USC Schedule of Classes

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

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.

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

Cultural differences and social processes examined in global and regional networks. Issues are studied ethnographically, using materials from several disciplines.

Concepts of social anthropology using filmic representations ofsocieties 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. Duplicates credit in former ANTH 300.

Survey of the performance of healing in cross-cultural perspective. The course culminates in field research to Spiritist centers outside the United States.

Examine ways that humans have caused and adapted to environmental change in the past. Recommended preparation: ANTH 202 and GEOL 105Lg or GEOL 150Lg.

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.

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

Explores Latinx food in Los Angeles through an anthropological lens. Students experience, document and analyze local food knowledge and traditions through active field study.

Indigenous peoples of North America: major cultural themes, contemporary issues, language revitalization, native sovereignty, environmental issues, decolonization.

Archaeology and global heritage debates, laws, ethical conundrums, and stakeholder perspectives reveal goals and guiding values of societys exploration of the past.

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.

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

Introduction to folklore as a discipline, including folklore research methods and theory. Core course for the minor in Folklore and Popular Culture.

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

Youth gang dynamics and their effects on institutions. Comparative analysis of Asian, African, and Mexican American gangs.

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.

Practical training in qualitative research methods for design consulting and real-world problem solving in development, government, and corporate contexts. Socially-engaged ethnography; anthropology as cultural critique.

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

Real-world work experience in an internship position, while also learning to apply anthropological theory and research methods to complete a related research project. Enrollment requires permission from department.

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.

Survey of anthropological methods for acquiring and analyzing data. Implementation of the field project.

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.

Provides senior Global Studies majors with the practical and theoretical skills needed to write a successful undergraduate thesis in Global Studies.

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.

Current literature: social change, comparative institutions, urbanization, ideology.

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.

A hands-on laboratory based survey of post-production technologies, including editing both new and older footage. Students should be finishing 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.

The cultural construction of body image, embodied practice, race, sexuality and healing.