthropology and medical anthropology graduate students who have not been advanced to candidacy.
Anthropological theory and practice--following the rest of the world--have been undergoing important restructuring in the past decade. The course is organized to reflect this fact. We will begin by looking at recent debates about the nature and purpose of anthropology. This will provide a starting point for reading a series of classic ethnographies in new ways as well as examining some dimensions of the current research agenda in cultural anthropology.
Instructor: Required of all graduate students in social/cultural anthropology.
ANTHRO 240B Fundamentals of Anthropological Theory 5 Units
Department: Anthropology
Course level: Graduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 4 to 6 hours of Seminar per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: Enrollment is strictly limited to and required of all anthropology and medical anthropology graduate s tudents who have not been advanced to candidacy.
Anthropological theory and practice--following the rest of the world--have been undergoing important restructuring in the past decade. The course is organized to reflect this fact. We will begin by looking at recent debates about the nature and purpose of anthropology. This will provide a starting point for reading a series of classic ethnographies in new ways as well as examining some dimensions of the current research agenda in cultural anthropology.
Instructor: Required of all graduate students in social/cultural anthropology.
ANTHRO 250A Seminars in Social and Cultural Anthropology: Psychological Anthropology 4 Units
Department: Anthropology
Course level: Graduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 2 to 3 hours of Seminar per week for 15 weeks.
Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
ANTHRO 250E Seminars in Social and Cultural Anthropology: Anthropology of Politics 4 Units
Department: Anthropology
Course level: Graduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 2 to 3 hours of Seminar per week for 15 weeks.
Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
ANTHRO 250F Seminars in Social and Cultural Anthropology: Religion 4 Units
Department: Anthropology
Course level: Graduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 2 to 3 hours of Seminar per week for 15 weeks.
Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
ANTHRO 250G Seminars in Social and Cultural Anthropology: Anthropology of Ethics 4 Units
Department: Anthropology
Course level: Graduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 2 to 3 hours of Seminar per week for 15 weeks.
Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
ANTHRO 250J Seminars in Social and Cultural Anthropology: Ethnographic Field Methods 4 Units
Department: Anthropology
Course level: Graduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 2 to 3 hours of Seminar per week for 15 weeks.
Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
ANTHRO 250N Seminars in Social and Cultural Anthropology: Classic Ethnography 4 Units
Department: Anthropology
Course level: Graduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 2 to 3 hours of Seminar per week for 15 weeks.
Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
ANTHRO 250R Seminars in Social and Cultural Anthropology: Dissertation Writing 4 Units