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Course List
Anth 101--Human Biocultural Origins
Humankind’s place in nature; fossil evidence for hominid evolution; evolutionary theory; racial, clinal and genetic variability; relationship of physical and cultural adaptations; the rise of civilization.
Anth 102--Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
Our relationship to our environment; types of preliterate society; systems of social organization, politics, economics, religion, and language.
Anth 301--Principles of Physical Anthropology
Primate comparative anatomy and human paleontology. Physical measurement of the living subject and skeletal specimens. The statistical treatment of data in physical anthropology. Applications of physical anthropology in industry and medicolegal problems.
Anth 302--Principles of Archaeology
History, method, and theory of archaeological data acquisition and interpretation. Methods of data recovery and analysis suitable to resolution of historical and processual questions. Archaeological examples from a worldwide sample of prehistoric and historic societies.
Anth 303--History of Ethnological Theory
Development of theories which explain nature of culture and cultural variation. Applications of theory of culture to field methods in ethnography and interpretation of ethnographic findings.
Anth 304--Principles of Anthropological Linguistics
The structural nature of language. How languages differ, change and influence each other. The language families of the world. The significance of language for human social life in a variety of cultures.
Anth 360--From the Grave: Modern Forensic Anthropology.
This course full-fills a GE Natural Science explorations requirement as well as a methods requirement for Anthropology major and minors. NEW for Fall 08--View flyer (.pdf)
 Anth 312--Archaeological Field Techniques
Archaeological excavation of significant sites in San Diego. Techniques of excavation, recording, and surveying.
Anth 349--Roots of Civilizations
Origins and major attributes common to civilizations. Form and function of fundamental characteristics in different civilizations. Examples taken from Africa, Asia, the Near East and the New World.
Anth 350--Cultures Around the Globe
Cultural patterns of representative peoples. Industries, arts, social organization and supernaturalism considered with view to environmental adjustment, historical development and functional interrelation. Ethnological theories reviewed and applied in interpreting illustrative societies.
Anth 402--Dynamics of Biocultural Diversity
Interaction of biology and culture in human populations. Relating genetic and cultural processes to the changes in human populations over time.
Anth 406--Nonhuman Primates
Basic aspects of nonhuman primates, geographical distribution, ecology (habitat and diet), external and internal morphology, locomotion and social behavior, reproduction and development.
Anth 410--Language in Culture
Survey of anthropological interests in the study of language and of linguistic interests in the sociocultural context of language.
Anth 422--Music and Culture
How the forms, functions and meanings of music vary crossculturally. Understanding a society’s music historically, holistically and experientially, with emphasis on non-Western music. Universals of music and music use. Ethnological theories of music and music change.
 Anth 424--The Supernatural in Cross-Cultural Perspective
Magic and religion. Conceptions of the supernatural in a cross section of world’s cultures. Anthropological theories relating to super-natural beliefs and practices.
Anth 430--Anthropology of Law and Dispute Processing
Law, social control, and dispute processing studied in sociocultural context. Law in Western society compared with “law-ways” in a number of traditional or nonindustrialized cultures. Basic concepts and theories about law examined crossculturally.
Anth 432. Principles of Personality in Culture
Principles related to the determinants of human behavior contained in culture. Studies of behavior crossculturally.
Anth 439--Cultural Comparisons Through Film
Principles of cultural anthropology to include signs and proxemics, cultural prerequisites, kinship and social organization, and law and values. Feature and documentary films.
Anth 442--Cultures of South America
Indian cultures in terms of origins, migration, relation to habitat, cultural variation and relevance to contemporary trends. Development of Inca civilization, the effects of the Spanish conquest and its after-math.
Anth 444--American Cultures
An “inside-out” view of America. What culture has to do with feeling like an American. Theory and method in anthropology. Approaches include subcultures, American values, and mass media.
Anth 445--Ethnology of North America
Native cultures and the role of environmental and historical factors in North America.
Anth 446--Native Peoples of the Southwest
Indian cultures of the American Southwest in historic times; eco-logical adaptations, responses to white contact, adaptations to modern American life.
 Anth 448--Cultures of Oceania
The aboriginal cultures and peoples of Australia, Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia in prehistoric, historic, and modern times.
Anth 449--Cultures of Sub-Saharan Africa
Indigenous peoples and cultures of Africa south of the Sahara. Comparison of cultural traditions, social organization, and modern trends in newly emergent nations of the112
Anth 450--Cultures of India
Indigenous peoples and cultures of India and contiguous areas of South Asia. The development of cultural traditions, social organization, and modern trends.
Anth 452--Japanese Society
Culture and social organization of Japanese people. Traditional Japanese economic, social, political and religious institutions. Okinawa and overseas Japanese. Recent industrial and urban changes in modern Japan.
Anth 457--Native Cultures of California
Cross-cultural comparison of California Indian societies. Traditional political, religious, and economic institutions. Ecological adaptations. Linguistic diversity, traditional architecture, and culture change. Focus on Kumeyaay, Cahuilla, Chumash, Patwin, Pomo, and Yurok.
Anth 471--Archaeology of North America
Origins of the American Indian and survey of the main prehistoric cultures of the North American continent.
Anth 483--Health and Nutrition in Antiquity
Health and disease patterns in human populations from the earliest times. Analysis of food resources, their impact on health and nutrition of prehistoric peoples.
Anth 500--Primate Social Behavior
Analysis of modes of primate socialization and development of social behavior with emphases on communication, group structure, aggression, and sex. Various methods of analysis and observation practiced utilizing primate collection at the San Diego Zoo.
Anth 505--Human Osteology
Identification of individual bones and teeth; sex, age, and racial variation; stature reconstruction; continuous and discontinuous morphological variations; paleopathology. Training in observations, measurements, and analyses.
Anth 508--Medical Anthropology
Evolution and ecology of disease, medical beliefs and practices in non-Western cultures, and complexities of health care delivery in pluralistic societies.
 Anth 520--Ethnographic Field Methods
Problems and techniques of field work in ethnographic and social anthropological research; field work projects conducted using various qualitative and quantitative research techniques. Students work with informants in various settings.
Anth 522--Economic Anthropology
Integrates analyses of production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services with study of cultures. Interrelated economic, social, and cultural thought; classifications of disparate economies and reciprocity.
Anth 529--Urban Anthropology
Urban adaptations of past and present societies. Descriptive topics and applied concerns regarding urban origins, migrations, kin-ship, ethnicity, stratification, and change. Ethnographic examples drawn from Western and non-Western societies.
Anth 531--Applied Anthropology
Application of anthropological concepts to solve human problems in a wide range of areas including research such as social impact assessment and evaluation, and interventions such as cultural broker-age and community development. Examples of applied work used from both western and non-western societies.
Anth 535--Sex, Gender, Kinship, and Marriage
Anthropological theories and typologies relating to kinship and marriage systems, their history, their relationship to cultural practices, their implications for constraints on sexual practices, and their significance in definition of gender and gender hierarchies in world societies.
Anth 560--Advanced Archaeological Field Techniques
Advanced projects in excavation and stabilization of ruins, archaeological surveys, laboratory analysis, preparation of reports, and act as unit supervisor. Course may be repeated with consent of instructor. Maximum credit six units.
Anth 561--Archaeological Laboratory Methods
Application of palynology, paleontology and relevant technologies. Individual laboratory research project required.
Anth 580--Anthropological Data Analysis
Computer oriented data analysis class utilizing anthropological data sets. Special section of the SPSS computer workshop is required.
Anth 582--Regional Anthropology
Study of societies in a major geographical region of the world such as Africa, the Arctic, East Asia, Europe, Latin America, the Middle East, North America, Oceania, or South Asia.
Anth 583--Topical Anthropology
Study of a major subdiscipline such as political anthropology, economic anthropology, social anthropology, psychological anthropology, cultural ecology, applied anthropology, anthropological genetics, or environmental archaeology.
 Class Schedule
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