Website: www.anth.ucsb.edu (will open in a new browser window)
Department Chair: Michael A. Glassow
Mark S. Aldenderfer, Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University, Professor (hunter-gatherers, early social complexity,quantitative methods, geographic information systems, Andean archaic and Formative, Tibetan plateau)
Shankar Aswani, Ph.D., University of Hawaii, Assistant Professor (maritime anthropology, behavioral ecology, indigenous ecological knowledge, common property resources, exchange, social stratification, ethnohistory; Solomon Islands, Melanesia, Tonga, Hawaii)
Francesca Bray, Ph.D., Cambridge University, Professor (history and culture of medicine, technology and science, development, gender; East and Southeast Asia)
David A. Cleveland, Ph.D., University of Arizona, Associate Professor (agricultural development, sustainability, cultural and biological diversity, crop genetic resources and plant breeding, indigenous knowledge and intellectual property rights, demography, science and culture of development; West Africa, Southwest U.S., Southern Mexico)
Brian M. Fagan, Ph.D., Cambridge University, Professor (Old World archaeology, general prehistory, multimedia teaching)
Michael A. Glassow, Ph.D., UC Los Angeles, Professor (archaeology, cultural ecology, western North America)
Michael D. Gurven, Ph.D., University of New Mexico, Associate Professor (cooperation and food sharing, foraging, hunter-gather ecology, altruism and reciprocity, the dynamics of social networks, evolution of human life history patterns, South American Indians Bolivia, Paraguay)
Mary E. Hancock, Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, Associate Professor (ideology and cultural practice, South Asia, social theory, nationalism, cultural studies, feminist theory, public memory)
Elvin Hatch, Ph.D., UC Los Angeles, Professor (history of anthropology, social history of rural America and New Zealand)
Michael Jochim, Ph.D., University of Michigan, Professor (archaeology, hunters-gatherers, European prehistory, archaeological method and theory)
Mattison Mines, Ph.D., Cornell University, Professor (social anthropology, South Asia, South Asian Muslims)
Juan Vicente Palerm, Ph.D., Universidad Iberoamericana, Professor (peasant studies, development)
Alexander F. Robertson, Ph.D., University of Edinburgh, Sc.D., University of Cambridge, Professor (social change and development, economic and political processes; Africa, Europe)
Katharina Schreiber, Ph.D., Binghamton University, Professor (archaeology of Andean South America and the southwestern United States, origin and development of complex societies, empire expansion, settlement patterns)
Stuart T. Smith, Ph.D., UC Los Angeles, Assistant Professor (archaeology of Egypt and Nubia [the Sudan], culture contact and imperialism, ideology and legitimization, funerary practice, ceramics and residue analysis)
Susan Stonich, Ph.D., University of Kentucky, Professor (political ecology, ecological anthropology, Appalachia, Latin America, Asia)
Donald Symons, Ph.D., UC Berkeley, Professor (physical anthropology, primate social behavior, the evolution of human behavior)
John Tooby, Ph.D., Harvard University, Professor (evolutionary psychology, hominid-behavioral evolution, behavioral ecology, evolutionary genetics)
Phillip L. Walker, Ph.D., University of Chicago, Professor (biological anthropology, bioarchaeology, paleopathology, forensic anthropology and human evolution)
Mayfair Yang, Ph.D., UC Berkeley, Professor (sociocultural anthropology, interpretive and social theory, political economy, China)
David W. Brokensha, D. Phil., Oxford University, Professor Emeritus (modernization, ecology, plural societies, Africa)
Donald E. Brown, Ph.D., Cornell University, Professor Emeritus (sociocultural anthropology, political anthropology, anthropology of history, Southeast Asia)
Manuel L. Carlos, Ph.D., UC Santa Barbara, Professor Emeritus (political anthropology, Latin America)
Napoleon Chagnon, Ph.D., University of Michigan, Professor Emeritus (social behavior, evolutionary theory, social structure, South American Indians)
Charles J. Erasmus, Ph.D., UC Berkeley, Professor Emeritus (development, explanation, collective good, Latin America)
Thomas G. Harding, Ph.D., University of Michigan, Professor Emeritus (economic anthropology, the Pacific)
William Madsen, Ph.D., UC Berkeley, Professor Emeritus (primitive religion, psychological anthropology, Mexico, addiction)
Barbara Voorhies, Ph.D., Yale University, Professor Emerita (archaeology, cultural ecology, Mesoamerica)
Leda Cosmides, Ph.D. (Psychology)
Sabine Frühstück, Ph.D. (East Asian Languages and Cultural Studies)
Barbara Harthorn, Ph.D. (Institute for Social, Behavioral, and Economic Research)
Jonathan X. Inda, Ph.D. (Chicano Studies)
Charles Li, Ph.D. (Linguistics)
Laury Oaks, Ph.D. (Women's Studies)
Thomas Scheff, Ph.D. (Sociology)
Georgia Fox, Ph.D. (California State University, Chico)
The aim of the anthropology major is threefold: (1) to prepare for graduate school those students who wish to work professionally
in anthropology; (2) to prepare students for careers in secondary education or in social work; and (3) to provide a background in behavioral studies for students who desire a broad education in either the biological or the social sciences.
Students interested in cultural anthropology focus on ethnology and archaeology. Students interested in the study of human evolution and biological adaptation to the environment take physical anthropology. The course of study includes the sciences of biology and zoology.
Students may declare the major after completing two anthropology courses. An overall 2.0 grade-point average is required. All major courses must be completed on a letter-graded basis.
After completing specific prerequisites, students with a B.A. in anthropology are eligible to pursue a California Teaching Credential. The department recommends that students discuss this with the Graduate School of Education.
The Department of Anthropology's undergraduate staff advisor assists students regarding major requirements as well as other curriculum matters. The department also has a faculty advisor available for academic and career counseling and an Education Abroad Program advisor.
Students pursuing advanced degrees in anthropology should consult with the departmental graduate program assistant. A full discussion of the graduate program appears in the graduate program description, below.
The senior honors program is designed to facilitate independent research on topics chosen by the student and pursued in particular depth. Qualified majors will be invited to participate in the honors program. Minimum qualifications are junior standing (completion of at least 105 units), completion of at least 20 upper-division units in anthropology, a grade-point average of at least 3.4, and two signatures of recommendation from instructors with whom the student has worked. Anthropology 104 and/or Anthropology 140RM are recommended, but not required, as preparation for the program.
Students may enter the program any quarter. Each candidate for honors enrolls in Anthropology 195A-B, taken in consecutive quarters, under the instruction of a thesis advisor chosen by the student. In Anthropology 195A, the student will concentrate on reading and gathering material for the thesis; in 195B, the student will write the thesis. The senior honors thesis will be retained permanently in the department office for faculty and students to read.
Anthropology students who complete the honors program, maintain grades of B or better in Anthropology 195A-B, and graduate with a minimum 3.4 grade-point average in the major will be awarded Distinction in the Major on university records and on the diploma.
College of Letters and Science Honors Program
Students enrolled in the College of Letters and Science Honors Program will be eligible to enroll in special honors discussion sections in most lower-division anthropology courses. See the department undergraduate advisor for more information.
Bachelor of Arts-Anthropology-Cultural Emphasis
Preparation for the major. Anthropology 2, 3 or 3SS, and 5.
Upper-division major. Forty upper-division anthropology units are required. Students select 28 units from course offerings in areas I through V as indicated below. The twelve remaining upper-division units may be completed by taking any upper-division anthropology courses; including up to 8 units taken from the list, "Approved Studies in Related Disciplines" available from the department. Upper-division courses are 4 units. The yearly schedule of course offerings varies.
I. Method and Theory (one course required)
A. Ethnology
B. Archaeology
* These courses are strongly recommended for majors with an archaeology concentration.
II. Ethnology and Archaeology (two courses required)
A. Ethnology
B. Archaeology
III. Development, Ecology, and Social Change (one course required)
A. Ethnology
B. Archaeology
IV. Ethnography and Culture History (two courses required)
A. Ethnology
B. Archaeology
V. Physical Anthropology (one course required)
Bachelor of Arts-Anthropology-Physical Emphasis
Preparation for the major. Anthropology 2, 3 or 3SS, 5, 7; MCDB 25 and 25L or EEMB 25 and 25L. Recommended: MCDB 1A-AL, MCDB 1B, EEMB 2, either MCDB 1BL or EEMB 2L, and EEMB 3-3L.
Upper-division major. Forty units of upper-division anthropology courses. Students must complete Anthropology 105 and 12 additional units in physical anthropology courses from 112, 121, 121T, 151T, 153, 153S, 153T, 169, 180A-B; and 24 units of upper-division courses. Twelve of these units may be completed on subjects related to physical anthropology.
Up to 5 upper-division anthropology units may be taken on a P/NP basis. All other courses to be applied to the minor must be completed on a letter-grade basis, including both courses offered in the Department of Anthropology and those offered by other departments and applied to the minor.
Preparation for the minor. Anthropology 2, 3 or 3SS, and 5.
Upper-division minor. Eighteen units of upper-division anthropology coursework. Students are strongly encouraged to discuss course selection with the undergraduate faculty advisor.
Note: Substitutions and waivers are subject to approval by the chair of the department. Please see "Academic Minors" for special conditions governing minors in the College of Letters and Science.
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Three specializations are offered in the combined M.A./Ph.D. program in anthropology: archaeology, biosocial anthropology, and sociocultural anthropology. Further specialization is possible within each of these fields. The department offers a terminal M.A. program in anthropology with a specialization in archaeology for students whose career objectives require only a master's degree. A complete statement of degree requirements and policies is available from the department website at www.anth.ucsb.edu.
In addition to fulfilling the departmental admission requirements, applicants must also meet the university requirements for admission described in the section "Graduate Education at UCSB." Applicants must hold a bachelor's degree in anthropology or a related field. Except for the terminal M.A. degree program (archaeology specialization only), the department normally admits only those applicants whose ultimate degree objective is the Ph.D. The ultimate degree objective as well as the desired specialization must be indicated on the application.
Applicants will be admitted for the fall quarter only; the application deadline is December 1.
Applicants to the Ph.D. in anthropology must hold an M.A. in anthropology or its equivalent. Students who have received the UCSB M.A. (leading to the Ph.D.) must have approval of the faculty in their specialization to continue to the Ph.D. Students who have successfully completed the terminal UCSB M.A. program (archaeology specialization only) must apply to the Ph.D. program and compete for admission with all other applicants for that year.
Interdepartmental Graduate Program in Marine Science. The Department of Anthropology participates in the program for students with biology backgrounds and interests in marine coastal and environmental policy.
Master of Arts -- Anthropology
Degree Requirements
All M.A. students are required to complete a course of study as defined in a contract determined by the student in consultation with a three-member master's committee. The contract is specially tailored to each student's needs. It should be finalized and approved by the winter quarter, but no later than the end of spring quarter of the first year. Satisfactory progress toward the degree is required. Students complete three courses per quarter and all general requirements according to the published deadlines. Students who are appointed as teaching assistants will normally be enrolled in a teaching practicum course and two academic courses.
The M.A. degree leading to the Ph.D. is awarded upon satisfactory completion of a minimum of 36 units of coursework and the fulfillment of the following requirements: students in archaeology and biosocial anthropology take a comprehensive exam in the spring quarter of the second year; students in sociocultural anthropology take a first-year assessment examination just before the beginning of their second fall quarter, and at the end of the second year must submit an M.A. dossier that includes a draft research proposal. The terminal M.A., archaeology specialization, is awarded upon satisfactory completion of a minimum of 32 units of coursework, a comprehensive examination and a thesis.
Master of Arts-Anthropology, Archaeology Specialization
Subspecializations offered for the M.A. leading to the Ph.D. include North American, South American, and European archaeology. The terminal M.A. program has a subspecialization of North American archaeology only. Students opting for the North American archaeology subspecialization in either M.A. program may further specialize in human osteology and faunal analysis through a link with the department's bioarchaeology subspecialization.
A series of core courses must be taken during the first two years. The comprehensive examination, offered in the spring quarter of the second year, covers general anthropology and method and theory in archaeology.
Students in the terminal M.A. program form a thesis committee toward the end of the winter quarter of first year of study, and, in consultation with the committee, formulate a thesis topic during the second year of study. The thesis, based on original research in North American archaeology, must be completed and approved no later than the end of the third year after entering the program.
Master of Arts-Anthropology, Biosocial Anthropology Specialization
During the first year, students take a series of core courses and relevant additional courses in anthropology and other departments, as determined in consultation with biosocial faculty and an assigned faculty advisor. By early winter quarter of the first year, each student selects a master's committee of three faculty who will assist with determining a specific course of study for his or her contract. The contract shall be submitted by the end of spring quarter of the first year. During the second year, the student begins work on an article-length research paper on a topic chosen in consultation with the M.A. committee. The paper is submitted and approved in the fall quarter of the third year.
The comprehensive examination taken spring quarter of the second year covers the general field of anthropology, biological anthropology, and the student's chosen areas of specialization.
Master of Arts-Anthropology, Sociocultural Anthropology Specialization
By the end of winter quarter of the first year, each student selects a master's committee of three faculty who will assist the student with determining a specific course of study for his or her contract. Students are expected to make up deficiencies in preparation during the first year.
There are five compulsory core courses for the M.A. The first-year assessment examination covers the contents of three first-year core courses on anthropological theory; second-year students take two core courses in research design and methods that prepare them for writing the draft research proposal for their M.A. dossier.
Doctor of Philosophy-Anthropology
Degree Requirements
Students who have received their M.A. degree from another institution must demonstrate that they also meet the UCSB M.A. requirements, and may be asked to complete courses and/or pass the appropriate comprehensive or assessment examination before admission to the Ph.D. program.
The department offers the specializations of archaeology, biosocial anthropology, and sociocultural anthropology toward the Ph.D. in anthropology. Further specialization within these fields is possible.
Students complete a course of study as determined in consultation with their committees. To advance to candidacy for the doctorate, students must: (1) satisfy all requirements in their fields; (2) form a dissertation committee; (3) gain approval of their dissertation proposal; and (4) pass an oral qualifying examination. (5) Students in the archaeology and biosocial specializations must complete a research paper in fall quarter of their third year. Students in the sociocultural specialization must complete two literature review papers in their third year. One literature review paper addresses the theoretical issues of the student's research specialization. The second reviews literature on the region, culture and history of the people to be studied. Upon completion of these requirements students may petition for advancement to candidacy.
Students who have received their M.A. from another institution generally submit the dissertation proposal during their second year at UCSB. Students in the UCSB combined M.A./Ph.D. program submit their dissertation proposals by the end of their third year of study. Dissertation proposals are normally submitted to a funding agency such as the National Science Foundation.
Three quarters of dissertation research are required of all students for the degree. The dissertation must be approved by all members of the dissertation committee.
Optional Ph.D. Emphasis in Women's Studies
The Women's Studies Program, with over 30 core and affiliated faculty members in over eleven disciplines, serves as a mode of interdisciplinary work and scholarly collaboration at UCSB. Women's studies doctoral emphasis students are required to complete successfully four seminars that will enhance their understanding of feminist pedagogy, feminist theory, and topics relevant to the study of women, gender, and/or sexuality. Using an interdepartmental set of conversations and intellectual questions, women's studies support a multifaceted undergraduate curriculum at UCSB. Graduate emphasis students are encouraged to apply to teach women's studies courses as teaching assistants and associates as part of their women's studies training.
Applicants must first be admitted to, or currently enrolled in, a UCSB Ph.D. program participating in the women's studies graduate emphasis: anthropology; English; French and Italian; Germanic, Slavic, and Semitic Studies; history; history of art and architecture; religious studies; or sociology. Candidates complete four graduate courses and select a member of the women's studies faculty or affiliated faculty to serve on their Ph.D. exam and dissertation committees. Applications to the women's studies doctoral emphasis may be submitted at any stage of Ph.D. work and will be considered throughout the academic year.
Students pursuing the emphasis in women's studies will successfully complete four graduate courses. Only one may be taken in the student's home department. The courses are the following:
Women's Studies 270, Issues in Feminist Epistemology and Pedagogy: A one-quarter seminar that offers an interdisciplinary exploration of feminist theories of knowledge production and teaching practices. Readings present past and present critical debates and provide theoretical approaches through which to analyze interdisciplinary epistemological and pedagogical issues.
Women's Studies 280, Research Seminar: A cross-disciplinary seminar in which fundamental questions in contemporary feminist research practice are considered in light of the students' own graduate projects.
Feminist Theories. A one-quarter seminar in feminist theory offered by any department, including women's studies.
Topical Seminar. A one-quarter graduate seminar, outside the student's home department, that addresses topics relevant to the study of women, gender, and/or sexuality.
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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) Staff
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) Staff
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 98/99/198/199/199DC/199RA 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.
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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) Fagan
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 self-paced learning.
102. Anthropology of Media
(4) Yang
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, Bhavnani
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.
102B. Seminar in Women, Culture and Development
(4) Hancock, Bhavnani
Prerequisites: Anthropology 102A; upper-division standing.
Same course as Sociology 156B and Global Studies 180B.
Critical examination of the interrelationships among women, culture, and development
through individual research projects.
104. Workshop: Reading, Writing, and Thinking
(4) Robertson
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) Hatch
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.
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) Staff
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) Bray
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) Bray
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) Aldenderfer
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) Bray
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.
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 116; upper-division standing.
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.
117Y. Modernity and East Asia
(4) Yang
Focus on modern China, Japan, Korea: evolutionism, nationalism, and the discourse
of race; gender, marriage, and sexuality; the modern state; the invention and
destruction of "tradition"; urbanization and consumer culture; and,
feminist movements.
118. Modernity and the State
(4) Yang
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) Robertson
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) Mines, Smith
Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
Same course as Global Studies 121.
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.
124. Archaeology of Trade and Seafaring
(4) Fagan
Prerequisite: Anthropology 3 or 3SS.
Survey of prehistoric trade and exchange with special reference to ancient seafaring.
Case studies focus on the Indian Ocean area, the Mediterranean world, and the
relationship between southeast Asia and the Pacific.
125. Anthropology of Gender
(4) Yang
Prerequisite: not open to freshmen.
Same course as Sociology 155AG.
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.
126. East Asia: A Feminist Perspective
(4) Bray
Culture and institutions of China, Korea, and Japan viewed from the perspective
of women's experiences. Implications of East Asian constructions of gender for
the organization of family and state and for the challenges of modernization.
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.
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: upper-division standing.
Same course as Environmental Studies 130B.
Recommended preparation: Environmental Studies 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 130A-B or Anthropology 130A-B.
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.
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
Prerequisites: Anthropology 3 or 3SS; and Anthropology 100.
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.)
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) Staff
The aboriginal and modern cultures of Polynesia, Melanesia, and Micronesia.
137. The Ancient Maya
(4) Aldenderfer
The splendiferous Maya civilization as it waxed and waned during ancient times.
This course uses self-paced audiovisual modules as well as the traditional lecture
format.
138A. Elements of Traditional Chinese Culture
(4) Yang
Prerequisite: Not open to freshmen.
Same course as Sociology 130CC.
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.
138B. Socialist Chinese Society
(4) Yang
Prerequisite: Not open to freshmen.
Same course as Sociology 130CS.
An analysis of social, cultural, economic, and political patterns in the People's
Republic of China, emphasizing the diverse changes instituted after the Revolution,
as well as the new directions the society has taken since the economic reforms
of the 1980's.
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.
138UA. Underwater Archaeology
(4) Staff
Examines the basic principles of underwater archaeology. Underwater sites include
shipwrecks, sunken harbors, prehistoric settlements, and other submerged sites.
Covers mapping and surveying techniques, preservation of artifacts, and relevance
to the field of anthropology.
139. Indigenous Peoples
(4) Staff
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.
140RM. Research Methods in Cultural Anthropology
(4) Stonich
Prerequisite: Anthropology 2.
Introduction to basic research methods in social and cultural anthropology.
Focus on the role of fieldwork, preparation for field research, data collection,
management, and analysis.
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) Mines
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
Prerequisite: Anthropology 142.
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; 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) Fagan
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) Robertson
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.
147. Understanding Cultural Differences
(4) Hatch
The differences among human societies are enormous, and the question of how
to account for this diversity is a key problem for anthropology. This course
presents the main points of view for explaining how peoples differ in cultural
beliefs and behavior.
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 Food and Population
(4) Cleveland
Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
Same course as Environmental Studies 149.
The evolution, current status, and alternative future of human population and
agriculture worldwide. Emphasizes environmental, social and economic sustainability,
carrying capacities; diversity and stability; population growth, fertility,
mortality, and migration; common pool resources; farmer and scientist knowledge
and collaboration.
150A. The Archaeology of the Andean Preceramic
(4) Aldenderfer
Prerequisite: Anthropology 3 or 3SS or 5.
A survey of the early cultures of the Andean region, with a focus on the early
occupation of South America, the domestication of indigenous plant and animal
species, and the origins of social complexity of inequality.
150B. Archaeology of Andean Civilizations
(4) Schreiber
Prerequisite: Anthropology 100.
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.
Not open for credit to students who have completed Anthropology 150.
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
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.
152. Anthropology of Europe
(4) Staff
Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
Examination of the changing nature of culture and politics in contemporary Europe.
Topics include the cultures of nationalism, regionalism, separatism, ethnic
conflict, immigration, historical memory in the construction of national identities,
and the cultural politics of European integration.
153. Seminar on Primate and Human Sexual Behavior
(4) Staff
Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
A critical examination of the nature and determinants of human sexuality, emphasizing
evolutionary and cross-cultural approaches.
153S. The Evolution of Human Sexuality
(4) Staff
Recommended preparation: Anthropology 5 or 7.
Exploration of the psychological mechanismsadaptationsthat 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) Tooby
Prerequisite: 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) Robertson
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) Bray
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.
157L. Medical Anthropology: Cultural Perspectives on Health and Therapeutics
(4) Staff
This course considers non-western medical systems as well as the cultural practices
of western biomedicine as cultural systems, each with their own patterns of
knowledge and power, understandings of efficacy and well-being, ideological
constructs, and therapeutic literal practices.
158. Crop Genetic Resources: Evolution, Use, and Conservation
(4) Cleveland
Prerequisites: Anthropology 149 or Environmental Studies 149; and upper-division
standing.
Same course as Environmental Studies 158ES.
Recommended preparation: EEMB 130.
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.
159. Urban Anthropology
(4) Staff
Cultural and psychic adaptation to urban agglomeration from the earliest cities,
with emphasis on Asian, African, European, and modern American cities, to the
present-day megalopolis.
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.
161. Anthropology of Mass Media
(4) Staff
Exploration of the role of mass media in cultural processes of modernity in
societies around the world. Topics include: transnational cultural processes,
cultural imperialism, media and consumer culture, media and the imagination,
ethnography of mass media.
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.
163. Archaeology of North America
(4) Aldenderfer
A survey of North American archaeology exclusive of Mesoamerica. Changes in
prehistoric lifeways from simple hunting and gathering to complex agriculturally
based chiefdoms will be explored through the study of the development of regional
traditions over long periods of time.
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) Fagan
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) Fagan
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
Prerequisites: Anthropology 149 or Environmental Studies 149; and upper-division
standing.
Same course as Environmental Studies 166BT.
Recommended preparation: Environmental Studies 158ES or Anthropology 158. Offered
every other year.
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
(4) Cleveland
Prerequisites: Anthropology 149 or Environmental Studies 149; and upper-division
standing.
Same course as Environmental Studies 166FP.
Recommended preparation: Environmental Studies 158ES or Anthropology 158. Offered
every other year.
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.
167. People of the Ice Age
(4) Fagan, 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 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?
170. Anthropological Approaches to Law
(4) Darian-Smith
Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
Same course as Law and Society 120.
Critical review of legal anthropology. Emphasis upon theoretical developments
from classical to contemporary perspectives and their relationship to ethnographic
analyses. Topics include non-western legal systems, (post)colonialism, nationalism,
and the implication of law in constructions of race, class, and gender.
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.
172H. Advanced Studies in Lithic Analysis
(4) Aldenderfer
Prerequisite: Anthropology 3 or 3SS.
Students are introduced to the major analytical techniques for chipped stone
tool analysis. Experience in the design and execution of research into the anthropological
meaning of stone tools is emphasized. Special attention is devoted to gaining
experience in microwear techniques.
173. Nationalism 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.
174. Intra-Site Spatial Analysis in Archaeology
(4) Aldenderfer
Prerequisite: Anthropology 3 or 3SS or 100.
This course is designed to introduce students to quantitative techniques useful
for the analysis of spatially-distributed archaeological data within the site.
A major focus of the course is the integration of theory, method, and data to
solve anthropological problems.
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.
177. China Through Film
(4) Yang
Prerequisite: not open to freshmen.
Students will learn about the world's largest society through readings and Chinese
feature filmsCommunist Revolution, rural collectivization, status of women,
economic reforms, anti-traditionalism of Cultural Revolution, etc.
178. Internship in Archaeological Record-Keeping and Collections
(1-4) Glassow
Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
A student may enroll for one to four units and may repeat the course up to a
maximum of 4 units, but with no more than 4 units in one of the facilities.
Interns work three hours per week per unit. No more than 4 units credit toward
the major for Anthropology 178 and 183 combined.
Interns serve as assistants in the department's Central Coast Information Center
or Repository for Archaeological Collection or both.
180A. Faunal Analysis
(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. Faunal Analysis
(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.
182. Quantitative Data Analysis in Archaeology.
(4) Aldenderfer
Prerequisite: Anthropology 3 or 3SS or 100.
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.
182M. Introduction to Lithic Analysis
(4) Aldenderfer
Prerequisite: Anthropology 3 or 3SS or 100.
This course gives students an introduction to the anthropology and archaeology
of making and using stone tools. Practical experience in making tools and using
them experimentally is emphasized.
183. Internship in Archaeological Resource Management
(1-4) Glassow
Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
No more than 4 units credit combined toward the major for Anthropology 183 and
178.
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
Prerequisite: Anthropology 100.
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) Stonich
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) Fagan
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. Internship in Museum Record Keeping and Collections
(1-4) Staff
Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
May be repeated for credit to a maximum of 4 units.
Interns work with the collections of a local museum under supervision of a museum
staff member.
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.
193. Appalachia in the American South
(4) Hatch
Overview of the mountain South (Appalachia) from the entry of white settlers
in the eighteenth century to today, emphasizing economy, political organization,
religion, moral beliefs, and scholarly explanations of the region's "backwardness."
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.
194P. Practicum in Field and Laboratory Analysis
(1-4) Staff
Prerequisites: Anthropology 100 and 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) Fagan
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 98/99/198/199/199DC/199RA
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 98/99/198/199/199DC/199RA
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 98/99/198/199/199DC/199RA
courses combined. May be repeated to a maximum of 12 units in anthropology.
Student gains research experience through assisting faculty member in research
project.
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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.
203. Proseminar in Archaeological Theory and Practice
(1) Staff
A proseminar for all incoming archaeology graduate students. Presentations and
discussions introduce students to the faculty and the discipline, focusing on
research directions and professional preparation and conduct.
204. Agriculture, Environment, and Society
(4) Cleveland
Evolution of agriculture, current agricultural problems and alternative approaches
to making agriculture more sustainable, emphasizing sociocultural, biological,
and economic variables. Includes diversity and stability; crop genetic resources
biotechnology; farmer and scientist collaboration; managing common pool resources;
households and women.
206. Current Problems in Archaeology
(4) Staff
Course 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.
213. Anthropology of Consumption
(4) Bray
Critical survey of consumption theory. Readings will include Veblen, Elias,
Benjamin, Douglas, Bourdieu, de Certeau, Daniel Miller.
214. The Anthropology of Food
(4) Bray
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; fast food and global capitalism.
215. Cultures of Science
(4) Bray
Modern science claims to produce value-free, universal knowledge. This course
uses feminist and other critical anthropological analyses of scientific activity
and discourse to examine how scientific knowledge is produced and the extent
to which it reproduces cultural values and social hierarchies.
216. Anthropology of the State and Civil Societies
(4) Yang
An examination of state and counter-state social formations in ancient and modern
societies around the world with special attention to state projects of modernity,
transnationalism, and civil society in non-western contexts.
217. Biotechnology, Food, and Agriculture
(4) Cleveland
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, Aldenderfer
A problem-oriented approach to major issues in Andean archeology. Conducted
on a seminar basis.
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 on 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
Historical emergence of religion as an anthropological category, cross-cultural
meanings of religion, structure and agency in ritual discourse and practice,
relations between religion and nationalist movements.
227. Critical Studies in Ethnography
(4) Hancock
Recent work in anthropology that problematizes ethnographic research and writing.
Exploration of the impact of feminist and critical theory, postcolonial and
developmentalism critiques, cultural studies, globalization and transnationalism
on ethnographic projects.
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.
229A. History of Cultural Anthropology
(4) Staff
A history of cultural anthropology as revealed in the writings on major theoretical
problems beginning in the 1850's, the disputes, the solutions, and a final appraisal
of where we stand today.
229B. Foundations of Modern Social Theory
(4) Staff
Seminar introduces major post-enlightenment debates on social life and modernity.
Selections of 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.
229C. 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.
231. Crop Genetic Resources: Evolution, Use , and Conservation
(4) Cleveland
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 genebank; including case studies of crops and farming
systems.
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.
237. Anthropology of Development
(4) Staff
May be repeated for credit.
The role of anthropology in the process of development stressing theory and
practice.
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.
239S. Research Design and Writing in Sociocultural Anthropology
(4) Staff
Prerequisite: 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.
240. Research Methods in Cultural Anthropology
(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.
245A. Quantitative Data Analysis in Archaeology
(4) Aldenderfer
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) Aldenderfer
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.
246. Anthropology of the Body
(4) Bray
Prerequisite: graduate standing.
Examination of how culture is embodied and how the body is encultured. Topics
include: symbolism and ritual, objectification and discipline, health and medicalization,
cultures of perception (sight, smell, taste), sexuality and eroticism, fashion
and commercialization, emotion, and food.
249. Agricultural Anthropology
(4) Cleveland
Prerequisite: Anthropology 149.
Limited to 10 students.
Analysis of selected current world agriculture problems and alternative solutions,
integrating philosophical, sociocultural, and biological approaches, and using
detailed case studies.
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) Yang
The study of mass media and popular culture, especially in non-Western contexts,
from an anthropological perspectiverole of media in constructing national, gender,
and ethnic identity.
261. Proseminar: Survey of Biological Anthropology
(4) Tooby
A reading-intensive survey of the major issues, methods, and findings relevant
to biological anthropology, including basic paleoanthropology, primatology,
behavioral ecology, evolutionary biology, genetics, and the study of physiological
and psychological adaptations.
266FP. Small-Scale Food Production
(4) Cleveland
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.
275. Problems in Archaeological Ceramic Analysis
(4) Smith
Current methods and techniques of ceramic analysis for graduate students. Covers
both theoretical issues and data acquisition and analysis, including residue
analysis.
276. Culture Contact and Interaction
(4) Smith
Examination of culture's role in human history, with an emphasis on how the
combination of archaeological, historical, ethnohistorical and ethnographic
data can yield insights into the dynamics of interactions between different
groups at various times and places.
284. Advanced Settlement Pattern Analysis
(4) Schreiber
The acquisition, manipulation, and interpretation of prehistoric settlement
pattern data. Includes quantitative approaches.
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
Normally 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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