Anthropology (Anthro)
1. Introduction to Physical Anthropology (3)
Relation of man and the animals; evolution of man, fossil man,
race and racial classification; racial theories.
2. Introduction to Cultural Anthropology (3)
The nature of culture; culture growth and history; survey of cultural
phenomena; cultural theory; applied anthropology.
3. Introduction to Prehistory (3)
Prerequisite: Anthro 2 . Development of archaeology and its basic
concepts; general sequences of cultural development in the Old
and New Worlds.
102. Ethnology (3)
Prerequisite: Anthro 2 or permission of instructor. Major theories
of culture; survey of culture types and their distribution; ethnological
problems.
103. Acculturation (3)
Prerequisite: Anthro 2 or permission of instructor. Impact
of western civilization upon nonwestem societies; social and,
cultural adjustments to impact; disintegration; reinterpretation,
and reintegration; place of anthropology in international relations
and colonial administration.
104. Social Anthropology (3)
Prerequisite: Anthro 2 or permission of instructor. The place
of anthropology in the social sciences; theories and schools in
social anthropology; community studies, integration, functionalism,
psychological aspects.
109. Seminar in Theory of Prehistory (3)
Prerequisite: Anthro 2, 3, or permission of instructor. Current
problems of prehistory, application to anthropology; theoretical
approaches to archaeology.
110. Archaeological Laboratory Field Methods (4)
Prerequisite: Anth 2, 3, 109, permission of instructor. Application
of archaeological techniques to the solution of an archaeological
problem; field excavation, laboratory processing and analysis
of artifactual material. (3 lecture, 3 lab hours)
112. Comparative Societies and Social Organization (3)
Prerequisite: Anthro 2 or 104 (concurrent) or permission of instructor.
Empirical ethnographic examples of preliterate, peasant and urban
societies; classification of prehistoric, classical and contemporary
societies; theories derived from comparison of social organizations;
processes of social organizational change.
114. Culture and Personality (3)
Prerequisite: Anthro 2 or 6 units of sociology, social welfare
or psychology and permission of instructor. Cross-cultural range
in variation of personality and its theoretical implications;
process of cultural and social conditioning in personality development;
enculturation and motivation theories; ethnoscience.
115. Seminar in Cultural Anthropology (3)
Prerequisite: Anth 2, 104. Method and theory in cultural anthropology;
reading and analysis of major contributions to modern cultural
anthropological thought.
120. The American Indian (3) (Former Anthro 105)
Prerequisite: Anth 2. Prehistory of western hemisphere; linguistic
groups; development, spread and attainment of native Indian cultures.
122. Peoples and Cultures of the Pacific Islands (3)
Prerequisite: Anthro 2 or permission of instructor. The peoples
of Polynesia, Melanesia, and Micronesia. Migration theories; contemporary
social and political systems; European contacts and culture change.
123. CIvilizations of Southeast Asia (3) (Former Anthro
107)
Prerequisite: permission of instructor. The peoples and cultures
of Southeast Asia.
124. Civilizations of East Asia (3) (Former Anthro 108)
Prerequisite: permission of instructor. he peoples and cultures
of China, Japan, and Korea.
125. People and Culture of the Middle East (3)
Prerequisite: Anthro 2 or permission of instructor. Historical
backgrounds and contemporary cultures of Sub-Saharan Africa; modern
social forces and cultural change.
126. People and Cultures of Africa (3)
Prerequisite: Anthro 2 or permission of instructor. Historical
backgrounds and contemporary cultures of Sub-Saharan Africa; modern
social Forces and cultural change.
131. Seminar in North American Prehistory (3)
Prerequisite: Anthro 2, 3. Aboriginal cultural developmnets in
the New World north of the Isthmus of Panama; major library research
projects and reports.
150T. Seminar in Anthropology (1-3; max total 9)
Prerequisite: permission of instructor. Subspecialties current
in anthropology: e.g., ethnoscience, cultural ecology, human population
genetics.
190. Independent Study (1-3; max see reference)
See Academic Placement -- Independent Study