ANTHRO 136B
Introduction to Psychological Anthropology: Current Topics and Research
Description: Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour (when scheduled). Designed for juniors/seniors. Survey of field of psychological anthropology, with emphasis on current topics and research. Topics include study of personality, pathology and deviance, altered states of consciousness, cognition, motivation, and emotion in different cultural settings. P/NP or letter grading.
Units: 4.0
Units: 4.0
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Winter 2022 - This class was is of the most interesting and best classes I have taken at UCLA. We read three books, none of which were too difficult or dense, and wrote an essay about each one plus had two short exams. The essays weren't graded too harshly and the idea was more to engage with the books than to argue a thesis. Hollan is really thoughtful and also works as a psychoanalyst so his approach is pretty fascinating. I got a lot of out of his lectures, and the coursework, not only on an academic level but on a personal level. Some people complained that he does not use slides and does not carefully bullet point concepts in lecture, but it's not really that kind of class, it's more about being legitimately engaged with the materials. My only complaint is that the way he lists out the readings and weekly focuses on the syllabus is pretty confusing!
Winter 2022 - This class was is of the most interesting and best classes I have taken at UCLA. We read three books, none of which were too difficult or dense, and wrote an essay about each one plus had two short exams. The essays weren't graded too harshly and the idea was more to engage with the books than to argue a thesis. Hollan is really thoughtful and also works as a psychoanalyst so his approach is pretty fascinating. I got a lot of out of his lectures, and the coursework, not only on an academic level but on a personal level. Some people complained that he does not use slides and does not carefully bullet point concepts in lecture, but it's not really that kind of class, it's more about being legitimately engaged with the materials. My only complaint is that the way he lists out the readings and weekly focuses on the syllabus is pretty confusing!
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