Anthropology (ANTH)  Department Info

ANTH 101 -- Introduction to Biological Anthropology and Archaeology  (3 units)
Description:  Basic concepts and methods used by biological anthropologists and archaeologists.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

ANTH 102 -- Introduction to Cultural Anthropology and Linguistic Anthropology  (3 units)
Description:  Basic concepts and methods used by cultural and linguistic anthropologists.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

ANTH 110 -- Exploring Archaeology  (3 units)
Description:  An introduction to the past as revealed by archaeological research; from Neanderthals and their antecedents to Stonehenge, Maya pyramids, and Homer's Troy.
Usually offered:  Fall.

ANTH 195A -- Archaeology  (1 unit)
Description:  This course has several interrelated goals: (1) to furnish you with new ways to think about our material world, especially the technologies of everyday life. (2) To assist you in developing useful "survival skills" for your university career, with an emphasis on research and writing.   This is a First-Year Colloquium Course.
Usually offered:  Spring.

ANTH 195B -- Cultural Anthropology  (1 unit)
Description:  Instruction often includes lectures by several different persons, usually in a small group setting. Designed to give students insight into the concepts and practices which typify different academic disciplines, and introduce students to the methods and standards of the discipline for discovering new knowledge, the values which characterize the field of study, advances in the field, impact on society, and career opportunities.  This is a First-Year Colloquium Course.
Usually offered:  Spring.

ANTH 195D -- Biological Anthropology  (1 unit)
Description:  Instruction often includes lectures by several different persons, usually in a small group setting. Designed to give students insight into the concepts and practices which typify different academic disciplines, and introduce students to the methods and standards of the discipline for discovering new knowledge, the values which characterize the field of study, advances in the field, impact on society, and career opportunities.  This is a First-Year Colloquium Course.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

ANTH 199 -- Independent Study  (1-5 units)
Description:  Qualified students working on an individual basis with professors who have agreed to supervise such work.
May be repeated:  an unlimited number of times.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring, Summer.

ANTH 199H -- Honors Independent Study  (1-5 units)
Description:  Qualified students working on an individual basis with professors who have agreed to supervise such work.
May be repeated:  an unlimited number of times.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

ANTH 200 -- Cultural Anthropology  (3 units)
Description:  Contemporary theories and methods in use among cultural anthropologists.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

ANTH 202 -- Applying Anthropology in a Global Context  (3 units)
Description:  Course introduces students to the orders of meaning and power that influence human living and working conditions, as well as the capacity of human beings to alter those conditions. A combination of lectures, readings, films, class discussions and exercises will familiarize students with approaches to global problems in applied anthropology and the solutions that the discipline has proposed.
Prerequisite(s):  two courses from Tier One, Individuals and Societies (INDV 101, 102, 103, 104).
Approved as:  General Education Tier Two - Individuals and Societies.
Approved as:  General Education Gender, Race, Class, Ethnicity, or Non-Western Area Studies.
Usually offered:  Spring.

ANTH 203 -- Caribbean Transformations from "Cannibals" to Reggae  (3 units)
Description:  The systematic study of processes of culture change. Course focuses on an ethnographic region - the Caribbean - which has been the site of intense culture contacts.
Prerequisite(s):  two courses from Tier One, Individuals and Societies (INDV 101, 102, 103, 104).
Approved as:  General Education Tier Two - Individuals and Societies.
Approved as:  General Education Gender, Race, Class, Ethnicity, or Non-Western Area Studies.
Usually offered:  Fall.

ANTH 205 -- Clovis to Coronado: Archaeology of the Southwest  (3 units)
Description:  Nontechnical discussion of the lifeways of the ancient people of the Southwest.
Approved as:  General Education Tier Two - Individuals and Societies.
Approved as:  General Education Gender, Race, Class, Ethnicity, or Non-Western Area Studies.
Identical to:  AIS 205.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

ANTH 205A -- Prehistoric Peoples of the Southwest  (3 units)
Description:  Nontechnical discussion of the lifeways of the ancient people of the Southwest. Correspondence only. No new enrollment accepted.
Identical to:  AIS 205.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

ANTH 206 -- Native Peoples of the Southwest  (3 units)
Description:  Nontechnical discussion of Southwestern Indian cultures from historic times to the present.
Approved as:  General Education Tier Two - Individuals and Societies.
Approved as:  General Education Gender, Race, Class, Ethnicity, or Non-Western Area Studies.
Identical to:  AIS 206.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

ANTH 207 -- Material Culture Studies  (3 units)
Description:  Material culture studied as an essential component of individual and social activities. Objects to be read as evidence based on consciously introduced attributes and objects as metaphors.
Prerequisite(s):  two courses from Tier One, Individuals and Societies (INDV 101, 102, 103, 104).
Approved as:  General Education Tier Two - Individuals and Societies.
Identical to:  MSE 207.
Usually offered:  Fall.

ANTH 208 -- Materials Science in Material Culture Studies  (3 units)
Description:  The course explores the uses of materials science in material culture studies, teaches methods of analysis that illuminate the structure of artifacts and teaches to infer the processing of materials from this data.
Prerequisite(s):  Tier One physical science course. Two courses from Tier One, Natural Sciences (NATS 101, 102, 104).
Approved as:  General Education Tier Two - Natural Sciences.
Identical to:  MSE 208; MSE is home department.
Usually offered:  Fall.

ANTH 222 -- African American Studies: A History of Ideas  (3 units)
Description:  The theoretical and philosophical ideas expressed by thinkers of the African world. Issues in the areas of epistemological relativism, ethics, political philosophy and the history of ideas will be examined.
Prerequisite(s):  two courses from Tier One, Traditions and Cultures (TRAD 101,102,103,104).
Approved as:  General Education Tier Two - Humanities.
Approved as:  General Education Gender, Race, Class, Ethnicity, or Non-Western Area Studies.
Identical to:  AFAS 222; AFAS is home department.
Usually offered:  Spring.

ANTH 235 -- Principles of Archaeology  (3 units)
Description:  History of archaeological research, survey of concepts and methods for the study of prehistoric cultures.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

ANTH 248A -- Introduction to Folklore  (3 units)
Description:  Forms of verbal folklore.
Identical to:  ENGL 248A; ENGL is home department.
Usually offered:  Fall.

ANTH 248B -- Introduction to Folklore  (3 units)
Description:  Non-verbal folklore and material culture.
Identical to:  ENGL 248B; ENGL is home department.
Usually offered:  Spring.

ANTH 249 -- Technology and The Growth of Civilizations  (3 units)
Description:  Surveys prehistory and history of technology worldwide, ranging from stone tools to semiconductors. Emphasizes the cultural context of technology. Extensively illustrated with slides and film.
Identical to:  HIST 249, MSE 249, ENGR 249.
Usually offered:  Spring.

ANTH 251 -- Social Constraints on Engineering  (3 units)
Description:  Influence of consumers, organizations, state and national governments and international treaties on engineering in the USA, Japan and selected other nations.
Identical to:  MSE 251; MSE is home department.
Usually offered:  Fall.

ANTH 257 -- Materials Science of Art and Archaeological Objects  (3 units)
Description:  The methods, content and practice pertinent to the study of art and archaeology. Materials science provides one of the keys for interpreting objects in their historical and cultural context.
Prerequisite(s):  two courses from Tier One, Natural Sciences (NATS 101, 102, 104). Credit for this course or MSE 259 but not for both.
Approved as:  General Education Tier Two - Natural Sciences.
Credit for:  3 units engineering science.
Identical to:  MSE 257; MSE is home department.
Usually offered:  Spring.

ANTH 258 -- Laboratory for Materials Science of Art and Archaeological Objects  (1 unit)
Description:  Laboratory exercises involving the materials science of art and archaeological objects.
Prerequisite(s):  two courses from Tier One, Natural Sciences (NATS 101, 102, 104).
Approved as:  General Education Tier Two - Natural Sciences.
Credit for:  1 unit engineering science.
Identical to:  MSE 258; MSE is home department.
Usually offered:  Spring.

ANTH 259 -- Society and the Technology of Art and Archaeological Objects  (3 units)
Description:  The course focuses on art and archaeological objects and their technology to lead into discussions about the priorities of social groups in particular places and historical settings.
Prerequisite(s):  two courses from Tier One, Individuals and Societies (INDV 101, 102, 103, 104). Credit is allowed for this course or MSE 257, but not for both.
Approved as:  General Education Tier Two - Individuals and Societies.
Identical to:  MSE 259; MSE is home department.
Usually offered:  Spring.

ANTH 261 -- The Human Species: Heredity, Environment, and Behavior  (3 units)
Description:  An introduction to human biology which focuses on the interaction of heredity and environment in producing the human phenotype.
Approved as:  General Education Tier Two - Natural Sciences.
Typical structure:  1 hour discussion, 2 hours lecture.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

ANTH 265 -- Human Evolution  (3 units)
Description:  Neontological and paleontological approaches to human evolution and variation, nonhuman primate studies, bio-molecular and anatomical variation, bio-cultural responses to environmental stress.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

ANTH 271 -- Ancient Civilizations of the Near East  (3 units)
Description:  Survey of pre-Islamic cultures of Persia, Mesopotamia, Syria-Palestine, Anatolia and Egypt, from ca. 10,000 B.C. to the rise of Islam in the 7th century A.D., with emphasis on unifying themes and institutions.
Identical to:  NES 271; NES is home department.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

ANTH 276 -- The Nature of Language  (3 units)
Description:  An introduction to the basic concepts of linguistic anthropology and their implications for the study of culture and society.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

ANTH 299 -- Independent Study  (1-5 units)
Description:  Qualified students working on an individual basis with professors who have agreed to supervise such work.
May be repeated:  an unlimited number of times.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring, Summer.

ANTH 299H -- Honors Independent Study  (1-3 units)
Description:  Qualified students working on an individual basis with professors who have agreed to supervise such work.
May be repeated:  an unlimited number of times.
Usually offered:  Fall.

ANTH 302 -- Educational Applications in Museum Anthropology  (3 units)
Description:  Introduction to museum education and anthropology of the Southwest which examines cultural diversity of the region. Students conduct museum tours for public school students.
Identical to:  TTE 302.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

ANTH 303 -- Gender and Language  (3 units)
Description:  Gender differences in language use among adults and children and their sociocultural bases.  This is a Writing Emphasis Course.
Prerequisite(s):  satisfaction of the upper-division writing proficiency requirement.
Identical to:  LING 303, W S 303.
Usually offered:  Fall.

ANTH 304 -- Introduction to Archaeological Fieldwork  (3 units)
Description:  Practical excavation, class discussion, mapping and the preliminary stages of artifact analysis.
Course includes 1 or more field trips.
Typical structure:  2 hours lecture, 6 hours laboratory.
Usually offered:  Spring.

ANTH 305 -- Cultural Change  (3 units)
Description:  A review of theories of cultural and social change with case studies.  This is a Writing Emphasis Course.
Prerequisite(s):  satisfaction of the upper-division writing proficiency requirement; 6 units of cultural anthropology courses or consent of instructor.
Usually offered:  Fall.

ANTH 307 -- Ecological Anthropology  (3 units)
Description:  Cultural adaptation with emphasis on the systematic interaction of environment, technology, and social organization among hunter-gatherers, nomadic herders, and peasant farmers.   This is a Writing Emphasis Course.
Prerequisite(s):  satisfaction of the upper-division writing proficiency requirement.
Approved as:  General Education Tier Two - Individuals and Societies.
Approved as:  General Education Gender, Race, Class, Ethnicity, or Non-Western Area Studies.
Usually offered:  Fall.

ANTH 308 -- Family, Household and Society  (3 units)
Description:  Introduction to the cross-cultural analysis of family and kinship systems.  This is a Writing Emphasis Course.
Prerequisite(s):  satisfaction of the upper-division writing proficiency requirement.
Usually offered:  Fall.

ANTH 310 -- Culture and the Individual  (3 units)
Description:  Cultural and psychological dimensions of human development and human behavior.
Identical to:  SOC 310.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring, Summer.

ANTH 311 -- Urban Adaptation of Ethnic Groups  (3 units)
Description:  A survey of adaptations of ethnic and social groups to urban areas, focusing on a different group or region each semester.  This is a Writing Emphasis Course.
Prerequisite(s):  satisfaction of the upper-division writing proficiency requirement; 6 units of cultural anthropology courses or consent of instructor.
Usually offered:  Fall.

ANTH 313 -- Anthropology and Public Policy  (3 units)
Description:  Examines the development, goals, techniques, and practices of anthropology as a policy science.  This is a Writing Emphasis Course.
Prerequisite(s):  satisfaction of the upper-division writing proficiency requirement; 6 units of cultural anthropology courses or consent of instructor.
Usually offered:  Spring.

ANTH 315 -- World Ethnography  (3 units)
Description:  The comparative study of selected societies of the world through extensive use of the media.  This is a Writing Emphasis Course.
Prerequisite(s):  satisfaction of the upper-division writing proficiency requirement.
Usually offered:  Fall.

ANTH 316 -- Political Economy of Language  (3 units)
Description:  Interethnic and interclass contests over language and meanings in relation to access to material resources and civil rights.  This is a Writing Emphasis Course.
Prerequisite(s):  satisfaction of the upper-division writing proficiency requirement; junior status; two courses from Tier One, Individuals and Societies (INDV 101, 102, 103, 104).
Approved as:  General Education Tier Two - Individuals and Societies.
Approved as:  General Education Gender, Race, Class, Ethnicity, or Non-Western Area Studies.
Usually offered:  Fall.

ANTH 319 -- Mexican American Culture  (3 units)
Description:  Historical background, cultural institutions, identity problems, social relations, and expectations of people of Mexican ancestry in the United States.
Identical to:  MAS 319; MAS is home department.
Usually offered:  Fall.

ANTH 320 -- Evolution of the Earliest States  (3 units)
Description:  Intensive introduction to the evolution of the world's earliest states: Mesopotamia, Egypt, Indus, China, Peru, Maya, Mexico. Comparative topics include urbanism, elites, economics, literacy and collapse.
Prerequisite(s):  ANTH 101, ANTH 110 or consent of department.
Usually offered:  Fall.

ANTH 329 -- Cultures and Societies of Africa  (3 units)
Description:  Introduction to African prehistory, social anthropology, ecology, religions, ancient and modern state formation, slavery, urbanization, and contemporary issues.  This is a Writing Emphasis Course.
Prerequisite(s):  satisfaction of the upper-division writing proficiency requirement.
Identical to:  AFAS 329.
Usually offered:  Spring.

ANTH 330 -- Language and Society in the Middle East and South Asia  (3 units)
Description:  This course examines the interaction of language and social variables in the Middle East and South Asia, and focuses on issues such as class, ethnicity, religion, bilingualism, and education, and the factors that bring about language change, language planning, and language spread.
Approved as:  General Education Tier Two - Humanities.
Approved as:  General Education Gender, Race, Class, Ethnicity, or Non-Western Area Studies.
Identical to:  NES 330; NES is home department.
Usually offered:  Fall.

ANTH 331 -- Anthropology and Development  (3 units)
Description:  The role of anthropology in interdisciplinary projects involving economic development and planned change on the national and international levels.
Prerequisite(s):  3 units of anthropology.
Identical to:  LA S 331.
Usually offered:  Fall.

ANTH 333 -- Introduction to Archaeological Analysis  (3 units)
Description:  Introduction to analysis of major classes of archaeological materials, including chipped and ground stone, ceramics, fauna, flora, and architecture. Uses lectures and hands-on exercises.
Usually offered:  Fall.

ANTH 334 -- Art and Archaeology of Ancient Egypt  (3 units)
Description:  Art and archaeology of the Egyptian civilization from the beginning of the Pharaonic Period to the Alexandrian Age.
Identical to:  CLAS 334; CLAS is home department.
Usually offered:  Spring.

ANTH 335 -- Archaeological Interpretation  (3 units)
Description:  Survey of modern methods and theories in archaeology, with emphasis on current archaeological problems being investigated throughout the world.  This is a Writing Emphasis Course.
Prerequisite(s):  satisfaction of the upper-division writing proficiency requirement; ANTH 235.
Usually offered:  Spring.

ANTH 337 -- Studies in Modern Material Culture  (3 units)
Description:  Studies relating contemporary behavior and material culture will be planned, implemented, and evaluated to test methods of archaeological interpretation in modern societies and to develop new nonreactive methods of social science research.
Prerequisite(s):  3 units of social science.
Usually offered:  Fall.

ANTH 340A -- Introduction to Classical Art and Archaeology  (3 units)
Description:  An archaeological history of Greece and Italy through the study of major excavations and monuments, with emphasis on cultural developments and relationships.
Identical to:  CLAS 340A; CLAS is home department.
Usually offered:  Fall.

ANTH 340B -- Introduction to Classical Art and Archaeology  (3 units)
Description:  An archaeological history of Greece and Italy through the study of major excavations and monuments, with emphasis on cultural developments and relationships.
Identical to:  CLAS 340B; CLAS is home department.
Usually offered:  Spring.

ANTH 344 -- African American Religion  (3 units)
Description:  Critical, thematic exegesis of indigenous African and Christian contributions to African American religions. Analyzes role of religion in resisting oppression and racial injustice.
Course is available:  by special exam for a grade and credit.
Identical to:  AFAS 344; AFAS is home department.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

ANTH 364 -- Natural History of Our Closest Relatives  (3 units)
Description:  Comparative primate biology, behavior, ecology and evolution.   This is a Writing Emphasis Course.
Prerequisite(s):  satisfaction of the upper-division writing proficiency requirement.
Approved as:  General Education Tier Two - Natural Sciences.
Usually offered:  Spring.

ANTH 365 -- The Primate Skeleton  (3 units)
Description:  Comparative primate skeletal anatomy from an anthropological viewpoint including study of function, behavior, ecology, and evolution.
Prerequisite(s):  ANTH 265 or consent of department.
Usually offered:  Fall.

ANTH 367 -- Human Population Variation  (3 units)
Description:  Conceptual differences between the cultural typological concept of "race" and the genetic evolutionary concept of the population. Examines population differences, the process that may have established them, and interpretations of their significance.
Prerequisite(s):  ANTH 261 or ANTH 265 or consent of instructor.
Usually offered:  Spring.

ANTH 368 -- Methods in Biological Anthropology  (3 units)
Description:  Basic methods utilized in modern Biological Anthropology. Development of research designs, data collection and statistical analysis, computer applications, human skeletal biology, primatology, paleoanthropology and techniques appropriate to living human population; biocultural emphasis.  This is a Writing Emphasis Course.
Prerequisite(s):  satisfaction of the upper-division writing proficiency requirement; ANTH 265 or consent of department.
Typical structure:  3 hours laboratory, 2 hours lecture.
Usually offered:  Fall.

ANTH 374 -- Processes of Culture Change  (3 units)
Description:  Intensive investigation of specific theories and varieties of culture change.  This is a Writing Emphasis Course.
Prerequisite(s):  satisfaction of the upper-division writing proficiency requirement; consent of instructor or 6 units of cultural anthropology courses.
Usually offered:  Spring.

ANTH 375 -- Ethnography of the Middle East  (3 units)
Description:  Introduction to and critical examination of the ethnographic literature on the peoples/cultures of the Middle East. Focus on social organization, cultural meanings, and regional political economy.
Identical to:  NES 375.
Usually offered:  Spring.

ANTH 380 -- Global Agricultural and International Relations  (3 units)
Description:  The importance of agriculture to the cultures, political structures, and economies of developing countries in Africa, Asia, South America, and Oceania.  This is a Writing Emphasis Course.
Prerequisite(s):  satisfaction of the upper-division writing proficiency requirement; introductory course in anthropology, sociology or economics. Two courses from Tier One, Individuals and Societies (INDV 101, 102, 103, 104).
Approved as:  General Education Tier Two - Individuals and Societies.
Identical to:  AGTM 380; AGTM is home department.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

ANTH 383 -- Varieties of English  (3 units)
Description:  Investigation of the sociolinguistic distinctiveness of varieties of English, focusing primarily on the U.S. The history of English and phonetics will serve as a backdrop to discuss issues such as social stratification, linguistic inequality, stereotyping, and educational implications.
Usually offered:  Spring.

ANTH 384 -- Sociology of Latin American Societies  (3 units)
Description:  Analysis of their social structures and institutions, including government, religion, family, education, stratification, urban and rural development, economics, migration.
Identical to:  SOC 384; SOC is home department.
Usually offered:  Spring.

ANTH 393 -- Internship  (1-4 units)
Description:  Specialized work on an individual basis, consisting of training and practice in actual service in a technical, business, or governmental establishment.
May be repeated:  an unlimited number of times.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring, Summer.

ANTH 393E -- Congressional Staff Internship  (1-12 units)
Description:  Specialized work on an individual basis, consisting of training and practice in actual service in a technical, business, or governmental establishment.
Prerequisite(s):  open to majors only.
May be repeated:  an unlimited number of times.
Identical to:  POL 393E; POL is home department.
Usually offered:  Summer.

ANTH 394 -- Practicum  (1-4 units)
Description:  The practical application, on an individual basis, of previously studied theory and the collection of data for future theoretical interpretation.
May be repeated:  an unlimited number of times.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring, Summer.

ANTH 395A -- Special Topics In Archaeology  (3 units)
Description:  The course content, as taught in any one semester, depends on student need and interest, and the research/teaching interests of the participating faculty member.
Prerequisite(s):  ANTH 235.
May be repeated:  for credit 1 time (maximum 2 enrollments).
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

ANTH 395B -- Special Topics in Cultural Anthropology  (3 units)
Description:  The course as taught in any one semester depends on student need and interest, and the research/teaching interests of the participating faculty member.
May be repeated:  for credit 1 time (maximum 2 enrollments).
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

ANTH 395D -- Special Topics in Biological Anthropology  (1-3 units)
Description:  The course content, as taught in any one semester, depends on student need and interest, and on the research/teaching interests of the participating faculty member. Topics may include current developments in the human genome project, genetics, evolutionary theory, primate ecology, human variation, adaptation and biocultural anthropology.
Prerequisite(s):  ANTH 265 or consent of instructor.
May be repeated:  for a total of 6 units of credit.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

ANTH 396H -- Honors Proseminar  (3 units)
Description:  The development and exchange of scholarly information, usually in a small group setting. The scope of work shall consist of research by course registrants, with the exchange of the results of such research through discussion, reports, and/or papers.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

ANTH 399 -- Independent Study  (1-5 units)
Description:  Qualified students working on an individual basis with professors who have agreed to supervise such work.
May be repeated:  an unlimited number of times.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring, Summer.

ANTH 399H -- Honors Independent Study  (3 units)
Description:  Qualified students working on an individual basis with professors who have agreed to supervise such work.
May be repeated:  an unlimited number of times.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

ANTH 402 -- Gender and Language in Japan  (3 units)
Description:  Introduction to general issues of gender and language use, specific gender-related differences in the Japanese language, and gender roles in Japan.
Prerequisite(s):  JPN 202 or consent of instructor.
Identical to:  JPN 402; JPN is home department.
Usually offered:  Spring.

ANTH 406 -- Gender and Social Identity  (3 units)
Description:  An analysis of the social and cultural construction of gender across cultures. Emphasis will be on preindustrial societies, using data to test theories of gender.  This is a Writing Emphasis Course.
Prerequisite(s):  satisfaction of the upper-division writing proficiency requirement.
Identical to:  W S 406.
May be convened with:  ANTH 506.
Usually offered:  Spring.

ANTH 409 -- Economic Anthropology  (3 units)
Description:  Analysis of production, exchange, distribution, consumption, property, economic surplus, inheritance, and types of economic structure.  This is a Writing Emphasis Course.
Prerequisite(s):  satisfaction of the upper-division writing proficiency requirement; ANTH 200 or consent of instructor.
Identical to:  LA S 409.
May be convened with:  ANTH 509.
Usually offered:  Spring.

ANTH 410 -- Ceramic Ethnoarchaeology  (3 units)
Description:  Using ethnoarchaeological and ethnographic case studies from diverse geographical areas, the course examines relationships between ceramics and a range of matters traditionally of interest to archaeologists.
May be convened with:  ANTH 510.
Usually offered:  Spring.

ANTH 411 -- Anthropology of Religion  (3 units)
Description:  Comparative approaches to the study of religion, systems of ritual and symbolization in the primitive world, shamanism and possession, religious movements, and religion in the modern world.
Identical to:  RELI 411.
May be convened with:  ANTH 511.
Usually offered:  Fall.

ANTH 413 -- Ethnology of the Southwest  (3 units)
Description:  Culture, history and economic, social, and religious institutions of the living people of the Southwest.  This is a Writing Emphasis Course.
Prerequisite(s):  satisfaction of the upper-division writing proficiency requirement; ANTH 200.
Identical to:  AIS 413.
May be convened with:  ANTH 513.
Usually offered:  Spring.

ANTH 416 -- Contemporary Indian America  (3 units)
Description:  The historical development and contemporary significance of the life of the Native American of the United States.  This is a Writing Emphasis Course.
Prerequisite(s):  satisfaction of the upper-division writing proficiency requirement.
Identical to:  AIS 416.
May be convened with:  ANTH 516.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring, Summer.

ANTH 417 -- Cultures of Ancient Mexico  (3 units)
Description:  Archaeological and ethnohistoric survey of the civilizations of ancient Mexico from earliest times to the period of the Spanish Conquest.
Course includes 1 or more field trips.
Identical to:  LA S 417.
Usually offered:  Summer.

ANTH 419 -- Psychological Anthropology  (3 units)
Description:  Cultural emphasis and experiences as basic shaping forces in personal development and emotion. Topics include psychoanalysis and anthropology, gender and sexuality, childhood, grief and mourning, dreaming, psychopathology.  This is a Writing Emphasis Course.
Prerequisite(s):  satisfaction of the upper-division writing proficiency requirement; ANTH 102 or ANTH 200.
May be convened with:  ANTH 519.
Usually offered:  Spring.

ANTH 421 -- Ethnology of North America  (3 units)
Description:  Origin and distribution of native populations of North America; historical development and interrelations of cultures.
Prerequisite(s):  ANTH 200.
Identical to:  AIS 421.
May be convened with:  ANTH 521.
Usually offered:  Fall.

ANTH 422A -- Pre-Hispanic Art  (3 units)
Description:  Art of the high cultures of Mesoamerica, with the focus on architecture, sculpture, painting and crafts prior to European contact.
Prerequisite(s):  ARH 422A is not prerequisite to ARH 422B, etc.
Identical to:  ARH 422A; ARH is home department.
May be convened with:  ANTH 522A.
Usually offered:  Fall.

ANTH 422B -- Pre-Hispanic Art  (3 units)
Description:  Pre-Columbian art of Central and South America with particular attention to the Andean area.
Prerequisite(s):  ARH 422A is not prerequisite to ARH 422B, etc.
Identical to:  ARH 422B; ARH is home department.
May be convened with:  ANTH 522B.
Usually offered:  Spring.

ANTH 422C -- Pre-Hispanic Art  (3 units)
Description:  Social history of art in prehispanic Mesoamerica from the preclassic through the post-classic period.
Prerequisite(s):  ARH 422A is not prerequisite to ARH 422B, etc.
Identical to:  ARH 422C; ARH is home department.
May be convened with:  ANTH 522C.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

ANTH 423 -- Anthropology of Rural Mexico  (3 units)
Description:  Historical and cultural background, and contemporary economic, political and social organization of indigenous and non-indigenous groups in rural Mexico. Primarily concerned with the people of the countryside, and the Mexican revolution.
Identical to:  LA S 423, AIS 423.
Usually offered:  Spring.

ANTH 424 -- Theoretical Population Genetics  (3 units)
Description:  Mathematical theory of modern population genetics developed from first principles with emphasis on evolutionary implications and the historical development of ideas.
Prerequisite(s):  ECOL 320, MATH 223.
Identical to:  ECOL 424; ECOL is home department.
May be convened with:  ANTH 524.
Usually offered:  Fall.

ANTH 426 -- Archaeology of Africa  (3 units)
Description:  Survey of the prehistory and early history of Africa, with emphasis on sub-Saharan Africa and on the last ten thousand years.  This is a Writing Emphasis Course.
Prerequisite(s):  satisfaction of the upper-division writing proficiency requirement; 3 units of archaeology.
Identical to:  AFAS 426.
May be convened with:  ANTH 526.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

ANTH 427A -- The Prehistory of East Asia  (3 units)
Description:  The origins and subsequent development of prehistoric cultures in China, Japan, Korea, Mongolia, Siberia and Southeast Asia. Broad concepts such as cultural change and environmental adaptation are stressed in order to draw parallels among these geographically and culturally diverse regions.
Prerequisite(s):  consent of instructor.
Identical to:  EAS 427A.
May be convened with:  ANTH 527A.
Usually offered:  Fall.

ANTH 427B -- The Archaeology of Pre-Han China  (3 units)
Description:  The origin and florescence of Chinese culture and civilization from an archaeological perspective. An in-depth survey of Chinese prehistory and early history from the early Pleistocene to the third century BC.
Prerequisite(s):  consent of instructor.
Identical to:  CHN 427B.
May be convened with:  ANTH 527B.
Usually offered:  Spring.

ANTH 434 -- Reproduction, Politics, and Household Economics  (3 units)
Description:  Principles in the comparative study of social systems, types of social structure.  This is a Writing Emphasis Course.
Prerequisite(s):  satisfaction of the upper-division writing proficiency requirement; ANTH 200 or 9 units of sociology.
Identical to:  SOC 434.
May be convened with:  ANTH 534.
Usually offered:  Spring.

ANTH 435 -- Principles of Archaeological Fieldwork  (3 units)
Description:  Introduction to the principles of archaeological fieldwork, with emphasis on method and theory of survey and excavation.  This is a Writing Emphasis Course.
Prerequisite(s):  satisfaction of the upper-division writing proficiency requirement; ANTH 235.
Typical structure:  2 hours lecture, 3 hours laboratory.
May be convened with:  ANTH 535.
Usually offered:  Spring.

ANTH 436 -- Japanese Sociolinguistics  (3 units)
Description:  Introduction to Japanese sociolinguistics: questionnaire studies, variation analysis, ethnography of communication, conversation analysis, interactional sociolinguistics, and language and social interaction.
Prerequisite(s):  JPN 202 or consent of instructor.
Identical to:  JPN 436; JPN is home department.
Usually offered:  Spring.

ANTH 437 -- Ethnographic Film and Video  (3 units)
Description:  Survey of ethnographic film and video from 1895 to present. Examines representative films and tapes in terms of media and anthropological theories
Prerequisite(s):  for media arts majors: M AR advanced standing. For anthropology majors: junior standing.
Identical to:  M AR 437; M AR is home department.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

ANTH 440 -- Engendering the Past  (3 units)
Description:  Primatological, ethnographic, archaeological, and historical evidence are reviewed and critically evaluated to develop an empirically well-rounded view of engendered statuses, roles, and duties in prehistory and in selected early historic periods.
Identical to:  W S 440.
May be convened with:  ANTH 540.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

ANTH 442A -- Field Training in Archaeology  (3 units)
Description:  Archaeological methods, theory, and field techniques. Three-week field excavation and survey.
Special course fee required:  $350 (Summer Only).
Prerequisite(s):  application returned to department no later than April 1st.
Usually offered:  Summer.

ANTH 442B -- Field Training in Archaeology  (3 units)
Description:  Archaeological methods, theory, and field techniques. Three-week laboratory processing and analysis.
Special course fee required:  $350 (Summer Only).
Prerequisite(s):  application returned to department no later than April 1st.
Usually offered:  Summer.

ANTH 443A -- Archaeology of Neolithic and Bronze Age Greece  (3 units)
Description:  History, art and culture of prehistoric Greece through the study of archaeological excavation and artifacts emphasizing the "Minoan" culture of Crete.
Identical to:  CLAS 443A; CLAS is home department.
Usually offered:  Fall.

ANTH 443B -- Archaeology of Neolithic and Bronze Age Greece  (3 units)
Description:  History, art and culture of prehistoric Greece through the study of archaeological excavation and artifacts emphasizing the Mycenaean culture of the Greek mainland.  This is a Writing Emphasis Course.
Prerequisite(s):  satisfaction of the upper-division writing proficiency requirement.
Identical to:  CLAS 443B; CLAS is home department.
Usually offered:  Spring.

ANTH 444 -- Introduction to Medical Anthropology  (3 units)
Description:  Overview of methods and contemporary topics in medical anthropology. Explores how health, illness, healing have been conceptualized and socially patterned across diverse human cultures. How processes and structures within economic systems (including poverty, political violence, and toxic waste disposal) impact well-being.
Prerequisite(s):  ANTH 101.
Usually offered:  Spring.

ANTH 447 -- Anasazi Archaeology  (3 units)
Description:  Detailed review of the archaeology of the Colorado Plateau emphasizing its agriculturally-based occupants, the Anasazi, and their descendants, the Pueblo Indians.
May be convened with:  ANTH 547.
Usually offered:  Spring.

ANTH 448 -- Writing Culture  (3 units)
Description:  The development of anthropological writing as it has moved toward cultural critique: the use of knowledge of other cultures to examine the assumptions of our own. Comparison of ethnographic examples.
May be convened with:  ANTH 548.
Usually offered:  Fall.

ANTH 450 -- Social Inequality  (3 units)
Description:  Theories of social class, caste, and rank; social mobility in contemporary society.
Identical to:  SOC 450; SOC is home department.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

ANTH 451A -- Archaeology of North America: Eastern North America  (3 units)
Description:  Intensive survey of the development of culture in North America from the time of the initial peopling to the historic period.  This is a Writing Emphasis Course.
Prerequisite(s):  satisfaction of the upper-division writing proficiency requirement.
May be convened with:  ANTH 551A.
Usually offered:  Fall.

ANTH 451B -- Archaeology of North America: Western North America  (3 units)
Description:  Intensive survey of the development of culture in North America from the time of the initial peopling to the historic period.  This is a Writing Emphasis Course.
Prerequisite(s):  satisfaction of the upper-division writing proficiency requirement.
May be convened with:  ANTH 551B.
Usually offered:  Spring.

ANTH 453A -- Mesoamerican Archaeology  (3 units)
Description:  Development of culture in Mexico and Central America from the origins of agriculture through the Spanish Conquest. Course focuses on Maya culture.  This is a Writing Emphasis Course.
Prerequisite(s):  satisfaction of the upper-division writing proficiency requirement; ANTH 453A is not prerequisite to ANTH453B.
Identical to:  LA S 453A, MAS 453A.
May be convened with:  ANTH 553A.
Usually offered:  Fall.

ANTH 453B -- Mesoamerican Archaeology  (3 units)
Description:  Development of culture in Mexico and Central America from the origins of agriculture through the Spanish Conquest. Course focuses on the culture of Mexico north of the Maya area.  This is a Writing Emphasis Course.
Prerequisite(s):  satisfaction of the upper-division writing proficiency requirement; ANTH 453A is not prerequisite to ANTH 453B.
Identical to:  MAS 453B, LA S 453B.
May be convened with:  ANTH 553B.
Usually offered:  Spring.

ANTH 454 -- Andean Archaeology  (3 units)
Description:  Development of culture in the Andean countries of South America from hunters and gatherers of the terminal Pleistocene through Inca civilization.
Identical to:  LA S 454.
May be convened with:  ANTH 554.
Usually offered:  Spring.

ANTH 455 -- Ethnoarchaeology  (3 units)
Description:  History, method, and theory of ethnoarchaeology with case studies of the use of ethnography in archaeological interpretation and theory-building.
May be convened with:  ANTH 555.
Usually offered:  Spring.

ANTH 456A -- Old World Prehistory  (3 units)
Description:  A survey and interpretation of archaeological evidence for human cultural development of the Old World prior to the appearance of anatomically modern humans. anatomically modern humans. Course covers the Paleolithic; from earliest tools to the cave artists at the end of the Ice Age.
May be convened with:  ANTH 556A.
Usually offered:  Fall.

ANTH 456B -- Old World Prehistory  (3 units)
Description:  A survey and interpretation of archaeological evidence for human cultural development of the Old World prior to the appearance of cultural development of the Old World prior to the appearance of anatomically modern humans. Course covers hunting and gathering to the roots of urban society following the Ice Age.  This is a Writing Emphasis Course.
Prerequisite(s):  satisfaction of the upper-division writing proficiency requirement.
May be convened with:  ANTH 556B.
Usually offered:  Spring.

ANTH 457 -- Prehistoric Mesopotamia  (3 units)
Description:  Theories of the rise of civilization tested against archaeological data from Mesopotamia with comparative material from other areas. Time period: end of the Paleolithic to historic (Sumerian) civilization.
Identical to:  NES 457.
May be convened with:  ANTH 557.
Usually offered:  Fall.

ANTH 458 -- Historical Archaeology  (3 units)
Description:  Survey of the basic data and methods of research in the material culture of modern history. The New World from first European contacts to the 20th century.
May be convened with:  ANTH 558.
Usually offered:  Spring.

ANTH 460 -- History of Archaeological Theory  (3 units)
Description:  Explores the relationship between method and theory in anthropological archaeology over the past 100 years. The intimate relationship between general theory and the development of methods and research interests in archaeology will be demonstrated through case studies.  This is a Writing Emphasis Course.
Prerequisite(s):  satisfaction of the upper-division writing proficiency requirement.
May be convened with:  ANTH 560.
Usually offered:  Spring.

ANTH 462 -- Introduction To Quarternary Ecology  (3 units)
Description:  Survey of methods and theories used in reconstructing vegetation and climate. Ocean cores, palynology, dendroclimatology.
Prerequisite(s):  GEOS 101.
Identical to:  GEOS 462; GEOS is home department.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

ANTH 463 -- Classical Field Archaeology  (6 units)
Description:  Field training and lecture program for students beginning in archaeology; includes trench supervision, stratigraphy, locus theory, and oral and written reports on field techniques. Offered on several archaeological sites in the Mediterranean area.
Prerequisite(s):  consult department before enrolling.
May be repeated:  for credit 1 time (maximum 2 enrollments).
Identical to:  CLAS 463; CLAS is home department.
Usually offered:  Summer.

ANTH 464 -- Introduction to Dendrochronology  (4 units)
Description:  Survey of dendrochronological theory and methods. Applications to archaeological, geological, and biological dating problems and paleoenvironmental reconstruction. Emphasis on dating methods, developing tree-ring chronologies, and evaluating tree-ring dates from various contexts.
Identical to:  GEOS 464; GEOS is home department.
May be convened with:  ANTH 564.
Usually offered:  Fall.

ANTH 465 -- Women in International Development  (3 units)
Description:  The impact of international development on women as agricultural producers, householders, migrants, workers in formal/informal labor markets and participants in planned change.
Identical to:  FCSC 465, LA S 465, W S 465.
May be convened with:  ANTH 565.
Usually offered:  Spring.

ANTH 466 -- Paleoanthropology  (3 units)
Description:  Evidence for human and nonhuman primate evolution including laboratory study of fossil casts and modern skeletal biology.  This is a Writing Emphasis Course.
Prerequisite(s):  satisfaction of the upper-division writing proficiency requirement; ANTH 265 or consent of department.
May be convened with:  ANTH 566.
Usually offered:  Fall.

ANTH 467 -- Race and Ethnic Relations  (3 units)
Description:  Social processes involved in minority groups in terms of race, caste, class, ethnicity, politics, and religion.
Identical to:  SOC 467; SOC is home department.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

ANTH 468 -- Human Osteology  (4 units)
Description:  Human osteology for the archaeologist and biological anthropologist; techniques of in situ and laboratory identification, preservation and measurement.
Prerequisite(s):  consent of department.
May be convened with:  ANTH 568.
Usually offered:  Fall.

ANTH 469 -- Ethnobotany  (3 units)
Description:  Explores the role of plants in non-industrialized societies from ancient to modern times. Includes ethnobotanical techniques, cultural classifications, wild resources, traditional farming.
May be convened with:  ANTH 569.
Usually offered:  Spring.

ANTH 470A -- Human Adaptability  (3 units)
Description:  Study of the means by which humans adjust to their environments through the processes of growth and development. Focus is on physiological, nutritional, and epidemiological factors. Includes discussion of the biology of human aging.
Prerequisite(s):  ANTH 265 or consent of department. ANTH 470A is not prerequisite to ANTH 470B.
Identical to:  GERO 470A.
May be convened with:  ANTH 570A.
Usually offered:  Fall.

ANTH 470B -- Human Adaptability  (3 units)
Description:  Study of the means by which humans adjust to their environments through the processes of growth and development. Focus is on physiological, nutritional, and epidemiological factors.
Prerequisite(s):  ANTH 265 or consent of department. ANTH 470A is not prerequisite to ANTH 470B.
May be convened with:  ANTH 570B.
Usually offered:  Spring.

ANTH 472 -- Zooarchaeology and Taphonomy: Laboratory Methods  (3 units)
Description:  Identification and classification of faunal remains from prehistoric and historic sites; investigation of the circumstances of faunal assemblage formation; introduction to quantitative and qualitative analysis of faunal data. Course work emphasizes hands-on experience in laboratory methods, analysis exercises and short research paper assignments.
May be convened with:  ANTH 572.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

ANTH 474 -- Archaeometry: Scientific Methods in Art and Archaeology  (3 units)
Description:  Critical survey of scientific methods used in archaeology and art history. Emphasis on the potential and limitations of these techniques for reconstructing human behavior.
Prerequisite(s):  ANTH 304 or equivalent.
Identical to:  CLAS 474, NES 474.
May be convened with:  ANTH 574.
Usually offered:  Spring.

ANTH 476 -- Language in Culture  (3 units)
Description:  Survey of the nature of the interrelationships between language and other cultural phenomena.  This is a Writing Emphasis Course.
Prerequisite(s):  satisfaction of the upper-division writing proficiency requirement; ANTH 276 or LING 101.
Identical to:  LING 476.
May be convened with:  ANTH 576.
Usually offered:  Spring.

ANTH 477 -- Discourse and Text  (3 units)
Description:  Analysis and cross-cultural comparison of patterns of communication in discourse; modern approaches to discourse and text.
Prerequisite(s):  LING 101 or ANTH 276. May be convened with ANTH 577.
Identical to:  LING 477.
May be convened with:  ANTH 576.
Usually offered:  Spring.

ANTH 479 -- Culture and Materials Technology  (3 units)
Description:  Investigates the ways in which systems of technology are embedded in a cultural context and the resulting impacts on invention, innovation and conservation, technology transfer, and cultural change.
Identical to:  MSE 479, ENGR 479.
May be convened with:  ANTH 579.
Usually offered:  Fall.

ANTH 480 -- Historical Comparative Linguistics  (3 units)
Description:  Types and mechanisms of linguistic change; language and dialect formation; determination of prehistoric connections; reconstruction of proto-languages and cultures, and their origins in time and space.  This is a Writing Emphasis Course.
Prerequisite(s):  satisfaction of the upper-division writing proficiency requirement; ANTH 276 or LING 101.
Identical to:  LING 480.
May be convened with:  ANTH 580.
Usually offered:  Fall.

ANTH 481 -- Quarternary Palynology and Plant Macrofossils  (2-4 units)
Description:  Theory and techniques of identification and interpretation of pollen, spores, seeds, leaves, and wood of plants from sediment lakes, marshes, caves, and archeological sites.
Prerequisite(s):  ECOL 472.
Identical to:  GEOS 481; GEOS is home department.
May be convened with:  ANTH 581.
Usually offered:  Spring.

ANTH 482 -- Hopi Language in Culture  (3 units)
Description:  A conversational introduction to Third Mesa dialect of Hopi, with emphasis on cultural context and covering essentials of Hopi language structure.
Identical to:  AIS 482.
May be convened with:  ANTH 582.
Usually offered:  Spring.

ANTH 484H -- Structure and Agency  (3 units)
Description:  This course is designed to provide an introduction to contemporary theoretical debates in anthropology for undergraduate honors students. In anthropology, problems are often posed as a conflict between 'structure', systems represented as generating social reality, and 'agency', individual social actors modifying a social world.
Prerequisite(s):  Honors Program status.
Usually offered:  Fall.

ANTH 487 -- Interpretation of Women's Health  (3 units)
Description:  This course examines a broad array of women's health issues, with a focus on the social, cultural, and institutional contexts shaping health and disease patterns among different populations. The issues explored include breast and cervix cancers, AIDS, eating disorders, violence and health care.
Identical to:  W S 487; W S is home department.
Usually offered:  Fall.

ANTH 488 -- Governing Science and Technology  (3 units)
Description:  Historical, cross-cultural, and geographical assessment of strategies societies have deployed to govern science and technology; effects of particular strategies in terms of impacts (both positive and negative) of science and technology on people, their lives, and the environment.  This is a Writing Emphasis Course.
Prerequisite(s):  satisfaction of the upper-division writing proficiency requirement.
Identical to:  GEOG 488; GEOG is home department.
Usually offered:  Spring.

ANTH 489 -- Areal Survey of Native North American Languages  (3 units)
Description:  The field of native North American linguistics; areal and genetic classifications; how the study of particular languages provides insights into theories of linguistic anthropology and general linguistics.
Prerequisite(s):  ANTH 276 or LING 101.
Identical to:  AIS 489, LING 489.
May be convened with:  ANTH 589.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

ANTH 490 -- Women in Middle Eastern Society  (3 units)
Description:  Middle Eastern society viewed from the perspective of women. Examines the extent to which formal definitions of women's nature and roles coincide with women's self-images and activities.  This is a Writing Emphasis Course.
Prerequisite(s):  satisfaction of the upper-division writing proficiency requirement.
Identical to:  NES 490, W S 490.
May be convened with:  ANTH 590.
Usually offered:  Fall.

ANTH 493 -- Internship  (1-6 units)
Description:  Specialized work on an individual basis, consisting of training and practice in actual service in a technical, business, or governmental establishment.
May be repeated:  an unlimited number of times.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring, Summer.

ANTH 493L -- Legislative Internship  (1-12 units)
Description:  Working experience at the Arizona State Legislature; responsibilities draw upon student's area of major expertise and include preparing written and oral reports, summarizing legislative proposals, and providing information to legislators and legislative committees. Participating programs include but are not limited to: architecture, economics, English, geography and regional development, history, hydrology, journalism, management, management information systems, marketing, political science, psychology, public administration, secondary education, sociology, statistics, and urban planning. Students in other programs are eligible and should consult the department head or, in the case of the James E. Roger's College of Law, the dean, for appropriate arrangements.
May be repeated:  an unlimited number of times.
Usually offered:  Spring.

ANTH 495A -- Special Topics in Archaeology  (3 units)
Description:  The course content, as taught in any one semester, depends on student need and interest, and on the research/teaching interests of the participating faculty member.
Prerequisite(s):  ANTH 235.
May be repeated:  for credit 1 time (maximum 2 enrollments).
May be convened with:  ANTH 595A.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

ANTH 495B -- Special Topics in Cultural Anthropology  (3 units)
Description:  The course, as taught in any one semester, depends on student need and interest, and the research/teaching interests of the participating faculty member.
May be repeated:  for credit 1 time (maximum 2 enrollments).
May be convened with:  ANTH 595B.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

ANTH 495D -- Special Topics in Biological Anthropology  (1-3 units)
Description:  The course content, as taught in any one semester, depends on student need and interest, and on the research/teaching interests of the participating faculty member.
Prerequisite(s):  ANTH 265, consent of department.
May be repeated:  for a total of 6 units of credit.
May be convened with:  ANTH 595D.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

ANTH 496F -- Ceramic Analysis  (3 units)
Description:  The development and exchange of scholarly information, usually in a small group setting. The scope of work shall consist of research by course registrants, with the exchange of the results of such research through discussion, reports, and/or papers.
May be repeated:  for a total of 6 units of credit.
May be convened with:  ANTH 596F.
Usually offered:  Fall.

ANTH 496H -- Experimental Archaeology  (3 units)
Description:  The development and exchange of scholarly information, usually in a small group setting. The scope of work shall consist of research by course registrants, with the exchange of the results of such research through discussion, reports, and/or papers.  This is a Writing Emphasis Course.
Prerequisite(s):  satisfaction of the upper-division writing proficiency requirement.
May be convened with:  ANTH 596H.
Usually offered:  Fall.

ANTH 496I -- Cooperation and Conflict in Evolution  (1 unit)
Description:  [Taught alternate years beginning Spring 2000] Basic theory of cooperation and conflict from population genetics and game theory point of view within the context of the origin of sex and transitions between evolutionary units.
Prerequisite(s):  consent of instructor.
May be repeated:  for credit 1 time (maximum 2 enrollments).
Identical to:  ECOL 496I; ECOL is home department.
Usually offered:  Spring.

ANTH 497C -- Dendrochronology  (1-4 units)
Description:  The practical application of theoretical learning within a group setting and involving an exchange of ideas and practical methods, skills, and principles.
Identical to:  GEOS 497C; GEOS is home department.
May be convened with:  ANTH 597C.
Usually offered:  Spring.

ANTH 498 -- Senior Capstone  (1-3 units)
Description:  A culminating experience for majors involving a substantive project that demonstrates a synthesis of learning accumulated in the major, including broadly comprehensive knowledge of the discipline and its methodologies. Senior standing required.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

ANTH 498H -- Honors Thesis  (3 units)
Description:  An honors thesis is required of all the students graduating with honors. Students ordinarily sign up for this course as a two-semester sequence. The first semester the student performs research under the supervision of a faculty member; the second semester the student writes an honors thesis.
May be repeated:  for credit 2 times (maximum 3 enrollments).
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

ANTH 499 -- Independent Study  (1-5 units)
Description:  Qualified students working on an individual basis with professors who have agreed to supervise such work.
May be repeated:  an unlimited number of times.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring, Summer.

ANTH 499H -- Honors Independent Study  (3 units)
Description:  Qualified students working on an individual basis with professors who have agreed to supervise such work.
May be repeated:  an unlimited number of times.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

ANTH 502 -- Dynamics of Indian Societies  (3 units)
Description:  Historic overview of philosophies, institutions, and characteristics of Indian societies, and indigenous constructions of historic knowledge.
Identical to:  AIS 502; AIS is home department.
Usually offered:  Fall.

ANTH 506 -- Gender and Social Identity  (3 units)
Description:  An analysis of the social and cultural construction of gender across cultures. Emphasis will be on preindustrial societies, using data to test theories of gender. Graduate-level requirements include additional readings and a detailed research paper.
May be convened with:  ANTH 406.
Usually offered:  Spring.

ANTH 507 -- Intellectual Foundations of Applied Anthropology  (3 units)
Description:  This course traces the history of applied anthropology and examines the theory that has shaped its development.
Usually offered:  Fall.

ANTH 508 -- The Mexican-American: A Cultural Perspective  (3 units)
Description:  A critical examination of Mexican American culture as portrayed in the social sciences. An assessment of the social, political, and economic factors influencing representations of Mexican Americans.
Identical to:  MAS 508; MAS is home department.
Usually offered:  Fall.

ANTH 509 -- Economic Anthropology  (3 units)
Description:  Analysis of production, exchange, distribution, consumption, property, economic surplus, inheritance, and types of economic structure. Graduate-level requirements include an in-depth research paper.
Identical to:  LA S 509.
May be convened with:  ANTH 409.
Usually offered:  Spring.

ANTH 510 -- Ceramic Ethnoarchaeology  (3 units)
Description:  Using ethnoarchaeological and ethnographic case studies from diverse geographical areas, the course examines relationships between ceramics and a range of matters traditionally of interest to archaeologists. Graduate-level requirements include a research paper.
May be convened with:  ANTH 410.
Usually offered:  Spring.

ANTH 511 -- Anthropology of Religion  (3 units)
Description:  Comparative approaches to the study of religion, systems of ritual and symbolization in the primitive world, shamanism and possession, religious movements, and religion in the modern world. Graduate-level requirements include a major term paper.
May be convened with:  ANTH 411.
Usually offered:  Fall.

ANTH 513 -- Ethnology of the Southwest  (3 units)
Description:  Culture, history and economic, social, and religious institutions of the living people of the Southwest. Graduate-level requirements include a research paper.
Identical to:  AIS 513.
May be convened with:  ANTH 413.
Usually offered:  Spring.

ANTH 514 -- Late Quarternary Geology  (3 units)
Description:  Paleoenvironment and geochronology of Late Quaternary alluvium as read from the stratigraphic records and geomorphology at key localities in North America, including selected archaeological sites. The interaction of fluvial and aeolian processes in the eastern Sahara will be evaluated using enhanced LANDSAT and Shuttle Imaging Radar.
Prerequisite(s):  GEOS 102, GEOS 104.
Identical to:  GEOS 514; GEOS is home department.
Usually offered:  Fall.

ANTH 516 -- Contemporary Indian America  (3 units)
Description:  The historical development and contemporary significance of the life of the Native American of the United States. Graduate-level requirements include a term paper based on original archival or field research.
Identical to:  AIS 516.
May be convened with:  ANTH 416.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring, Summer.

ANTH 519 -- Psychological Anthropology  (3 units)
Description:  Cultural emphasis and experiences as basic shaping forces in personal development and emotion. Topics include psychoanalysis and anthropology, gender and sexuality, childhood, grief and mourning, dreaming, psychopathology. Graduate-level requirements include a term paper.
May be convened with:  ANTH 419.
Usually offered:  Spring.

ANTH 521 -- Ethnology North America  (3 units)
Description:  Origin and distribution of native populations of North America; historical development and interrelations of cultures. Graduate-level requirements include an oral presentation and a research paper.
Identical to:  AIS 521.
May be convened with:  ANTH 421.
Usually offered:  Fall.

ANTH 522A -- Pre-Hispanic Art  (3 units)
Description:  Art of the high cultures of Mesoamerica, with the focus on architecture, sculpture, painting and crafts prior to European contact. Graduate-level requirements include an in-depth research paper on a single aspect of current scholarly interest.
Identical to:  ARH 522A; ARH is home department.
May be convened with:  ANTH 422A.
Usually offered:  Fall.

ANTH 522B -- Pre-Hispanic Art  (3 units)
Description:  Pre-Columbian art of Central and South America with particular attention to the Andean area. Graduate-level requirements include an in-depth research paper on a single aspect of current scholarly interest.
Identical to:  ARH 522B; ARH is home department.
May be convened with:  ANTH 422B.
Usually offered:  Spring.

ANTH 522C -- Pre-Hispanic Art  (3 units)
Description:  Social history of art in prehispanic Mesoamerica from the preclassic through the post-classic period. Graduate-level requirements include an in-depth research paper on a single aspect of current scholarly interest.
Identical to:  ARH 522C; ARH is home department.
May be convened with:  ANTH 422C.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

ANTH 524 -- Theoretical Population Genetics  (3 units)
Description:  Mathematical theory of modern population genetics developed from first principles with emphasis on evolutionary implications and the historical development of ideas. Graduate-level requirements include an oral presentation.
Identical to:  ECOL 524; ECOL is home department.
May be convened with:  ANTH 424.
Usually offered:  Fall.

ANTH 525 -- Language Variation  (3 units)
Description:  Study of geographical and social dialects, stylistic differences, and idiolectal variation and the implications of variation for writing grammars and for understanding language change.
Identical to:  LING 525; LING is home department.
Usually offered:  Spring.

ANTH 526 -- Archaeology of Africa  (3 units)
Description:  Survey of the prehistory and early history of Africa, with emphasis on sub-Saharan Africa and on the last ten thousand years. Graduate-level requirements include a 30 page term paper.
Identical to:  AFAS 526.
May be convened with:  ANTH 426.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

ANTH 527A -- The Prehistory of East Asia  (3 units)
Description:  The origins and subsequent development of prehistoric cultures in China, Japan, Korea, Mongolia, Siberia and Southeast Asia. Broad concepts such as cultural change and environmental adaptation are stressed in order to draw parallels among these geographically and culturally diverse regions. Graduate-level requirements include a 20 to 30 page research paper.
Identical to:  EAS 527A.
May be convened with:  ANTH 427A.
Usually offered:  Fall.

ANTH 527B -- The Archaeology of Pre-Han China  (3 units)
Description:  The origin and florescence of Chinese culture and civilization from an archaeological perspective. An in-depth survey of Chinese prehistory and early history from the early Pleistocene to the third century BC. Graduate-level requirements include a 20 to 30 page research paper.
Identical to:  CHN 527B.
May be convened with:  ANTH 427B.
Usually offered:  Spring.

ANTH 534 -- Reproduction, Politics, and Household Economics  (3 units)
Description:  Principles in the comparative study of social systems, types of social structure. Graduate-level requirements include additional readings and a detailed term paper.
May be convened with:  ANTH 434.
Usually offered:  Spring.

ANTH 535 -- Principles of Archaeological Fieldwork  (3 units)
Description:  Introduction to the principles of archaeological fieldwork, with emphasis on method and theory of survey and excavation. Graduate students are expected to perform at a higher level of sophistication.
May be convened with:  ANTH 435.
Usually offered:  Spring.

ANTH 536A -- Medical Anthropology  (3 units)
Description:  Anthropology of illness and health. Lay perceptions of health, ethnophysiology and pathology; pluralistic ideas about illness experiences; indigenous ideas about preventative and promotive health; folk dietetics; social labeling; and illness responsibility attribution. Emphasis on the study of health culture and how the subjective experience of illness and health is influenced by cultural variables. Draws upon cross-cultural ethnographic research and consideration of American health culture.
Prerequisite(s):  ANTH 536A is not prerequisite to ANTH 536B.
Usually offered:  Fall.

ANTH 536B -- Ethnomedicine  (3 units)
Description:  Comparative medical systems and healing traditions, regional health arenas, and health care seeking. Topics include folk medicine, traditional medical systems, distinctive illness and public health problems, patterns of resort in the use of pluralistic medical resources, and the way in which the practice of biomedicine has been adapted to regional culture. Explores the medical cultures of Mexico and Latin America, Native America, Africa and Asia.
Prerequisite(s):  ANTH 536A is not prerequisite to ANTH 536B.
Usually offered:  Spring.

ANTH 537 -- Data Management and Analysis  (3 units)
Description:  This course presents approaches to data management and analysis, with and without computer packages. Each approach is presented in lecture and applied in lab. Students complete weekly lab activities and homework assignments that have been created from datasets generated during research projects and illustrate representative analytical problems. Each student will select one dataset to analyze and present as a class project.
Typical structure:  3 hours laboratory, 3 hours lecture.
Usually offered:  Spring.

ANTH 540 -- Engendering The Past  (3 units)
Description:  Primatological, ethnographic, archaeological, and historical evidence are reviewed and critically evaluated to develop an empirically well-rounded view of engendered statuses, roles, and duties in prehistory and in selected early historic periods. Graduate-level requirements include more advanced course work and a book review.
Identical to:  W S 540.
May be convened with:  ANTH 440.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

ANTH 543A -- Archaeology of Neolithic and Bronze Age Greece  (3 units)
Description:  History, art and culture of prehistoric Greece through the study of archaeological excavation and artifacts emphasizing the "Minoan" culture of Crete. Graduate-level requirements include extensive reading and an in-depth paper.
May be repeated:  for credit 1 time (maximum 2 enrollments).
Identical to:  CLAS 543A; CLAS is home department.
May be convened with:  ANTH 443A.
Usually offered:  Fall.

ANTH 547 -- Anasazi Archaeology  (3 units)
Description:  Detailed review of the archaeology of the Colorado Plateau emphasizing its agriculturally-based occupants, the Anasazi, and their descendants, the Pueblo Indians. Graduate-level requirements include a longer term paper.
May be convened with:  ANTH 447.
Usually offered:  Spring.

ANTH 548 -- Writing Culture  (3 units)
Description:  The development of anthropological writing as it has moved toward cultural critique: the use of knowledge of other cultures to examine the assumptions of our own. Comparison of ethnographic examples. Graduate-level requirements include a major term paper.
May be repeated:  for credit 1 time (maximum 2 enrollments).
May be convened with:  ANTH 448.
Usually offered:  Fall.

ANTH 549A -- Folklore  (3 units)
Description:  Forms of verbal folklore.
Identical to:  ENGL 549A; ENGL is home department.
Usually offered:  Fall.

ANTH 549B -- Folklore  (3 units)
Description:  Non-verbal folklore and material culture.
Identical to:  ENGL 549B; ENGL is home department.
Usually offered:  Spring.

ANTH 551A -- Archaeology of North America: Eastern North America  (3 units)
Description:  Intensive survey of the development of culture in North America from the time of the initial peopling to the historic period. Graduate-level requirements include a research paper.
May be convened with:  ANTH 451A.
Usually offered:  Fall.

ANTH 551B -- Archaeology of North America: Western North America  (3 units)
Description:  Intensive survey of the development of culture in North America from the time of the initial peopling to the historic period. Graduate-level requirements include a research paper.
May be convened with:  ANTH 451B.
Usually offered:  Spring.

ANTH 552L -- Archaeology of the Southwest  (3 units)
Description:  The nature of archaeological data recovered in the Southwest, with emphasis on their potential for the drawing of both cultural and chronological inferences.
Usually offered:  Spring.

ANTH 552R -- Archaeology of the Southwest  (3 units)
Description:  Development of culture in the prehistoric Southwest from the late Pleistocene to the historic period.
Usually offered:  Fall.

ANTH 553A -- Mesoamerican Archaeology  (3 units)
Description:  Development of culture in Mexico and Central America from the origins of agriculture through the Spanish Conquest. Course focuses on Maya culture. Graduate-level requirements include an additional research paper.
Identical to:  LA S 553A.
May be convened with:  ANTH 453A.
Usually offered:  Fall.

ANTH 553B -- Mesoamerican Archaeology  (3 units)
Description:  Development of culture in Mexico and Central America from the origins of agriculture through the Spanish Conquest. Course focuses on the culture of Mexico north of the Maya area. Graduate-level requirements include an additional research paper.
Identical to:  LA S 553B.
May be convened with:  ANTH 453B.
Usually offered:  Spring.

ANTH 554 -- Andean Archaeology  (3 units)
Description:  Development of culture in the Andean countries of South America from hunters and gatherers of the terminal Pleistocene through Inca civilization. Graduate-level requirements include two reviews of research monographs.
Identical to:  LA S 554.
May be convened with:  ANTH 454.
Usually offered:  Spring.

ANTH 555 -- Ethnoarchaeology  (3 units)
Description:  History, method, and theory of ethnoarchaeology with case studies of the use of ethnography in archaeological interpretation and theory-building. Graduate-level requirements include a research paper.
May be convened with:  ANTH 455.
Usually offered:  Spring.

ANTH 556A -- Old World Prehistory  (3 units)
Description:  A survey and interpretation of archaeological evidence for human cultural development of the Old World prior to the appearance of anatomically modern humans. anatomically modern humans. Course covers the Paleolithic; from earliest tools to the cave artists at the end of the Ice Age. Graduate-level requirements include a research paper.
May be convened with:  ANTH 456A.
Usually offered:  Fall.

ANTH 556B -- Old World Prehistory  (3 units)
Description:  A survey and interpretation of archaeological evidence for human cultural development of the Old World prior to the appearance of cultural development of the Old World prior to the appearance of anatomically modern humans. Course covers hunting and gathering to the roots of urban society following the Ice Age. Graduate-level requirements include a research paper.
May be convened with:  ANTH 456B.
Usually offered:  Spring.

ANTH 557 -- Prehistoric Mesopotamia  (3 units)
Description:  Theories of the rise of civilization tested against archaeological data from Mesopotamia with comparative material from other areas. Time period: end of the Paleolithic to historic (Sumerian) civilization. Graduate-level requirements include additional readings and a detailed research paper.
Identical to:  NES 557.
May be convened with:  ANTH 457.
Usually offered:  Fall.

ANTH 558 -- Historical Archaeology  (3 units)
Description:  Survey of the basic data and methods of research in the material culture of modern history. The New World from first European contacts to the 20th century. Graduate-level requirements include an additional research paper.
May be convened with:  ANTH 458.
Usually offered:  Spring.

ANTH 560 -- History of Archaeological Theory  (3 units)
Description:  Explores the relationship between method and theory in anthropological archaeology over the past 100 years. The intimate relationship between general theory and the development of methods and research interests in archaeology will be demonstrated through case studies. Graduate-level requirements include a research paper.
May be convened with:  ANTH 460.
Usually offered:  Spring.

ANTH 561 -- Paleoindian Origins  (3 units)
Description:  Chronological development of Paleo-Indian occupation of the New World in relation to environmental changes of the Quaternary Period; site discoveries, case studies, hypothesis on the peopling of the Americas.
Course includes 1 or more field trips.
Identical to:  GEOS 561.
Usually offered:  Fall.

ANTH 562 -- Archaeological Quantitative Methods  (3 units)
Description:  Intensive review of the theory and application of statistical and mathematical methods to archaeological data.
Usually offered:  Fall.

ANTH 564 -- Introduction to Dendrochronology  (4 units)
Description:  Survey of dendrochronological theory and methods. Applications to archaeological, geological, and biological dating problems and paleoenvironmental reconstruction. Emphasis on dating methods, developing tree-ring chronologies, and evaluating tree-ring dates from various contexts. Graduate-level requirements include a research paper reviewing critically some aspect of dendrochronology.
Identical to:  GEOS 564; GEOS is home department.
May be convened with:  ANTH 464.
Usually offered:  Fall.

ANTH 565 -- Women in International Development  (3 units)
Description:  The impact of international development on women as agricultural producers, householders, migrants, workers in formal/informal labor markets and participants in planned change. Graduate-level requirements include additional readings and a research paper.
Identical to:  LA S 565, FCSC 565.
May be convened with:  ANTH 465.
Usually offered:  Spring.

ANTH 566 -- Paleoanthropology  (3 units)
Description:  Evidence for human and nonhuman primate evolution including laboratory study of fossil casts and modern skeletal biology. Graduate-level requirements include a comprehensive research paper or project, an annotated bibliography, or specialized examinations.
May be convened with:  ANTH 466.
Usually offered:  Fall.

ANTH 568 -- Human Osteology  (4 units)
Description:  Human osteology for the archaeologist and biological anthropologist; techniques of in situ and laboratory identification, preservation and measurement. Graduate-level requirements include an additional research paper.
May be convened with:  ANTH 468.
Usually offered:  Fall.

ANTH 569 -- Ethnobotany  (3 units)
Description:  Explores the role of plants in non-industrialized societies from ancient to modern times. Includes ethnobotanical techniques, cultural classifications, wild resources, traditional farming.
Identical to:  ARL 569.
May be convened with:  ANTH 469.
Usually offered:  Spring.

ANTH 570A -- Human Adaptability  (3 units)
Description:  Study of the means by which humans adjust to their environments through the processes of growth and development. Focus is on physiological, nutritional, and epidemiological factors. Includes discussion of the biology of human aging. Graduate-level requirements include a substantial research paper on a topic appropriate to the subject matter.
Identical to:  GERO 570A.
May be convened with:  ANTH 470A.
Usually offered:  Fall.

ANTH 570B -- Human Adaptability  (3 units)
Description:  Study of the means by which humans adjust to their environments through the processes of growth and development. Focus is on physiological, nutritional, and epidemiological factors. Graduate-level requirements include a substantial research paper on a topic appropriate to the subject matter.
May be convened with:  ANTH 470B.
Usually offered:  Spring.

ANTH 571A -- Applied Medical Anthropology in Western Contexts  (3 units)
Description:  Investigations of the illness experience; symbolic interpretations of medicines and medical procedures; doctor-patient communications and illness narratives. Course demonstrates the applicability of major social science theories in the related study of health-related behavior.
Prerequisite(s):  ANTH 536A.
Usually offered:  Fall.

ANTH 571B -- Applied Medical Anthropology in Western Contexts  (3 units)
Description:  Investigations of the illness experience; symbolic interpretations of medicines and medical procedures; doctor-patient communications and illness narratives. Focuses on methods of data collection and presents case studies illustrating the application of methods in the study of designated health problem areas, interviewer transference and issues of reflexivity.
Prerequisite(s):  ANTH 536A.
Usually offered:  Spring.

ANTH 572 -- Zooarchaeology and Taphonomy: Laboratory Methods  (3 units)
Description:  Identification and classification of faunal remains from prehistoric and historic sites; investigation of the circumstances of faunal assemblage formation; introduction to quantitative and qualitative analysis of faunal data. Course work emphasizes hands-on experience in laboratory methods, analysis exercises and short research paper assignments. Graduate-level requirements include an additional long research paper and/or annotated bibliography.
May be convened with:  ANTH 472.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

ANTH 574 -- Archaeometry: Scientific Methods in Art and Archaeology  (3 units)
Description:  Critical survey of scientific methods used in archaeology and art history. Emphasis on the potential and limitations of these techniques for reconstructing human behavior. Graduate-level requirements include one substantial critical review of the literature on some archaeological application of archaeometry.
Identical to:  NES 574, CLAS 574.
May be convened with:  ANTH 474.
Usually offered:  Spring.

ANTH 576 -- Language in Culture  (3 units)
Description:  Survey of the nature of the interrelationships between language and other cultural phenomena. Graduate-level requirements include a research paper and a journal-style review of a major monograph.
Identical to:  LING 576, SLAT 576.
May be convened with:  ANTH 476.
Usually offered:  Spring.

ANTH 577 -- Discourse and Text  (3 units)
Description:  Analysis and cross-cultural comparison of patterns of communication in discourse; modern approaches to discourse and text. Graduate-level requirements include a research paper involving both an in-depth analysis and a critical survey of appropriate literature.
Identical to:  LING 577, SLAT 577.
May be convened with:  ANTH 477.
Usually offered:  Spring.

ANTH 579 -- Culture and Materials Technology  (3 units)
Description:  Investigates the ways in which systems of technology are embedded in a cultural context and the resulting impacts on invention, innovation and conservation, technology transfer, and cultural change. Graduate-level requirements include an additional research paper.
Identical to:  MSE 579.
May be convened with:  ANTH 479.
Usually offered:  Fall.

ANTH 580 -- Historical Comparative Linguistics  (3 units)
Description:  Types and mechanisms of linguistic change; language and dialect formation; determination of prehistoric connections; reconstruction of proto-languages and cultures, and their origins in time and space. Graduate-level requirements include a research paper.
Identical to:  LING 580.
May be convened with:  ANTH 480.
Usually offered:  Spring.

ANTH 581 -- Quarternary Palynology and Plant Macrofossils  (2-4 units)
Description:  Theory and techniques of identification and interpretation of pollen, spores, seeds, leaves, and wood of plants from sediment lakes, marshes, caves, and archeological sites. Graduate-level requirements include a written report.
Identical to:  GEOS 581; GEOS is home department.
May be convened with:  ANTH 481.
Usually offered:  Spring.

ANTH 582 -- Hopi Language in Culture  (3 units)
Description:  A conversational introduction to Third Mesa dialect of Hopi, with emphasis on cultural context and covering essentials of Hopi language structure. Graduate-level requirements include a research paper.
Identical to:  AIS 582.
May be convened with:  ANTH 482.
Usually offered:  Spring.

ANTH 583 -- Sociolinguistics  (3 units)
Description:  Contributions of the ethnography of communication, language variation studies, and conversation/discourse analysis to the interdisciplinary development of sociolinguistics.
Identical to:  LING 583, SLAT 583.
Usually offered:  Fall.

ANTH 585 -- Language in Face to Face Interaction  (3 units)
Description:  Introduction to the study of language in face to face interaction from an anthropological perspective, its role in consitututing social reality, cultural variation in the organization of interaction, and relations between language in interaction and wider social process.
Usually offered:  Fall.

ANTH 586 -- Gender, Difference, and Power  (3 units)
Description:  Focuses on gender as it has intersected in varied ways with other cultural distinctions of difference based on class, race, sexual identity, and religion.
Identical to:  W S 586; W S is home department.
Usually offered:  Fall.

ANTH 588 -- Healing Systems in the Southwest  (3 units)
Description:  Application of principles from anthropological theory to the actual practice of patient care, with emphasis on culture content of groups living in the greater Southwest.
Prerequisite(s):  9 units of behavioral science.
Identical to:  NURS 588; NURS is home department.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

ANTH 589 -- Areal Survey of Native North American Languages  (3 units)
Description:  The field of native North American linguistics; areal and genetic classifications; how the study of particular languages provides insights into theories of linguistic anthropology and general linguistics. Graduate-level requirements include additional readings and longer term papers.
Prerequisite(s):  ANTH 276 or LING 101.
Identical to:  LING 589, AIS 589.
May be convened with:  ANTH 489.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

ANTH 590 -- Women in Middle Eastern Society  (3 units)
Description:  Middle Eastern society viewed from the perspective of women. Examines the extent to which formal definitions of women's nature and roles coincide with women's self-images and activities. Graduate-level requirements include an additional paper.
Identical to:  NES 590, W S 590.
May be convened with:  ANTH 490.
Usually offered:  Fall.

ANTH 595A -- Special Topics in Archaeology  (3 units)
Description:  The course content, as taught in any one semester, depends on student need and interest, and on the research/teaching interests of the participating faculty member. Graduate-level requirements include extra sessions with instructor, additional readings, and a major research paper.
May be repeated:  for credit 1 time (maximum 2 enrollments).
May be convened with:  ANTH 495A.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

ANTH 595B -- Special Topics in Cultural Anthropology  (3 units)
Description:  The course, as taught in any one semester, depends on student need and interest, and the research/teaching interests of the participating faculty member. Graduate-level requirements include additional meetings and assignments.
May be repeated:  for credit 1 time (maximum 2 enrollments).
May be convened with:  ANTH 495B.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

ANTH 595D -- Special Topics in Biological Anthropology  (1-3 units)
Description:  The course content, as taught in any one semester, depends on student need and interest, and on the research/teaching interests of the participating faculty member. Graduate-level requirements include more advanced coursework and a major term paper.
May be repeated:  for a total of 6 units of credit.
May be convened with:  ANTH 495D.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

ANTH 595E -- Anthropology and Education  (3 units)
Description:  The exchange of scholarly information and/or secondary research, usually in a small group setting. Instruction often includes lectures by several different persons. Research projects may or may not be required of course registrants.
Identical to:  LRC 595E; LRC is home department.
Usually offered:  Fall.

ANTH 595F -- Special Topics in Applied Anthropology  (3 units)
Description:  The exchange of scholarly information and/or secondary research, usually in a small group setting. Instruction often includes lectures by several different persons. Research projects may or may not be required of course registrants.
Usually offered:  Fall.

ANTH 596A -- Paleoanthropology and Paleolithic Archaeology of Africa  (3 units)
Description:  The development and exchange of scholarly information, usually in a small group setting. The scope of work shall consist of research by course registrants, with the exchange of the results of such research through discussion, reports, and/or papers.
Prerequisite(s):  introductory or upper-division archaeology and biological anthropology courses.
Usually offered:  Spring.

ANTH 596D -- Reconstructing Human Evolution  (3 units)
Description:  Paleobiology, behavior and ecology of our ancestors' life histories during human evolution.
Prerequisite(s):  ANTH 365, ANTH 466.
May be repeated:  for credit 3 times (maximum 4 enrollments).
Usually offered:  Spring.

ANTH 596E -- Pre-Columbian Art  (3 units)
Description:  The development and exchange of scholarly information, usually in a small group setting. The scope of work shall consist of research by course registrants, with the exchange of the results of such research through discussion, reports, and/or papers.
Prerequisite(s):  consent of instructor.
May be repeated:  for credit 4 times (maximum 5 enrollments).
Identical to:  ARH 596E; ARH is home department.
Usually offered:  Fall.

ANTH 596F -- Ceramic Analysis  (3 units)
Description:  The development and exchange of scholarly information, usually in a small group setting. The scope of work shall consist of research by course registrants, with the exchange of the results of such research through discussion, reports, and/or papers.
May be repeated:  for a total of 6 units of credit.
May be convened with:  ANTH 496F.
Usually offered:  Fall.

ANTH 596H -- Experimental Archaeology  (3 units)
Description:  The development and exchange of scholarly information, usually in a small group setting. The scope of work shall consist of research by course registrants, with the exchange of the results of such research through discussion, reports, and/or papers.
May be convened with:  ANTH 496H.
Usually offered:  Fall.

ANTH 596I -- Cooperation and Conflict in Evolution  (1 unit)
Description:  [Taught alternate years beginning Spring 2000] Basic theory of cooperation and conflict from population genetics and game theory point of view within the context of the origin of sex and transitions between evolutionary units.
May be repeated:  for credit 1 time (maximum 2 enrollments).
Identical to:  ECOL 596I; ECOL is home department.
May be convened with:  ANTH 496I.
Usually offered:  Spring.

ANTH 596J -- Issues in African Art History  (3 units)
Description:  The development and exchange of scholarly information, usually in a small group setting. The scope of work shall consist of research by course registrants, with the exchange of the results of such research through discussion, reports, and/or papers.
May be repeated:  for credit 3 times (maximum 4 enrollments).
Identical to:  ARH 596J; ARH is home department.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

ANTH 596K -- Risk and Society  (3 units)
Description:  The development and exchange of scholarly information, usually in a small group setting. The scope of work shall consist of research by course registrants, with the exchange of the results of such research through discussion, reports, and/or papers.
Identical to:  GEOG 596K; GEOG is home department.
Usually offered:  Fall.

ANTH 596S -- Technology and Social Theory  (3 units)
Description:  Seminar in technology and social theory.
Identical to:  MSE 596S; MSE is home department.
Usually offered:  Spring.

ANTH 597C -- Dendrochronology  (1-4 units)
Description:  The practical application of theoretical learning within a group setting and involving an exchange of ideas and practical methods, skills, and pri