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Courses in Anthropology (ANT)

Lower Division Courses

1. Human Evolutionary Biology (4)

Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Processes and course of human evolution; primatology; biological and social diversity within Homo sapiens; human paleontology. GE Credit: SciEng, Div, Wrt.—I, II, III. (I, II, III.) McHenry, Weaver, Marshall

2. Cultural Anthropology (4)

Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Introduction to cultural diversity and the methods used by anthropologists to account for it. Family relations, economic activities, politics, gender, and religion in a wide range of societies. Current problems in tribal and peasant societies. GE credit: SocSci, Div, Wrt.—I, II, III. (I, II, III.) Yengoyanr

3. Introduction to Archaeology (4)

Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Development of archaeology as an anthropological study; objectives and methods of modern archaeology. GE credit: SocSci, Div.—I, II, III. (I, II, III) Bettinger, Darwent Steele

4. Introduction to Anthropological Linguistics (4)

Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Exploration of the role of language in social interaction and world view, minority languages and dialects, bilingualism, literacy, the social motivation of language change. Introduction of analytical techniques of linguistics and demonstration of their relevance to language in sociocultural issues. GE credit: SocSci, Div, Wrt.—I. (I.)

5. Proseminar in Biological Anthropology (4)

Seminar—3 hours; term paper. Prerequisite: course 1 and consent of instructor. Course primarily for majors. Integration of related disciplines in the study of biological anthropology through discussion and research projects. Principal emphasis in human adaptation to the environment. GE credit: SciEng, Wrt.—III. (III.) Isbell

13. Scientific Method in Physical Anthropology (4)

Lecture—2 hours; laboratory/discussion—1 hour; fieldwork—1 hour. Skills for scientific thinking; designing, implementing, analyzing, interpreting, presenting, and criticizing research. Collection and analysis of original data. Basic statistical methods. GE credit: SocSci, Wrt.—II. (II.) McElreath

15. Behavioral and Evolutionary Biology of the Human Life Cycle (5)

Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour; term paper. Introduction to the biology of birth, childhood, marriage, the family, old age, and death. Examines comparative characteristics of nonhuman primates and other animals as well as cross-cultural variation in humans by study of selected cases. GE credit: SciEng, Div, Wrt.—I (I.) Harcourt

15V. Behavioral and Evolutionary Biology of the Human Life Cycle-Web Taught (5)

Web virtual lecture—3 hours; web electronic discussion—1 hour; term paper. Introduction to the biology of birth, childhood, marriage, the family, old age, and death. Examines comparative characteristics of nonhuman primates and other animals as well as cross cultural variation in humans by study of selected cases. Not open for credit to students who have completed course 15. GE credit: SciEng, Div, Wrt.

20. Comparative Cultures (4)

Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Introduction to the anthropological study of cultural diversity. Case studies of eight societies will be presented to illustrate and compare the distinctive features of major cultural regions of the world. Concludes with a discussion of modernization. GE credit: SocSci, Div.—III. (III.) Sawyer

23. Introduction to World Prehistory (4)

Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Broadly surveys patterns and changes in the human species' physical and cultural evolution from earliest evidence for “humanness” to recent development of large-scale complex societies or “civilizations.” Lectures emphasize use of archaeology in reconstructing the past. GE credit: SocSci, Div, Wrt.—I. (I.) Eerkens

24. Ancient Crops and People (4)

Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. The archaeological evidence for domestication of plants and the origins of agricultural societies. Anthropological context of agriculture and the effects on sexual division of labor, social inequality, wealth accumulation, warfare, human health, and sedentism. GE credit: SocSci, Div, Wrt.

30. Sexualities (4)

Lecture/discussion—4 hours. Introduction to the study of sexuality, particularly to the meanings and social organization of same-sex sexual behavior across cultures and through time. Biological and cultural approaches will be compared, and current North American issues placed in a wider comparative context.—III. (III.) Donham

32. Drugs, Science and Culture (4)

Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Drugs, politics, science, society in a cultural perspective: emphasis on roles of science, government and the media in shifting attitudes toward alcohol, marijuana, Prozac and other pharmaceuticals; drug laws, war on drugs and global trade in sugar, opium, cocaine. (Same course as Science and Technololgy Studies 32)—I. (I.) Dumit

34. Cultures of Consumerism (4)

Lecture/discussion—4 hours; term paper. Aspects of modern consumer cultures in capitalist and socialist countries. Transformations of material cultures over the past century. Case studies on the intersections of gender, class, and culture in everyday consumption practices. Offered in alternate years. GE Credit: Div, SocSci, Wrt.—(I.)

50. Evolution and Human Nature (4)

Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Evolutionary analyses of human nature, beginning with Lamarck, Darwin, Spencer and contemporaries, and extending through social Darwinism controversies to contemporary evolutionary anthropology research on human diversity in economic, mating, life-history, and social behavior. GE credit: SocSci, Div, Wrt.—III. (III.) Winterhalder

54. Introduction to Primatology (4)

Lecture/discussion—3 hours; term paper. Basic survey of the primates as a separate order of mammals; natural history and evolution of primates; consideration of hypotheses for their origin.—I. (I.) Isbell

Upper Division Courses

100. Theory in Social-Cultural Anthropology (4)

Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite: course 2 or consent of instructor. Discussion of the theoretical and philosophical developments in cultural anthropology from the 19th century to the present. Not open for credit to students who have completed course 137. (Former course 137.) GE credit: SocSci.—I (I.) Donham

101. Ecology, Nature, and Society (4)

Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite: course 1 or 2 or Environmental Science and Policy 30 or Evolution and Ecology 100 or Biological Sciences 101. Interdisciplinary study of diversity and change in human societies, using frameworks from anthropology, evolutionary ecology, history, archaeology, psychology, and other fields. Topics include population dynamics, subsistence transitions, family organization, disease, economics, warfare, politics, and resource conservation. (Same course as Environmental Science and Policy 101.) GE credit: SocSci, Div, Wrt.—II. (II.)

102. Cultural Ecology (4)

Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite: one lower division course in the social sciences, upper division standing. Comparative survey of the interaction between diverse human cultural systems and the environment. Primary emphasis given to people in rural and relatively undeveloped environments as a basis for interpreting complex environments. Not open for credit to students who have completed course 133. GE credit: SocSci, Div, Wrt.—III. (III.) Orlove

103. Indigenous Peoples and Natural Resource Conservation (4)

Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite: course 2 or Geology 1 or Environmental Science and Policy 30. Integration of the interests of resident and indigenous peoples with the conservation of natural resources and ecosystems, using case study examples from both the developing and the developed world. Not open for credit to students who have completed course 121N. (Former course 121N.)

104N. Cultural Politics of the Environment (4)

Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite: course 2 or consent of instructor. Political economy of environmental struggles. Relationship between social inequality (based on race, class, and/or gender) and ecological degradation. Articulation of local peoples, national policy, and the international global economy in the contestation over the use of environmental resources. Not open for credit to students who have completed course 134N. (Former course 134N.) GE credit: SocSci, Div.—I. (I.) Sawyer

105. Evolution of Societies and Cultures (4)

Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite: course 1 or 2 or Environmental Science and Policy 30 or Evolution and Ecology 100 or Biological Sciences 101. Interdisciplinary study of social and cultural evolution in humans. Culture as a system of inheritance, psychology of cultural learning, culture as an adaptive system, evolution of maladaptations, evolution of technology and institutions, evolutionary transitions in human history, coevolution of genetic and cultural variation. Only two units of credit to students who have completed Environmental Science and Policy 101 or course 101 prior to fall 2004. (Same course as Environmental Science and Policy 105.) GE credit: SocSci, Wrt.—III. (III.) McElreath

109. Visualization in Science: A Critical Introduction (4)

Lecture—3 hours; extensive writing or discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite: course 2 or Science & Technology Studies 1 or Science & Technology Studies 20. Anthropological approaches to scientific visualization techniques, informatics, simulations. Examination of different visualization techniques toward understanding the work involved in producing them, critical assessment of their power and limits, especially when visualizations are used socially to make claims. Offered in alternate years. (Same course as Science & Technology Studies 109.) GE credit: SocSci, Wrt.—II. (II.) Dumit

110. Language and Sociocultural Anthropology (4)

Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite: course 2. The role of language analysis and linguistic theory in the development of sociocultural anthropology. Language, culture, and thought; the linguistic accomplishment of social action; language ideology; language and social power. Language as cultural mediator of politicoeconomic process. GE credit: SocSci, Div, Wrt.—II. (II.) Shibamoto Smith

117. Language and Society (4)

Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite: course 4, or Linguistics 1 and course 2. Consideration of language in its social context. Methods of data collection and analysis; identification of socially significant linguistic variables. Contributions of the study of contextualized speech to linguistic theory. GE credit: SocSci, Div, Wrt.

119. World Writing Systems (4)

Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite: course 4 or Linguistics 1. Survey of major world writing systems, including pictographic, syllabic, and alphabetic scripts used in both the Old and New Worlds in ancient and modern times, examined from linguistic and socio-political aspects. GE credit: SocSci.

120. Language and Culture (4)

Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite: course 4; or course 2 and Linguistics 1. Culture, cognition, meaning, and interpretation; language and the classification of experience; communication and learning in crosscultural perspective. GE credit: SocSci, Div, Wrt.

122A. Economic Anthropology (4)

Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Varieties of production, exchange, and consumption behavior in precapitalist economies, their interaction with culture and social-political organization, and the theories that account for these phenomena. The effects of capitalism on precapitalist sectors. Not open for credit to students who have completed course 122. (Former course 122.) GE credit: SocSci, Div, Wrt.—I. (I.) McElreath

122B. Anthropology and Political Economy (4)

Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite: course 2 or consent of instructor. Survey of anthropological approaches to the study of political organizations; inter-relationships among political institutions, economic infrastructures and cultural complexity. Not open for credit to students who have completed course 123A. (Former course 123A.) GE credit: SocSci, Div, Wrt.—I. (I.)

123AN. Resistance, Rebellion, and Popular Movements (4)

Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite: course 2 or the equivalent. Analysis of popular protest in Third World and indigenous societies ranging from covert resistance to national revolts. Comparative case studies and theories of peasant rebellions, millenarian movements, social bandits, Indian “wars”, ethnic and regional conflicts, gender and class conflicts. Not open for credit to students who have completed course 123B. (Former course 123B.)—III. (III.) Srinivas

123BN. Multiculturalism and Minority Identity (4)

Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite: course 2. Recent developments in conceptions of minority identity, from the point of view of minority populations in the Third World, Europe, and the United States. Challenges to existing categories of gender, race and class, as well as nationalism and imperialism. Not open for credit to students who have completed course 123C. (Former course 123C.)

124. Religion in Society and Culture (4)

Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite: course 2. Discussion of anthropological theories of religion with emphasis on non-literate societies. Survey of shamanism, magic and witchcraft, ritual and symbols, and religious movements. Extensive discussion of ethnographic examples and analysis of social functions of religious institutions. GE credit: SocSci, Div, Wrt.—III. (III.) Srinivas

125A. Structuralism and Symbolism (4)

Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite: course 2. Survey of anthropological approaches to understanding the logic of structuralism and symbolism in cultural analysis. Focus on how structural and symbolic interpretations relate to cultural and linguistic universals and to the philosophical basis of relativism in the social sciences. (Former course 125.) GE credit: SocSci, Div.—I. Yengoyan

125B. Postmodernism(s) and Culture (4)

Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite: course 2. The U.S.-European postmodern condition. “Modernity” as an incomplete project for subordinated groups. The economic, social, technological and political conditions leading to postmodern aesthetics, in comparison with postcolonialism, feminism and minority discourse. GE credit: SocSci, Div, Wrt.

126A. Anthropology of Development (4)

Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite: course 2 or consent of instructor. Theories of development and current critiques. Colonial legacies and post-colonial realities. Roles of the state and NGOs, population migrations, changing gender identities, cash-earning strategies, and sustainability issues. Stresses importance of cultural understandings in development initiatives. Case studies emphasizing non-industrial societies. Not open for credit to students who have completed course 126. (Former course 126.) GE credit: SocSci, Div, Wrt.—II. (II.) J. Smith

126B. Women and Development (4)

Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite: course 2 or consent of instructor. Current Third World and Western development issues concerning women in agriculture, industry, international division of labor, political movements, revolutions, politics of health, education, family and reproduction. Impact of colonialism, capitalism, the world system, and international feminism on women and development. Not open for credit to students who have completed course 131. (Former course 131.) GE credit: SocSci, Div, Wrt.—I. (I.)

127. Urban Anthropology (4)

Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite: course 2 or consent of instructor. Survey of approaches to urban living: political structures, organization of labor, class relations, world views. The evolution of urban life and its contemporary dilemmas. Cross-cultural comparisons discussed through case studies. GE credit: SocSci, Div, Wrt.—II. (II.) Zhang

128A. Kinship and Social Organization (4)

Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite: course 2. Comparative examination of personal kinship, descent, marriage, household and family organizations; the theories that account for variation, and recent advances in the treatment of these data. Not open for credit to students who have completed course 128. (Former course 128.) GE credit: SocSci, Div, Wrt.—III. (III.)

128B. Self, Identity, and Family (4)

Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite: course 2 or consent of instructor. Exploration of self, identity, and family systems cross-culturally. Impact of class, gender, race, ethnicity, ruralization, urbanization, and globalization on notions of selfhood in different social/cultural systems. Not open for credit to students who have completed course 129. (Former course 129.) GE credit: SocSci, Div, Wrt.

130A. Cultural Dimensions of Globalization (4)

Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite: course 2. The cultural dimensions of recent economic and political developments frequently termed “globalization.” GE Credit: SocSci, Wrt.—II. (II.) J. Smith

130BN. Migration and the Politics of Place and Identity (4)

Lecture/discussion—4 hours. Prerequisite: course 2 or consent of instructor. Internal and international migration from an anthropological perspective, including causes, processes, and political, economic, and cultural effects of spatial mobility and displacement. Emphasizes the interplay of identity, place, and power in diverse cultural and historical contexts. Not open for credit to students who have completed course 123D. (Former course 123D.) GE credit: SocSci, Wrt.

130C. Latino Migration to the United States (4)

Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite: course 2. The experiences of people involved in migration between Latin America and the United States; most significant factors shaping those experiences. GE Credit: SocSci, Wrt.

131. Ecology and Politics (4)

Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite: course 2 or consent of instructor. Analysis of the complex interactions between ecological dynamics and political processes employing the emerging approach of political ecology. Case studies of environmental degradation (e.g., desertification, logging, mineral extraction, petroleum, water) from various cultural and geographic regions. GE credit: SocSci, Div.—III. (III.) Sawyer

134. Buddhism in Global Culture (4)

Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite: one lower division course in Anthropology, Sociology, History, or Religious Studies. Buddhist meditation and ritual as a cultural system that adapts to global and local forces of change. Anthropological theory and method in understanding global culture transmission, including Buddhist reform movements in Asia and Buddhist practice in the West. Limited enrollment. GE credit: SocSci, Div, Wrt.

135. Peasant Society and Culture (4)

Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite: course 2. Comparative study of peasant communities, utilizing historical and ethnographic sources; analysis of urban-rural relations; problems of economic development and culture change. GE credit: SocSci, Div, Wrt.—III. (III.) C. Smith

136. Ethnographic Film (4)

Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite: course 2. Overview of the use of film in anthropology and its advantages and limitations in comparison to written ethnographic descriptions. Essential features of ethnographic films. Film production in anthropological research and problems encountered in producing films in the field. GE credit: SocSci, Wrt.

137. Meditation and Culture (4)

Lecture/discussion—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite: one lower division course in Anthropology, Sociology, History, Philosophy, Psychology, or Religious Studies. Study and practice of the relation between meditation and cultural conditioning; comparison of Buddhist practice with other cultural constructions of mind, body, brain, thought, emotion, and self. Limited enrollment. Not offered every year.—III. (III.) Klima

138. Ethnographic Research Methods in Anthropology (4)

Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite: courses 2 and 137. Basic concepts in and approaches to ethnographic field research. Problem formulation, research design, qualitative and quantitative data collection procedures, and techniques for organizing, retrieving, and analyzing information. Ethnographic description and constructed inference. Students will organize and conduct individual research projects. GE credit: SocSci.—III. (III.) de la Cadena

139AN. Race, Class, Gender Systems (4)

Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite: course 2. Comparative analysis of class/race/gender inequality, concentrating on the ways in which beliefs about descent, “blood,” and biological difference interact with property and marital systems to affect the distribution of power in society. Not open for credit to students who have completed course 139. (Former course 139.) GE credit: SocSci, Div, Wrt.—II. (II.) de la Cadena

139BN. Gender and Sexuality (4)

Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite: course 2 or consent of instructor. Gender and sexuality in foraging bands, horticultural and pastoral tribes, agricultural and industrial states. Debates on cultural evolution and distribution of gender hierarchies. Impact of politics, economics, religion, social practices, women's movements on gender and sexuality. Culture, nature, and sexuality. Not open for credit to students who have completed course 130. (Former course 130.) GE credit: SocSci, Div, Wrt.—I. (I.) Choy

140A. Cultures and Societies of West and Central Africa (4)

Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite: course 2. Ethnographic survey of West Africa and Congo Basin with analyses of representative societies which illustrate problems of general theoretical concern. Major consideration will be the continuities and discontinuities between periods prior to European contact and the present. GE credit: SocSci, Div, Wrt.

140B. Cultures and Societies of East and South Africa (4)

Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite: course 2. Ethnographic survey of Eastern and Southern Africa with analyses of selected societies which illustrate problems of interest to anthropologists. Major consideration will be given to continuities and discontinuities between periods prior to European contact and the present. GE credit: SocSci, Div, Wrt.—III. (III.) J. Smith

141A. Indians of North America (4)

Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite: course 2 or consent of instructor. Introductory survey of the Indians of North America: origins, languages, civilizations, and history. GE credit: SocSci, Div, Wrt.

141B. Ethnography of California and the Great Basin (4)

Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite: course 2 or consent of instructor. Description and analysis of the native peoples of California and the Great Basin, and their lifeways at the time of European contact. (Former course 141C.) GE credit: SocSci, Div, Wrt.

142. Peoples of the Middle East (4)

Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite: course 2. Peoples of the Middle East (including North Africa). Discussions of class relations, kinship organization, sex/gender systems, religious beliefs and behavior, ethnic relations, political systems. Impact of world systems, political and religious movements and social change. (Former course 136.) GE credit: SocSci, Div, Wrt.—II. (II.) Joseph

143A. Ethnology of Southeast Asia (4)

Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite: course 2. Patterns of culture and social organization from prehistory to the present, in the context of historical, ecological, economic, and political settings. Emphasis on the relation of ethnic minorities to national states. GE credit: SocSci, Div, Wrt.—II. (II.) Yengoyan

143B. Philippine Societies and Culture (4)

Laboratory/discussion—4 hours. Prerequisite: course 2. Introduction to the ethnology of the Philippines. Nature and distribution of ethnic groups, social organizations, cultural patterns and social issues. Emphasis on ethnic minorities, rural populations, effects of modernization, and relation of the state to local groups. GE credit: SocSci, Div, Wrt.

144. Contemporary Societies and Cultures of Latin America (4)

Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite: course 2. Introduction to contemporary social structure of Latin America. Origins, maintenance and changes in inequality: economic responses to poverty, sociocultural responses to discrimination, and political responses to powerlessness. GE credit: SocSci, Div, Wrt.—III. (III.) de la Cadena

145. Performance, Embodiment, and Space in South Asia (4)

Lecture/discussion—4 hours. Prerequisite: course 2 or consent of instructor. South Asian cultures and societies with a focus on performance, embodiment, and space from several disciplinary fields. Topics may include colonialism, nationalism, religious traditions, media, popular culture, cities, social movements, modernity, body-cultures, identity, gender, and diasporas. GE credit: ArtHum or SocSci, Div, Wrt.—II. (II.) Srinivas

146. Peoples and Politics of Mexico and Central America (4)

Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite: course 2. Politics and culture in Mexico and Central America from the time of Independence to the present. Non-indigenous as well as indigenous people. Regional focus will vary. GE credit: SocSci, Div, Wrt.

147. Peoples of the Pacific (4)

Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite: course 2 or consent of instructor. Ethnographic survey of aboriginal cultures of Oceania. Comparison of origins, prehistory, and traditional social organization of peoples of Polynesia, Micronesia, and Melanesia. Consideration of recent changes associated with colonialism and national independence. GE credit: SocSci, Div, Wrt.

148A. Culture and Political Economy in Contemporary China (4)

Lecture/discussion—4 hours. Prerequisite: course 2 or consent of instructor. Examining contemporary Chinese culture and political economy through reading ethnographic studies on recent transformations in rural and urban Chinese society. Special attention is given to state power, popular culture, spatial mobility, city space, and gender. GE Credit: Div, SocSci, Wrt.—I. (I.) Zhang

148AS. Culture and Political Economy in Contemporary China (4)

Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite: course 2 or consent of instructor. Examination of contemporary central aspects of Chinese culture and political economy through reading ethnographic studies on recent transformations in rural and urban areas. Special attention to state power, privatization, popular culture, migration, consumption, village life, city space, class, and gender relations. Taught in China. GE credit: SocSci, Div, Wrt.

148B. Family, Gender, and Population in Contemporary China (4)

Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite: course 2. Analysis of family process, gender relations, and population dynamics in relation to state power in China since 1949. GE credit: SocSci, Div, Wrt.

148C. Ethnic Diversity of China (4)

Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite: course 2. Analysis of China's ethnic diversity through time and space. Interethnic relations in changing state systems examined among Han majority subethnic groups (e.g., Cantonese, Hakka) and borderlands minorities (e.g., Hmong, Tibetan). Emphasizes intersections of gender and class with race/ethnicity/nationality. GE credit: SocSci, Div, Wrt.

149A. Traditional Japanese Society (4)

Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite: course 2. Patterns of culture and social organization from prehistoric to early twentieth-century Japan. Origins, prehistory, and traditional religious and political systems, marriage and kinship, language and culture. Changes and continuities in traditional and contemporary Japanese culture are addressed. GE credit: SocSci, Div, Wrt.

149B. Contemporary Japanese Society (4)

Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Introduction to contemporary Japanese social structure, social organization, and patterns of culture. Analysis of rural-urban cultural continuities and contrasts, class relations, political and economic systems, kinship, sex/gender systems, contemporary religious beliefs and behavior, conflict, consensus, and cultural stereotypes. GE credit: SocSci, Div, Wrt.

151. Primate Evolution (4)

Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite: course 1 or Biological Sciences 1B. Origin and relationships of the prosimians, monkeys, and apes. GE credit: SciEng, Wrt.—III. McHenry

152. Human Evolution (5)

Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour; term paper. Prerequisite: course 1 or Biological Sciences 1B. Nature and results of the evolutionary processes involved in the formation and differentiation of humankind. GE credit: SciEng, Wrt.—II. (II.) McHenry

153. Human Biological Variation (5)

Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour; term paper. Prerequisite: course 1 or Biological Sciences 1B. Origin, adaptive significance and methods of analysis of genetic differences among human populations. Special attention given to racial differences such as those in blood groups, plasma proteins, red cell enzymes, physiology, morphology, pigmentation and dermatoglyphics. GE credit: SciEng, Wrt.—I. (I.) D.G. Smith

154A. The Evolution of Primate Behavior (5)

Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour; term paper. Prerequisite: course 1. Examines ecological diversity and evolution of social systems of prosimians, monkeys, and apes, placing the social behavior of the primates in the context of appropriate ecological and evolutionary theory. GE credit: SciEng, Wrt.—I. (I.) Isbell

154BN. Primate Evolutionary Ecology (5)

Lecture—3 hours; lecture/discussion—1 hour; term paper. Prerequisite: course 1 or introductory course in evolutionary biology or ecology. Examination of the ecology of primates within an evolutionary framework. Theoretical concepts in individual, population, and community ecology, illustrated with primate (and other vertebrate) examples. Includes topics in primate and rainforest conservation. GE credit: Wrt.—II. (II.) Marshall

154C. Behavior and Ecology of Primates (2)

Lecture/discussion—2 hours. Prerequisite: course 54, 154A, or 154BN; Statistics 13 or its equivalent. Scientific methods of studying, describing and analyzing the behavior and ecology of primates. Offered in alternate years. (P/NP grading only.)—III. Isbell

154CL. Laboratory in Primate Behavior (4)

Laboratory—6 hours; term paper. Prerequisite: course 54, 154A, or 154BN; Statistics 13 or its equivalent. Design and conduct of scientific “field studies” of the behavior of group-living primates at the California National Primate Research Center Offered in alternate years.—III. Isbell

155. Comparative Primate Anatomy (4)

Lecture—2 hours; laboratory—4 hours. Prerequisite: Biological Sciences 1B. The functional anatomy of monkeys, apes, and man. Emphasis on the anatomical evidence for human evolution. GE credit: SciEng, Wrt.

156. Human Osteology (4

Lecture—2 hours; laboratory—4 hours. Prerequisite: course 1 or the equivalent. Introductory study of the human skeleton, including bone growth, pathology, radiology, evolution, dentition, and variations in race, sex, and age. GE credit: SciEng.—II. (II.) Weaver

157. Anthropological Genetics (3)

Lecture—3 hours. Prerequisite: course 1 or Biological Sciences 1A, and Genetics 100, 103, 105, or 106. Processes of micro-evolution responsible for biological differences among human populations. Special attention will be given to the adaptive significance of genetic variation in blood group antigens, serum proteins and red cell enzymes. GE credit: SciEng.

157L. Laboratory in Anthropological Genetics (2)

Lecture—1 hour; laboratory—3 hours. Prerequisite: course 1 or Biological Sciences 1A, and either Genetics 100 or enrollment in course 157 (concurrently or following). Methods for identifying genetic variation in human blood group antigens, serum proteins and red cell enzymes (hemaglutination), general electrophoresis on starch, cellulose acetate and polyacrylamide, immunodiffusion and immunoelectrophoresis on agarase. (P/NP grading only.) GE credit with concurrent enrollment in course 157: Wrt.

158. The Evolution of Females and Males: Biological Perspective (4)

Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite: course 1. Current theoretical frameworks for explaining the evolution of sex differences and for understanding the interrelationship between biological processes and cultural construction of gender roles. GE credit: SciEng, Div, Wrt.—III. (III.) Marshall

159. Molecular Anthropology of Native America (4)

Seminar—3 hours; term paper. Prerequisite: course 1 or Biological Sciences 1B or consent of instructor. Use of DNA and other genetic polymorphisms to test hypotheses regarding genetic relationships among different Native American tribal groups and about prehistoric population replacements and migrations to and within the Americas. Integration with craniometric, archaeological, paleoenvironmental, linguistic and ethnohistorical evidence.—III. (III.) D. Smith

170. Archeological Theory and Method (4)

Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite: courses 1 and 3. Introduction to history and development of archeological theory and method, with particular emphasis on the basic dependence of the latter on the former. Stress is on historical development of archaeology in the New World. GE credit: SocSci, Div, Wrt.—II. (II.) Bettinger

171. Geoarcheology (4)

Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite: course 3. Theories, methods, and techniques for studying the geomorphic context of archeological sites. Particular attention to sediment and soil attributes and analyses for understanding important local landform features and developmental histories of archeological sites. GE credit: SocSci, Wrt.

172. New World Prehistory: The First Arrivals (4)

Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite: course 3 or consent of instructor. Survey of data relating to the peopling of the New World. Cultural adaptation and development of early inhabitants of North and South America. GE credit: SocSci, Div, Wrt.

173. New World Prehistory: Archaic Adaptations (4)

Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite: course 3 or consent of instructor; course 170 recommended. Introduction to and survey of prehistoric hunting and gathering adaptations across North America with particular emphasis on the East, Southeast, Midwest, Plains, Southwest, and Northwest. GE credit: SocSci, Div, Wrt.

175. Andean Prehistory: Archaeology of the Incas and their Ancestors (4)

Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite: course 3. Prehistory of the Andean region, especially Peru, from the earliest hunting and gathering societies through the Inca. Focus on the use of archaeological data to reconstruct ancient human adaptations to the varied Andean environments.—I. (I.) Eerkens

176. Prehistory of California and the Great Basin (4)

Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite: course 3 or consent of instructor. Description and analysis of the prehistoric peoples of California and the Great Basin from earliest times to European contact. GE credit: SocSci, Div, Wrt.

178. Hunter-Gatherers (4)

Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite: course 2. Study and interpretation of the ancient and modern lifeway in which peoples support themselves with primitive technologies and without benefit of domesticated plants and animals. GE credit: SocSci, Div, Wrt.—III. (III.) Bettinger

180. Zooarcheology (4)

Lecture—2 hours; discussion/laboratory—3 hours. Prerequisite: course 1 and 3 or consent of instructor. Theories and methods for studying animal skeletal remains from archaeological sites. Identification and quantification of zooarchaeological material, cultural and natural processes affecting animal bones pre and postburial, and use of faunal remains for determining past human diets and past environments. Offered in alternate years.—II. (II.) Darwent

181. Field Course in Archeological Method (9)

Lecture—6 hours; daily field investigation. Prerequisite: course 3. On-site course in archeological methods and techniques held at a field location in the western United States, generally California or Nevada. Introduces basic methods of archeological survey, mapping, and excavation. GE credit: SciEng.—IV.

182. Archaeometry (4)

Lecture—3 hours; discussion/laboratory—1 hour. Prerequisite: course 3; Statistics 13 or the equivalent recommended. Scientific techniques used to study the chemical and physical properties of archaeological materials. Types of anthropological questions that can be addressed with different methods. Preparation and analysis of archaeological materials.

183. Laboratory in Archeological Analysis (4)

Lecture—2 hours; laboratory—6 hours. Prerequisite: course 181 or consent of instructor. Museum preparation, advanced field investigation, and guidance in preparation of museum material for publication. May be repeated for credit with consent of instructor. Limited enrollment. GE credit: SciEng, Wrt.—I. (I.) Steele

184. Prehistoric Technology: The Material Aspects of Prehistoric Adaptation (4)

Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite: course 2 or 3. Examination of the role of lithic, ceramic, textile and wooden implements as elements in prehistoric survival and development. Emphasis is descriptive, but the significance of material resources as factors in prehistoric adaptation, settlement patterns, and culture change are discussed. GE credit: SocSci.—III. (III.) Eerkens

Special Study Courses

191. Topics in Anthropology (4)

Lecture/discussion—3 hours; term paper. Prerequisite: junior or senior standing in anthropology. Intensive treatment of a special anthropological topic or problem. May be repeated once for credit when topic differs.—I. Darwent

192. Internship in Anthropology (1-12)

Internship—3-36 hours. Prerequisite: Upper division standing; consent of instructor. Work experience off and on campus in all subject areas offered in the Department of Anthropology under the supervision of a member of the faculty. Limited to Anthropology majors. May be repeated for a total of 12 units including 192 courses taken in other departments. (P/NP grading only.)

194H. Special Study for Honors Students (1-5)

Prerequisite: open only to majors of senior standing who qualify for honors program. Independent study of an anthropological problem involving the writing of an honors thesis. May be repeated for a total of 12 units. (P/NP grading only.)

197T. Tutoring in Anthropology (1-5)

Tutorial—1-5 hours. Prerequisite: upper division standing with major in Anthropology and consent of Department Chairperson. Leading of small voluntary discussion groups affiliated with one of the department's regular courses. May be repeated for credit. (P/NP grading only.)

198. Directed Group Study (1-5)

(P/NP grading only.)

199. Special Study for Advanced Undergraduates (1-5)

(P/NP grading only.)

Graduate Courses

200. History of Anthropology (4)

Lecture/discussion—2 hours; term paper. Historical development of socio-cultural theory within anthropology, from mid-19th to mid-20th Centuries. Focus on original theory texts in context of historical developments in the field as a whole.—II. (II.) McElreath, Winterhalder

201. Critical Readings in Ethnography (4)

Seminar—3 hours; term paper. Critical readings of selected ethnographies that examine a wide range of important topics and analytical issues in social and cultural anthropology. Emphasis on how and why ethnographic writing has changed over time and its relationship with contemporary theoretical explorations.—I. (I.) Zhang

202. History and Theory of Biological Anthropology (4)

Seminar—3 hours; term paper. History of thought in biological anthropology and analysis of major theoretical problems in the field. Suggested for all first-year graduate students lacking intensive preparation in biological anthropology.—II. (II.) McHenry

203. History and Theory of Archaeology (4)

Seminar—3 hours; term paper. History of archaeology and archaeological theory and analysis of archaeological research methodology. Generally restricted to graduate students; outstanding undergraduates with extensive training in archaeology with consent of instructor.—I. (I.) Bettinger

204. Contemporary Issues in Anthropological Theory (4)

Seminar—3 hours; term paper. Prerequisite: course 2, 137 or consent of instructor. Advanced consideration of fundamental issues in anthropological theory. Emphasis on critical examination of major contemporary debates between proponents of competing theories.—II. (II.) Srinivas

205. History and Theory in Anthropological Linguistics (4)

Seminar—3 hours; term paper. History of thought in anthropological linguistics. Consideration of the historical development of fundamental ideas in anthropological linguistics, of major theoretical issues, and of research methodology.

206. Research Design and Method in Social Anthropology (5)

Seminar—4 hours; individual student-instructor session (in-depth work on proposal writing). Prerequisite: consent of instructor. Formulation of research problems and preparation of research proposals; relationships between theory and method, funding, pre-fieldwork preparations, entering the community, field research techniques, and problems of ethics; intensive work on proposal writing. May be repeated once for credit. Limited enrollment.—III. (III.) J. Smith

207. Ethnographic Writing (4)

Seminar—3 hours; term paper. Prerequisite: courses 137, 201, or the equivalent. Relationship between conducting participant observation of others and writing it up, emphasizing the processual rift between the reality of fieldwork and its written representation. Study of various literary genres and textual strategies used in cultural anthropology. May be repeated for credit.

210. Aspects of Culture Structure (4)

Seminar—3 hours; term paper. Analysis of various phases of culture, such as religion, economics, law, and folklore. May be repeated for credit when topic differs.—I, II, III. (I, II, III.)

211. Advanced Topics in Cultural Ecology (4)

Lecture/discussion—3 hours; term paper. Prerequisite: Environmental Science and Policy/Anthropology 133, graduate standing in Anthropology or Ecology. Topics of current analytical and methodological importance in cultural ecology. Examination of general issues in cultural ecology through study of human response to and influence on climate. (Same course as Ecology 211.)

212. Political Ecology (4)

Lecture/discussion—3 hours; term paper. Prerequisite: graduate standing or consent of instructor. Interdisciplinary seminar evaluating contributions from ecological anthropology, political economy, cultural constructivism, postmodernism, and feminism towards development of theories of political ecology. Historical relationships between local/global power structures, environmental degradation, and resistance movements. Case studies of desertification, deforestation, mining, conservation, development.

216. Problems in Archeological Method (4)

Seminar—3 hours; term paper. Techniques for analyzing archeological data; application to various prehistoric cultures. May be repeated for credit with consent of instructor.—II. Steele, III. Darwent

217. Quantitative Modeling in Archaeology (4)

Lecture/discussion—3 hours; term paper. Examination of the nature of archaeological data with a focus on the quantitative and statistical techniques available to model, analyze, display, and make sense of such data. Offered in alternate years.—III.

218. Topics in New World Prehistory (4)

Seminar—3 hours; term paper. Advanced study on current problems in New World Prehistory and archaeology. May be repeated for credit only if material is unique for that student and with consent of instructor. May be repeated for credit. Not offered every year.—(II.)

219. Topics in Old World Prehistory (4)

Seminar—3 hours; term paper. Advanced study on current problems in Old World prehistory and archaeology. May be repeated for credit only if material is unique for that student and with consent of instructor. May be repeated for credit. Not offered every year.

220. Field Course in Linguistics (4)

Seminar—2 hours; laboratory—2 hours. Prerequisite: courses 110, 111. Techniques of eliciting, recording, and analyzing; work with a native speaker.

221. Rural Transformation in Postcolonial Societies (4)

Seminar—3 hours; term paper. Prerequisite: courses 223, 265, or consent of instructor. Problems of rural transformation arising out of political and economic interaction between national elites and rural regional and local populations under varying conditions of induced change in postcolonial societies. Attention will be given to the implications of this interaction for rapid economic growth. May be repeated for credit.

222. Cities and Citizenship (4)

Seminar—3 hours; term paper. Prerequisite: graduate standing. The nature of modern cities, urban socio-economic life, and urban culture and politics from an anthropological perspective.

223. Economic Anthropology (4)

Seminar—3 hours; term paper. Prerequisite: course 122 or consent of instructor. Selected current methodological and theoretical problems in the analysis of nonindustrial economic systems.

224. Problems in Comparative Religion (4)

Seminar—3 hours; term paper. Advanced study of current problems in the anthropological study of religion.

225. State and Nation in the Modern World (4)

Seminar—3 hours; term paper. A presentation of current anthropological theories of the origins and nature of the modern nation-state in both the First and Third Worlds, with special reference to state ideology (nationalism) and forms of control.

226. Consciousness and Resistance (4)

Seminar—3 hours; term paper. Prerequisite: completion of first-year graduate work or consent of instructor. Consideration of approaches to the study of social inequality, and responses of subordinated groups. Emphasis on situating approaches to contemporary social theory, concrete research problems, and political strategies. Topics: formation of consciousness and identity; collective action, accommodation to frontal resistance.

228. Culture and Power (4)

Seminar—3 hours; extensive writing. Prerequisite: graduate standing or consent of instructor. Exploration of one of the core paradigms within contemporary anthropological inquiry, “culture and power.” Focus on how distinct theoretical perspectives—Marxism, post-Marxism, structuralism, post-structuralism, and feminism—have examined the mutually constitutive nature of culture and power.—II. (II.) Sawyer

229. Gender, Identity, and Self (4)

Seminar—3 hours; term paper. Intersections of gender, identity, and selfhood cross-culturally and historically. How the self is feminized and masculinized, and interfaces with sexual, race, class, work, national, minority, and majority identities under different historical, cultural, and social structural conditions. May be repeated for credit when topic differs.—II. (II.) Joseph

230. Family Systems and Reproduction: Theory and Comparisons (4)

Lecture—1.5 hours; seminar—1.5 hours; term paper. Prerequisite: graduate standing in one of the social sciences including History. Comparative examination of family systems in historical context and of reproductive behaviors and strategizing. A major theme is how family-system norms specify the relative desirability of differently configured offspring sets. Cases are drawn from Western Europe and South and East Asia.

232. Political Movements (4)

Seminar—3 hours; term paper. Prerequisite: completion of first-year graduate work recommended. An interdisciplinary approach to political movements of protest, reform, and revolution emphasizing historical comparison and evaluation of major theoretical approaches including world systems, resource mobilization, state and culture, rational choice, moral economy, social class and gender.

239. Problems in African Society and Culture (4)

Seminar—3 hours; term paper. Diachronic analyses of traditional institutions in sub-Saharan Africa.

241. Topics in North American Ethnology (4)

Seminar—3 hours; term paper. Advanced study on current problems in North American ethnography and culture history. May be repeated for credit with consent of instructor.

245. Ethnology of Northern and Central Asia (4)

Seminar—3 hours; term paper. Prerequisite: a reading knowledge of German, Russian, Chinese, or Japanese. Lectures on the culture aboriginally found north of the Caucasus-Korea line. Supervised study of the primary and secondary sources. Work with informants when available.

246. Ethnology of Europe (4)

Seminar—3 hours; term paper. Prerequisite: reading knowledge of a European language other than English. Supervised study of the primary and secondary sources dealing with the ethnography and ethnology of the peoples of Europe. Emphasis upon folk, peasant, and minority groups.

248. Topics in Chinese Culture and Society (4)

Seminar—3 hours; term paper. Prerequisite: graduate standing in the social sciences, history, or the humanities. Selected topics in the anthropology of Chinese society. Focus on one or more of the following topics: state-society dynamics, family and gender, city formation and urban life, social movement, labor politics, and religion and ideology in Chinese society. May be repeated for credit when topic differs.

250. Behavioral Ecology of Primates (4)

Seminar—3 hours; term paper. Prerequisite: course 154A (may be taken concurrently) or the equivalent, graduate standing. Concepts, issues, and hypotheses in primate behavioral ecology, with emphasis on the social and ecological determinants and consequences of variation in social organization for individuals.

252. Human Evolution Seminar (4)

Seminar—3 hours; term paper. Prerequisite: course 152 or the equivalent; consent of instructor. Study of selected topics in human evolutionary studies. Each year course will focus on one or more of the following: molecular evolution, primate evolutionary biology, Tertiary hominoids, Australopithecus, Homo erectus, archaic Homo sapiens, brain evolution. May be repeated for credit.—I. (I.) Weaver

253. Seminar in Human Biology (4)

Seminar—3 hours; term paper. Prerequisite: course 153, 157, or consent of instructor. Study of selected topics in human biology. May be repeated for credit when topics vary.—(III.)

254. Current Issues in Primate Sociobiology (4)

Seminar—3 hours; term paper. Prerequisite: course 154B or the equivalent. Analysis of primate behavior, with particular emphasis on preparation for field studies. May be repeated for credit when topic differs.—III. (III.) Isbell

256. Primate Conservation Biology (4)

Seminar—3 hours; term paper. Prerequisite: course 154, graduate standing or upper division undergraduate with consent of instructor. Application of understanding of primate biology to conservation of primates and their habitat. Topics include evolutionary anthropology, behavioral ecology, biogeography, macroecology, population biology, and socio-ecology of primates. May be repeated once for credit if term paper differs. (S/U grading only.)—II. (II.) Marshall

261. Modeling the Evolution of Social Behavior (4)

Lecture—3 hours; extensive problem solving. Prerequisite: Mathematics 16C or the equivalent or consent of instructor. Tools and topics in modeling the evolution of social behavior in humans and other animals. Game theory, basic population genetics, animal conflict, altruism, reciprocity, signaling, and group selection.

262. Evolution and Human Behavior (4)

Discussion—3 hours; term paper. Prerequisite: graduate standing or consent of instructor. Exploration of the links between behavioral ecological theory and human cultural variation, focusing on reproduction, marriage, parental investment and family structure; implications of evolutionary theory for social organization in human communities, historical and contemporary.

263. Human Applications of Foraging Theory (4)

Discussion—3 hours; laboratory—3 hours. Foraging theory models and their use in ethnographic and archaeological analyses of human behavior, with a focus on hunter-gathers and resource selection, patch use, population and habitat, central places, sharing, stochastic processes, population dynamics, and conservation behavior. Not open for credit to students who have completed course 258.—III. Winterhalder

265. Language, Performance, and Power (4)

Seminar—3 hours; term paper. Graduate standing or consent of instructor. Exploration of the intersection between linguistic and social theories in the language-state relation and the performance of identity. Ideological sources of language differentiation; nation-building and linguistic difference. Political economic, sociolinguistic, and ethnographic approaches to understanding linguistic inequality. (Same course as Linguistics 265.)—II. Shibamoto Smith

270. Anthropology Colloquium Seminar (1)

Seminar—1 hour. Reports and discussions of recent advances in the four subfields of anthropology. To be presented by guest speakers. May be repeated twice for credit. (S/U grading only.)—I, II, III. (I, II, III.) D. Smith

280. Current Anthropology Journal Editorial Workshop (4)

Workshop—1 hour; independent study—3 hours. Students must enroll for all three quarters. Reading and offering workshop critiques of manuscripts submitted for publication, and reading and discussion of other relevant work in anthropology and human ecology. Track and edit published comments and authors' replies that accompany major features. Participation in the development of new sections for the electronic edition of the journal, including a “news and views” section and a debate section. (Same course as Ecology 280.) May be repeated for 12 units of credit with consent of instructor. (S/U grading only.)

291. Advanced Topics in Human Behavioral Ecology (4)

Discussion—3 hours; term paper. Prerequisite: course 261, 262, or 263, or comparable experience in anthropology or related disciplines and consent of instructor. Topically focused, critical discussion of current and emerging research in the field of human behavioral ecology, giving special attention to theory, concepts, models, and methods for the evolutionary analysis of ethnographic and archaeological evidence. May be repeated one time for credit if topic differs.

292. Seminar in Linguistic Anthropology (4)

Seminar—3 hours; term paper. Selected topics in linguistic anthropology. May be repeated for credit when topic differs.

298. Group Study (1-4)

(S/U grading only.)

299. Research (1-12)

(S/U grading only.)

299D. Dissertation Research (1-12)

(S/U grading only.)

Professional Courses

390. Teaching Anthropology (4)

Seminar—3 hours; practice—1 hour. Prerequisite: graduate standing in Anthropology or closely related discipline. Intellectual and practical elements of college teaching in the field of Anthropology, from curriculum design and the syllabus through grading and course evaluations, including classroom and information technology methods, and problems and rewards of teaching in higher education. Offered in alternate years.—(II.)

396. Teaching Assistant Training Practicum (1-4)

Prerequisite: graduate standing. May be repeated for credit. (S/U grading only.)—I, II, III.