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ASLD 124 - American Deaf Cultures
(3 units)
Prerequisite: None
The course will explore issues of language, consciousness, culture, self-representation, identity, and social construction within and between groups. Focus will be on cultural oppression, power, contributions of folklore, literature, plays, Deaf art, and the impact of modern technology on multiple discourses of Deaf culture within America.
Letter grade only (A-F). Lecture 3 hours. No knowledge of a signed language or prior experience with this culture is required.
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ASLD 201 - American Sign Language 3
(4 units)
Prerequisite: ASLD 101 and ASLD 102 or consent of instructor.
Low-to-mid intermediate-level ASL focusing on receptive and expressive conversational skills without voice, using manual and nonmanual, spatial, and temporal grammatical structures.
Letter grade only (A-F). Lecture 4 hours.
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ASLD 202 - American Sign Language 4
(4 units)
Prerequisite: ASLD 201 or consent of instructor.
Mid-to-high intermediate level ASL focusing on receptive and expressive ASL skills without voice, using manual and non-manual, spatial, and temporal grammatical structures.
Letter grade only (A-F). Lecture 4 hours.
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ASLD 211 - Beginning Interpreting and Ethics 1
(3 units)
Prerequisites: ANTH 170 /LING 170 and ASLD 124 .
Corequisite: ASLD 201 or consent of instructor.
This course is designed to provide students with the historical, theoretical, and practical knowledge of the ASL-English interpreting profession.
Letter grade only (A-F). Lecture 3 hours.
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ASLD 212 - Beginning Interpreting and Ethics 2
(3 units)
Prerequisite: ANTH 170 /LING 170 , ASLD 124 , and ASLD 211 .
Corequisite: ASLD 202 or consent of instructor.
This course is designed to provide students with the cognitive skills needed to beginning translating from English to ASL, and ASL to English.
Letter grade only (A-F). Lecture 3 hours.
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ASLD 305 - American Sign Language 5
(4 units)
Prerequisite: ASLD 124 and ASLD 202 ; or consent of instructor.
This course is an advanced course in receptive and expressive ASL skills in interactive and literary styles.
Letter grade only (A-F). Lecture 3 hours, Lab 2 hours.
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ASLD 306 - American Sign Language Linguistics
(3 units)
Prerequisite: LING 170 /ANTH 170 required.
Background in ASL recommended, but not required. Analyses of linguistic structures of American Sign Language (ASL) varieties in the USA. Comparisons of spoken and signed languages, and of signed languages globally.
Letter grade only (A-F).
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ASLD 311 - Intermediate Interpreting and Ethics 1
(4 units)
Corequisite: ASLD 305 ; admission to the BA Option in ASL-English interpreting; or consent of instructor
Prerequisite/Corequisite: ANTH 170 /LING 170 , ASLD 124 , and ASLD 212 .
Skills in translation between ASL and English acquired within current theories of interpretation and ethics.
Letter grade only (A-F). Lecture 3 hours, Lab 2 hours.
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ASLD 312 - Intermediate Interpreting and Ethics 2
(4 units)
Corequisite: ASLD 306 ; admission to the BA Option in ASL-English interpreting; or consent of instructor.
Prerequisite/Corequisite: ANTH 170 /LING 170 , ASLD 124 , and ASLD 305 , ASLD 311 .
Skills in consecutive interpreting between ASL and English acquired within current theories of interpretation and ethics.
Letter grade only (A-F). Lecture 3 hours, Lab 2 hours.
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ASLD 411 - Advanced Interpreting and Ethics 1
(4 units)
Prerequisite: ANTH 170 /LING 170 , ASLD 124 , ASLD 305 , ASLD 306 , and ASLD 312 ; admission to the BA Option in ASL-English interpreting; or consent of instructor.
This course will focus on simultaneous interpreting from English to ASL, contextualized by current theories of interpreting and ethics.
Letter grade only (A-F). Lecture 3 hours, Lab 2 hours.
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ASLD 412 - Advanced Interpreting and Ethics 2
(4 units)
Prerequisite: ANTH 170 /LING 170 , ASLD 124 , ASLD 305 , ASLD 306 , and ASLD 411 ; admission to the BA Option in ASL-English interpreting; or consent of instructor.
This course will focus on simultaneous interpreting from ASL to English, contextualized by current theories of interpretation and ethics.
Letter grade only (A-F). Lecture 3 hours, Lab 2 hours.
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ASLD 424 - Global Deaf Cultures and Languages
(3 units)
Prerequisite: ANTH 170 /LING 170 , ASLD 101 (formerly LING 151), and ASLD 124 ; or consent of instructor.
This course focuses on global Deaf cultures and their signed languages.
Letter grade only (A-F).
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ASLD 434 - Practicum
(3 units)
Prerequisite: ANTH 170 /LING 170 , ASLD 124 , ASLD 305 , ASLD 306 , ASLD 412 , ASLD 424 ; admission to the BA Option in ASL-English interpreting; or consent of instructor.
Exposure and experience in using ASL/spoken English interpreting skills in settings with individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing.
Letter grade only (A-F).
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AMST 142 - Race and Hollywood
(3 units)
Prerequisite: One GE Foundation Course and ENGL 100 or GE Composition (Area A1)
Examines the role of Hollywood in shaping understandings of race in the 20th and 21st centuries. Provides an interdisciplinary look at how film influenced and shapes American racial discourse, and how race shaped the development of the medium of film in both form and content.
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AMST 152 - Surfing and American Culture
(3 units)
Prerequisites: One GE Foundation course and ENGL 100 or GE Composition (Area A1)
Examines a popular recreational activity, industry, and lifestyle associated with Southern California. Traces the history of surfing and surf culture, connecting it to themes including colonialism, capitalism, race and gender, the military industrial complex, subcultural studies, environmentalism, and globalization.
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AMST 300 - Introduction to American Studies
(3 units)
Interdisciplinary approaches to study of American civilization from colonial period through twentieth century. Significant issues and problems in American life examined from perspectives of several disciplines.
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AMST 310 - Foodways in Contemporary America
(3 units)
Prerequisites: Completion of GE Foundation Courses
Examines the production and consumption of food in the U.S. after 1945, comparatively exploring issues of race, class, gender, and inter-ethnic relations. Themes include food as “Americanization,” “authentic” cuisine, politics of sustainability, and social justice in the food industry.
Letter grade only (A-F).
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AMST 350 - California Culture
(3 units)
Prerequisites: GE Foundation requirement; upper-division standing.
Interdisciplinary examination of California culture. Emphasis on how California’s history, politics, environment, social movements, art, and literature produce a contested and always changing culture.
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AMST 351 - Celebrity in American Culture
(3 units)
Prerequisites: GE Foundation requirement; upper-division standing
Interdisciplinary examination of the changing meanings of fame in American society, addressing the production, consumption and cultural work of celebrity.
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AMST 360 - Explorations in American Popular Culture
(3 units)
Prerequisites: GE Foundation requirement; upper-division standing.
Examines broad terrain of American popular culture from multiple disciplinary perspectives, interrogating both the form and content of cultural production and reception in the past and present.
Not open for credit to students with credit in AMST 200.
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AMST 361 - Sports in American Culture
(3 units)
Critical study of sport as performance and spectacle; representations of sport in art, music, literature, and folklore to study the social history of American ideals and values; sport and community formation; cultural dimensions of spectator sport.
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AMST 419 - The Suburbs
(3 units)
Prerequisites: GE Foundation Requirement; upper-division standing.
Examines the place of the American suburbs in the geographical, social, political, and cultural landscape of the United States. As part of the course, each student will “adopt a suburb” and produce an original research profile of a local suburban community.
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AMST 421 - Animals in American Culture
(3 units)
Prerequisites: GE Foundation requirement; upper-division standing
Interdisciplinary examination of the role of non-human animals in making cultural meaning. Traces the many ways in which animals, not just humans, have shaped American history and culture.
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AMST 495 - Selected Topics in American Studies
(3 units)
Prerequisites: GE Foundation; upper-division status.
Topics of current interest in American Studies selected for intensive development.
May be repeated to a maximum of 6 units with different topics in different semesters. Topics announced in Schedule of Classes.
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AMST 498 - Senior Seminar in American Studies
(3 units)
Prerequisites: Completion of AMST 300 and 18 units of upper-division work in American Studies or affiliated fields.
Capstone research course for American Studies majors
Letter grade only (A-F).
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Anthropology Note: General Education Category A must be completed prior to taking any upper-division course except upper-division language courses where students meet formal prerequisites and/or competency equivalent for advanced study.
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ANTH 110 - Introduction to Physical Anthropology
(3 units)
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Any B.2 GE Foundation course.
Physical nature of human beings: relation of humans to other animals: heredity and principles of biological evolution: human fossils: significance of physical variation in modern populations: the origin and adaptive value of technology.
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ANTH 120 - Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
(3 units)
Prerequisite/Corequisite: Any GE Foundation course.
Nature of culture; comparative and historical approach to religion, social organization, subsistence patterns and other aspects of cultures around the world; meanings of human nature, cultural universals and cultural differences.
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ANTH 140 - Pyramids, Tombs and Treasure: Wonders of the Past
(3 units)
Prerequisite/Corequisite: Any GE Foundation course.
Exploration into the many enigmas that remain in the study of the human past. Investigates how archaeologists are able to produce answers to many enduring problems using a scientific understanding of the archaeological record and material remains.
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ANTH 170 - Introduction to Linguistics
(3 units)
Prerequisite/Corequisite: Any GE Foundation course.
Nature of language; its relation to culture; language structure and processes of change; language universals, contrasts and relationships.
Same course as LING 170 . Not open for credit to student with credit in LING 170 .
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ANTH 305 - Radical Social Analysis
(3 units)
Prerequisite: GE Foundation requirement, one or more Explorations courses and upper-division standing.
Radical examination of society and culture, focusing on classic Marxian texts as well as current critical theory and analysis. Special emphasis on critiques of capitalism and the effects of global inequality on humanity.
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ANTH 307 - Modernization in Global Perspective
(3 units)
Prerequisites: GE Foundation requirement, one or more Explorations courses, and upper-division standing.
Exploration of psychological and material problems in modern society (both western and Third World) due to accelerating change beginning with advance of technology, rise of capitalism, abandonment of “old values,” increasing complexity of bureaucracy, and lowering of social barriers.
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ANTH 311 - Human Adventure
(3 units)
Prerequisite: GE Foundation requirement, one or more Explorations courses, and upper-division standing.
Exploration of the evolution of key features of humanity from our origins through the present and into the future.
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ANTH 313 - World Prehistory
(3 units)
Prerequisite: GE Foundation requirement.
Origin of human beings and their cultures, development of agriculture, growth of city life, and the rise of civilization; a survey of world-wide prehistory from the Old Stone Age to the Iron Age.
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ANTH 314 - Global Ethnography
(3 units)
Prerequisites: GE Foundation requirement.
Recent and contemporary cultures around the world; a comparative survey of their ecological adaptations, social institutions, technology, subsistence strategies, degrees of complexity, and patterns of change.
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ANTH 315 - Human Variation
(3 units)
Prerequisite: GE Foundation requirement.
Biological variation and differences in modern humans. Biological concepts of biospecies and subspecies. Biological adaptations. Racism and genocide. Rise of the race concept and the social meaning of this concept. Biology of several American ethnic groups.
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ANTH 319 - Human Growth and Development
(3 units)
Analysis of the sequence of events in the development of people from conception to death; organ development; rapid and retarded growth patterns; the processes of aging and death from a broad ethnic and ecological perspective.
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ANTH 321 - North American Indians
(3 units)
Comparative study of traditional Native American societies, social organization, belief systems and religions, crafts and adaptation to varied environments; cultural changes in response to European contacts.
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ANTH 322 - California Indians
(3 units)
Survey of native Californian groups; discussion of the diversity of aboriginal culture prior to western contact as background for analysis of the impact of Europeans; problems of intercultural relations; and the current status of native Californians.
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ANTH 329 - Cultural Diversity in California
(3 units)
Prerequisite: GE Foundation requirement. Students must have scored 11 or higher on the GWAR Placement Examination or successfully completed the necessary portfolio course that is a prerequisite for a GWAR Writing Intensive Capstone.
Examination of current cultural diversity in California, including ethnicity, nationality, class, gender, religion, and region; and the impact of this diversity on public institutions will be covered.
Letter grade only (A-F).
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ANTH 332 - Chinese Culture and Society
(3 units)
Anthropological perspectives on revolution, socialism, and institutional change in China, ethnic diversity, family and kinship patterns, politics, economy, international relations, and religion in premodern and modern times.
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ANTH 351 - Sex Roles and Culture
(3 units)
Interaction of biological, cultural and historical factors on male/female roles and status in traditional and contemporary cultures and societies.
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ANTH 353 - Health and Healing
(3 units)
Prerequisite: GE Foundation requirement.
Cultural perspective of health and health care delivery; coverage of diverse cultures in the United States and abroad; emphasis on increasing personal awareness through exposure to diverse perceptions of illness and treatment.
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ANTH 363 - Natural History of Primates
(3 units)
Prerequisites: ANTH 110 .
Relationship of primates to other mammals; adaptation of arboreal mammals; functional and evolutionary aspects of primate anatomy and physiology; effects of size; primate ecology; survey of the Order Primates: Prosimii, Tarsoidea, New World and Old World Monkeys, and Hominoids.
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ANTH 401 - Foundations of Anthropology
(3 units)
Prerequisites: ANTH 313 and ANTH 314 with grade of “C” or better, or consent of instructor.
Introduction to history of anthropological theory from inception to current approaches; frames theories in the social context in which they emerged.
Letter grade only (A-F).
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ANTH 402 - Evolutionary Theory
(3 units)
Prerequisites: Upper-division standing and ANTH 110 with a grade of “C” or better.
Development of evolutionary thought and its impact on Anthropology; origins of physical anthropology; Mendelian genetics, transmutationalism, populational genetics, Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium, non-Darwinian evolution, and modern synthesis; scientific method, the application of evolutionary theory to human origins, primate biology, and behavioral biology. Current theoretical perspectives.
Letter grade only (A-F).
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ANTH 405 - Principles of Archaeology
(3 units)
Prerequisites: ANTH 140 and GE Foundation requirement.
Exploration of the techniques, methods, and goals of archaeological research. Study of ceramics, lithics and other parts of the archaeological record. Examination of issues in sampling, survey, excavation and dating of archaeological materials. General problems encountered in explaining archaeological phenomena.
Letter grade only (A-F). (2 hours lecture, 2 hours activity)
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ANTH 412 - Culture and Communication
(3 units)
Prerequisites: GE Foundation requirement, one or more Explorations courses, and upper-division standing.
Culture and its influence on the communication process; practical application to intercultural and multicultural situations; cultural patterns in America and abroad and their effect on verbal and nonverbal communicative behavior; cultural dimensions of ethnocentrism, stereotypes, and prejudices and their effect on communication; multicultural approaches to human interaction.
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ANTH 413 - Language and Culture
(3 units)
Prerequisites: ANTH 170 or LING 170 or consent of instructor.
Relation of language to social and cultural practices and processes; issues of meaning, identity and power within and across cultures.
Same course as LING 413 . Not open for credit to students with credit in LING 413 .
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ANTH 414 - Anthropology of Religion
(3 units)
Prerequisites: ANTH 120 and upper‑division/graduate standing or consent of instructor.
Anthropological examination of religious behavior and beliefs, which focuses on these phenomena in sociocultural and adaptive contexts. Using the cross-cultural and cultural evolutionary approach, hunter-gatherer religions through civilized ones will be covered.
Letter grade only (A-F). ANTH 514
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ANTH 416 - Urban Anthropology
(3 units)
Comparative analysis of development and role of urban centers in ancient and modern cultures; interrelationships of urban and rural populations; patterns of similarity and difference in urbanism of contrasting cultures; implications for a multi-national world.
ANTH 516
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ANTH 417 - Applied Anthropology
(3 units)
Prerequisites: ANTH 120 and upper-division/graduate standing or consent of instructor.
Brief orientation to applied anthropology, its history and ethics; policy and applied anthropology domains (needs assessment, program evaluation, social impact assessment, environmental, advocacy); applied research methods; student proposals for internship research.
ANTH 517
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ANTH 418 - Methods in Linguistic Anthropology
(3 units)
Prerequisites(s): ANTH 170 or LING 170
This course covers research methods and approaches to data collection and analysis in linguistic anthropology. Students become familiar with various methods for identifying and analyzing linguistic phenomena in different contexts. Students also learn technologies for capturing and analyzing data.
Letter grade only (A-F). (2 hours lecture, 2 hours activity)
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ANTH 419 - Encounters and Identities
(3 units)
Prerequisite: Graduate and advanced undergraduate students.
Examination of how cultural anthropologists have dealt, theoretically, with the concept of identity; concentrates more on theories than geographic regions, emphasis on recent theoretical developments such as post-modern and post-colonial approaches to the study of contemporary subjectivities.
Letter grade only (A-F). ANTH 519
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ANTH 421 - Education Across Cultures
(3 units)
Prerequisites: GE Foundation requirements, one or more Exploration, and upper-division standing.
Cross cultural perspectives on formal and informal education and socialization, using theory and methods from anthropology and linguistics. Cultural variation in schooling and multiculturalism in U.S. American classrooms. Cultural, linguistic and educational issues facing indigenous, minority and immigrant populations in schools.
Same course as LING 425 . Not open for credit to students with credit in LING 425 .
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ANTH 422 - The Anthropology of Gender
(3 units)
Prerequisites: Upper-division standing and ANTH 351 or consent of instructor.
Examines anthropological perspectives on gender and how these perspectives have challenged and transformed anthropology and feminism; class will locate gender relations in the production of anthropological knowledge, in colonial and postcolonial social fields, and in the movement of global capitalism.
Letter grade only (A-F). ANTH 522
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ANTH 431 - New Media Ethnography
(3 units)
Prerequisite: ANTH 120 or consent of instructor.
Theory and techniques in the planning, production and presentation of multimedia and hypermedia ethnography. Students will work in production teams to produce an ethnography that takes advantage of different modes of ethnographic research and presentation (i.e., interactive video, photography, print, sound).
Letter grade only (A-F). Course fee may be required. (Lecture 2 hours; Lab 2 hours) ANTH 531
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ANTH 432 - Peoples of Mexico and Central America
(3 units)
Survey of present-day peoples of Mexico and Central America; indigenous and mestizo cultures and their heritage; examination of recent change.
Not open for credit to students with credit in ANTH 323.
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ANTH 434 - Primate Evolution
(3 units)
Prerequisite: ANTH 110 . Recommended: ANTH 363 , upper-division physical anthropology, biology, or anatomy/physiology course.
Primate evolutionary biology, minus the sub-family hominidae; fossil record and analysis of fossils (through the use of fossil casts); detailed cranial anatomy (particularly teeth) examined in the laboratory section; literature on primate evolution surveyed.
(Lecture 2 hours, Lab 3 hours)
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ANTH 435 - Human Evolution
(3 units)
Prerequisites: ANTH 110 .
Fossil and molecular evidence for human evolution with a consideration of the importance of cultural factors.
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ANTH 436 - Medical Anthropology
(3 units)
Prerequisites: ANTH 353 recommended.
Interaction of cultural, biological and environmental elements in human response to disease; emphasis on an ecosystem approach with evolutionary and comparative perspectives.
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ANTH 437 - Primate Ecology
(3 units)
Prerequisite: ANTH 110 or a comparable biology course with a grade of “C” or better; ANTH 363 recommended.
Survey of interaction of primates with their environment. Focus on physiological ecology, nutritional ecology, chemical ecology, population ecology and behavioral ecology of primate species.
Letter grade only (A-F). (Lecture 3 hours)
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ANTH 439 - Methods in Biological Anthropology
(3 units)
Prerequisites: ANTH 110 and Department approved statistics course
This course provides of overview of methods used in biological anthropology including approaches to research design, data collection and analyses. Students will become familiar with a range of methods for collecting and analyzing biological and biocultural phenomena in various contexts.
Letter grade only (A-F). (2 hours lecture, 2 hours activity)
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ANTH 441 - Ethnographic Film Production I
(3 units)
Prerequisite: ANTH 120 or consent of instructor
Intermediate-level theory and methodology for ethnographic/documentary film production. Students will work in teams and learn the fundamentals of how to produce an ethnographic film from conception through completion using professional-quality production and post-production equipment.
Letter grade only (A-F). Course fee may be required. (Lecture 2 hours; Lab 2 hours) ANTH 541
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ANTH 444 - Transnational Migrants
(3 units)
Prerequisites: ANTH 120 and upper-division/graduate standing or consent of instructor.
Anthropological examination of the lives of immigrants and refugees. Explores the way studies of migration challenge our understanding of the local context of globalization and transnationalism. Focus on theories of culture, ethnicity, and identity as well as theories of incorporation, adaptation and nativism and the relevance of applied anthropology through research and advocacy.
Letter grade only (A-F). ANTH 544
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ANTH 448 - Ancient Civilizations of Mexico and Central America
(3 units)
Origin and growth of the Aztec, Maya and other civilizations of Mexico and Central America.
Not open for credit to students with credit in ANTH 345.
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ANTH 449 - Prehistoric Cultures of North America
(3 units)
Archaeological evidence of origin and growth of the native American cultures north of Mexico; regional cultures and broad continental patterns of development.
Not open for credit to students with credit in ANTH 347.
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ANTH 450 - Archaeological Field Research
(1-10 units)
Prerequisite: Consent of instructor.
Introduction to field acquisition of archaeological data through remote sensing, geophysics, survey, and excavation; instructional emphasis is on recovery, recording techniques, and the management of field projects; locations will vary and may be offered on Saturdays.
Course fee may be required. May be repeated to a maximum of 10 units in different semesters.
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ANTH 451 - Archaeological Artifacts Analyses
(3 units)
Prerequisite: ANTH 140 or equivalent.
Study of the products of human activity; nature of measurement and observation within the archaeological record; explanations of artifact variability. Study of lithics, ceramics, and other types of archaeological materials. Practical experience in the study of materials, sampling, and errors.
Letter grade only (A-F) (Lec 2 hrs, Lab 2 hrs) May be repeated to a maximum of 6 units in different semesters, with different instructors.
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ANTH 454 - Culture and Aging
(3 units)
Cultural perspectives on aging and the aged in America and elsewhere. Attention to insider views from specific societies and to comparison of aging concerns in diverse settings.
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ANTH 458 - Ethnographic Methods
(3 units)
Prerequisites: ANTH 120 or consent of instructor.
Introduction to purposes of cultural anthropology fieldwork, methodology used to collect ethnographic data, and ways of analyzing and reporting data collected; focus on identifying and defining research problems and populations, and ethical issues that arise when conducting research.
Letter grade only (A-F) (2 hours lecture, 2 hours activity)
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ANTH 473 - Archaeology of California
(3 units)
Prerequisites: ANTH 140 or ANTH 313 or ANTH 405 .
Overview of the archaeology of California, from initial human colonization through European contact. Emphasis on environmental change, human-environment interactions, the development of social complexity, and the consequences of European colonization.
Letter grade only (A-F).
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ANTH 475 - Language and Gender in Cross‑Cultural Perspective
(3 units)
Analysis of men’s and women’s communication in its social and cultural context; role of gender in interpreting conversational interactions in the U.S. and elsewhere; acquisition of gender differences; cultural dimensions of perceptions and stereotypes and their effect on communication.
Same course as LING 470 , WGSS 475 . Not open for credit to students with credit in LING 470 , WGSS 475 .
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ANTH 478 - Anthropology and Film
(3 units)
Prerequisite: One lower-division anthropology course or consent of instructor.
This seminar critically analyzes issues of an anthropological nature as presented in ethnographic and commercial films. Representations of anthropologists, anthropological theories and methods, and populations and concerns of anthropological interest are contrasted with scholarship published on the same issues.
Letter grade only (A-F) for majors/minors.
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ANTH 480A - Osteology I
(3 units)
Introduction to skeletal anatomy, measurement and analysis of osteological collections, applied anthropometrics and morphometrics.
(Lecture 2 hours, Lab 3 hours)
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ANTH 487 - Cultural Resource Management
(3 units)
Prerequisite: ANTH 405 .
Introduction to the practice of public archaeology in the United States: historical and legal background; federal, state, and local programs; archaeology and Native Americans; contract archaeology; survey, evaluation, and mitigation projects; professional employment in U.S. cultural resource management.
Letter grade only (A-F).
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ANTH 490 - Selected Topics in Anthropology
(3 units)
Topics of current interest in anthropology selected for intensive development.
Course fee may be required. May be repeated to a maximum of 6 units. Topics announced in the Schedule of Classes.
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ANTH 496 - Internship
(3 units)
Prerequisites: Upper-division standing, approval of faculty mentor.
Supervised internship in an area of anthropology within or outside the University; field experience of 90 hours in which the student gains practical experience in an area of anthropology.
Credit /No Credit grading only.
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ANTH 498 - Senior Thesis
(1-6 units)
Prerequisites: Open only to Anthropology major, senior standing, and consent of a faculty mentor.
Research for and writing of a senior thesis under the direction and guidance of an Anthropology Department faculty mentor.
Letter grade only (A-F).
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ANTH 499 - Guided Studies in Anthropology
(1-3 units)
Prerequisite: Consent of department.
Selected topics in anthropology and preparation of a research report.
May be repeated to a maximum of 6 units.
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ANTH 501 - Current Trends in Anthropological Theory
(3 units)
Prerequisites: ANTH 401 or equivalent, and graduate standing.
Examination of current themes used by leading anthropologists in the areas of our graduate program, i.e., Applied Anthropology, Linguistic Anthropology, and Archaeology. Investigation of how theories shape problems and analytic techniques, and what makes theory ‘cutting edge’.
Letter grade only (A-F).
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ANTH 503 - The Anthropological Perspective
(3 units)
Prerequisite: Graduate standing or consent of instructor.
Through reading and discussion of ethnographies; reports of applied anthropological work; reviews of the scientific understanding of the process of inquiry and action in the human sciences; leading to the identification of a common core perspective within anthropology.
Letter grade only (A-F).
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ANTH 505 - Practicing Anthropology
(3 units)
Prerequisite: Graduate standing or consent of instructor.
Review of practical contributions by anthropologists in nonacademic settings; attention to specific skills used by practicing anthropologists; business writing including resumes, contracts; oral presentations using audiovisual aides; internal and external contracting; time management; project management; working across disciplines; and ethics.
Letter grade only (A-F).
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ANTH 510 - Proseminar
(3 units)
Prerequisites: Six units of upper-division anthropology courses or consent of instructor.
Development of proposal planning, budgeting, and writing skills, particularly in applied anthropology, linguistics, and archaeology; both academic and contract/consulting types of proposals will be covered.
Letter grade only (A-F).
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ANTH 514 - Anthropology of Religion
(3 units)
Prerequisite: ANTH 120 and upper‑division/graduate standing or consent of instructor.
Anthropological examination of religious behavior and beliefs, which will focus on these phenomena in their sociocultural and adaptive contexts using cross-cultural and cultural evolutionary approaches of hunter-gatherer religions through current ones.
Letter grade only (A-F). ANTH 414
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ANTH 516 - Urban Anthropology
(3 units)
Comparative analysis of development and role of urban centers in ancient and modern cultures; interrelationships of urban and rural populations; patterns of similarity and difference in urbanism of contrasting cultures; implications for a multi-national world.
Letter grade only (A-F). ANTH 416
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ANTH 517 - Applied Anthropology
(3 units)
Prerequisites: ANTH 120 and upper-division/graduate standing or consent of instructor.
Brief orientation to applied anthropology, its history and ethics; policy and applied anthropology domains (needs assessment, program evaluation, social impact assessment, environmental, advocacy); applied research methods; student proposals for internship research.
Letter grade only (A-F). ANTH 417
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ANTH 519 - Encounters and Identities
(3 units)
Prerequisite: Graduate and advanced undergraduate students.
Examination of how cultural anthropologists have dealt, theoretically, with the concept of identity; concentrates more on theories than geographic regions, emphasis on recent theoretical developments such as post-modern and post-colonial approaches to the study of contemporary subjectivities.
Letter grade only (A-F). ANTH 419
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ANTH 522 - The Anthropology of Gender
(3 units)
Prerequisite: Graduate standing or consent of instructor (ANTH 351 recommended).
Examines anthropological perspectives on gender and how these perspectives have challenged and transformed anthropology and feminism; class will locate gender relations in the production of anthropological knowledge, in colonial and postcolonial social fields, and in the movement of global capitalism.
Letter grade only (A-F). ANTH 422
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ANTH 530 - Ethnography of Communication
(3 units)
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Study of talk and other forms of communication from an ethnographic perspective. Emphasizes relevant methods and theories. Among the major topics presented from this perspective are language socialization, genres of speaking, intercultural communication, speech styles, strategic uses of language, and literacy.
Letter grade only (A-F). Same course as LING 533 . Not open for credit to student with credit in LING 533 .
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ANTH 531 - New Media Ethnography
(3 units)
Prerequisite: Graduate standing or consent of instructor.
Theory and techniques in the planning, production and presentation of multimedia and hypermedia ethnography. Students will work in production teams to produce an ethnography that takes advantage of different modes of ethnographic research and presentation (i.e., interactive video, photography, print, sound).
Letter grade only (A-F). Course fee may be required. (Lecture 2 hours; Lab 2 hours) ANTH 431
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ANTH 541 - Ethnographic Film Production I
(3 units)
Prerequisite: Consent of instructor
Intermediate-level theory and methodology for ethnographic/documentary film production. Students will work in teams and learn the fundamentals of how to produce an ethnographic film from conception through completion using professional-quality production and post-production equipment.
Letter grade only (A-F). Course fee may be required. (Lecture 2 hours; Lab 2 hours) ANTH 441
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ANTH 544 - Transnational Migrants
(3 units)
Prerequisites: Graduate standing or consent of instructor Anthropological examination of the lives of immigrants and refugees.
Explores the way studies of migration challenge our understanding of the local context of globalization and transnationalism. Focus on theories of culture, ethnicity, and identity as well as theories of incorporation, adaptation and nativism and the relevance of applied anthropology through research and advocacy.
Letter grade only (A-F). ANTH 444
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ANTH 560 - Ethnographic Research Methods
(3 units)
Prerequisite: Graduate standing or consent of instructor.
A practice-oriented seminar in ethnographic research methodology, emphasizing techniques, methods, and concepts of ethnographic research. The course examines several qualitative, in-depth methods used by anthropologists as well as research design and research ethics.
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ANTH 561 - Basic Computer Research Applications in Anthropology
(3 units)
Prerequisite: ANTH 560 or consent of instructor.
Basic qualitative and quantitative computer methods employing currently appropriate software and statistical techniques. Methods covered will be specifically related to research in archaeology and applied anthropology; and the presentation of results, as well as various research problems, will be addressed.
Letter grade only (A-F).
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ANTH 570 - Linguistic Field Methods
(3 units)
Prerequisite: LING 420 and LING 421 , or consent of instructor.
Introduction to linguistic field work with a native speaker of an unfamiliar non-European language. Phonetic transcription and investigation of phonological, morphological, and syntactic structures of the selected language within the context of linguistic universals.
Letter grade only (A-F). Same course as LING 580 . Not open for credit to students with credit in LING 580 . May be repeated for a maximum of 6 units with different topics in different semesters. May be taken more than once if the language under investigation differs.
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ANTH 597 - Directed Readings in Anthropology
(1-3 units)
Prerequisites: Senior or graduate standing and consent of instructor.
Selected topics in anthropology will be studied in depth. A written report will be prepared.
Letter grade only (A-F).
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ANTH 600 - Seminar in Ethnology and Social Anthropology
(3 units)
Topics of substantive and theoretical importance and their application to research problems.
Letter grade only (A-F). Course fee may be required. May be repeated to a maximum of 6 units. Topics announced in the Schedule of Classes.
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ANTH 697 - Directed Research
(1-3 units)
Prerequisite: Consent of department.
Research in anthropology on an individual basis.
Letter grade only (A-F).
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ANTH 698 - Thesis or Applied Project
(3 units)
Prerequisite: Consent of department.
Planning, preparation, and completion of a thesis or an applied project in anthropology.
Letter grade only (A-F). May be repeated to a maximum of 6 units with the same topic in the same semester.
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