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Anthropology (ANTH)
- http://www.usc.edu/dept/elab/anth/
- D class assignments for undergraduates available; Phone: (213) 740-1900.
Foundations of the human species. Examination of scientific evidence from Darwinian theory, primate behavior, fossils, and the behavior of modern people. Laboratory. Duplicates credit in former ANTH 200Lg.
- General Education: This course satisfies the university's general education requirement.
- Crosslist: This course is offered by the HBIO department but may qualify for major credit in ANTH. To register, enroll in HBIO 200.
- Note: Register for lecture and one lab
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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38511R | 001 | Lecture | 12:30-1:50pm | Tue, Thu | 55 of 64 | Maureen McCarthy | GFS116 | Word (167814 KB) | |
38515R | 001 | Lab | 9:00-10:50am | Wednesday | 12 of 12 | Shannon Cross | PEDB13 | ||
38517R | 001 | Lab | 10:00-11:50am | Tuesday | 16 of 12 | Alexis Camacho | PEDB13 | ||
38518R | 001 | Lab | 9:00-10:50am | Friday | 12 of 12 | Alexis Camacho | PEDB13 | ||
38528R | 001 | Lab | 11:00-12:50pm | Friday | 15 of 12 | Shannon Cross | PEDB13 |
Archaeology as the means of investigating our shared human past, from the origins of humanity to the foundations of current civilization.
- General Education: This course satisfies the university's general education requirement.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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10719R | 001 | Discussion | 8:00-8:50am | Monday | 24 of 24 | Tracie Mayfield | KAP148 | ||
10835R | 001 | Discussion | 9:00-9:50am | Monday | 26 of 26 | Tracie Mayfield | KAP148 | ||
10704R | 001 | Lecture | 5:00-6:20pm | Mon, Wed | 150 of 150 | Tracie Mayfield | THH201 & ONLINE | ||
10705R | 001 | Discussion | 8:00-8:50am | Wednesday | 20 of 20 | Tracie Mayfield | DMC155 | ||
10706R | 001 | Discussion | 9:00-9:50am | Wednesday | 25 of 25 | Tracie Mayfield | DMC155 | ||
10707R | 001 | Discussion | 10:00-10:50am | Wednesday | 27 of 27 | Tracie Mayfield | SOSB48 | ||
10708R | 001 | Discussion | 11:00-11:50am | Monday | 28 of 28 | Tracie Mayfield | KAP166 |
The effects of globalization on social life in diverse communities, approaching related issues from an ethnographic perspective. Gateway course for the Global Studies Major.
- General Education: This course satisfies the university's general education requirement.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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10805R | 001 | Lecture-Discussion | 3:30-4:50pm | Tue, Thu | 34 of 33 | Tok Thompson | KAP148 |
Concepts of social anthropology, using filmic representations of societies throughout the world. Gateway course for the Anthropology major.
- General Education: This course satisfies the university's general education requirement.
- Note: Register for Lecture and one discussion
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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10608R | 001 | Lecture | 8:30-9:50am | Mon, Wed | 49 of 50 | Sandy Wenger | GFS106 | PDF (278895 KB) | |
10609R | 001 | Discussion | 10:00-10:50am | Monday | 25 of 25 | El Whittingham | KAP140 | ||
10611R | 001 | Discussion | 10:00-10:50am | Wednesday | 24 of 25 | El Whittingham | GFS220 | ||
10710R | 001 | Lecture | 9:30-10:50am | Tue, Thu | 69 of 75 | Jennifer Cool | THH301 | ||
10711D | 001 | Discussion | 4:00-4:50pm | Tuesday | 25 of 26 | Eric Heller | DMC160 | ||
10712R | 001 | Discussion | 4:00-4:50pm | Thursday | 24 of 26 | Eric Heller | THH106 | ||
10713R | 001 | Discussion | 11:00-11:50am | Monday | 20 of 25 | Charles Russell-Schlesinger | GFS107 | ||
10714D | 001 | Discussion | 3:00-3:50pm | Monday | Canceled | Charles Russell-Schlesinger |
Survey of the performance of healing in cross-cultural perspective. The course culminates in field research to Spiritist centers outside the United States.
- General Education: This course satisfies the university's general education requirement.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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10613D | 185 | Lecture | 4:00-6:50pm | Friday | Canceled | Erin Moore |
Behavior and ecology of living nonhuman primates, with an emphasis on field studies of apes and monkeys. Topics include aggression, communication, reproduction and cognition.
- Crosslist: This course is offered by the HBIO department but may qualify for major credit in ANTH. To register, enroll in HBIO 306.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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38531R | 001 | Lecture | 12:30-1:50pm | Tue, Thu | 21 of 22 | Craig Stanford | DMC157 | Word (52224 KB) |
In-depth exploration of 3D digital, immersive, virtual or extended reality visualizations of cultural heritage, archaeology, historical sites and artifacts, including their legal and ethical dimensions.
- General Education: This course satisfies the university's general education requirement.
- Crosslist: This course is offered by the ARCG department but may qualify for major credit in ANTH. To register, enroll in ARCG 305.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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59985D | 185 | Lecture | TBA | TuWTh | 11 of 13 | Lynn Dodd | OFFICE | ||
59986R | 185 | Lab | TBA | Wednesday | 11 of 13 | Bernadeth Tolentino | OFFICE |
Explores Latinx food in Los Angeles through an anthropological lens. Students experience, document and analyze local food knowledge and traditions through active field study.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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10831R | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-4:50pm | Wednesday | 12 of 19 | Xochitl Ruiz | DMC259 |
Indigenous peoples of North America: major cultural themes, contemporary issues, language revitalization, native sovereignty, environmental issues, decolonization.
- General Education: This course satisfies the university's general education requirement.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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10617R | 001 | Lecture | 12:30-1:50pm | Tue, Thu | 99 of 103 | Tok Thompson,Kristiana Willsey | THH202 | ||
10619R | 001 | Discussion | 9:00-9:50am | Monday | 26 of 27 | Kristiana Willsey | THH213 | ||
10620R | 001 | Discussion | 10:00-10:50am | Monday | 26 of 27 | Kristiana Willsey | THH213 | ||
10621R | 001 | Discussion | 2:00-2:50pm | Monday | 26 of 27 | Kristiana Willsey | DMC154 | ||
10622R | 001 | Discussion | 8:00-8:50am | Monday | 21 of 22 | Kristiana Willsey | THH213 |
The social construction of spaces, places, and landscapes and their reciprocal relationships to human embodied experiences, processes of identity formation and society.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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10624R | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-3:20pm | Tue, Thu | 9 of 25 | Eric Heller | THH214 | PDF (501023 KB) |
Methods for field research in international settings include ethnography, archival work, surveying and documentation; preparation for overseas research and senior thesis. Recommended preparation: ANTH-205.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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10623R | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-4:50pm | Wednesday | 9 of 25 | Emily Zeamer | DMC109 |
Introduction to folklore as a discipline, including folklore research methods and theory. Core course for the minor in Folklore and Popular Culture.
- General Education: This course satisfies the university's general education requirement.
- Diversity: This course satisfies the university's diversity requirement.
- Note: Register for Lecture and one Discussion
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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10626R | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-3:20pm | Tue, Thu | 92 of 100 | Tok Thompson,Kristiana Willsey | THH202 | ||
10827R | 001 | Discussion | 10:00-10:50am | Tuesday | 24 of 26 | Kristiana Willsey | THHB9 | ||
10828R | 001 | Discussion | 11:00-11:50am | Tuesday | 23 of 26 | Kristiana Willsey | THHB9 | ||
10829R | 001 | Discussion | 10:00-10:50am | Thursday | 23 of 23 | Kristiana Willsey | DMC257 | ||
10830R | 001 | Discussion | 11:00-11:50am | Thursday | 22 of 25 | Kristiana Willsey | DMC257 |
Comparative examination of family and kinship in tribal, peasant, and complex societies, emphasizing non-Western cultures, societal and normative consequences of forms and functions in family.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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10732R | 001 | Lecture | 9:30-10:50am | Tue, Thu | 21 of 25 | Xochitl Ruiz | THH215 |
Youth gang dynamics and their effects on institutions. Comparative analysis of Asian, African, and Mexican American gangs.
- General Education: This course satisfies the university's general education requirement.
- Diversity: This course satisfies the university's diversity requirement.
- Note: Register for Lecture and one Disussion
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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10633R | 001 | Lecture | 11:00-12:20pm | Tue, Thu | 111 of 112 | Thomas Ward,Eric Heller | MRF340 | ||
10634R | 001 | Discussion | 8:00-8:50am | Monday | 25 of 25 | Eric Heller | GFS107 | ||
10635R | 001 | Discussion | 9:00-9:50am | Monday | 27 of 28 | Eric Heller | GFS107 | ||
10636R | 001 | Discussion | 10:00-10:50am | Monday | 28 of 28 | Eric Heller | GFS107 | ||
10637R | 001 | Discussion | 2:00-2:50pm | Monday | 31 of 31 | Eric Heller | KAP147 |
Analysis of the practices of witches and witch doctors, priests, diviners and traditional healers in Western and non-Western societies, relating their practices to religion and medicine.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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10629R | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-3:20pm | Tue, Thu | 23 of 26 | Thomas Ward | KAP140 |
Interdisciplinary examination of social, personal meanings of masculinity; variety of male experience by social class, race, sexuality and age; emerging masculinities of the future.
- Prerequisite: 1 from (SWMS 210 or SWMS 212 or SWMS 215 or SWMS 219 or SWMS 221)
- Diversity: This course satisfies the university's diversity requirement.
- Crosslist: This course is offered by the SWMS department but may qualify for major credit in ANTH. To register, enroll in SWMS 385.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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34947D | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-3:20pm | Mon, Wed | 12 of 12 | Michael Messner | WPH203 |
Real-world work experience in an internship position, while also learning to apply anthropological theory and research methods to complete a related research project. Enrollment requires permission from department.
- Restriction: Registration open to the following major(s): Anthropology, Anthropology (Visual Anthropology), Global Studies, Visual Anthropology
- Restriction: Registration open to the following class level(s): Junior, Master Student, Senior, Senior (fifth year), Sophomore
- Restriction: Registration open to the following school(s): Dana and David Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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10632D | 001 | Lecture | 8:30-9:50am | Mon, Wed | 1 of 10 | Emily Zeamer | OFFICE |
Introduction to key environmental and political challenges facing the contemporary Middle East and North Africa (MENA).
- Crosslist: This course is offered by the MDES department but may qualify for major credit in ANTH. To register, enroll in MDES 401.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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41535R | 001 | Lecture | 11:00-12:20pm | Tue, Thu | 8 of 19 | Ciruce Movahedi-Lankarani | KAP148 |
Historical and theoretical approaches to major issues in the field of human evolutionary biology. Capstone course in which students will undertake an original independent research project.
- Prerequisite: HBIO 200
- Restriction: Registration closed to the following class level(s): Freshmen, Junior, Sophomore
- Crosslist: This course is offered by the HBIO department but may qualify for major credit in ANTH. To register, enroll in HBIO 406.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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38535R | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-4:50pm | Monday | 10 of 19 | Maureen McCarthy | THH112 | Word (166492 KB) |
Modern history and contemporary conditions of ethnic groups in the People's Republic of China, with a focus on the politics of race, belonging and border regions.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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10761R | 001 | Lecture | 12:00-1:20pm | Mon, Wed | 8 of 25 | Jenny Chio | VHE214 | PDF (112425 KB) |
An examination of anthropological research on race and African American culture, from the 18th century to the present.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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10744D | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-4:50pm | Monday | 7 of 25 | Lanita Jacobs | GFS104 |
The interaction of archaeology and contemporary societies through political and moral claims; archaeologists' role as stewards and interpreters of ancient cultures and their remains. Capstone course for the Archaeology major.
- Crosslist: This course is offered by the CLAS department but may qualify for major credit in ANTH. To register, enroll in CLAS 465.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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19843D | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-4:50pm | Monday | 13 of 14 | Lynn Dodd | OFFICE |
Technologies and uses of, theoretical frameworks for, and the presentation styles of visual ethnographic materials are examined from an historical perspective.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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10640D | 001 | Lecture | 4:00-6:50pm | Monday | Canceled | Jennifer Cool | PDF (145090 KB) |
Provides senior Global Studies majors with the practical and theoretical skills needed to complete the required Senior Capstone project in Global Studies.
- Restriction: Registration open to the following major(s): Global Studies
- Restriction: Registration open to the following class level(s): Senior
- Restriction: Registration open to the following school(s): Dana and David Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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10743D | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-4:50pm | Tuesday | 12 of 15 | Peter Redfield | KAP166 |
Individual research and readings. Not available for graduate credit.
- Restriction: Registration open to the following class level(s): Junior, Senior
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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10643D | 001 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 2 of 10 | Peter Redfield | OFFICE |
Individually guided research and readings culminating in the production of an honors thesis. prerequisite: 3.0 gpa; 201g plus 8 units of upper division ANTH courses.
- Prerequisite: ANTH 201
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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10644D | 001 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 0 of 10 | Peter Redfield | OFFICE |
A brief critical introduction to the history of anthropological thought over the course of the discipline's long twentieth century, from the 1880s to the present.
- Restriction: Registration open to the following class level(s): Doctoral Student, Master Student
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Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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10901R | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-4:50pm | Wednesday | 7 of 15 | Nancy Lutkehaus | OFFICE |
Women and immigration, employment, and household and family relations in the context of the global economy; women's social and political movements in diverse cultural contexts.
- Crosslist: This course is offered by the SWMS department but may qualify for major credit in ANTH. To register, enroll in SWMS 554.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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34976D | 001 | Lecture | 5:00-7:50pm | Thursday | 7 of 15 | Eliz Sanasarian | DMC255 |
Major approaches to ethnographic fieldwork are explored in classic cases.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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10672R | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-4:50pm | Thursday | 9 of 20 | Emily Zeamer | KAP166 |
Research leading to the master's degree. Maximum units which may be applied to the degree to be determined by the department. Graded C/NC.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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10649D | 001 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 0 of 10 | Peter Redfield | OFFICE | ||
10650D | 001 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 3 of 3 | Andrea Ballestero | OFFICE |
Focuses on the performance and social construction of race and its intersection with gender, sexuality, class, place, nation and empire.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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10671R | 001 | Lecture | 4:00-6:50pm | Monday | 4 of 15 | Dorinne Kondo | KAP140 |
Research leading to the doctorate. Maximum number of units which may be applied to the degree to be determined by the department. Graded CR/NC.
- Restriction: Registration open to the following class level(s): Doctoral Student
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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10700D | 001 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 0 of 10 | Peter Redfield | OFFICE |