Schedule of Classes

Universal social organizational themes and their culture-specific variations are explored across five non-western societies.

The foundations of the human species. Examination of scientific evidence from Darwinian theory, primate behavior, fossils, and the behavior of modern people.

Major culture types, nomadic hunters and herders, peasant and tribal societies, sophisticated kingdoms; social, political, economic, and religious institutions.

How archaeological research is conceived, planned, and carried out, from survey and excavation to analysis of finds and final reconstruction of ancient cultural systems.

Concepts of social anthropology using filmic representations of societies throughout the world in contrast to written ethnography.

The roles of biology, culture, and the environment in shaping human society, integrating evolutionary biology and cultural theory.

Cross-cultural analysis and comparison of the experience and cultural conception of birth, maternity, parenthood, and childhood in western and non-western societies.

Social behavior of living nonhuman primates, with an emphasis on field studies of apes and monkeys. Topics include aggression, communication, reproduction, cognition and ecology.

Precolumbian culture from early hunters to the Spanish conquest in major geographical areas of Mexico, Central America, Peru, or the United States.

Role of American Indians in American public life from colonial times to the present; native American forms of government; relations between tribes and the U.S.

Europe as a geographic area in terms of its linguistic, ethnic, racial, and cultural diversity; particular focus on peasant society and the Little Tradition.

Culture change theories and methods (archaeology, community studies) participant-observation used to examine the varied experiences of people in Mexico and the U.S. Southwest.

Political and legal systems of primitive societies, social control, and structure.

Examination of one's life within its sociocultural context; study of family history, autobiography, diary, journal, and film; research and writing of a life history.

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.

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

Interdisciplinary examination of social, personal meanings of masculinity; variety of male experience by social class, race, sexuality, and age; emerging masculinities of the future.

Historical and theoretical approaches to major issues in the field of biological anthropology. Includes human evolution, primatology, origins of culture, human biology.

Survey of anthropological methods for acquiring and analyzing data. Ethnographic research methods of modes of analysis: development of a field research project.

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

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.

Continuation of 501, focusing on current models, methods and issues in social anthropology.

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.

Major approaches to ethnographic fieldwork are explored in classic cases.

A hands-on laboratory based survey of pre-production techniques in video and audio production, including exercises to prepare students to shoot their own documentaries.

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.

Credit on acceptance of thesis. Graded IP/CR/NC.

Credit on acceptance of Thesis. Graded IP/CR/NC.

Credit on acceptance of Thesis. Graded IP/CR/NC.

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.

Credit on acceptance of Dissertation. Graded IP/CR/NC.

Credit on acceptance of Dissertation. Graded IP/CR/NC.

Credit on acceptance of Dissertation. Graded IP/CR/NC.