Anthropology
Office: Social Science Building
http://anthro.ucsd.edu
Anthropology Faculty
Courses
Anthropology is a humanistic social science dedicated to understanding
the worldwide diversity of social institutions and cultural traditions.
Because there is increasing awareness of the importance of sociocultural
factors in domestic and international relations, a bachelors
degree in anthropology has become accepted as a valuable preparation
for careers
in law, medicine, education, business, government, and various areas
of public service. Anthropology majors can qualify for a California
teaching credential from UCSD through the Teacher Education Program.
The department offers a full range of courses in cultural, social,
psychological
and biological anthropology, as well as archaeology. Courses include
offerings which focus on specific societies or regions of the world
as well as more theoretically oriented materials. The department offers
undergraduate minor and major programs, a senior thesis program, an
undergraduate internship program, and a graduate program leading to
the doctoral degree. Students may also enroll in a Field School when
available.
The Undergraduate Program
Lower-Division
Lower-division offerings in anthropology are concentrated mainly in
the core series, ANLD 1, 2, 3. These courses are designed to provide
a comprehensive orientation to the ideas and methods of anthropological
investigation and a familiarity with case materials from a number of
different societies and historical periods.
Students who intend to major or minor in archaeological anthropology
are advised to take ANLD 3.
Students who intend to major or minor in biological anthropology must
take ANLD 2 (or equivalent), which is prerequisite to most upper-division
biological anthropology courses.
ANLD 23, which may not be offered every year, satisfies the campus-wide
requirement for a course in American Cultures.
Students who have already completed ANPR 105, 106, and 107 may not
receive academic credit for ANLD 1.
Other lower-division courses are offered from time to time and will
vary from year to year.
The Minor
Students may choose a minor in general anthropology, archaeological
anthropology, or biological anthropology. Each consists of seven anthropology
courses. At least five courses must be upper-division; at least four
should be taken at UCSD. The list of courses offered for each minor
is available from the undergraduate coordinator. Transfer credits from
other anthropology departments are usually accepted. Education Abroad
Program credits are acceptable at the discretion of the undergraduate
adviser.
The Major
To receive a B.A. degree with a major in anthropology, the student
must meet the requirements of Revelle, John Muir, Thurgood Marshall,
Earl Warren, Eleanor Roosevelt College, or Sixth College including the
following requirements of the Department of Anthropology:
- A minimum of twelve four-unit upper-division courses in the Department
of Anthropology must be completed.
- ANPR 105, 106, and 107 must be completed (included as three of
the twelve courses required under No. 1, above). All or some of the
courses in this sequence are prerequisites for some other upper-division
courses. This sequence consists of:
105 Social Anthropology
106 Cultural Anthropology
107 Psychological Anthropology
- No courses taken in fulfillment of the above requirements may be
taken on a Pass/Not Pass (P/NP) basis. (An exception is made for some
courses accepted from other schools and for one independent
study course (199), or one directed group study course (198),
and a combination of one internship seminar (ANBI 187A,
C or ANPR 187B) with the corresponding academic internship project
(AIP 197). However, this exception does not extend to ANPR 105, 106
and 107, or to transfer credits accepted in lieu of them. These must
be taken for a letter grade.)
- For the B.A. degree, a minimum average of 2.0 is required, both
as an overall average in all anthropology courses and in the ANPR
105-106-107 sequence considered separately.
- At least seven of the upper-division courses submitted for the
major must be taken at the University of California, San Diego. The
seven normally must include ANPR 105, 106, and 107. A transfer course
may be accepted in lieu of one of these core courses,
if, in the opinion of the undergraduate adviser, the content is substantially
the same. In no case will transfer credit be accepted in lieu of more
than one of these courses.
- Majors are required to obtain a background in basic statistical
techniques. Cognitive Science 14, Psychology 60, Math 11, and BIEB
100 are recommended as courses to fulfill this requirement.
The Major in Anthropology with Concentration in Archaeology
The department offers an additional B.A. degree, Anthropology
with Concentration in Archaeology. This degree requires the following:
- The Anthropology Core Sequence: ANPR 105, 106, 107.
- The Archaeology Core Sequence: ANGN 181, 182, 183.
- An additional upper-division course in sociocultural anthropology.
- Five elective courses, three of which must be in archaeology, and
the remaining two can be either from offerings in archaeology or in
related disciplines. A handout listing these courses is available
from the departments undergraduate coordinator. Students are
encouraged to participate in the departments Archaeological
Field School (ANPR 194) opportunities in the eastern Mediterranean
region and San Diego county.
The Major in Anthropology with Concentration in Biological Anthropology
The department offers another B.A. degree, Anthropology with
Concentration in Biological Anthropology. This degree requires
the following:
- The Core Sequence: ANPR 105, 106, 107.
- Five four-unit anthropology courses identified as biological anthropology
courses; ENVR 110 may be substituted for one of these. A handout listing
these courses is available from the departments undergraduate
coordinator.
- Four four-unit courses in the Department of Biology; ECON 131 may
be substituted for one of these. Courses which are applicable are
also listed in the biological anthropology handout.
- Items 3 through 6 in the above section (The Major in Anthropology)
also apply to the major in anthropology with concentration in biological
anthropology.
Senior Thesis Program
The senior thesis is prepared during two successive quarters of ANPR
196, senior thesis research, and is counted as two of the twelve upper-division
courses required for a major. Students are admitted to the program
by invitation of the faculty. Under normal circumstances, eligibility
for
the program requires the student (1) to have completed eight upper-division
courses, including the core sequence, and (2) to have achieved grade
point averages of at least 3.6 both overall and in the anthropology
major by the end of the junior year. Some of these requirements may
be waived by vote of the faculty. During the first quarter of the program
(fall quarter), students select their research topic and write a preliminary
paper. Those who receive a B+ or better will be invited to continue
in the program and complete a thesis on the chosen topic by the end
of the winter quarter. The thesis will be evaluated by a committee
consisting of the thesis adviser and one other faculty member appointed
by the
department chair in consultation with the thesis coordinator. The thesis
adviser has the sole responsibility for the grade the student receives
in the winter quarter. The reading committee advises the faculty on
the merit of the thesis for departmental honors. A senior thesis is
required in order to be considered for department honors at commencement.
Students who wish to be considered for the Senior Thesis Program should
notify the departments undergraduate adviser by the second week
of the spring quarter prior to the senior year.
Internship Program
The department sponsors an internship program that allows students
to gain academic credit for supervised work in the Museum of Man, the
San Diego Zoo, or the Wild Animal Park. The three tracks of the program
allow internship experience in (1) biological anthropology, (2) ethnology
and archaeology at the museum, or (3) primate behavior and conservation
at the Zoo or Wild Animal Park. A combination of on-campus and on-site
supervision makes these courses intellectually provocative but practical
and applied. They are an especially valuable complement to a major or
minor in anthropology. One four-unit internship (AIP 197) taken with
the corresponding two-unit internship seminar (ANBI 187A, C and ANPR
187B) can be counted as one of the twelve upper-division courses for
the anthropology major or minor. Applications to these programs are
accepted during the first seven weeks of the quarter before the one
in which the internship is to be done.
Academic Enrichment Programs
Faculty Mentor Program
The program offers research experience to any junior or senior with
a GPA of 2.7 or higher who wants to prepare for graduate or professional
school. Participants work as research assistants to UCSD faculty members
during the winter and spring quarters. Students present their research
papers at the Faculty Mentor Research Sympo-sium at the conclusion of
the program in the spring.
Summer Research Program
The program offers full-time research experience to underrepresented
(i.e., minorities, women, and low-income, first-generation college)
students who are interested in preparing for careers in research or
university teaching. Juniors and seniors who have a 3.0 GPA or above
and plan to attend graduate or professional school are eligible to
participate.
Education Abroad Program
One of the best ways to understand the concept of culture
is to live in a different culture for a time. Anthropology majors are
encouraged to participate in the UC Education Program (EAP) or UCSDs
Opportunities Abroad Program (OAP). Students considering this option
should discuss their plans with the faculty undergraduate adviser before
going abroad, and courses taken abroad must be approved for credit to
the major by the adviser upon return. More information on EAP and OAP
is provided under the Education Abroad Program in the UCSD General Catalog.
Interested students should contact the EAP staff in the International
Center.
The Graduate Program
The Department of Anthropology offers graduate training in social,
cultural, and psychological anthropology, anthropological archaeology,
and biological anthropology. The graduate program is designed to provide
the theoretical background and the methodological skills necessary for
a career in research and teaching anthropology at the university level,
and for the application of anthropological knowledge to contemporary
problems. It is assumed that all students enter with the goal of proceeding
to the doctoral degree.
Admission to the graduate program occurs in the fall quarter only.
Graduate Advising
One member of the departmental faculty functions as the graduate adviser.
The role of graduate adviser is to inform students about the graduate
program, approve individual registration forms, and give assistance
with respect to administrative matters. After completion of the requirements
for the masters degree, the chair of the students doctoral
committee serves as the students major adviser.
Any decision to waive a requirement for either the masters degree
or the Ph.D. must be made by a majority of the faculty.
Evaluation
In the spring of each year, the faculty evaluate each students
overall performance in course work, apprentice teaching, and in research
progress. A written assessment is given to the student after the evaluation.
If a students work is found to be inadequate, the faculty may
determine that the student should not continue in the graduate program.
The Master of Arts Degree
Students entering the doctoral program must complete a masters
degree before continuing toward the doctorate. Entering students who
already have a masters degree in anthropology are not permitted
by university regulations to receive a second social science or related
field masters degree, but are required by the department to complete
the requirements for the masters degree. Rare exceptions may be
made on a case by case basis by the consent of the majority of the faculty
and approval of the Office of Graduate Studies and Research.
Requirements for Masters Degree
Required Courses:
230
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Departmental Colloquium (4 quarters, 1 unit each)
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281A-B
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Introductory Seminars (1 unit each)
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295
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Masters Thesis Preparation (112 units)
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Four of the following six core courses, as designated by the sub-field
to which the student has been admitted:
Students must take four core courses out of a total pool of six courses
identified as Core. One of these will be an integrated
core course to be taken during the first year. The other three required
courses
will be specified by faculty of the three sub-fields now identified
within the department (Sociocultural, Anthropological Archaeology,
and Biological Anthropology) for the students admitted to their respective
tracks. Sociocultural students concentrating in Linguistic Anthropology
will take ANGR 263: Anthropology of Language and Discourse as one
of their four required core courses.
ANGR 280A. Core Seminar in Social Anthropology (4 units)
ANGR 280B. Core Seminar in Cultural Anthropology (4 units)
ANGR 280C. Core Seminar in Psychological Anthropology (4 units)
ANGR 280D. Core Seminar in Anthropological Archaeology (4 units)
ANGR 280E. Core Seminar in Biological Anthropology (4 units)
ANGR 280F. Integrated Core Seminar (4 units) (Required for all first
year students)
ANGR 263. Anthropology of Language and Discourse (4 units) (For students
concentrating in Linguistic Anthropology.) Elective Courses
Four elective, letter grade courses are required. Required courses
may not be counted as elective courses, although the Integrated Core
Seminar (ANGR 280F) may be repeated in another year for elective credit
(provided the teaching staff for the course have changed). At least
two of these
elective courses must be within the anthropology department. Other
electives may be taken outside of the department with the approval
of the department
chair or the graduate adviser.
Masters Thesis
Students must complete a masters thesis of roughly sixty pages
which will be due on the first day of the winter quarter of the students
second year. They must have completed three quarters of coursework in
order to begin writing a masters thesis. By the end of the spring
quarter of the students first year, he/she will have a masters
committee in consultation with whom he/she will design the thesis. The
graduate adviser will be responsible for organizing the masters
committees. The thesis will be literature based but will have its own
argument, and will not simply be a review of the literature.
An option open only to anthropological archaeology and biological
anthropology students is to make the literature-based thesis (defended
by the beginning of the winter quarter of the second year) one component
of a larger project involving the collection of original data. Data
collection could begin in the summer after the students first
year and analysis of it could continue after the masters thesis
has been defended. If the thesis includes the analysis of original data
which must be shipped back from the field, the student would write the
thesis during the winter quarter and hand it in on the first day of
the spring quarter.
The Doctoral Degree
Continuation in the doctoral program is granted to students who have
satisfactorily completed the masters program and who have completed
courses and the masters thesis at a level of excellence which
indicates promise of professional achievement in anthropology.
Requirements for the Doctoral Degree
1. Required Courses
In order to achieve candidacy, students must complete two additional
letter grade electives beyond the four required for the Master’s.
2. Research Methods
Students are required to develop a plan for their training in research
methods and present it to the anthropology department faculty on their
proposed dissertation committee in the spring quarter of their second
year.
3. Apprentice Teaching
In order to acquire teaching experience, each student is required
to serve as a Teaching Assistant for at least one quarter anytime during
the first four years of residency. This experience may take place either
in our department or in any teaching program on campus. The relevant
course in the Anthropology Department is ANGR 500: Apprentice Teaching,
taken for 4 units and S/U grade. Upon petition, this requirement may
be waived by the Anthropology Faculty.
4. Foreign Language
Unless a student is planning on fieldwork in English-speaking areas,
knowledge of one or more foreign languages may be essential for the
successful completion of a Ph.D. in anthropology at UCSD. Students will
determine specific language requirements for their degree in consultation
with the faculty and their doctoral committee.
5. Formation of the Doctoral Committee
All students must choose the chair of their doctoral committee by
the end of their second year. They must choose two more internal members
of the doctoral committee by the end of the fall quarter of their third
year. In consultation with the chair of the doctoral committee, two
faculty members from outside the department (one of whom must be tenured)
should be added to the committee by the end of the winter quarter of
the third year.
Anthropologists in other departments who are identified by the faculty
may serve as either inside members or outside members of the committee.
However, there must be at least two inside members from within the department,
and only one outside member may be an anthropologist. The final composition
of the committee is approved by the Office of Graduate Studies and Research.
The chair of the doctoral committee serves as the students adviser
for the remainder of the students program.
6. The Fieldwork Proposal
Advancement to candidacy will be based on the submission of two
to three position papers and a research proposal. The position papers
are intended as a way for students to demonstrate competence in particular
areas of theory, methods, and/or regional studies that are significant
to the dissertation research project. The number of the position papers
and the specific topics they address is to be formulated in consultation
with the student’s committee chair and, as appropriate, with
other members of the student’s dissertation committee. It is
expected that the position papers will amount to some 50–60 pages
and that the research proposal will be in the 20–30 page range.
Students should enroll in directed reading courses (ANGR 298) during
the quarters in which they are writing the position papers. Additionally,
students should also enroll in ANGR 296A-B during the quarters in which
they are writing their dissertation research proposal. A maximum of
three quarters is allowed for the preparation of both the position
papers and proposal. The position papers, research proposal, and the
oral examination for advancement to candidacy must be completed no
later than the end of the spring quarter of the student’s fourth
year.
7. Advancement to Candidacy
?Advancement to doctoral candidacy must take place no later than
the end of the spring quarter of the fourth year. This requires the
successful completion of all coursework requirements, the position
papers, the dissertation research proposal, and an oral qualifying
examination administered by the student’s committee. The proposal
and position papers must be turned into the student’s committee
at least three weeks prior to the examination.
Upon petition, students
may advance to candidacy as early as the spring quarter of the third
year, if all candidacy requirements noted earlier have been satisfied
by that time. This requires the agreement of the graduate adviser, the student’s
dissertation adviser, and other members of his/her committee.
Successful completion of this examination marks the
students advancement to doctoral candidacy. These exams will be
open to the extent that university regulations allow.
8. Dissertation and Dissertation Defense
Upon completion of the dissertation research project, the student
writes a dissertation which must be successfully defended in an oral
examination conducted by the doctoral committee and open to the public.
This examination may not be conducted earlier than three quarters after
the date of advancement to doctoral candidacy. A full copy of the students
dissertation must be in the hands of each of the students doctoral
committee members four weeks before the dissertation hearing. An abstract
of the students dissertation must be in the hands of all faculty
members ten days before the dissertation defense. It is understood that
the edition of the dissertation given to committee members will not
be the final form, and that the committee members may suggest changes
in the text at the defense. Revisions may be indicated, requiring this
examination to be taken more than once. Acceptance of the dissertation
by the university librarian represents the final step in completion
of all requirements for the Ph.D.
9. Time Limits
Pre-candidacy status is limited to four years. Candidates for the
doctorate remain eligible for university support for eight years.
Instructional
support (teaching assistantships) is limited to six years (eighteen
quarters). The doctoral dissertation must be submitted and defended
within nine years. This is in accordance with university policy.
Introduction to Required Core Courses
ANGR 280A. Core Seminar in Social Anthropology. First-year
core seminar focuses on individual action and social institutions.
ANGR 280B. Core Seminar in Cultural Anthropology. First-year
core seminar focuses on personal consciousness and cultural experience.
ANGR 280C. Core Seminar in Psychological Anthropology. First-year
core seminar focuses on motives, values, cognition, and qualities of
personal experience.
ANGR 280D. Core Seminar in Anthropological Archaeology. Integral
part of the training for graduate students focusing on Anthropological
Archaeology. It is one of a set of core anthropology courses available
to graduate students; required of first-year anthropological archaeology
students but open for students in other sub-fields.
ANGR 280E. Core Seminar in Biological Anthropology. This seminar
will examine the central problems and concepts of biological anthropology,
laying the foundation for first-year graduate students in Biological
Anthropology as well as providing an overview of the field for graduate
students in other areas of anthropology.
ANGR 280F. Integrated Core Seminar. Two faculty members from
different sub-fields (sociocultural, anthropological archaeology, and
biological anthropology) address issues of mutual interest, illustrating
areas of overlap between the aspects of anthropology. REQUIRED OF ALL
FIRST-YEAR STUDENTS.
ANGR 281 A-B. Introductory Seminars. These seminars are held
in the first two quarters of the first year of graduate study. Faculty
members will present an account of their current research and interests.
When appropriate a short preliminary reading list will be given for
the particular lecture.
ANGR 263. Anthropology of Language and Discourse. Examines the theoretical
and methodological foundations and principal research questions of
Linguistic Anthropology, providing the fundamentals for graduate study
in this area. (Required for students specializing in Linguistic Anthropology,
as one of their four core courses. Open as an elective course to others.)
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
NOTE: Not all anthropology courses are offered every year.
Please check the quarterly UCSD Schedule of Classes issued
each fall, winter, and spring, for specific courses.
The Melanesian Studies Resource Center and Archive
These facilities embody the substantial interests in the Pacific Basin
that are represented on the UCSD campus and the special prominence of
the UCSD Department of Anthropology in the study of cultures and societies
of Oceania and especially of Melanesia. In cooperation with the UCSD
libraries, the Melanesian Studies Resource Center and Archive has two
major projects. First, there is an ongoing effort to sustain a library
collection of monographs, dissertations, government documents, and journals
on Melanesia that make UCSD the premier center for such materials in
the United States. Second, there is an endeavor to collect the extremely
valuable unpublished literature on Melanesia, to catalog such materials
systematically, to produce topical bibliographies on these holdings,
and to provide microfiche copies of archival papers to interested scholars
and to the academic institutions of Melanesia. This innovative archival
project is intended to be a model for establishing special collections
on the traditional life of tribal peoples as dramatic social change
overtakes them. In the near future, anthropological research on tribal
peoples will take place largely in archives of this kind. These complementary
collections will support a variety of research and teaching activities
and are already attracting students of Melanesia to this campus.
The Melanesian Studies Resource Center and Archive are directed by
members of the Depart-ment of Anthropology faculty, in collaboration
with Geisel Library.
The Archaeological Research Laboratory
Archaeology laboratories were established at UCSD in 1995. The present
facilities are geared to the study of lithics, ceramics, biological
remains, and other small finds retrieved on faculty expeditions in
the old and new worlds, including Belize, Israel, Jordan, and Peru.
Multimedia research, AutoCAD, and other computer based studies are
carried out in the lab. Undergraduate and graduate students are encouraged
to participate in lab studies.
The Biological Anthropology Laboratory
The biological anthropology laboratories have twin missions in teaching
research. They house collections of modern skeletal material and fossil
hominid casts used for teaching both at
the lab
and in local
outreach
presentations. The primary research focus involves a large collection
of histological sections and computerized images of living and postmortem
human and non-human primate brains that were obtained through magnetic
resonance scans. These are reconstructed in 3D using state-of-the-art
equipment for comparative analysis and study of the evolution of the
human brain. Undergraduate and graduate student involvement in the
lab is welcomed.
The Anthropology of Modern Society Faculty Research Group
The Anthropology of Modern Society is a project of graduate training
and research dedicated to the critical study of modernity and its counterpoints.
The group is concerned with the changing nature of membership in modern
society. Its participants focus on issues of citizenship and democracy,
social formations in tension with the nation-state, modern subjectivities,
social and religious movements, governmental rationalities and public
works, transnational markets and migrations, relations of local to
global processes within the current realignments of regional, national,
and transnational sovereignties, and the social life of cities as making
manifest these kinds of concerns. Participants are committed to reorienting
anthropological theory and ethnographic practice towards such contemporary
social and political problems. Guiding this project is the group’s
interest in combining critical theory with a comparative and empirically
grounded study of cases to constitute an anthropology of modernity.
Director: James Holston, Department of Anthropology, (858) 534-0111
Anthropology
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