printer friendly pageANTHRO 303: Introduction to Archaeological Theory
The history of archaeological thought emphasizing recent debates. Evolutionary theories, behavioral archaeology, processual and cognitive archaeology, and approaches termed feminist and post-processual archaeology in the context of wider debate in adjacent disciplines. The application and integration of theory on archaeological problems and issues. Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 5
Instructors:
Hodder, I. (PI)
ANTHRO 306: Anthropological Research Methods
Required of ANTHRO Ph.D. students; open to all graduate students. Research methods and modes of evidence building in ethnographic research. Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
Terms: Win
| Units: 5
Instructors:
Hansen, T. (PI)
ANTHRO 307: Archaeological Methods
Methodological aspects of field and laboratory practice from traditional archaeological methods to the latest interdisciplinary analytical techniques. The nature of archaeological data and inference; interpretive potential of these techniques. Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 5
Instructors:
Bauer, A. (PI)
ANTHRO 308: Proposal Writing Seminar in Cultural and Social Anthropology
Required of second-year Ph.D. students in the culture and society track. The conceptualization of dissertation research problems, the theories behind them, and the methods for exploring them. Participants draft a research prospectus suitable for a dissertation proposal and research grant applications. Limited enrollment. Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 5
Instructors:
Yanagisako, S. (PI)
ANTHRO 308A: Proposal Writing Seminar in Archaeology
Required of second-year Ph.D. students in the archaeology track. The conceptualization of dissertation research problems, the theories behind them, and the methods for exploring them. Participants draft a research prospectus suitable for a dissertation proposal and research grant applications. Limited enrollment. Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 5
Instructors:
Voss, B. (PI)
ANTHRO 308B: Interdisciplinary Research Proposals: Effective Presentation, Skills, and Styles
This seminar examines the diverse skills, methods, and styles required for the development and production of interdisciplinary dissertation and grant proposals. Topical focus centers primarily on proposals with both social science and natural science elements. Proposals may include a diverse suite of methods and analyses. Throughout this course, we critique examples, assess writing styles and presentation, evaluate budgets, assess data management plans, examine tables and figures, and discuss reviews and evaluations of research proposals. Students are expected to be either in the early stages of writing their dissertation proposal or preparing applications for grants and fellowships. Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 5
Instructors:
Curran, L. (PI)
ANTHRO 310C: Intersections
Themes of materiality and visuality, aesthetic and other forms of cultural production, and the meanings of creativity and convention. Ethnographic and archaeological material and case studies from worldwide cultural contexts. Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
Terms: Win
| Units: 5
Instructors:
Ebron, P. (PI)
;
Meskell, L. (PI)
ANTHRO 310G: Introduction to Graduate Studies
Required graduate seminar. The history of anthropological theory and key theoretical and methodological issues of the discipline. Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 2
Instructors:
Hansen, T. (PI)
ANTHRO 311G: Introduction to Culture and Society Graduate Studies in Anthropology
Required graduate seminar for CS track. The history of anthropological theory and key theoretical and methodological issues in cultural anthropology. Prerequistes: this course is open only to Ph.D. students in anthropology or by permission of the instructor.
Terms: Win, Spr
| Units: 2
| Repeatable
2 times
(up to 4 units total)
Instructors:
Hansen, T. (PI)
;
Inoue, M. (PI)
ANTHRO 324: Political Anthropology
An anthropological approach to politics through bringing anthropological ways of thinking and modes of analysis to bear on key presuppositions of modern Western political thought. Ideas of rights, the individual, society, liberty, democracy, equality, and solidarity; ethnographic accounts used to identify the limits of conventional analytical approaches and to document the forms of politics that such approaches either ignore or misunderstand. Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 5
Instructors:
Ferguson, J. (PI)
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