Anthropology 118 TS, Archaeology of the Ancient Near East

This course combines archaeology and history to trace the development of the cultures of the ancient Near East from the origins of civilization through the rise of empires, ending with the conquest of Alexander the Great in c. 300 BCE.
http://www.anth.ucsb.edu/faculty/stsmith/courses/118TS.html

Anthropology 121 MS/Global Studies 121, Historical World Systems

Eurasian systems of trade pre-1825: The major trade systems, modes of production, cultures of banking, credit and trust, early expressions of identity ethnicity and knowledge of others, trade's impact in the pre-industrial world: distribution of wealth, knowledge, and power. Focus on Bronze and Iron age Eastern Mediterranean and Medieval South and East
Asia. Spring 2001.

Anthropology 132 TS, Ceramic Analysis In Archaeology

This class will present students with an overview of how ceramics are used in archaeology. Topics will include pottery manufacture, classification, stylistic and functional analysis, scientific analysis, chronology, production and exchange, ceramic consumption and socio-political organization. Spring 2001.
http://www.anth.ucsb.edu/faculty/stsmith/courses/132TS.html

Anthropology 138 TS, Archaeology of Ancient Egypt

Selected topics on the archaeology of ancient Egypt, incorporating the latest archaeological discoveries from sites like the Great Pyramids and Valley of the Kings. Places the impressive monuments of this great civilization in the context of the rise and development of Egyptian civilization. Throughout there will be an emphasis on material culture as source for the political, social and economic dynamics of ancient Egypt. Winter 2002.
http://www.anth.ucsb.edu/faculty/stsmith/courses/138TS.html

Anthropology 176 TS, Ancient Egyptian Religion

Ancient Egyptian religion is examined from massive temples and pyramids to modest offerings and simple burials. The interaction of sacred and secular is considered through examination of the role of the individual, society, and the state in shaping religious beliefs.
Spring 2002. http://www.anth.ucsb.edu/faculty/stsmith/courses/176TS.html

Chemistry 150, Analytical Chemistry

Principles of analytical chemistry including classical techniques, spectrophotochemistry, electroanalytical techniques, and separation processes.
http://www2.chem.ucsb.edu/%7Elaverman/Chem150/index.html

Chemistry 150 L, Analytical Chemistry Laboratory

Students will perform experiments in several areas of analytical chemistry including ravimetric, volumetric, electroanalytical, spectrophotometric, and separation techniques. Analyses of water, blood, consumer products, and industrial alloys are carried out.

Chemistry 153, Advanced Analytical Techniques

Principles of analytical methodology, as in spectroscopy, electronanalysis, and chromatography. Applications to environmental problems, forensic and clinical analysis, and industry. Analysis of solids and surfaces.
http://www.chem.ucsb.edu/%7Elaverman/Chem153/index.html

Classics 50, Introduction to Classical Archaeology

This course examines the techniques and methods of Classical Archaeology as revealed through an examination of the major monuments and artifacts of the Greco-Roman world from Prehistory to the Late Empire.

Classics 160, Greek Cities and Sanctuaries

This course surveys the evidence for the primary archaeological sites of the Archaic, Classical, and Hellenistic Greek world, with special emphasis on town planning and architectural responses to important Greek institutions such as colonization and democracy.

This course examines the art of painting and its social context in Greek antiquity, including monumental wall painting, vase painting, and the relationship between these and other media from Prehistory to the Hellenistic period.

History 111 A, Greek history from the Bronze Age to 399 BC

Survey of Greek history from the Bronze Age (ca. 3000-1000 BC) to the trial of Sokrates in 399 BC. Topics include development and collapse of late Bronze Age or Mycenaean Greek civilization, the rise of the polis ("city-state") in the eighth century BC, and the development of Athenian democracy during the fifth century BC. Winter 2001.

History 111 B, Greek history from 399 to 30 BC

Survey of Greek and Near Eastern history from the end of the Peloponnesian War (404 BC) to the Roman conquest of Egypt in 30 BC. Topics include the struggle for hegemony in fourth century Greece, Alexander the Great and the formation of the Hellenistic monarchies, and culture, ethnicity, and technology in the Hellenistic world. Spring 2001.

History 111 P, Proseminar in Greek history

Directed research and writing resulting in the production of a senior paper. Normally restricted to senior history majors. Spring 2001.

History of Art 101 A, Archaic Greek Art (750 to 480 B.C.E.)

Painting, sculpture, and architecture in Greece from c750 to c480 B.C.E. considered in their social and cultural contexts. Emphasis on the emergence of representational practices during a time of social formation.

History of Art 101 B, Classical Greek Art (480 to 320 B.C.E.)

Painting, sculpture, and architecture in Greece from c480 to c320 B.C.E. considered in their social and cultural contexts. Emphasis on fifth-century Athens.

History of Art 101 C, Hellenistic Greek Art

Painting, sculpture, and architecture in Greece from 336 to 30 B.C.E. considered in their social and cultural contexts. Emphasis on relations between Greek and other cultures of the ancient Mediterranean after Alexander and during the rise of Rome.

History of Art 101 D, Ancient Egyptian Art

Painting and sculpture in Egypt from the fourth millenium to the first century B.C.E. Emphasis on the relations between visual representation and religious and political practice, including special attention to the formation and maintenance of the canonical tradition.

History of Art 101 E, Tel Dor Archaeological Field School

Introduction to archaeological excavation technique, artifact analysis, and the archaeology of the Levant (Middle Bronze Age to Late Imperial Roman). Students participate in six-week summer excavation season at Tel Dor, Israel, including lectures on the history and archaeology of the Levant, practica in archaeological method, and field trips to archaeological sites and museums in Israel.

History of Art 103 A, Roman Architecture

The architecture and urban image of Rome and the Empire from the Republic through the Constantinian era. Emphasis on topography of Rome, and on recent archaeological activity in Greece and Turkey.

History of Art 103 B, Roman Art: From Republic to Empire (509 B.C. to A.D. 337)

Painting, sculpture, and decorative arts of the Romans from the Republic to the Empire, from Romulus to Constantine. Social, economic, and cultural background emphasized. Recent archaeological activity in Rome, Italy, Greece and Turkey covered.

History of Art 103 C, Greek Architecture

The architecture of the Greek world from the archaic period through the Hellenistic Age. Emphasis on recent archaeological activity in Greece and Turkey. Extensive coverage of Greek urbanism in Magna Graecia and Asia Minor. Case studies of Sardis, Ephesos, and Aphrodisias.

Religious Studies 116C, Archaeology and the Study of Religion

An examination of the uses of archaeologcal materials to reconstruct the history of religions in the ancient world, with special attention to the relationships between material culture, religious iconography, epigraphy, and sacred texts.

Religious Studies 128A, Religion and Spirituality in the Roman Empire

Introduction to the "pagan" spirituality: rites marking the seasonal and life cycles, syncretism and muliticulturalism, initation into religious associations, symbolic, iconographic, and structural evidence offered by archaeological data.

Religious Studies 128C, Sacred Geography of the Ancient Mediterranean

A survey of religious sites in polytheism and early Christianity. After general introduction to the sites, the topos of sacred space and ritual, and the methods of secondary research for archaeological materials, students produce audoivisual presentations in seminar format.

Anthropology 275, Problems in Archaeological Ceramic Analysis

Current methods and techniques of ceramic analysis for graduate students. Covers both theoretical issues and data acquisition and analysis, including residue analysis.
Spring 2002.

Anthropology 276, Culture Contact and Interaction

This graduate seminar examines culture contact's role in human history, with an emphasis on how the combination of archaeological, historical, ethnohistorical and ethnographic data can yield insights into the dynamics of interactions between different groups at various times and places.

History 201 E, Readings in Greek History

Advanced study in a field of the professor's specialty. Readings in 201 E examine archaeological methods and ideology. Winter 2001.

History 211 A-B, Research Seminar in Greek History

Topics vary; participants may choose to write their seminar using primarily archaeological evidence. Winter-spring 2002: Greek warfare. Upcoming in 2002-03 or 2003-04: houses and households in ancient Greece.

Religious Studies 251A, Seminar in Hellenistic Religions

Historical and critical examination of selected figures, texts, and phenomena pertaining to Graeco-Roman religion.