Lower-Division

ANTH 1 Introduction to Biological Anthropology

Study of evolution illustrated by Pleistocene hominid fossils and variation in living human groups. Behavior and evolution of primates examined as they contribute to the understanding of human evolution. Required for all anthropology majors. (Formerly Introduction to Human Evolution.)

Credits

5

Instructor

Emily Schach

General Education Code

SI

Quarter offered

Fall, Summer

ANTH 2 Introduction to Cultural Anthropology

A number of different peoples are studied and a variety of approaches to the nature of the culture and to the study of specific cultures presented. Required for all anthropology majors.

Credits

5

Instructor

Melissa Caldwell

General Education Code

CC

Quarter offered

Winter, Summer

ANTH 3 Introduction to Archaeology

Overview of ways of learning about the human past beyond the scope of written history. Reviews development of archaeology, fundamental methods and theories, and archaeology's contribution to understanding human origins, the emergence of farming, and the origins of complex societies.

Credits

5

Instructor

Tsim Schneider

General Education Code

SI

Quarter offered

Winter

ANTH 93 Field Study

Supervised research or organized projects on anthropological topics for lower-division students. Conducted either on or off campus. Students submit petition to sponsoring agency.

Credits

5

Repeatable for credit

Yes

ANTH 97 Laboratory Safety Practicum

Covers laboratory health and safety and standard operating procedures within the anthropology laboratories. Prepares students for future laboratory research activities while providing support of laboratory administration, collections management, and laboratory course demonstration needs. Enrollment by application.

Credits

2

Instructor

Baldwin

Repeatable for credit

Yes

Quarter offered

Fall, Winter, Spring

Cross-listed courses that are managed by another department are listed at the bottom.

Cross-listed Courses

HIS 158C Slavery in the Atlantic World: Historical and Archaeological Perspectives

Explores the African diaspora resulting from the transatlantic slave trade, drawing on methodologies from two academic disciplines--history and archaeology. Examines key questions about the slave system, using an array of source materials, both written documents and artifacts.

Credits

5

Cross Listed Courses

ANTH 179

Instructor

Gregory O'Malley

Requirements

Enrollment is restricted to history, anthropology, and critical race and ethnic studies majors and minors and black studies minors. or by permission of instructor.

General Education Code

PR-E

Quarter offered

Spring

HISC 268A Rethinking Capitalism

Readings include works by speakers at UCSC's Rethinking Capitalism Initiative. Topics are: (1) financialization versus commodification (how options-theory has changed capitalism); (2) material markets (how this theory performs); and (3) valuation and contingency (how economies make worlds).

Credits

5

Cross Listed Courses

ANTH 268A

Instructor

Robert Meister

Requirements

Enrollment is restricted to graduate students.

HISC 268B Rethinking Capitalism

HISC 268A addressed changes in the theory and practice of capitalism as derivatives markets have become increasingly central to it. This course, which can be regarded as either background or sequel, concerns questions that surround recent debates about derivatives from the standpoint of broader developments in law, culture, politics, ethics, ontology, and theology. What would it mean to see questions of contingency and value as a challenge to late-modern understandings of these modes of thought?

Credits

5

Cross Listed Courses

ANTH 268B

Instructor

Robert Meister

Requirements

Enrollment is restricted to graduate students.

POLI 89 Foundations for Global and Community Health

Foundations for Global and Community Health is an interdisciplinary introduction to global and community health. It provides students with the foundational knowledge, vocabulary, and analytical tools to enter global health. It emphasizes the wide-ranging community meanings and contextual conditions shaping health from local to global scales. Co-taught by faculty from the natural sciences and social sciences, the course also introduces students to global and community health, highlighting opportunities for learning that involve collaboration and conversation between natural scientists and social scientists.

Credits

5

Cross Listed Courses

ANTH 89, BIOL 89

Instructor

Matt Sparke, William Sulliven, Grant Hertzog, Nancy Chen

General Education Code

SI

Quarter offered

Fall

SOCY 268A Science and Justice: Experiments in Collaboration

Considers the practical and epistemological necessity of collaborative research in the development of new sciences and technologies that are attentive to questions of ethics and justice. Enrollment is by permission of instructor. Enrollment is restricted to graduate students.

Credits

5

Cross Listed Courses

BME 268A, FMST 268A, ANTH 267A

Instructor

James Doucet-Battle

Quarter offered

Winter

SOCY 268B Science and Justice Research Seminar

Provides in-depth instruction in conducting collaborative interdisciplinary research. Students produce a final research project that explores how this training might generate research that is more responsive to the links between questions of knowledge and questions of justice. Prerequisite(s): SOCY 268A, BME 268A, FMST 268A, or ANTH 267A. Enrollment is restricted to graduate students and by permission of the instructor.

Credits

5

Cross Listed Courses

FMST 268B, BME 268B, ANTH 267B

Instructor

Julie Bettie, Rebecca London, Hiroshi Fukurai