ANT 100   INTRODUCTION TO ANTHROPOLOGY   3 Units

A survey of the subfields of anthropology, especially archaeology and physical and cultural anthropology. The course explores human biological evolution and variation, cultural evolution, language, and culture change.

ANT 104   CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY   3 Units

Survey of cultural anthropology with emphasis on ethnographic description, methodology and contemporary theory. Cross-cultural comparisons of societies and institutions. Course includes both humanistic and social scientific approaches to human sociocultural diversity.

ANT 105   INTRODUCTION TO BIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY   5 Units

A study of evolutionary theory, the place of humans in the primate order, the fossil evidence for human evolution and interpretation of that evidence, the biological and genetic basis of human variation, and possible other topics of human biology.

ANT 150   FOOD, CULTURE, AND IDENTITY   3 Units

Food is the very core of life and one of the most culturally prescribed areas of human experience. This course will study the role of food in human history, and the biocultural construction of what is classified as food. We will examine the meaning of food across cultures with particular attention to how cultural and ethnic (e.g. Asian American, Native American) identities are associated with particular types of food. Rituals, religions and family celebrations, and secular holidays all include the deliberate preparation, serving and sharing of food (or abstinence from food).

ANT 299   INDEPENDANT READING AND RESEARCH   Repeatable   1-3 Units

Indp. reading & research in Anthroplgy.
PREREQ: CONSENT OF INSTRUCTOR

ANT 343   RELIGION, MAGIC, AND WITCHCRAFT   3 Units

Religion, magic, and witchcraft are uniquely human means of reaching out to the supernatural realm to effect changes in the here and now. This course introduces students to descriptions and interpretations of magico-religious beliefs and practices in a variety of cultures from an anthropological perspective, which does not attempt to judge the validity of such beliefs but to understand their origins and functions, among other things. It examines theories about religion and some of the conceptual issues regarding the interpretation of religion and related phenomena which have interested anthropologists.
PREREQ: 15 UNITS OF COURSEWORK