Upper-Division

ANTH 100L Video Laboratory

This video production lab trains students in the techniques of ethnographic filmmaking. Through lectures, demonstrations, hands-on instruction, and a continuous review of the students' work in progress, students learn the fundamentals of video pre-production, production, and post-production techniques.

Credits

2

Repeatable for credit

Yes

ANTH 101E Human Evolution Laboratory

Laboratory focuses on the locomotor, dental, facial-cranial anatomy of hominids. Meets weekly, with exercises designed around primate and human skeletal materials and casts of fossil hominids. Will be offered in the 2008-09 academic year.

Credits

2

Instructor

Adrienne Zihlman

Requirements

Concurrent enrollment in ANTH 101 is required.

ANTH 103B Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology

Introduces the analysis of human remains from forensic or archaeological contexts. Covers the whole range of morphological, morphometric, histological, genetic, and biochemical methods applied in bone-based anthropological analyses. Prerequisite(s): course 102A. Enrollment by permission of instructor.

Credits

5

Quarter offered

Spring

ANTH 106E Primate Behavior Laboratory

Focuses on locomotor and dental-cranial anatomy and skeletal/dental development of primates. Weekly meetings, with exercises designed around primate materials.

Credits

2

Requirements

Concurrent enrollment in ANTH 106.

ANTH 108 Neanderthals

Homo sapiens neanderthalensis (neanderthals), once considered brutish, are increasingly seen as behaviorally modern. This course uses primary academic research to explore the social behaviors, technology, anatomy, and genetics of neanderthals, gaining a holistic understanding of our closest ancestor.

Credits

5

Instructor

Joseph Reti

Requirements

Prerequisite(s): ANTH 1.

Quarter offered

Spring

ANTH 110 Comparative Functional Anatomy

Comparative and evolutionary anatomy of human performance. Examines locomotor systems and their underlying structure and evolution through videos, skeletons, and dissections in a variety of mammals, primates, and humans. (Formerly Anthropology of Movement.)

Credits

5

Instructor

Adrienne Zihlman

Requirements

Prerequisite(s): ANTH 102A or ANTH 107 or ANTH 185; or by interview.

Quarter offered

Fall

ANTH 110V Virtual Values: The Cultural Politics of Information Technology

Examines social, political, and cultural implications of technology, with an emphasis on information technology and its relationship to capitalism in the U.S. Draws on theories of capitalism and technology, commodities and affective labor, ethnographies of technological workplaces, and other histories.

Credits

5

Instructor

Caroline Kao

General Education Code

PE-T

Quarter offered

Fall

ANTH 110Z Infrastructure: Designing and Hacking Power in the Everyday

Draws on contemporary theory and ethnographies to understand infrastructures as cultural phenomena for addressing everyday human needs, as well as an analytical tool for addressing concepts such as materialism, inequality, structure and resistance, history, and potentiality.

Credits

5

Instructor

Zahirah Suhaimi

General Education Code

PE-T

Quarter offered

Winter

ANTH 118 Globalization of Development

Globalization has become a fashionable concept. How is globalization related to development promoted by every nation-state in the world? Course explores such questions through a diverse body of literature and service learning conducted in urban and rural Odisha, India.

Credits

5

Instructor

Annapurna Pandey

General Education Code

PR-S

Quarter offered

Summer

ANTH 118L Globalization of Development Laboratory

Students learn about and participate in each project offered at Centurion and write a weekly two-page report on each week's assignment.

Credits

2

Instructor

Annapurna Pandey

General Education Code

PR-S

Quarter offered

Summer

ANTH 130D Peoples and Cultures of the Middle East

Religion, culture, and change in the Middle East with emphasis on the Arab world.

Credits

5

Quarter offered

Winter

ANTH 130K Politics and Culture in East Asia

Introduces scholarship that rethinks the conventional wisdom about colonialism and modernity in China, Japan, and Korea. Emphasis on the production of colonial knowledge about Asian others and genealogies of nationalism, tradition/modernity, history/memory, race and gender. Will be offered in the 2005–06 academic year.

Credits

5

ANTH 130Q Mejicanos in Anthropological Discourse

Provides students with an opportunity to critically analyze various ethnographic accounts of Mexican communities on both sides of the border. Uncovers how anthropologists in this century have approached Mexican culture by examining the methodologies, theories, evidence, and conclusions employed and/or produced in these works.

Credits

5

Instructor

Olga Najera Ramirez

ANTH 130R Provincializing America

Addresses matters of postcolonialism, transnationalism, and sovereignty in the context of the U.S.'s changing status at the turn of the 21st century. Will be offered in 2011–12 academic year.

Credits

5

Instructor

Matthew Wolf-Meyer

Requirements

Prerequisite(s): ANTH 2.

Quarter offered

Winter

ANTH 132 Photography and Anthropology

Moving historically from woodcuts and paintings to the World Wide Web, but emphasizing the invention and development of documentary photography, this course explores the world of images depicting society and culture. Major theoretical approaches to reading pictures will be emphasized, and students must produce a final project incorporating visual images.

Credits

5

Requirements

Prerequisite(s): ANTH 2 or HAVC 10D or HAVC 10E or HAVC 10F or HAVC 10G or ART 30.

General Education Code

IM

ANTH 141 Anthropology of Developing Countries: Environment, Water, Entropy

Focuses on developing countries, those countries experiencing fast deruralization and ecological crises. Students learn the reach of entropic interconnectiveness given the fact that forms of inequality organize the system. Readings illustrate the theories and methods anthropologists use to approximate cultural realities to readers, scholars, and activists.

Credits

5

Instructor

Guillermo Delgado-P

Requirements

Prerequisite(s): ANTH 2.

Quarter offered

Winter

ANTH 149E Video Laboratory

Trains students in the techniques of ethnographic filmmaking. Through lectures, demonstrations, hands-on instruction, and review of students' work in progress, students learn the fundamentals of film/video pre-production, production, and post-production skills. Concurrent enrollment in course 149 required.

Credits

2

Quarter offered

Winter

ANTH 154 Multimedia Ethnography

Students learn the fundamentals of photography or video production and audio recording in order to create mini-ethnographies.

Credits

5

Requirements

Prerequisite(s): ANTH 1, ANTH 2, and ANTH 3. Concurrent enrollment in ANTH 154L is required. Enrollment restricted to anthropology majors.

General Education Code

PR-C

ANTH 154L Multimedia Laboratory

Designed to instruct in aesthetics and technical production of a short digital slideshow. Using iMovie3 editing program, produce a digital slideshow incorporating sound (narration, music, and sound effects) and still images.

Credits

2

Requirements

is Concurrent enrollment in ANTH 154 required.

ANTH 167 Practicing Folklore

Designed to provide students with a demonstrated interest or background in folkloristics an opportunity to develop a project that integrates folkloristic theory and ethnographic practice. Will be offered in the 2006–07 academic year.

Credits

5

Requirements

Prerequisite(s): ANTH 2. Enrollment restricted to anthropology majors.

ANTH 168 Self and Identity

Examines anthropological treatments of self and identity with attention to the related topics of consciousness and agency. Surveys theories, key debates, and important ethnographic case studies. Will be offered in the 2004–05 academic year.

Credits

5

ANTH 175A Early African Archaeology

Archaeological history of Africa from the first 2.5 million-year-old artifacts to the emergence of African pastorialism and farming. Disciplinary models and assumptions critically examined in their historic and political contexts. Students cannot receive credit for this course and course 275A. (Formerly African Archaeology: 2.5 Million BP to Farming.)

Credits

5

Requirements

Prerequisite(s): ANTH 3 or by permission of instructor. Enrollment is restricted to junior and senior anthropology and Earth sciences/anthropology combined majors.

Quarter offered

Winter

ANTH 175C African Diaspora

Introduces the African diaspora from an archaeological perspective. Focuses on examining the cultural, social, economic, and political lives of Africans and their descendants in the New World and West Africa from the 15th through 19th centuries. Students cannot receive credit for this course and Anthropology 275C.

Credits

5

Instructor

James Monroe

Requirements

Prerequisite(s): ANTH 3; ANTH 175A and ANTH 175B strongly recommended.

Quarter offered

Spring

ANTH 183 Introduction to Quantitative Methods in Archaeology

An introduction to the use of statistics and other formal methods in solving archaeological problems. Teaches basic interests, terms, and concepts important in quantitative archaeological thought through lectures, assigned readings, problem sets, and in-class discussions. Will be offered in 2010–11 academic year.

Credits

5

Requirements

Prerequisite(s): ANTH 1 or ANTH 3.

Quarter offered

Spring

ANTH 188 Practicum in Archaeology

Introduces practical skills in archaeological materials identification of stone, shell, bone, and other materials; curation; and database management. Students receive entry-level training with once-weekly class meetings and 5 hours per week of hands-on instruction.

Credits

2

Requirements

Prerequisite(s): ANTH 1, ANTH 2, and ANTH 3.

Repeatable for credit

Yes

Quarter offered

Fall, Winter

ANTH 190A Primate Field Ecology: Tropical Forest Ecology

Explores tropical forest ecology with emphases on plant-life history variation and patterns of diversity. Topics include: photosynthesis, competition, and plant-animal interactions, such as pollination, herbivory, and seed dispersal. Special focus on neotropical forests and adaptations to life in humid environments. Students cannot receive credit for this course and course 290A. Competitive selection based on application and interview during previous fall quarter. Will be offered in 2011-12 academic year. Prerequisite(s): satisfaction of the Entry Level Writing and Composition requirements; concurrent enrollment in courses 190B and 190C is required.

Credits

5

Instructor

Nathaniel Dominy

Quarter offered

Winter

ANTH 190B Primate Field Ecology: Field Methods in Primatology

Field-oriented course in primate behavioral ecology. Combines lectures on approaches and methodologies with practical field studies. Students complete field project in primate ecology and behavior and learn natural history of the plants and animals of Costa Rica. Students cannot receive credit for this course and course 290B. Competitive selection based on application and interview during previous fall quarter. Will be offered in 2011-12 academic year. Prerequisite(s): satisfaction of the Entry Level Writing and Composition requirements; concurrent enrollment in courses 190A and 190C is required. Students are billed a materials fee.

Credits

5

Instructor

Nathaniel Dominy

Quarter offered

Winter

ANTH 190C Primate Field Ecology: Independent Field Research

Students carry out substantial field projects at two locations in Costa Rica under the supervision of course instructors. Students develop research proposals, analyze data, and prepare final research papers and oral presentations. Students cannot receive credit for this course and course 290C. Competitive selection based on application and interview during previous fall quarter. Will be offered in 2011-12 academic year. Prerequisite(s): satisfaction of the Entry Level Writing and Composition requirements; concurrent enrollment in courses 190A and 190B is required.

Credits

5

Instructor

Nathaniel Dominy

Quarter offered

Winter

ANTH 191 Archaeological Field Research

Introduces archaeological field methods and approaches by which archaeology and heritage are interpreted. Students obtain a working understanding of survey and excavation, artifact sampling, and laboratory analysis. Enrollment by permission of instructor. Students are billed a course fee.

Credits

6

Instructor

Chelsea Blackmore

Quarter offered

Summer

ANTH 192 Directed Student Teaching

Teaching of a lower-division seminar under faculty supervision. (See course 42.) Students submit petition to sponsoring agency.

Credits

5

Quarter offered

Fall, Winter, Spring

ANTH 193 Field Study

Students submit petition to sponsoring agency.

Credits

5

Quarter offered

Fall, Winter, Spring

ANTH 193M Field Study in Medical Anthropology

Introduces fieldwork methods and problems in medical anthropology. Students spend six weeks conducting field work through volunteer activities with local health organizations, and prepare a final ethnographic paper.

Credits

5

Instructor

Matthew Wolf-Meyer

Requirements

Prerequisite(s): ANTH 134.

Quarter offered

Summer

ANTH 194V Picturing Cultures

A historical, analytical, and practical exploration of the uses of still and moving pictures in ethnographic representations, research, and production.

Credits

5

Requirements

Prerequisite(s): ANTH 1, ANTH 2, and ANTH 3; and ANTH 80J, ANTH 120, ANTH 132, or ANTH 154; satisfaction of the Entry Level Writing and Composition requirements. Enrollment is restricted to senior anthropology majors.

Quarter offered

Spring

ANTH 196A Archaeology of the American Southwest

Outlines development of Native cultures in the American Southwest from Paleo-Indian times through early European contact. Students must enroll in courses 196A and 196B. Students cannot receive credit for courses 196A-B and 194I.

Credits

3

Instructor

Judith Habicht Mauche

Requirements

Prerequisite(s): ANTH 1, ANTH 2, and ANTH 3; satisfaction of the Entry Level Writing and Composition requirements. Enrollment is restricted to anthropology majors.

Quarter offered

Winter

ANTH 196B Archaeology of the American Southwest

Outlines development of Native cultures in the American Southwest from Paleo-Indian times through early European contact. Students must enroll in courses 196A and 196B. Students cannot receive credit for courses 196A-B and 194I.

Credits

3

Instructor

Judith Habicht Mauche

Requirements

Prerequisite(s): ANTH 1, ANTH 2, ANTH 3, ANTH 196A; satisfaction of the Entry Level Writing and Composition requirements. Enrollment is restricted to anthropology majors.

Quarter offered

Spring