Below is a list of the Department of Anthropology's course offerings for the 2026-2027 academic year.
- This list is tentative and subject to change. Please check the UCSB Public Schedule of Classes or your UCSB GOLD for up to date offerings.
- For ANTH 99, 198, 199, 199RA, please reach out to the ANTH Undergrad Program Coordinator.
Fall 2026
Lower Division Courses
No prerequisites
- ANTH 1: Introduction to Human Health (GE C)
- ANTH 3: World Archaeology (GE D, WORLD, WRIT)
- ANTH 5: Introductory Biological Anthropology (GE C, QNT, WRIT)
- ANTH 8: Health Beyond Borders (GE D)
Upper Division Courses
No GE unless stated
- ANTH 105BW: Biology of Women (formerly ANTH 197BW) (GE C)
- Prerequisites: ANTH 5 Recommended
- Upper Division Standing
- ANTH 113 / CH ST 109: Indigenous People and the State in the Americas
- Prerequisites: ANTH 2 or CH ST 1A or CH ST 1B or CH ST 1C
- Upper Division Standing
- ANTH 125: Anthropology of Gender
- Prerequisites: ANTH 2
- Not open to freshmen
- ANTH 130: International Development and Population Health
- Upper Division Standing
- ANTH 152 / ENV S 151: Environmental Anthropology
- Prerequisites: ENV S 1 or ENV S 3 or ANTH 2
- Upper Division Standing
- ANTH 164: The Origins of Complex Societies
- Prerequisites: ANTH 3 or ANTH 3SS
- Upper Division Standing
- ANTH 169: Evolution of Cooperation
- Prerequisites: ANTH 5 or ANTH 7
- Upper Division Standing
- ANTH 182M: Introduction to Lithic Analysis
- Prerequisites: ANTH 3 or ANTH 3SS or ANTH 100
- Upper Division Standing
- ANTH 197CT: Caring for Transformation: The Affect of Social Justice
- Upper Division Standing
- ANTH 197IL: Pathways of Indigenous Laws in Mexico
- Upper Division Standing
Graduate Courses
Undergraduates interested in taking Graduate Level Courses will have to fill out the Petition to Enroll in a Graduate Course.
- ANTH 235A: Foundations of Modern Social Theory
- ANTH 245IA: Evolutionary Anthropology Lab
Winter 2027
Lower Division Courses
No prerequisites
- ANTH 2: Introductory Cultural Anthropology (GE D, WORLD)
- ANTH 5: Introductory Biological Anthropology (GE C, QNT, WRIT)
- ANTH 8: Health Beyond Borders (GE D)
Upper Division Courses
No GE unless stated
- ANTH 102: Activist Anthropology
- Prerequisites: ANTH 2
- Upper Division Standing
- ANTH 108: Educating the Native
- Upper Division Standing
- ANTH 118EC: Ethnography as Care
- Prerequisites: ANTH 2
- Upper Division Standing
- ANTH 129: Ethnographic Research Methods
- Upper Division Standing
- ANTH 132: Anthropology of Law
- Not Open to Freshmen
- ANTH 135: Cultural Anthropology of Mexico (GE D, WORLD, WRIT)
- Prerequisites: ANTH 2
- Upper Division Standing
- ANTH 137: The Ancient Maya (GE D, WORLD)
- Upper Division Standing
- ANTH 170: Behavioral Ecology of the Family
- Prerequisites: ANTH 5
- Upper Division Standing
- ANTH 174: Amazonia
- Prerequisites: ANTH 2
- Upper Division Standing
- ANTH 182M: Introduction to Lithic Analysis
- Prerequisites: ANTH 3 or ANTH 3SS or ANTH 100
- ANTH 193: Preparing for Graduate School and the Job Market
- ANTH Majors/Minors
- Upper Division Standing
- ANTH 197ER: Sensory Ecologies
- Upper Division Standing
- ANTH TBD: Anatomy
- ANTH TBD: ANTH Food and Nutrition
Graduate Courses
Undergraduates interested in taking Graduate Level Courses will have to fill out the Petition to Enroll in a Graduate Course.
- ANTH 206GW: Archaeology of Warfare or Archaeology of Sustainability and Collapse
- ANTH 235B: Issues in Contemporary Anthropology
- ANTH 239A: Research Design and Writing in Archaeology
- ANTH 241A: Current Findings in Biological Anthropology
- ANTH 257S: Surveillance
Spring 2027
Lower Division Courses
No prerequisites
- ANTH 1: Introduction to Human Health (GE C)
- ANTH 2: Introductory Cultural Anthropology (GE D, WORLD)
- ANTH 3: World Archaeology (GE D, WORLD, WRIT)
- ANTH 8: Health Beyond Borders (GE D)
Upper Division Courses
No GE unless stated
- ANTH 104AH: Anthropology of Health
- Prerequisite: ANTH 5
- Upper Division Standing
- ANTH 106: Cultural Evolution
- Upper Division Standing or Consent of the Instructor
- ANTH 113 / CH ST 109: Indigenous People and the State in the Americas
- Prerequisite: ANTH 2 or CH ST 1A or CH ST 1B or CH ST 1C
- Upper Division Standing
- ANTH 117LF: Love and Friendship
- Upper Division Standing
- ANTH 119R: Anthropology of Resistance
- Not Open to Freshmen
- ANTH 133: Cultural Development in Mesoamerica
- Upper Division Standing
- ANTH 138TS: Archaeology of Egypt (GE, WORLD, WRIT)
- Upper Division Standing
- ANTH 147 / ENV S 138: Water and Society
- Prerequisite: ENV S 1 or ENV S 3 or ANTH 2
- Upper Division Standing
- ANTH 195A: Anthropology Honors Program: Research Design
- Admission to the ANTH Honors Program or Consent of the Instructor
- ANTH Major
- Upper Division Standing
- ANTH 197CT: Caring for Change: The Affect of Social Justice
- Upper Division Standing
Graduate Courses
Undergraduates interested in taking Graduate Level Courses will have to fill out the Petition to Enroll in a Graduate Course.
- ANTH 203: Race, Racism, and Anti-Racism in Anthropology
- ANTH 241B: Current Methods in Biological Anthropology
- ANTH 245IA: Evolutionary Anthropology Lab
- ANTH 250RP: Ethnography as Care