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Anthropology (ANTH)
- http://www.usc.edu/dept/elab/anth/
- D class assignments for undergraduates available; Phone: (213) 740-1900.
Survey of the impact of public institutions, private interests and cultural practices on health and the delivery of health care.
- 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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10701R | 001 | Lecture-Discussion | 2:00-3:20pm | Mon, Wed | 0 of 25 | Silvana Matassini Eyzaguirre | KAP158 |
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 | 0 of 96 | Chrisandra Kufeldt | GFS116 | ||
38515R | 001 | Lab | 8:00-9:50am | Tuesday | 0 of 16 | PEDB13 | |||
38516R | 001 | Lab | 10:00-11:50am | Tuesday | 0 of 16 | PEDB13 | |||
38517R | 001 | Lab | 9:00-10:50am | Thursday | 0 of 16 | PEDB13 | |||
38518R | 001 | Lab | 9:00-10:50am | Friday | 0 of 16 | PEDB13 | |||
38522R | 001 | Lab | 11:00-12:50pm | Friday | 0 of 16 | PEDB13 | |||
38528R | 001 | Lab | 1:00-2:50pm | Friday | 0 of 16 | 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.
- Note: Register for Lecture and one Discussion
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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10704D | 001 | Lecture | 5:00-6:20pm | Tue, Thu | 0 of 100 | Tracie Mayfield | GFS106 | ||
10705R | 001 | Discussion | 8:00-8:50am | Tuesday | 0 of 25 | Tracie Mayfield | KAP146 | ||
10706R | 001 | Discussion | 9:00-9:50am | Tuesday | 0 of 25 | Tracie Mayfield | KAP146 | ||
10707R | 001 | Discussion | 1:00-1:50pm | Tuesday | 0 of 25 | Tracie Mayfield | KAP113 | ||
10708R | 001 | Discussion | 2:00-2:50pm | Tuesday | 0 of 25 | 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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10805D | 001 | Lecture-Discussion | 3:30-4:50pm | Mon, Wed | 0 of 25 | Hrag Papazian | DMC161 |
Introduces students to anthropological inquiry into human relationships with the environment and provides foundational training in qualitative research methods to investigate environmental issues.
- 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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10769R | 001 | Lecture | 10:00-11:20am | Mon, Wed | 0 of 22 | Eduardo Romero Dianderas | DMC108 |
Southeast Asia is studied as a meeting place of different races and cultural traditions, with emphasis on the precolonial heritage of sexual equality and postcolonial reinterpretations of men's and women's worlds.
- 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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10693R | 001 | Lecture | 11:00-12:20pm | Tue, Thu | 0 of 25 | Janet Hoskins | DMC211 |
Explore personal narratives: Stories people tell about their own lives and experiences as objects of artistic expression and sites for formation of individual and social identity.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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10651D | 001 | Lecture | 8:30-9:50am | Tue, Thu | 0 of 25 | Kristiana Willsey | DMC207 |
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 | 0 of 100 | Xochitl Ruiz | GFS106 | ||
10609R | 001 | Discussion | 10:00-10:50am | Monday | 0 of 25 | GFS228 | |||
10610R | 001 | Discussion | 11:00-11:50am | Monday | 0 of 25 | GFS228 | |||
10611R | 001 | Discussion | 10:00-10:50am | Wednesday | 0 of 25 | KAP164 | |||
10612R | 001 | Discussion | 11:00-11:50am | Wednesday | 0 of 25 | DMC209 | |||
10710R | 001 | Lecture | 9:30-10:50am | Tue, Thu | 0 of 100 | Jennifer Cool | THH301 | ||
10711R | 001 | Discussion | 11:00-11:50am | Tuesday | 0 of 25 | Eric Heller | KAP145 | ||
10712D | 001 | Discussion | 1:00-1:50pm | Tuesday | 0 of 25 | Eric Heller | KAP167 | ||
10713R | 001 | Discussion | 11:00-11:50am | Thursday | 0 of 25 | Eric Heller | KAP145 | ||
10714D | 001 | Discussion | 1:00-1:50pm | Thursday | 0 of 25 | Eric Heller | KAP113 |
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 | 2:00-3:20pm | Tue, Thu | 0 of 22 | Chrisandra Kufeldt | KAP137 |
Pre-Columbian culture from early hunters to the Spanish conquest in major geographical areas of Mexico, Central America, Peru or 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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10616R | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-3:20pm | Tue, Thu | 0 of 25 | Eric Heller | KAP140 |
Explores the meaning, organization and materiality of water from a variety of cultural, national, economic and scientific perspectives. Includes opportunities for independent research.
- Diversity: This course satisfies the university's diversity requirement.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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10673R | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-4:50pm | Monday | 0 of 20 | Andrea Ballestero | THH211 |
A seminar forum on Maya culture from the earliest form to thepresent; problems of origins, classic florescence, systemscollapse, conquests, persistance, and transformation today.
- General Education: This course satisfies the university's general education requirement.
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Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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10689D | 001 | Lecture | 4:00-5:20pm | Tue, Thu | 0 of 25 | Eric Heller | VPD116 |
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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10617D | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-3:20pm | Tue, Thu | 0 of 100 | Tok Thompson | THH202 | ||
10619R | 001 | Discussion | 9:00-9:50am | Monday | 0 of 25 | KAP140 | |||
10620R | 001 | Discussion | 10:00-10:50am | Monday | 0 of 25 | KAP140 | |||
10621R | 001 | Discussion | 8:00-8:50am | Monday | 0 of 25 | KAP167 | |||
10622R | 001 | Discussion | 11:00-11:50am | Monday | 0 of 25 | GFS220 |
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 | 3:30-6:20pm | Thursday | 0 of 19 | Emily Zeamer | KAP134 |
Investigates the folklore of Europe, viewing European cultures and societies through an anthropological lens with a focus on shared, expressive cultural traditions.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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10745R | 001 | Lecture | 5:00-6:20pm | Tue, Thu | 0 of 25 | Tok Thompson | THH121 |
Course explores collections and archives through ethnographic methods, cultural history and media production.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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10775R | 001 | Lecture | 4:00-6:50pm | Wednesday | 0 of 20 | Jennifer Cool | TBD |
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 | 12:30-1:50pm | Tue, Thu | 0 of 100 | Tok Thompson | THH202 | ||
10827R | 001 | Discussion | 10:00-10:50am | Tuesday | 0 of 25 | Kristiana Willsey | THH121 | ||
10828R | 001 | Discussion | 11:00-11:50am | Tuesday | 0 of 25 | Kristiana Willsey | THH213 | ||
10829R | 001 | Discussion | 10:00-10:50am | Thursday | 0 of 25 | Kristiana Willsey | THH208 | ||
10830R | 001 | Discussion | 11:00-11:50am | Thursday | 0 of 25 | Kristiana Willsey | VHE217 |
An introduction to the field of heritage studies as it is practiced today, examining archaeological, ethnohistorical and ethnographic theory and methodologies, mixed-methods approaches and research.
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Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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10774R | 001 | Lecture | 11:00-12:20pm | Tue, Thu | 0 of 25 | Tracie Mayfield | KAP165 |
The comparative analysis of genocide in different cultures and historical moments as well as different cultural responses to it, including human rights and humanitarianism.
- General Education: This course satisfies the university's general education requirement.
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Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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10628R | 001 | Lecture | 9:30-10:50am | Mon, Wed | 0 of 25 | Hrag Papazian | KAP134 |
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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10732D | 001 | Lecture | 10:00-11:20am | Mon, Wed | 0 of 25 | Erin Moore | KAP167 |
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 | 0 of 100 | Thomas Ward | MRF340 | ||
10634R | 001 | Discussion | 9:00-9:50am | Tuesday | 0 of 25 | THH213 | |||
10635R | 001 | Discussion | 10:00-10:50am | Tuesday | 0 of 25 | GFS101 | |||
10636R | 001 | Discussion | 9:00-9:50am | Thursday | 0 of 25 | THH213 | |||
10637R | 001 | Discussion | 10:00-10:50am | Thursday | 0 of 25 | KAP159 |
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 | 0 of 25 | Thomas Ward | DMC154 |
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 | TBA | TBA | 0 of 10 | Emily Zeamer | OFFICE |
Evolutionary, cultural, and environmental factors in the emergence and existence of diseases; a Darwinian examination of illness in the human species.
- Prerequisite: 1 from (BISC 220 or BISC 221)
- Crosslist: This course is offered by the HBIO department but may qualify for major credit in ANTH. To register, enroll in HBIO 405.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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38533R | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-3:20pm | Tue, Thu | 0 of 40 | Gioia Polidori | THH121 |
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 | 0 of 19 | David Raichlen | SOSB52 |
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 | Wednesday | 0 of 19 | Lanita Jacobs | KAP113 |
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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19843R | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-4:50pm | Monday | 0 of 8 | Lynn Dodd | ACB330 |
Projects in practicing anthropology across multiple media, making ethnographic research and anthropological knowledge collaborative, public and scalable in new ways.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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10639D | 001 | Lecture | 5:00-7:50pm | Thursday | 0 of 19 | Jennifer Cool | KAP137 |
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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10743R | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-4:50pm | Tuesday | 0 of 19 | Peter Redfield | KAP165 |
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 | 0 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 |
Explores the emergence and transformation of modern anthropology as an empirically based, but theoretically informed, practice of knowledge production about human sociality and culture.
- Restriction: Registration open to the following class level(s): Doctoral Student, Master Student
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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10646D | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-4:50pm | Tuesday | 0 of 15 | Janet Hoskins | 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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34976R | 001 | Lecture | 5:00-7:50pm | Thursday | 0 of 15 | Eliz Sanasarian | DMC110 |
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 5 | Peter Redfield | OFFICE |
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 |