Below is a list of the Department of Anthropology's course offerings for the 2026-2027 academic year.
- This list is tentative and subject to change. Please check the UCSB Public Schedule of Classes or your UCSB GOLD for up to date offerings.
- For ANTH 99, 198, 199, 199RA, please reach out to the ANTH Undergrad Program Coordinator.
Fall 2026
Lower Division Courses
No prerequisites
- ANTH 1: Introduction to Human Health (GE C)
- ANTH 3: World Archaeology (GE D, WORLD, WRIT)
- ANTH 5: Introductory Biological Anthropology (GE C, QNT, WRIT)
- ANTH 8: Health Beyond Borders (GE D)
Upper Division Courses
No GE unless stated
- ANTH 105BW: Biology of Women (formerly ANTH 197BW) (GE C)
Prerequisites: ANTH 5 Recommended
Upper Division Standing - ANTH 113 / CH ST 109: Indigenous People and the State in the Americas
Prerequisites: ANTH 2 or CH ST 1A or CH ST 1B or CH ST 1C
Upper Division Standing - ANTH 125: Anthropology of Gender
Prerequisites: ANTH 2
Not open to freshmen - ANTH 130: International Development and Population Health
Upper Division Standing - ANTH 152 / ENV S 151: Environmental Anthropology
Prerequisites: ENV S 1 or ENV S 3 or ANTH 2
Upper Division Standing - ANTH 164: The Origins of Complex Societies
Prerequisites: ANTH 3 or ANTH 3SS
Upper Division Standing - ANTH 169: Evolution of Cooperation
Prerequisites: ANTH 5 or ANTH 7
Upper Division Standing - ANTH 182M: Introduction to Lithic Analysis
Prerequisites: ANTH 3 or ANTH 3SS or ANTH 100
Upper Division Standing - ANTH 197CT: Caring for Transformation: The Affect of Social Justice
Upper Division Standing - ANTH 197IL: Pathways of Indigenous Laws in Mexico
Upper Division Standing
Graduate Courses
Undergraduates interested in taking Graduate Level Courses will have to fill out the Petition to Enroll in a Graduate Course.
- ANTH 235A: Foundations of Modern Social Theory
- ANTH 245IA: Evolutionary Anthropology Lab
Winter 2027
Lower Division Courses
No Prerequisites
- ANTH 2: Introductory Cultural Anthropology (GE D, WORLD)
- ANTH 5: Introductory Biological Anthropology (GE C, QNT, WRIT)
- ANTH 8: Health Beyond Borders (GE D)
Upper Division Courses
No GE unless stated
- ANTH 102: Activist Anthropology
Prerequisites: ANTH 2
Upper Division Standing - ANTH 108: Educating the Native
Upper Division Standing - ANTH 118EC: Ethnography as Care
Prerequisites: ANTH 2
Upper Division Standing - ANTH 129: Ethnographic Research Methods
Upper Division Standing - ANTH 132: Anthropology of Law
Not Open to Freshmen - ANTH 135: Cultural Anthropology of Mexico (GE D, WORLD, WRIT)
Prerequisites: ANTH 2
Upper Division Standing - ANTH 137: The Ancient Maya (GE D, WORLD)
Upper Division Standing - ANTH 170: Behavioral Ecology of the Family
Prerequisites: ANTH 5
Upper Division Standing - ANTH 174: Amazonia
Prerequisites: ANTH 2
Upper Division Standing - ANTH 182M: Introduction to Lithic Analysis
Prerequisites: ANTH 3 or ANTH 3SS or ANTH 100 - ANTH 193: Preparing for Graduate School and the Job Market
ANTH Majors/Minors
Upper Division Standing - ANTH 197ER: Sensory Ecologies
Upper Division Standing - ANTH TBD: Anatomy
- ANTH TBD: ANTH Food and Nutrition
Graduate Courses
Undergraduates interested in taking Graduate Level Courses will have to fill out the Petition to Enroll in a Graduate Course.
- ANTH 206GW: Archaeology of Warfare or Archaeology of Sustainability and Collapse
- ANTH 235B: Issues in Contemporary Anthropology
- ANTH 239A: Research Design and Writing in Archaeology
- ANTH 241A: Current Findings in Biological Anthropology
- ANTH 257S: Surveillance
Spring 2027
Lower Division Courses
No Prerequisites
- ANTH 1: Introduction to Human Health (GE C)
- ANTH 2: Introductory Cultural Anthropology (GE D, WORLD)
- ANTH 3: World Archaeology (GE D, WORLD, WRIT)
- ANTH 8: Health Beyond Borders (GE D)
Upper Division Courses
No GE unless stated
- ANTH 104AH: Anthropology of Health
Prerequisite: ANTH 5
Upper Division Standing - ANTH 106: Cultural Evolution
Upper Division Standing or Consent of the Instructor - ANTH 113 / CH ST 109: Indigenous People and the State in the Americas
Prerequisite: ANTH 2 or CH ST 1A or CH ST 1B or CH ST 1C
Upper Division Standing - ANTH 117LF: Love and Friendship
Upper Division Standing - ANTH 119R: Anthropology of Resistance
Not Open to Freshmen - ANTH 133: Cultural Development in Mesoamerica
Upper Division Standing - ANTH 138TS: Archaeology of Egypt (GE, WORLD, WRIT)
Upper Division Standing - ANTH 147 / ENV S 138: Water and Society
Prerequisite: ENV S 1 or ENV S 3 or ANTH 2
Upper Division Standing - ANTH 195A: Anthropology Honors Program: Research Design
Admission to the ANTH Honors Program or Consent of the Instructor
ANTH Major
Upper Division Standing - ANTH 197CT: Caring for Change: The Affect of Social Justice
Upper Division Standing
Graduate Courses
Undergraduates interested in taking Graduate Level Courses will have to fill out the Petition to Enroll in a Graduate Course.
- ANTH 203: Race, Racism, and Anti-Racism in Anthropology
- ANTH 241B: Current Methods in Biological Anthropology
- ANTH 245IA: Evolutionary Anthropology Lab
- ANTH 250RP: Ethnography as Care