Associate Degree in Anthropology

Anthropology is the holistic study of human, from biological, socio-cultural, historical, and political-economic perspectives. Courses in Physical Anthropology focus on the biological/physical aspects of humans, tracing our origins, evolutionary development, genetic diversity, and relationship to other species. Courses in Archaeology emphasis and understanding human behavior through the study of the material artifacts that people have left behind.

Courses in Cultural Anthropology study how people construct their social and cultural lives in different societies around the world. Through anthropology courses, students learn to understand the human experience across cultures and through time, develop a greater appreciation for cultural diversity as well as a better understanding of our own society and culture.

Introduction to Physical Anthropology

• Course Number: ANTHR 1
• Units: 3
• Class: 3 hours lecture (GR)
• Acceptable for credit: CSU, UC

Description: Study of human beings and their ancestors: Emphasis on relationships to other mammals, physical record of evolution, and processes responsible for evolution. 2202.00

AA/AS area 1 CSU area B2 IGETC area 5B

Physical Anthropology Laboratory

• Course Number: ANTHR 1L
• Units: 1 unit
• Class: 4 hours laboratory (GR)
• Prerequisite or corequisite: ANTHR 1
• Acceptable for credit: CSU, UC

Description: Adjunct laboratory to ANTHR 1: Emphasis on working with replicas of bones and visits to museums and zoos to study primate behavior and hominid evolution. 2202.00

CSU area B3 IGETC area 5C

Introduction to Archaeology and Prehistory

• Course Number: ANTHR 2
• Units: 3
• Class: 3 hours lecture (GR)
• Acceptable for credit: CSU, UC

Description: World prehistory as reconstructed from the archaeological and physical evidence of cultural beginnings through the early agricultural civilizations of Africa, America and Euro-Asia: Archaeological methods, techniques and problems. 2202.00

AA/AS area 2; CSU area D1; IGETC area 4A (C-ID: ANTH 150)

Introduction to Social and Cultural Anthropology

• Course Number: ANTHR 3
• Units: 3
• Class: 3 hours lecture (GR)
• Acceptable for credit: CSU, UC

Description: Cross-cultural analysis of social and cultural factors of human behavior in the recent past and present. 2202.00

AA/AS area 2; CSU area D1; IGETC area 4A (C-ID: ANTH 120)

Magic, Religion and Witchcraft

• Course Number: ANTHR 7
• Units: 3
• Class: 3 hours lecture (GR)
• Acceptable for credit: CSU, UC

Description: Comparative study of religion, magic, and supernatural beliefs and practices: Dynamics and function of religion and magic in human societies. 2202.00

AA/AS area 2, 3; CSU area D1; IGETC area 4A

American Mosaic: The Cultures of the United States

• Course Number: ANTHR 14
• Units: 3
• Class: 3 hours lecture (GR)
• Acceptable for credit: CSU, UC

Description: Study of the cultures of the United States from the perspective of ethnic identity, ethnic relations, sex and gender, socio-economic class, religion, music and politics: Anthropological methods and approaches to enhance exploration of the United States’ history and socio-cultural lifeways. 2202.00

AA/AS area 2, 5; CSU area D1, D3; IGETC area 4A

Anthropology of Sex and Gender

• Course Number: ANTHR 19
• Units: 3
• Class: 3 hours lecture (GR)
• Acceptable for credit: CSU, UC

Description: Formation of sexual and gender identities from a cross- cultural, cross-societal perspective Biological and historical understandings of male/female difference, Female body, alternative sexualities, female power in the public sphere, mother-child relations and gender-related violence Consideration of contemporary globalized societies and gendered behavior in smaller-scale societies. 2202.00

AA/AS area 2; CSU area D1, D1; IGETC area 4A, 4D

Selected Topics in Anthropology

• Course Number: ANTHR 48GA-MZ
• Units: .5-5
• Class: 0-5 hours lecture, 0-15 hours laboratory (GR)
• Acceptable for credit: CSU, UC◆

Independent Study in Anthropology

• Course Number: ANTHR 49
• Units: .5-5
• Class: .5-5 hours lecture (GR)
• Acceptable for credit: CSU, UC◆

Selected Topics in Anthropology

• Course Number: ANTHR 248GA-MZ
• Units: .5-5
• Class: 0-5 hours lecture, 0-15 hours laboratory (GR)