Anthropology

Fire Big Ideas Course

About

Fire is a part of the California landscape, and while many have come to dread fire season, this has not always been the case. “Fire: Past, Present and Future Interactions with the People and Ecosystems of California” (Anthropology C12AC / Environmental Science, Policy, and Management C22AC) joins the expertise of Anthropology professor Kent Lightfoot and Environmental Science, Policy, and Management professor Scott Stephens. Jointly, they prompt students to investigate how our interactions with wildfires in California have changed dramatically over the centuries, and to learn from...

2021 AC Excellence in Teaching Award


"This class opened up my mind and asked me to challenge everything I had ever considered at face value. I am humbled by the course and I also feel like I am a better communicator, listener, and thinker because of it."

- UC Berkeley Student in AC course, Spring 2021

The AC classroom is unique and uniquely UC Berkeley - in an Anthropology course, you may have majors from Engineering, Data Science, Geography, and Public Health, a first-semester freshman, and a final semester transfer...