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OFFICE: Arts and Letters 448 Anthropology Major TELEPHONE: 619-594-5527 / FAX: 619-594-1150 With the B.A. Degree in Liberal Arts and Sciences E-MAIL: [email protected] (Major Code: 22021) http://www-rohan.sdsu.edu/~anthro All candidates for a degree in liberal arts and sciences must complete the graduation requirements listed in the section of this Faculty catalog on “Graduation Requirements.” No more than 48 units in Emeritus: Goldkind, Greenfeld, Henry, Himes, Leach, Lippold, Moore, anthropology courses can apply to the degree. Pendleton, Rohrl, Rollefson, Watson, Whitney A minor is not required with this major. Chair: Mallios Preparation for the Major. Anthropology 101 and 102; and either Professors: Ball, Gamble, Mallios Economics 201, Political Science 201, Sociology 201, or Statistics 119 Associate Professors: Pérez, Sobo or 250. In addition, three units from the following one-unit courses: Assistant Professors: Conway, Lauer, Mayes, Riley Sociology 200A-200J. (12 units) Lecturer: Miller These prerequisite courses may not be taken Cr/NC. The minimum grade in each class is C or higher. Offered by the Department Language Requirement. Competency (successfully completing Master of Arts degree in anthropology. the third college semester or fifth college quarter) is required in one Major in anthropology with the B.A. degree in liberal arts and foreign language to fulfill the graduation requirements. Refer to section sciences. of catalog on “Graduation Requirements.” Minor in anthropology. Graduation Writing Assessment Requirement. Passing the Writing Proficiency Assessment with a score of 10 or above, or Anthropology 396W, or completing one of the approved upper division The Major writing courses (W) with a grade of C (2.0) or better. See “Graduation Anthropology is the far-reaching study of human beings as both Requirements” section for a complete listing of requirements. biological and culturally adaptive organisms. Anthropologists study the Graduation Survey. All majors will complete an online survey physical and mental characteristics, social relationships, institutions, assessing their experiences in the department and educational customs, myths, and geographic distribution of human populations. outcomes in the major. Students answer the survey online at the The anthropology major provides a broad background for the Department of Anthropology webpage. The survey must be various specialized areas in the field, such as archaeology, the completed during the student’s final semester. Major. A minimum of 36 upper division units in anthropology to analysis of past cultures; cultural anthropology, the study of cultural include Anthropology 301, 302, 303, 304. In addition, 24 upper similarities and differences in contemporary societies; linguistics, the division units in anthropology must be completed from the following evaluation of cultural differences in communication; and physical areas: anthropology, the analysis of biological characteristics of past and Area/Regional: Nine units selected from Anthropology 349, 350, present populations. Elective courses provide information on the 440, 441, 442, 444, 446, 448, 449, 450, 452, 457, 471, 499, 540, 582. newest developments in the field and give the anthropology graduate Methods: Six units selected from Anthropology 312, 360, 495, 499, an understanding of human nature in the context of past and present 500, 505, 506, 507, 508, 520, 531, 560, 561, 580, 583. environmental influences. Theory/Topical: Nine units selected from Anthropology 351, 402, Employment opportunities for anthropology graduates include 406, 410, 422, 424, 429, 430, 432, 439, 451, 499, 522, 523, 524, 529, work in senior citizen and public service agencies, the National Park 533, 535, 536, 583. Service, state archaeological services, marketing, environmental impact projects, urban affairs, state and local governmental agencies, and business. Anthropology Minor The minor in anthropology consists of a minimum of 18 units in anthropology to include Anthropology 101, 102, and 12 upper division Advising units in anthropology selected from: All College of Arts and Letters majors are urged to consult with their Area/Regional: Six units selected from Anthropology 349, 350, 440, department adviser as soon as possible; they are required to meet 441, 442, 444, 446, 448, 449, 450, 452, 457, 471, 499, 540, 582. with their department adviser during the first semester after declara- Methods: Three units selected from Anthropology 301, 302, 303, tion or change of major. 304, 312, 360, 495, 499, 500, 505, 506, 507, 508, 520, 531, 560, 561, 580, 583. Theory/Topical: Three units selected from Anthropology 351, 402, Major Academic Plans (MAPs) 406, 410, 422, 424, 429, 430, 432, 439, 451, 499, 522, 523, 524, 529, Visit http://www.sdsu.edu/mymap for the recommended courses 533, 535, 536, 583. needed to fulfill your major requirements. The MAPs Web site was Courses in the minor may not be counted toward the major, but created to help students navigate the course requirements for their may be used to satisfy preparation for the major and general majors and to identify which General Education course will also fulfill a education requirements, if applicable. A minimum of six upper division major preparation course requirement. units must be completed in residence at San Diego State University.

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(ANTH) ANTH 351. Language and Globalism (3) [GE] Courses Prerequisites: Anthropology 102, and completion of the General Refer to Curricula and Courses and University Policies sections of Education requirement in Foundations II.B., Social and Behavioral Sci- this catalog for explanation of the course numbering system, unit or ences required for nonmajors. credit hour, prerequisites, and related information. Relationship between languages and global expansion of human societies from early modern humans to present. Changes in language LOWER DIVISION COURSES use accompanying emergence of new communicative technologies and increased integration of diverse societies and cultures into the ANTH 101. Human Biocultural Origins (3) [GE] world economy. Humankind's place in nature; fossil evidence for hominid evolution; ANTH 360. From the Grave: Modern Forensic evolutionary theory; racial, clinal and genetic variability; relationship of Anthropology (3) [GE] physical and cultural adaptations; the rise of civilization. Prerequisite: Completion of the General Education requirement in ANTH 102. Introduction to Cultural Anthropology (3) [GE] Foundations II.A. 2. Life Sciences. If a biological sciences course is Our relationship to our environment; types of preliterate society; not taken to satisfy Foundations II.A. 2. Life Sciences, a college course systems of social organization, politics, economics, religion, and lan- in biological sciences is required. guage. Physical anthropology and skeletal biology within medicolegal ANTH 296. Experimental Topics (1-4) context. Methodologies used in science of forensic anthropology, as Selected topics. May be repeated with new content. See Class interdisciplinary nature and authorities in related fields. Schedule for specific content. Limit of nine units of any combination of ANTH 396W. Writing of Anthropology (3) 296, 496, 596 courses applicable to a bachelor's degree. Prerequisites: Anthropology 101 and 102. Satisfies Graduation Writing Assessment Requirement for students who have completed 60 UPPER DIVISION COURSES units; completed the Writing Proficiency Assessment with a score of 8 (Intended for Undergraduates) or higher (or earned a C or higher in RWS 280, 281, or LING 281 if score on WPA was 7 or lower); and completed General Education ANTH 301. Principles of Physical Anthropology (3) requirements in Composition and Critical Thinking. Proof of comple- Two lectures and three hours of laboratory. tion of prerequisites required: Test scores or verification of exemp- Prerequisites: Anthropology 101. tion; copy of transcript. Primate comparative anatomy and human paleontology. Physical Ability to write clearly, correctly and effectively about anthropologi- measurement of the living subject and skeletal specimens. The statis- cal subjects. Examples of anthropological writing from the main sub- tical treatment of data in physical anthropology. Applications of physi- disciplines, mini-ethnographies, summaries and critiques. cal anthropology in industry and medicolegal problems. ANTH 402. Dynamics of Biocultural Diversity (3) [GE] ANTH 302. Principles of Archaeology (3) Prerequisites: Completion of the General Education requirement in Prerequisites: Anthropology 101. Foundations II.A.2. Life Sciences. If a biological sciences course is not History, method, and theory of archaeological data acquisition and taken to satisfy General Education II.A.2. Life Sciences, a college interpretation. Methods of data recovery and analysis suitable to reso- course in biological sciences is required. lution of historical and processual questions. Archaeological examples Interaction of biology and culture in human populations. Relating from a worldwide sample of prehistoric and historic societies. genetic and cultural processes to the changes in human populations ANTH 303. History of Ethnological Theory (3) over time. Prerequisites: Anthropology 102. ANTH 406. Nonhuman Primates (3) Development of theories which explain nature of culture and cul- Prerequisites: Anthropology 101. tural variation. Applications of theory of culture to field methods in eth- Basic aspects of nonhuman primates, geographical distribution, nography and interpretation of ethnographic findings. ecology (habitat, diet), external and internal morphology, locomotion ANTH 304. Principles of Anthropological Linguistics (3) and social behavior, reproduction and development. Prerequisites: Anthropology 102. ANTH 410. Language in Culture (3) [GE] Structural nature of language. How languages differ, change and Prerequisites: Anthropology 102, and completion of the General influence each other. Language families of the world. Significance of Education requirement in Foundations II.B., Social and Behavioral Sci- language for human social life in a variety of cultures. ences required for nonmajors. ANTH 312. Archaeological Field Techniques (3) Survey of anthropological interests in the study of language and of Six hours of activity. linguistic interests in the sociocultural context of language. Prerequisites: Anthropology 302. ANTH 422. Music and Culture (3) [GE] Archaeological excavation of significant sites in San Diego. Tech- Prerequisites: Anthropology 102, and completion of the General niques of excavation, recording, and surveying. Education requirement in Foundations II.C., Humanities required for ANTH 349. Roots of Civilizations (3) [GE] nonmajors. Prerequisites: Open only to upper division students who have com- How the forms, functions and meanings of music vary crosscultur- pleted the General Education requirement in Foundations II.C., ally. Understanding a society's music historically, holistically and Humanities. experientially, with emphasis on non-Western music. Universals of Origins and major attributes common to civilizations. Form and music and music use. Ethnological theories of music and music function of fundamental characteristics in different civilizations. Exam- change. ples taken from Africa, Asia, the Near East and the New World. ANTH 424. The Supernatural in Cross-Cultural ANTH 350. Cultures Around the Globe (3) [GE] Perspective (3) [GE] Prerequisites: Anthropology 102, and completion of the General Prerequisites: Anthropology 102, and completion of the General Education requirement in Foundations II.B., Social and Behavioral Sci- Education requirement in Foundations II.C., Humanities required for ences required for nonmajors. nonmajors. Cultural patterns of representative peoples. Industries, arts, social Magic and religion. Conceptions of the supernatural in a cross sec- organization and supernaturalism considered with view to environ- tion of world's cultures. Anthropological theories relating to supernatu- mental adjustment, historical development and functional interrelation. ral beliefs and practices. Ethnological theories reviewed and applied in interpreting illustrative ANTH 429. Anthropology of Food and Eating (3) societies. Prerequisites: Anthropology 101 and 102. Human biological and cultural variation as seen in study of food and eating. Biocultural approach to explore evolution of human diet to political economy of contemporary food systems.

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ANTH 430. Anthropology of Law and Dispute Processing (3) [GE] ANTH 449. Cultures of Sub-Saharan Africa (3) [GE] ANTH Prerequisites: Anthropology 102, and completion of the General Prerequisites: Anthropology 102, and completion of the General Education requirement in Foundations II.B, Social and Behavioral Sci- Education requirement in Foundations II.B., Social and Behavioral Sci- ences required for nonmajors. ences required for nonmajors. Law, social control, and dispute processing studied in sociocul- Indigenous peoples and cultures of Africa south of the Sahara. tural context. Law in Western society compared with "law-ways" in a Comparison of cultural traditions, social organization, and modern number of traditional or nonindustrialized cultures. Basic concepts trends in newly emergent nations of the area. and theories about law examined crossculturally. ANTH 450. Cultures of India (3) [GE] ANTH 432. Principles of Personality in Culture (3) [GE] Prerequisites: Anthropology 102, and completion of the General Prerequisites: Anthropology 102, and completion of the General Education requirement in Foundations II.B., Social and Behavioral Sci- Education requirement in Foundations II.B., Social and Behavioral Sci- ences required for nonmajors. ences required for nonmajors. Indigenous peoples and cultures of India and contiguous areas of Principles related to the determinants of human behavior con- South Asia. The development of cultural traditions, social organization, tained in culture. Studies of behavior crossculturally. and modern trends. ANTH 439. Cultural Comparisons Through Film (3) [GE] ANTH 451. American Indian Identity (3) [GE] Prerequisites: Completion of the General Education requirement in (Same course as American Indian Studies 451) Foundations II.B., Social and Behavioral Sciences required for nonma- Prerequisites: Completion of the General Education requirement in jors. Foundations II.B., Social and Behavioral Sciences. Principles of cultural anthropology to include signs and proxemics, Multidisciplinary perspectives on American Indian identity today. cultural prerequisites, kinship and social organization, and law and Topics include perspectives from political, ethnic, cultural and legal values. Feature and documentary films. standpoints, both within and outside of indigenous communities, as ANTH 440. Mesoamerican Civilization Before the well as diachronic variation in perspectives. Europeans (3) [GE] ANTH 452. Japanese Society (3) [GE] Prerequisites: Anthropology 102, and completion of the General Prerequisites: Anthropology 102, and completion of the General Education requirement in Foundations II.B., Social and Behavioral Sci- Education requirement in Foundations II.B., Social and Behavioral Sci- ences required for nonmajors. ences required for nonmajors. Pre-European cultures and civilizations of Mexico and upper Cen- Culture and social organization of Japanese people. Traditional tral America from 25,000 years ago to arrival of Spanish in 1517. Japanese economic, social, political and religious institutions. Oki- Regional histories, economies, social organizations, ideologies, and nawa and overseas Japanese. Recent industrial and urban changes political systems, settlement patterns, architecture, and art. in modern Japan. ANTH 441. South American Civilization Before the ANTH 457. Native Cultures of California (3) [GE] Europeans (3) [GE] Prerequisites: Anthropology 102 and completion of the General Prerequisites: Anthropology 102, and completion of the General Education requirement in Foundations II.B., Social and Behavioral Sci- Education requirement in Foundations II.B., Social and Behavioral Sci- ences required for nonmajors. ences required for nonmajors. Cross-cultural comparison of California Indian societies. Traditional Pre-European cultures and civilizations of Pacific Coastal, Andean political, religious, and economic institutions. Ecological adaptations. Highland, and Amazonian South America from 25,000 years ago until Linguistic diversity, traditional architecture, and culture change. Focus 1553. Regional histories, economies, social organizations, political on Kumeyaay, Cahuilla, Chumash, Patwin, Pomo, and Yurok. systems, ideologies, art, and architecture from peopling of the conti- ANTH 471. Archaeology of North America (3) nent to European contact and colonization. Prerequisites: Anthropology 101 or 102. ANTH 442. Cultures of South America (3) [GE] Origins of the American Indian and survey of the main prehistoric Prerequisites: Anthropology 102, and completion of the General cultures of the North American continent. Education requirement in Foundations II.B., Social and Behavioral Sci- ANTH 495. Internship in Applied Anthropology (1-3) Cr/NC ences required for nonmajors. Prerequisites: Anthropology 301, 302, 303, 304. Indian cultures in terms of origins, migration, relation to habitat, cul- Supervised field placement of students in campus or community tural variation and relevance to contemporary trends. Development of organization, museums, cultural resource management firms, social Inca civilization, the effects of the Spanish conquest and its aftermath. service and development agencies, forensic laboratories and other ANTH 444. American Cultures (3) offices including business firms where concepts and principles of An "inside-out" view of America. What culture has to do with feeling anthropology can be put into practice. May be repeated for maximum like an American. Theory and method in anthropology. Approaches credit three units. include subcultures, American values, and mass media. ANTH 496. Experimental Topics (1-4) ANTH 446. Native Peoples of the Southwest (3) [GE] Selected topics. May be repeated with new content. See Class Prerequisites: Anthropology 102, and completion of the General Schedule for specific content. Limit of nine units of any combination of Education requirement in Foundations II.B., Social and Behavioral Sci- 296, 496, 596 courses applicable to a bachelor's degree. ences required for nonmajors. ANTH 499. Special Study (1-3) Indian cultures of the American Southwest in historic times; ecolog- Prerequisites: Consent of instructor. ical adaptations, responses to white contact, adaptations to modern Individual study. Maximum credit six units. American life. ANTH 448. Cultures of Oceania (3) [GE] UPPER DIVISION COURSES Prerequisites: Anthropology 102, and completion of the General (Also Acceptable for Advanced Degrees) Education requirement in Foundations II.B., Social and Behavioral Sci- ences required for nonmajors. ANTH 500. Primate Social Behavior (3) Aboriginal cultures and peoples of Australia, Melanesia, Microne- Two lectures and three hours of laboratory. sia, and Polynesia in prehistoric, historic, and modern times. Prerequisites: Anthropology 101. 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.

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ANTH 505. Human Osteology (3) ANTH 535. Sex, Gender, Kinship, and Marriage (3) Two lectures and three hours of laboratory. Prerequisites: Anthropology 102. Prerequisites: Anthropology 101. Recommended: Anthropology Anthropological theories and typologies relating to kinship and mar- 301 and/or Biology 212. riage systems, their history, their relationship to cultural practices, their Identification of individual bones and teeth; sex, age, and racial implications for constraints on sexual practices, and their significance variation; stature reconstruction; continuous and discontinuous mor- in definition of gender and gender hierarchies in world societies. phological variations; paleopathology. Training in observations, mea- ANTH 536. Gender and Human Sexuality (3) surements, and analyses. Prerequisites: Anthropology 102. ANTH 506. Osteology and Paleopathology (3) Constructions of gender and sexuality from anthropological per- Two lectures and three hours of laboratory. spective. Social constructions of body, norms, deviance, and medical- Prerequisites: Anthropology 505. ization of sexuality. Conditions that result in bony pathological responses are often ANTH 537. Anthropology of Childhood (3) linked to cultural and environmental variables including habitual Prerequisite: Anthropology 102. behaviors and diet. Will consider how these variables can be investi- Childhood in diverse cultural settings; evolutionary, biosocial, and gated through paleopathology and paleoepidemiology. health-related aspects of childhood; social and cultural uses of idea of ANTH 507. Forensic Anthropology (3) childhood; enculturation and children's relationship to material culture. Two lectures and three hours of laboratory. ANTH 540. Contemporary Cultures of Mesoamerica (3) Prerequisites: Anthropology 505. Prerequisites: Anthropology 102. Anthropology within medicolegal context. Methodology used in Utilizing ethnographic data explore growth and development of forensic anthropology. contemporary cultures of Mesoamerica from precontact to today. ANTH 508. Medical Anthropology (3) Countries may include Mexico, Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guate- Prerequisites: Anthropology 101 or 102. mala, Nicaragua, and Panama. Socio-cultural and ecology of disease, medical beliefs and prac- ANTH 560. Advanced Archaeological Field Techniques (3) tices in non-Western cultures, and complexities of health care delivery Six hours of activity. in pluralistic societies. Prerequisites: Anthropology 312. ANTH 520. Ethnographic Field Methods (3) Advanced projects in excavation and stabilization of ruins, archae- Prerequisites: Anthropology 102. ological surveys, laboratory analysis, preparation of reports, and act Problems and techniques of field work in ethnographic and social as unit supervisor. Course may be repeated with consent of instructor. anthropological research; field work projects conducted using various Maximum credit six units. qualitative and quantitative research techniques. Students work with ANTH 561. Archaeological Laboratory Methods (3) informants in various settings. Two lectures and three hours of laboratory. ANTH 522. Economic Anthropology (3) Prerequisites: Anthropology 560. Prerequisites: Anthropology 102. Application of palynology, paleontology and relevant technologies. Integrates analyses of production, distribution, and consumption Individual laboratory research project required. of goods and services with study of cultures. Interrelated economic, ANTH 580. Anthropological Data Analysis (3) social, and cultural thought; classifications of disparate economies Two lectures and three hours of laboratory. and reciprocity. Prerequisites: Anthropology 101 or 102 and a statistics course. ANTH 523. Anthropology of Politics and Power (3) Recommended: Psychology 270 or Sociology 201. Prerequisites: Anthropology 102. Computer oriented data analysis class utilizing anthropological How anthropology investigates power as an underlying and pri- data sets. Special section of the SPSS computer workshop is required. mary force in human relations through cross-cultural study of political ANTH 582. Regional Anthropology (3) institutions, effects, and relationships of power in various societies. Prerequisites: Anthropology 102. ANTH 524. Cultural Dynamics of Religious Discourse (3) Study of societies in a major geographical region of the world such Prerequisite: Anthropology 102. as Africa, the Arctic, East Asia, Europe, Latin America, the Middle Interplay of local and global religious discourses. Creativity of East, North America, Oceania, or South Asia. See Class Schedule for indigenous religious practices. Dynamics of missionization, including specific content. May be repeated with new content. Maximum credit hybridization with local religious practices. Fundamentalist discourses six units. as oppositional mediations between local and global identity forma- ANTH 583. Topical Anthropology (3) tions. Prerequisites: Anthropology 102. ANTH 529. Urban Anthropology (3) Study of a major subdiscipline such as political anthropology, eco- Prerequisites: Anthropology 102. nomic anthropology, social anthropology, psychological anthropology, Urban adaptations of past and present societies. Descriptive top- cultural ecology, applied anthropology, anthropological genetics, or ics and applied concerns regarding urban origins, migrations, kin- environmental archaeology. See Class Schedule for specific content. ship, ethnicity, stratification, and change. Ethnographic examples May be repeated with new content. Maximum credit six units. drawn from Western and non-Western societies. ANTH 596. Topics in Anthropology (1-3) ANTH 531. Methods in Applied Anthropology (3) Prerequisites: Consent of instructor. Prerequisites: Anthropology 102. Advanced topics in anthropology. May be repeated with new con- Anthropological concepts and methodologies to solve human tent. See Class Schedule for specific content. Limit of nine units of any problems in both western and non-western societies through interven- combination of 296, 496, 596 courses applicable to a bachelor's tion, community development, impact assessment, and cultural com- degree. Credit for 596 and 696 applicable to a master's degree with munication. approval of the graduate adviser. ANTH 533. Race, Ethnicity, and Identity (3) GRADUATE COURSES Prerequisites: Anthropology 102. Refer to the Graduate Bulletin. Theories and practices of race, ethnicity, and identity from a cross- cultural and anthropological perspective. History of race in US and other regions, focusing on how identities are constructed around con- cepts of difference.

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