Anthropology < University of California, Berkeley

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About the Program

Bachelor of Arts (BA)

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 another institution, should select a combination of courses to form a unified plan of study that meets special intellectual interests.

Declaring the Major

Before you are eligible to declare the major, you must have completed or be in the progress of completing two of the three prerequisite courses and enrolled in the third, with a grade point average (GPA) of 2.0 or higher in all courses intended for the major. For more details regarding the prerequisites, please see the Major Requirements tab on this page.

To declare the major, you will need to complete these three steps:

Fill in completely the "Application and Petition to Declare Major."
Provide photocopies of transcripts showing courses satisfying the major prerequisites that you took anywhere other than Berkeley, with the grades you earned (continuing Berkeley students may request copies of their transfer transcripts from the Undergraduate Admissions Office in 110 Sproul Hall).
Meet with the Academic Undergraduate Advisor in 215 Kroeber Hall during office hours.

Declare the major as soon as you are eligible. You should declare the major no later than the beginning of your junior year; if you are a transfer student, you should declare the major during your first semester at UC Berkeley.

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 advisor. An overall GPA of 3.5 and a GPA of 3.65 in the major in courses completed at UC Berkeley is required to qualify for the program. The year-long senior program may begin in either the fall or spring semester. The program requires the sponsorship of an anthropology professor as an adviser and a second reader. The honors courses, ANTHRO H195A and ANTHRO H195B, may also count as elective requirements for the major. Applications and more information are available at 215 Kroeber Hall.

Minor Program

The Department of Anthropology offers an undergraduate minor in anthropology. In order to declare the minor, you will need to complete these three steps:

Complete the "Petition for Confirmation of Minor Program Completion" and the "Minor Application Form."
Provide photocopies of transcripts showing courses satisfying the minor that you took anywhere other than Berkeley, with the grades you earned (continuing Berkeley students may request copies of their transfer transcripts from the Undergraduate Admissions Office in 110 Sproul Hall).
Submit all documentation to the Undergraduate Advising Office in 215 Kroeber.

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Major Requirements

In addition to the University, campus, and college requirements, listed on the College Requirements tab, students must fulfill the below requirements specific to their major program.

General Guidelines

All courses taken to fulfill the major requirements below must be taken for graded credit, other than courses listed which are offered on a Pass/No Pass basis only. Other exceptions to this requirement are noted as applicable.
No more than one upper division course may be used to simultaneously fulfill requirements for a student's major and minor programs, with the exception of minors offered outside of the College of Letters & Science.
A minimum grade point average (GPA) of 2.0 must be maintained in both upper and lower division courses used to fulfill the major requirements.

For information regarding residence requirements and unit requirements, please see the College Requirements tab.

Lower Division Prerequisites

The three prerequisites below may be taken in any order. Students should begin with the course that seems the most interesting to them.

Course List
Code	Title	Units
ANTHRO 1	Introduction to Biological Anthropology	4
or ANTHRO 2AC	Introduction to Archaeology
ANTHRO 2	Introduction to Archaeology	4
or ANTHRO 3AC	Introduction to Social/Cultural Anthropology (American Cultures)
ANTHRO 3	Introduction to Social and Cultural Anthropology	4

Upper Division Major Requirements

The nine required upper division courses must include at least one area course and one method course. For a list of courses which fulfill the area and method requirements, please see below.

Course List
Code	Title	Units
ANTHRO 114	History of Anthropological Thought	4
Select one course in biological anthropology from the following:
ANTHRO C100	Human Paleontology [5]
ANTHRO C103	Introduction to Human Osteology [6]
ANTHRO 104L	Advanced Human Osteology Laboratory [1-4]
ANTHRO 105	Primate Evolution [4]
ANTHRO 106	Primate Behavior [4]
ANTHRO N106	Primate Social Behavior [3]
ANTHRO 107	Evolution of the Human Brain [4]
ANTHRO 110	Theory and Method in Physical Anthropology [4]
ANTHRO 111	Evolution of Human Behavior [4]
ANTHRO 112	Special Topics in Biological Anthropology [4]
ANTHRO 127A	Bioarchaeology: Introduction to Skeletal Biology and Bioarchaeology [4]
ANTHRO 127B	Bioarchaeology: Reconstruction of Life in Bioarchaeology [4]
Select one course in archaeology from the following:
ANTHRO 121A	Historical Archaeology: American Material Culture [4]
ANTHRO 121AC	American Material Culture [4]
ANTHRO 121B	Historical Archaeology: Theoretical Approaches in American Historical Archaeology [4]
ANTHRO 121C	Historical Archaeology: Historical Artifact Identification and Analysis [4]
ANTHRO 122A	Archaeology of the Americas: Archaeology of North America [4]
ANTHRO 122B	Culture Contact in North America [4]
ANTHRO 122C	Archaeology of the Americas: Archaeology of Central America [4]
ANTHRO 122D	Archaeology of the Americas: World of Ancient Maya [4]
ANTHRO 122E	Archaeology of the Americas: Andean Archaeology: People of the Andes [4]
ANTHRO 122F	Archaeology of the Americas: California Archaeology [4]
ANTHRO 122G	Archaeology of the Americas: Archaeology of the American Southwest [4]
ANTHRO 123A	Old World Prehistory [4]
ANTHRO 123B	Old World Cultures: Archaeology of Africa [4]
ANTHRO 123C	Old World Cultures: Archaeology of Europe [4]
ANTHRO 123E	Old World Cultures: Mediterranean Archaeology [4]
ANTHRO C123F	Disciplining Near Eastern Archaeology: Explorers, Archaeologists, and Tourists in the Contemporary Middle East [3]
ANTHRO 124A	Pacific Cultures: Archaeology of the South Pacific [4]
ANTHRO 124AC	Hawaiian Ethnohistory [4]
ANTHRO 124B	Hawaiian Ethnohistory [4]
ANTHRO C124C	Human Biogeography of the Pacific [3]
ANTHRO C125A	Archaeology of East Asia [4]
ANTHRO C125B	Archaeology and Japanese Identities [4]
ANTHRO 128	Special Topics in Archaeology [4]
ANTHRO 128A	Special Topics in Archaeology/Area [4]
ANTHRO 128M	Special Topics in Archaeology/Method [4]
ANTHRO 129A	Topical Areas in Archaeology: Prehistoric Art [4]
ANTHRO 129C	Topical Areas in Archaeology: Archaeology of Hunter-Gatherers [4]
ANTHRO 129E	Topical Areas in Archaeology: Household Archeology [4]
ANTHRO C129D	Holocene Paleoecology: How Humans Changed the Earth [3]
ANTHRO C129F	The Archaeology of Health and Disease [4]
ANTHRO 130	History and Theory of Archaeology [4]
ANTHRO 132A	Analysis of Archaeological Materials: Analysis of Archaeological Ceramics [4]
ANTHRO 134	Analysis of the Archaeological Record [4]
ANTHRO 134A	Field Course in Archaeological Methods [6]
ANTHRO 134B	Archaeological Laboratory Practicum [1-4]
ANTHRO 135	Paleoethnobotany: Archaeological Methods and Laboratory Techniques [4]
ANTHRO 135B	Environmental Archaeology [4]
ANTHRO 136A	Museum Exhibit Curation and Design [4]
ANTHRO 136B	Public Anthropology: Museum Methods [4]
ANTHRO 136C	Multimedia Authoring Part 1 [4]
ANTHRO 136E	Digital Documentation and Representation of Cultural Heritage [4]
ANTHRO 136G	Cultural Policy: Cultural Heritage and Cultural Diplomacy [4]
ANTHRO 136H	Public Anthropology: Archaeology After-School Program [4]
ANTHRO 136I	Public Anthropology: Archaeology and the Media [4]
ANTHRO 136J	Public Anthropology: Archaeology and the Media Method [4]
ANTHRO 174AC	California Historical Anthropology [4]
Select one course in social/cultural anthropology from the following:
ANTHRO 115	Introduction to Medical Anthropology [4]
ANTHRO 116	Environmental Effects on Human Health and Disease [4]
ANTHRO 117	The Anthropology of Aging and the Life Course [4]
ANTHRO 119	Special Topics in Medical Anthropology [4]
ANTHRO 138A	History and Theory of Ethnographic Film [4]
ANTHRO 138B	Field Production of Ethnographic Film [5]
ANTHRO 139	Controlling Processes [4]
ANTHRO 140	The Anthropology of Food [4]
ANTHRO 141	Comparative Society [4]
ANTHRO 142	Kinship and Family [4]
ANTHRO 145	Urban Anthropology [4]
ANTHRO C146	Course Not Available [5]
ANTHRO 147A	Anthropology of Gender [4]
ANTHRO C147B	Sexuality, Culture, and Colonialism [4]
ANTHRO 148	Anthropology of the Environment [4]
ANTHRO 149	Psychological Anthropology [4]
ANTHRO 150	Utopia: Art and Power in Modern Times [4]
ANTHRO 152	Art and Culture [4]
ANTHRO 155	Modernity [4]
ANTHRO 156	Anthropology of the Contemporary [4]
ANTHRO 156A	Politics and Anthropology [4]
ANTHRO 156B	Culture and Power [4]
ANTHRO 157	Anthropology of Law [4]
ANTHRO 158	Religion and Anthropology [4]
ANTHRO 160AC	Forms of Folklore [4]
ANTHRO 161	Narrative Folklore [4]
ANTHRO 162	Topics in Folklore [4]
ANTHRO N162	Introduction to Arabic Folklore [4]
ANTHRO 166	Language, Culture, and Society [4]
ANTHRO 169A	Data Analysis and Computational Methods [4]
ANTHRO 169B	Research Theory and Methods in Socio-Cultural Anthropology [5]
ANTHRO 169C	Research Theory and Methods in Linguistic Anthropology [4]
ANTHRO 170	China [4]
ANTHRO 171	Japan [4]
ANTHRO 172AC	Special Topics in American Cultures [4]
ANTHRO 178	Oceania [4]
ANTHRO 179	Ethnography of the Maya [4]
ANTHRO 180	European Society [4]
ANTHRO 181	Themes in the Anthropology of the Middle East and Islam [4]
ANTHRO 183	Topics in the Anthropological Study of Africa [4]
ANTHRO 184	South Asia [4]
ANTHRO 189	Special Topics in Social/Cultural Anthropology [4]
ANTHRO 189A	Special Topics in Cultural Anthropology/Area [4]
Electives: Select five ANTHRO courses numbered 100-196 ¹

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.

Area Courses

Course List
Code	Title	Units
ANTHRO 121A	Historical Archaeology: American Material Culture	4
ANTHRO 121AC	American Material Culture	4
ANTHRO 121B	Historical Archaeology: Theoretical Approaches in American Historical Archaeology	4
ANTHRO 121C	Historical Archaeology: Historical Artifact Identification and Analysis	4
ANTHRO 122A	Archaeology of the Americas: Archaeology of North America	4
ANTHRO 122B	Culture Contact in North America	4
ANTHRO 122C	Archaeology of the Americas: Archaeology of Central America	4
ANTHRO 122D	Archaeology of the Americas: World of Ancient Maya	4
ANTHRO 122E	Archaeology of the Americas: Andean Archaeology: People of the Andes	4
ANTHRO 122F	Archaeology of the Americas: California Archaeology	4
ANTHRO 122G	Archaeology of the Americas: Archaeology of the American Southwest	4
ANTHRO 123A	Old World Prehistory	4
ANTHRO 123B	Old World Cultures: Archaeology of Africa	4
ANTHRO 123C	Old World Cultures: Archaeology of Europe	4
ANTHRO 123E	Old World Cultures: Mediterranean Archaeology	4
ANTHRO C123F	Disciplining Near Eastern Archaeology: Explorers, Archaeologists, and Tourists in the Contemporary Middle East	3
ANTHRO 124A	Pacific Cultures: Archaeology of the South Pacific	4
ANTHRO 124AC	Hawaiian Ethnohistory	4
ANTHRO 124B	Hawaiian Ethnohistory	4
ANTHRO C124C	Human Biogeography of the Pacific	3
ANTHRO C125A	Archaeology of East Asia	4
ANTHRO C125B	Archaeology and Japanese Identities	4
ANTHRO 128A	Special Topics in Archaeology/Area	4
ANTHRO C147B	Sexuality, Culture, and Colonialism	4
ANTHRO 170	China	4
ANTHRO 171	Japan	4
ANTHRO 172AC	Special Topics in American Cultures	4
ANTHRO 174AC	California Historical Anthropology	4
ANTHRO 178	Oceania	4
ANTHRO 179	Ethnography of the Maya	4
ANTHRO 180	European Society	4
ANTHRO 181	Themes in the Anthropology of the Middle East and Islam	4
ANTHRO 183	Topics in the Anthropological Study of Africa	4
ANTHRO 184	South Asia	4
ANTHRO 189A	Special Topics in Cultural Anthropology/Area	4

Method Courses

Course List
Code	Title	Units
ANTHRO C100	Human Paleontology	5
ANTHRO C103	Introduction to Human Osteology	6
ANTHRO 121C	Historical Archaeology: Historical Artifact Identification and Analysis	4
ANTHRO 127A	Bioarchaeology: Introduction to Skeletal Biology and Bioarchaeology	4
ANTHRO 128M	Special Topics in Archaeology/Method	4
ANTHRO 132A	Analysis of Archaeological Materials: Analysis of Archaeological Ceramics	4
ANTHRO 134	Analysis of the Archaeological Record	4
ANTHRO 134A	Field Course in Archaeological Methods	6
ANTHRO 134B	Archaeological Laboratory Practicum	1-4
ANTHRO 135	Paleoethnobotany: Archaeological Methods and Laboratory Techniques	4
ANTHRO 135B	Environmental Archaeology	4
ANTHRO 136A	Museum Exhibit Curation and Design	4
ANTHRO 136B	Public Anthropology: Museum Methods	4
ANTHRO 136C	Multimedia Authoring Part 1	4
ANTHRO 136E	Digital Documentation and Representation of Cultural Heritage	4
ANTHRO 136G	Cultural Policy: Cultural Heritage and Cultural Diplomacy	4
ANTHRO 136H	Public Anthropology: Archaeology After-School Program	4
ANTHRO 136I	Public Anthropology: Archaeology and the Media	4
ANTHRO 136J	Public Anthropology: Archaeology and the Media Method	4
ANTHRO 138B	Field Production of Ethnographic Film	5
ANTHRO 139	Controlling Processes	4
ANTHRO 160AC	Forms of Folklore	4
ANTHRO 169A	Data Analysis and Computational Methods	4
ANTHRO 169B	Research Theory and Methods in Socio-Cultural Anthropology	5

Minor Requirements

Students who have a strong interest in an area of study outside their major often decide to complete a minor program. These programs have set requirements and are noted officially on the transcript in the memoranda section, but are not noted on diplomas.

General Guidelines

All minors must be declared no later than one semester before a student's Expected Graduation Term (EGT). If the semester before EGT is fall or spring, the deadline is the last day of RRR week. If the semester before EGT is summer, the deadline is the final Friday of Summer Sessions. To declare a minor, contact the department advisor for information on requirements, and the declaration process.
All courses taken to fulfill the minor requirements below must be taken for graded credit.
A minimum of three of the upper division courses taken to fulfill the minor requirements must be completed at UC Berkeley.
A minimum grade point average (GPA) of 2.0 is required for courses used to fulfill the minor requirements.
Courses used to fulfill the minor requirements may be applied toward the Seven-Course Breadth requirement, for Letters & Science students.
No more than one upper division course may be used to simultaneously fulfill requirements for a student's major and minor programs.
All minor requirements must be completed prior to the last day of finals during the semester in which you plan to graduate. If you cannot finish all courses required for the minor by that time, please see a College of Letters & Science adviser.
All minor requirements must be completed within the unit ceiling. (For further information regarding the unit ceiling, please see the College Requirements tab.)

Requirements

Course List
Code	Title	Units
Lower Division		8
Select two of the following:
ANTHRO 1	Introduction to Biological Anthropology [4]
ANTHRO 2	Introduction to Archaeology [4]
or ANTHRO 2AC	Introduction to Archaeology
ANTHRO 3	Introduction to Social and Cultural Anthropology [4]
or ANTHRO 3AC	Introduction to Social/Cultural Anthropology (American Cultures)
Upper Division		20
Select any five anthropology courses

College Requirements

Undergraduate students must fulfill the following requirements in addition to those required by their major program.

For detailed lists of courses that fulfill college requirements, please review the College of Letters & Sciences page in this Guide. For College advising appointments, please visit the L&S Advising Pages.

University of California Requirements

Entry Level Writing

All students who will enter the University of California as freshmen must demonstrate their command of the English language by fulfilling the Entry Level Writing requirement. Fulfillment of this requirement is also a prerequisite to enrollment in all reading and composition courses at UC Berkeley.

American History and American Institutions

The American History and Institutions requirements are based on the principle that a US resident graduated from an American university, should have an understanding of the history and governmental institutions of the United States.

Berkeley Campus Requirement

American Cultures

All undergraduate students at Cal need to take and pass this course in order to graduate. The requirement offers an exciting intellectual environment centered on the study of race, ethnicity and culture of the United States. AC courses offer students opportunities to be part of research-led, highly accomplished teaching environments, grappling with the complexity of American Culture.

College of Letters & Science Essential Skills Requirements

Quantitative Reasoning

The Quantitative Reasoning requirement is designed to ensure that students graduate with basic understanding and competency in math, statistics, or computer science. The requirement may be satisfied by exam or by taking an approved course.

Foreign Language

The Foreign Language requirement may be satisfied by demonstrating proficiency in reading comprehension, writing, and conversation in a foreign language equivalent to the second semester college level, either by passing an exam or by completing approved course work.

Reading and Composition

In order to provide a solid foundation in reading, writing, and critical thinking the College requires two semesters of lower division work in composition in sequence. Students must complete parts A & B reading and composition courses by the end of their second semester and a second-level course by the end of their fourth semester.

College of Letters & Science 7 Course Breadth Requirements

Breadth Requirements

The undergraduate breadth requirements provide Berkeley students with a rich and varied educational experience outside of their major program. As the foundation of a liberal arts education, breadth courses give students a view into the intellectual life of the University while introducing them to a multitude of perspectives and approaches to research and scholarship. Engaging students in new disciplines and with peers from other majors, the breadth experience strengthens interdisciplinary connections and context that prepares Berkeley graduates to understand and solve the complex issues of their day.

Unit Requirements

120 total units
Of the 120 units, 36 must be upper division units
Of the 36 upper division units, 6 must be taken in courses offered outside your major department

Residence Requirements

For units to be considered in "residence," you must be registered in courses on the Berkeley campus as a student in the College of Letters & Science. Most students automatically fulfill the residence requirement by attending classes here for four years. In general, there is no need to be concerned about this requirement, unless you go abroad for a semester or year or want to take courses at another institution or through UC Extension during your senior year. In these cases, you should make an appointment to meet an adviser to determine how you can meet the Senior Residence Requirement.

Note: Courses taken through UC Extension do not count toward residence.

Senior Residence Requirement

After you become a senior (with 90 semester units earned toward your BA degree), you must complete at least 24 of the remaining 30 units in residence in at least two semesters. To count as residence, a semester must consist of at least 6 passed units. Intercampus Visitor, EAP, and UC Berkeley-Washington Program (UCDC) units are excluded.

You may use a Berkeley Summer Session to satisfy one semester of the Senior Residence requirement, provided that you successfully complete 6 units of course work in the Summer Session and that you have been enrolled previously in the college.

Modified Senior Residence Requirement

Participants in the UC Education Abroad Program (EAP), Berkeley Summer Abroad, or the UC Berkeley Washington Program (UCDC) may meet a Modified Senior Residence requirement by completing 24 (excluding EAP) of their final 60 semester units in residence. At least 12 of these 24 units must be completed after you have completed 90 units.

Upper Division Residence Requirement

You must complete in residence a minimum of 18 units of upper division courses (excluding UCEAP units), 12 of which must satisfy the requirements for your major.

Student Learning Goals

Learning Goals for the Major

Learning About Anthropology
- Understand core concepts in contemporary biological anthropology.
- Understand core concepts in contemporary anthropological archaeology.
- Understand core concepts in contemporary sociocultural anthropology, including medical anthropology.
- Develop understanding of the history of anthropological thought.
- Gain experience in fieldwork and the application of theory and methodology.
- Develop understanding of the anthropological analysis of visual media and language.
Critical Thinking, Communication, and Analytical Goals
- Encourage critical abilities in the analysis of evolutionary, historical, and contemporary situations.
- Develop the ability to analyze comprehensively and critically scholarly articles and monographs.
- Develop facility in conveying anthropological concepts and debates to public audiences.
- Formulate well-organized written and oral arguments supported by evidence.
Learning About the World
- Understand the structure and transformation of society and culture past and present.
- Analyze regional and cultural diversity in the organization of human societies and the impact of cultural contacts and globalization.
- Integrate biological and cultural perspectives on human behavior, social organization, and the environment.
- Utilize anthropological concepts and methods to understand the history and forms of diversity in US society.

Courses

Anthropology

Terms offered: Spring 2020, Summer 2019 First 6 Week Session, Spring 2019
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.
Introduction to Biological Anthropology: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Credit Restrictions: Students will receive no credit for Anthropology 1 after taking Anthropology N1, XAnthropology 1.

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture and 1 hour of discussion per week

Summer:
6 weeks - 8 hours of lecture and 2 hours of discussion per week
8 weeks - 6 hours of lecture and 1.5 hours of discussion per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Anthropology/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

Introduction to Biological Anthropology: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Prior to 2007
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.
Introduction to Physical Anthropology: Read More [+]

Hours & Format

Summer: 6 weeks - 5.5 hours of lecture and 2.5 hours of discussion per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Anthropology/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

Introduction to Physical Anthropology: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Spring 2015, Spring 2012, Spring 2006
Prehistory and cultural growth.
Introduction to Archaeology: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Credit Restrictions: Students will receive no credit for Anthropology 2 after taking Anthropology 2AC, XAnthropology 2AC but may remove a deficient grade.

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture and 1 hour of discussion per week

Summer:
6 weeks - 8 hours of lecture and 2 hours of discussion per week
8 weeks - 6 hours of lecture and 1.5 hours of discussion per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Anthropology/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

Introduction to Archaeology: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Fall 2020, Summer 2020 Second 6 Week Session, Spring 2020
Prehistory and cultural growth. Introduction to the methods, goals, and theoretical concepts of archaeology with attention to the impact archaeology has had on the construction of the histories of diverse communities - Native Americans, Hispanics, and Euro-Americans. It fulfills the requirements for 2.
Introduction to Archaeology: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Credit Restrictions: Students will receive no credit for Anthropology 2AC after taking Anthropology 2, XAnthropology 2AC but may remove a deficient grade.

Requirements this course satisfies: Satisfies the American Cultures requirement

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture and 1 hour of discussion per week

Summer:
6 weeks - 8 hours of lecture and 2 hours of discussion per week
8 weeks - 6 hours of lecture and 1.5 hours of discussion per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Anthropology/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

Introduction to Archaeology: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Summer 2013 10 Week Session, Summer 2013 First 6 Week Session, Summer 2010 First 6 Week Session
The structure and dynamics of human culture and social institutions.
Introduction to Social and Cultural Anthropology: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Credit Restrictions: Students will receive no credit for 3 after taking 3AC; deficient grade in 3 may be removed by taking 3AC.

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture and 1 hour of discussion per week

Summer:
6 weeks - 8 hours of lecture and 2 hours of discussion per week
8 weeks - 6 hours of lecture and 1.5 hours of discussion per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Anthropology/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

Introduction to Social and Cultural Anthropology: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Fall 2020, Summer 2020 Second 6 Week Session, Spring 2020
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.
Introduction to Social/Cultural Anthropology (American Cultures): Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Credit Restrictions: Students will receive no credit for 3AC after taking 3; deficient grade in 3AC may be removed by taking 3.

Requirements this course satisfies: Satisfies the American Cultures requirement

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture and 1 hour of discussion per week

Summer:
6 weeks - 8 hours of lecture and 2 hours of discussion per week
8 weeks - 6 hours of lecture and 1.5 hours of discussion per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Anthropology/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

Introduction to Social/Cultural Anthropology (American Cultures): Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Prior to 2007
The structure and dynamics of human culture and social institutions.
Introduction to Social and Cultural Anthropology: Read More [+]

Hours & Format

Summer: 6 weeks - 5.5 hours of lecture and 1.5 hours of discussion per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Anthropology/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

Introduction to Social and Cultural Anthropology: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Fall 2020, Summer 2020 First 6 Week Session, Summer 2020 Second 6 Week Session
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.
Reading and Composition in Anthropology: Read More [+]

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week

Summer:
6 weeks - 7.5 hours of lecture per week
8 weeks - 5.5 hours of lecture per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Anthropology/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam not required.

Reading and Composition in Anthropology: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Prior to 2007
This course will focus upon the beginning of the historic period in California and on the interactions between California Indians and colonizing peoples. The course will begin with an introduction to the indigenous peoples of California and to their contacts with the expanding world system. It will focus upon the Spanish/Mexican, Russian, and American periods and will conclude with an overview of how these several communities, colonizer and colonized, interacted with and shaped one another.
The California Frontier: Read More [+]

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture and 1 hour of discussion per week

Summer:
6 weeks - 8 hours of lecture and 2 hours of discussion per week
8 weeks - 6 hours of lecture and 1.5 hours of discussion per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Anthropology/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

The California Frontier: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Fall 2020, Fall 2019, Fall 2018
The course presents a diachronic perspective on human-fire interactions with local ecosystems in California that spans over 10,000 years. The course will provide an historical perspective on human-fire interactions at the landscape scale using a diverse range of data sources drawn from the fields of fire ecology, biology, history, anthropology, and archaeology. An important component includes examining how diverse cultures and ethnicity influenced how people perceived and used fire at the landscape scale in ancient, historical and modern times. The implications of these diverse fire practices and policies will be analyzed and the consequences they have had for transforming habitats and propagating catastrophic fires will be explored.
Fire: Past, Present and Future Interactions with the People and Ecosystems of California: Read More [+]

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture and 1 hour of discussion per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Anthropology/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

Instructors: Stephens, Lightfoot

Also listed as: ESPM C22AC

Fire: Past, Present and Future Interactions with the People and Ecosystems of California: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Prior to 2007
Each instructor will select one or more of the following topics in physical anthropology: evolutionary theory, the fossil record, stages of the life cycle, the biological basis of behavior, the roots of human behavior, human adaptation, genetic components of human behavior, ecological adaptations, controversies and issues in primatology, the social behavior and ecology of monkeys and apes, behavioral evolution, and a host of other current research and theoretical issues.
Seminar in Physical Anthropology: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: Consent of instructor; lower-division standing

Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 2 hours of seminar per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Anthropology/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

Seminar in Physical Anthropology: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Spring 2019
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.
Freshman Seminar: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit with instructor consent.

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1 hour of seminar per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Anthropology/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: The grading option will be decided by the instructor when the class is offered. Final exam required.

Freshman Seminar: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Fall 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019
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.
Sophomore Seminar: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: At discretion of instructor

Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring:
5 weeks - 3-6 hours of seminar per week
10 weeks - 1.5-3 hours of seminar per week
15 weeks - 1-2 hours of seminar per week

Summer:
6 weeks - 2.5-5 hours of seminar per week
8 weeks - 1.5-3.5 hours of seminar and 2-4 hours of seminar per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Anthropology/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: The grading option will be decided by the instructor when the class is offered. Final exam required.

Sophomore Seminar: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Spring 2020, Spring 2018, Fall 2017
Organized group study on topics selected by lower division students under the sponsorship and direction of a member of the Anthropology Department's faculty.
Directed Group Study: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: Consent of instructor; freshmen or sophomore status

Credit Restrictions: Enrollment is restricted; see the section on Academic Policies-Course Number Guide in the Berkeley Bulletin.

Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1-4 hours of directed group study per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Anthropology/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Offered for pass/not pass grade only. Final exam not required.

Directed Group Study: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Fall 2005, Summer 2004 10 Week Session, Spring 2004
Individual research by lower division students.
Supervised Independent Study and Research: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: Consent of instructor; freshmen and sophomores only

Credit Restrictions: Enrollment is restricted; see the section on Academic Policies-Course Number Guide in the Berkeley Bulletin.

Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3-12 hours of tutorial per week

Summer:
6 weeks - 1-5 hours of tutorial per week
8 weeks - 1-4 hours of tutorial per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Anthropology/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Offered for pass/not pass grade only. Final exam not required.

Supervised Independent Study and Research: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Spring 2020, Spring 2017, Spring 2015
Origin and relationships of the extinct forms of mankind.
Human Paleontology: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: Anthropology 1, Biology 1A-1B

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture and 3 hours of laboratory per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Anthropology/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

Instructor: White

Also listed as: INTEGBI C185L

Human Paleontology: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Spring 2018, Spring 2016, Spring 2014
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.
Introduction to Human Osteology: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: Anthropology 1, Biology 1B

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 6 hours of lecture and 14 hours of laboratory per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Anthropology/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

Instructor: White

Also listed as: INTEGBI C142L

Introduction to Human Osteology: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Prior to 2007
Laboratory analysis of human skeletal remains including original research on paleodemography, paleopathology, metric and non-metric analyses, dental anthropology, curation, and computerization of Hearst Museum skeletal collections.
Advanced Human Osteology Laboratory: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: 103 with an "A" on the final or an "A" in the course and consent of instructor

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3-6 hours of laboratory per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Anthropology/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

Advanced Human Osteology Laboratory: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Summer 2016 10 Week Session, Summer 2016 First 6 Week Session, Summer 2013 Second 6 Week Session
A consideration of the major groups of primates with an emphasis on the evolution of behavior.
Primate Evolution: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: 1 recommended

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week

Summer:
6 weeks - 7.5 hours of lecture per week
8 weeks - 5.5 hours of lecture per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Anthropology/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

Primate Evolution: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Fall 2013, Summer 2013 First 6 Week Session, Fall 2012
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.
Primate Behavior: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: 1 or Integrative Biology 32 recommended

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture and 1 hour of discussion per week

Summer:
6 weeks - 8 hours of lecture and 2 hours of discussion per week
8 weeks - 6 hours of lecture and 1.5 hours of discussion per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Anthropology/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

Primate Behavior: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Prior to 2007
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.
Primate Social Behavior: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: 1 is recommended

Hours & Format

Summer: 6 weeks - 6 hours of lecture and 1 hour of discussion per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Anthropology/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

Primate Social Behavior: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Fall 2019, Fall 2018, Fall 2017
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.
Evolution of the Human Brain: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: Upper division undergraduate standing and Anthropology 1 or equivalent or consent of instructor

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture and 1 hour of discussion per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Anthropology/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

Instructor: Deacon

Evolution of the Human Brain: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Prior to 2007
A unitary view of past history and current trends in the field of Physical Anthropology, emphasizing schools of thought, important figures and major areas of research.
Theory and Method in Physical Anthropology: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: 1

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture and 1 hour of discussion per week

Summer:
6 weeks - 8 hours of lecture and 2 hours of discussion per week
8 weeks - 6 hours of lecture and 1.5 hours of discussion per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Anthropology/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

Theory and Method in Physical Anthropology: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Spring 2020, Spring 2016, Fall 2010
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.
Evolution of Human Behavior: Read More [+]

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week

Summer:
6 weeks - 8 hours of lecture per week
8 weeks - 6 hours of lecture per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Anthropology/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

Evolution of Human Behavior: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Fall 2020, Summer 2020 First 6 Week Session, Spring 2020
Varying topics covering current discoveries, research, theories, fieldwork, etc., in biological anthropology. Topics vary with instructor.
Special Topics in Biological Anthropology: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: Anthropology 1 recommended

Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week

Summer:
6 weeks - 7.5 hours of lecture per week
8 weeks - 6 hours of lecture per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Anthropology/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

Special Topics in Biological Anthropology: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018
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.
History of Anthropological Thought: Read More [+]

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture and 1 hour of discussion per week

Summer: 6 weeks - 8 hours of lecture and 2 hours of discussion per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Anthropology/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

Formerly known as: 114A

History of Anthropological Thought: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018
Cultural, psychological, and biological aspects of the definitions, causes, symptoms, and treatment of illness. Comparative study of medical systems, practitioners, and patients.
Introduction to Medical Anthropology: Read More [+]

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture and 1 hour of discussion per week

Summer:
3 weeks - 15 hours of lecture and 5 hours of discussion per week
6 weeks - 8 hours of lecture and 2 hours of discussion per week
8 weeks - 6 hours of lecture and 1.5 hours of discussion per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Anthropology/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

Introduction to Medical Anthropology: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Fall 1988
Examination of major disease-related ecological constraints of diverse eco-systems and the biological responses of human populations to these stresses: arctic, high-altitude, arid zones, grasslands, humid tropics, urban.
Environmental Effects on Human Health and Disease: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: 1 or 3, plus a course in general biology or consent of instructor

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture and 1 hour of discussion per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Anthropology/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam not required.

Environmental Effects on Human Health and Disease: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Spring 2000, Spring 1988, Spring 1973
An anthropological approach to the study of age and aging and of the different periods of the life course: birth, infancy, childhood, youth and adolescence, adulthood and middle age, old age, and dying. How might we think--about time, the body, and what it means to talk about life--through a focus on age?
The Anthropology of Aging and the Life Course: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: 3 is recommended

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week

Summer:
6 weeks - 7.5 hours of lecture per week
8 weeks - 5.5 hours of lecture per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Anthropology/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

The Anthropology of Aging and the Life Course: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Fall 2020, Summer 2020 Second 6 Week Session, Spring 2017
Special topics in cultural, biomedical and applied approaches to medical anthropology.
Special Topics in Medical Anthropology: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: Upper division status and consent of instructor

Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week

Summer:
6 weeks - 7.5 hours of lecture per week
8 weeks - 5.5 hours of lecture per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Anthropology/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

Special Topics in Medical Anthropology: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Spring 2003, Summer 2002 10 Week Session, Fall 2000
Formerly 121. 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. Euro-American, African American, and Native-American examples are considered.
Historical Archaeology: American Material Culture: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: 2 or consent of instructor

Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week

Summer:
6 weeks - 8 hours of lecture per week
8 weeks - 6 hours of lecture per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Anthropology/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam not required.

Historical Archaeology: American Material Culture: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Fall 2018, Summer 2017 First 6 Week Session, Spring 2017
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.
American Material Culture: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: Anthropology 2 or consent of instructor

Credit Restrictions: Students will receive no credit for Anthropology 121AC after completing Anthropology 121A.

Requirements this course satisfies: Satisfies the American Cultures requirement

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture and 1 hour of discussion per week

Summer: 6 weeks - 8 hours of lecture and 2 hours of discussion per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Anthropology/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam not required.

American Material Culture: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Spring 2012, Fall 2003, Spring 1997
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.
Historical Archaeology: Theoretical Approaches in American Historical Archaeology: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: 2 or consent of instructor

Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week

Summer:
6 weeks - 8 hours of lecture per week
8 weeks - 6 hours of lecture per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Anthropology/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

Historical Archaeology: Theoretical Approaches in American Historical Archaeology: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2018
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.
Historical Archaeology: Historical Artifact Identification and Analysis: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: 121A, 121AC, or 121B recommended and consent of instructor

Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 2 hours of lecture and 3 hours of laboratory per week

Summer:
6 weeks - 5 hours of lecture and 7.5 hours of laboratory per week
8 weeks - 3.5 hours of lecture and 6 hours of laboratory per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Anthropology/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam not required.

Historical Archaeology: Historical Artifact Identification and Analysis: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Fall 2016, Spring 2013, Summer 2011 Second 6 Week Session
. Prehistory of North American Indians; prehistoric culture areas; relations with historic Indians.
Archaeology of the Americas: Archaeology of North America: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: 2

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week

Summer:
6 weeks - 7.5 hours of lecture per week
8 weeks - 6 hours of lecture per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Anthropology/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

Archaeology of the Americas: Archaeology of North America: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Summer 2018 Second 6 Week Session, Fall 2002, Spring 1999
This culture examines the implications of early encounters between Native Americans and Europeans, including how indigenous peoples responded to European contact and colonialism, and how the outcomes of these encounters influenced cultural developments in postcolonial contexts. The study employs a holistic approach that integrates evidence from archaeology, ethnography, ethnohistory, linguistics, biological anthropology, and native oral traditions. Case studies from the Caribbean, Florida, Louisiana, Virginia, Alaska, Hawaii, and California will be included.
Culture Contact in North America: Read More [+]

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week

Summer:
6 weeks - 8 hours of lecture per week
8 weeks - 6 hours of lecture per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Anthropology/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

Culture Contact in North America: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Summer 2019 First 6 Week Session, Summer 2018 First 6 Week Session, Summer 2014 Second 6 Week Session
A survey of what archaeology can tell us about the pre-Columbian cultures of Central America: the Olmec, Maya, Aztec, and their neighbors.
Archaeology of the Americas: Archaeology of Central America: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: 2

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week

Summer:
6 weeks - 8 hours of lecture per week
8 weeks - 6 hours of lecture per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Anthropology/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

Archaeology of the Americas: Archaeology of Central America: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Summer 2020 Second 6 Week Session, Fall 2014, Summer 2011 First 6 Week Session
A survey of the history of development of Maya society and culture in Central American prior to Eurpean contact in the 16th century AD.
Archaeology of the Americas: World of Ancient Maya: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: 2

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week

Summer:
6 weeks - 8 hours of lecture per week
8 weeks - 6 hours of lecture per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Anthropology/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

Archaeology of the Americas: World of Ancient Maya: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Spring 2019, Spring 2017, Fall 2014
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.
Archaeology of the Americas: Andean Archaeology: People of the Andes: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: 2

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week

Summer:
6 weeks - 8 hours of lecture per week
8 weeks - 6 hours of lecture per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Anthropology/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

Archaeology of the Americas: Andean Archaeology: People of the Andes: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Spring 2020, Fall 2015, Spring 2012
Prehistory of California Indians; selected archaeological sites and current issues in interpretations.
Archaeology of the Americas: California Archaeology: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: 2

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week

Summer:
6 weeks - 8 hours of lecture per week
8 weeks - 6 hours of lecture per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Anthropology/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

Archaeology of the Americas: California Archaeology: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Spring 2008, Spring 2006
This course will outline the development of vative cultures in the American Southwest from Paleo-Indian times (ca. 11,500 BC) through early European contact (ca. A.D. 1600). Topics to be covered include the greater environment, early foaging culture, the development of agriculture and village life, the emergence and decline of regional alliances, abandonment, and reorganization, and changes in social organization, external relations and trade. The course is designed as an advanced upper division seminar for students majoring in anthropology with an emphasis in archaeology. Can be taught as a distance learning course with another university.
Archaeology of the Americas: Archaeology of the American Southwest: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: 2

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week

Summer:
6 weeks - 8 hours of lecture per week
8 weeks - 8 hours of lecture per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Anthropology/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

Archaeology of the Americas: Archaeology of the American Southwest: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Spring 2018
This course explores the dramatic developments in human evolution, behavior and culture that accompany the emergence of prehistoric human society, from our earliest Palaeolithic ancestors who first ventured out of Africa over a million years ago to the origins of settled farming economies and the first urban environments. Focusing on the Old World, we trace these interconnected transitions in Africa, Europe, the Middle East and Asia. The archaeological record forms our dataset, providing a rich record of economic and technological developments, settlement, architecture, burial practices, art, ideology, and social organization.
Old World Prehistory: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: None

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week

Summer:
6 weeks - 8 hours of lecture per week
8 weeks - 6 hours of lecture per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Anthropology/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

Old World Prehistory: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Spring 2011
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.
Old World Cultures: Archaeology of Africa: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: 2

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week

Summer:
6 weeks - 8 hours of lecture per week
8 weeks - 6 hours of lecture per week
10 weeks - 4.5 hours of lecture per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Anthropology/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

Old World Cultures: Archaeology of Africa: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Fall 2007, Spring 2006, Spring 2002
Selected topics and research problems in the archaeology of the Pleistocene and/or post-Pleistocene of Europe.
Old World Cultures: Archaeology of Europe: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: 2

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week

Summer:
6 weeks - 8 hours of lecture per week
8 weeks - 6 hours of lecture per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Anthropology/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

Old World Cultures: Archaeology of Europe: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Summer 2015 First 6 Week Session, Spring 1999
Prehistory and early civilizations of the Mediterranean basin and its hinterland.
Old World Cultures: Mediterranean Archaeology: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: 2 or consent of instructor

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week

Summer:
6 weeks - 8 hours of lecture per week
8 weeks - 6 hours of lecture per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Anthropology/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

Old World Cultures: Mediterranean Archaeology: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Spring 2012, Spring 2011
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.
Disciplining Near Eastern Archaeology: Explorers, Archaeologists, and Tourists in the Contemporary Middle East: Read More [+]

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week

Summer:
6 weeks - 7.5 hours of lecture per week
8 weeks - 5.5 hours of lecture per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Anthropology/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam not required.

Instructor: Porter

Also listed as: NE STUD C119

Disciplining Near Eastern Archaeology: Explorers, Archaeologists, and Tourists in the Contemporary Middle East: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Fall 2017, Spring 2015, Fall 2013
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.
Pacific Cultures: Archaeology of the South Pacific: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: 2

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week

Summer:
6 weeks - 8 hours of lecture per week
8 weeks - 6 hours of lecture per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Anthropology/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

Pacific Cultures: Archaeology of the South Pacific: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Spring 2009, Summer 2005 10 Week Session, Spring 2003
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.
Hawaiian Ethnohistory: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: 3 or equivalent or consent of instructor

Requirements this course satisfies: Satisfies the American Cultures requirement

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week

Summer:
6 weeks - 8 hours of lecture per week
8 weeks - 6 hours of lecture per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Anthropology/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

Hawaiian Ethnohistory: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Spring 2020, Spring 1996
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.
Hawaiian Ethnohistory: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: 3 or equivalent or consent of instructor

Requirements this course satisfies: Satisfies the American Cultures requirement

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week

Summer:
6 weeks - 8 hours of lecture per week
8 weeks - 6 hours of lecture per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Anthropology/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

Hawaiian Ethnohistory: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Spring 2015, Spring 2013
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.
Human Biogeography of the Pacific: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: Biology 1B strongly recommended, or evidence the student has mastered an equivalent set of basic concepts in evolution and ecology

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Anthropology/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

Instructor: Kirch

Also listed as: INTEGBI C187

Human Biogeography of the Pacific: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Fall 2020, Fall 2018, Fall 2017
Prehistoric and protohistoric archaeology in China, Japan, and Korea.
Archaeology of East Asia: Read More [+]

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Anthropology/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

Also listed as: EA LANG C175

Archaeology of East Asia: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Fall 2007
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.
Archaeology and Japanese Identities: Read More [+]

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Anthropology/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

Also listed as: JAPAN C176

Archaeology and Japanese Identities: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Fall 2019, Fall 2017, Spring 2016
Humans have always been affected by changes in their landscape and, in turn, had an influence on their physical surroundings. The contexts that archaeological material and features are found within yield invaluable clues as to how sites form, what types of activities people performed in them, and what kinds of natural and cultural processes altered the archaeological record from deposition to excavation. This course introduces the methods of studying archaeological remains from an environmental context in order to reconstruct the relationships between people and the environment, drawing on case studies from different areas of the world.
Geoarchaeology: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: Anthro 2/2AC Introduction to Archaeology

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture and 3 hours of laboratory per week

Summer: 8 weeks - 8 hours of lecture and 8 hours of laboratory per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Anthropology/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Alternative to final exam.

Geoarchaeology: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Fall 2019, Fall 2018, Fall 2017
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.
Bioarchaeology: Introduction to Skeletal Biology and Bioarchaeology: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: 1, Biology 1B

Credit Restrictions: Students will receive no credit for 127A after taking either C103 or Integrative Biology C142.

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 2 hours of lecture and 4 hours of laboratory per week

Summer:
6 weeks - 5 hours of lecture and 10 hours of laboratory per week
8 weeks - 3.5 hours of lecture and 7.5 hours of laboratory per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Anthropology/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam not required.

Bioarchaeology: Introduction to Skeletal Biology and Bioarchaeology: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Spring 2017, Spring 2013, Summer 2010 First 6 Week Session
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.
Bioarchaeology: Reconstruction of Life in Bioarchaeology: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: 127A or C103/Integrative Biology C142L is required

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 2 hours of lecture and 4 hours of laboratory per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Anthropology/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

Bioarchaeology: Reconstruction of Life in Bioarchaeology: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Spring 2020, Spring 2019
Bioarchaeology is the study of archaeological human skeletal remains together with contextual information (archival, historical, material culture) to provide insight on the life of people and communities in the past. In this course you will delve into the formative contemporary literature and get to work with actual archaeological skeletal remains in order to learn bioarchaeological methods, develop your own research questions, and conduct and complete a hands-on research project. You will work with skeletal remains from the stage of identification, inventory, illustration/photography, to the collection of data such as sex, age, stature, and health/growth, pathology, and statistical analysis.
Bioarchaeology Research: Data Collection and Analysis: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: - Consent of Instructor - Anthropology 1 AND - Anthropology 127A or Anthropology 127B or Anthropology C103/ Integrative Biology C142

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture and 4 hours of laboratory per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Anthropology/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Alternative to final exam.

Instructor: Agarwal

Bioarchaeology Research: Data Collection and Analysis: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Fall 2020, Fall 2019, Fall 2018
Current topics in method and theory of archaeological research, varying with instructor.
Special Topics in Archaeology: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: 2

Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week

Summer:
6 weeks - 8 hours of lecture per week
8 weeks - 6 hours of lecture per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Anthropology/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

Special Topics in Archaeology: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Spring 2019, Fall 2014, Fall 2010
Special topics in archaeology which meet the area requirement for the anthropology major.
Special Topics in Archaeology/Area: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: 2 recommended

Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week

Summer:
6 weeks - 8 hours of lecture per week
8 weeks - 6 hours of lecture per week
10 weeks - 4.5 hours of lecture per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Anthropology/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam not required.

Special Topics in Archaeology/Area: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Fall 2020, Spring 2019, Summer 2016 Second 6 Week Session
Special topics in archaeology which meet the method requirement for the anthropology major.
Special Topics in Archaeology/Method: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: 2 recommended

Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture and 3 hours of laboratory per week

Summer:
6 weeks - 8 hours of lecture per week
8 weeks - 6 hours of lecture per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Anthropology/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam not required.

Special Topics in Archaeology/Method: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Spring 2015, Spring 2013, Fall 2006
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.
Topical Areas in Archaeology: Prehistoric Art: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: 2. (2 or 3 for 129A.)

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week

Summer:
6 weeks - 8 hours of lecture per week
8 weeks - 6 hours of lecture per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Anthropology/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

Topical Areas in Archaeology: Prehistoric Art: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Spring 2020, Spring 2018, Fall 2014
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.
Topical Areas in Archaeology: Archaeology of Hunter-Gatherers: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: 2. (2 or 3 for 129A.)

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week

Summer:
6 weeks - 8 hours of lecture per week
8 weeks - 6 hours of lecture per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Anthropology/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

Topical Areas in Archaeology: Archaeology of Hunter-Gatherers: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Summer 2015 10 Week Session, Summer 2015 Second 6 Week Session, Fall 2012
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?
Topical Areas in Archaeology: Household Archeology: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: 2. (2 or 3 for 129A.)

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week

Summer:
6 weeks - 8 hours of lecture per week
8 weeks - 6 hours of lecture per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Anthropology/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

Topical Areas in Archaeology: Household Archeology: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Spring 2014, Spring 2011, Spring 1998
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.
Holocene Paleoecology: How Humans Changed the Earth: Read More [+]

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Anthropology/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

Instructor: Kirch

Also listed as: INTEGBI C155

Holocene Paleoecology: How Humans Changed the Earth: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Fall 2013, Spring 2011
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.
The Archaeology of Health and Disease: Read More [+]

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture and 1 hour of laboratory per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Anthropology/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

Also listed as: L & S C140U

The Archaeology of Health and Disease: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Fall 2020, Fall 2007
A critical review of the historical background and philosophical premises of past and present anthropological theory with respect to its concepts of time and change.
History and Theory of Archaeology: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: 2

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week

Summer:
6 weeks - 8 hours of lecture per week
8 weeks - 6 hours of lecture per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Anthropology/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

Formerly known as: 136

History and Theory of Archaeology: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Fall 2014, Summer 2011 First 6 Week Session, Fall 2008
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.
Analysis of Archaeological Materials: Analysis of Archaeological Ceramics: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: 2 or consent of instructor

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture and 3 hours of laboratory per week

Summer:
6 weeks - 8 hours of lecture and 8 hours of laboratory per week
8 weeks - 6 hours of lecture and 6 hours of laboratory per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Anthropology/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

Analysis of Archaeological Materials: Analysis of Archaeological Ceramics: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016
Guidance in the preparation of excavated materials for publication, including sampling and analysis strategy, drawing, photography and write-up.
Analysis of the Archaeological Record: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: 2 or consent of instructor

Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit with instructor consent.

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture and 3 hours of laboratory per week

Summer:
6 weeks - 7.5 hours of lecture and 7.5 hours of laboratory per week
8 weeks - 6 hours of lecture and 5.5 hours of laboratory per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Anthropology/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

Analysis of the Archaeological Record: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Summer 2019 Second 6 Week Session, Summer 2018 Second 6 Week Session, Summer 2017 Second 6 Week Session
Practical experience in the field study of archaeological sites and materials. Coverage may include reconnaissance, mapping, recording, and excavation.
Field Course in Archaeological Methods: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: 2 or consent of instructor

Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring:
4 weeks - 3 hours of lecture and 20 hours of fieldwork per week
15 weeks - 1 hour of lecture and 8 hours of fieldwork per week

Summer: 6 weeks - 2.5 hours of lecture and 40 hours of fieldwork per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Anthropology/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam not required.

Formerly known as: 133 and N133

Field Course in Archaeological Methods: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Spring 2011, Fall 2009, Spring 2009
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.
Archaeological Laboratory Practicum: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: Consent of instructor

Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1 hour of lecture and 2-11 hours of laboratory per week

Summer:
6 weeks - 2.5 hours of lecture and 5-27.5 hours of laboratory per week
8 weeks - 1.5 hours of lecture and 3.5-20.5 hours of laboratory per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Anthropology/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

Archaeological Laboratory Practicum: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Fall 2018, Fall 2016, Spring 2014
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.
Paleoethnobotany: Archaeological Methods and Laboratory Techniques: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: 2 and consent of instructor

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture and 3 hours of laboratory per week

Summer:
6 weeks - 7.5 hours of lecture and 7.5 hours of laboratory per week
8 weeks - 6 hours of lecture and 5.5 hours of laboratory per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Anthropology/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

Paleoethnobotany: Archaeological Methods and Laboratory Techniques: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Fall 2008
The major issues, research objectives, databases, and techniques involved in the study of past society's relationship and interaction with the natural environment. Particularly methods that use "noncultural" information in archaeological research, but with a cultural orientation. Major subjects addressed will be paleoenvironmental reconstruction; human-environment interaction, impact, and environmental degradation; paleodiet and domestication; land-use and social environments; with an emphasis on ecofactual analysis.
Environmental Archaeology: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: 2

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture and 1 hour of discussion per week

Summer:
6 weeks - 8 hours of lecture and 2 hours of discussion per week
8 weeks - 6 hours of lecture and 1.5 hours of discussion per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Anthropology/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

Environmental Archaeology: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Fall 2017, Fall 2011, Fall 2009
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.
Museum Exhibit Curation and Design: Read More [+]

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture and 4 hours of studio per week

Summer:
6 weeks - 8 hours of lecture and 10 hours of studio per week
8 weeks - 6 hours of lecture and 7.5 hours of studio per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Anthropology/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

Museum Exhibit Curation and Design: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Summer 2009 First 6 Week Session, Summer 2008 Second 6 Week Session, Summer 2007 First 6 Week Session
This course will introduce participants to the fundamentals of contemporary museum practices. It is intended for two groups of students: individuals who may be thinking of conducting research in museums, and may benefit from an understanding of the way these institutions work; and individuals who may be thinking of museum work as a post-graduate career. The course will include both discussion of museum concepts and practical application of these concepts through real-world exercises. While the course fulfills the method requirement, it covers practices of art, natural history, and science museums as well.
Public Anthropology: Museum Methods: Read More [+]

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week

Summer:
6 weeks - 8 hours of lecture per week
8 weeks - 6 hours of lecture per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Anthropology/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

Public Anthropology: Museum Methods: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Fall 2010, Fall 2006
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.
Multimedia Authoring Part 1: Read More [+]

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1 hour of lecture and 4 hours of laboratory per week

Summer:
6 weeks - 2.5 hours of lecture and 10 hours of laboratory per week
8 weeks - 1.5 hours of lecture and 7.5 hours of laboratory per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Anthropology/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

Multimedia Authoring Part 1: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Summer 2011 10 Week Session, Summer 2011 Second 6 Week Session, Spring 2011
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.
Digital Documentation and Representation of Cultural Heritage: Read More [+]

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1 hour of lecture and 4 hours of laboratory per week

Summer:
3 weeks - 40 hours of lecture per week
6 weeks - 2.5 hours of lecture and 10 hours of laboratory per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Anthropology/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam not required.

Digital Documentation and Representation of Cultural Heritage: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Fall 2016
This course will engage students in critical reading of popular media, both in print and digital form, that present to different public audiences the kinds of objects and sites understood as "cultural heritage". Starting with controversies that have been widely covered by mainstream newspapers, popular science magazines (including in online posts), and also commented on by bloggers and microbloggers, students will explore how scholarly information enters into popular circulation, including for general readers, policy makers, and specialized audiences.
Cultural Heritage in the Popular Media: Read More [+]

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Anthropology/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Alternative to final exam.

Cultural Heritage in the Popular Media: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Spring 2020, Spring 2018, Fall 2016
This course frames museums within issues of cultural heritage (repatriation, the international traffic in antiquities, intangible cultural heritage) and cultural diplomacy (implementation of the UNESCO Convention, development and circulation of collaborative international exhibitions). Students will gain a basic understanding of the structure of western museums; the history of the universal museum; relationships between cultural property and national identity; and contemporary cultural policy issues.
Cultural Policy: Cultural Heritage and Cultural Diplomacy: Read More [+]

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Anthropology/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Alternative to final exam.

Instructor: Joyce

Cultural Policy: Cultural Heritage and Cultural Diplomacy: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Fall 2008, Spring 2008, Fall 2007
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.
Public Anthropology: Archaeology After-School Program: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: 2 or consent of instructor

Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 2 hours of lecture and 3 hours of laboratory per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Anthropology/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam not required.

Formerly known as: 128M

Public Anthropology: Archaeology After-School Program: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Fall 2014, Spring 2012, Fall 2009
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.
Public Anthropology: Archaeology and the Media: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: 2

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1 hour of lecture and 4 hours of laboratory per week

Summer: 6 weeks - 2.5 hours of lecture and 10 hours of laboratory per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Anthropology/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

Public Anthropology: Archaeology and the Media: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Spring 2010, Spring 2006
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.
Public Anthropology: Archaeology and the Media Method: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: 136I

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1 hour of lecture and 4 hours of laboratory per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Anthropology/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

Public Anthropology: Archaeology and the Media Method: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Prior to 2007
An 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.
Cultural Heritage in a Digital Age: Read More [+]

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture and 1 hour of discussion per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Anthropology/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Alternative to final exam.

Cultural Heritage in a Digital Age: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Fall 2015, Spring 2011
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.
Who Owns the Past? Cultural Heritage in a Digital Age: Read More [+]

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture and 1 hour of discussion per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Anthropology/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam not required.

Also listed as: L & S C180W

Who Owns the Past? Cultural Heritage in a Digital Age: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Spring 2020, Spring 2018, Spring 2017
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.
Energy, Culture and Social Organization: Read More [+]

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Anthropology/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

Energy, Culture and Social Organization: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Summer 2020 Second 6 Week Session, Summer 2019 First 6 Week Session, Fall 2018
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.
History and Theory of Ethnographic Film: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: 3 or 114

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week

Summer:
6 weeks - 8 hours of lecture and 2 hours of discussion per week
8 weeks - 6 hours of lecture and 1.5 hours of discussion per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Anthropology/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

History and Theory of Ethnographic Film: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Spring 2018, Spring 2016, Spring 2015
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.
Field Production of Ethnographic Film: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: 138A

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture and 3 hours of laboratory per week

Summer:
6 weeks - 7.5 hours of lecture and 7.5 hours of laboratory per week
8 weeks - 6 hours of lecture and 5.5 hours of laboratory per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Anthropology/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

Field Production of Ethnographic Film: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Spring 2010, Spring 2009, Spring 2008
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.
Controlling Processes: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: Those with at least one social science course will be more familiar with the subject matter

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week

Summer:
6 weeks - 8 hours of lecture per week
8 weeks - 6 hours of lecture per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Anthropology/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

Controlling Processes: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Fall 2019, Fall 2017, Fall 2015
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.
The Anthropology of Food: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: 3 or equivalent or consent of instructor

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week

Summer:
6 weeks - 10 hours of lecture per week
10 weeks - 6 hours of lecture per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Anthropology/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

The Anthropology of Food: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Fall 2017, Fall 2015, Fall 2014
Theories of social structure, functional interrelationships of social institutions. Primary emphasis on non-Western societies.
Comparative Society: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: 3 or consent of instructor

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture and 1 hour of discussion per week

Summer:
6 weeks - 8 hours of lecture and 2 hours of discussion per week
8 weeks - 6 hours of lecture and 1.5 hours of discussion per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Anthropology/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

Comparative Society: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Fall 2009
Comparative study of the family and kinship systems in non-state and state societies.
Kinship and Family: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: 3

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week

Summer:
6 weeks - 8 hours of lecture per week
8 weeks - 6 hours of lecture per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Anthropology/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

Kinship and Family: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Summer 2003 10 Week Session, Fall 2002
A consideration of anthropological concepts and methods for the urbanization process in towns and cities.
Urban Anthropology: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: 3 or consent of instructor

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week

Summer:
6 weeks - 8 hours of lecture per week
8 weeks - 6 hours of lecture per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Anthropology/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam not required.

Urban Anthropology: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Not yet offered
Examines urbanization of cities in the Global South resulting from the intersection of projects articulated globally and locally by agents of development (nation-states, corporations, real estate developers, elite investors, municipalities, world agencies, NGOs) and insurgent practices of urban poor, middle classes, immigrants, youth, street dwellers, under-employed laborers, and “marginals” who build cities and transform, derail, and reconstitute development projects in work and residence.
Cities of the Global South: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Credit Restrictions: Students will receive no credit for ANTHRO 146 after completing ANTHRO 146. A deficient grade in ANTHRO 146 may be removed by taking ANTHRO 146.

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture and 1 hour of discussion per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Anthropology/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Alternative to final exam.

Instructor: Holston

Cities of the Global South: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Fall 2000, Fall 1999, Summer 1997 10 Week Session
The course explores major developments within feminist theory in the 20th century within an international context, with special attention to issues of class, culture, race, ethnicity, and sexuality.
Anthropology of Gender: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: 3 or consent of instructor

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week

Summer: 6 weeks - 8 hours of lecture per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Anthropology/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

Anthropology of Gender: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Spring 2018, Fall 2004, Spring 2004
This seminar engages in a broad reading of classic and contemporary ethnographies of non-mainstream genders and sexualities. Our emphasis will be on understanding anthropology's contribution to and relationship with gay and lesbian studies and queer theory. Over the course of the semester, we will be reading and talking about what constitutes a queer ethnography and the history and future of an anthropology of sexuality.
Queer Ethnographies: Read More [+]

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 2 hours of lecture per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Anthropology/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Alternative to final exam.

Queer Ethnographies: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Fall 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Spring 2015
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.
Sexuality, Culture, and Colonialism: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: 3 or Sociology 3

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week

Summer:
6 weeks - 8 hours of lecture per week
8 weeks - 6 hours of lecture per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Anthropology/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

Also listed as: LGBT C147B

Sexuality, Culture, and Colonialism: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Summer 2014 First 6 Week Session, Fall 2013, Spring 2004
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.
Anthropology of the Environment: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: 3 or consent of instructor

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week

Summer:
6 weeks - 8 hours of lecture per week
8 weeks - 6 hours of lecture per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Anthropology/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

Anthropology of the Environment: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Fall 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015
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.
Psychological Anthropology: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: 3 or consent of instructor

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture and 1 hour of discussion per week

Summer:
6 weeks - 8 hours of lecture and 2 hours of discussion per week
8 weeks - 6 hours of lecture and 2.5-1.5 hours of discussion per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Anthropology/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam not required.

Psychological Anthropology: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Fall 2020, Spring 2019, Fall 2016
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?
Utopia: Art and Power in Modern Times: Read More [+]

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 4 hours of lecture per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Anthropology/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

Utopia: Art and Power in Modern Times: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Fall 2005, Fall 2002, Spring 2001
Disability is a cultural construct. This does not mean that physical and mental impairments are not real, but that our conceptions of the body and its possibilities and impossibilities are constantly mediated through social norms and mores. The built environments and social institutions we navigate are based around these concepts of the “normal.” Using ethnographic examples drawn from various countries around the world, and various disability categories, we examine the contingency of the categories of disability and normality from social, legal, and personal perspectives.
Disability and Culture: Read More [+]

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture and 1 hour of discussion per week

Summer: 6 weeks - 8 hours of lecture and 1 hour of discussion per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Anthropology/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Alternative to final exam.

Disability and Culture: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Spring 2014, Summer 2008 First 6 Week Session, Fall 2003
Graphic and plastic arts and their relations to culture in non-literate societies; illustrative material from the Hearst Museum of Anthropology.
Art and Culture: Read More [+]

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week

Summer: 6 weeks - 8 hours of lecture per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Anthropology/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

Art and Culture: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Fall 2016, Fall 2015, Fall 2013
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.
Modernity: Read More [+]

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week

Summer: 6 weeks - 7.5 hours of lecture per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Anthropology/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

Modernity: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Spring 2017, Spring 2015, Spring 2012
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.
Anthropology of the Contemporary: Read More [+]

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week

Summer: 6 weeks - 7.5 hours of lecture per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Anthropology/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

Anthropology of the Contemporary: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Spring 2020, Spring 2017
Anthropological concepts relevant to the comparative analysis of political ethnography and socio-political change. Particular attention will be given to the interrelations of culture and politics.
Politics and Anthropology: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: 3

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Anthropology/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam not required.

Politics and Anthropology: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Spring 2009, Spring 2007, Fall 2002
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.
Culture and Power: Read More [+]

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week

Summer:
6 weeks - 8 hours of lecture per week
8 weeks - 6 hours of lecture per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Anthropology/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam not required.

Culture and Power: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Fall 2019, Fall 2018, Fall 2017
Comparative survey of the ethnography of law; methods and concepts relevant to the comparative analysis of the forms and functions of law.
Anthropology of Law: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: 3 or consent of instructor

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week

Summer:
6 weeks - 8 hours of lecture per week
8 weeks - 6 hours of lecture per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Anthropology/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

Anthropology of Law: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Spring 2020, Summer 2018 Second 6 Week Session, Fall 2016
A consideration of the interplay between religious beliefs and institutions and other aspects of culture.
Religion and Anthropology: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: 3 or consent of instructor

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week

Summer:
6 weeks - 8 hours of lecture per week
8 weeks - 6 hours of lecture per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Anthropology/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

Religion and Anthropology: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018
A world-wide survey of the major and minor forms of folklore with special emphasis upon proverbs, riddles, superstitions, games, songs, and narratives.
Forms of Folklore: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: Upper division standing

Requirements this course satisfies: Satisfies the American Cultures requirement

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture and 1 hour of discussion per week

Summer:
6 weeks - 7.5 hours of lecture and 2.5 hours of discussion per week
8 weeks - 6 hours of lecture and 1.5 hours of discussion per week
10 weeks - 4.5 hours of lecture and 1.5 hours of discussion per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Anthropology/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

Forms of Folklore: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Fall 2004, Spring 2002, Spring 1998
The study of folktales, myths, legends, and other forms of verbal art; methods and theories of folklore.
Narrative Folklore: Read More [+]

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Anthropology/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

Narrative Folklore: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018
Special topics in folklore or ethno-musicology.
Topics in Folklore: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week

Summer:
6 weeks - 8 hours of lecture per week
8 weeks - 6 hours of lecture per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Anthropology/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

Topics in Folklore: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Prior to 2007
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.
Introduction to Arabic Folklore: Read More [+]

Hours & Format

Summer: 8 weeks - 6 hours of lecture per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Anthropology/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

Introduction to Arabic Folklore: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Summer 2020 Second 6 Week Session, Summer 2019 Second 6 Week Session, Summer 2018 Second 6 Week Session
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.
Language, Culture, and Society: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: 3 or consent of instructor

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week

Summer:
6 weeks - 8 hours of lecture per week
8 weeks - 6 hours of lecture per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Anthropology/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam not required.

Language, Culture, and Society: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Spring 2010
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.
Data Analysis and Computational Methods: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: 2 or consent of instructor

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week

Summer:
6 weeks - 8 hours of lecture per week
8 weeks - 6 hours of lecture per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Anthropology/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam not required.

Data Analysis and Computational Methods: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Summer 2019 Second 6 Week Session
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.
Research Theory and Methods in Socio-Cultural Anthropology: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: 3

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture and 1 hour of discussion per week

Summer:
6 weeks - 7.5 hours of lecture and 2.5 hours of discussion per week
8 weeks - 6 hours of lecture and 1.5 hours of discussion per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Anthropology/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam not required.

Research Theory and Methods in Socio-Cultural Anthropology: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Fall 2016
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.
Research Theory and Methods in Linguistic Anthropology: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: Upper division undergraduate standing

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture and 1 hour of discussion per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Anthropology/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam not required.

Instructor: Hanks

Research Theory and Methods in Linguistic Anthropology: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Fall 2020, Fall 2019, Fall 2018
Chinese culture and society with an emphasis on the village level.
China: Read More [+]

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week

Summer:
6 weeks - 8 hours of lecture per week
8 weeks - 6 hours of lecture per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Anthropology/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

China: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Fall 2018, Summer 2014 10 Week Session, Summer 2014 First 6 Week Session
This course offers an introductory survey of Japan from a four-field anthropological perspective. It is open without prerequisite to anyone with a curiosity about what is arguably the most important non-Western society of the last 100 years, and to anyone concerned about the diverse conditions of modern life. We will range over many aspects of contemporary Japan, and draw on scholarship in history, literature, religion, and the various social sciences.
Japan: Read More [+]

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture and 1 hour of discussion per week

Summer: 8 weeks - 8 hours of lecture and 2 hours of discussion per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Anthropology/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

Japan: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Summer 2014 First 6 Week Session, Summer 2009 First 6 Week Session, Fall 2008
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.
Special Topics in American Cultures: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Requirements this course satisfies: Satisfies the American Cultures requirement

Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit with instructor consent.

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week

Summer:
6 weeks - 8 hours of lecture per week
8 weeks - 6 hours of lecture per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Anthropology/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

Special Topics in American Cultures: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Spring 2017, Summer 2016 10 Week Session, Summer 2016 First 6 Week Session
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.
California Historical Anthropology: Read More [+]

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week

Summer:
6 weeks - 7.5 hours of lecture per week
8 weeks - 5.5 hours of lecture per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Anthropology/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

California Historical Anthropology: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Prior to 2007
Ethnography of Oceania: Polynesia, Micronesia, Melanesia, New Guinea, and Australia.
Oceania: Read More [+]

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week

Summer:
6 weeks - 8 hours of lecture per week
8 weeks - 6 hours of lecture per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Anthropology/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

Oceania: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Spring 2016, Spring 2013, Spring 2011
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.
Ethnography of the Maya: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: 3 recommended

Credit Restrictions: Students will receive no credit for 179 after taking 188 spring or fall 2001.

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week

Summer:
6 weeks - 7.5 hours of lecture per week
8 weeks - 5.5 hours of lecture per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Anthropology/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

Ethnography of the Maya: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Spring 2017, Fall 2014, Spring 2013
Representative groups in historical and modern perspective. Rural-urban relationships and the dynamics of change.
European Society: Read More [+]

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week

Summer:
6 weeks - 8 hours of lecture per week
8 weeks - 6 hours of lecture per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Anthropology/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

European Society: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Fall 2018, Fall 2015, Spring 2015
Cultures of the contemporary Near East, with special emphasis upon Arab populations.
Themes in the Anthropology of the Middle East and Islam: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: Anthropology 3 recommended

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3-3 hours of lecture and 0-1 hours of discussion per week

Summer:
3 weeks - 15-15 hours of lecture and 0-5 hours of discussion per week
6 weeks - 8-8 hours of lecture and 0-2 hours of discussion per week
8 weeks - 6-6 hours of lecture and 0-2 hours of discussion per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Anthropology/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Alternative to final exam.

Instructor: Pandolfo

Themes in the Anthropology of the Middle East and Islam: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Summer 2018 First 6 Week Session, Spring 2018, Spring 2017
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.
Topics in the Anthropological Study of Africa: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: 3 and/or 114

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week

Summer:
6 weeks - 8 hours of lecture per week
8 weeks - 6 hours of lecture per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Anthropology/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam not required.

Topics in the Anthropological Study of Africa: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Spring 2016, Fall 2014, Spring 2008
Cultural traditions, social organization, and social change, with an emphasis on India and Pakistan.
South Asia: Read More [+]

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week

Summer:
6 weeks - 8 hours of lecture per week
8 weeks - 6 hours of lecture per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Anthropology/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

South Asia: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Fall 2020, Summer 2020 Second 6 Week Session, Spring 2020
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.
Special Topics in Social/Cultural Anthropology: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: 3 or consent of instructor

Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week

Summer:
3 weeks - 15 hours of lecture per week
6 weeks - 7.5 hours of lecture per week
8 weeks - 5.5 hours of lecture per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Anthropology/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

Special Topics in Social/Cultural Anthropology: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2013
Special topics in cultural anthropology which meet the area requirement for the major.
Special Topics in Cultural Anthropology/Area: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: 3 recommended

Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week

Summer:
6 weeks - 8 hours of lecture per week
8 weeks - 6 hours of lecture per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Anthropology/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

Special Topics in Cultural Anthropology/Area: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Spring 2016
Systematic readings in history and modern theory, collection and analysis of research materials, and the preparation of an honors thesis. Group or individual tutorials.
Senior Honors: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: Open only to honors students

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of tutorial per week

Summer:
6 weeks - 7.5 hours of tutorial per week
8 weeks - 5.5 hours of tutorial per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Anthropology/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam not required.

Senior Honors: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Fall 2016
Systematic readings in history and modern theory, collection and analysis of research materials, and the preparation of an honors thesis. Group or individual tutorials.
Senior Honors: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: Open only to honors students

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of tutorial per week

Summer:
6 weeks - 7.5 hours of tutorial per week
8 weeks - 5.5 hours of tutorial per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Anthropology/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam not required.

Senior Honors: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Fall 2020, Summer 2020 First 6 Week Session, Fall 2019
Seminar for the advanced study of the subject matter of a previously given upper division course, emphasizing reading and discussion.
Undergraduate Seminar: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: Consent of instructor

Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 2 hours of seminar per week

Summer:
6 weeks - 5 hours of seminar per week
8 weeks - 3.5 hours of seminar per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Anthropology/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

Undergraduate Seminar: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Summer 2017 10 Week Session, Fall 2015, Fall 2014
Individual field experience sponsored by a faculty member; written reports required.
Fieldwork: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: Upper-division status; consent of instructor

Credit Restrictions: Enrollment is restricted; see the section on Academic Policies-Course Number Guide in the Berkeley Bulletin.

Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3-36 hours of fieldwork per week

Summer: 10 weeks - 1.5-18 hours of fieldwork per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Anthropology/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Offered for pass/not pass grade only. Final exam not required.

Fieldwork: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Fall 2016
Undergraduate research by small groups.
Directed Group Study: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: 60 units; good academic standing

Credit Restrictions: Enrollment is restricted; see the section on Academic Policies-Course Number Guide in the Berkeley Bulletin.

Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1-4 hours of directed group study per week

Summer:
6 weeks - 2.5-10 hours of directed group study per week
8 weeks - 2-7.5 hours of directed group study per week
10 weeks - 1.5-6 hours of directed group study per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Anthropology/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Offered for pass/not pass grade only. Final exam not required.

Directed Group Study: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017
Supervised independent study and research.
Supervised Independent Study: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: Consent of instructor

Credit Restrictions: Enrollment is restricted; see the section on Academic Policies-Course Number Guide in the Berkeley Bulletin.

Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1-3 hours of independent study per week

Summer: 10 weeks - 1.5-6 hours of independent study per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Anthropology/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Offered for pass/not pass grade only. Final exam not required.

Supervised Independent Study: Read Less [-]

Faculty and Instructors

Faculty

Sabrina C. Agarwal, Professor. Bioarchaeology, skeletal biology, gender research, biological and evolutionary anthropology, osteology and osteoporosis, health and disease, paleopathology .
Research Profile

Stanley H. Brandes, Professor. Cultural anthropology, ritual and religion, food and drink, alcohol use, visual anthropology, Mediterranean Europe, Latin America, Spain, Mexico.
Research Profile

Charles L. Briggs, Professor. Linguistic and medical anthropology, social theory, modernity, citizenship and the state, race, and violence.

Lawrence Cohen, Professor. Social cultural anthropology, medical and psychiatric anthropology, critical gerontology, lesbian and gay studies, feminist and queer theory.
Research Profile

Terrence W. Deacon, Professor. Neuroscience, anthropology, cognitive neuroscience, evolutionary biology, neurobiology, semiotics, primates, linguistic theory.
Research Profile

Nicholas Dirks, Professor. History and anthropology of South Asia, social and cultural theory, history of imperialism, historiography, cultural studies, globalization.
Research Profile

Mariane C. Ferme, Professor. Material culture and agrarian landscapes, gender, historical anthropology, Sierra Leone, contemporary Africa, political culture, transitional justice in post-conflict societies.
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Daniel Fisher, Associate Professor. Social Cultural Anthropology, Anthropology of Media, Aboriginal Australia, Music and Sound, Art and Expressive Practice, Photography, Ethnographic Film and Video, Citizenship and the State, Bureaucracy .
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Junko Habu, Professor. Japan, anthropology, archaeology, climate change, sustainability, East Asia, Jomon hunter-gatherers.
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William F. Hanks, Professor. Social and cultural anthropology, linguistics, shamanism, language, Yucatan Mexico, Maya culture.
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Christine Hastorf, Professor. Anthropology, archaeology, paleoethnobotany/archaeobotany, ancient plant use, foodways, Andean South America, ritual, agriculture.
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Cori Hayden, Associate Professor. Latin America, Mexico, social and cultural anthropology, kinship, anthropology of science, technology, and medicine, post-colonial science, gender, queer studies.
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Charles Hirschkind, Associate Professor. Islam, anthropology, religious practice, media technologies, political community, Middle East, Europe.
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James Holston, Professor. Citizenship, Brazil, architecture, law, planning, the United States, cities, democracy, political and social anthropology, urban ethnography, the Americas.
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Rosemary Joyce, Professor. Latin America, anthropology, gender, archaeology, sexuality, museums, cultural heritage, ethics, Central America, feminism.
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Kent Lightfoot, Professor. California archaeology, coastal hunter-gatherers, North American archaeology, archaeology of colonialism, indigenous landscape management.
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Xin Liu, Professor. History and/of anthropology, contemporary trends in social theory, social/cultural anthropology, comparative societies, capitalism and culture, America and China/East Asia.
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Lisa A. Maher, Associate Professor. Archaeology, hunter-gatherers, prehistory, geoarchaeology, landscape use, stone tools technology, emergence of social complexity.
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Donald S. Moore, Associate Professor. Ethnicity, development, cultural politics, race, and identity, spatiality and power, governmentality, environment, postcolonial theory, Africa.
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Laura Nader, Professor. Latin America, Mexico, social anthropology, comparative ethnography of law, dispute resolution, conflict, controlling processes, comparative family organizations, the anthropology of professional mind-sets, ethnology of the Middle East, contemporary U S .
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Karen Nakamura, Professor. Cultural anthropology, Disability Studies, LGBT movements, minority social movements and identity politics, visual anthropology and ethnographic filmmaking, Japan.

Aihwa Ong, Professor. Cultural anthropology, anthropology, transnationalism, citizenship, global cities, migration, Southeast Asia, urbanism.
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Stefania Pandolfo, Professor. Cultural anthropology, Islam, Middle East, theories of subjectivity, postcolonial criticism, anthropology and literature, the Maghreb, mental illness.
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Jun Sunseri, Associate Professor. Historical archaeology, zooarchaeology, ceramic material science, GIS, landscape archaeology, experimental archaeology, community-engaged scholarship, outreach, foodways, actualistic research.
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Sarah Vaughn, Assistant Professor. Cultural anthropology, (Post)colonial Science studies, environment, expertise, climate change, vulnerability, critical theories of race and racialization, theories of liberalism, Caribbean/Latin America.

William A. White, Assistant Professor. Historical archaeology.

Laurie Wilkie, Professor. Anthropology, historical archaeology, oral history, material culture and ethnic identity, family and gender relations, North America, Northern California, Caribbean Bahamas, African consumerism, creolization, multi-ethnic community.
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Alexei Yurchak, Associate Professor. Language, Discourse, power, social theory, late socialism, theories of ideology, subjectivity, popular culture, ideology, Soviet and post-Soviet culture and society, post-socialism, telecommunications, linguistics, speech synthesis.
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Emeritus Faculty

Overton B. Berlin, Professor Emeritus.

Margaret W. Conkey, Professor Emeritus. Anthropology, gender, archaeology, prehistoric art, hunter-gatherers, feminist perspectives, Paleolithic art, rock art.
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Phyllis C. Dolhinow, Professor Emeritus. Anthropology, development, ecology, physical anthropology, primate social behavior, human behavior, evolution .
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Nelson H. Graburn, Professor Emeritus. Social and cultural anthropology, kinship, art, tourism, Japan, circumpolar, China, Heritage, Inuit.
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John A. Graham, Professor Emeritus.

Eugene A. Hammel, Professor Emeritus. Kinship, social anthropology, stratification, statistical and formal analysis, computer applications, peasant society and culture, demography, Balkans.
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Patrick V. Kirch, Professor Emeritus. Historical anthropology, Oceania, ethnoarchaeology, Melanesia, Polynesia, environmental archaeology, prehistoric agricultural systems, human paleoecology, ethnobotany.
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Herbert P. Phillips, Professor Emeritus.

Jack M. Potter, Professor Emeritus. Anthropology, social anthropology, U S , Thailand, classical social theory, peasants, change, ethnographic film, China.
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Paul M. Rabinow, Professor Emeritus. Cultural anthropology, social thought, modernity, biotechnology, genome mapping, France, Iceland.
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Nancy Scheper-Hughes, Professor Emeritus. Critical medical anthropology, violence, genocide, inequality, marginality, childhood, family, psychiatry, deinstitutionalization, medical ethics, fieldwork ethics, globalization medicine, social/ political illness, disease, AIDS, Ireland, Brazil, cuba.
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M. Steven Shackley, Professor Emeritus. Northwest Mexico, anthropology, archaeology, North America, geochemical analysis.
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William S. Simmons, Professor Emeritus.

Ruth Tringham, Professor Emeritus. Archaeology, Central European, Eastern European, Mediterranean, Anatolian prehistory, early agriculturalists, neolithic, bronze age, prehistoric architecture, household archaeology, feminist practice of archaeology, multimedia (hypermedia).
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Contact Information

Department of Anthropology

232 Kroeber Hall

Phone: 510-642-3392

Fax: 510-643-8557

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Department Chair

Rosemary Joyce

Kroeber Hall

rajoyce@berkeley.edu

Undergraduate Faculty Adviser, Social Anthropology

Sarah Vaughn, PhD

335 Kroeber Hall

sev83@berkeley.edu

Undergraduate Faculty Adviser, Archaeology

Lisa Maher, PhD

2251 College Avenue, #204

maher@berkeley.edu

Graduate Student Affairs Officer

Tabea Mastel

205 Kroeber Hall

Phone: 510-642-3406

tmastel@berkeley.edu

Undergraduate Academic Affairs Officer

Frances Bright

215 Kroeber Hall

Phone: 510-642-3616

f.bright@berkeley.edu

Anthropology

About the Program

Bachelor of Arts (BA)

Declaring the Major

Honors Program

Minor Program

Major Requirements

General Guidelines

Lower Division Prerequisites

Upper Division Major Requirements

Area Courses

Method Courses

Minor Requirements

General Guidelines

Requirements

College Requirements

University of California Requirements

Berkeley Campus Requirement

College of Letters & Science Essential Skills Requirements

College of Letters & Science 7 Course Breadth Requirements

Unit Requirements

Residence Requirements

Senior Residence Requirement

Modified Senior Residence Requirement

Upper Division Residence Requirement

Student Learning Goals

Learning Goals for the Major

Courses

Anthropology

ANTHRO 1 Introduction to Biological Anthropology 4 Units

ANTHRO N1 Introduction to Physical Anthropology 4 Units

ANTHRO 2 Introduction to Archaeology 4 Units

ANTHRO 2AC Introduction to Archaeology 4 Units

ANTHRO 3 Introduction to Social and Cultural Anthropology 4 Units

ANTHRO 3AC Introduction to Social/Cultural Anthropology (American Cultures) 4 Units

ANTHRO N3 Introduction to Social and Cultural Anthropology 4 Units

ANTHRO R5B Reading and Composition in Anthropology 4 Units

ANTHRO 10AC The California Frontier 4 Units

ANTHRO C12AC Fire: Past, Present and Future Interactions with the People and Ecosystems of California 4 Units

ANTHRO 15 Seminar in Physical Anthropology 3 Units

ANTHRO 24 Freshman Seminar 1 Unit

ANTHRO 84 Sophomore Seminar 1 or 2 Units

ANTHRO 98 Directed Group Study 1 - 4 Units

ANTHRO 99 Supervised Independent Study and Research 1 - 4 Units

ANTHRO C100 Human Paleontology 5 Units

ANTHRO C103 Introduction to Human Osteology 6 Units

ANTHRO 104L Advanced Human Osteology Laboratory 1 - 4 Units

ANTHRO 105 Primate Evolution 4 Units

ANTHRO 106 Primate Behavior 4 Units

ANTHRO N106 Primate Social Behavior 3 Units

ANTHRO 107 Evolution of the Human Brain 4 Units

ANTHRO 110 Theory and Method in Physical Anthropology 4 Units

ANTHRO 111 Evolution of Human Behavior 4 Units

ANTHRO 112 Special Topics in Biological Anthropology 4 Units

ANTHRO 114 History of Anthropological Thought 4 Units

ANTHRO 115 Introduction to Medical Anthropology 4 Units

ANTHRO 116 Environmental Effects on Human Health and Disease 4 Units

ANTHRO 117 The Anthropology of Aging and the Life Course 4 Units

ANTHRO 119 Special Topics in Medical Anthropology 4 Units

ANTHRO 121A Historical Archaeology: American Material Culture 4 Units

ANTHRO 121AC American Material Culture 4 Units

ANTHRO 121B Historical Archaeology: Theoretical Approaches in American Historical Archaeology 4 Units

ANTHRO 121C Historical Archaeology: Historical Artifact Identification and Analysis 4 Units

ANTHRO 122A Archaeology of the Americas: Archaeology of North America 4 Units

ANTHRO 122B Culture Contact in North America 4 Units

ANTHRO 122C Archaeology of the Americas: Archaeology of Central America 4 Units

ANTHRO 122D Archaeology of the Americas: World of Ancient Maya 4 Units

ANTHRO 122E Archaeology of the Americas: Andean Archaeology: People of the Andes 4 Units

ANTHRO 122F Archaeology of the Americas: California Archaeology 4 Units

ANTHRO 122G Archaeology of the Americas: Archaeology of the American Southwest 4 Units

ANTHRO 123A Old World Prehistory 4 Units

ANTHRO 123B Old World Cultures: Archaeology of Africa 4 Units

ANTHRO 123C Old World Cultures: Archaeology of Europe 4 Units

ANTHRO 123E Old World Cultures: Mediterranean Archaeology 4 Units

ANTHRO C123F Disciplining Near Eastern Archaeology: Explorers, Archaeologists, and Tourists in the Contemporary Middle East 3 Units

ANTHRO 124A Pacific Cultures: Archaeology of the South Pacific 4 Units

ANTHRO 124AC Hawaiian Ethnohistory 4 Units

ANTHRO 124B Hawaiian Ethnohistory 4 Units

ANTHRO C124C Human Biogeography of the Pacific 3 Units

ANTHRO C125A Archaeology of East Asia 4 Units