ANTHR 1     CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY

Units: 3
Prerequisites: Reading Level II.
Limitations on Enrollment: None.
Advisories: None.

This course is a survey of various contemporary cultures which seeks to promote an awareness of cross-cultural uniformity and diversity.  The basic concepts in cultural anthropology such as kinship, economic, political systems, and symbolic organization including religion, ritual, and folklore are discussed along with issues of social inequality and culture change.
(UC, CSU, CAN ANTH 4)
 

 

ANTHR 2     PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY

 

Units: 3
Prerequisites: Reading Level II.
Limitations on Enrollment: None.
Advisories: None.

This course is an introduction to physical evolution of human from the earliest hominid forms to modern groups.  Drawing from biological, geological, and anthropological data, the course examines the various forces acting on evolutionary primate development.  The course also examines human physical variations in contemporary populations and discusses the problem of racial classification.  (UC, CSU, CAN ANTH 2)
 

 

ANTHR 2L     PHYSICAL  ANTHROPOLOGY LABORATORY

Units: 1
Prerequisites: Completion of or concurrent enrollment in ANTHR 2.
Limitations on Enrollment: None.
Advisories: None.

This course is designed as a laboratory course which supplements ANTHR 2 (Anthropology 2).  Students become familiar with the process used in identifying and analyzing human skeletal remains the physical evidence used in the study of primate evolution including fossilization, geological time scale and archaeological reconstruction of prehistoric activities, comparative osteology of non-human primates, primate behavior, paleoanthropology, and the development of stone tool technologies.  (UC, CSU)
 

 

ANTHR 4     INTRODUCTION TO LINGUISTICS

Units: 3
Prerequisites: Reading Level II.
Limitations on Enrollment: None.
Advisories: None.

This course is an introduction to the study of language in theory and practice.  Students explore what is known about human language, its uniqueness, its structure, its use, its diversity, and its universality.  An effort is made to analyze the relationship between language, culture, and social levels. (UC, CSU)
 

 

ANTHR 6     INTRODUCTION TO NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS

Units: 3
Prerequisites: None.
Limitations on Enrollment: None.
Advisories: None.

This course is a comparative study of selected native American Indians and cultures from the Arctic to Panama, utilizing ethnographical and archaeological materials.  (UC, CSU)
 

 

ANTHR 10     INTRODUCTION TO ARCHAEOLOGY

 

Units: 3
Prerequisites: None.
Limitations on Enrollment: None.
Advisories: None.

This course is a survey of the development of archaeology as an anthropological study, with particular emphasis on the contributions of archaeology toward supplementing man's understanding of the development of human culture.  The objectives, methods, and techniques of modern archaeology are combined with a survey of major archaeological sites and cultures.
(UC, CSU, CAN ANTH6)
 

 

ANTHR 12A     BEGINNING FIELD ARCHAEOLOGY

Units: 1
Prerequisites: Completion of, or concurrent enrollment in, ANTHR 10
Limitations on Enrollment: None.
Advisories: None.

This course is a beginning applied archaeology course which offers students opportunity to do field and or laboratory research.  The field work includes site survey and excavation.  The laboratory work emphasizes treatment, classification, and initial analysis of artifacts and data recovered through excavations.  (UC, CSU)
 

 

ANTHR 12B     INTERMEDIATE FIELD ARCHAEOLOGY

Units: 1
Prerequisites: Completion of, or concurrent enrollment in, ANTHR 10
Limitations on Enrollment: None.
Advisories: None.

This course is a beginning applied archaeology course which offers students opportunity to do field and or laboratory research.  The field work includes site survey and excavation.  The laboratory work emphasizes treatment, classification, and initial analysis of artifacts and data recovered through excavations.  (UC, CSU)
 

 

ANTHR 15     SELECTED TOPICS: ANTHROPOLOGY

Units: 1 - 2
Prerequisites: Reading level II.
Limitations on Enrollment: None.
Advisories: None.

This course is designed to offer instruction in one of the specialized areas of anthropology not already covered by the existing curricula. (UC, CSU)
 

 

ANTHR 50H     SPECIAL STUDIES: ANTHROPOLOGY

Units: 1 - 2
Prerequisites: Presentation of a project acceptable to the instructor and the division chairperson; ANTHR 1, 2 or 10 with a grade of "B" or better.
Limitations on Enrollment: None.
Advisories: None.

This course is designed to allow qualified students qualified to do advanced work in the field.  This course includes research, directed reading, field work, or other advanced study.  The course may be repeated for a maximum of 4 units.  (UC, CSU)
 

 

ANTHR 75     SELECTED TOPICS: ANTHROPOLOGY

Units: 0.5 - 3 
Prerequisites: None. 
Limitations on Enrollment: None. 
Advisories: None.

This course is designed to offer instruction in one or more of the specialized areas of anthropology not covered by the existing curriculum. Units earned in this course do not count toward an associate degree.