ANTHRO 2
Archaeology: Introduction
Description: Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour; one field trip. Required as preparation for both bachelor's degrees. General survey of field and laboratory methods, theory, and major findings of anthropological archaeology, including case-study guest lectures presented by several campus archaeologists. P/NP or letter grading.
Units: 5.0
Units: 5.0
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Fall 2017 - This class wasn't even a backup class for me when I was registering during orientation this fall, but somehow I signed up and it was the best decision I could have made for my continuously sinking GPA. Tests are the same as the study guide, labs take place during discussion which is basically free points, and the essay is 5 pages and not hard. Acabado forever.
Fall 2017 - This class wasn't even a backup class for me when I was registering during orientation this fall, but somehow I signed up and it was the best decision I could have made for my continuously sinking GPA. Tests are the same as the study guide, labs take place during discussion which is basically free points, and the essay is 5 pages and not hard. Acabado forever.
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Fall 2023 - Easy class, cool professor. There's no Midterms or Final, just a take-home exam (given 2-3 days to complete) that takes 2 hours max to complete every other week. Show up to discussions (yes, they do take attendance) and do the readings- it will help you for the exams.
Fall 2023 - Easy class, cool professor. There's no Midterms or Final, just a take-home exam (given 2-3 days to complete) that takes 2 hours max to complete every other week. Show up to discussions (yes, they do take attendance) and do the readings- it will help you for the exams.
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Fall 2025 - Professor Lesure is a great professor who is very passionate about archaeology. His lectures are pretty engaging, even for someone who tends to hate anything history-adjacent. The class is graded based on two midterms, a final, two papers, two quizzes, and participation in section. The papers are pretty easy and are pretty lenient depending on your TA; they're only about 2 pages long double spaced. The midterms are each 20 questions and are very reasonable if you study based on the study guide that he posts and do the readings. The final is the same but 40 questions (sometimes more that may give extra credit), and is semi-cumulative with most of the content being from the last 3 weeks of the class. The quizzes are pretty easy and sort of fun to do.
Fall 2025 - Professor Lesure is a great professor who is very passionate about archaeology. His lectures are pretty engaging, even for someone who tends to hate anything history-adjacent. The class is graded based on two midterms, a final, two papers, two quizzes, and participation in section. The papers are pretty easy and are pretty lenient depending on your TA; they're only about 2 pages long double spaced. The midterms are each 20 questions and are very reasonable if you study based on the study guide that he posts and do the readings. The final is the same but 40 questions (sometimes more that may give extra credit), and is semi-cumulative with most of the content being from the last 3 weeks of the class. The quizzes are pretty easy and sort of fun to do.
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Fall 2020 - Super easy GE, i finished the course by W8. Two 3-4 page papers but he drops the lowest and 5 quizzes during the quarter and also drops lowest so I only needed to do one paper and 4 quizzes. My TA only took attendance grades for 8 weeks so once I had enough I stopped going. Quizzes mainly based on lecture and not the readings. If there was a problem on the readings, I usually just hunted for the answer during the quiz instead of reading it before. Copy paste the lecture transcripts into a word doc to find some answers and have ppts up for quiz
Fall 2020 - Super easy GE, i finished the course by W8. Two 3-4 page papers but he drops the lowest and 5 quizzes during the quarter and also drops lowest so I only needed to do one paper and 4 quizzes. My TA only took attendance grades for 8 weeks so once I had enough I stopped going. Quizzes mainly based on lecture and not the readings. If there was a problem on the readings, I usually just hunted for the answer during the quiz instead of reading it before. Copy paste the lecture transcripts into a word doc to find some answers and have ppts up for quiz
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