AY25 Department of Anthropology Review and Required Course Listing

Review Courses

Review Courses are 300-level courses with an ANTHRO subject code taught by Anthropology tenure-line faculty.  The only exceptions are methods or proposal writing courses, which are not considered Review courses.  Each review course is 5 units with a letter grade option, and students must receive a grade of B+ or higher.  To satisfy the department review course requirement, graduate students must enroll in a minimum of six Review courses in the first two years of PhD program. 

Autumn Quarter 2024 (1252)
  • ANTHRO 301. History of Anthropological Theory, Culture, and Society – Luhrmann (CS) 
  • ANTHRO 303. Introduction to Archaeology Thought – Bauer (AR) 
  • ANTHRO 345A. Race and Power - Fullwiley (CS)
  • ANTHRO 374. Colonialism - Voss (AR)
  • ANTHRO 372. Urban Ecologies (CS) Ebron
  • ANTHRO 315. Inheritance - Thiranagama (CS)
Winter Quarter 2025 (1254)
  • ANTHRO 300. Reading Theory through Ethnography – Kohrman (CS) 
  • ANTHRO 303A. Contemporary Debates in Archaeological Thought – Trivedi (AR) 
  • ANTHRO 350A. Writing as Intervention - Fullwiley (CS) 
  • ANTHRO 324. Political Anthropology  - Tambar (CS) 
  • ANTHRO 312. Time Travel: Past, Places and Possibilities - Yolacan (CS) 
  • ANTHRO 366. Material Semiotics - Inoue (CS)
Spring Quarter 2025 (1256)
  • ANTHRO 301A. Foundations of Social Theory –  Tambar (CS) 
  • ANTHRO 325. Care: A Critical Inquiry - Garcia (CS) 
  • ANTHRO 343. Culture as Commodity - Ebron (CS) 
  • ANTHRO 335. Multimodal Methods/Med Anthro - Lochlann (CS)
  • ANTHRO 314. Women of Color Feminisms - Flewellen (AR)
  • TBD. Environmental Anthropology - Crane (CS)

Required Courses

Required for Ph.D. First-year students
  • Autumn ANTHRO 301. History of Anthropological Theory, Culture, and Society – Luhrmann (CS) 
  • Autumn ANTHRO 303. Introduction to Archaeology Thought – Bauer (AR)
  • Autumn ANTHRO 310G. Introduction to Graduate Studies in Anthropology – Garcia (AR/CS) 
  • Autumn ANTHRO 444. Anthropology Colloquium (AR/CS) 
  • Autumn ANTHRO 445. Anthropology Lunch Talk Series (AR/CS)
  • Winter ANTHRO 300. Reading Theory through Ethnography – Kohrman (CS) 
  • Winter ANTHRO 303A. Contemporary Debate in Archaeological Thought – Trivedi (AR) 
  • Winter ANTHRO 310G. Introduction to Graduate Studies in Anthropology – Garcia (AR/CS) 
  • Winter ANTHRO 444. Anthropology Colloquium (AR/CS) 
  • Winter ANTHRO 445. Anthropology Lunch Talk Series  (AR/CS)
  • Spring ANTHRO 301A. Foundations of Social Theory – Tambar (CS) 
  • Spring ANTHRO 307. Archaeological Methods and Research Design – Bauer (AR)* 
  • Spring ANTHRO 310G. Introduction to Graduate Studies in Anthropology – Garcia (AR/CS) 
  • Spring ANTHRO 444. Anthropology Colloquium (AR/CS) 
  • Spring ANTHRO 445. Anthropology Lunch Talk Series (AR/CS)
Required for Ph.D. Second-year students
  • Autumn ANTHRO 444. Anthropology Colloquium (AR/CS) 
  • Autumn ANTHRO 445. Anthropology Lunch Talk Series (AR/CS)
  • Winter ANTHRO 306. Anthropological Methods and Research Design – Yolacan (CS)* 
  • Winter ANTHRO 444. Anthropology Colloquium (AR/CS) 
  • Winter ANTHRO 445. Anthropology Lunch Talk SSeries (AR/CS)
  • Spring ANTHRO 307. Archaeological Methods - Bauer (AR)* 
  • Spring ANTHRO 308. Anthropology Proposal Writing Seminar – Thiranagama (CS) 
  • Spring ANTHRO 308A. Archaeology Proposal Writing Seminar – Flewellen (AR) 
  • Spring ANTHRO 444. Anthropology Colloquium - (AR/CS) 
  • Spring ANTHRO 445. Anthropology Lunch Talk Series (AR/CS)
Required for Ph.D. Fourth-year Students
  • Aut/Win/Spr ANTHRO 802. TGR Dissertation – All Tracks [Directed Reading course for ‘0’ units]
Required for Ph.D. Fifth-year Students
  • Aut/Win/Spr ANTHRO 802. TGR Dissertation – All Tracks [Directed Reading course for ‘0’ units] 
  • Optional: ANTHRO 400 -  Dissertation Writers workshop series will be held in the Autumn, Winter and Spring with Professor Luhrmann and Garcia, approximately four sessions per quarter.

* These required ANTHRO AR and CS tracks methods courses are intended for Second-year Ph.D. cohort students in the AR and CS tracks. AR track students may choose to enroll in the AR track methods course in the First year of the Ph.D. 

Non-ANTHRO graduate students, ANTHRO First-year Ph.D. students and ANTHRO M.A. students may enroll in the track-specific methods courses with instructor permission and/or with approval from the Graduate Program Committee by Graduate Petition.

Required for Co-Term M.A. Students

Theory
  • ANTHRO 303. Introduction to Archaeological Theory - (AR)  
  • ANTHRO 303A. Contemporary Debates in Archaeological Thought (AR)
  • ANTHRO 300. Reading Theory through Ethnography – (CS) 
  • ANTHRO 301. History of Anthropological Theory CS - (CS)
  • ANTHRO 301A. Foundations in Social Theory – (CS)
Methods (Co-Term may waive out of requirement based on previous Methods training)
  • ANTHRO 307. Archaeological Methods and Research Design – (AR)  
  • ANTHRO 306. Anthropological Methods and Research Designs – (CS)
Both Tracks
  • ANTHRO 310G: Introduction to Graduate Studies (3x) 
  • ANTHRO 441: Master’s Paper

Required for Terminal M.A. Students

Theory
  • ANTHRO 303. Introduction to Archaeological Theory - (AR)  
  • ANTHRO 303A. Contemporary Debates in Archaeological Thought (AR)
  • ANTHRO 301. History of Anthropological Theory CS - (CS)
  • Optional: ANTHRO 300. Reading Theory through Ethnography – (CS) 
  • Optional: ANTHRO 301A. Foundations in Social Theory – (CS)
Methods
  • ANTHRO 307. Archaeological Methods and Research Design – (AR)  
  • ANTHRO 306. Anthropological Methods and Research Designs – (CS)
Both Tracks
  • ANTHRO 310G: Introduction to Graduate Studies (3x) 
  • ANTHRO 441: Master’s Paper
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