UCSB 2009-2010 Catalog Course Search
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| ANTH 2 - Introductory Cultural Anthropology |
| (4) STAFF |
| The nature of culture: survey of the range of cultural phenomena, includingmaterial culture, social organization, religion, and other topics. |
| ANTH 3 - Introductory Archaeology |
| (5) Fagan |
| 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. |
| ANTH 3SS - Introduction to Archeology |
| (4) STAFF |
| Introduction to archeology and the prehistory of humankind from the earliest
times up to the advent of civilization and cities, also processes of cultural
change. |
| ANTH 5 - Introductory Physical Anthropology |
| (4) Symons |
| Human evolution: evolutionary theory, basic genetical concepts, primate evolution and behavior, fossil man, evolution of human behavior and mind. |
| ANTH 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. |
| ANTH 25 - Violence and the Japanese State |
| (4) Fruhstuck |
| Examines historiographically and sociologically the Japanese state's various engagements in violent acts during war and peace times. |
| ANTH 99 - Independent Studies |
| (1-4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Consent of instructor. |
| 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. |
| ANTH 100 - Basic Archaeological Concepts |
| (4) Jochim |
| Prerequisites: 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. |
| ANTH 101 - African Archaeology |
| (4) Fagan |
| Prerequisites: 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. |
| ANTH 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 transitional media; gender and sexuality; consumer culture. Focus on television, film, and new information technology. |
| ANTH 102A - Introduction to Women, Cutlure, and Development |
| (4) Hancock, Bhavnani |
| Prerequisites: Upper-division standing. |
| Critical examination of the relations among women, culture and development. Topics include colonialism, violence, globalization, and the state, health and reproduction, biotechnology, representation, and resistance movements. |
| ANTH 102B - Seminar in Women, Culture, and Development |
| (4) Hancock, Bhavnani |
| Prerequisites: Anthropology 102A; upper-division standing. |
| Critical examination of the interrelationships among women, culture, and development through individual research projects. |
| ANTH 104 - Workshop: Reading, Writing, and Thinking |
| (4) Robertson |
| Prerequisites: Sophomore or junior standing; consent of instructor. |
| This workshop for sophomores and juniors intending to major in Anthropologydevelops an understanding of anthropological texts, and the skills necessary to undertake such projects as the undergraduate honors dissertation. |
| ANTH 104H - People, Poverty, and Environment in Central America |
| (4) Stonich |
| Prerequisites: Anthropology 2 or Environmental Studies 1 or 3. |
| 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. |
| ANTH 105 - Human Variation |
| (4) Walker |
| Prerequisites: Anthropology 5. |
| An examination of traditional race concepts contrasted with an approach to human variation through the analysis of biologically adaptive traits. |
| ANTH 106 - History of Anthropological Theory |
| (4) Hatch |
| Prerequisites: Anthropology 2. |
| An account of the intellectual traditions of anthropology, the main figureswho shaped these traditions, and the issues that both divided and united anthropologists at different periods of time. |
| ANTH 106A - From Ape to Cyborg: New Debates on Human Nature |
| (4) Weinberger-Thomas |
| Prerequisites: A prior course in Religious Studies or Anthropology. |
| 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. |
| ANTH 106B - Ritual and Violence. |
| (4) Weinberger-Thomas |
| Prerequisites: A prior course in Religious Studies or Anthropology. |
| 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. |
| ANTH 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 cross- cultural perspective. |
| ANTH 108 - Educating the Native |
| (4) Palerm, Saldivar |
| We look at different educational projects, such as Indian boarding Schools, English-only laws, the "indirect rule" of the British colonies. We address the not-always-clear line between education as a form of social control or as a form of liberation. |
| ANTH 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. |
| ANTH 110 - Technology and Culture |
| (4) Bray |
| Prerequisites: 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. |
| ANTH 111 - The Anthropology of Food |
| (4) Bray |
| Prerequisites: 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. |
| ANTH 112 - Bioarchaeology |
| (4) Walker |
| Prerequisites: 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. |
| ANTH 112Z - Theoretical Approaches in Contemporary Archaeology |
| (4) Aldenderfer |
| Prerequisites: 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. |
| ANTH 113 - Indigenous People and the Nation State in the Americas |
| (4) Palerm |
| Prerequisites: ANTH 2 or CH ST 1A, 1B, or 1C. |
| The changing relationship between indigenous people and the state. Compare the differences and similarities between indigenous peoples' mobilizations in the cases of Canada, USA, Ecuador, Chile, Guatemala, Bolivia and Mexico. |
| ANTH 113FB - Science and Society |
| (4) Bray |
| Prerequisites: 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. |
| ANTH 114 - Social Organization |
| (4) Mines |
| Emphasis on various theories of social structure and social organization incross-cultural perspective; kinship, social satisfaction, and ethnicity. |
| ANTH 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. |
| ANTH 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. |
| ANTH 117 - Borders and Borderlands |
| (4) Walsh |
| Prerequisites: Anthropology 2. |
| The theoretical concept of "borderlands" examined through a discussion of the societies, economics and cultures that form on geopolitical borders. The Mexico-U.S. border will be discussed in detail. |
| ANTH 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. |
| ANTH 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 associations); gender and the state; transnational media and migration. |
| ANTH 118TS - Archaeology of the Ancient Near East |
| (4) Smith |
| Prerequisites: Anthropology 3 or 3SS or MES 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. |
| ANTH 119 - Household Archeology |
| (4) Wilson |
| Prerequisites: Anth 3 or Anth 3SS |
| Household Archeology plays a central role in the analysis of a wide range of
anthropological issues, such as wealth, status, economic risk, gender, political
networks, and ethnicity. Focuses on how to integrate household data into
abstract general theories of social process. |
| ANTH 120 - The Family |
| (4) Robertson |
| Prerequisites: 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. |
| ANTH 121 - Human Evolution |
| (4) Walker |
| Prerequisites: Anthropology 5. |
| The nature and results of the evolutionary processes responsible for the formation and differentiation of human populations. |
| ANTH 121MS - Historical World Systems |
| (4) Staff |
| Prerequisites: 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. |
| ANTH 121T - Genetics, Natural Selection, and Human Evolution |
| (4) Tooby |
| Prerequisites: 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. |
| ANTH 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. |
| ANTH 123MG - Anthropological Data Analysis |
| (4) Gurven |
| Prerequisites: Anthropology 5 or 7; upper-division standing. |
| some mathematics or statistics background. |
| A hands-on course which 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. |
| ANTH 125 - Anthropology of Gender |
| (4) Yang |
| Prerequisites: 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. |
| ANTH 127 - Hunters and Gatherers |
| (4) Jochim |
| Prerequisites: 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 others will be examined through case studies and cross-cultural comparisons. |
| ANTH 128 - The Archeology of Gender |
| (4) VanDerwarker |
| Prerequisites: Anth 3 |
| The development of gender as a research focus in archeology over the past
several decades. Examine case studies that consider the identification and
understanding of past gender relations, specifically how gender relations are
materialized in the archaeological record. |
| ANTH 129MG - Behavioral Ecology of Hunter Gatherers |
| (4) Gurven |
| Prerequisites: 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. |
| ANTH 130A - Third World Environments: Problems and Prospects |
| (4) Stonich |
| Prerequisites: Anthropology 2 or Environmental Studies 1 or 3. |
| 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. |
| ANTH 130B - Third World Environments: Conservation and Sustainable Development |
| (4) Stonich |
| Prerequisites: Environmental Studies 1 or 3 or Anthropology 2. |
| 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 aquacultural development in the Third World. |
| ANTH 130C - Third World Environments: Response and Resistance |
| (4) Stonich |
| Prerequisites: Environmental Studies 1 or 3 or Anthropology 2. |
| 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. |
| ANTH 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. |
| ANTH 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. |
| ANTH 132TS - Ceramic Analysis in Archaeology |
| (4) Smith |
| Prerequisites: Anthropology 3 or 3SS. |
| An overview of how ceramics are used in archaeology. Topics include potterymanufacture, classification, stylistic and functional analysis, scientific analysis, chronology, production and exchange, ceramic consumption and socio-political organization. |
| ANTH 133 - Cultural Development in Mesoamerica |
| (4) Allenderfer |
| 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. |
| ANTH 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. |
| ANTH 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. |
| ANTH 136 - Peoples and Cultures of the Pacific |
| (4) STAFF |
| The aboriginal and modern cultures of Polynesia, Melanesia, and Micronesia. |
| ANTH 137 - The Ancient Maya |
| (4) Aldenderfer |
| The splendiferous Maya civilization as it waxed and waned during ancient times. |
| ANTH 138A - Elements of Traditional Chinese Culture |
| (4) Yang |
| Prerequisites: 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 culturaltradition of the state. |
| ANTH 138B - Socialist Chinese Society |
| (4) Yang |
| Prerequisites: Not open to freshmen. |
| 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 1980s. |
| ANTH 138TS - Archaeology of Egypt |
| (4) Smith |
| Prerequisites: 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 understandingEgyptian political, social, and economic dynamics. |
| ANTH 138UA - Underwater Archaeology |
| (4) Fox |
| 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. |
| ANTH 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 globilization. |
| ANTH 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. |
| ANTH 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. |
| ANTH 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. |
| ANTH 142 - Peoples and Cultures of India |
| (4) Mines |
| Rise of Indian Civilization from prehistoric times to the present; regionaldivisions of India; family, kin, caste groups, and village life; social organization above village level; effects of urbanization, British rule, and independence. |
| ANTH 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. |
| ANTH 143 - Introduction to Contemporary Social Theory |
| (4) Darian-Smith |
| Prerequisites: 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. |
| ANTH 143F - Ethics in Archaeology |
| (4) Fagan |
| Prerequisites: 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. |
| ANTH 144 - The Archeology of Warfare |
| (4) Wilson |
| Tacks between cross-cultural ethnographic research and archaeological case
studies of violence to provide a historically contextualized and data-rich
exploration of violence in the ancient world. |
| ANTH 145 - Anthropological Demography and Life History |
| (4) Gurven |
| Prerequisites: Anthropology 5 or 7 or upper-division standing; or Environmental Studies 2 or 3. |
| Introduces students to anthropologic 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. |
| ANTH 146 - Development Anthropology |
| (4) Robertson |
| Prerequisites: Upper-division standing. |
| An introduction to the planning of economic development in the "Third World" and its social consequences from the perspective of anthropology. |
| ANTH 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. |
| ANTH 148A - Comparative Ethnicity |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Anthropology 2 or 5. |
| A cross-cultural examination of the part that ethnicity and race play in human affairs. |
| ANTH 148MH - Aesthetic Anthropology |
| (4) Hancock |
| Prerequisites: 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. |
| ANTH 149 - World Agriculture, Food, and Population |
| (4) Cleveland |
| Prerequisites: Upper-division standing. |
| 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. |
| ANTH 150A - The Archaeology of the Andean Preceramic |
| (4) Aldenderfer |
| Prerequisites: Anthropology 2 or 3 or 3SS or 5. |
| A survey of the early cultures of the Andean region, with a focus upon the early occupation of South America, the domestication of indigenous plant and animal species, and the origins of social complexity and inequality. |
| ANTH 150B - Archaeology of Andean Civilizations |
| (4) Schreiber |
| Prerequisites: Anthropology 3; not open to freshmen. |
| Upper-division courses in archaeology. |
| A survey of the prehistory of Andean South America beginning with complex cultures of the Initial Period and ending with an overview of the Inca Empire. Major cultures include Chavin, Nasca, Moche, Wari and Tiwanaku. |
| ANTH 150C - The Inca Empire |
| (4) Schreiber |
| Prerequisites: Anthropology 3 or 3SS. |
| An in-depth study of the fabled Inca Empire of South America, including archaeological and historical sources. Topics include Inca origins, political organization, economy, and social structure. |
| ANTH 151T - Evolutionary Psychology |
| (4) Tooby, Gaulin |
| Prerequisites: 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. |
| ANTH 153 - Seminar on Primate and Human Sexual Behavior |
| (4) Brown, Symons |
| Prerequisites: Consent of instructor. |
| A critical examination of the nature and determinants of human sexuality, emphasizing evolutionary and cross-cultural approaches. |
| ANTH 153S - The Evolution of Human Sexuality |
| (4) Symons |
| Anthropology 5 or 7. |
| Exploration of the psychological mechanism--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. |
| ANTH 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. |
| ANTH 154 - Special Topics in Social Anthropology |
| (4) STAFF |
| Seminar. A critical review of selected theoretical and methodological contributions of social anthropology to the description, analysis, and comparison of human societies. |
| ANTH 155 - Prehistory of California and the Great Basin |
| (4) Glassow |
| Prerequisites: 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. |
| ANTH 156 - Understanding Africa |
| (4) Robertson |
| Prerequisites: 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? |
| ANTH 157 - Medicine in Chinese Culture |
| (4) Bray |
| Prerequisites: 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 contempory China. Medical representations and choices in a pluralist system. |
| ANTH 158 - Cultural and Biological Diversity of Food Plants |
| (4) Cleveland |
| Prerequisites: Upper-division standing. |
| Environmental Studies 149 or Anthropology 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. |
| ANTH 160 - Cultural Ecology |
| (4) Jochim |
| Prerequisites: 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. |
| ANTH 162 - Prehistoric Food Production |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: 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. |
| ANTH 163 - Archeology of North America |
| (4) Wilson |
| A survey of North American archeology 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. |
| ANTH 164 - The Origins of Complex Societies |
| (4) Schreiber |
| Prerequisites: 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. |
| ANTH 165 - History of Archaeology |
| (4) Fagan |
| Prerequisites: 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. |
| ANTH 166 - Climate Change in Prehistory |
| (4) Fagen |
| Prerequisites: 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. |
| ANTH 166BT - Biotechnology, Food, and Agriculture |
| (4) Cleveland |
| Prerequisites: Upper-division standing. |
| Anthropology 149 or Environmental Studies 149 or Geography 161. |
| 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. |
| ANTH 166FP - Small-Scale Food Production |
| (5) Cleveland |
| Prerequisites: Anthropology 149 or Environmental Studies 149 or Geography 161. |
| Biological, ecological, social, and economic principles of small-scale food production and their practical applications. Includes each student cultivating a garden plot; lab exercises, field trips to local farms and gardens. |
| ANTH 167 - People of the Ice Age |
| (4) Fagan, Jochim |
| Prerequisites: Anthropology 3 or 3SS. |
| Human adaptations and population dispersals during th 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. |
| ANTH 168 - Ethnology in Rural California: Transformations in Agriculture, Farm Labor, and Rural Communities |
| (4) Juan-Vicente |
| 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 rurual society. Special emphasis is given to the settlement of immigrant farmworkers and the formation of new human communities. |
| ANTH 169 - Evolution of Cooperation |
| (4) Gurven |
| Prerequisites: 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, others stingy? How do propensities, personalities, ecology, and cultural institutions affect success in cooperation? |
| ANTH 172 - Colonialism and Culture |
| (4) Hancock |
| Prerequisites: Upper-division standing. |
| Historical and socialcultural processes of colonialism and postcolonialism in selected societies. Topics include: relations between colonialism and capitalism; rise of nationalism; race and sexuality; cultural dimensions ofand resistance to colonialism; modernization and development regimes; postcolonial critique. |
| ANTH 173 - Nationalisms and the Nation-State |
| (4) Darian-Smith |
| Prerequisites: 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. |
| ANTH 174 - Intra-Site Spatial Analysis in Archaeology |
| (4) Aldenderfer |
| Prerequisites: 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. |
| ANTH 175 - Southwestern Archaeology |
| (4) Schreiber |
| Prerequisites: Anthropology 3 or 3SS. |
| Understanding the sequence of cultural development in the Southwest U.S. 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 ballcourts, platform mounds, and irrigation systems of desert hohokam. |
| ANTH 176 - Representations of Sexuality in Modern Japan |
| (4) Fruhstuck |
| The main ideologies guiding the establishment of various representations of sexuality from prewar scientific writings to contemporary popular culture. |
| ANTH 176TS - Ancient Egyptian Religion |
| (4) Smith |
| Prerequisites: 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. |
| ANTH 178 - Internship in Archaeological Record-Keeping and Collections |
| (1-4) Glassow |
| Prerequisites: Consent of instructor. |
| Interns serve as assistants in the department's Central Coast Information Center or Repository for Archaeological Collections or both. |
| ANTH 179 - Seminar on the Anthropology of Symbolism |
| (4) Mines |
| Prerequisites: Consent of instructor. |
| A cross-cultural inquiry into the nature and role of symbolism in human society. Discussions on non-verbal communication, myth, ethos, world view, national symbols, political ideology, and the ideology of social structure as symbolic systems. |
| ANTH 180A - Osteology |
| (4) Walker |
| Prerequisites: Consent of instructor. |
| 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. |
| ANTH 180B - Osteology |
| (4) Walker |
| Prerequisites: Anthropology 180A; consent of instructor. |
| Continuation of Anthropology 180A with the development of a research project. |
| ANTH 181 - Methods and Techniques of Field Archaeology |
| (6) Glassow |
| Prerequisites: 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. |
| ANTH 182 - Quantitative Data Analysis in Archaeology |
| (4) Aldenderfer |
| Prerequisites: 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 (mutimedia) format. |
| ANTH 182M - Introduction to Lithic Analysis |
| (4) Aldenderfer |
| Prerequisites: 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 makingtools and using them experimentally is emphasized. |
| ANTH 183 - Internship in Archaeological Resource Management |
| (1-4) Glassow |
| Prerequisites: Consent of instructor. |
| 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. |
| ANTH 184 - Settlement Pattern Analysis in Archaeology |
| (4) Schreiber |
| Prerequisites: Anthropology 3; not open to freshmen. |
| 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. |
| ANTH 185 - Human Environmental Rights |
| (4) Stonich |
| Prerequisites: Anthropology 2 or Environmental Studies 1 or 3. |
| 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. |
| ANTH 186 - Lab Course in Paleoethnobotany |
| (4) VanDerwarker |
| Prerequisites: Anth 3 |
| Study of archaeological plant remains, including field/lab methodology, the
reconstruction of ancient environment and the subsistence, spatial and temporal
analysis, quantitative methods, and taxonomy. Divided between lecture,
discussion, and labwork, involving microscopic identification of
paleoethnobotanical remains. |
| ANTH 187 - The Clash of Cultures |
| (4) Fagan |
| Prerequisites: Anthropology 2 and 3; or Anthropology 3SS. |
| A historical and anthropological survey of contact between Western civilization and non-Western societies from Medieval times up to the early twentieth century. Peoples covered include Khoi, Aztecs, Tahitians, Fuegians, Maori, and Northwest Indians. |
| ANTH 188 - The Seacoast in Prehistory |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Anthropology 3 or 3SS. |
| An examination of maritime adaptations in world prehistory, emphasizing theintegration of marine resources into economies of varying degrees of complexity. Course will cover New and Old World culture areas and the SantaBarbara region. |
| ANTH 189 - Problems in European Prehistory |
| (4) Jochim |
| Prerequisites: Anthropology 3 or 3SS. |
| Seminar in selected problems in the archaeology of Europe. |
| ANTH 190 - Cultural Anthropology Internship |
| (1-4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Consent of instructor. |
| 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 instuctor and an extramural anthropologist, the student conceives a set of activities for the intership. |
| ANTH 191A - Prehistoric and Early Historic Artifacts: Technology of Their Manufacture and Use |
| (4) Glassow |
| Prerequisites: Anthropology 3. |
| Consideration of how prehistoric and early historic peoples manufactured and used all major classes of artifacts found in North America archaeological sites, and how archaeologists manage artifact collections and reconstruct technology through artifact analysis. |
| ANTH 191B - Analysis of Archaeological Materials |
| (2) Glassow |
| Prerequisites: Anthropology 3 or 3SS. |
| An advanced applied course focused on the analysis and interpretation of prehistoric artifacts from archeological sites in California. Research design, data recording, simple statistical analysis and interpretation are covered as the site analysis progresses through the quarter. |
| ANTH 194 - Field Training Archaeology |
| (1-8) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Anthropology 3 or 3SS; and, Anthropology 100 and 133. |
| 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. |
| ANTH 194FT - Pacific Islands Field Training Course |
| (5) Aswani |
| 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. |
| ANTH 194P - Practicum in Field and Laboratory Analysis |
| (1-4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Anthropology 100; consent of instructor. |
| An applied course emphasizing acqusition 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, cataloguing, field excavation and preparation of research results. |
| ANTH 195A - Senior Honors Program |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Admission to senior honors program; consent of instructor. |
| 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. |
| ANTH 195B - Senior Honors Program |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Admission to senior honors program; consent of instructor. |
| Independent research under the supervision of an anthropology faculty member which will result in senior thesis. B: writing of thesis will be completed. |
| ANTH 196 - Archaeology of Religion |
| (4) Fagan |
| Prerequisites: 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. |
| ANTH 197 - Special Courses |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Upper-division standing. |
| Intensive studies or projects focused on special problems related to Anthropology which are not covered by other courses. |
| ANTH 198 - Independent Readings in Anthropology |
| (1-5) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Upper-division standing; completion of 2 upper-division courses in Anthropology. |
| Intended for students who know their own reading needs. Normally requires regular meeting with the instructor. |
| ANTH 199 - Independent Studies in Anthropology |
| (1-5) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Upper-division standing; completion of 2 upper-division courses in Anthropology. |
| Students must execute a limitied research project on their own initiative. |
| ANTH 199RA - Undergraduate Research Assistance Training in Anthropology |
| (1-5) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Upper-division standing; completion of 2 upper-division courses in Anthropology. |
| Student gains research experience through assisting faculty member in research project. |
| ANTH 200 - Class |
| (4) Mann |
| The concept of class has had a tumultuous association with anthropology. This course tackles the question of class in social life, examining a range of class-theoretic literature and anthropological and historical works that have contributed to relevant debates. |
| ANTH 201A - Classical Archaeological Theory |
| (4) Jochim |
| Prerequisites: Graduate standing in Anthropology. |
| 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. |
| ANTH 201B - Contemporary Archaeology Theory |
| (4) Schreiber |
| Prerequisites: Graduate standing in anthropology. |
| A survey and critique or archaeological theory from the 1980's to the present, emphasizing the diversity of new approaches and their implications for research. |
| ANTH 203 - Proseminar in Archaeological Theory and Practice |
| (1) STAFF |
| A proseminar for all incoming archaeology graduate students. Presentationsand discussions introduce students to the faculty and the discipline, focusing on research directions and professional preparation and conduct. |
| ANTH 204 - World Agriculture, Food and Population |
| (4) Cleveland |
| Prerequisites: Graduate standing. |
| The evolution, current status, and alternative futures of human population and agriculture worldwide. Emphasizes environmental, social and economic sustainability; carrying capacities; diversity and stability; population growth, fertility, morality and migration; common pool resources; farmer and scientist knowledge and collaboration. |
| ANTH 204A - Issues in Prehistory -- I |
| (4) STAFF |
| An intensive survey of world prehistory from the earliest times up to the advent of food production. The course focuses on the history of research, basic theoretical and intellectual issues, and culture history in old and new worlds. |
| ANTH 205 - Religion, Modernity, Politics |
| (4) Yang |
| Prerequisites: Graduate standing. |
| An examination of the diverse ways that religion has been both compartmentalized and incorporated into modernity, and its relationships with secular institutions like the state. Emphasis on non-Western contexts.Topics: religious nationalism, economy of religions, gender, mass media, ritual, colonialism. |
| ANTH 206 - Current Problems in Archaeology |
| (4) STAFF |
| Critical examination of a selected aspect of contemporary archaeological research and theory. Topics will vary from year to year. |
| ANTH 207 - Problems in Hunter-Gatherer Archaeology |
| (4) Jochim |
| Prerequisites: Consent of instructor. |
| A problem-oriented seminar focussing on major issues in the archaeology of hunter-gatherers. |
| ANTH 210 - Basic Issues in Physical Anthropology |
| (4) Walker |
| Prerequisites: Consent of instructor. |
| A review of basic issues in physical anthropology for gradute students in archaeology. |
| ANTH 213 - Anthropology of Consumption |
| (4) Bray |
| A critical survey of consumption theory. Readings will include Veblen, Elias, Benjamin, Douglas, Bourdieu, de Certeau, Daniel Miller. |
| ANTH 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. |
| ANTH 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. |
| ANTH 217 - Biotechnology, Food, and Agriculture |
| (4) Cleveland |
| Prerequisites: 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 methods of BT; scientific, social, and political control of BT; effect of BT on genetic diversity, small-scale farmers, the environment, food supply, consumer health. |
| ANTH 218 - Problems in Andean Archaeology |
| (4) Schreiber |
| A problem-oriented approach to major issues in Andean archaeology. Focus is on the Middle Horizon of the Andean prehistory, especially the Wari and Tiwanaku cultures. Conducted on a seminar basis. |
| ANTH 220 - Anthropological Data Analysis |
| (4) Gurven |
| Prerequisites: Graduate standing. |
| 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. |
| ANTH 222 - Ethnicity and Race in the Americas |
| (4) Saldivar |
| Identifies different racial projects, of how "ethnicity" and "race" are understood in specific contexts. Special attention is put on the ideas of mestizaje, indigenismo and development, and the role that played in the racial projects of Latin America. |
| ANTH 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. |
| ANTH 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. |
| ANTH 226 - Religion, Media, and Culture |
| (4) Hancock |
| Prerequisites: Graduate standing. |
| Deals with the intersection of religion, culture and media in the context of contemporary, global transformations in religion. Topics may include indigenous media, televangelism, cyber-religion, new religious movements, proselytic media, neo-traditionalist fundamentalisms. |
| ANTH 228 - Culture and Spatial Practice |
| (4) Hancock |
| Exploration of the sociocultural production of built form and the impact ofsocial 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. |
| ANTH 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. |
| ANTH 231 - Crop Genetic Resources |
| (4) Cleveland |
| Prerequisites: 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 project on local crop genetic resources. |
| ANTH 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. |
| ANTH 234 - Advanced Theory and Method in Evolutionary Psychology |
| (4) Tooby |
| Prerequisites: 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. |
| ANTH 235 - Contemporary Topics in Biological Anthropology |
| (1) Tooby, Gurven, Gaulin |
| Prerequisites: Graduate standing in Anthropology or a related field. |
| Read and discuss professional literature in biological anthropology and related fields: evolutionary and life history theory, human biology, paleoanthropology, biomedical science and primatology. Course keeps students abreast of key developments in the field. |
| ANTH 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. |
| ANTH 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. |
| ANTH 239A - Research Design and Writing in Archaeology |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: 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. |
| ANTH 240A - 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. |
| ANTH 240B - Research Design and Writing in Sociocultural Anthropology |
| (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. |
| ANTH 240C - Research Seminar in Cultural Anthropology |
| (4) Staff |
| Prerequisites: Graduate standing. |
| Required research and writing seminar during which second-year graduate students write individual MA papers. |
| ANTH 241 - Contemporary Topics in Biological Anthropology |
| (1) Tooby, Gurven, Gaulin |
| Prerequisites: Graduate standing in Anthropology or a related field. |
| Read and discuss professional literature in biological anthropology and related fields: evolutionary and life history theory, human biology, paleoanthropology, biomedical science and primatology. Course keeps students abreast of key developments in the field. |
| ANTH 245A - Quantitative Data Analysis Archaeology |
| (4) Aldenderfer |
| This course is and introduction to the practical analysis of commonly-encountered archaeological data using simple quantitaive and statistical procedures, such as exploratory data analysis, sampling, regression, and spatial analysis. The course is taught in a computer-assisted (multimedia) format. |
| ANTH 245B - Quantitative Data Analysis in Archaeology |
| (4) Aldenderfer |
| Prerequisites: 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 experiencein research designs which yield data that can be effectively analyzed. |
| ANTH 249 - Agricultural Anthropology |
| (4) Cleveland |
| Prerequisites: Consent of instructor. |
| Analysis of selected current world agricultural problems and alternative solutions, integrating philosophical, sociocultural and biological approaches, and using detailed case studies. |
| ANTH 250 - Method and Theory in Anthropology |
| (4) STAFF |
| A discussion of general problems in anthropology. Consult with department office for faculty designation. |
| ANTH 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. |
| ANTH 255 - Anthropology of Mass Media and Popular Culture |
| (4) Yang |
| 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. |
| ANTH 257 - Human Behavioral Ecology Theory and Method |
| (4) Gurven |
| Prerequisites: 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. |
| ANTH 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. |
| ANTH 266FP - Small-Scale Food Production |
| (4) Cleveland |
| Prerequisites: 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. |
| ANTH 275 - Problems in Archaeological Ceramic Analysis |
| (4) STAFF |
| Current methods and techniques of ceramic analysis for graduate students. Covers both theoretical issues and data acquistion and analysis, including residue analysis. |
| ANTH 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. |
| ANTH 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. |
| ANTH 297 - Graduate Studies |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Graduate standing, consent of instructor and department. |
| Graduate tutorial involving regular conferences with instructor and directed research toward seminar paper(s). Attendance at relevant upper-division lectures also required. |
| ANTH 501 - Teaching Assistant Practicum |
| (4) STAFF |
| 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. |
| ANTH 594 - Field Research Training |
| (2-12) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Consent of instructor. |
| Introduction to the planning and implementaiton of full-scale research projects. The opportunity will be given to formulate and carry out designs and to direct crews in data collection. |
| ANTH 596 - Directed Reading and Research |
| (2-6) STAFF |
| Individual tutorial. |
| ANTH 597 - Individual Study for Master's Comprehensive Examinations |
| (2-6) STAFF |
| Individual tutorial. |
| ANTH 598 - Master's Thesis and Pre-Candidacy Preparation |
| (2-12) STAFF |
| Individual tutorial for graduate students writing the research paper and/ordissertation proposal for advancement to candidacy. |
| ANTH 599 - Dissertation Research and Preparation |
| (2-12) STAFF |
| Individual tutorial. |