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Classes

UCSD Alumni Association Award for
Excellence in Teaching, 2008 (Video Link)

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Present & Future Classes
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Contact Information (Address, Office Hours, &c.)
Student Resources Used in Past Classes

(Because I am retired, my teaching load is somewhat limited. Sorry about that.)

Present & Future Classes

Fall, 2008
- Roosevelt College "Making of the Modern World" sequence (Quarter 1)
  Description, Track C Web Site), Four-Track Central Web Site
Winter & Spring, 2008
- Unknown Courses (waiting for a storm of student suggestions)

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Recent Classes

Graduate Courses

The Ethnography of Christianity (HUMA-602D), Spring, 2007. (Description)
(This course was offered at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.)
The Ethnography of Christianity (AnGr 226), Spring, 2008. (Description)

Undergraduate Four-Unit Courses

Roosevelt College "Making of the Modern World" sequence (Quarter 1)
(Description)
Chinese Popular Religion (AnRg 173), Spring 2005. (Description)
Traditional Chinese Society (AnSC 136, formerly numbered AnRg 170) (Description) (Web Page)

One-Unit Undergraduate Seminars (AnLD 90, AnLD 87, & AnPr 192)

(What is a one-unit seminar are why are there three numbers for them?)

Most Ancient China (Anth 087) (Description)
Sixth College Honors Seminar (Sxth 20) (Description, Web Page)
Taiwan (Anth 087, formerly numbered AnLD 87 and AnLD 90) (Description)
Language in China (AnLD 90), Fall, 2006.(Description)
Foundation Myths of Chinese Culture (AnLD 90), Winter, 2006. (Description)
Ethnography of Christianity (AnLD 90), Spring, 2006. (Description
Taiwan (AnLD 90), Spring, 2006. (Description)
Chinese Festivals (AnLD 90), Winter, 2004 (Description )
Chinese Orientations to Life (AnLD 90), Spring, 2003 (Description)
Chinese Gods & Temples (AnLD 90), Spring, 1997; Spring 1999. (Description)
Nahuatl: Language of the Aztecs (AnLD 90), Winter, 2006.(Description)
Aztecs (AnLD 90, AnLD 87), Spring, 2004 (Description)
Aztecs (AnLD 90), Winter 2002 (Description)
Peoples of the Ancient Southwest (AnLD 90), Spring, 2004. (Description)
Archaeology of the Maya (AnLD 90), Winter 2000. (Description)
Archaeology of the Southwest (AnLD 90), Autumn 1996. (Description)
Archaeology of Central Mexico (AnLD 90), Spring 1996. (Description)

Discontinued 4-Unit Classes

(When I became an administrator in 1994, I was no longer required to teach, although I continued to do so on a reduced scale. This has continued to be the case now that I am retired. Several classes taught in the past have dropped off the end of the approval shelf because they have not been taught for a long time. Just for the record, here is a list of some of these. Graduate students interested in pursuing some of these topics are invited to discuss the matter with me.)

Anthropology & Language (AnGr 276) (discontinued)
Anthropology & "The Web" (AnGr 250, 2 units, S/U), Autumn, 1997 (discontinued).
(Description) Although this course has been discontinued, some materials have been converted to a simple on-line guide, How to Make a Web Page.
Taiwan (AnGr 207) (discontinued — may be revived in 2008)
Culture & Personality in China (AnRg 172) (discontinued)
Chinese Familism (AnRg 171) (discontinued)
Language in Society (AnGn 149) (now taught by different faculty)
Warren Scholars Seminar (Warr 11B), Winter, 1997. (Description) (reconfigured)

UCSD Students Rejoice Hysterically at Being in Jordan's Class
(Picture shows simulated joy.)
Sound of (Carefully Selected) Student After a Jordan Lecture:

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