Courses in Anthropology by Category

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.

ANTH100History and Theory of Biological Anthropology

5

ANTH150Communicating Anthropology

5

ANTH152Survey of Cultural Anthropological Theory

5

ANTH170History 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.

ANTH119Indigenous Visual Culture

5

ANTH125Magic, Science, and Religion

5

ANTH129Beyond Borders: Other Globalizations and Histories of Interconnection

5

ANTH131Gender in Cross-Cultural Context

5

ANTH134Medical Anthropology: An Introduction

5

ANTH135ACities

5

ANTH136The Biology of Everyday Life

5

ANTH137Consuming Culture

5

ANTH138Political Anthropology

5

ANTH139Language and Culture

5

ANTH141Anthropology of Developing Countries: Environment, Water, Entropy

ANTH142Anthropology of Law

5

ANTH143Performance and Power

5

ANTH144Anthropology of Poverty and Welfare

5

ANTH145XSpecial Topics in Socio-Cultural Anthropology

5

ANTH146Anthropology and the Environment

5

ANTH147Anthropology and the Anthropocene

5

ANTH148Gender and Global Development

5

ANTH149Anthropology of Activism

5

ANTH151Workshop in Ethnography

5

ANTH157Modernity and Its Others

5

ANTH158Feminist Ethnographies

5

ANTH159Race and Anthropology

5

ANTH160Reproductive and Population Politics

5

ANTH161The Anthropology of Food

5

ANTH163Kinship

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.

ANTH130AAnthropology of Africa.

5

ANTH130CPolitics and Culture in China

5

ANTH130ECulture and Politics of Island Southeast Asia

5

ANTH130FBlackness In Motion: Anthology of the African Diasporas

5

ANTH130HEthnography of Russia and Eastern Europe

5

ANTH130ICultures of India

5

ANTH130LEthnographies of Latin America

5

ANTH130MInside Mexico

5

ANTH130ONative Feminisms, Gender, and Settler Colonialism

5

ANTH130PEthnography of Southern Cone Chile and Argentina

5

ANTH130TReligion and Politics in the Muslim World

5

ANTH130UCentral America

5

ANTH130VEthnography of Russia

5

ANTH130WEthnography of Eastern Europe

5

ANTH130XSpecial Topics in Ethnography

5

ANTH175BAfrican Complex Societies

5

ANTH176ANorth American Archaeology

5

ANTH176BMeso-American Archaeology

5

ANTH176CArchaeology of the American Southwest

5

ANTH176DColonial Encounters in the Americas

5

ANTH176EArchaeology of the Pacific Northwest

5

ANTH176FCalifornia 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.

ANTH171Materials and Methods in Historical Archaeology

5

ANTH172Archaeological Research Design

5

ANTH173Origins of Farming

5

ANTH174Origins of Complex Societies

5

ANTH175BAfrican Complex Societies

5

ANTH176ANorth American Archaeology

5

ANTH176BMeso-American Archaeology

5

ANTH176CArchaeology of the American Southwest

5

ANTH176DColonial Encounters in the Americas

5

ANTH176EArchaeology of the Pacific Northwest

5

ANTH176FCalifornia Archaeology

5

ANTH178Historical Archaeology: A Global Perspective

5

HIS158CSlavery in the Atlantic World: Historical and Archaeological Perspectives

5

ANTH180Ceramic Analysis in Archaeology

5

ANTH180LCeramic Analysis Laboratory

2

ANTH181XSpecial Topics in Archaeology

5

ANTH182ALithic Technology

5

ANTH184Zooarchaeology

5

ANTH185Osteology of Mammals, Birds, and Fish

5

ANTH187Cultural Heritage in Colonial Contexts

5

ANTH187BCultural Resource Management

5

ANTH189Archaeology Field Methods

5

or 6 credits of Practicum in Archaeology (ANTH 188A/188B/188C)

ANTH188APracticum in Archaeology A

2

ANTH188BPracticum in Archaeology B

2

ANTH188CPracticum in Archaeology C

2

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.

ANTH100History and Theory of Biological Anthropology

5

ANTH101Human Evolution

5

ANTH104Human Variation and Adaptation

5

ANTH105Human Paleopathology

5

ANTH106Primate Behaviorand Ecology

5

ANTH108Neanderthals

ANTH111Human Ecology

5

ANTH190XSpecial topics in Biological Anthropology

5

Medical Anthropology

Note: Not all of these courses are offered each year.

ANTH134Medical Anthropology: An Introduction

5

ANTH136The Biology of Everyday Life

5

ANTH140The Body in Rain: Environmental and Medical Intersections

5

Environmental Anthropology

Note: Not all of these courses are offered each year.

ANTH146Anthropology and the Environment

5

ANTH147Anthropology and the Anthropocene

5

ANTH140The 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.

ANTH110APublic Life and Contemporary Issues

5

ANTH110BFrom Indiana Jones to Stonehenge: Archaeology as Popular Culture

5

ANTH110CCalifornia Pasts

5

ANTH110DTourism Imaginaries and Encounters

5

ANTH110EAnthropology of Global Environmental Change

5

ANTH110FEvolution of Human Diet

5

ANTH110HAcoustic Culture

5

ANTH110KCulture Through Food

5

ANTH110LDecolonizing Methodologies

5

ANTH110OPostcolonial Britain and France

5

ANTH110PIndia and Indian Diaspora through Film

5

ANTH110QQueer Sexuality in Black Popular Culture

5

ANTH110SEvolution of Democracy

5

ANTH110TMotherhood in American Culture

5

ANTH110WLand and Waterscapes Entropology

5

ANTH110VVirtual 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.

ANTH102AHuman Skeletal Biology

5

ANTH103Forensic Anthropology

5

ANTH103IForensic Anthropology

4

ANTH107AMethods and Research in Biological Anthropology: Genetics

5

ANTH103BForensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology

ANTH107BMethods 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.

ANTH171Materials and Methods in Historical Archaeology

5

ANTH180Ceramic Analysis in Archaeology

5

ANTH180LCeramic Analysis Laboratory

2

ANTH182ALithic Technology

5

ANTH184Zooarchaeology

5

ANTH184LZooarchaeology Laboratory

2

ANTH185Osteology of Mammals, Birds, and Fish

5

Senior Seminars

Note: Not all of these courses are offered each year.

ANTH194AAnthropology of Dead Persons

5

ANTH194BChimpanzees: Biology, Behavior, and Evolution

5

ANTH194CFeminist Anthropology

5

ANTH194FMemory

5

ANTH194HPaleoanthropology

5

ANTH194IConsumption and Consumerism

5

ANTH194KReading Ethnographies

5

ANTH194LArchaeology of the African Diaspora

5

ANTH194MMedical Anthropology

5

ANTH194NComparison of Cultures

5

ANTH194OMasculinities

5

ANTH194SHearing Culture: The Anthropology of Sound

5

ANTH194TPoverty and Inequality

5

ANTH194UEnvironmental Anthropology: Nature, Culture, Politics

5

ANTH194XWomen in Politics: A Third World Perspective

5

ANTH194ZEmerging Worlds

5

ANTH196DFood and Medicine

5

ANTH196FThe Anthropology of Things: Gift, Sign, Commodity, Tool

5

ANTH196HGlobal History and the Longue Duree

5

ANTH196JImagining America

5

ANTH196KSettler Colonialism

5

ANTH196LArchaeology of the American Southwest

5

ANTH196MModernity and its Others

5

ANTH196PDisability and Difference

5

ANTH196RDesign Anthropology

5

ANTH196TArchaeology of Technology

5

ANTH194YArchaeologies of Space and Landscape

5

ANTH196UHistorical Anthropology

5

ANTH196WAnthropology of Weather and Exposure

5