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Concurrent Course
Anthropology (ANTH)
- http://www.usc.edu/dept/elab/anth/
- D class assignments for undergraduates available in GFS120; phone (213) 740-1900.
Survey of the impact of public institutions, the private sector, and cultural practices on health and the delivery of health care in the United States.
- General Education: This course satisfies the university's general education requirement.
- Note: Register for lecture, one discussion, lab and one section of WRIT 140 listed below (unless you have already satisfied the Writing Requirement)
- Concurrent enrollment: WRIT 140
| Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10603R | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-3:20pm | Mon, Wed | 93 of 98 | Cheryl Mattingly | GFS106 | Word (46080 KB) |    |
| 10604R | 001 | Discussion | 11:00-11:50am | Wednesday | 26 of 27 | THH215 | | ||
| 10605R | 001 | Discussion | 10:00-10:50am | Wednesday | 19 of 25 | GFS107 | | ||
| 10606R | 001 | Discussion | 11:00-11:50am | Monday | 25 of 26 | THH215 | | ||
| 10607R | 001 | Discussion | 10:00-10:50am | Monday | 23 of 25 | GFS107 | |
Concurrent Course
WRIT 140: Writing and Critical Reasoning (4.0 units)
Focuses on analytical and argumentative writing skills requisite to academic and professional writing. Emphasizes logical analysis of texts and other data, effective use of evidence, ethical argumentation, and stylistic and grammatical fluency. Requires concurrent enrollment with an affiliated General Education course in the Social Issues category. Students must achieve a satisfactory score on the verbal portion of the SAT, the USC Writing Examination, or credit for WRIT 120 or 121 bef
| Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 64270D | 001 | Lecture | 9:00-9:50am | MWF | 16 of 17 | Mitra Parineh | GFS220 | | |
| 64375D | 001 | Lecture | 12:00-12:50pm | MWF | 17 of 17 | Mitra Parineh | GFS108 | | |
| 64380D | 001 | Lecture | 12:00-12:50pm | MWF | 17 of 17 | Cody Todd | GFS109 | | |
| 66998D | 001 | Lab | 7:00-8:50pm | Wednesday | 410 of 1000 | BOV AUD | |
The foundations of the human species. Examination of scientific evidence from Darwinian theory, primate behavior, fossils, and the behavior of modern people.
- General Education: This course satisfies the university's general education requirement.
- Note: Register for lecture and Lab
| Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10614R | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-3:20pm | Mon, Wed | 223 of 241 | Craig Stanford | SAL101 | | |
| 10615R | 001 | Lab | 10:00-11:50am | Monday | 18 of 20 | GFS104 | | ||
| 10616R | 001 | Lab | 10:00-11:50am | Monday | 20 of 20 | GFS111 | | ||
| 10617R | 001 | Lab | 10:00-11:50am | Wednesday | 17 of 20 | GFS104 | | ||
| 10618R | 001 | Lab | 10:00-11:50am | Wednesday | 18 of 20 | GFS111 | | ||
| 10619R | 001 | Lab | 12:00-1:50pm | Monday | 20 of 20 | GFS104 | | ||
| 10620R | 001 | Lab | 12:00-1:50pm | Monday | 21 of 21 | GFS111 | | ||
| 10621R | 001 | Lab | 12:00-1:50pm | Friday | 16 of 20 | GFS104 | | ||
| 10622R | 001 | Lab | 12:00-1:50pm | Friday | 20 of 20 | GFS111 | | ||
| 10623R | 001 | Lab | 8:00-9:50am | Monday | 18 of 20 | GFS104 | | ||
| 10624R | 001 | Lab | 8:00-9:50am | Monday | 19 of 20 | GFS111 | | ||
| 10625R | 001 | Lab | 8:00-9:50am | Wednesday | 16 of 20 | GFS104 | | ||
| 10626R | 001 | Lab | 8:00-9:50am | Wednesday | 20 of 20 | GFS111 | |
Study of sex, gender in relation to science and social sciences; survey of scientific methods, approaches, current research; investigation of gender influences on scientific research.
- Crosslist: This course is offered by the SWMS department but may qualify for major credit in ANTH. To register, enroll in SWMS 225.
| Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34915R | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-3:20pm | Mon, Wed | 22 of 25 | Katie Hasson | VKC209 | |
Concepts of social anthropology using filmic representations of societies throughout the world in contrast to written ethnography.
- General Education: This course satisfies the university's general education requirement.
- Note: Register for lecture and discussion
| Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10633R | 001 | Lecture | 3:30-4:50pm | Mon, Wed | 104 of 104 | Gary Seaman | GFS106 | | |
| 10634R | 001 | Discussion | 8:00-8:50am | Monday | 25 of 25 | GFS105 | | ||
| 10635R | 001 | Discussion | 9:00-9:50am | Monday | 26 of 26 | GFS105 | | ||
| 10636R | 001 | Discussion | 8:00-8:50am | Wednesday | 25 of 25 | GFS105 | | ||
| 10637R | 001 | Discussion | 9:00-9:50am | Wednesday | 28 of 28 | GFS105 | | ||
| 10638R | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-3:20pm | Tue, Thu | 97 of 100 | Jennifer Cool | THH202 | | |
| 10639R | 001 | Discussion | 9:00-9:50am | Friday | 25 of 25 | GFS107 | | ||
| 10640R | 001 | Discussion | 10:00-10:50am | Friday | 26 of 26 | GFS107 | | ||
| 10641R | 001 | Discussion | 9:00-9:50am | Friday | 21 of 25 | GFS104 | | ||
| 10642R | 001 | Discussion | 10:00-10:50am | Friday | 23 of 25 | GFS104 | |
The roles of biology, culture, and the environment in shaping human society, integrating evolutionary biology and cultural theory.
| Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10643R | 001 | Lecture | 4:00-6:50pm | Monday | 26 of 26 | Christopher Schmitt | GFS221 | |
Examine ways that humans have caused and adapted to environmental change in the past. Recommended preparation: ANTH 202 and GEOL 105Lg or GEOL 150Lg.
| Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10805R | 001 | Lecture | 9:30-10:50am | Tue, Thu | 4 of 25 | Thomas Garrison | VHE210 | |
Social behavior of living nonhuman primates, with an emphasis on field studies of apes and monkeys. Topics include aggression, communication, reproduction, cognition and ecology.
- Note: Register for lecture, one discussion, lab and one section of WRIT 140 listed below (unless you have already satisfied the Writing Requirement)
| Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10730R | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-3:20pm | Tue, Thu | 27 of 29 | Christopher Schmitt | GFS222 | |
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.
| Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10645R | 001 | Lecture | 12:30-1:50pm | Tue, Thu | 23 of 25 | Thomas Garrison | GFS223 | PDF (224338 KB) | |
North American Indian societies, their major cultural themes,ethnological significance, and comparability with Western Europeancultural forms; lectures, visual, and indigene demonstrations.
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10648R | 001 | Lecture | 12:30-1:50pm | Tue, Thu | 101 of 102 | Tok Thompson | THH102 | PDF (96272 KB) | |
| 10649R | 001 | Discussion | 8:00-8:50am | Tuesday | 25 of 25 | GFS105 | | ||
| 10650R | 001 | Discussion | 9:00-9:50am | Tuesday | 26 of 26 | GFS105 | | ||
| 10651R | 001 | Discussion | 8:00-8:50am | Thursday | 23 of 26 | GFS105 | | ||
| 10652R | 001 | Discussion | 9:00-9:50am | Thursday | 25 of 25 | GFS105 | |
Examination of violence, identity, law, religion, nationalism, development, caste, kinship, gender, and the South Asian diaspora.
- Diversity: This course satisfies the university's diversity requirement.
| Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10658R | 001 | Lecture | 3:30-4:50pm | Mon, Wed | 14 of 25 | Erin Moore | GFS229 | |
Introduction to folklore as a discipline, including folklore research methods and theory. Core course for the minor in Folklore and Popular Culture.
- Diversity: This course satisfies the university's diversity requirement.
| Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10659R | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-3:20pm | Tue, Thu | 25 of 60 | Tok Thompson | THH116 | PDF (65218 KB) | |
| 10675R | 001 | Discussion | 9:00-9:50am | Tuesday | 13 of 30 | VKC258 | | ||
| 10676R | 001 | Discussion | 9:00-9:50am | Thursday | 8 of 30 | VKC258 | |
Youth gang dynamics and their effects on American institutions. Comparative analysis of Asian-American, African-American, and Mexican-American gangs.
- Diversity: This course satisfies the university's diversity requirement.
| Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10663R | 001 | Lecture | 11:00-12:20pm | Tue, Thu | 25 of 25 | Thomas Ward | GFS228 | | |
| 10664R | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-3:20pm | Tue, Thu | 24 of 25 | Thomas Ward | GFS229 | | |
| 10665R | 001 | Lecture | 3:30-4:50pm | Tue, Thu | 24 of 25 | Thomas Ward | GFS229 | |
Examination of the range of scientific techniques and technologies used for the analysis and interpretation of material culture recovered during archaeological excavations. Recommended preparation: ANTH 202.
| Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10667R | 001 | Lecture | 4:00-6:50pm | Monday | 4 of 25 | Thomas Garrison | GFS228 | |
Interdisciplinary examination of social, personal meanings of masculinity; variety of male experience by social class, race, sexuality, and age; emerging masculinities of the future.
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34947D | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-3:20pm | Tue, Thu | 22 of 23 | Michael Messner | VKC154 | |
Historical and theoretical approaches to major issues in the field of biological anthropology. Includes human evolution, primatology, origins of culture, human biology.
| Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10668D | 001 | Lecture | 11:00-12:20pm | Tue, Thu | 21 of 25 | Christopher Schmitt | GFS229 | |
Ecological adaptation of human cultures, emphasizing the development of values in the context of constraints and incentives stemming from the environment.
- Note: Register for lecture and Lab
| Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10801R | 001 | Lecture | 9:30-10:50am | Tue, Thu | Canceled | Thomas Garrison | |
Visual techniques for data collection and analysis in anthropological research. Visual anthropology research using 35 mm. photography skills, fieldwork procedures, data analysis, and presentation formats.
| Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10679D | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-4:50pm | Wednesday | 10 of 25 | Andrei Simic | GFS105 | |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10686D | 001 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 2 of 12 | Gary Seaman | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10688D | 001 | Lecture | TBA | Wednesday | 0 of 10 | Gary Seaman | OFFICE | |
Current literature: social change, comparative institutions, urbanization, ideology.
| Section | Session | Units | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas | ||||||||||
| 10803D | 001 | 4.0 | Lecture | 2:00-3:20pm | Mon, Wed | Canceled | Nancy Lutkehaus | Word (131533 KB) | | |
Continuation of 501, focusing on current models, methods and issues in social anthropology.
| Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10690D | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-4:50pm | Thursday | 10 of 20 | Janet Hoskins | THH115 | |
A hands-on laboratory based survey of post-production technologies, including editing both new and older footage. Students should be finishing their own documentaries.
- Prerequisite: ANTH 576
| Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10692D | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-4:50pm | Monday | 10 of 20 | Jennifer Cool | GFS216 | | |
| 10685R | 001 | Lab | TBA | TBA | 10 of 15 | OFFICE | |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10694D | 001 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 0 of 10 | Gary Seaman | OFFICE | |
Practical principles for the long-term development of effective teaching within college disciplines. Intended for teaching assistants in Dornsife College.
- Crosslist: This course is offered by the MDA department but may qualify for major credit in ANTH. To register, enroll in MDA 593.
| Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 42297R | 001 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 10 of 100 | Jane Cody | OFFICE | |
Credit on acceptance of thesis. Graded IP/CR/NC.
| Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10882D | 001 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 0 of 10 | OFFICE | |
The relationship between anthropology and popular culture is explored through a critical examination of the category "popular culture."
| Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10700D | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-4:50pm | Wednesday | 9 of 25 | Tok Thompson | GFS108 | PDF (54490 KB) | |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10701D | 001 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 0 of 10 | Gary Seaman | OFFICE | |