Lower-Division
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.)
General Education Code
SI
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.
General Education Code
CC
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.
General Education Code
SI
Supervised research or organized projects on anthropological topics for lower-division students. Conducted either on or off campus. Students submit petition to sponsoring agency.
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.
Cross-listed Courses
Examines political, cultural, and historical dynamics in Southeast Asia from the early modern period to the present. Students explore canonical reading and some of the most influential theories of Southeast Asian studies through animal and plant life that have gastronomically served the region for centuries. This approach leads students to recognize the utility of interdisciplinary investigation and to consider how fields such as ecology, zoology, and maritime studies have been impacted by methodologically creative work in the humanities and social sciences on the region.
Cross Listed Courses
ANTH 130Z, POLI 149F
Instructor
Kathleen Gutierrez
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.
Cross Listed Courses
FMST 268B, BME 268B, ANTH 267B