Courses

Courses offered by the Department of Anthropology span the social sciences, natural sciences, and humanities to provide a broad understanding of human nature and diverse societies in the past and present. We offer three concentrations – archaeology, biological anthropology, and cultural anthropology.

The University of Oregon course catalog offers degree plans and a complete list of undergraduate and graduate courses in the Department of Anthropology. 


Featured Courses

Anthropology houses three subfields, archaeology, biological anthropology, and cultural anthropology. Within each concentration, students have the option to structure their curriculum around clusters of courses related to their particular interests within the department. All courses are subject to availability on a term-by-term basis. Check our course catalog for current offerings.

Anthropology Course 223 - Anthropology of Chocolate

ANTH 223 Anthropology of Chocolate

Instructor: Lynn Stephen

Description: This course explores the impact and meaning that chocolate has had on cultures around the world and on the human body.

Anthropology Course 175 - Evolutionary Medicine

ANTH 175 Evolutionary Medicine

Instructor: Josh Snodgrass

Description: This course helps students to think about their own physical and mental health, including things they can do in order to live a long, healthy, and meaningful life. This course also teaches students how to apply evolutionary and anthropological perspectives to contemporary health problems, and supports them in developing a policy recommendation for an important contemporary public health issue in the US.

Anthropology Course 255 - Atlantis, Aliens and Archaeology

ANTH 255 Atlantis, Aliens and Archaeology

Instructor: Alison Carter

Description: Critically examines pseudoscientific examples of archaeology using case studies from around the world (e.g. the lost city of Atlantis, ancient aliens) and explores how proper scientific archaeological research is conducted.


Projected Courses 2023-2024

Multiple courses offered by the department fulfill many CORE Education Requirements: Science Group (SC), Social Science Group (SSC), and Global Perspectives; and US: Difference, Inequality, Agency) requirements, as listed on the Course Descriptions page.

*Please note that the lists below are tentative and meant for general planning purposes. Course offerings and fulfillments are subject to change or cancellation. Courses that do not have the subject code ANTH and are on the Year Long Schedule, count toward an Elective requirement.

Fall 2023
 
Course Number Course Name Area Major Requirement
100-200
110 Traditional Ecological Knowledge (WEB)  
145 Principles of Archaeology Intro Core
150 World Archaeology Intro Core
161 Intro to Cultural Anthropology Intro Core
163 Origins of Storytelling (WEB) Core Breadth: Biological Anthropology
165 Sexuality and Culture (WEB) Core Breadth: Cultural Anthropology
171 Intro to Monkeys and Apes Core Breadth: Biological Anthropology
175 Intro to Evol Med Core Breadth: Biological Anthropology
176 Intro to Forensics Core Breadth: Biological Anthropology
220 Nutritional Anth (WEB) Core Breadth: Biological Anthropology
278 Science, Race, and Society (WEB) Core Breadth: Biological Anthropology
300
331 Cultures of South Asia CBR: CulAnth / CulAnth Concentration / Anth Elective
340 Fundamentals of Archaeology Arch Concentration / Anth Elective
365 Food and Culture (WEB) CBR: CulAnth / CulAnth Concentration / Anth Elective
366 Human Osteology CBR: BioAnth / BioAnth Concentration / Anth Elective
400-500
410/510 Health Aging Varies
410/510 Climate Change and Society Varies
441 Recent Cultural Theory Fills Multiple Requirements
453/553 African Archaeology Fills Multiple Requirements
467/567 Paleoecology and Human Evolution Fills Multiple Requirements
470/570 Statistics (WEB) Fills Multiple Requirements
471/571 Zooarch Anthropology Elective
475/575 Regarding Remains (WEB)  
600    
610 Conservation JC  
611 Ethnographic Research  
615 Prosem  
610 Isotope Ecology  
685 Professional Writing  

 Winter 2024

Course Number Course Name Area Major Requirement
100-200
119 Anthropology and Aliens (WEB) Core Breadth: Cultural Anthropology
145 Principles of Archaeology Intro Core
161 Intro to Cultural Anthropology (WEB) Intro Core
173 Evol Hum Sex (HYBRID) Core Breadth: Biological Anthropology
220 Nutritional Anthropology Core Breadth: Biological Anthropology
270 Intro to Biological Anthropology Intro Core
255 Atlantis, Aliens, and Archaeology  
300
311 Anth of Globalization Fills Multiple Requirements
320 Native North Americans Fills Multiple Requirements
330 Hunters and Gatherers (WEB) Fills Multiple Requirements
332 Human Mating and Attraction (WEB) Fills Multiple Requirements
343 Pacific Islands Archaeology (WEB) Fills Multiple Requirements
344 Oregon Archaeology Fills Multiple Requirements
349 Origins of Art (WEB) Fills Multiple Requirements
365 Food and Culture (WEB) Fills Multiple Requirements
369 Growth and Development CBR: BioAnth / BioAnth Concentration / Anth Elective
376 Genomics and Anthropology CBR: BioAnth / BioAnth Concentration / Anth Elective
399 Decolonizing Archaeology Varies
399 Cultural Heritage Varies
400-500
410/510 Sex, Gender, Science and the Body Varies
420 Culture Illness and Healing CBR: CulAnth / CulAnth Concentration / Anth Elective
427/527 Latino Roots I Anthropology Elective
479/579 Taphonomy (WEB) CBR: BioAnth / BioAnth Concentration / Anth Elective
487/587 BioAnth Methods CBR: BioAnth / BioAnth Concentration / Anth Elective
600
610 Conservation JC  
610 Problems in Archaeological Interpretation
689 Recent Social Theory  

 Spring 2024

Course Number Course NamE Area Major Requirement
100-200
145 Principles of Archaeology (WEB) Intro Core
161 Intro to Cultural Anthropology Intro Core
163 Origins of Storytelling (WEB)  
170 Intro to Human Evolution  
171 Intro to Monkeys and Apes (WEB)  
176 Intro to Forensics  
260 Domestic Animals  
270 Intro Biological Anthropology Intro Core
274 Animals and People  
300
329 Immigration and Farmworkers  
349 Origins of Art (WEB)  
361 Human Evolution  
362 Human Bio Variation (WEB)  
366 Human Osteology  
373 Psychoactive Substances (WEB)  
399 Great Basin Archaeology and Paleoecology  
400-500
410 Law and Society  
428/528 Latino Roots II  
434/534 Indigenous Peoples of South America  
472/572 Primate Conservation  
481/581 Evol Psych  
456 Peopling of Americas  
600
610 Conservation JC  
610 Ethnography of Institutions  
610 Qualitative Methods  
650 African Studies Seminar