Anthropology

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ANTHRO 1 Introduction to Biological Anthropology 4 Units [+]Expand course description

Terms offered: Summer 2019 First 6 Week Session, Spring 2019, Summer 2018 First 6 Week Session
An introduction to human evolution. Physical and behavioral adaptations of humans and their prehistoric and living relatives. Issues in evolutionary theory, molecular evolution, primate behavior, interpretation of fossils. Prehistoric activities, racial differences, genetic components of behavior are defined and evaluated.
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Rules & Requirements

Credit Restrictions: Students will receive no credit for Anthropology 1 after taking Anthropology N1, XAnthropology 1.

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture and 1 hour of discussion per week

Summer:
6 weeks - 8 hours of lecture and 2 hours of discussion per week
8 weeks - 6 hours of lecture and 1.5 hours of discussion per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Anthropology/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

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ANTHRO N1 Introduction to Physical Anthropology 4 Units [+]Expand course description

Terms offered: Prior to 2007
An introduction to human evolution. Physical and behavorial adaptations of humans and their prehistoric and living relatives. Issues in evolutionary theory, molecular evolution, primate behavior, interpretation of fossils. Prehistoric activities, racial differences, genetic components of behavior are defined and evaluated.
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Hours & Format

Summer: 6 weeks - 5.5 hours of lecture and 2.5 hours of discussion per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Anthropology/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

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ANTHRO 2 Introduction to Archaeology 4 Units [+]Expand course description

Terms offered: Spring 2015, Spring 2012, Spring 2006
Prehistory and cultural growth.
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Rules & Requirements

Credit Restrictions: Students will receive no credit for Anthropology 2 after taking Anthropology 2AC, XAnthropology 2AC but may remove a deficient grade.

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture and 1 hour of discussion per week

Summer:
6 weeks - 8 hours of lecture and 2 hours of discussion per week
8 weeks - 6 hours of lecture and 1.5 hours of discussion per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Anthropology/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

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ANTHRO 2AC Introduction to Archaeology 4 Units [+]Expand course description

Terms offered: Fall 2019, Summer 2019 First 6 Week Session, Spring 2019
Prehistory and cultural growth. Introduction to the methods, goals, and theoretical concepts of archaeology with attention to the impact archaeology has had on the construction of the histories of diverse communities - Native Americans, Hispanics, and Euro-Americans. It fulfills the requirements for 2.
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Rules & Requirements

Credit Restrictions: Students will receive no credit for Anthropology 2AC after taking Anthropology 2, XAnthropology 2AC but may remove a deficient grade.

Requirements this course satisfies: Satisfies the American Cultures requirement

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture and 1 hour of discussion per week

Summer:
6 weeks - 8 hours of lecture and 2 hours of discussion per week
8 weeks - 6 hours of lecture and 1.5 hours of discussion per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Anthropology/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

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ANTHRO 3 Introduction to Social and Cultural Anthropology 4 Units [+]Expand course description

Terms offered: Summer 2013 10 Week Session, Summer 2013 First 6 Week Session, Summer 2010 First 6 Week Session
The structure and dynamics of human culture and social institutions.
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Rules & Requirements

Credit Restrictions: Students will receive no credit for 3 after taking 3AC; deficient grade in 3 may be removed by taking 3AC.

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture and 1 hour of discussion per week

Summer:
6 weeks - 8 hours of lecture and 2 hours of discussion per week
8 weeks - 6 hours of lecture and 1.5 hours of discussion per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Anthropology/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

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ANTHRO 3AC Introduction to Social/Cultural Anthropology (American Cultures) 4 Units [+]Expand course description

Terms offered: Fall 2019, Summer 2019 Second 6 Week Session, Spring 2019
The structure and dynamics of human cultures and social institutions from a comparative perspective with special attention to American cultures and their roots. Case studies will illustrate the principles presented in the course. It fulfills the requirements for 3.
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Rules & Requirements

Credit Restrictions: Students will receive no credit for 3AC after taking 3; deficient grade in 3AC may be removed by taking 3.

Requirements this course satisfies: Satisfies the American Cultures requirement

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture and 1 hour of discussion per week

Summer:
6 weeks - 8 hours of lecture and 2 hours of discussion per week
8 weeks - 6 hours of lecture and 1.5 hours of discussion per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Anthropology/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

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ANTHRO N3 Introduction to Social and Cultural Anthropology 4 Units [+]Expand course description

Terms offered: Prior to 2007
The structure and dynamics of human culture and social institutions.
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Hours & Format

Summer: 6 weeks - 5.5 hours of lecture and 1.5 hours of discussion per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Anthropology/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

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ANTHRO R5B Reading and Composition in Anthropology 4 Units [+]Expand course description

Terms offered: Fall 2019, Summer 2019 First 6 Week Session, Summer 2019 Second 6 Week Session
Reading and composition courses based on the anthropological literature. These courses provide an introduction to issues distinctive of anthropological texts and introduce students to distinctive forms of anthropological writing, such as ethnography and anthropological prehistory. Readings will be chosen from a variety of texts by authors whose works span the discipline, from bioanthropology to archaeology and sociocultural anthropology. Satisfies the second half of the Reading and Composition requirement.
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Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week

Summer:
6 weeks - 7.5 hours of lecture per week
8 weeks - 5.5 hours of lecture per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Anthropology/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam not required.

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ANTHRO 10AC The California Frontier 4 Units [+]Expand course description

Terms offered: Prior to 2007
This course will focus upon the beginning of the historic period in California and on the interactions between California Indians and colonizing peoples. The course will begin with an introduction to the indigenous peoples of California and to their contacts with the expanding world system. It will focus upon the Spanish/Mexican, Russian, and American periods and will conclude with an overview of how these several communities, colonizer and colonized, interacted with and shaped one another.
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Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture and 1 hour of discussion per week

Summer:
6 weeks - 8 hours of lecture and 2 hours of discussion per week
8 weeks - 6 hours of lecture and 1.5 hours of discussion per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Anthropology/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

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ANTHRO C12AC Fire: Past, Present and Future Interactions with the People and Ecosystems of California 4 Units [+]Expand course description

Terms offered: Fall 2019, Fall 2018
The course presents a diachronic perspective on human-fire interactions with local ecosystems in California that spans over 10,000 years. The course will provide an historical perspective on human-fire interactions at the landscape scale using a diverse range of data sources drawn from the fields of fire ecology, biology, history, anthropology, and archaeology. An important component includes examining how diverse cultures and ethnicity influenced how people perceived and used fire at the landscape scale in ancient, historical and modern times. The implications of these diverse fire practices and policies will be analyzed and the consequences they have had for transforming habitats and propagating catastrophic fires will be explored.
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Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture and 1 hour of discussion per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Anthropology/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

Instructors: Stephens, Lightfoot

Also listed as: ESPM C22AC

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ANTHRO 15 Seminar in Physical Anthropology 3 Units [+]Expand course description

Terms offered: Prior to 2007
Each instructor will select one or more of the following topics in physical anthropology: evolutionary theory, the fossil record, stages of the life cycle, the biological basis of behavior, the roots of human behavior, human adaptation, genetic components of human behavior, ecological adaptations, controversies and issues in primatology, the social behavior and ecology of monkeys and apes, behavioral evolution, and a host of other current research and theoretical issues.
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Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: Consent of instructor; lower-division standing

Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 2 hours of seminar per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Anthropology/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

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ANTHRO 24 Freshman Seminar 1 Unit [+]Expand course description

Terms offered: Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Fall 2017
The Freshman Seminar Program has been designed to provide new students with the opportunity to explore an intellectual topic with a faculty member in a small seminar setting. Freshman seminars are offered in all campus departments, and topics may vary from department to department and semester to semester. Enrollment limited to 15 freshmen.
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Rules & Requirements

Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit with instructor consent.

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1 hour of seminar per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Anthropology/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: The grading option will be decided by the instructor when the class is offered. Final exam required.

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ANTHRO 84 Sophomore Seminar 1 or 2 Units [+]Expand course description

Terms offered: Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2017
Sophomore seminars are small interactive courses offered by faculty members in departments all across the campus. Sophomore seminars offer opportunity for close, regular intellectual contact between faculty members and students in the crucial second year. The topics vary from department to department and semester to semester. Enrollment limited to 15 sophomores.
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Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: At discretion of instructor

Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring:
5 weeks - 3-6 hours of seminar per week
10 weeks - 1.5-3 hours of seminar per week
15 weeks - 1-2 hours of seminar per week

Summer:
6 weeks - 2.5-5 hours of seminar per week
8 weeks - 1.5-3.5 hours of seminar and 2-4 hours of seminar per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Anthropology/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: The grading option will be decided by the instructor when the class is offered. Final exam required.

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ANTHRO 98 Directed Group Study 1 - 4 Units [+]Expand course description

Terms offered: Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017
Organized group study on topics selected by lower division students under the sponsorship and direction of a member of the Anthropology Department's faculty.
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Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: Consent of instructor; freshmen or sophomore status

Credit Restrictions: Enrollment is restricted; see the section on Academic Policies-Course Number Guide in the Berkeley Bulletin.

Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.