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