Anthropology is the systematic study of human beings as they live in groups. It is a diverse field and the courses at UC Davis are subdivided into four categories--biological, social/cultural, linguistics, and archaeology. The student of anthropology learns about human social life--past and present--and gains a broad understanding of humans and society.
The Program. Students interested in the scientific study of human origins, primate studies and the fundamentals of biology as these relate to Homo sapiens should enroll in the Bachelor of Science degree program. Students interested in ethnography and the ethnology of selected culture areas or linguistics (language in culture and society and linguistic field methods) should enroll in the Bachelor of Arts degree program. Students interested in archaeology (prehistory and the techniques and methods of archaeology) should consult an adviser before choosing one degree program or the other.
Career Alternatives. Although most practicing anthropologists teach in colleges and universities, a bachelor's degree in anthropology can lead to work in museums, in the Park Service, or in other aspects of public archaeology. A Bachelor of Science degree is a suitable major for premedical and predental preparation. A degree in anthropology with appropriate courses in education also can be good preparation for high school teaching in social or natural sciences.
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| Preparatory Subject Matter | 20 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Anthropology 1, 2, 3, 4 | 16 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Statistics 13 or 102 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Depth Subject Matter | 44 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Anthropological linguistics: one course | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Social-Cultural Anthropology: one course from Anthropology 121N, 122, 123A, 123B, 124, 125A, 125B, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132N, 133, 135, 136, 138, 139 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Anthropology 137 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ethnography: one course from Anthropology 140A, 140B, 141A, 141B, 142, 143A, 143B, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148A, 148B, 149A, 149B, 178 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Biological anthropology: one course | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Archaeology and prehistory: one course | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Select 8 units from any upper division Anthropology courses chosen in consultation with an adviser | 8 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Select an additional 12 units in an area of emphasis:
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| Total Units for the Major | 64 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UNITS | ||
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| Preparatory Subject Matter | 55-56 | |
| Anthropology 1, 2 | 8 | |
| Anthropology 3 or 4 | 4 | |
| Biological Sciences 1A, 1B, 1C | 15 | |
| Chemistry 2A, 2B, 8A-8B | 16 | |
| Mathematics 16A-16B-16C | 9 | |
| Statistics 13, 32, 100, or 102 | 3-4 | |
| Depth Subject Matter | 45 | |
| Six courses in anthropology, including Anthropology 152, 153 and 154A, and the remaining three chosen in consultation with major adviser | 22-25 | |
| Biological Sciences 101 and Evolution and Ecology 100 | 8 | |
| Additional units from the list below to achieve a minimum of 45 upper division units.
Anthropology 151, 154B, 155, 156, 157, 157L, 158; Anatomy 100; Biological Sciences 102, 103; Cell Biology and Human Anatomy 101, 101L; Environmental Science and Policy 100, 125; Evolution and Ecology 101, 102, 105, 133, 136, 136L, 138, 141, 147, 149, 170, 170L; Exercise Science 103, 115; Geography 117; Geology 106, 107, 107L, 144, 145, 146; Molecular and Cellular Biology 120L, 121, 146, 150, 150L, 151, 160L, 161, 162, 163, 164; Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior 101, 101L; Psychology 108, 112, 150; Statistics 104, 106, 108, 110, 130A, 130B. | ||
| Total units for the Major | 100-101 | |
Recommended
Anthropology 4, 15; Geology 1, 1L, 3, 3L; Physics 5A, 5B, 5C, or 7A, 7B, 7C; Psychology 1.
Major Advisers. A.B. degree: R. Curley; B.S. degree: H.M. McHenry.
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| Anthropology | 18-25 | |
| General emphasis | 22-25 | |
| One course from Anthropology 117, 119, 120 | 4 | |
| One course from Anthropology 151, 152, 153, 154A, 154B, 155, 156, 157, 157L, 158 | 2-5 | |
| One course from Anthropology 170, 171, 172, 178, 179, 181 | 4 | |
| One course from Anthropology 140A, 140B, 141A, 141B, 142, 143A, 143B, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148A, 148B, 149A, 149B | 4 | |
| Two courses from Anthropology 101, 117, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123A, 123B, 124, 125A, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132N, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139 | 4 | |
| One additional course from remaining upper division Anthropology courses | 4 | |
| Biological emphasis | 18-21 | |
| Anthropology 152, 153, 154A | 13 | |
| Two additional upper division Anthropology courses chosen in consultation with B.S. degree undergraduate adviser | 5-8 | |
| Social-Cultural emphasis | 18-21 | |
| Anthropology 137 | 4 | |
| One course from Anthropology 140A, 140B, 141A, 141B, 142, 143A, 143B, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148A, 148B, 149A, 149B | 4 | |
| Two courses from Anthropology 101, 117, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123A, 123B, 124, 125A, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132N, 133, 135, 136, 138, 139 | 8 | |
| One additional upper division Anthropology course chosen in consultation with A.B. degree undergraduate adviser | 2-5 | |
Honors Program. Candidates for high or highest honors in Anthropology must write a senior thesis under the direction of a faculty member. The thesis project will have a minimum duration of two quarters. Honors candidates must take at least six units of Anthropology 194H. Only students who, at the end of their junior year (135 units), have attained a cumulative grade point average of 3.5 in Anthropology courses will be eligible for the honors program. The quality of the thesis work will be the primary determinant for designating high or highest honors at graduation.
Teaching Credential Subject Representative. --------. See also the Teacher Education Program.
Graduate Study. The Department offers a program of study leading to the M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in Anthropology. Further information regarding graduate study may be obtained at the Department Office and at Graduate Studies.
Graduate Adviser. C.A. Smith; J.S. Smith.
| Upper Division Courses | Graduate Courses |
*Course not offered this academic year.
General Education (GE) credit: ArtHum = Arts and Humanities; SciEng = Science and Engineering; SocSci = Social Sciences; Div = Social-Cultural Diversity; Wrt = Writing Experience. Select this link to information on the General Education requirement.
1. Human Evolutionary Biology (4) I, II, III. Isabel, McHenry, Rodman, Smith
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.
2. Cultural Anthropology (4) I. Yengoyan; II. Curley; III. Boyd
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.
3. Introduction to Archaeology (4) I. Elston; II. The Staff; III. Beaton
Lecture--3 hours; discussion--1 hour. Development of archaeology as an anthropological study; objectives and methods of modern archaeology. GE credit: SocSci, Div.
4. Introduction to Anthropological Linguistics (4) I. Macri; II. J.S. Smith
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.
5. Proseminar in Biological Anthropology (4) III. Isbell
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.
15. Behavioral and Evolutionary Biology of the Human Life Cycle (5) II. Harcourt
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.
20. Comparative Cultures (4) III. Curley
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.
23. Introduction to World Prehistory (4) I. Elston
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.
98. Directed Group Study (1-5) I, II, III. The Staff (Chairperson in charge)
Primarily intended for lower division students. (P/NP grading only.)
99. Special Study for Undergraduates
(1-5) I, II, III. The Staff (Chairperson in charge)
Prerequisite: consent of instructor. (P/NP grading only.)
101. Human Ecology (4) II. Richerson/Borgerhoff-Mulder
Lecture--3 hours; discussion--1 hour. Prerequisite: one course from course 1, 2, Environmental Studies 30, Genetics 10, or the equivalent. Critical variables in the processes that relate to humans and their environment. Emphasis on the biological, cultural, social, and psychological forces which encourage stability or change in human ecological relationships. (Same course as Environmental Science and Policy 101.) GE credit: SocSci.
*110. Elementary Linguistic Analysis (4) III. Macri
Lecture--3 hours; discussion--1 hour. Prerequisite: course 4 or Linguistics 1. Analytical techniques of articulatory phonetics, phonemics, morphophonemics, and morphology. GE credit: SocSci.
*112. Comparative Linguistics (4) I.
Lecture--3 hours; discussion--1 hour. Prerequisite: course 110. Linguistic prehistory, historical linguistics, and reconstruction. GE credit: SocSci.
*113. Indigenous Languages of North America (4) II. Macri
Lecture--3 hours; discussion--1 hour. Prerequisite: course 4, Linguistics 1, or consent of instructor. Survey of indigenous languages of North America, including their classification, linguistic characteristics, areal features, and socio-cultural aspects. GE credit: SocSci, Div.
117. Language and Society (4) III. J.S. Smith
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) I. Macri
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) II. The Staff
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.
121. Indigenous Peoples and Resource Conservation (4) III. Borgerhoff-Mulder
Lecture--3 hours; discussion--1 hour. Prerequisite: course 2 or Geology 1 or Environmental Studies 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 developed world. Offered in alternate years. (Former course 121N.) GE credit: SocSci.
122. Economic Anthropology (4) III. Davis
Lecture--3 hours; discussion--1 hour. Prerequisite: consent of instructor. Economic behavior in nonindustrial societies; its social and cultural setting and its modern changes. GE credit: SocSci, Div, Wrt.
123A. Anthropology and Political Economy (4) The Staff (Chairperson in charge)
Lecture--3 hours; discussion--1 hour. Prerequisite: course 2 or consent of instructor. Survey of anthropological approaches to the study of political organizations; interrelationships among political institutions, economic infrastructures and cultural complexity. GE credit: SocSci, Div, Wrt.
123B. Resistance, Rebellion, and Popular Movements (4) II. Sawyer
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. GE credit: SocSci, Div, Wrt.
123C. Multiculturalism and Minority Identity (4) II. Lavie
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 to nationalism and imperialism. Offered in alternate years.
123D. Migration and the Politics of Place and Identity (4) I. Zhang
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. GE credit: SocSci, Wrt.
124. Religion in Society and Culture (4) II. Curley
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.
*125A. Structuralism and Symbolism (4) II. Rouse
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.
125B. Postmodernism(s) and Culture (4) I. Lavie
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.
126. Anthropology of Development (4) III. Zhang
Lecture--3 hours; discussion--1 hour. Prerequisite: course 2 or consent of instructor. Survey of theories of social and economic change. Social and economic consequences of technological innovation. Application of anthropological theory to case studies of rural economy and society. GE credit: SocSci, Div, Wrt.
127. Urban Anthropology (4) I. Zhang
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.
128. Kinship and Social Organization (4) II. Davis
Lecture--3 hours; discussion--1 hour. Prerequisite: course 2. Theoretical discussion of social organization with primary emphasis on typology and classification of family and kinship systems. GE credit: SocSci, Div, Wrt.
129. Self, Identity, and Family (4) II. The Staff (Chairperson in charge)
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. Offered in alternate years. GE credit: SocSci, Div, Wrt.
130. Gender and Sexuality (4) II. The Staff (Chairperson in charge)
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. GE credit: SocSci, Div, Wrt.
131. Women and Development (4) I. Sawyer
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. GE credit: SocSci, Div, Wrt.
*132. Ethnohistory (4) I, II. Walton
Lecture--3 hours; discussion--1 hour. Prerequisite: course 2 and one other course in either history or anthropology. Course focuses on method and interpretation involved in reconstructing the history and cultural experience of those "people without history" who left no documentary record (pre-literate societies, slaves, peasants). Emphasizes cross-cultural comparison and complementary methods (archaeology, demography, oral history, travel accounts). GE credit: SocSci, Wrt.
133. Cultural Ecology (4) III. Orlove
Lecture--3 hours; discussion--1 hour. 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 more complex environments. (Same course as Environmental Science and Policy 133.) GE credit: SocSci, Div, Wrt.
*134N. Cultural Politics of the Environment (4) III. Sawyer
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. Offered in alternate years. GE credit: SocSci, Div.
*135. Peasant Society and Culture (4) III. C.A. Smith
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.
136. Ethnographic Film (4) III. Curley
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. Theory in Social-Cultural Anthropology (4) I. Yengoyan
Lecture--3 hours; discussion--1 hour. Prerequisite: course 2. Comparative overview of major theoretical orientations in social-cultural anthropology, including evolutionary, historical, functional, ecological, psychological, structural, symbolic, and Marxian approaches. Selected controversies are examined to clarify strengths and limitations of extant theories. GE credit: SocSci.
*138. Ethnographic Research Methods in Anthropology (4) II. Boyd
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.
139. Race, Class, Gender Systems (4) I. C.A. Smith
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. GE credit: SocSci, Div, Wrt.
*140A. Cultures and Societies of West and Central Africa (4) I. Curley
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) I. Curley
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.
*141A. Indians of North America (4) II. The Staff
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) III. Bettinger
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) I. Lavie
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.
*143A. Ethnology of Southeast Asia (4) II. Yengoyan
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. Offered in alternate years. GE credit: SocSci, Div, Wrt.
*143B. Philippine Societies and Culture (4) III. Davis
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) III. The Staff (Chairperson in charge)
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.
146. Peoples and Politics of Mexico and Central America (4) II. C. Smith
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) III. Boyd
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. China: Anthropology of a Civilization (4) I. Skinner
Lecture--3 hours; discussion--1 hour. Prerequisite: course 2. An analysis of the society, culture and political economy of late traditional China to 1949. Special attention is given to spatial differentiation and historically specific social/cultural change. Offered in alternate years. GE credit: SocSci, Div, Wrt.
148B. Family, Gender, and Population in Contemporary China (4) II. Skinner
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) III. Swain
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. Offered in alternate years. GE credit: SocSci, Div, Wrt.
*149A. Traditional Japanese Society (4) III. J. S. Smith
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. Offered in alternate years. GE credit: SocSci, Div, Wrt.
149B. Contemporary Japanese Society (4) III. J. S. Smith
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. Offered in alternate years. GE credit: SocSci, Div, Wrt.
151. Primate Evolution (4) III. McHenry
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.
152. Human Evolution (4) II. McHenry
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.
153. Human Biological Variation (5) I. D.G. Smith
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.
154A. The Evolution of Primate Behavior (5) I. Rodman; III. Isbell
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.
*154B. Ecology and Sociobiology of Primates (4) III. Isbell
Lecture--2 hours; laboratory--6 hours. Prerequisite: course 154A, Statistics 13 (or the equivalent), and consent of instructor. Continuation of course 154A for students interested in methods of studying, describing and analyzing the ecology and sociobiology of primates. Laboratory consists of direct observation of captive primates and local birds with quantitative analysis of observations. GE credit: SciEng, Wrt.
*155. Comparative Primate Anatomy (4) II. The Staff
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) III. McHenry
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.
*157. Anthropological Genetics (3) II. D.G. Smith
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) I. D.G. Smith
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) I. Isbell
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.
170. Archeological Theory and Method (4) II. Delacorte
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.
*171. Geoarcheology (4) II. Beaton
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. Offered in alternate years. GE credit: SocSci, Wrt.
*172. New World Prehistory: The First Arrivals (4) III.
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. Offered in alternate years. GE credit: SocSci, Div, Wrt.
173. New World Prehistory: Archaic Adaptations (4) III. Delacorte
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. Offered in alternate years. GE credit: SocSci, Div, Wrt.
*176. Prehistory of California and the Great Basin (4) III.
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) III. Bettinger
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. Offered in alternate years. GE credit: SocSci, Div, Wrt.
179. Ethnoarchaeology (4) II. Beaton
Lecture--3 hours; discussion--1 hour. Prerequisite: course 3. Relationships between behavior and its archeological consequences. Ethnography by archeologists examines residence patterning, site-formation processes, hunting/foraging behavior and other artifact creating activities and how these contribute to modern archeological thinking. GE credit: SocSci, Div, Wrt.
181. Field Course in Archeological Method (9) Summer. The Staff
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.
*183. Laboratory in Archeological Analysis (4) III. Bettinger
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.
*184. Prehistoric Technology: The Material Aspects of Prehistoric Adaptation (4) I.
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.
*191. Topics in Anthropology (4) I. Bettinger
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.
192. Internship in Anthropology (1-12) I, II, III. The Staff
Intership--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 supervison 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) I, II, III. The Staff (Chairperson in charge)
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) I, II, III. The Staff
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) I, II, III. The Staff (Chairperson in charge)
(P/NP grading only.)
199. Special Study for Advanced Undergraduates (1-5) I, II, III. The Staff (Chairperson in charge)
(P/NP grading only.)
201. History of Anthropological Theory (4) I. Yengoyan
Lecture--2 hours; discussion--1 hour; term paper. Historical development of the various fields of anthropology with emphasis upon their interrelationships.
202. History and Theory of Biological Anthropology (4) II. Rodman
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.
203. History and Theory of Archaeology (3) I. Bettinger
Seminar--3 hours. History of thought in archaeology and analysis of research methods.
204. Contemporary Issues in Anthropological Theory (4) II. C.A. Smith
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.
205. History and Theory in Anthropological Linguistics (4) II. J.S. Smith
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) III. Rouse
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.
*207. Ethnographic Writing (4) II. Lavie
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. Offered in alternate years.
210. Aspects of Culture Structure (4) I. C. Smith; II. Yengoyan; III. Rouse
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.
211. Advanced Topics in Cultural Ecology (4) I. Orlove
Lecture/discussion--3 hours; term paper. 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.) Offered in alternate years.
*212. Political Ecology (4) III. Boyd
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. Offered in alternate years.
216. Problems in Archeological Method (4) II. Beaton
Seminar--3 hours; term paper. Techniques for analyzing archeological data; application to various prehistoric cultures. May be repeated for credit with consent of instructor.
*218. Topics in North American Prehistory (4) I. Bettinger
Seminar--3 hours; term paper. Advanced study on current problems in North American prehistory and archaeology. May be repeated for credit only if material is unique for that student, and with consent of instructor.
220. Field Course in Linguistics (4) III. Macri
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) I. Orlove
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. Problems in Urban Anthropology (4) I. Walton
Seminar--3 hours; one paper. Prerequisite: graduate status or consent of instructor. Study of selected critical problems in urban anthropology. Each quarter focuses on some of the following topics: class, minorities, poverty, migration, religion, politics, kinship, community, sex-roles, communication, ideology, consciousness in urban context. May be repeated for credit.
*223. Economic Anthropology (4) III. Davis
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) I. Curley
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) III. C.A. Smith
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. Offered in alternate years.
*226. Consciousness and Resistance (4) I.
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. Offered in alternate years.
*227. Behavioral Ecology and Anthropology (4) III. Borgerhoff-Mulder
Seminar--3 hours; term paper. Prerequisite: graduate standing. An exploration of the links between behavioral ecology and the study of human cultural variation, focusing on social organization, marriage, reproduction, inheritance and subsistence in traditional and historical populations. May be repeated once for credit. Offered in alternate years.
228. Culture and Power (4) III. Sawyer, Zhang
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.
*229. Topics in Gender, Identity, and Selfhood (4) III. Joseph
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.
*230. Family Systems and Reproduction: Theory and Comparisons (4) II. Skinner
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) I. Walton
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) I. Curley
Seminar--3 hours; term paper. Diachronic analyses of traditional institutions in sub-Saharan Africa.
*241. Topics in North American Ethnology (4) III. Forbes
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) II.
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) II.
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) III. Skinner, Zhang
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.
252. Human Evolution Seminar (4) II. McHenry
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.
253. Seminar in Human Biology (4) I. D.G. Smith
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. Offered in alternate years.
254. Current Issues in Primate Sociobiology (4) I. Isbell; III. Rodman
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.
*258. Evolution and Human Behavior (4) III. Isbel
Seminar--3 hours; term paper. Prerequisite: courses 15; 101;154 A or 154B; 158 or consent of instructor. Focus will be on reproductive strategies and parental investment. May be repeated for credit when topics vary.
270. Anthropology Colloquium Seminar (1) I, II, III. The Staff
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.)
*292. Seminar in Linguistic Anthropology (4) II. J.S. Smith
Seminar--3 hours; term paper. Selected topics in linguistic anthropology. May be repeated for credit when topic differs.
298. Group Study (1-4) I, II, III. The Staff (Chairperson in charge)
(S/U grading only.)
299. Research (1-12) I, II, III. The Staff (Chairperson in charge)
(S/U grading only.)
299D. Dissertation Research (1-12) I, II, III. The Staff (Chairperson in charge)
(S/U grading only.)
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