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Declare the major as soon as you are eligible. You should declare the Lower Division Prerequisites
major no later than the end of your first semester of junior year. If you are There are three prerequisites, which may be taken in any order. Majors
a transfer student, this means you should declare the major during your must take Anthro 1: Introduction to Biological Anthropology; Anthro 2:
first semester at UC Berkeley. Introduction to Archaeology, or Anthro 2AC: Introduction to Archaeology
(American Cultures); and Anthro 3: Introduction to Social and Cultural
Honors Program Anthropology, or Anthro 3AC: Introduction to Social and Cultural
The honors thesis in Anthropology is the result of an independently- Anthropology (American Cultures). Students should take the prerequisite
pursued course of research undertaken by qualified students under the course before attempting the corresponding upper division courses in
mentorship of a faculty thesis advisor. An overall GPA of 3.5 and a GPA Biological, Archaeology, or Sociocultural Anthropology. Students should
of 3.65 in the major in courses completed at UC Berkeley is required take prerequisite courses before attempting the corresponding upper
to qualify for the program. The program requires the sponsorship of an division courses
anthropology professor as an adviser. This advisor should be identified
ANTHRO 1 Introduction to Biological Anthropology 4
by the end of the junior year. A second reader must also be identified,
in consultation with the thesis advisor. If students want to apply for ANTHRO 2 Introduction to Archaeology 4
research funding for summer between junior and senior years, they will or ANTHRO 2AC
Introduction to Archaeology
benefit by having secured an advisor by January of the junior year. The ANTHRO 3 Introduction to Social and Cultural Anthropology 4
year-long senior thesis course normally begins in the fall of senior year, or ANTHRO 3AC
Introduction to Social/Cultural Anthropology (American
but can begin in spring of senior year if justified. The honors courses, Cultures)
ANTHRO H195A and ANTHRO H195B, count as two of the five elective
requirements for the major and are four unit courses each. Upper Division Major Requirements
Minor Program The nine required upper division courses must include at least one
area course and one method course. Nine upper division Anthropology
The Department of Anthropology offers an undergraduate minor in courses are required for the major. This includes a core of four classes,
anthropology. In order to declare the minor, you will need to complete including Anthro 114: History of Anthropological Thought, and one upper
these three steps: division archaeology, one upper division biological anthropology, and one
upper division sociocultural anthropology course. In addition to the core,
five elective courses in Anthropology complete the nine courses. These
2 Anthropology
courses must include at least one area course and one method course. ANTHRO 129CTopical Areas in Archaeology: Archaeology of
For a list of courses that fulfill each requirement (upper division biological Hunter-Gatherers [4]
anthropology, upper division archaeology, upper division sociocultural ANTHRO 129ETopical Areas in Archaeology: Household
anthropology, area and method), please see below. For a list of courses Archeology [4]
that fulfill the area and method requirements, please see below.
ANTHRO C129F
The Archaeology of Health and Disease [4]
ANTHRO 114 History of Anthropological Thought 4 ANTHRO 130 History and Theory of Archaeology [4]
Select one course in biological anthropology from the following: ANTHRO 132AAnalysis of Archaeological Materials: Ceramics [4]
ANTHRO 105 Primate Evolution [4] ANTHRO 134 Analysis of the Archaeological Record [4]
ANTHRO 106 Primate Behavior [4] ANTHRO 134AField Course in Archaeological Methods [6]
ANTHRO 107 Evolution of the Human Brain [4] ANTHRO 135 Paleoethnobotany: Archaeological Methods and
ANTHRO 110 Theory and Method in Physical Anthropology [4] Laboratory Techniques [4]
ANTHRO 135BEnvironmental Archaeology [4]
ANTHRO 111 Evolution of Human Behavior [4]
ANTHRO 136AMuseum Exhibit Curation and Design [4]
ANTHRO 112 Special Topics in Biological Anthropology [4]
ANTHRO 136BIntroduction to Museum Methods [4]
ANTHRO 127ABioarchaeology: Introduction to Skeletal Biology
and Bioarchaeology [4] ANTHRO 136GCultural Policy: Cultural Heritage and Cultural
ANTHRO 127BBioarchaeology: Reconstruction of Life in Diplomacy [4]
Bioarchaeology [4] ANTHRO 174AC
California Historical Anthropology [4]
Select one course in archaeology from the following: Select one course in social/cultural anthropology from the
ANTHRO 121AHistorical Archaeology: American Material Culture following:
[4] ANTHRO 115 Introduction to Medical Anthropology [4]
ANTHRO 121AC
American Material Culture [4] ANTHRO 119 Special Topics in Medical Anthropology [4]
ANTHRO 121BHistorical Archaeology: Theoretical Approaches in ANTHRO 138AHistory and Theory of Ethnographic Film [4]
American Historical Archaeology [4] ANTHRO 138BField Production of Ethnographic Film [5]
ANTHRO 121CHistorical Archaeology: Historical Artifact ANTHRO 140 The Anthropology of Food [4]
Identification and Analysis [4] ANTHRO 141 Comparative Society [4]
ANTHRO 122AArchaeology of the Americas: Archaeology of ANTHRO 142 Course Not Available [4]
North America [4] ANTHRO 146 Cities of the Global South 4
ANTHRO 122BCulture Contact in North America [4] ANTHRO 147AAnthropology of Gender [4]
ANTHRO 122CArchaeology of the Americas: Archaeology of ANTHRO C147B
Sexuality, Culture, and Colonialism [4]
Central America [4]
ANTHRO 148 Anthropology of the Environment [4]
ANTHRO 122DArchaeology of the Americas: World of Ancient
ANTHRO 149 Psychological Anthropology [4]
Maya [4]
ANTHRO 150 Utopia: Art and Power in Modern Times [4]
ANTHRO 122EArchaeology of the Americas: Andean
Archaeology: People of the Andes [4] ANTHRO 155 Modernity [4]
ANTHRO 122F Archaeology of the Americas: California ANTHRO 156 Anthropology of the Contemporary [4]
Archaeology [4] ANTHRO 156APolitics and Anthropology [4]
ANTHRO 122GArchaeology of the Americas: Archaeology of the ANTHRO 156BCulture and Power [4]
American Southwest [4] ANTHRO 157 Anthropology of Law [4]
ANTHRO 123AOld World Prehistory [4] ANTHRO 158 Religion and Anthropology [4]
ANTHRO 123BOld World Cultures: Archaeology of Africa [4] ANTHRO 160AC
Forms of Folklore [4]
ANTHRO 123COld World Cultures: Archaeology of Europe [4] ANTHRO 162 Topics in Folklore [4]
ANTHRO 123EOld World Cultures: Mediterranean Archaeology ANTHRO 166 Language, Culture, and Society [4]
[4] ANTHRO 169AData Analysis and Computational Methods [4]
ANTHRO C123F
Course Not Available [3] ANTHRO 169BResearch Theory and Methods in Socio-Cultural
ANTHRO 124APacific Cultures: Archaeology of the South Pacific Anthropology [5]
[4] ANTHRO 169CResearch Theory and Methods in Linguistic
ANTHRO 124BHawaiian Ethnohistory [4] Anthropology [4]
ANTHRO C125A
Archaeology of East Asia [4] ANTHRO 170 China [4]
ANTHRO C125B
Archaeology and Japanese Identities [4] ANTHRO 171 Japan [4]
ANTHRO 128 Special Topics in Archaeology [4] ANTHRO 178 Course Not Available [4]
ANTHRO 128ASpecial Topics in Archaeology/Area [4] ANTHRO 179 Ethnography of the Maya [4]
ANTHRO 128MSpecial Topics in Archaeology/Method [4] ANTHRO 180 European Society [4]
ANTHRO 129ATopical Areas in Archaeology: Prehistoric Art [4] ANTHRO 181 Themes in the Anthropology of the Middle East
and Islam [4]
Anthropology 3
ANTHRO 183 Topics in the Anthropological Study of Africa [4] ANTHRO 128M Special Topics in Archaeology/Method 4
ANTHRO 184 South Asia [4] ANTHRO 132A Analysis of Archaeological Materials: Ceramics 4
ANTHRO 189 Special Topics in Social/Cultural Anthropology [4] ANTHRO 134 Analysis of the Archaeological Record 4
ANTHRO 189ASpecial Topics in Cultural Anthropology/Area [4] ANTHRO 134A Field Course in Archaeological Methods 6
ANTHRO 135 Paleoethnobotany: Archaeological Methods and 4
Area Courses Laboratory Techniques
ANTHRO 121A Historical Archaeology: American Material Culture 4 ANTHRO 135B Environmental Archaeology 4
ANTHRO 121AC American Material Culture 4 ANTHRO 136A Museum Exhibit Curation and Design 4
ANTHRO 121B Historical Archaeology: Theoretical Approaches in 4 ANTHRO 136B Introduction to Museum Methods 4
American Historical Archaeology ANTHRO 136G Cultural Policy: Cultural Heritage and Cultural 4
ANTHRO 121C Historical Archaeology: Historical Artifact 4 Diplomacy
Identification and Analysis ANTHRO 138B Field Production of Ethnographic Film 5
ANTHRO 122A Archaeology of the Americas: Archaeology of 4 ANTHRO 160AC Forms of Folklore 4
North America
ANTHRO 169A Data Analysis and Computational Methods 4
ANTHRO 122B Culture Contact in North America 4
ANTHRO 169B Research Theory and Methods in Socio-Cultural 5
ANTHRO 122C Archaeology of the Americas: Archaeology of 4
Anthropology
Central America
ANTHRO 122D Archaeology of the Americas: World of Ancient 4 Students who have a strong interest in an area of study outside their
Maya major often decide to complete a minor program. These programs
ANTHRO 122E Archaeology of the Americas: Andean 4 have set requirements and are noted officially on the transcript in the
Archaeology: People of the Andes memoranda section, but are not noted on diplomas.
ANTHRO 122F Archaeology of the Americas: California 4
Archaeology
General Guidelines
ANTHRO 122G Archaeology of the Americas: Archaeology of the 4 1. All minors must be declared no later than one semester before a
American Southwest student's Expected Graduation Term (EGT). If the semester before
ANTHRO 123A Old World Prehistory 4 EGT is fall or spring, the deadline is the last day of RRR week. If
the semester before EGT is summer, the deadline is the final Friday
ANTHRO 123B Old World Cultures: Archaeology of Africa 4
of Summer Sessions. To declare a minor, contact the department
ANTHRO 123C Old World Cultures: Archaeology of Europe 4 advisor for information on requirements, and the declaration process.
ANTHRO 123E Old World Cultures: Mediterranean Archaeology 4 2. All courses taken to fulfill the minor requirements below must be
ANTHRO C123F Course Not Available 3 taken for graded credit.
ANTHRO 124A Pacific Cultures: Archaeology of the South Pacific 4 3. A minimum of three of the upper division courses taken to fulfill the
ANTHRO 124B Hawaiian Ethnohistory 4 minor requirements must be completed at UC Berkeley.
ANTHRO C124C Course Not Available 3 4. A minimum grade point average (GPA) of 2.0 is required for courses
ANTHRO C125A Archaeology of East Asia 4 used to fulfill the minor requirements.
ANTHRO C125B Archaeology and Japanese Identities 4 5. Courses used to fulfill the minor requirements may be applied toward
the Seven-Course Breadth requirement, for Letters & Science
ANTHRO 128A Special Topics in Archaeology/Area 4
students.
ANTHRO C147B Sexuality, Culture, and Colonialism 4
6. No more than one upper division course may be used to
ANTHRO 170 China 4
simultaneously fulfill requirements for a student's major and minor
ANTHRO 171 Japan 4 programs.
ANTHRO 174AC California Historical Anthropology 4 7. All minor requirements must be completed prior to the last day of
ANTHRO 178 Course Not Available 4 finals during the semester in which you plan to graduate. If you
ANTHRO 179 Ethnography of the Maya 4 cannot finish all courses required for the minor by that time, please
ANTHRO 180 European Society 4 see a College of Letters & Science adviser.
ANTHRO 181 Themes in the Anthropology of the Middle East 4 8. All minor requirements must be completed within the unit ceiling. (For
and Islam further information regarding the unit ceiling, please see the College
Requirements tab.)
ANTHRO 183 Topics in the Anthropological Study of Africa 4
ANTHRO 184 South Asia 4 Requirements
ANTHRO 189A Special Topics in Cultural Anthropology/Area 4
Lower Division 8
Method Courses Select two of the following:
ANTHRO 121C Historical Archaeology: Historical Artifact 4 ANTHRO 1 Introduction to Biological Anthropology [4]
Identification and Analysis ANTHRO 2 Introduction to Archaeology [4]
ANTHRO 127A Bioarchaeology: Introduction to Skeletal Biology 4 or ANTHRO Introduction
2AC to Archaeology
and Bioarchaeology ANTHRO 3 Introduction to Social and Cultural Anthropology [4]
4 Anthropology
or ANTHRO Introduction
3AC to Social/Cultural Anthropology (American Reading and Composition (http://guide.berkeley.edu/
Cultures) undergraduate/colleges-schools/letters-science/reading-
Upper Division 20 composition-requirement/)
Select any five anthropology courses In order to provide a solid foundation in reading, writing, and critical
thinking the College requires two semesters of lower division work in
Undergraduate students must fulfill the following requirements in addition composition in sequence. Students must complete parts A & B reading
to those required by their major program. and composition courses in sequential order by the end of their fourth
semester.
For detailed lists of courses that fulfill college requirements, please
review the College of Letters & Sciences (http://guide.berkeley.edu/ College of Letters & Science 7 Course
undergraduate/colleges-schools/letters-science/) page in this Guide. For
College advising appointments, please visit the L&S Advising (https://
Breadth Requirements
lsadvising.berkeley.edu/home/) Pages. Breadth Requirements (http://guide.berkeley.edu/undergraduate/
colleges-schools/letters-science/#breadthrequirementstext)
University of California Requirements The undergraduate breadth requirements provide Berkeley students with
Entry Level Writing (http://guide.berkeley.edu/undergraduate/ a rich and varied educational experience outside of their major program.
colleges-schools/letters-science/entry-level-writing-requirement/) As the foundation of a liberal arts education, breadth courses give
students a view into the intellectual life of the University while introducing
All students who will enter the University of California as freshmen must
them to a multitude of perspectives and approaches to research and
demonstrate their command of the English language by fulfilling the
scholarship. Engaging students in new disciplines and with peers from
Entry Level Writing requirement. Fulfillment of this requirement is also a
other majors, the breadth experience strengthens interdisciplinary
prerequisite to enrollment in all reading and composition courses at UC
connections and context that prepares Berkeley graduates to understand
Berkeley.
and solve the complex issues of their day.
American History and American Institutions (http://
guide.berkeley.edu/undergraduate/colleges-schools/letters- Unit Requirements
science/american-history-institutions-requirement/) • 120 total units
The American History and Institutions requirements are based on the
• Of the 120 units, 36 must be upper division units
principle that a US resident graduated from an American university,
should have an understanding of the history and governmental • Of the 36 upper division units, 6 must be taken in courses offered
institutions of the United States. outside your major department
(excluding EAP) of their final 60 semester units in residence. At least 12 ANTHRO 1 Introduction to Biological
of these 24 units must be completed after you have completed 90 units.
Anthropology 4 Units
Upper Division Residence Requirement Terms offered: Fall 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021
An introduction to an evolutionary and biocultural perspective on
You must complete in residence a minimum of 18 units of upper
evolutionary theory and basic human genetics; evolutionary and
division courses (excluding UCEAP units), 12 of which must satisfy the
comparative biology of humans and our closest living relatives the
requirements for your major.
nonhuman primates; origins of early humans and uniquely human
anatomical and cultural development; and modern human variation,
Learning Goals for the Major
health, and adaptation.
1. Learning About Anthropology Introduction to Biological Anthropology: Read More [+]
• Understand core concepts in contemporary biological Rules & Requirements
anthropology.
• Understand core concepts in contemporary anthropological Credit Restrictions: Students will receive no credit for Anthropology 1
archaeology. after taking Anthropology N1, XAnthropology 1.
Additional Details
Credit Restrictions: Students will receive no credit for Anthropology Credit Restrictions: Students will receive no credit for 3AC after taking
2AC after taking Anthropology 2, XAnthropology 2AC but may remove a 3; deficient grade in 3AC may be removed by taking 3.
deficient grade.
Requirements this course satisfies: Satisfies the American Cultures
Requirements this course satisfies: Satisfies the American Cultures requirement
requirement
Hours & Format
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture and 1 hour of
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture and 1 hour of discussion per week
discussion per week
Summer:
Summer: 6 weeks - 8 hours of lecture and 2 hours of discussion per week
6 weeks - 8 hours of lecture and 2 hours of discussion per week 8 weeks - 6 hours of lecture and 1.5 hours of discussion per week
8 weeks - 6 hours of lecture and 1.5 hours of discussion per week
Additional Details
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Anthropology/Undergraduate
Subject/Course Level: Anthropology/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Introduction to Social/Cultural Anthropology (American Cultures): Read
Introduction to Archaeology: Read Less [-] Less [-]
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required. Subject/Course Level: Anthropology/Undergraduate
Introduction to Social and Cultural Anthropology: Read Less [-] Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam not required.
Grading/Final exam status: The grading option will be decided by the Grading/Final exam status: The grading option will be decided by the
instructor when the class is offered. Final Exam To be decided by the instructor when the class is offered. Final Exam To be decided by the
instructor when the class is offered. instructor when the class is offered.
Freshman Seminar: Read Less [-] Sophomore Seminar: Read Less [-]
8 Anthropology
ANTHRO 98 Directed Group Study 1 - 4 Units ANTHRO 105 Primate Evolution 4 Units
Terms offered: Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2018 Terms offered: Summer 2016 10 Week Session, Summer 2016 First 6
Organized group study on topics selected by lower division students Week Session, Summer 2013 Second 6 Week Session
under the sponsorship and direction of a member of the Anthropology A consideration of the major groups of primates with an emphasis on the
Department's faculty. evolution of behavior.
Directed Group Study: Read More [+] Primate Evolution: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements Rules & Requirements
Credit Restrictions: Enrollment is restricted; see the section on Hours & Format
Academic Policies-Course Number Guide in the Berkeley Bulletin.
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.
Summer:
Hours & Format 6 weeks - 7.5 hours of lecture per week
8 weeks - 5.5 hours of lecture per week
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1-4 hours of directed group study per
week Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Anthropology/Undergraduate Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Grading/Final exam status: Offered for pass/not pass grade only. Final Primate Evolution: Read Less [-]
exam not required.
ANTHRO 106 Primate Behavior 4 Units
Directed Group Study: Read Less [-] Terms offered: Fall 2013, Summer 2013 First 6 Week Session, Fall 2012
Humans, apes, and selected monkeys are the primates of concern, and
ANTHRO 99 Supervised Independent Study among this array patterns and degrees of social behavior vary greatly.
and Research 1 - 4 Units Lectures present a general introduction to behavior and its ecological
Terms offered: Fall 2005, Summer 2004 10 Week Session, Spring 2004 context, the interaction of biology and behavior from an evolutionary
Individual research by lower division students. perspective, and an examination of the roots of modern human behavior.
Supervised Independent Study and Research: Read More [+] Primate Behavior: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: Consent of instructor; freshmen and sophomores only Prerequisites: 1 or Integrative Biology 32 recommended
Credit Restrictions: Enrollment is restricted; see the section on Hours & Format
Academic Policies-Course Number Guide in the Berkeley Bulletin.
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture and 1 hour of
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction. discussion per week
Additional Details Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Grading/Final exam status: Offered for pass/not pass grade only. Final
exam not required.
ANTHRO 107 Evolution of the Human Brain 4 ANTHRO 111 Evolution of Human Behavior 4
Units Units
Terms offered: Spring 2022, Fall 2019, Fall 2018 Terms offered: Spring 2020, Spring 2016, Fall 2010
Introduction to comparative vertebrate brain anatomy, neural This course will ask to what extent human behavior in its various
development, and sensory-motor functions that are relevant to the study individual, group, social, and cultural dimensions can be understood
of human brain evolution and the evolution of uniquely human mental and using the relatively small number of basic principles provided by
behavioral capacities. Emphasis is on understanding the processes of evolutionary biological considerations.
evolution that are responsible for species differences in brain structure Evolution of Human Behavior: Read More [+]
and function. Special attention will be given to animal communication, Hours & Format
vocalization, neurolinguistics, and theories of language evolution.
Evolution of the Human Brain: Read More [+] Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Rules & Requirements
Summer:
Prerequisites: Upper division undergraduate standing and Anthropology 6 weeks - 8 hours of lecture per week
1 or equivalent or consent of instructor 8 weeks - 6 hours of lecture per week
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture and 1 hour of Subject/Course Level: Anthropology/Undergraduate
discussion per week
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Additional Details
Evolution of Human Behavior: Read Less [-]
Subject/Course Level: Anthropology/Undergraduate
ANTHRO 112 Special Topics in Biological
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required. Anthropology 4 Units
Terms offered: Summer 2023 First 6 Week Session, Summer 2023
Instructor: Deacon
Second 6 Week Session, Spring 2023
Evolution of the Human Brain: Read Less [-] Varying topics covering current discoveries, research, theories, fieldwork,
etc., in biological anthropology. Topics vary with instructor.
ANTHRO 110 Theory and Method in Physical Special Topics in Biological Anthropology: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Anthropology 4 Units
Terms offered: Prior to 2007 Prerequisites: Anthropology 1 recommended
A unitary view of past history and current trends in the field of Physical
Anthropology, emphasizing schools of thought, important figures and Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.
major areas of research.
Theory and Method in Physical Anthropology: Read More [+] Hours & Format
Rules & Requirements
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Prerequisites: 1
Summer:
Hours & Format 6 weeks - 7.5 hours of lecture per week
8 weeks - 6 hours of lecture per week
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture and 1 hour of
discussion per week Additional Details
Additional Details Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Subject/Course Level: Anthropology/Undergraduate Special Topics in Medical Anthropology: Read Less [-]
Course Objectives: Critically assess social and health issues appearing Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.
in scholarly
Hours & Format
publications and the popular press;, Practice communicating ideas and
analyses in language that can be generally understood;, Work with Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
classmates from multiple disciplines and backgrounds in order to
realize the importance of multidisciplinary approaches for solving Summer:
social and health inequities;, Apply sociocultural, political economic, 6 weeks - 8 hours of lecture per week
and critical theory frameworks for understanding conflicts in the 8 weeks - 6 hours of lecture per week
realms of public health, global health, medicine, and public policy.,
Additional Details
Demonstrate knowledge in major areas of health and society in
relation to current debates in medical anthropology and cognate social Subject/Course Level: Anthropology/Undergraduate
sciences;, Engage with increasingly popular subfields of the medical
social sciences including those on issues of health inequities, care, Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam not required.
medical science, sickness, anguish, and resistance.
This course will provide an overview of key theoretical and Historical Archaeology: American Material Culture: Read Less [-]
methodological approaches as well as central arguments to understand
the relationships between health, medicine, society and environment. ANTHRO 121AC American Material Culture 4
The course will lend context and highlight concepts that are important Units
to understandings of and movements toward social and health equity. Terms offered: Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Fall 2018
Patterns in material culture as it reflects behavioral and psychological
Hours & Format aspects of American culture since the 17th century. Topics include
architecture, domestic artifacts, mortuary art, foodways, and trash
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture and 1 hour of
disposal.
discussion per week
American Material Culture: Read More [+]
Additional Details Rules & Requirements
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Alternate method of Credit Restrictions: Students will receive no credit for Anthropology
final assessment during regularly scheduled final exam group (e.g., 121AC after completing Anthropology 121A.
presentation, final project, etc.).
Requirements this course satisfies: Satisfies the American Cultures
Also listed as: ESPM C162A requirement
Health, Medicine, Society and Environment: Read Less [-] Hours & Format
Additional Details
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction. Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 2 hours of lecture and 3 hours of
laboratory per week
Summer:
6 weeks - 8 hours of lecture per week Summer:
8 weeks - 6 hours of lecture per week 6 weeks - 5 hours of lecture and 7.5 hours of laboratory per week
8 weeks - 3.5 hours of lecture and 6 hours of laboratory per week
Additional Details
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Anthropology/Undergraduate
Subject/Course Level: Anthropology/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam not required.
Historical Archaeology: Theoretical Approaches in American Historical
Archaeology: Read Less [-] Historical Archaeology: Historical Artifact Identification and Analysis:
Read Less [-]
Anthropology 13
ANTHRO 122A Archaeology of the Americas: ANTHRO 122B Culture Contact in North
Archaeology of North America 4 Units America 4 Units
Terms offered: Spring 2023, Spring 2021, Fall 2016 Terms offered: Summer 2018 Second 6 Week Session, Fall 2002, Spring
Archaeological understanding of ancestral cultures in North America 1999
from the end of the last ice age (ca. 20,000 years before the present) This culture examines the implications of early encounters between
up to the time of sustained European contact (beginning ca. 500 years Native Americans and Europeans, including how indigenous peoples
ago). Emphasis on variability of cultural expression in each region responded to European contact and colonialism, and how the outcomes
and historical continuities between archaeological materials and of these encounters influenced cultural developments in postcolonial
contemporary Native American communities. Topics include: earliest contexts. The study employs a holistic approach that integrates
sites known to archaeology; development of foraging societies in the evidence from archaeology, ethnography, ethnohistory, linguistics,
far west and far north; origins of agriculture and village life; and the biological anthropology, and native oral traditions. Case studies from the
emergence of politically complex societies in the southwest and Eastern Caribbean, Florida, Louisiana, Virginia, Alaska, Hawaii, and California will
Woodlands. be included.
Archaeology of the Americas: Archaeology of North America: Read More Culture Contact in North America: Read More [+]
[+] Hours & Format
Rules & Requirements
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Prerequisites: 2
Summer:
Hours & Format 6 weeks - 8 hours of lecture per week
8 weeks - 6 hours of lecture per week
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Summer:
6 weeks - 7.5 hours of lecture per week Subject/Course Level: Anthropology/Undergraduate
8 weeks - 6 hours of lecture per week
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Additional Details
Culture Contact in North America: Read Less [-]
Subject/Course Level: Anthropology/Undergraduate
ANTHRO 122C Archaeology of the Americas:
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Archaeology of Central America 4 Units
Archaeology of the Americas: Archaeology of North America: Read Less Terms offered: Fall 2021, Summer 2019 First 6 Week Session, Summer
[-] 2018 First 6 Week Session
A survey of what archaeology can tell us about the pre-Columbian
cultures of Central America: the Olmec, Maya, Aztec, and their neighbors.
Archaeology of the Americas: Archaeology of Central America: Read
More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: 2
Summer:
6 weeks - 8 hours of lecture per week
8 weeks - 6 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
ANTHRO 122D Archaeology of the Americas: ANTHRO 122F Archaeology of the Americas:
World of Ancient Maya 4 Units California Archaeology 4 Units
Terms offered: Summer 2021 Second 6 Week Session, Summer 2020 Terms offered: Spring 2023, Spring 2020, Fall 2015
Second 6 Week Session, Fall 2014 Prehistory of California Indians; selected archaeological sites and current
A survey of the history of development of Maya society and culture in issues in interpretations.
Central American prior to Eurpean contact in the 16th century AD. Archaeology of the Americas: California Archaeology: Read More [+]
Archaeology of the Americas: World of Ancient Maya: Read More [+] Rules & Requirements
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: 2
Prerequisites: 2
Hours & Format
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Summer:
Summer: 6 weeks - 8 hours of lecture per week
6 weeks - 8 hours of lecture per week 8 weeks - 6 hours of lecture per week
8 weeks - 6 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Anthropology/Undergraduate
Subject/Course Level: Anthropology/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Archaeology of the Americas: California Archaeology: Read Less [-]
Archaeology of the Americas: World of Ancient Maya: Read Less [-]
ANTHRO 122G Archaeology of the Americas:
ANTHRO 122E Archaeology of the Americas: Archaeology of the American Southwest 4
Andean Archaeology: People of the Andes 4 Units
Units Terms offered: Spring 2008, Spring 2006
Terms offered: Spring 2023, Spring 2021, Spring 2019 This course will outline the development of vative cultures in the
This course covers the archaeology and history of the indigenous American Southwest from Paleo-Indian times (ca. 11,500 BC) through
societies of the Andean region of South America. The lectures and early European contact (ca. A.D. 1600). Topics to be covered include
readings emphasize major political, economic, social, and symbolic the greater environment, early foaging culture, the development of
processes in the development of the Andean civilizations. Particular agriculture and village life, the emergence and decline of regional
attention is paid to the development of the early states along the coast alliances, abandonment, and reorganization, and changes in social
of Peru. The development of major centers in the highlands, and the organization, external relations and trade. The course is designed as an
relationship between the political, economic, and religious systems of the advanced upper division seminar for students majoring in anthropology
later empires and earlier political structures and social processes, are with an emphasis in archaeology. Can be taught as a distance learning
also emphasized. course with another university.
Archaeology of the Americas: Andean Archaeology: People of the Andes: Archaeology of the Americas: Archaeology of the American Southwest:
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Rules & Requirements Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: 2 Prerequisites: 2
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Summer: Summer:
6 weeks - 8 hours of lecture per week 6 weeks - 8 hours of lecture per week
8 weeks - 6 hours of lecture per week 8 weeks - 8 hours of lecture per week
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required. Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Archaeology of the Americas: Andean Archaeology: People of the Andes: Archaeology of the Americas: Archaeology of the American Southwest:
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Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Alternative to final exam. Additional Details
ANTHRO 123A Old World Prehistory 4 Units Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Terms offered: Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Spring 2018
Old World Cultures: Archaeology of Africa: Read Less [-]
This course explores the dramatic developments in human evolution,
behavior and culture that accompany the emergence of prehistoric
ANTHRO 123C Old World Cultures:
human society, from our earliest Palaeolithic ancestors who first ventured
out of Africa over a million years ago to the origins of settled farming Archaeology of Europe 4 Units
economies and the first urban environments. Focusing on the Old World, Terms offered: Fall 2007, Spring 2006, Spring 2002
we trace these interconnected transitions in Africa, Europe, the Middle Selected topics and research problems in the archaeology of the
East and Asia. The archaeological record forms our dataset, providing Pleistocene and/or post-Pleistocene of Europe.
a rich record of economic and technological developments, settlement, Old World Cultures: Archaeology of Europe: Read More [+]
architecture, burial practices, art, ideology, and social organization. Rules & Requirements
Old World Prehistory: Read More [+]
Prerequisites: 2
Rules & Requirements
Hours & Format
Prerequisites: None
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Hours & Format
Summer:
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
6 weeks - 8 hours of lecture per week
Summer: 8 weeks - 6 hours of lecture per week
6 weeks - 8 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
8 weeks - 6 hours of lecture per week
Subject/Course Level: Anthropology/Undergraduate
Additional Details
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Subject/Course Level: Anthropology/Undergraduate
Old World Cultures: Archaeology of Europe: Read Less [-]
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
ANTHRO 123E Old World Cultures: ANTHRO 124B Hawaiian Ethnohistory 4 Units
Mediterranean Archaeology 4 Units Terms offered: Spring 2020, Spring 1996
Terms offered: Summer 2015 First 6 Week Session, Spring 1999 Developmental foundations of the 20th-century multicultural society
Prehistory and early civilizations of the Mediterranean basin and its of Hawaii, during the period 1778-1900, explored through an explicitly
hinterland. anthropological perspective. The following ethnic groups are emphasized:
Old World Cultures: Mediterranean Archaeology: Read More [+] Native Hawaiians, British-American whites, Chinese, and Japanese.
Rules & Requirements Hawaiian Ethnohistory: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: 2 or consent of instructor
Prerequisites: 3 or equivalent or consent of instructor
Hours & Format
Requirements this course satisfies: Satisfies the American Cultures
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week requirement
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required. Additional Details
Old World Cultures: Mediterranean Archaeology: Read Less [-] Subject/Course Level: Anthropology/Undergraduate
ANTHRO 124A Pacific Cultures: Archaeology Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Hours & Format Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week Additional Details
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week Prerequisites: 1, Biology 1B
Additional Details Credit Restrictions: Students will receive no credit for 127A after taking
either C103 or Integrative Biology C142.
Subject/Course Level: Anthropology/Undergraduate
Hours & Format
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 2 hours of lecture and 4 hours of
Also listed as: JAPAN C176
laboratory per week
Archaeology and Japanese Identities: Read Less [-]
Summer:
6 weeks - 5 hours of lecture and 10 hours of laboratory per week
ANTHRO 126M Geoarchaeology 4 Units
8 weeks - 3.5 hours of lecture and 7.5 hours of laboratory per week
Terms offered: Fall 2019, Fall 2017, Spring 2016
Humans have always been affected by changes in their landscape and, Additional Details
in turn, had an influence on their physical surroundings. The contexts that
archaeological material and features are found within yield invaluable Subject/Course Level: Anthropology/Undergraduate
clues as to how sites form, what types of activities people performed
in them, and what kinds of natural and cultural processes altered Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam not required.
the archaeological record from deposition to excavation. This course
Bioarchaeology: Introduction to Skeletal Biology and Bioarchaeology:
introduces the methods of studying archaeological remains from an
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environmental context in order to reconstruct the relationships between
people and the environment, drawing on case studies from different
ANTHRO 127B Bioarchaeology:
areas of the world.
Geoarchaeology: Read More [+] Reconstruction of Life in Bioarchaeology 4
Rules & Requirements Units
Terms offered: Spring 2017, Spring 2013, Summer 2010 First 6 Week
Prerequisites: Anthro 2/2AC Introduction to Archaeology Session
This course deals with the skeletal biology of past populations, covering
Hours & Format
both the theoretical approaches and critical analysis of methods used in
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture and 3 hours of the study of skeletal and dental remains, and is considered the continuing
laboratory per week course for those that have already taken introduction to skeletal biology,
127A.
Summer: 8 weeks - 8 hours of lecture and 8 hours of laboratory per week Bioarchaeology: Reconstruction of Life in Bioarchaeology: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Additional Details
Prerequisites: 127A or C103/Integrative Biology C142L is required
Subject/Course Level: Anthropology/Undergraduate
Hours & Format
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Alternative to final exam.
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 2 hours of lecture and 4 hours of
Geoarchaeology: Read Less [-] laboratory per week
Additional Details
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture and 4 hours of Subject/Course Level: Anthropology/Undergraduate
laboratory per week
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam not required.
Additional Details
Special Topics in Archaeology/Area: Read Less [-]
Subject/Course Level: Anthropology/Undergraduate
ANTHRO 128M Special Topics in
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Alternative to final exam.
Archaeology/Method 4 Units
Instructor: Agarwal Terms offered: Fall 2022, Summer 2021 First 6 Week Session, Spring
2021
Bioarchaeology Research: Data Collection and Analysis: Read Less [-] Special topics in archaeology which meet the method requirement for the
anthropology major.
ANTHRO 128 Special Topics in Archaeology Special Topics in Archaeology/Method: Read More [+]
4 Units Rules & Requirements
Terms offered: Summer 2023 First 6 Week Session, Fall 2022, Summer
Prerequisites: 2 recommended
2022 First 6 Week Session
Current topics in method and theory of archaeological research, varying Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.
with instructor.
Special Topics in Archaeology: Read More [+] Hours & Format
Rules & Requirements
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture and 3 hours of
Prerequisites: 2 laboratory per week
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction. Summer:
6 weeks - 8 hours of lecture per week
Hours & Format 8 weeks - 6 hours of lecture per week
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week Additional Details
ANTHRO 129 Topical Areas in Archaeology 4 ANTHRO 129B African Diaspora Archaeology
Units 4 Units
Terms offered: Fall 2001, Fall 1997 Terms offered: Prior to 2007
These courses explore contemporary topics in archaeology that An overview of the archaeology of African Diaspora sites occupied
transcend time periods or cultural areas. Courses may be taken in any between the 13th and 20th centuries, including the ways economics,
sequence. environments, networks, governments, religions and culture coalesced to
Topical Areas in Archaeology: Read More [+] create vibrant black communities around the
Hours & Format world. An investigation of the roles anthropology and archaeology have
played in defining, informing, and promoting images of black people
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week throughout time, and some of the ways archaeology has impacted African
diasporic communities.
Summer:
African Diaspora Archaeology: Read More [+]
6 weeks - 8 hours of lecture per week
Hours & Format
8 weeks - 6 hours of lecture per week
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Summer: 6 weeks - 8 hours of lecture per week
Subject/Course Level: Anthropology/Undergraduate
Additional Details
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Subject/Course Level: Anthropology/Undergraduate
Topical Areas in Archaeology: Read Less [-]
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Alternative to final exam.
ANTHRO 129A Topical Areas in Archaeology:
Prehistoric Art 4 Units African Diaspora Archaeology: Read Less [-]
Terms offered: Spring 2015, Spring 2013, Fall 2006
Draws on study of art in non-literate societies and on archaeology to ANTHRO 129C Topical Areas in Archaeology:
explore a range of prehistoric arts in cultural contexts; e.g., rock art; Archaeology of Hunter-Gatherers 4 Units
Ice Age Arts; prehistoric ceramics. Usses illustrative materials from the Terms offered: Spring 2023, Spring 2020, Spring 2018
Hearst Museum. Course will provide an overview of hunter-gatherer archaeology, focusing
Topical Areas in Archaeology: Prehistoric Art: Read More [+] on the history of hunter-gatherer archaeology in North America and
Rules & Requirements Britian; long-term changes in hunter-gatherer subsistence, settlement,
mortuary/ceremonial practices and crafts/trade; social archaeology of
Prerequisites: 2. (2 or 3 for 129A.) hunter-gatherers including studies of gender, cognition, and cultural
landscapes; and discussions of the relevance of hunter-gatherer studies
Hours & Format
in the context of world archaeology.
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week Topical Areas in Archaeology: Archaeology of Hunter-Gatherers: Read
More [+]
Summer: Rules & Requirements
6 weeks - 8 hours of lecture per week
8 weeks - 6 hours of lecture per week Prerequisites: 2. (2 or 3 for 129A.)
Subject/Course Level: Anthropology/Undergraduate Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
ANTHRO 129D Human Palaeoecology: How ANTHRO C129F The Archaeology of Health
Humans Changed the Earth 4 Units and Disease 4 Units
Terms offered: Spring 2023 Terms offered: Fall 2013, Spring 2011
Since the end of the Pleistocene and especially with the development This course explores how archaeologists and bioarchaeologists study
of agriculturally based societies humans have had cumulative and human families' and communities' conceptualizations and experiences
often irreversible impacts on natural landscapes and biotic resources of health and health care cross-culturally and through time. Students will
worldwide. Thus "global change" and the biodiversity crisis are not be exposed to case studies drawing upon skeletal and material cultural
exclusively developments of the industrial and post#industrial world. This evidence.
course uses a multi#disciplinary approach, drawing upon methods and The Archaeology of Health and Disease: Read More [+]
data from archaeology, palynology, geomorphology, paleontology, and Hours & Format
historical ecology to unravel the broad trends of human ecodynamics
over the past 50,000 years. Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture and 1 hour of
Human Palaeoecology: How Humans Changed the Earth: Read More [+] laboratory per week
Hours & Format
Additional Details
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Subject/Course Level: Anthropology/Undergraduate
Summer:
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
6 weeks - 8 hours of lecture per week
8 weeks - 6 hours of lecture per week Also listed as: L & S C140U
Additional Details The Archaeology of Health and Disease: Read Less [-]
Additional Details
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit with instructor consent.
Summer:
6 weeks - 7.5 hours of lecture and 7.5 hours of laboratory per week
8 weeks - 6 hours of lecture and 5.5 hours of laboratory per week
Additional Details
Paleoethnobotany: Archaeological Methods and Laboratory Techniques: ANTHRO 136A Museum Exhibit Curation and
Read Less [-] Design 4 Units
Terms offered: Summer 2023 First 6 Week Session, Fall 2021, Fall 2017
A practical introduction to contemporary museum approaches to
exhibition design, with particular application to the design of exhibits
that present cultural heritage in anthropology, art, and natural history
museums. Both the theory of museum exhibit desing and practice will be
covered, including critiques of representation; issues of cultural heritage;
conversation, education, and installation standards; and incorporation of
interactivity, including through digital media.
Museum Exhibit Curation and Design: Read More [+]
Hours & Format
Summer:
6 weeks - 8 hours of lecture and 10 hours of studio per week
8 weeks - 6 hours of lecture and 7.5 hours of studio per week
Additional Details
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week Additional Details
ANTHRO 137 Energy, Culture and Social ANTHRO 138B Field Production of
Organization 4 Units Ethnographic Film 5 Units
Terms offered: Spring 2020, Spring 2018, Spring 2017 Terms offered: Summer 2022 Second 6 Week Session, Spring 2018,
This course will consider the human dimensions of particular energy Spring 2016
production and consumption patterns. It will examine the influence of This course is devoted to training students in methods of ethnographic
culture and social organization on energy use, energy policy, and quality field film production. Based on the previous coursework in Anthro 138A,
of life issues in both the domestic and international setting. Specific students will work toward the production of an ethnographic video from
treatment will be given to mind-sets, ideas of progress, cultural variation elected project proposals. In addition to weekly discussions of student
in time perspectives and resource use, equity issues, and the role of projects, guest consultants and lecturers will lend their expertise on
power holders in energy related questions. aspects of production as well as editing.
Energy, Culture and Social Organization: Read More [+] Field Production of Ethnographic Film: Read More [+]
Hours & Format Rules & Requirements
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week Prerequisites: 138A
Subject/Course Level: Anthropology/Undergraduate Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture and 3 hours of
laboratory per week
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Summer:
Energy, Culture and Social Organization: Read Less [-] 6 weeks - 7.5 hours of lecture and 7.5 hours of laboratory per week
8 weeks - 6 hours of lecture and 5.5 hours of laboratory per week
ANTHRO 138A History and Theory of
Ethnographic Film 4 Units Additional Details
Terms offered: Summer 2023 First 6 Week Session, Summer 2022 First
Subject/Course Level: Anthropology/Undergraduate
6 Week Session, Summer 2021 First 6 Week Session
The course will trace the development of ethnographic film from its Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
beginnings at the turn of the century to the present. In addition to looking
at seminal works in the field, more recent and innovative productions Field Production of Ethnographic Film: Read Less [-]
will be viewed and analyzed. Topics of interest include the role of
visual media in ethnography, ethics in filmmaking, and the problematic ANTHRO 140 The Anthropology of Food 4
relationship between seeing and believing. Requirements include film Units
critiques, a film proposal, and a final exam. Terms offered: Fall 2021, Fall 2019, Fall 2017
History and Theory of Ethnographic Film: Read More [+] This course examines the place of food in society and includes
Rules & Requirements discussions of identity, taste, taboos, ritual, traditions, nationalism, health,
alcohol use, civilizing society, globalism, and the global politics of food.
Prerequisites: 3 or 114
The Anthropology of Food: Read More [+]
Hours & Format Rules & Requirements
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week Prerequisites: 3 or equivalent or consent of instructor
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required. Additional Details
History and Theory of Ethnographic Film: Read Less [-] Subject/Course Level: Anthropology/Undergraduate
Additional Details
Instructor: Holston
ANTHRO 151 Disability and Culture 4 Units ANTHRO 156 Anthropology of the
Terms offered: Fall 2005, Fall 2002, Spring 2001 Contemporary 4 Units
Disability is a cultural construct. This does not mean that physical and Terms offered: Spring 2017, Spring 2015, Spring 2012
mental impairments are not real, but that our conceptions of the body This course is an introduction to the conceptual field of "the
and its possibilities and impossibilities are constantly mediated through contemporary," a stylization of both old and new elements that stands
social norms and mores. The built environments and social institutions in contrast to "modernity", and "post modernity", and which opens up
we navigate are based around these concepts of the “normal.” Using inquiries into the actual state of things, particulary for anthropology.
ethnographic examples drawn from various countries around the world, Anthropology 155, while not required, is highly recommended as a
and various disability categories, we examine the contingency of the prerequisite.
categories of disability and normality from social, legal, and personal Anthropology of the Contemporary: Read More [+]
perspectives. Hours & Format
Disability and Culture: Read More [+]
Hours & Format Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture and 1 hour of Summer: 6 weeks - 7.5 hours of lecture per week
discussion per week
Additional Details
Summer: 6 weeks - 8 hours of lecture and 1 hour of discussion per week
Subject/Course Level: Anthropology/Undergraduate
Additional Details
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Subject/Course Level: Anthropology/Undergraduate
Anthropology of the Contemporary: Read Less [-]
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Alternative to final exam.
ANTHRO 156A Politics and Anthropology 4
Disability and Culture: Read Less [-]
Units
Terms offered: Fall 2022, Spring 2020, Spring 2017
ANTHRO 155 Modernity 4 Units
Anthropological concepts relevant to the comparative analysis of political
Terms offered: Fall 2016, Fall 2015, Fall 2013
ethnography and socio-political change. Particular attention will be given
This upper division course presents episodes in the understanding of
to the interrelations of culture and politics.
anthropos (man, humanity, civilization, etc.) in its modern figuration. The
Politics and Anthropology: Read More [+]
course will juxtapose the conceptual repertoire of key thinkers about
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modernity, and will examine episodes in the history of the arts and/or
sciences. Prerequisites: 3
Modernity: Read More [+]
Hours & Format Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Subject/Course Level: Anthropology/Undergraduate Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam not required.
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required. Politics and Anthropology: Read Less [-]
ANTHRO 156B Culture and Power 4 Units ANTHRO 158 Religion and Anthropology 4
Terms offered: Spring 2009, Spring 2007, Fall 2002 Units
The course examines how representations are situated within fields of Terms offered: Spring 2023, Summer 2021 Second 6 Week Session,
power and, in turn, how political considerations are translated into cultural Spring 2020
forms. Topics include: philosophy and history of social science, power/ A consideration of the interplay between religious beliefs and institutions
knowledge, the social, difference and power, social science and ethics. and other aspects of culture.
Culture and Power: Read More [+] Religion and Anthropology: Read More [+]
Hours & Format Rules & Requirements
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week Prerequisites: 3 or consent of instructor
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam not required. Additional Details
ANTHRO 157 Anthropology of Law 4 Units Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Terms offered: Fall 2019, Fall 2018, Fall 2017
Comparative survey of the ethnography of law; methods and concepts Religion and Anthropology: Read Less [-]
relevant to the comparative analysis of the forms and functions of law.
Anthropology of Law: Read More [+] ANTHRO 160AC Forms of Folklore 4 Units
Rules & Requirements Terms offered: Spring 2023, Spring 2021, Spring 2020
A world-wide survey of the major and minor forms of folklore with special
Prerequisites: 3 or consent of instructor emphasis upon proverbs, riddles, superstitions, games, songs, and
narratives.
Hours & Format Forms of Folklore: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Prerequisites: Upper division standing
Summer:
6 weeks - 8 hours of lecture per week Requirements this course satisfies: Satisfies the American Cultures
8 weeks - 6 hours of lecture per week requirement
Subject/Course Level: Anthropology/Undergraduate Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture and 1 hour of
discussion per week
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Summer:
Anthropology of Law: Read Less [-]
6 weeks - 7.5 hours of lecture and 2.5 hours of discussion per week
8 weeks - 6 hours of lecture and 1.5 hours of discussion per week
10 weeks - 4.5 hours of lecture and 1.5 hours of discussion per week
Additional Details
ANTHRO 162 Topics in Folklore 4 Units ANTHRO 169A Data Analysis and
Terms offered: Spring 2023, Fall 2021, Spring 2021 Computational Methods 4 Units
Special topics in folklore or ethno-musicology. Terms offered: Spring 2010
Topics in Folklore: Read More [+] This course capitalizes on a successful approach of using definitional
Rules & Requirements formulas to emphasize concepts of statistics, rather than rote
memorization in both qualitative and quantitative anthropology. This
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.
conceptual approach constantly reminds the students of the logic behind
Hours & Format what they are learning. Procedures are taught verbally, numerically, and
visually, to reach students with different learning styles.
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week Data Analysis and Computational Methods: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Summer:
6 weeks - 8 hours of lecture per week Prerequisites: 2 or consent of instructor
8 weeks - 6 hours of lecture per week
Hours & Format
Additional Details
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Subject/Course Level: Anthropology/Undergraduate
Summer:
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required. 6 weeks - 8 hours of lecture per week
8 weeks - 6 hours of lecture per week
Topics in Folklore: Read Less [-]
Additional Details
ANTHRO 166 Language, Culture, and Society
Subject/Course Level: Anthropology/Undergraduate
4 Units
Terms offered: Summer 2023 Second 6 Week Session, Summer 2022 Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam not required.
Second 6 Week Session, Summer 2021 Second 6 Week Session
This course examines the complex relationships between language, Data Analysis and Computational Methods: Read Less [-]
culture, and society. The materials in the course draw on the fields
of linguistic anthropology, linguistics, sociolinguistics, philosophy ANTHRO 169B Research Theory and
of language, discourse analysis, and literary criticism to explore Methods in Socio-Cultural Anthropology 5
theories about how language is shaped by, and in turn shapes, our
understandings about the world, social relations, identities, power,
Units
Terms offered: Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021
aesthetics, etc.
Introduction to research problems and research design techniques. Will
Language, Culture, and Society: Read More [+]
involve local field research on the collection, analysis, and presentation
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of data. This course requires 15 hours of work per week including class
Prerequisites: 3 or consent of instructor time, outside work and preparation. One section meeting per week will be
required.
Hours & Format Research Theory and Methods in Socio-Cultural Anthropology: Read
More [+]
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week Rules & Requirements
Summer: Prerequisites: 3
6 weeks - 8 hours of lecture per week
8 weeks - 6 hours of lecture per week Hours & Format
Additional Details Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture and 1 hour of
discussion per week
Subject/Course Level: Anthropology/Undergraduate
Summer:
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam not required. 6 weeks - 7.5 hours of lecture and 2.5 hours of discussion per week
8 weeks - 6 hours of lecture and 1.5 hours of discussion per week
Language, Culture, and Society: Read Less [-]
Additional Details
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture and 1 hour of Summer: 8 weeks - 8 hours of lecture and 2 hours of discussion per
discussion per week week
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam not required. Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Research Theory and Methods in Linguistic Anthropology: Read Less [-] ANTHRO 174AC California Historical
ANTHRO 170 China 4 Units Anthropology 4 Units
Terms offered: Spring 2022, Spring 2017, Summer 2016 First 6 Week
Terms offered: Fall 2021, Fall 2020, Fall 2019
Session
Chinese culture and society with an emphasis on the village level.
Combining historical archaeology, ethnohistory, and ethnography, this
China: Read More [+]
course will take account of ethnic groups and their interaction in early
Hours & Format
colonial California; Native Americans; mission, presidio, pueblo, and
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week rancho communities of Spanish/Mexican California; Russian frontier
society at Fort Ross; and American expansion into California, especially
Summer: the Gold Rush. The course will also examine how the colonial past affects
6 weeks - 8 hours of lecture per week ethnic relations and cultural identity among contemporary California
8 weeks - 6 hours of lecture per week Indians.
California Historical Anthropology: Read More [+]
Additional Details Hours & Format
Subject/Course Level: Anthropology/Undergraduate Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required. Summer:
6 weeks - 7.5 hours of lecture per week
China: Read Less [-]
8 weeks - 5.5 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
ANTHRO 179 Ethnography of the Maya 4 ANTHRO 181 Themes in the Anthropology of
Units the Middle East and Islam 4 Units
Terms offered: Spring 2023, Spring 2016, Spring 2013 Terms offered: Spring 2022, Fall 2018, Fall 2015
An introduction to the anthropological study of Maya people in Southern Cultures of the contemporary Near East, with special emphasis upon
Mexico, Guatemala, and Belize. The course focuses on certain parts of Arab populations.
the Maya region, emphasizing selected themes and problems. We will Themes in the Anthropology of the Middle East and Islam: Read More [+]
explore regional history through the development of Maya studies and Rules & Requirements
the historical transformations of Maya societies. These themes will be
traced through studies of the Classic Maya, the Spanish conquest and Prerequisites: Anthropology 3 recommended
colonization, indigenous resistance and rebellion, and recent pan-Maya
Hours & Format
activism.
Ethnography of the Maya: Read More [+] Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3-3 hours of lecture and 0-1 hours of
Rules & Requirements discussion per week
Additional Details Themes in the Anthropology of the Middle East and Islam: Read Less [-]
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week Prerequisites: 3 and/or 114
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required. Additional Details
ANTHRO 184 South Asia 4 Units ANTHRO 189 Special Topics in Social/
Terms offered: Spring 2022, Spring 2016, Fall 2014 Cultural Anthropology 4 Units
Cultural traditions, social organization, and social change, with an Terms offered: Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022
emphasis on India and Pakistan. Various topics covering current research theory, method; issues of social
South Asia: Read More [+] and cultural concern; culture change, conflict, and adaptation. May
Hours & Format combine more than one subdiscipline of Anthropology.
Special Topics in Social/Cultural Anthropology: Read More [+]
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Rules & Requirements
Summer:
Prerequisites: 3 or consent of instructor
6 weeks - 8 hours of lecture per week
8 weeks - 6 hours of lecture per week Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.
Subject/Course Level: Anthropology/Undergraduate Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
ANTHRO H195A Senior Honors 4 Units ANTHRO 196 Undergraduate Seminar 4 Units
Terms offered: Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Spring 2016 Terms offered: Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022
Systematic readings in history and modern theory, collection and analysis Seminar for the advanced study of the subject matter of a previously
of research materials, and the preparation of an honors thesis. Group or given upper division course, emphasizing reading and discussion.
individual tutorials. Undergraduate Seminar: Read More [+]
Senior Honors: Read More [+] Rules & Requirements
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: Consent of instructor
Prerequisites: Open only to honors students
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.
Hours & Format
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of tutorial per week
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 2 hours of seminar per week
Summer:
6 weeks - 7.5 hours of tutorial per week Summer:
8 weeks - 5.5 hours of tutorial per week 6 weeks - 5 hours of seminar per week
8 weeks - 3.5 hours of seminar per week
Additional Details
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Anthropology/Undergraduate
Subject/Course Level: Anthropology/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam not required.
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Senior Honors: Read Less [-]
Undergraduate Seminar: Read Less [-]
ANTHRO H195B Senior Honors 4 Units
Terms offered: Fall 2020, Spring 2018, Spring 2017 ANTHRO 197 Fieldwork 1 - 12 Units
Systematic readings in history and modern theory, collection and analysis Terms offered: Summer 2017 10 Week Session, Fall 2015, Fall 2014
of research materials, and the preparation of an honors thesis. Group or Individual field experience sponsored by a faculty member; written reports
individual tutorials. required.
Senior Honors: Read More [+] Fieldwork: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: Open only to honors students Prerequisites: Upper-division status; consent of instructor
Hours & Format Credit Restrictions: Enrollment is restricted; see the section on
Academic Policies-Course Number Guide in the Berkeley Bulletin.
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of tutorial per week
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.
Summer:
6 weeks - 7.5 hours of tutorial per week Hours & Format
8 weeks - 5.5 hours of tutorial per week
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3-36 hours of fieldwork per week
Additional Details
Summer: 10 weeks - 1.5-18 hours of fieldwork per week
Subject/Course Level: Anthropology/Undergraduate
Additional Details
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam not required.
Subject/Course Level: Anthropology/Undergraduate
Senior Honors: Read Less [-]
Grading/Final exam status: Offered for pass/not pass grade only. Final
exam not required.
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1-4 hours of directed group study per
week
Summer:
6 weeks - 2.5-10 hours of directed group study per week
8 weeks - 2-7.5 hours of directed group study per week
10 weeks - 1.5-6 hours of directed group study per week
Additional Details
Grading/Final exam status: Offered for pass/not pass grade only. Final
exam not required.
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1-3 hours of independent study per week
Additional Details
Grading/Final exam status: Offered for pass/not pass grade only. Final
exam not required.