Anthropology Courses at UCSD
Every Anthropology course at University of California, San Diego, with difficulty, workload, and ratings. 197 courses · 707 ratings across the web
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Easiest course
ANTH21
Race and Racisms · 40/100 difficulty
Most challenging
HDS191
Field Research in Human Development · 79/100 difficulty
All Anthropology Courses (197)
ANTH23Debating Multiculturalism: Race, Ethnicity, and Class in American Societies
3.9 out of 5 stars3.9· 95 ratings
ANTH2Human Origins
4.0 out of 5 stars4.0· 61 ratings
ANTH21Race and Racisms
4.3 out of 5 stars4.3· 56 ratings
HDS1Introduction to Human Developmental Sciences
3.5 out of 5 stars3.5· 41 ratings
ANTH101Foundations of Social Complexity
3.5 out of 5 stars3.5· 28 ratings
ANSC148Global Health and Cultural Diversity
3.5 out of 5 stars3.5· 27 ratings
ANTH102Humans Are Cultural Animals
3.2 out of 5 stars3.2· 25 ratings
ANTH1Introduction to Culture
4.3 out of 5 stars4.3· 24 ratings
ANTH10Climate Justice
3.9 out of 5 stars3.9· 22 ratings
ANBI141The Evolution of Human Diet
4.1 out of 5 stars4.1· 20 ratings
ANTH103Sociocultural Anthropology
4.2 out of 5 stars4.2· 19 ratings
ANLD2
2.5 out of 5 stars2.5· 18 ratings
HDS60Introduction to Statistical Analysis
5.0 out of 5 stars5.0· 15 ratings
ANTH4Words and Worlds: Introduction to Linguistic Anthropology
3.3 out of 5 stars3.3· 12 ratings
HDS191Field Research in Human Development
2.8 out of 5 stars2.8· 11 ratings
ANLD3
2.7 out of 5 stars2.7· 10 ratings
ANSC100Special Topics in Sociocultural Anthropology
4.4 out of 5 stars4.4· 10 ratings
ANPR106
3.5 out of 5 stars3.5· 8 ratings
ANSC122Language in Society
4.7 out of 5 stars4.7· 8 ratings
ANSC125Gender, Sexuality, and Society
4.3 out of 5 stars4.3· 8 ratings
ANSC184Food, Culture, and Society
4.4 out of 5 stars4.4· 8 ratings
HDS110Brain and Behavioral Development
3.1 out of 5 stars3.1· 8 ratings
ANAR153
2.7 out of 5 stars2.7· 7 ratings
ANBI100Special Topics in Biological Anthropology
3.7 out of 5 stars3.7· 7 ratings
ANBI140The Evolution of the Human Brain
3.5 out of 5 stars3.5· 7 ratings
ANPR105
2.5 out of 5 stars2.5· 7 ratings
ANBI159Biological and Cultural Perspectives on Intelligence
2.6 out of 5 stars2.6· 6 ratings
ANSC118Language and Culture
3.9 out of 5 stars3.9· 6 ratings
ANSC166Film and Culture in Asia
4.8 out of 5 stars4.8· 6 ratings
ANTH3Global Archaeology
4.0 out of 5 stars4.0· 6 ratings
ANTH402
2.6 out of 5 stars2.6· 6 ratings
HDP133
3.9 out of 5 stars3.9· 6 ratings
HDS133Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Developmental Science
3.5 out of 5 stars3.5· 6 ratings
ANBI116Human Sexuality in an Evolutionary Perspective
4.8 out of 5 stars4.8· 5 ratings
ANBI139Evolution of Human Disease
5.0 out of 5 stars5.0· 5 ratings
ANBI173How Monkeys See the World
3.4 out of 5 stars3.4· 5 ratings
ANGN107
2.6 out of 5 stars2.6· 5 ratings
ANSC101AKorean Wave Media and Cultural Change
5.0 out of 5 stars5.0· 5 ratings
ANSC120Religion and Culture
4.0 out of 5 stars4.0· 5 ratings
ANSC142Anthropology of Latin America
4.2 out of 5 stars4.2· 5 ratings
HDS171Diversity in Human Development: A Cultural Competency Approach
4.2 out of 5 stars4.2· 5 ratings
HDS181Experimental Projects in Human Development Research
4.4 out of 5 stars4.4· 5 ratings
ANGN106
3.3 out of 5 stars3.3· 4 ratings
ANGN125
4.8 out of 5 stars4.8· 4 ratings
ANGN181
2.8 out of 5 stars2.8· 4 ratings
ANSC131Language, Law, and Social Justice
3.0 out of 5 stars3.0· 4 ratings
ANSC180Capitalism and Gender
4.5 out of 5 stars4.5· 4 ratings
ANTH322
3.3 out of 5 stars3.3· 4 ratings
HDS175Power, Wealth, and Inequality in Human Development
5.0 out of 5 stars5.0· 4 ratings
ANAR135
3.6 out of 5 stars3.6· 3 ratings
ANAR156The Archaeology of South America
3.6 out of 5 stars3.6· 3 ratings
ANSC121Psychological Anthropology
4.7 out of 5 stars4.7· 3 ratings
ANSC136Traditional Chinese Society
4.0 out of 5 stars4.0· 3 ratings
ANSC137Chinese Popular Religion
3.4 out of 5 stars3.4· 3 ratings
ANSC169Culture and Environment: Research Seminar and Practicum
5.0 out of 5 stars5.0· 3 ratings
ANSC175Beyond Capitalism: The Future of Money, Work, and Nature
3.6 out of 5 stars3.6· 3 ratings
ANTH111Religion and Ecology: How Religion Matters in the Anthropocene
5.0 out of 5 stars5.0· 3 ratings
ANTH87First-year Student Seminar
5.0 out of 5 stars5.0· 3 ratings
CTSJ140
5.0 out of 5 stars5.0· 3 ratings
ANBI109Brain Mind Workshop
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ANBI111Human Evolution
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ANBI112Methods in Human Comparative Neuroscience
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ANBI114Methods in Primate Conservation
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ANBI117Ancient Genomics: Who We Are and How We Got Here
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ANBI118Technology on the Go: Mobile Tools for Human Biology
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ANBI120Ethical Dilemmas in Biological Anthropology
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ANBI121The Original Moonshot: The Voyaging Achievements of the Polynesian Ancestors
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ANBI130Biology of Inequality
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ANBI131Biology and Culture of Race
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ANBI132Conservation and the Human Predicament
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ANBI133Planet of the Apes: Evolution and Ecology of the Great Ape
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ANBI134Human Evolutionary Genetics
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ANBI135Genetic Anthropology Lab Techniques
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ANBI136Human Comparative Neuroanatomy
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ANBI143The Human Skeleton
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ANBI143GSThe Human Skeleton in Paris
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ANBI144Human Anatomy
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ANBI144GSThe Human Anatomy in Paris
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ANBI145Bioarcheology
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ANBI146Stable Isotopes in Ecology
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ANBI148Not by Genes Alone: The Ecology and Evolution of Primate Behavior
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ANBI149Social and Behavioral Epigenetics
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ANBI175Paleofantasy: The Evidence for Our Early Ancestors
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ANBI176Indigenous Knowledge and Climate Change
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ANGN120
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ANGN172
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ANSC101Aging: Culture and Health in Late Life Human Development
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ANSC103Mexico
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ANSC104The US-Mexico Border
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ANSC105Global Health and Inequality
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ANSC105GSGlobal Health and Inequality
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ANSC106Global Health: Indigenous Medicines in Latin America
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ANSC106GSGlobal Health: Indigenous Medicines in Latin America
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ANSC107Capitalism and Empire
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ANSC108Capitalism and Money
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ANSC109Capitalism and the State
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ANSC110Societies and Cultures of the Caribbean
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ANSC113Language, Style, and Youth Identities
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ANSC114Food Cultures of South Asia
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ANSC117Transgenderisms
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ANSC119GSGesture, Communication, and the Body
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ANSC123Political Anthropology
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ANSC124Cultural Anthropology
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ANSC125GSGender, Sexuality, and Society
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ANSC126Childhood and Adolescence
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ANSC127Discourse, Interaction, and Social Life
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ANSC129Meaning and Healing
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ANSC130Hinduism
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ANSC132Sex and Love
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ANSC133Peoples and Cultures of the Middle East
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ANSC134The Politics of Environmental Change
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ANSC135Indigenous Peoples of Latin America
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ANSC135GSIndigenous Peoples of Latin America
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ANSC139Native American Health and Healing
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ANSC141Language and Political Action
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ANSC143Mental Health as Global Health Priority
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ANSC144Immigrant and Refugee Health
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ANSC145Indigenous Peoples of North America
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ANSC146A Global Health Perspective on HIV
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ANSC147Global Health and the Environment
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ANSC149Conflict, Health, and Inequality
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ANSC150Culture and Mental Health
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ANSC151US-Mexico Border Ethnographies
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ANSC152Social Justice in South Asia
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ANSC153War in Lived Experience
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ANSC154Gender and Religion
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ANSC155Humanitarian Aid: What Is It Good For?
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ANSC156Mad Films: Cultural Studies of Mental Illness in Cinema
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ANSC159The Anthropology of Marriage
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ANSC160Nature, Culture, and Environmentalism
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ANSC162Language, Identity, and Community
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ANSC164Introduction to Medical Anthropology
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ANSC165Contemporary South Asia
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ANSC167
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ANSC171Multimodal Methods in Ethnography
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ANSC173Ethnography in Practice
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ANSC177Step Into Anthrohistory: The Past and Its Hold on the Future
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ANSC178Brain, Mind, Culture, and History
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ANSC181Animal Affairs
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ANSC183Visualizing the Human: Film, Photography, and Digital Technologies
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ANSC185#BlackLivesMatter
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ANSC186Gender and Incarceration
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ANSC187Anthropology of Mental Health in Israel and the Diaspora
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ANSC188Cultures of Healing
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ANSC189Social Justice in South Asia
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ANSC190Yoga Practices: From Banaras to Beverly Hills
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ANSC190GSMedicine and Healing in South Asia
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ANSC191Stories and Selves
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ANSC191GSEveryday Life in South Asia: Beyond the Clichés
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ANSC192Liberation Bound: Struggles Against Capitalism and Imperialism Worldwide
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ANSC192AUS Empire: What Is It?
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ANSC192GSRethinking Poverty and Development
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ANSC193Capitalism and Nature
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ANSC193GSHuman Rights and Environmental Justice
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ANSC194Language, Migration, Borders
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ANSC196Human Rights Advocacy Seminar
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ANTH104Transforming the Global Environment
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ANTH105Climate Change, Race, and Inequality
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ANTH106Climate and Civilization
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ANTH107Designing for Disasters, Emergencies, and Extreme Weather
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ANTH108Indigenous Peoples, Extractive Development, and Climate Change
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ANTH109Climate Change, Cultural Heritage, and Vulnerability
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ANTH110The Climate Change Seminar
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ANTH112Regenerative Science and Human Ecology
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ANTH113Methods in Environmental Anthropology: Case Studies
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ANTH120Climate Change in California: Problems and Solutions
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ANTH128AClimate Action Scholars: Community Engagement and Research
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ANTH128BClimate Action Scholars: Capstone Project
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ANTH130Decolonizing the Body
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ANTH131Anthropology of AI
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ANTH192Senior Seminar in Anthropology
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ANTH195Instructional Apprenticeship in Anthropology
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ANTH196AHonors Studies in Anthropology
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ANTH196BHonors Studies in Anthropology
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ANTH196CHonors Studies in Anthropology
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ANTH20Environmental Anthropology: Human Dimensions of Climate Change
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ANTH24Mapping Capitalism
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ANTH25What Makes Us Human? Hands-On Research in Anthropology
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ANTH30Decolonizing the Body
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ANTH42Primates in a Human-Dominated World
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ANTH43Introduction to Biology and Culture of Race
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ANTH45Wisdom and Ecstasy
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ANTH46Islamophobia is Racism
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ANTH5The Human Machine
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HDP111
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HDS111Evolutionary Principles in Human Development
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HDS120Language Development
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HDS121The Developing Mind
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HDS122Development of Social Cognition
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HDS150Senior Seminar
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HDS160Special Topics Seminar in Human Developmental Sciences
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HDS173Race, Media, and Identity Development Across the Lifespan
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HDS193Advanced Research in Human Developmental Sciences
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HDS195Instructional Apprentice in Human Developmental Sciences
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HDS95Career Development Seminar
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HPD133
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