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2012-2014 General Catalog Course Supplement and Policies and Requirements Addendum11194HC. Undergraduate Honors Thesis inAnimal Science (4)Lecture—1 hour; laboratory—9 hours. Prerequisite:Neurobiology, Physiology, and Behavior 101, AnimalBiology 103; minimum cumulative GPA of3.200 and selection by the Honors Selection Committee.Students will carry out a research project(chosen from faculty-suggested or approved proposals)during the academic year under the guidance ofa faculty member. Upon completion, student willwrite a thesis and present a public seminar describinghis/her research. (Deferred grading only, pendingcompletion of sequence.) GE credit:SciEng | SE, WE.(change in existing course—eff. winter 13)AnthropologyNew and changed courses inAnthropology (ANT)Lower Division3. Introduction to Archaeology (4)Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Developmentof archaeology as an anthropological study; objectivesand methods of modern archaeology. GEcredit: SciEng or SocSci, Div | SE, SL.(change in existing course—eff. winter 13)13. Scientific Method in PhysicalAnthropology (4)Lecture—2 hours; laboratory/discussion—1 hour;fieldwork—1 hour. Skills for scientific thinking;designing, implementing, analyzing, interpreting,presenting, and criticizing research. Collection andanalysis of original data. Basic statistical methods.GE credit: SciEng or SocSci, Wrt | OL, SE, VL, WE.(change in existing course—eff. winter 13)20. Comparative Cultures (4)Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Introduction tothe anthropological study of cultural diversity. Casestudies of eight societies will be presented to illustrateand compare the distinctive features of majorcultural regions of the world. Concludes with a discussionof modernization. GE credit: ArtHum orSocSci, Div | ACGH, AH or SS, DD, WC, WE.(change in existing course—eff. winter 13)30. Sexualities (4)Lecture/discussion—4 hours. Introduction to thestudy of sexuality, particularly to the meanings andsocial organization of same-sex sexual behavioracross cultures and through time. Biological and culturalapproaches will be compared, and currentNorth American issues placed in a wider comparativecontext. GE credit: ArtHum or SocSci,Div | ACGH, AH or SS, DD, WC.(change in existing course—eff. winter 13)50. Evolution and Human Nature (4)Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Evolutionaryanalyses of human nature, beginning with Lamarck,Darwin, Spencer and contemporaries, and extendingthrough social Darwinism controversies to contemporaryevolutionary anthropology research onhuman diversity in economic, mating, life-history,and social behavior. GE credit: SciEng or SocSci,Div, Wrt | SE or SS, SL, WE.(change in existing course—eff. winter 13)54. Introduction to Primatology (4)Lecture/discussion—3 hours; term paper. Basic surveyof the primates as a separate order of mammals;natural history and evolution of primates; considerationof hypotheses for their origin. GE credit:SciEng | SE, SL, WE.(change in existing course—eff. winter 13)Upper Division103. Indigenous Peoples and NaturalResource Conservation (4)Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite:course 2 or Geology 1 or Environmental Scienceand Policy 30. Integration of the interests of residentand indigenous peoples with the conservation of naturalresources and ecosystems, using case studyexamples from both the developing and the developedworld. Not open for credit to students whohave completed course 121N. (Former course121N.) GE credit: SocSci | ACGH, DD, OL, SS,WC, WE.(change in existing course—eff. winter 13)105. Evolution of Societies and Cultures (4)Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite:course 1 or 2 or Environmental Science and Policy30 or Evolution and Ecology 100 or Biological Sciences101. Interdisciplinary study of social and culturalevolution in humans. Culture as a system ofinheritance, psychology of cultural learning, cultureas an adaptive system, evolution of maladaptations,evolution of technology and institutions, evolutionarytransitions in human history, coevolution of geneticand cultural variation. Only two units of credit to studentswho have completed Environmental Scienceand Policy 101 or course 101 prior to fall 2004.(Same course as Environmental Science and Policy105.) GE credit: SocSci, Wrt | QL, SS, WC, WE.(change in existing course—eff. fall 11)123AN. Resistance, Rebellion, and PopularMovements (4)Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite:course 2 or the equivalent. Analysis of popular protestin Third World and indigenous societies rangingfrom covert resistance to national revolts. Comparativecase studies and theories of peasant rebellions,millenarian movements, social bandits, Indian“wars”, ethnic and regional conflicts, gender andclass conflicts. Not open for credit to students whohave completed course 123B. (Former course123B.) GE credit: SocSci | SS, WC, WE.(change in existing course—eff. winter 13)124. Religion in Society and Culture (4)Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite:course 2. Discussion of anthropological theories ofreligion with emphasis on non-literate societies. Surveyof shamanism, magic and witchcraft, ritual andsymbols, and religious movements. Extensive discussionof ethnographic examples and analysis ofsocial functions of religious institutions. GE credit:ArtHum or SocSci, Div, Wrt | AH or SS, WC, WE.(change in existing course—eff. winter 13)134. Buddhism in Global Culture (4)Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite:one lower division course in Anthropology, Sociology,History, or Religious Studies. Buddhist meditationand ritual as a cultural system that adapts toglobal and local forces of change. Anthropologicaltheory and method in understanding global culturetransmission, including Buddhist reform movementsin Asia and Buddhist practice in the West. Limitedenrollment. GE credit: ArtHum or SocSci, Div,Wrt | AH or SS, WC, WE.(change in existing course—eff. winter 13)154BN. Primate Evolutionary Ecology (5)Lecture—3 hours; lecture/discussion—1 hour; termpaper. Prerequisite: course 1 or introductory coursein evolutionary biology or ecology. Examination ofthe ecology of primates within an evolutionaryframework. Theoretical concepts in individual, population,and community ecology, illustrated with primate(and other vertebrate) examples. Includestopics in primate and rainforest conservation. GEcredit: SciEng, Wrt | QL, SE, VL, WE.(change in existing course—eff. winter 13)154C. Behavior and Ecology of Primates (2)Lecture/discussion—2 hours. Prerequisite: course54, 154A, or 154BN; Statistics 13 or its equivalent.Scientific methods of studying, describing and analyzingthe behavior and ecology of primates.Offered in alternate years. (P/NP grading only.) GEcredit: SE.—Isbell(change in existing course—eff. winter 13)154CL. Laboratory in Primate Behavior (4)Laboratory—6 hours; term paper. Prerequisite:course 54, 154A, or 154BN; Statistics 13 or itsequivalent. Design and conduct of scientific “fieldstudies” of the behavior of group-living primates atthe California National Primate Research CenterOffered in alternate years. GE credit: SciEng | OL,SE, WE.—Isbell(change in existing course—eff. winter 13)156A. Human Osteology (4)Lecture—2 hours; laboratory—4 hours. Prerequisite:course 1 or equivalent. Human skeleton from archaeological,forensic, and paleontological perspectives,including anatomical nomenclature, variation withsex and age, function, evolution, growth, and developmentof bones and teeth. Hands-on study andidentification of human skeletal remains. Cannot betaken by students who have previously completedcourse 156. GE credit: SciEng | SE.(change in existing course—eff. winter 13)156B. Advanced Human Osteology (4)Lecture—2 hours; laboratory—4 hours. Prerequisite:course 156A or equivalent. Human skeletons fromarchaeological, forensic, and paleontological contexts.Bone and tooth structure, growth, and development;measurement, statistics, and biomechanics;assessment of age, sex, weight, height, and ancestry;and indicators of illness, injuries, diet, and activities.Offered in alternate years. GE credit:SciEng | SE.(change in existing course—eff. winter 13)157L. Laboratory in AnthropologicalGenetics (2)Lecture—1 hour; laboratory—3 hours. Prerequisite:course 1 or Biological Sciences 1A, and eitherGenetics 100 or enrollment in course 157 (concurrentlyor following). Methods for identifying geneticvariation in human blood group antigens, serum proteinsand red cell enzymes (hemaglutination), generalelectrophoresis on starch, cellulose acetate andpolyacrylamide, immunodiffusion and immunoelectrophoresison agarase. (P/NP grading only.) GEcredit: QL, SE.(change in existing course—eff. winter 13)159. Molecular Anthropology of NativeAmerica (4)Seminar—3 hours; term paper. Prerequisite: course1 or Biological Sciences 1B or consent of instructor.Use of DNA and other genetic polymorphisms to testhypotheses regarding genetic relationships amongdifferent Native American tribal groups and aboutprehistoric population replacements and migrationsto and within the Americas. Integration with craniometric,archaeological, paleoenvironmental, linguisticand ethnohistorical evidence. GE credit:SciEng | QL, SE.—D. G. Smith(change in existing course—eff. winter 13)160. Neandertals and Modern HumanOrigins (4)Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite:course 1 or equivalent. Origins, evolution, and disappearanceof Neandertals. Emergence of humanslike us in both anatomy and behavior. Interpretationof the fossil and archaeological records of Europeand Africa. Genetics of living and fossil humans.Offered in alternate years. GE credit:SciEng | SE.—Weaver(change in existing course—eff. winter 13)Quarter Offered: I=Fall, II=Winter, III=Spring, IV=Summer; 2013-2014 offering in parenthesesPre-Fall 2011 General Education (GE): ArtHum=Arts and Humanities; SciEng=Science and Engineering; SocSci=Social Sciences; Div=Domestic Diversity; Wrt=Writing ExperienceFall 2011 and on General Education (GE): AH=Arts and Humanities; SE=Science and Engineering; SS=Social Sciences;ACGH=American Cultures; DD=Domestic Diversity; OL=Oral Skills; QL=Quantitative; SL=Scientific; VL=Visual; WC=World Cultures; WE=Writing Experience