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We study ARCHAEOLOGY where we look at societies of the past through their surviving traces. 

We study CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY where we look at the custom, law, religion, sexuality and life of peoples around the world, and around the corner. We study others and we study ourselves

We study PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY where we look at evolution, race, fossils, sex, primates, and the effect of the environment on the human body.

ANTHROPOLOGY is an active and exciting field where we study humanity. We read, we research, and we do our own fieldwork. We study about other cultures and then we visit some of them. We study community affairs and urban problems, we study culture, contact, and sexual behavior. WE study drug use, religion, and all the activities, both sacred and secular that humans do. We study humanity.

• MUSEUM

  The Merritt Museum of Anthropology is now located in the Library.
  It is open Monday through Thursday, 7:45 A.M until 7:00 P.M. and  Friday from 7:45 A.M. until 3:00 P.M.  Come Visit! Call the Museum office at 510.436.2607

• FIELD SCHOOL

  The Merrit Field School is unique among community colleges and offers students the rare opportunity to study themselves and others in a supportive and cooperative setting.

• FACULTY

Barbara Joans, Ph.D
Director, Merritt, Museum of Anthropology
Ph.D, CUNY Graduate School, NYC
Dr. Joans is an American Anthropologist whose specialties include legal and subcultural anthropology. Major areas of  cultural anthropology include sex and culture change.

Leslie Fleming, M.A.
Director, Merritt Field School
MA, San Francisco State University
Ms. Fleming is both a cultural and a physical anthropologist specializing in biological evolution and community organization.

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• Introduction to Physical Anthropology
  Study of human beings and their ancestors. Emphasis on relationships to other mammals, physical record of evolution and process responsible for evolution
   
• Introduction to Archaeology and Prehistory
  Human culture from its' origins to the rise of ancient civilizations of both the old and new worlds: History and development of the concepts and methods of anthropological archaeology.
   
• Introduction to Social and Culural Anthropology
  Cross-cultural analysis of social and cultural factors of human behavior in recent past and present.
   
• Aztec, Inca, Maya; Classic Civilization in the America's
  Study of the classic civilizationsof Mesoamerica and South America. An examination of Archaeological field methods and techniques
   
• American Indian History and Culture
  Survey of North American Indians: Traditional ways of life and history both before and after contact with Europeans. Current trends in Native American socio-economic and cultural development. Recent political and social movements
   
• Anthropological Perspectives: Magic, Religion, and Witchcraft
  A comparitive study of religion, magic, and supernatural beliefs
   
• Anthropology Through Film
  A study of gender, race, class, and morality through the use of ethnographic films. Both small scale societies and American society will be examined.

• Urban Anthropology
  A study of communities in urban settings, and a cross-cultural approach to urban lifestyles: Learn about the rise and fall of great urban centers in Asia, Africa, Europe and the Americas

• Male and Female Anthropological Perspective
  A comparitive approach to the study of sex roles:Biological bases, cultural contexts and social dynamics of human sex role differences; anthropological perspective for analyzing gender roles cross-culturally and in American society.

• Sex and Society
  A cross-cultural approach stressing the biological, cultural, social, and legal aspects of human sexuality: Biological evolution, sexual preferences, abortion, pornography, prostitution and expanded family forms as they relate to changing laws, customs, and emerging political groups.

• Physical Anthropology Laboratory
  An adjunct laboratory to ANTHR1 Work with replicas of bones and visit museums and zoos to study primate behavior and hominid evolution.
   
• Anthropology Museum
  Introduction to Museology including the history, function and goals of museums. Practical application in collecting, cataloging, conserving, exhibiting, and reproducing the art, domestic implements and tools of folk societies.

• Anthropology Field School
  The field school class prepares students to be competent in a variety of cultural settings. Emphasis is placed upon cross-cultural understandings, field methodologies, data collecting, and student survival skills. This class prepares students for the Merritt Anthropology Field School Experience.

• ANTHR 48NA-TZ Selected Topics in Anthropology

• ANTHR 49 Independent Study in Anthropology