| Lower Division
Note: Freshman seminars are offered on an irregular basis.
2. Introductory Cultural Anthropology
(4) Staff
The nature of culture: survey of the range of cultural phenomena, including material culture, social organization, religion, and other topics.
3. Introduction to Archaeology
(5) Smith
An introduction to archaeology and the prehistory of humankind from the earliest times up to the advent of literate civilization and cities, also processes of cultural change. Partly self-paced learning.
3SS. Introduction to Archaeology
(4) Staff
This course consists of an introduction to the basic principles and techniques of archaeological science followed by a thematic discussion of the major events of the history of humankind from our earliest origins to the appearance of civilization.
5. Introductory Physical Anthropology
(4) Gaulin
Human evolution: evolutionary theory, basic genetical concepts, primate evolution and behavior, fossil man, evolution of human behavior and mind.
7. Introductory Biosocial Anthropology
(4) Tooby
An introduction to our evolved, universal human nature, the evolution of the human mind, and how they shape behavior, social life, and culture. Topics include friendship, mate choice, incest avoidance, cooperation, revenge, status, jealousy, emotions, group formation, and intergroup aggression.
99. Independent Studies
(1-4) Staff
Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
Must have an overall grade point average of 3.0. May be taken for a maximum of four units of Anthropology 99 per quarter, and can be repeated for a maximum of eight units. Students are limited to five units per quarter and 30 units total in all 98/99/198/199/199AA-ZZ courses combined.
Introduction to research in Anthropology. Independent research under the guidance of a faculty member in the department. Course offers exceptional students the opportunity to undertake independent research or work in a research group.
Upper Division
100. Basic Archaeological Concepts
(4) Jochim
Prerequisite: Anthropology 3 or 3SS.
A survey of important archaeological methods of excavation, analysis, and interpretation. Focus will be on the problems and promise of various approaches to the explanation of past human behavior.
101. African Archaeology
(4) Staff
Prerequisite: Anthropology 3 or 3SS.
An analysis of the archaeology of Africa from 10,000 years ago to AD 1500, with special reference to the emergence of food production, indigenous states, and the development of long-distance trade. Major emphasis on the self-paced learning.
102. Anthropology of Media
(4) Staff
Anthropological approaches to the study of modern media with emphasis on non-Western societies. Topics: media reception; media as text; political economy of media; national and transnational media; gender and sexuality; consumer culture. Focus on television, film, and new information technology.
102A. Introduction to Women, Culture and Development
(4) Hancock
Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
Same course as Sociology 156A and Global Studies 180A.
Critical examination of relations among women, culture, and development. Topics include colonialism, violence, globalization and the state, health and reproduction, biotechnology, representation and resistance movements.
104. Workshop: Reading, Writing, and Thinking
(4) Staff
Prerequisite: sophomore or junior standing; consent of instructor.
This workshop for sophomores and juniors intending to major in Anthropology develops an understanding of anthropological texts, and the skills necessary to undertake such projects as the undergraduate honors dissertation.
104H. People, Poverty, and Environment in Central America
(4) Stonich
Prerequisite: Anthropology 2 or Environmental Studies 1 or 3.
Same course as Environmental Studies 104.
Analysis of the interrelated social, demographic, economic, political, and environmental crises occurring in Central America from an anthropological perspective. Emphasis on the evolution of contemporary problems, current conditions, and future prospects for the region.
105. Human Variation
(4) Walker
Prerequisite: Anthropology 5.
An examination of traditional race concepts contrasted with an approach to human variation through the analysis of biologically adaptive traits.
106. History of Anthropological Theory
(4) Staff
Prerequisite: Anthropology 2.
An account of the intellectual traditions of anthropology, the main figures who shaped these traditions, and the issues that both divided and united anthropologists at different periods of time.
106A. From Ape to Cyborg: New Debates on Human Nature
(4) Weinberger-Thomas
Prerequisite: a prior course in Religious Studies or Anthropology.
Same course as Religious Studies 100A.
Drawing from recent publications from the fields of ethnology, primatology, palaeoanthropology, neurobiology, cognitive science, evolutionary psychology, Neo-Darwinian studies, and robotics, artificial intelligence, genetic engineering and artificial life, this seminar examines the fundamental question of what makes us human.
106B. Ritual and Violence
(4) Weinberger-Thomas
Prerequisite: a prior course in Religious Studies or Anthropology.
Same course as Religious Studies 100B.
Focuses on the link between ritual and violence in archaic and/or traditional societies. Attention is also given to the persistence of this link in the contemporary context.
107. Psychological Anthropology
(4) Tooby
Field from Freud and Mead to present; how human nature (universal psychological mechanisms) and culture interact to form individual psychologies, identities, genders, social attitudes, worldviews, and traditions; how cognitive development shapes belief systems, reasoning and symbolism; emotions, preferences, thinking, and pathologies in a cross-cultural perspective.
109. Human Universals
(4) Gaulin, Tooby
A critical overview of those characteristics of human psyche, behavior, society, and culture that are allegedly found among all peoples: the constants of human nature.
110. Technology and Culture
(4) Staff
Prerequisite: Anthropology 2.
Theories of technological evolution and innovation. Meanings of technology. The social and cultural impact of technology on our everyday lives, including automobile culture, industrial farming, the telephone, and technologies of the body.
111. The Anthropology of Food
(4) Staff
Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
Critical survey of different anthropological approaches of food production and consumption: biological implications of diet; relations between agricultural forms and political systems; the meanings of feasting; cooking, class and gender; food and national identity.
112. Bioarchaeology
(4) Walker
Prerequisite: Anthropology 180A.
A survey of research in the field of bioarchaeology including studies of paleodemography, paleopathology and their relevance to testing about the biological and cultural adaptations of earlier human populations and interpreting behavior from the human skeleton.
112Z. Theoretical Approaches in Contemporary Archaeology
(4) Staff
Prerequisite: Anthropology 3 or 3SS or 100.
Students will be introduced to the major theoretical approaches in contemporary archaeology, including neo-evolutionist, Marxist, symbolic/structuralist, critical, and neo-Darwinian thinking. The goal of the course is to show how theory serves as a guide to research.
113FB. Science and Society
(4) Staff
Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
Anthropological analysis of scientific institutions and the process by which scientific knowledge is produced (e.g., lab culture); cultural dimensions of scientific thought; science, nationalism, power and money; the consumption of science.
114. Social Organization
(4) Staff
Emphasis on various theories of social structure and social organization in cross-cultural perspective; kinship, social stratification, and ethnicity.
115. Law and Warfare in Nonwestern Societies
(4) Staff
The nature of law and warfare in nonwestern societies. Analysis of the strategy and tactics of conflict resolution in relation to ecological, economic, and political aspects of life in nonwestern societies.
116. Myth, Ritual, and Symbol
(4) Hancock
Prerequisite: Anthropology 2.
Uses ethnographic case studies, films and performance videos to explore myth, ritual, and symbolism cross-culturally. Compares and contrasts the symbolic dimensions of gender and ethnic identity, world view, social and political organization in different societies.
116B. Anthropological Approaches to Religion
(4) Hancock
Prerequisites: Anthropology 2; upper-division standing; consent of instructor.
Exploration of anthropology’s distinctive approaches to religion using theoretical works, historical and ethnographic case studies, film, and performance video. Topics include sociopolitical dimensions of religion; ritual structure, and experience; cognitive, aesthetic, and semiotic approaches to religion.
118. Modernity and the State
(4) Staff
Modernity produced an expansion of the modern state. This course explores state and counter-state processes in non-Western societies. Topics: ancient states; nationalism; non-Western traditions of civil society (popular religion, kinship, voluntary association); gender and the state; transnational media and migration.
118TS. Archaeology of the Ancient Near East
(4) Smith
Prerequisite: Anthropology 3 or 3SS or INEST 45.
This course combines archaeology and history to trace the development of the cultures of the ancient Near East from the origins of civilization through the rise of empires, ending with the conquest of Alexander the Great in c. 300 BCE.
120. The Family
(4) Staff
Prerequisite: Anthropology 2.
Exploration of the relationship between family processes and changing economic structure in tribal, peasant, and industrial societies. How the production of people depends on the reproduction of economic relationships, and how economic production is influenced by human reproduction.
121. Human Evolution
(4) Walker
Prerequisite: Anthropology 5.
The nature and results of the evolutionary processes responsible for the formation and differentiation of human populations.
121MS. Historical World Systems
(4) Staff
Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
Eurasian systems of trade pre-1825: the major trade systems, modes of production, cultures of banking, credit and trust, early expressions of identity, ethnicity and knowledge of others, trade’s impact in the pre-industrial world: distribution of wealth, knowledge, and power.
121T. Genetics, Natural Selection, and Human Evolution
(4) Tooby
Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
An introduction to the nature and role of genes in evolution, in natural selection, in sexual reproduction, in cellular regulation, in human development, in structuring universal human adaptive design, and in creating individual and intergroup similarities and differences.
122. Anthropology of World Systems
(4) Staff
Focuses on the penetration and impact of global capitalist economy (national and multinational) upon local level third world societies, communities, and groups. A world system perspective is taken and anthropological case studies are presented from Asia, Africa, and Latin America.
123MG. Anthropological Data Analysis
(4) Gurven
Prerequisites: Anthropology 5 or 7; upper-division standing.
Hands-on course explores the scientific process as used in bio- and bio-cultural anthropological research. Emphasizes hypothesis testing, data collection and data analysis. Students examine and analyze new anthropological data from ongoing socio-ecological research.
125. Anthropology of Gender
(4) Staff
Prerequisite: not open to freshmen.
The cross-cultural study of gender from a feminist perspective. Topics may include gender and nature, gender and the division of labor, gender and kinship, gender and subjectivity, gender and sexuality, gender and the state, gender and knowledge/discourse.
127. Hunters and Gatherers
(4) Jochim
Prerequisite: Anthropology 2.
What do Pygmies, Aborigines, and Eskimos have in common? What is the relationship between nature and culture in these simple societies? These questions and other will be examined through case studies and cross-cultural comparisons.
129MG. Behavioral Ecology of Hunter Gatherers
(4) Gurven
Prerequisite: Anthropology 5 or 7.
A thorough introduction using a behavioral ecology approach to the diversity of behaviors found among foragers in Africa, South America, Southeast Asia, and Australia. Topics include: diet and subsistence, mating, demography, social behavior, mobility and settlement patterns, gender, indigenous rights, and conservation.
130A. Third World Environments: Problems and Prospects
(4) Stonich
Prerequisite: Anthropology 2 or Environmental Studies 1 or 3.
Same course as Environmental Studies 130A.
Examination of the human dimensions of globalization/global environmental change from the Third World. Emphasis on the sociocultural context of environmental destruction, environmental justice and interdisciplinary approaches.
130B. Third World Environments: Conservation and Sustainable Development
(4) Stonich
Prerequisite: Environmental Studies 1 or 3 or Anthropology 2.
Same course as Environmental Studies 130B.
Recommended preparation: Environmental Studies 130A or Anthropology 130A.
Focus on conservation and sustainable development. Includes examination of contending views of sustainable development. Special emphasis on tourism, agricultural, fisheries and aqua-cultural development in the Third World.
130C. Third World Environments: Response and Resistance
(4) Stonich
Prerequisites: Environmental Studies 1 or 3 or Anthropology 2.
Same course as Environmental Studies 130C.
Concerned with response and resistance to economic globalization, impoverishment, and environmental degradation: household economic strategies; migration, urbanization; social conflict; environmental movements of the poor; the information revolution; and alternative development strategies.
131. North American Indians
(4) Glassow
The origins, development, and attainments of New World aboriginal cultures north of Mexico. Some emphasis is given to California groups such as the Chumash.
131CA. California Indians
(4) Glassow
Investigation of the diversity of California Indian societies at the beginning of European colonization, including social organization, economy, material culture, and ideology. Also considered are origins and historic changes. Emphasis is placed on central and southern California.
132TS. Ceramic Analysis in Archaeology
(4) Smith
Prerequisite: Anthropology 3 or 3SS.
An overview of how ceramics are used in archaeology. Topics include pottery manufacture, classification, stylistic and functional analysis, scientific analysis, chronology, production and exchange, ceramic consumption and socio-political organization.
133. Cultural Development in Mesoamerica
(4) Staff
The rise and fall of various ancient civilizations such as those of the Maya, Aztecs, Toltecs, Teotihuacanos, and Olmec as well as their cultural antecedents. This course uses self-paced audiovisual modules as well as traditional lecture format. (Offered periodically)
134. Modern Cultures of Latin America
(4) Staff
Continuities and changes in the contemporary cultures of peasant and urban societies in Mexico, Central, and South America. Examination of cultural institutions and values, social stratification, village and urban life, elites, urbanization.
135. Modern Mexican Culture
(4) Staff
The impact of dependency, industrialization, urbanization, technology, and modern communications on Mexican society in the twentieth century. Examination of recent sociocultural contemporary urban and rural communities, class structure, value orientations, ethnic minorities, and national integration.
136. Peoples and Cultures of the Pacific
(4) Aswani
The aboriginal and modern cultures of Polynesia, Melanesia, and Micronesia.
137. The Ancient Maya
(4) Staff
The splendiferous Maya civilization as it waxed and waned during ancient times.
138A. Elements of Traditional Chinese Culture
(4) Staff
Prerequisite: Not open to freshmen.
An exploration of cultural, historical, and political elements in ancient and late imperial China which are relevant in understanding modern society in socialist China and Taiwan today. Emphasis given to the cultural tradition of the state.
138TS. Archaeology of Egypt
(4) Smith
Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
Selected topics on the archaeology of ancient Egypt, placing the monuments of this great civilization in the context of its rise and development. Emphasis on ancient Egyptian material culture as a source for understanding Egyptian political, social, and economic dynamics.
139. Indigenous Peoples
(4) Aswani
Survey of indigenous societies, including: resistance response and adaptations to colonial incursions; colonial and postcolonial politics; ethnic and cultural assimilation; indigenous ethnic resistance; indigenous political movements. Other topics explored include ethnocide and ecocide; indigenous property rights; effects of globalization.
139MG. Indigenous Peoples of the Amazon
(4) Gurven
This advanced undergraduate course examines the cultural landscape of lowland South America and its native inhabitants of the past and of today. Representations of the Amazonian “green hell” and focus on relevant topics such as ecological adaptations, indigenous rights, and conservation are discussed.
140. Popular Culture in South East Asia
(4) Hancock
Course on contemporary social and cultural issues in South Asia. Readings on popular religion, communalism, mass media, commercial culture, and the middle class.
141. Agriculture and Society in Mexico: Past and Present
(4) Palerm
The evolution of rural Mexico: from origins of Mesoamerican agriculture to the rise of high civilization; from the establishment of the colonial system to the demise of colonial agricultural institutions; from the revolution of 1910 to the enactment of land reform and development programs. Emphasis will be made on the role of peasantry in the making of the modern state.
142. Peoples and Cultures of India
(4) Staff
Rise of Indian civilization from prehistoric times to the present; regional divisions of India; family, kin, caste groups, and village life; social organization above village level; effects of urbanization, British rule, and independence.
142B. Contemporary Issues in South Asia
(4) Hancock
Uses film, novels, ethnographies and popular journalism to explore a variety of issues in post-independence South Asia. Topics such as environmental, feminist, and human rights movements; communalism; mass media; and South Asian diaspora, youth culture, and development may be covered.
143. Introduction to Contemporary Social Theory
(4) Staff
Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
Introduction to the main themes and concerns that preoccupy contemporary social theorists. The underlying purpose is to stress the importance of social theory in providing insights and posing questions critical for informed and innovative research in the social sciences.
143F. Ethics in Archaeology
(4) Staff
Prerequisite: Anthropology 3 or 3SS.
An analysis of ethics in contemporary archaeology. Topics include reburial and repatriation, interpretation of the archaeological record in the context of historically oppressed groups, ethnic minorities, and non-western societies. The course also includes the ethics of collecting and managing cultural property.
145. Anthropological Demography and Life History
(4) Gurven
Prerequisite: Anthropology 5 or 7 or upper-division standing; or Environmental Studies 2 or 3.
Introduces students to anthropological applications of demography and life history theory. Focuses on ecological approaches to population dynamics, birth and death processes, and policy implications in light of population “problems” among traditional and modern societies.
146. Development Anthropology
(4) Staff
Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
An introduction to the planning of economic development in the “Third World” and its social consequences from the perspective of anthropology.
148. Ecological Anthropology
(4) Aswani
Prerequisites: Anthropology 2; upper-division standing.
Focuses on the complex and dynamic interactions between human beings and their physical environment. Examines ecological thinking in anthropology and the various theoretical approaches within the discipline that have developed from the coalescence of natural and social sciences.
148A. Comparative Ethnicity
(4) Staff
Prerequisite: Anthropology 2 or 5.
A cross-cultural examination of the part that ethnicity and race play in human affairs.
148MH. Aesthetic Anthropology
(4) Hancock
Prerequisite: Anthropology 2 or 116.
Contrasts different forms of artistic production and criticism in a range of societies. Considers how art and aesthetics are defined in cultural context; investigates political, economic and socio-cultural dimensions of aesthetic practice, including visual arts, music performance, body art.
149. World Agriculture, Food, and Population
(4) Cleveland
Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
Same course as Environmental Studies 149 and Geography 161.
Evolution, current status, and alternative futures of agriculture, food, and population worldwide. Achieving environmentally, socially and economically sustainable food systems; soil, water, crops, energy and labor; diversity, stability and ecosystems management; farmer and scientist knowledge and collaboration; common property management.
150B. Archaeology of Andean Civilizations
(4) Schreiber
Prerequisites: Anthropology 3; not open to freshmen.
A survey of the prehistory of Andean South America beginning with the complex cultures of the Initial Period and ending with an overview of the Inca Empire. Major cultures include Chavin, Nasca, Moche, Wari and Tiwanaku.
150C. The Inca Empire
(4) Schreiber
Prerequisite: Anthropology 3 or 3SS.
An in-depth study of the fabled Inca Empire of South America, including archaeological and historic sources. Topics include Inca origins, political organization, economy, and social structure.
151T. Evolutionary Psychology
(4) Tooby, Gaulin
Prerequisite: Anthropology 2 or 3 or 3SS or 5 or
Psychology 1.
A critical survey of the emerging field of evolutionary psychology, covering specific cognitive adaptations involved in mate choice, incest avoidance, cooperation, love, revenge, jealousy and individual and intergroup aggression, and also analyzing how such evolved species-typical mechanisms generate human culture.
153S. The Evolution of Human Sexuality
(4) Staff
Recommended preparation: Anthropology 5 or 7.
Exploration of the psychological mechanisms - adaptations - that underpin human sexual feeling, thought, and action. Emphasis on male-female differences, “engineering” analyses, and the comparative method as sources of information about adaptive design. Includes the study of sexual arousal, attractiveness, jealousy, and competition.
153T. Primate Behavior
(4) Gaulin
Prerequisites: Anthropology 5 or 7; upper-division standing.
An introduction to primatology and the principles of behavioral ecology, using langur, vervet, macaque, baboon, gorilla, and chimpanzee field studies to illustrate theories of foraging, parenting, kinship, sexual selection, incest avoidance, aggression, and dominance. Concludes with applications to human evolution.
154. Special Topics in Social Anthropology
(4) Staff
Designed for students who intend to do graduate work in social or behavioral sciences. May be repeated for credit to a maximum of 8 units.
A critical review of selected theoretical and methodological contributions of social anthropology to the description, analysis, and comparison of human societies. (Normally taught every other year.)
155. Prehistory of California and the Great Basin
(4) Glassow
Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
A survey of the prehistory of California and the Great Basin, which includes principally the states of Nevada and Utah. Consideration is also given to how archaeologists construct regional cultural developments and attempt to explain prehistoric cultural change.
156. Understanding Africa
(4) Staff
Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
A general introduction to the peoples of Africa: their histories, economies, political systems, and cultures. How should we, as outsiders, understand the diversity of this great continent, its human problems, and its significance in the modern world?
157. Medicine in Chinese Culture
(4) Staff
Prerequisite: Anthropology 2.
Survey of concepts of the body and of healing techniques in China drawing on theories from medical anthropology, cultural history, and gender studies. The political economy of health in contemporary China. Medical representations and choices in a pluralist system.
158. Cultural and Biological Diversity of Food Plants
(4) Cleveland
Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
Same course as Environmental Studies 158 and Geography 169.
Recommended preparation: Anthropology 149 or Environmental Studies 149 or Geography 161.
The evolution of food plants from domestication to genetic engineering. Patterns of diversity around the world in small-scale, traditionally-based and industrial communities. Class participation in project on local olive diversity includes field work.
160. Cultural Ecology
(4) Jochim
Prerequisite: Anthropology 2.
Ranging from moose hunters to rice farmers, cultures seem tremendously diverse, yet cultural forms do show clear patterns. The relationship of these patterns to the natural and social environment will be examined.
162. Prehistoric Food Production
(4) Staff
Prerequisite: Anthropology 3 or 3SS.
A history of the process of plant and animal domestication in the Americas, the Near East, Asia, and Africa. Course focuses on the specific biological changes in the major domesticates as well as associated social changes in human life.
164. The Origins of Complex Societies
(4) Schreiber
Prerequisite: Anthropology 3 or 3SS.
Why and how complex societies developed from simple, egalitarian societies in some areas of the world. Course surveys major theories and evidence surrounding the origins of states and urban societies in New and Old World.
165. History of Archaeology
(4) Staff
Prerequisite: Anthropology 3 or 3SS.
A survey of the history of archaeology from Medieval times to 1960, with special reference to the changing intellectual contexts of the field. Emphasis on emerging major theoretical approaches and the impact of important discoveries.
166. Climate Change in Prehistory
(4) Staff
Prerequisite: Anthropology 3.
Survey of the impact of short- and long-term climate change on human prehistory from the late Ice Age to the Medieval Warm Period (c.A.D.1000). Course surveys the relationships between climate and changing human societies.
166BT. Biotechnology, Food, and Agriculture
(4) Cleveland
Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
Recommended preparation: Anthropology 149 or Environmental Studies 149 or Geography 161.
Same course as Environmental Studies 166BT and Geography 171BT.
Social, cultural, ethical, biological, and environmental issues surrounding biotechnology (BT) and the food system. Includes theory and method of BT; scientific, social, and political control of BT; effect of BT on genetic diversity, small-scale farmers, the environment, food supply, and consumer health.
166FP. Small-Scale Food Production
(5) Cleveland
Prerequisites: Anthropology 149 or Environmental Studies 149 or Geography 161.
Same course as Environmental Studies 166FP and Geography 171FP.
Biological, ecological, social, and economic principles of small food production and their practical applications. Includes each student cultivating a garden plot; lab exercises, field trips to local farms and gardens.
167. People of the Ice Age
(4) Jochim
Prerequisite: Anthropology 3 or 3SS.
Human adaptations and population dispersals during the Ice Age (Pleistocene epoch). Course focuses on the nature of Stone Age cultures and the evidence for early human occupation of the Americas and the Old World between three million and 10,000 years ago.
168. Ethnology in Rural California: Transformations in Agriculture, Farm Labor, and Rural Communities
(4) Palerm
Prerequisites: Anthropology 2; upper-division standing.
Provides a systematic review of research completed by anthropologists and other social scientists on the development of agriculture and its effects over rural society. Special emphasis is given to the settlement of immigrant farmworkers and the formation of new human communities.
169. Evolution of Cooperation
(4) Gurven
Prerequisite: Anthropology 5 or 7.
Interdisciplinary focus on the emergence and maintenance of cooperation in human populations. Are we unique in our abilities to reap gains from cooperative endeavors? Why are some people generous, other stingy? How do propensities, personalities, ecology, and cultural institutions affect success in cooperation?
172. Colonialism and Culture
(4) Hancock
Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
Historical and sociocultural processes of colonialism and postcolonialism in selected societies. Topics include: relations between colonialism and capitalism; rise of nationalism; race and sexuality; cultural dimensions of and resistance to colonialism; modernization and development regimes; postcolonial critique.
173. Nationalisms and the Nation-State
(4) Staff
Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
Critical introduction to theories about nationalism and state formation from an anthropological perspective. Topics include nationalism and gender,nationalism and racism, and nationalism and law. These are related to contemporary contradictions of the nation-state posed by transnational processes.
175. Southwestern Archaeology
(4) Schreiber
Prerequisite: Anthropology 3 or 3SS.
Understanding the sequence of cultural developments in the southwest United States. Reconstructing prehistoric economy and society through study of material remains, such as the cliff dwellings of Mesa Verde, Chaco Canyon’s great pueblos, and the ball-courts, platform mounds, and irrigation systems of desert Hohokam.
176TS. Ancient Egyptian Religion
(4) Smith
Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
Examination of ancient Egyptian religion from massive temples and pyramids to modest offerings and simple burials. The interaction of sacred and secular is considered through examination of the individual, society, and the state in shaping religious beliefs.
178. Internship in Archaeological Record-Keeping and Collections
(1-4) Glassow
Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
May be repeated for credit to a maximum of 4 units.
Interns serve as assistants in the department’s Central Coast Information Center or Repository for Archaeological Collection or both.
180A. Osteology
(4) Walker
Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
Class is designed to teach students in archaeology and physical anthropology the basic skills necessary to identify and analyze the remains of animals recovered from archaeological excavations. Emphasis is placed on laboratory work with actual archaeological collections and testing hypotheses about prehistoric human behavior.
180B. Osteology
(4) Walker
Prerequisites: Anthropology 180A and consent of instructor.
Continuation of Anthropology 180A with the development of a research project.
181. Methods and Techniques of Field Archaeology
(6) Glassow
Prerequisite: Anthropology 3 or 3SS.
Introduction to archaeological research designs and field techniques of data collection, including survey, excavation, and site data recording. Course entails two lectures during the week and fieldwork all day Saturday.
183. Internship in Archaeological Resource Management
(1-4) Glassow
Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
May be repeated for credit to a maximum of 4 units.
Recommended preparation: Anthropology 181 or 191, depending on the nature of the internship.
Interns serve as assistants or trainees in the archaeological programs of a governmental agency, a museum, or a private firm in the local area. In collaboration with the instructor and an extramural archaeologist, the student conceives a set of activities for the internship.
184. Settlement Pattern Analysis in Archaeology
(4) Schreiber
Prerequisites: Anthropology 3; not open to freshmen.
Recommended preparation: upper-division courses in archaeology.
How the arrangement of archaeological sites across the landscape indicates aspects of human culture, including subsistence strategies and socio-political complexity. Methods of obtaining and interpreting settlement data.
185. Human Environmental Rights
(4) Staff
Prerequisite: Anthropology 2 or Environmental Studies 1 or 3.
Same course as Environmental Studies 185.
Introduction to human environmental rights. Examines the expansion of human rights to include human environmental rights, abuses of human environmental rights, associated social conflicts, and emergent social movements including environmental justice and transnational advocacy networks.
187. The Clash of Cultures
(4) Staff
Prerequisites: Anthropology 2; and, Anthropology 3 or 3SS.
A historical and anthropological survey of contact between western civilization and nonwestern societies from medieval times up to the early twentieth century. Peoples covered include Khoi, Aztecs, Tahitians, Fuegians, Maori, and Northwest Indians.
188. The Seacoast in Prehistory
(4) Staff
Prerequisite: Anthropology 3 or 3SS.
An examination of maritime adaptations in world prehistory, emphasizing the integration of marine resources into economies of varying degrees of complexity. Course will cover New and Old World culture areas and the Santa Barbara region.
189. Problems in European Prehistory
(4) Jochim
Prerequisite: Anthropology 3 or 3SS.
Seminar in selected problems in the archaeology of Europe.
190. Cultural Anthropology Internship
(1-4) Staff
Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
May be repeated for credit to a maximum of 8 units but only 4 units may be applied to the major.
Students serve as interns in various settings such as museums, governmental agencies, and health organizations to gain exposure to different cultures. In collaboration with the instructor and an extramural anthropologist, the student conceives a set of activities for the internship.
191A. Prehistoric and Early Historic Artifacts: Technology of Their Manufacture and Use
(4) Glassow
Prerequisite: Anthropology 3.
Anthropology 191B may be taken concurrently. Not open for credit to students who have completed Anthropology 191.
Consideration of how prehistoric and early historic peoples manufactured and used all major classes of artifacts found in North American archaeological sites, and how archaeologists manage artifact collections and reconstruct technology through artifact analysis.
191B. Analysis of Archaeological Materials
(2) Glassow
Prerequisite: Anthropology 3 or 3SS.
Not open for credit to students who have completed Anthropology 163N.
An advanced applied course on the analysis and interpretation of prehistoric artifacts from archaeological sites in California. Research design, data recording, simple statistical analysis and interpretation are covered as the site analysis progresses through the quarter.
194. Field Training in Archaeology
(1-8) Staff
Prerequisites: Anthropology 3 or 3SS; and, Anthropology 100 and 133.
May be repeated for credit to a maximum of 16 units, but only 8 units may be applied toward the major.
Introduction to design of research projects and techniques of data collection in archaeology. The number of units taken in one course will depend on the amount of training and experience received.
194FT. Pacific Islands Field Training Course
(5) Aswani
Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
May be repeated for credit to a maximum of 15 units, but only 5 units may be applied toward the major.
Conducted in the Solomon Islands, this course trains students in human and marine ecology and in social and marine science field methods. Students learn a range of topics that cross-fertilize social and natural science in a unique and challenging environment.
194P. Practicum in Field and Laboratory Analysis
(1-4) Staff
Prerequisites: Anthropology 100; consent of instructor.
May be repeated for credit to a maximum of 8 units, but only 6 units may be applied toward the major.
An applied course emphasizing acquisition of practical skills in archaeological field work and laboratory analysis. Projects will vary depending on the type of archaeological research in progress, but may include artifact processing, cataloging, field excavation, and preparation of research results.
195A-B. Senior Honors Program
(4-4) Staff
Prerequisites: admission to senior honors program; consent of instructor.
This is a two-quarter, in-progress course with letter grade assigned for both quarters upon completion of Anthropology 195B.
Independent research under the supervision of an anthropology faculty member which will result in senior thesis.
A: Will concentrate on reading and gathering of materials for thesis.
B: Writing of thesis will be completed.
196. Archaeology of Religion
(4) Staff
Prerequisite: Anthropology 3.
An analysis and survey of the ways in which archaeologists have approached religious beliefs and other intangibles in ancient societies. Emphasis on multidisciplinary perspectives, ethnographic analogy, and the impact of science on the study of ancient religion.
197. Special Courses
(4) Staff
Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
May be repeated to a maximum of 12 units provided content is different.
Intensive studies or projects focused on special problems related to anthropology which are not covered by other courses.
198. Independent Readings in Anthropology
(1-5) Staff
Prerequisites: upper-division standing; completion of two upper-division courses in anthropology.
Must have a minimum 3.0 grade-point average for preceding 3 quarters. Students limited to 5 units per quarter and 30 units total in all 98/99/198/199/199AA-ZZ courses combined. May be repeated to a maximum of 12 units in anthropology.
Intended for students who know their own reading needs. Normally requires regular meetings with the instructor.
199 Independent Studies in Anthropology
(1-5) Staff
Prerequisites: upper-division standing; completion of two upper-division courses in anthropology.
Must have a minimum 3.0 grade-point average for preceding 3 quarters. Students limited to 5 units per quarter and 30 units total in all 98/99/198/199/199AA-ZZ courses combined. May be repeated to a maximum of 12 units in anthropology.
Students must execute a limited research project on their own initiative.
199RA. Undergraduate Research Assistance Training in Anthropology
(1-5) Staff
Prerequisites: upper-division standing; completion of two upper-division courses in anthropology.
Must have a minimum 3.0 grade-point average for preceding 3 quarters. Students limited to 5 units per quarter and 30 units total in all 98/99/198/199/199AA-ZZ courses combined. May be repeated to a maximum of 12 units in anthropology.
Student gains research experience through assisting faculty member in research project.
Graduate Courses
201A. Classical Archaeological Theory
(4) Jochim
Prerequisite: graduate standing in anthropology.
Not open for credit to students who have completed Anthropology 201.
A survey and critique of archaeological theory from the nineteenth century through the 1970’s, with emphasis on shifting paradigms and the implications for research.
201B. Contemporary Archaeological Theory
(4) Schreiber
Prerequisite: graduate standing in anthropology.
Not open for credit to students who have completed Anthropology 201.
A survey and critique of archaeological theory from the 1980’s to the present, emphasizing the diversity of new approaches and their implications for research.
204. World Agriculture, Food and Population
(4) Cleveland
Prerequisite: graduate standing.
The evolution, current status, and alternative futures of human population and agriculture worldwide. Emphasized environmental, social, and economic susceptibility; carrying capacities; diversity and stability; population growth, fertility, mortality and migration; common pool resources; farmer and scientist knowledge and collaboration.
206. Current Problems in Archaeology
(4) Staff
May be repeated for credit.
Critical examination of a selected aspect of contemporary archaeological research and theory. Topics will vary from year to year.
207. Problems in Hunter-Gatherer Archaeology
(4) Jochim
Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
A problem-oriented seminar focusing on major issues in the archaeology of hunter-gatherers.
210. Basic Issues in Physical Anthropology
(4) Walker
Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
A review of basic issues in physical anthropology for graduate students in archaeology.
217. Biotechnology, Food, and Agriculture
(4) Cleveland
Prerequisite: Environmental Studies 149 or Anthropology 149 or Anthropology 204.
Social, cultural, ethical, biological, and environmental issues surrounding biotechnology (BT) and the food system. Includes theory and method of BT; scientific, social, and political control of BT; effect of BT on genetic diversity, small-scale farmers, the environment, food supply, consumer health.
218. Problems in Andean Archaeology
(4) Schreiber
A problem-oriented approach to major issues in Andean archeology. Focus is on the Middle Horizon of the Andean prehistory, especially the Wari and Tiwanaku cultures. Conducted on a seminar basis.
220. Anthropological Data Analysis
(4) Gurven
Prerequisite: graduate standing.
Recommended preparation: some mathematics or statistics background.
This hands-on course explores the scientific process as used in bio- and biocultural anthropological research. Emphasizes hypothesis testing, data collection and data analysis. Students examine and analyze anthropological data from ongoing socio-ecological research.
223. Feminist Theory and Ethnographic Practice
(4) Hancock
Recent debates in feminist theory as they have engaged and reconceived ethnographic fieldwork and writing: feminist interventions in poststructuralist and postcolonial theory; feminist critiques of ethnographic writing; current debates on gender and sexuality.
225. Peasants and Industrialization: “Traditional” Rural Societies
(4) Palerm
The interaction between peasant and industrial socioeconomic formations is examined through three intellectual traditions: late nineteenth century Marxian writers, twentieth century development anthropologists, and proponents of the theory of the articulation of modes of production.
226. Power and Meaning in Religious Experience
(4) Hancock
Prerequisite: graduate standing.
Explores religion in cross-cultural and historical contexts using theoretical sources and ethnographic and historiographical case studies. Topics include structure and agency in ritual; relations among religion, gender, ethnicity and nationalism; new religious movements; religion and mass media.
228. Culture and Spatial Practice
(4) Hancock
Exploration of the sociocultural production of built form and the impact of social space on human action. Readings drawn from cultural anthropology, cultural geography, art history, and social theory. Assessment based on weekly essays, participation, and final project.
230. History of Cultural Anthropology
(4) Staff
A history of cultural anthropology as revealed in the writings on major theoretical problems beginning in the 1850s, the disputes, the solutions, and a final appraisal of where we stand today.
231. Crop Genetic Resources
(4) Cleveland
Prerequisite: Environmental Studies 149 or Anthropology 149 or Anthropology 204.
Domestication and varietal diversification of crops, their current use in small-scale, traditionally-based and modern industrial agriculture, and their conservation in farmers’ fields and genebanks; including case studies of crops and farming systems, and projects on local crop genetic resources.
232. Graduate Proseminar
(1-4) Staff
Exposes all first and second year students to examples of current research in the different subfields of anthropology, to provide opportunities to meet with eminent scholars from other institutions, and to provide a forum for collegial interactions among faculty members and graduate students.
234. Advanced Theory and Method in Evolutionary Psychology
(4) Tooby
Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
Interdepartmental research practicum in evolutionary psychology, biology, and anthropology for students and faculty planning or working on evolutionary research projects. Focus on experimental design, cross-cultural methods, organism design theory, new adaptationist hypotheses, and the criteria for testing them.
235A. Foundations of Modern Social Theory
(4) Staff
Seminar introduces major post-enlightenment debates on social life and modernity. Selections from Marx, Durkheim, Weber, Freud as well as major responses, revisions and critiques in critical and subaltern theory, cultural studies, structuralism and poststructuralism. Close readings of primary texts emphasized.
235B. Issues in Contemporary Anthropology
(4) Staff
Survey of major theoretical trends since the 1960’s. Topics include: political economy and Marxism; evolution, history, and anthropology; symbolic anthropology; development studies; gender studies; colonialism and nationalism; structuralism/post-structuralism; modernity and post-modernity; ecological anthropology. Topics may vary with each professor.
239A. Research Design and Writing in Archaeology
(4) Staff
Prerequisite: graduate standing in archaeology.
How to design a fieldwork project and write a dissertation research proposal; the search for funding agencies; how to deal with funding institutions, professional organizations, publishers and employers; issues of a career in anthropology.
240A. Research Methods in Cultural Anthropology
(1-4) Stonich
Designed to give students a solid grounding in basic research methods in cultural anthropology. Focus on the role of fieldwork, preparation for field research (ethics, health, and gender), systematic data collection, qualitative data base management and analysis.
240B. Research Design and Writing in Sociocultural Anthropology
(1-4) Staff
Prerequisites: graduate standing in sociocultural anthropology.
How to design a fieldwork project and write a dissertation research proposal; the search for funding agencies; how to deal with funding institutions, professional organizations, publishers and employers; issues of a career in anthropology.
240C. Research Seminar in Cultural Anthropology
(4) Staff
Prerequisite: graduate standing.
Required research and writing seminar during which second-year graduate students write individual MA papers.
245A. Quantitative Data Analysis in Archaeology
(4) Staff
This course is an introduction to the practical analysis of commonly-encountered archaeological data using simple quantitative and statistical procedures, such as exploratory data analysis, sampling, regression, and spatial analysis. The course is taught in a computer-assisted (multimedia) format.
245B. Quantitative Data Analysis in Archaeology
(4) Staff
Prerequisite: Anthropology 245A.
A working knowledge of quantitative methods that aid recognition of patterns in archaeological data; an understanding of the sorts of archaeological problems that can be attacked quantitatively; and experience in research designs which yield data that can be effectively analyzed.
250AA-ZZ. Method and Theory in Anthropology
(4) Staff
A discussion of general problems in anthropology. Consult with department office for faculty designation.
251. Methods of Prehistoric Subsistence Analysis
(4) Glassow
Assessment of approaches archaeologists use to reconstruct subsistence systems and identify subsistence change among prehistoric hunter-gatherers and farmers.
255. Anthropology of Mass Media and Popular Culture
(4) Staff
The study of mass media and popular culture, especially in non-western contexts, from anthropological perspective - role of media in constructing national, gender, and ethnic identity.
257. Human Behavioral Ecology Theory and Method
(4) Gurven
Prerequisite: background in evolutionary theory.
Focuses on foraging, mate choice, parenting, life history, time use, cooperation, and culture by examining key articles, thereby providing an overview of the major theoretical issues, methods, and data in human evolutionary ecology.
261. Proseminar: Survey of Biological Anthropology
(4) Tooby
A reading-intensive survey of the major issues in biological anthropology, emphasizing foundational evolutionary biology. Includes issues in paleoanthropology, primatology, behavioral ecology, genetics, and the study of physiological and psychological adaptations.
266FP. Small-Scale Food Production
(4) Cleveland
Prerequisite: Environmental Studies 149 or Anthropology 149 or Anthropology 204.
Practical application of biological, ecological, social, and economic principles of small-scale food production. Includes each student cultivating a garden plot; field trips to local farms and gardens.
277. Faculty Graduate Proseminar
(2) Staff
Prerequisites: graduate standing in anthropology.
Exposes incoming graduate students to the theoretical interests and current research being conducted by the department ladder and affiliated faculty. First-year students are rquired to enroll and participate fully in weekly meetings.
297. Graduate Studies
(4) Staff
Prerequisites: graduate standing; consent of instructor and department.
Maximum of 4 units may be applied towards M.A. degree with consent of the graduate advisor.
Graduate tutorial involving regular conferences with instructor and directed research toward seminar paper(s). Attendance at relevant upper-division lectures also required.
501. Teaching Assistant Practicum
(4) Staff
Prerequisite: appointment as a teaching assistant in anthropology.
No unit credit allowed toward degree.
The course, designed to meet the needs of the graduate student who serves as a teaching assistant, includes analyses of texts and materials, discussion of teaching techniques, conducting discussion sections, formulation of topics and questions for papers and examinations, and grading papers and examinations under the supervision of the instructor assigned to the course.
594. Field Research Training
(2-12) Staff
Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
Introduction to the planning and implementation of full-scale research projects. The opportunity will be given to formulate and carry out research designs and to direct crews in data collection.
596. Directed Reading and Research
(2-6) Staff
No more than half the graduate units necessary for the master’s degree may be taken in 596.
Individual tutorial.
597. Individual Study for Master’s Comprehensive Examinations
(2-6) Staff
No unit credit allowed toward degree.
Individual tutorial.
598. Master’s Thesis and Pre-Candidacy Preparation
(2-12) Staff
No unit credit allowed toward degree.
Individual tutorial for graduate students writing the research paper and/or dissertation proposal for advancement to candidacy.
599. Dissertation Research and Preparation
(2-12) Staff
No unit credit allowed toward degree.
Individual tutorial.
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