ANTHRO 130
Study of Culture
Description: Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour (when scheduled). Requisite: course 9. Designed for juniors/seniors. Twentieth-century elaboration and development of concept of culture. Examination of five major paradigms: culture as human capacity, as patterns and products of behavior, as systems of meaning and cognition, as generative structure and semiotic system, as component in social action and reality construction. (Core course for cultural field.) P/NP or letter grading.
Units: 4.0
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All right, she's an okay teacher. I absolutely do NOT recommend her to ANYONE. Lectures are word for word her slides, the readings aren't all that interesting (and rather useless for the class as a whole), and her midterm exam was ESCRCIATING! The midterm was filled with vague "critique this passage as an anthropologist" questions... seems easy right? Imagine my surprise when my coherent, cogent, well thought out critique of Margaret Mead and was met with 7 points taken off with NO comments! OH! If you take this class do whatever you can to NOT have Camila as your TA. She is absolutely TERRIBLE! Not only was she useless (she wouldn't answer questions if we didn't participate), she also LAUGHED AT US when we DID ask questions! I would leave every discussion feeling like a child who had just been sent to time out. She was no help at all!
All right, she's an okay teacher. I absolutely do NOT recommend her to ANYONE. Lectures are word for word her slides, the readings aren't all that interesting (and rather useless for the class as a whole), and her midterm exam was ESCRCIATING! The midterm was filled with vague "critique this passage as an anthropologist" questions... seems easy right? Imagine my surprise when my coherent, cogent, well thought out critique of Margaret Mead and was met with 7 points taken off with NO comments! OH! If you take this class do whatever you can to NOT have Camila as your TA. She is absolutely TERRIBLE! Not only was she useless (she wouldn't answer questions if we didn't participate), she also LAUGHED AT US when we DID ask questions! I would leave every discussion feeling like a child who had just been sent to time out. She was no help at all!
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Fall 2025 - I absolutely loved Professor Thein. The class was about political imprisonment and the lectures were incredibly engaging. She does not take attendance but does have days where we do in-class assignments where you turn in a physical paper, however she announces the dates of these assignments ahead of time. Despite attendance not being mandatory, I would still recommend attending, so far this has been one of my favorite classes here. Professor Thein's area of study is so interesting and she is incredibly knowledgeable about the subject. The grade is made up of 4 response papers and based on lecture attendance (if attendance isn't super sparse throughout the quarter) she will drop the lowest score. The final project consisted of a podcast about any topic relating to political imprisonment which she grades herself (tas only grade response papers) but she is not a harsh grader. There are multiple opportunities for extra credit that mainly involve being in class and turning in something, so super easy to get. Overall, this class was pretty easy, but also incredibly interesting. 10/10 would recommend.
Fall 2025 - I absolutely loved Professor Thein. The class was about political imprisonment and the lectures were incredibly engaging. She does not take attendance but does have days where we do in-class assignments where you turn in a physical paper, however she announces the dates of these assignments ahead of time. Despite attendance not being mandatory, I would still recommend attending, so far this has been one of my favorite classes here. Professor Thein's area of study is so interesting and she is incredibly knowledgeable about the subject. The grade is made up of 4 response papers and based on lecture attendance (if attendance isn't super sparse throughout the quarter) she will drop the lowest score. The final project consisted of a podcast about any topic relating to political imprisonment which she grades herself (tas only grade response papers) but she is not a harsh grader. There are multiple opportunities for extra credit that mainly involve being in class and turning in something, so super easy to get. Overall, this class was pretty easy, but also incredibly interesting. 10/10 would recommend.
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