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Spring 2007 Courses
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Course |
Title |
Instructor |
Days/Time/Location |
Anthro 2A |
Introduction to Sociocultural Anthropology | Egan, J. |
MWF 10:00-10:50am SC CCA |
| Introduction to cultural diversity and the methods used by anthropologists to account for it. Family relations, economic activities, politics, gender, and religion in a wide range of societies. Stresses the application of anthropological methods to research problems. (III, VII-B) | |||
Anthro 2A |
Introduction to Sociocultural Anthropology Course Website |
Douglas, T. | Th 7:00-9:50pm SSLH 100 |
| Introduction to cultural diversity and the methods used by anthropologists to account for it. Family relations, economic activities, politics, gender, and religion in a wide range of societies. Stresses the application of anthropological methods to research problems. (III, VII-B) | |||
Anthro 2A |
Introduction to Sociocultural Anthropology Course Website |
Pajo, E. | TuTh 9:30-10:50am SSL 290 |
Introduction to cultural diversity and the methods used by anthropologists to account for it. Family relations, economic activities, politics, gender, and religion in a wide range of societies. Stresses the application of anthropological methods to research problems. (III, VII-B) |
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| Anthro 10C | Probability and Statistics Course Website |
Huffman, M. | TuTh 2:00-3:20pm RH 101 |
| An introduction to probability and statistics. Emphasis on a thorough understanding of the probabilistic basis of statistical inference. Emphasizes examples from anthropology, sociology, and related social science disciplines. (V) Same as Sociology 10C. Prerequisites: Anthro 10A-B or Sociology 10A-B. | |||
Anthro 30A |
Global Issues in Anthropological Perspective Course Website |
Douglas, T. | Tu 7:00-9:50pm SSL 140 |
| Explores anthropological perspectives on issues of importance in an increasingly global society. Topics vary from year to year; may include emphases on ethnic conflict; identity; immigration and citizenship; religion and religious diversity; medical anthropology; legal anthropology; development and economic change; gender. | |||
Anthro 30B |
Ethnography and Anthropological Methods Course Website |
Coffman, C. | MWF 5:00-5:50pm SSL 228 |
| Explores the role of ethnography in anthropological and other social research. Provides theoretical and reflective readings on ethnography, as well as practical exercises in ethnographic method, to explore ethnography's traditional place as anthropology's main methodological contribution to the social sciences. | |||
| Anthro 41A | Origins of Global Interdependence Course Website |
Douglas, T. | M 7:00-9:50pm ELH 100 |
| Offers a general overview of the rise of global interdependence in political, economic, demographic, and cultural terms. Considers what drove people from relative isolation into intensified intercourse with one another, and investigates the consequences of this shift. (VII-B) Same as International Studies 11. | |||
| Anthro 85A | Cultures in Collision: Indian-White Relations Since Columbus Course Website |
Thorne, T. | MW 3:30-4:50pm SH 174 |
| An introductory survey of topics such as: indigenous religious beliefs and socio-political organization, sterotypic "images," intermarriage, the fur trade, Native leaders, warfare, and contemporary issues. Slides, films, and trips to local museums enhance student learning. (VII-A) Same as Sociology 65. | |||
| Anthro 89 Lec A |
World Religions III Course Website |
Garb, P. | TuTh 9:30-10:50am HH 161 |
A thematic comparison of selected structures and activities that characterize religious traditions. Comparative features may include, for example, holy scriptures, symbolizations of the sacred, attitudes toward afterlife, collective religious behavior, and religious dissent. (IV, VII-B) Same as Religious Studies 5C, formerly Humanities 5C, and Soc Sci 16A. |
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Anthro 125B |
Ecological Anthropology Course Website |
Burton, M. | MWF 12:00-12:50pm SSL 140 |
Studies relationships between human communities and their natural environments. The role of environment in shaping culture; effects of extreme environments on human biology and social organization; anthropologist's role in studying global environmental problems, e.g., African famine, destruction of tropical rain forests. (VII-B) Prerequisite: Anthropology 2A, 2B, or 2C. |
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Anthro 134D |
Culture and Health Course Website |
Vidales, G. | TuTh 12:30-1:50pm BH 1300 |
| Explores America's cultural diversity by examining differing systems of belief and behavior in relation to illness, curing, disease, practitioner behavior, and use of conventional medical services. Groups focused on include Native Americans, African Americans, Latinos, and Asians. Same as Chicano/Latino Studies 172. | |||
| Anthro 134G | HIV/AIDS in a Global Context Course Website |
Coffman, C. | MWF 4:00-4:50pm SSL 228 |
| *NOTE: This course is not being offered as an upper-division writing course for Spring 2007. Examines issues concerning cultural conceptions of HIV infections and disease worldwide. Topics include treatment and prevention, identity and behavior, risk, ethnicity, gender, youth, sexuality, activism, drug use, illness, religion, the clinical encounter, national belonging, and the pharmaceutical industry. (VII-B) |
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Anthro 135I |
Modern South Asian Religions | Leonard, K. | TuTh 2:00-3:20pm ELH 110 |
| Nineteenth- and twentieth-century developments in Hinduism, Islam, and Sikhism are covered, with emphasis on changing forms as well as contents of religious movements. | |||
| Anthro 136A | Nationalism & Ethnicity in the Contemporary World Course Website |
O'Rourke, S. | MWF 1:00-1:50pm SSL 140 |
| An exploration of the concepts of identity, culture, ethnicity, race, and nation through ethnographic cases, with a view to asking larger questions: How do people create nativeness and foreignness? How does "culture" get worked into contemporary racisms and nationalisms? | |||
Anthro 136B |
History of Anthropological Theory | Shahine, S. | TuTh 3:30-4:50pm ELH 110 |
| A review of competing approaches in anthropological theory from the nineteenth century to the present, covering social evolutionism, functionalism, structuralism, and cultural relativism, as well as more recent intellectual movements and issues such as feminism, cultural studies, poststructuralism, and postmodernism. | |||
Anthro 136D |
Conflict Management in Cross-Cultural Perspective Course Website |
Garb, P. | TuTh 11:00-12:20pm RH 101 |
| Examines theories of conflict management. Analyzes how conflict is mitigated in diverse cultures: at the interpersonal level, between groups, and on the international scale. Studies discuss readings, hear from conflict management practitioners, and simulate negotiations. (VII-B) Same as Political Science 154G and International Studies 189. | |||
Anthro 138P |
Music of Asia Course Website |
Garfias, R. | MWF 11:00-11:50am SSL 270 |
| A survey of the major music traditions of Asia and a consideration of the broad cultural and historical patterns which brought them about. Discusses the interaction and development of regional forms and communicates something of the value systems underlying these forms. (VII-B) | |||
Anthro 138R |
Cross-Cultural Parameters of Popular Music Course Website |
Garfias, R. | MWF 9:00-9:50am SSPA 1100 |
| A consideration of popular music in the U.S. and abroad. How is pop defined and what does its evolution in other cultures tell us about our own pop music? The course will consider how the various cultures within the U.S. fit into the pop music scene, how they modify it today, and how they have in the past. (VII-A) | |||
| Anthro 139 Lec A |
Youth, Gender, and Conflict | Caldeira, T. | Tu 11:00-1:50pm SSPB 2296 |
| Youth is a term that does not refer to a fixed social group. Rather, it is a heterogeneous and unstable category, constantly in the making. Youth groups in the twentieth and twentieth-first centuries have been the producers of the most different styles, expressive cultures, and spectacles, in which they articulate their understandings of the social conditions they face and experiment with the roles they play in them. Frequently, these articulations center on the body -- appearance, posture, dress --, use music, and appropriate specific spaces. They are usually also gendered. This course examines youth cultures and their gender formations by exploring the invention of style, the body, music, spaces of masculinity and femininity, and hip-hop as a globalized culture. Each topic will be addressed through the analysis of texts, films, and music. Same as Women's Studies 180A. | |||
Anthro 139 Lec B |
University of Culture | Garfias, R. | TBA |
| This course is offered through the UC Irvine Summer Bridge Program. You must be authorized via the program in order to enroll in this course. Course added by ADD CARD only. | |||
Anthro 141A |
Ancient Civilizations of Mexico and the Southwest Course Website |
Drover, C. | TuTh 11:00-12:20pm ELH 110 |
| The prehistory and cultural evolution of the civilizations which originated in Mexico, including the Olmecs, Aztecs, Toltecs, Maya, and Zapotec, as well as the Pueblos of the Southwestern U.S. Topics include the origins of food production and of the state, political and social history, ancient cities, and the Spanish conquest. | |||
Anthro 149 Lec B |
Special Topics in Archaeology: Cultural Resources and Traditions | Stevens, R. | W 7:00-9:50pm ELH 110 |
New Archaeology Course! |
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Anthro 162 BW |
Indian North America | Stevens, R. | M 7:00-9:50pm |
| A survey of indigenous peoples in North America: American Indians, Alaska Natives, First Nations, Native Americans. Tribal populations and geographic distributions, political and social organization, sovereignty, self-determination, intergovernmental relations; cultural continuity and change; management, preservation, development of environments/resources. (I-Upper division writing requirement and VII-A) Prerequisite: Satisfaction of the lower-division writing requirement. | |||
Anthro 163A |
Peoples of the Pacific | Egan, J. | TuTh 9:30-10:50am PSCB 140 |
| The cultural history and recent developments among the Pacific peoples of Polynesia, Micronesia, Melanesia, New Guinea, and Australia. (VII-B) | |||
Anthro 163I |
Transforming China Course Website |
Zhan, M. | TuTh 2:00-3:20pm SSL 105 |
| Focuses on transformations in the everyday life in post-socialist China. Explores topics including privatization, consumerism, urbanization, rural development, national and ethnic identities, religion, family, gender, sexuality, medicine, food, pop culture, transnationalism, and globalization. (VII-B) | |||
| Anthro 163K | Korean Society and Culture | Choi, C. | MWF 11:00-11:50am HIB 110 |
Introductory background to the social and cultural forces that affect the lives of Koreans, including those in the U.S. Considers traditional values and contemporary issues within a historical framework. (VII-B) Same as East Asian Languages and Literatures 130 and Sociology 175A. |
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| Anthro 169 Lec A |
Latin America and the Caribbean | Menton, S. | MWF 12:00-12:50pm HIB 110 |
This foundational course in Latin American and Caribbean studies begins with discussion of the social, cultural, economic, and political process tracing the events from Pre-Conquest to present which have circumscribed the insertion of this region into the world economy. (VII-B). Same as Spanish 110B, Humanities 110, and History 169, Lec B. |
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| Anthro 180AW | Anthropology Majors Seminar: Ethnographic Research Writing | O'Rourke, S. | TuTh 12:30-1:50pm SSL 105 |
This is a seminar for anthropology majors that will focus on research writing. Assignments will include a variety of writing exercises in different genres, including descriptive, narrative, reflexive, theoretical, critical, and analytical. In addition, students will "write up" small, pilot ethnographic projects, and write critical analyses of ethnographic and theoretical texts, ethnographic films, websites, and media pieces from different global cultures. Students will be reading their work in class, and will exchange and critique each others written work. The goal is to finish a research paper that can be used for a writing sample for application to graduate programs and for professional positions.
(I-Upper division writing requirement) Prerequisite: Satisfaction of the lower-division writing requirement. |
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Resources:
Anthropology Course Descriptions: 2006-2007 UC Irvine General Catalogue
Academic Advising in Anthropology: School of Social Sciences Undergraduate Counseling Office
Questions about specific courses? Email dthomas at uci dot edu.
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