人类学

Challenge your assumptions – study 人类学. 学习种族之类的话题, 性别, 食物, and the environment in our Sociolcultural Track or focus on Human Evolution, 考古, & Material 文化 to study cultural diversity and material objects. Engage in research to gain insights into different cultures.

比萨的声音

读谢尔比的故事

“I'm thinking about why we create things. This major is about understanding why we make things and what it reflects about us. The creation of art is a mirror for our society.”

谢尔比·奥滕海姆，23岁

人类学专业

学生的经验

研究

Diego Borgsdorf Fuenzalida ' 24, 人类学和西班牙语专业, researches the return of objects and archival documents from the Chilean exile, 是由皮诺切特独裁引发的, 智利的文化机构. His research contributes to the studies of object repatriation, memorialization, 以及博物馆的国家建设.

奖

O ' philia Le 23, an anthropology and environmental analysis double major, was awarded a Fulbright Fellowship to teach English in Taiwan. Our students follow a variety of career paths: Le plans to pursue a career as a public health professional.

人类学课程详情

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你会学到什么

社会文化轨道的目标

可以 to recognize and criti呼叫y engage popular versions of anthropological theories in such non-academic forms as informal conversation and mass-mediated entertainment; and, when these popular versions of anthropological theories are versions of social evolutionism and/or racism, 或者是种族中心主义, be able to identify their fallacies and harmful consequences.
可以, when reading an anthropological article or book, to recognize and criti呼叫y discuss the work’s relationship to major paradigmatic traditions in disciplinary anthropology (e.g., functionalism, structuralism, and semiotic theory).
Question the universality of meanings and practices; be able to identify contingent social orders through comparisons across time and geography and be able to distinguish human phenomena that are, 在不同程度上, 不变量与非变量的不变量.
可以 to relativize–or doubt the absoluteness of–taken-for-granted concepts in their own lives (notably “性别,”“种族,” and “ethnic” identifications) and taken-for-granted institutions and domains in their own social world (such as “the family” and “the economy”).
可以 to analyze the interconnections among economics, 政治, 亲属关系与家庭, 心灵, and expressive and artistic forms–domains conventionally differentiated and separated by the social sciences.
可以 to identify (in particular circumstances) how cultural categories contribute to and reproduce relations of power and inequality.
可以 to plan and conduct ethnographic field research projects at an undergraduate level.

Goals of the Human Evolution, Prehistory, and Material 文化 Studies Track (HEPtrack)

An understanding of the human evolutionary past, in terms of both biological and cultural factors.
An awareness of the biological facts of contemporary human physical diversity and the socio-political implications attached to the concept of “比赛” as a means to label differences through 500 years of history, 特别是在现在的美国.S.
A recognition of diversity in cultural systems, and the roles played by material culture in the negotiation of cultures and the agency practiced by their social enactors.
分析问题的能力, 假设:提出并检验假设, to seek evidence and interpret data rationally, and to recognize one’s own bias as well as the biases of others.
进行原创性研究的能力.

两条轨道的目标

Comprehend and criti呼叫y analyze scholarly works; demonstrate a capacity to distinguish the author’s point of view from the views the author criticizes, 响应, 并以此为基础.
Write cogent, clear research papers and short anthropological essays.

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访问 the 人类学实地小组 page for more information and resources.

人类学实地小组

The major in anthropology requires a minimum of ten courses. The major offers two alternative tracks: the 社会文化追踪 and the Human Evolution, 考古, and Material 文化 Studies (HEAM) Track. The requirements for each are explained below. Both are designed to allow flexibility to accommodate the student’s interests.

不管是哪条轨道, a student may substitute a comparable course for a required course with the permission of the field group. Normally, courses in the student’s major cannot be taken on a pass/no credit basis.

作为他们在匹策的经历的一部分, students are encouraged to undertake internships or Pitzer 出国留学. 人类学 students are not required to write a senior thesis or participate in a senior exercise in order to complete the major. However, this is a requirement for students seeking to graduate with honors.

社会文化追踪

A major in 人类学 (社会文化追踪) requires at least ten courses in anthropology or cross-listed in anthropology, including ANTH 002 PZ -Intro Sociocultural 人类学 , ANTH 105 PZ -Field Methods in 人类学 , and ANTH 153 PZ -历史 Anthropological Theory. The remaining seven electives can be tailored to the student’s interests. We recommend a course on the history of 殖民主义 and/or capitalism and an anthropology course focusing on one country or region. Up to two courses taken during study abroad may be eligible as anthropology electives, if they are approved by the 人类学实地小组.

We are happy to craft a list of suggest courses for students interested in medical anthropology, 性别, 性, 视觉人类学, 人类学与环境, 比赛, 殖民主义, 去殖民化和后殖民主义, 政治人类学, 经济人类学, 语言人类学, 食物人类学, 或者任何其他特定的兴趣.

Human Evolution, 考古, and Material 文化 (HEAM) Studies Track

必修课程

这三门课程:

ANTH 001 PZ -入门考古学 & 生物人类学

ANTH 002 PZ -Intro Sociocultural 人类学

ANTH 101 PZ -Theory and Method in 考古 (or equilvalent, e.g.(经认可的实地学校)

3 elective courses selected from the following list:

ANTH 103 PZ -博物馆:玻璃背后

ANTH 111pz -历史考古学

ANTH 145po -中美洲考古学

class 161 PZ -希腊艺术与考古

class 162 PZ -罗马艺术 & 考古

分类164sc -庞贝 & 维苏威火山的城市

020级PZ -奇妙考古学

CLAS 150BE PZ -The Roman Empire in the East

4 additional elective courses in 人类学 or related fields as approved by advisor (courses from List B may be included as elective choices for category C, 但它们可能不会被计算两次):

ANTH 003 PZ -语言，文化 & 社会

ANTH 009 PZ -食物，文化，力量

ANTH 012 PZ -印第安人 & 环境

环境人类学

CLAS 175 PZ -International Cultural Heritage

EA 068 PZ -民族生态学

历史011 PZ - 1492年以来的世界

Or other elective courses as approved by the advisor.

人类学课程

人类学

•ANTH 001 PZ -入门考古学 & 生物人类学
• ANTH 002 PZ -Intro Sociocultural 人类学
•ANTH 003 PZ -语言，文化 & 社会
•ANTH 009 PZ -食物，文化，力量
• ANTH 010 PZ -Humn Histrs:Onset to 1492(Or So)
•ANTH 011 PZ - 1492年以来的世界
•ANTH 012 PZ -印第安人 & 环境
•ANTH 016 PZ -尼泊尔介绍
•ANTH 030 PZ -参与非洲
•ANTH 045 PZ -法律与文化
• ANTH 049 PZ -Money, Morality and Crisis
• ANTH 050 PZ -Sex, Body and Reproduction
•ANTH 051 PZ -灾难 & 社会
•ANTH 055 PZ -生殖正义
•ANTH 056 PZ -声音人类学
• ANTH 070 PZ -Psychological 人类学
•ANTH 072 PZ -Activism & 拉丁美洲的Soc Mvmts
•ANTH 088 PZ -China:性别，宇宙学 & 状态
•ANTH 098 PZ -巴勒斯坦和以色列
•ANTH 099 PZ -China 21世纪
• ANTH 103 PZ -博物馆:玻璃背后
• ANTH 105 PZ -Field Methods in 人类学
•ANTH 107 PZ -医学人类学
•ANTH 111 PZ -历史考古学
• 环境人类学
•ANTH 115 PZ -全球拉丁美洲
• ANTH 116 PZ -人类学 of Digital 文化
• ANTH 141 PZ -Land, City, 状态 Latin America
• ANTH 153 PZ -历史 Anthropological Theory
•ANTH 154 PZ -你不能教
•ANTH 190 SC -高级研讨会

经典

•班级020 PZ -梦幻考古学
• class 161 PZ -希腊艺术与考古
•class 162 PZ -罗马艺术 & 考古

环境分析

• EA 097 PZ -Social Production of Space
EA 140 PZ -沙漠作为一个地方
•EA 141 PZ -进步与压迫

历史

• HIST 012 PZ -历史 of the Human Sciences
•HIST 098 PZ -巴勒斯坦和以色列

媒体研究

• MS 111 PZ -Perspectives on Photography

人类学的荣誉

The GPA standard for honors in anthropology is a minimum of 3.70 both in courses in anthropology and overall. Exceptions require approval from the 字段组. 为荣誉, the senior must either write a thesis or complete a project approved by the field group for this requirement. 论文(或项目, if you prefer) must be judged outstanding (A quality) by three readers (one from the Pitzer 人类学实地小组, another anthropologist at any of the Claremont colleges, and a third professor from any discipline).

For either the 社会文化追踪 or the Human Evolution, 考古, and Material 文化 Studies (HEAM) Track, up to two courses may be counted for both fields of the combined major. Where no specific courses are listed in the below requirements, the adviser and student will make a determination of what courses will be taken and the adviser will then circulate that outcome to the field group for approval.

社会文化追踪

A combined major in anthropology (社会文化追踪) requires at least seven courses in anthropology or cross-listed in anthropology, including ANTH 002 PZ -Intro Sociocultural 人类学 nd either ANTH 105 PZ -Field Methods in 人类学 or ANTH 153 PZ -历史 Anthropological Theory.

The remaining five electives can be tailored to the student’s interests. We recommend a course on the history of 殖民主义 and/or capitalism and an anthropology course focusing on one country or region. Up to two courses taken during study abroad may be eligible as anthropology electives, if they are approved by the 人类学实地小组.

Human Evolution, 考古, and Material 文化 Studies (HEAM) Track

A combined major in anthropology (Human Evolution, Prehistory and Material 文化 Studies Track) requires at least seven courses in anthropology or cross-listed in anthropology, including ANTH 001 PZ -入门考古学 & 生物人类学 and ANTH 101 PZ -Theory and Method in 考古 (or the PO field methods course, 或经批准的暑期实习学校). 除了, students will take two courses from the advanced courses listed in the catalog for the major; normally, this will include ANTH 111pz -历史考古学. 最后, students will take at least three other courses in anthropology, 与顾问协商后选择的.