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Anthropology (ANTH)
- http://www.usc.edu/dept/elab/anth/
- D class assignments for undergraduates available in GFS120; phone (213) 740-1900.
The body, illness and healing from a cultural perspective, including comparative studies of folk healing systems, curing rituals and Western biomedical practices.
- 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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10601D | 001 | Lecture | 8:30-9:50am | Mon, Wed | 19 of 50 | Erin Moore | KAP140 | Word (81920 KB) | |
10702R | 001 | Discussion | 12:00-12:50pm | Friday | 13 of 25 | VKC207 | |||
10703R | 001 | Discussion | 1:00-1:50pm | Friday | 6 of 25 | VKC207 |
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 | 2:00-3:20pm | Tue, Thu | 91 of 120 | Stephanie Bogart | SGM124 | PDF (127628 KB) | |
38515D | 001 | Lab | 10:00-11:50am | Thursday | 0 of 1 | Elizabeth Beachem | AHFB10 | ||
38516R | 001 | Lab | 10:00-11:50am | Wednesday | 15 of 20 | Elizabeth Beachem | AHFB10 | ||
38517R | 001 | Lab | 10:00-11:50am | Tuesday | 20 of 20 | James Askew | AHFB10 | ||
38518R | 001 | Lab | 12:00-1:50pm | Tuesday | 19 of 20 | James Askew | AHFB10 | ||
38522R | 001 | Lab | 12:00-1:50pm | Wednesday | 19 of 20 | Elizabeth Beachem | AHFB10 | ||
38528R | 001 | Lab | 12:00-1:50pm | Thursday | 18 of 20 | Elizabeth Beachem | AHFB10 |
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.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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10704R | 001 | Lecture | 3:30-4:50pm | Mon, Wed | 88 of 100 | Kenneth Seligson | THH101 | PDF (195295 KB) | |
10705R | 001 | Discussion | 11:00-11:55am | Monday | 24 of 25 | VKC155 | |||
10706R | 001 | Discussion | 12:00-12:55pm | Monday | 24 of 25 | VKC155 | |||
10707R | 001 | Discussion | 2:00-2:50pm | Monday | 25 of 25 | GFS105 | |||
10708R | 001 | Discussion | 11:00-11:50am | Wednesday | 15 of 25 | KAP165 |
Concepts of social anthropology using filmic representations ofsocieties throughout the world in contrast to written ethnography.
- 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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10603R | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-3:20pm | Tue, Thu | 76 of 102 | Joseph Hawkins | GFS106 | ||
10604R | 001 | Discussion | 4:00-4:50pm | Tuesday | 8 of 25 | GFS217 | |||
10605R | 001 | Discussion | 5:00-5:50pm | Tuesday | 20 of 25 | GFS217 | |||
10606R | 001 | Discussion | 11:00-11:50am | Thursday | 25 of 27 | KAP145 | |||
10607R | 001 | Discussion | 4:00-4:50pm | Thursday | 23 of 25 | KAP147 | |||
10608R | 001 | Lecture | 8:00-9:20am | Mon, Wed | 28 of 100 | Gary Seaman | GFS106 | ||
10609R | 001 | Discussion | 8:00-8:50am | Friday | 6 of 25 | GFS108 | |||
10610R | 001 | Discussion | 9:00-9:50am | Friday | 10 of 25 | GFS108 | |||
10611R | 001 | Discussion | 10:00-10:50am | Friday | 2 of 25 | GFS207 | |||
10612R | 001 | Discussion | 11:00-11:50am | Friday | 9 of 25 | GFS207 | |||
10710R | 001 | Lecture | 9:30-10:50am | Tue, Thu | 72 of 104 | Jennifer Cool | SGM123 | ||
10711R | 001 | Discussion | 10:00-10:50am | Friday | 23 of 28 | THH119 | |||
10712R | 001 | Discussion | 11:00-11:50am | Friday | 20 of 27 | THH213 | |||
10713R | 001 | Discussion | 12:00-12:50pm | Friday | 21 of 26 | VKC161 | |||
10714R | 001 | Discussion | 1:00-1:50pm | Friday | 9 of 25 | VKC161 |
Survey of the performance of healing in cross-cultural perspective. The course culminates in field research to Spiritist centers outside the United States.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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10616D | 088 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 8 of 10 | Erin Moore | OFFICE | Word (76800 KB) |
Active learning course enables students to acquire and experience survival skills devised in pre-modern times and to apply this knowledge in an experimental context.
- General Education: This course satisfies the university's general education requirement.
- Crosslist: This course is offered by the REL department but may qualify for major credit in ANTH. To register, enroll in REL 303.
- Note: This is a Maymester class.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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60081R | 185 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 15 of 20 | Lynn Dodd | OFFICE | PDF (394263 KB) |
Behavior and ecology of living nonhuman primates, with an emphasis on field studies of apes and monkeys. Topics include aggression, communication, reproduction, and cognition. Recommended preparation: HBIO 200Lg. (Duplicates credit in former ANTH 306.)
- 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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38531D | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-3:20pm | Mon, Wed | 20 of 20 | Stephanie Bogart | AHFB10 | PDF (116429 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 |
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10618R | 001 | Lecture | 12:30-1:50pm | Tue, Thu | 87 of 100 | Tok Thompson | GFS106 | PDF (124570 KB) | |
10619R | 001 | Discussion | 8:00-8:50am | Wednesday | 13 of 25 | KAP165 | |||
10620R | 001 | Discussion | 9:00-9:50am | Wednesday | 24 of 26 | KAP165 | |||
10621R | 001 | Discussion | 12:00-12:50pm | Wednesday | 25 of 26 | KAP164 | |||
10622R | 001 | Discussion | 1:00-1:50pm | Wednesday | 25 of 25 | KAP164 |
Archaeology and global heritage debates, laws, ethical conundrums, and stakeholder perspectives reveal goals and guiding values of societys exploration of the past.
- Crosslist: This course is offered by the REL department but may qualify for major credit in ANTH. To register, enroll in REL 304.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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60063R | 001 | Lecture | 3:30-6:20pm | Wednesday | 4 of 19 | Lynn Dodd | THH213 |
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 | 2:00-4:50pm | Wednesday | 13 of 25 | Reighan Gillam | KAP167 |
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 |
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10624R | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-3:20pm | Mon, Wed | 6 of 25 | Erin Moore | KAP113 | Word (94208 KB) |
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.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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10626R | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-3:20pm | Tue, Thu | 73 of 100 | Tok Thompson | WPHB27 | ||
10827R | 001 | Discussion | 10:00-10:50am | Tuesday | 24 of 50 | SOSB4 | |||
10828R | 001 | Discussion | 11:00-11:50am | Tuesday | 22 of 25 | KAP167 | |||
10829R | 001 | Discussion | 10:00-10:50am | Friday | 17 of 25 | KAP159 | |||
10830R | 001 | Discussion | 11:00-11:50am | Friday | 10 of 25 | KAP159 |
Cross-cultural notions of the body, health, and healing; historic and cultural variability of ideas of reproduction, birth, sexuality, mental illness, and disability.
- Crosslist: This course is offered by the SWMS department but may qualify for major credit in ANTH. To register, enroll in SWMS 336.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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34927R | 001 | Lecture | 11:00-12:20pm | Tue, Thu | 16 of 19 | Atia Sattar | WPH103 |
An introduction to the field of food studies, as a historical and cross-disciplinary study of the place of food in culture and society.
- 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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10831R | 001 | Lecture | 11:00-12:20pm | Tue, Thu | 20 of 21 | Emily Zeamer | VKC203 | PDF (1141160 MB) |
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.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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10731R | 001 | Lecture | 4:00-6:50pm | Monday | 8 of 19 | Dorinne Kondo | KAP134 | PDF (412813 KB) |
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 | 98 of 101 | Thomas Ward | SGM101 | ||
10634R | 001 | Discussion | 8:00-8:50am | Tuesday | 25 of 25 | KAP137 | |||
10635R | 001 | Discussion | 8:00-8:50am | Thursday | 25 of 25 | GFS104 | |||
10636R | 001 | Discussion | 8:00-8:50am | Friday | 24 of 25 | THH119 | |||
10637R | 001 | Discussion | 9:00-9:50am | Friday | 24 of 26 | THH119 |
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 | 19 of 19 | Thomas Ward | KAP138 |
Evaluation of cultural impact of policy and program designed to stimulate change in traditional communities. Fieldwork assignments in education, health, and development.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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10631R | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-4:20pm | Thursday | Canceled | Emily Zeamer |
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 |
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34947D | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-3:20pm | Tue, Thu | 18 of 19 | Michael Messner | WPH107 |
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 200Lg.
- Prerequisite: 1 from (HBIO 200 or ANTH 200)
- 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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38535D | 001 | Lecture | 12:00-1:50pm | Wed, Fri | 21 of 21 | Stephanie Bogart | AHF259 | PDF (185477 KB) |
Survey of anthropological methods for acquiring and analyzing data. Implementation of the field project.
- Prerequisite: ANTH 410A
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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10641D | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-4:50pm | Monday | 6 of 19 | Lanita Jacobs | 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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10659D | 001 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 9 of 15 | OFFICE |
Continuation of 501, focusing on current models, methods and issues in social anthropology.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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10653D | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-4:50pm | Thursday | 9 of 25 | Janet Hoskins | KAP137 |
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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34976D | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-4:50pm | Monday | 6 of 15 | Rhacel Salazar Parrenas | 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 |
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10655D | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-4:50pm | Monday | 5 of 25 | Jennifer Cool | KAP164 | ||
10656R | 001 | Lab | 5:00-5:50pm | Monday | 5 of 25 |
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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10657D | 001 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 1 of 10 | OFFICE |