Course Lists
Anthropological Theory Courses
Note: Each course may only be used to satisfy a single major requirement. Courses cannot be double-counted for requirements within the anthropology major. Students may not substitute coursework from another program or institution for core requirements.
ANTH100 | History and Theory of Biological Anthropology | 5 |
ANTH150 | Communicating Anthropology | 5 |
ANTH152 | Survey of Cultural Anthropological Theory | 5 |
ANTH170 | History of Archaeological Theory | 5 |
Sociocultural Anthropology Courses
Note: Each course may only be used to satisfy a single major requirement. Courses cannot be double-counted for requirements within the anthropology major. Students may not substitute coursework from another program or institution for core requirements. Not all of these courses are offered each year.
ANTH119 | Indigenous Visual Culture | 5 |
ANTH125 | Magic, Science, and Religion | 5 |
ANTH129 | Beyond Borders: Other Globalizations and Histories of Interconnection | 5 |
ANTH131 | Gender in Cross-Cultural Context | 5 |
ANTH134 | Medical Anthropology: An Introduction | 5 |
ANTH135A | Cities | 5 |
ANTH136 | The Biology of Everyday Life | 5 |
ANTH137 | Consuming Culture | 5 |
ANTH138 | Political Anthropology | 5 |
ANTH139 | Language and Culture | 5 |
ANTH141 | Anthropology of Developing Countries: Environment, Water, Entropy | |
ANTH142 | Anthropology of Law | 5 |
ANTH143 | Performance and Power | 5 |
ANTH144 | Anthropology of Poverty and Welfare | 5 |
ANTH145X | Special Topics in Socio-Cultural Anthropology | 5 |
ANTH146 | Anthropology and the Environment | 5 |
ANTH147 | Anthropology and the Anthropocene | 5 |
ANTH148 | Gender and Global Development | 5 |
ANTH149 | Anthropology of Activism | 5 |
ANTH151 | Workshop in Ethnography | 5 |
ANTH157 | Modernity and Its Others | 5 |
ANTH158 | Feminist Ethnographies | 5 |
ANTH159 | Race and Anthropology | 5 |
ANTH160 | Reproductive and Population Politics | 5 |
ANTH161 | The Anthropology of Food | 5 |
ANTH163 | Kinship | 5 |
Regional Specialization Courses
Note: Each course may only be used to satisfy a single major requirement. Courses cannot be double-counted for requirements within the anthropology major. Students may not substitute coursework from another program or institution for core requirements. Not all of these courses are offered each year.
ANTH130A | Anthropology of Africa. | 5 |
ANTH130C | Politics and Culture in China | 5 |
ANTH130E | Culture and Politics of Island Southeast Asia | 5 |
ANTH130F | Blackness In Motion: Anthology of the African Diasporas | 5 |
ANTH130H | Ethnography of Russia and Eastern Europe | 5 |
ANTH130I | Cultures of India | 5 |
ANTH130L | Ethnographies of Latin America | 5 |
ANTH130M | Inside Mexico | 5 |
ANTH130O | Native Feminisms, Gender, and Settler Colonialism | 5 |
ANTH130P | Ethnography of Southern Cone Chile and Argentina | 5 |
ANTH130T | Religion and Politics in the Muslim World | 5 |
ANTH130U | Central America | 5 |
ANTH130V | Ethnography of Russia | 5 |
ANTH130W | Ethnography of Eastern Europe | 5 |
ANTH130X | Special Topics in Ethnography | 5 |
ANTH175B | African Complex Societies | 5 |
ANTH176A | North American Archaeology | 5 |
ANTH176B | Meso-American Archaeology | 5 |
ANTH176C | Archaeology of the American Southwest | 5 |
ANTH176D | Colonial Encounters in the Americas | 5 |
ANTH176E | Archaeology of the Pacific Northwest | 5 |
ANTH176F | California Archaeology | 5 |
Archaeology Courses
Note: Each course may only be used to satisfy a single major requirement. Courses cannot be double-counted for requirements within the anthropology major. Students may not substitute coursework from another program or institution for core requirements. Not all of these courses are offered each year.
ANTH171 | Materials and Methods in Historical Archaeology | 5 |
ANTH172 | Archaeological Research Design | 5 |
ANTH173 | Origins of Farming | 5 |
ANTH174 | Origins of Complex Societies | 5 |
ANTH175B | African Complex Societies | 5 |
ANTH176A | North American Archaeology | 5 |
ANTH176B | Meso-American Archaeology | 5 |
ANTH176C | Archaeology of the American Southwest | 5 |
ANTH176D | Colonial Encounters in the Americas | 5 |
ANTH176E | Archaeology of the Pacific Northwest | 5 |
ANTH176F | California Archaeology | 5 |
ANTH178 | Historical Archaeology: A Global Perspective | 5 |
HIS158C | Slavery in the Atlantic World: Historical and Archaeological Perspectives | 5 |
ANTH180 | Ceramic Analysis in Archaeology | 5 |
ANTH180L | Ceramic Analysis Laboratory | 2 |
ANTH181X | Special Topics in Archaeology | 5 |
ANTH182A | Lithic Technology | 5 |
ANTH184 | Zooarchaeology | 5 |
ANTH185 | Osteology of Mammals, Birds, and Fish | 5 |
ANTH187 | Cultural Heritage in Colonial Contexts | 5 |
ANTH187B | Cultural Resource Management | 5 |
ANTH189 | Archaeology Field Methods | 5 |
or 6 credits of Practicum in Archaeology (ANTH 188A/188B/188C)
Biological/Medical/Environmental Anthropology Courses
Note: Each course may only be used to satisfy a single major requirement. Courses cannot be double-counted for requirements within the anthropology major. Students may not substitute coursework from another program or institution for core requirements. Not all of these courses are offered each year.
Biological Anthropology
Note: Not all of these courses are offered each year.
Medical Anthropology
Note: Not all of these courses are offered each year.
ANTH134 | Medical Anthropology: An Introduction | 5 |
ANTH136 | The Biology of Everyday Life | 5 |
ANTH140 | The Body in Rain: Environmental and Medical Intersections | 5 |
Environmental Anthropology
Note: Not all of these courses are offered each year.
ANTH146 | Anthropology and the Environment | 5 |
ANTH147 | Anthropology and the Anthropocene | 5 |
ANTH140 | The Body in Rain: Environmental and Medical Intersections | 5 |
Anthropology At-Large Courses
Note: Not all of these courses are offered each year.
Anthropology At-Large courses may be used as electives for completing upper-division course requirements. These courses do not count as anthropological theory, sociocultural anthropology, regional specialization, or biological anthropology and archaeology courses.
ANTH110A | Public Life and Contemporary Issues | 5 |
ANTH110B | From Indiana Jones to Stonehenge: Archaeology as Popular Culture | 5 |
ANTH110C | California Pasts | 5 |
ANTH110D | Tourism Imaginaries and Encounters | 5 |
ANTH110E | Anthropology of Global Environmental Change | 5 |
ANTH110F | Evolution of Human Diet | 5 |
ANTH110H | Acoustic Culture | 5 |
ANTH110K | Culture Through Food | 5 |
ANTH110L | Decolonizing Methodologies | 5 |
ANTH110O | Postcolonial Britain and France | 5 |
ANTH110P | India and Indian Diaspora through Film | 5 |
ANTH110Q | Queer Sexuality in Black Popular Culture | 5 |
ANTH110S | Evolution of Democracy | 5 |
ANTH110T | Motherhood in American Culture | 5 |
ANTH110W | Land and Waterscapes Entropology | 5 |
ANTH110V | Virtual Values: The Cultural Politics of Information Technology | |
Laboratory Methods Courses
Note: Not all of these courses are offered each year.
These courses are designed for students interested in pursuing graduate research or careers that require specialized training in laboratory methods.
Biological Anthropology Laboratory Methods
Note: Not all of these courses are offered each year.
The biological anthropology laboratory methods courses may be used to satisfy upper-division electives. These courses do not count toward the anthropological theory, sociocultural anthropology, regional specialization, or biological/medical/environmental anthropology core requirements.
ANTH102A | Human Skeletal Biology | 5 |
ANTH103 | Forensic Anthropology | 5 |
ANTH103I | Forensic Anthropology | 4 |
ANTH107A | Methods and Research in Biological Anthropology: Genetics | 5 |
ANTH103B | Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology | |
ANTH107B | Methods and Research in Biological Anthropology: Stable Isotopes | 5 |
Archaeology Laboratory Methods
Note: Not all of these courses are offered each year.
Archaeology laboratory methods courses may be used to satisfy the archaeology core requirement or upper-division electives.
ANTH171 | Materials and Methods in Historical Archaeology | 5 |
ANTH180 | Ceramic Analysis in Archaeology | 5 |
ANTH180L | Ceramic Analysis Laboratory | 2 |
ANTH182A | Lithic Technology | 5 |
ANTH184 | Zooarchaeology | 5 |
ANTH184L | Zooarchaeology Laboratory | 2 |
ANTH185 | Osteology of Mammals, Birds, and Fish | 5 |
Senior Seminars
Note: Not all of these courses are offered each year.