Fall 2025

The body, illness and healing from a cultural perspective, including comparative studies of folk healing systems, curing rituals and Western biomedical practices.

Survey of the impact of public institutions, private interests and cultural practices on health and the delivery of health care.

An exploration of the nature and contributions of pre-Columbian high civilizations (Maya, Aztecs, etc.) and their descendants as they resist and assimilate to the modern world.

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.

Introduction to social and cultural anthropology, emphasizing the study of human values and social structures across diverse examples. Readings in ethnography and social analysis. Gateway course for the Anthropology Major.

Archaeology as the means of investigating our shared human past, from the origins of humanity to the foundations of current civilization.

An anthropological approach to examine social and cultural practices of media production, circulation and consumption, engaging with a variety of multimedia.

The effects of globalization on social life in diverse communities, approaching related issues from an ethnographic perspective. Gateway course for the Global Studies Major.

Introduces students to anthropological inquiry into human relationships with the environment and provides foundational training in qualitative research methods to investigate environmental issues.

Concepts of social anthropology, using filmic representations of societies throughout the world. Gateway course for the Anthropology major.

Examine the concept of mindfulness as a cultural practice in various spiritual traditions and contemporary social settings. Mindfulness, or attentive awareness of the present moment.

An intensive study of local systems of belief and knowledge in selected societies in the Pacific, Asia, Africa, the Caribbean and Latin America with emphasis on ideas of the spirit world.

The roles of biology, culture, and the environment in shaping human society, integrating evolutionary biology and cultural theory. Duplicates credit in former ANTH 300.

Examination of the evidence for and against evolutionary bases of a range of human behaviors. Topics include sex differences, human reproductive strategies, race, IQ, human ecology. Duplicates credit in former ANTH 308.

Role of Native Americans in American public life from colonial times to the present; Native American societies and governments and their relations to the U.S.

The social construction of spaces, places, and landscapes and their reciprocal relationships to human embodied experiences, processes of identity formation and society.

Exploration of illness, disability, and healing narratives, how narratives are culturally shaped, and their significance for western biomedical practices.

Cross-cultural notions of the body, health, and healing; historic and cultural variability of ideas of reproduction, birth, sexuality, mental illness and disability.

An introduction to the field of food studies, as a historical and cross-disciplinary study of the place of food in culture and society.

Legal systems are embedded in political, social and historical contexts: comparative study of legal systems throughout history and around the world.

Oral narratives from non-Western cultures; communications about deeply-held moral beliefs, psychological tensions, social problems, and the structure of the mind.

Survey of methods for acquiring and analyzing qualitative research data, emphasizing ethnographic methods for field research in Anthropology.

Advanced seminar on a key theme or topic in Global Studies selected by the instructor, with specific focus subject to change with each offering.

Ideas about man, culture, and society which have formed the field of anthropology as a research discipline; present trends and problems.

An examination of the economic, political and cultural forces operating in a number of Middle Eastern cities.

Individual research and readings. Not available for graduate credit.

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.

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.

Major approaches to ethnographic fieldwork are explored in classic cases.

A hands-on approach to contemporary topics in ethnographic media arts and creative nonfiction cinema.

Survey of ethnographic film using both the dimensions of natural history descriptions and process, contrasted with naturalism and structuralism as tools of controlled comparison and analysis.

Research conducted at the master's or pre-PhD candidacy level. Maximum units which may be applied to the degree to be determined by the department. Graded C/NC.

Practical principles for the long-term development of effective teaching within the discipline of Anthropology. Intended for teaching assistants in Anthropology.

Part-time or full-time practical work experience in the student's field of study. The internship must be located at an off-campus facility. Students are individually supervised by faculty. May not be taken until the student has completed at least one semester of enrollment in the graduate program.

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.