ANTHROPOLOGY

School of Arts and Social Sciences

ANTHROPOLOGY (ANTH)

ANTH-01 INTRODUCTION TO BIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY

4 units: 3 hours lecture, 3 hours lab.
CSU & UC Transferable
(C-ID: ANTH 110)
(CSU breadth area B2/B3) (IGETC area 5B/5C)
Advisory: ENGL-01A.

This survey course deals with the study of human biological heritage and physical variability. Genetics, the fossil evidence and theories of human evolution, forensic anthropology, primatology and current bioethical issues will be discussed. The laboratory portion of the course will include exercises in: genetics, human variation, skeletal analysis, forensic anthropology, evolution and the fossil record, and primate anatomy and behavior. The philosophy of science and the scientific method serve as the foundation for this course. (9/16)

ANTH-02 SOCIOCULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY

3 units: 3 hours lecture.
CSU & UC Transferable
(C-ID: ANTH 120)
(CSU breadth area D) (IGETC area 4)
Advisory ENGL-01A

This course is an introduction to the study of human culture and the concepts, theories, and methods used in the comparative study of socio- cultural systems. Subjects include subsistence patterns, social and political organization, language and communication, family and kinship, religion, the arts, social inequality, ethnicity, gender, and culture change. The course applies anthropological perspectives to contemporary issues. (05/19)

ANTH-10 SOUTHEAST ASIAN CULTURE: HMONG

3 units: 3 hours lecture.
CSU & UC Transferable
(CSU breadth area D) (IGETC area 4)
Advisory: ENGL-01A

This course surveys the basic ideas and social constructs of Southeast Asian Cultures, especially the cultures of the new Southeast Asian groups of people in California: Hmong, Mien, Lue, Lao, Cambodian, and Vietnamese. Emphasis will be placed on issues of cultural ethnicity, family life style, educational background, and socio-political organization of each group in the past and in the United States. (05/19)

ANTH-12 ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS OF MEXICO AND CENTRAL AMERICA

3 units: 3 hours lecture.
CSU & UC Transferable
(CSU breadth area C2) (IGETC area 3B)
Advisory: ENGL-01A.

This is a survey course covering the art, architecture, calendar, economy, history, ideology, religion, social/ political institutions, worldview, and other cultural achievements of the civilizations of Mesoamerica, including the Aztecs, Maya, Zapotecs, Teotihuacanos, Olmecs, and those of West Mexico. The course will focus on the development of states from the Early Formative Period up through the Spanish invasion and its aftermath, integrating anthropological theory with evidence from archaeology, monumental art, and ethnohistoric and hieroglyphic records. The persistence and influence of ancient traditions in modern cultures of Mexico and Central America will be discussed. (12/22)