ANTHR 1
Introduction to Physical Anthropology
3 units, 3 hours lecture (GR or P/NP)
Acceptable for credit: CSU, UC
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 GE Area 1; CSU GE Breadth Area B2, B3 (with ANTHR 1L satisfies lab requirement); IGETC Area 5B, 5C (with ANTHR 1L satisfies lab requirement)
ANTHR 1L
Physical Anthropology Laboratory
1 unit, 4 hours laboratory (GR or P/NP)
Prerequisite or corequisite: ANTHR 1
Acceptable for credit: CSU, UC
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 GE Breadth Area B3 (with ANTHR 1); IGETC Area 5C (with ANTHR 1)
ANTHR 2
Introduction to Archaeology and Prehistory
3 units, 3 hours lecture (GR or P/NP)
Acceptable for credit: CSU, UC
World prehistory as reconstructed from the archeological and physical evidences of cultural beginnings through the early agricultural civilizations of Africa, America and Euro-Asia: Archeological methods, techniques and problems. 2202.20
AA/AS GE Area 2; CSU GE Breadth Area D; IGETC Area 4
ANTHR 3
Introduction to Social and Cultural Anthropology
3 units, 3 hours lecture (GR or P/NP)
Acceptable for credit: CSU, UC
Cross-cultural analysis of social and cultural factors of human behavior in the recent past and present. 2202.00
AA/AS GE Area 2; CSU GE Breadth Area D; IGETC Area 4
ANTHR 4
Ancient Civilizations: Aztec, Inca, Maya
3 units, 3 hours lecture (GR or P/NP)
Acceptable for credit: CSU, UC
Study of Meso-American and ancient South American peoples and cultures: Study using the methods and theories of anthropological archeology. 2202.00
AA/AS GE Area 2; CSU GE Breadth Area D; IGETC Area 4
ANTHR 5
American Indian History and Culture
3 units, 3 hours lecture (GR or P/NP)
Also offered as Hist 1. Not open for credit to students who have completed or are currently enrolled in Hist 1.
Acceptable for credit: CSU, UC
Survey of North American Indians: Traditional ways of life and history both before and after contact with Europeans; current trends in American Indian socio-economic and cultural development. 2202.00
AA/AS GE Area 2, 5; CSU GE Breadth Area D; IGETC Area 4
ANTHR 7
Magic, Religion and Witchcraft
3 units, 3 hours lecture (GR or P/NP)
Acceptable for credit: CSU, UC
Comparative study of religion, magic, and supernatural beliefs and practices: Dynamics and function of religion and magic in human societies. 2202.00
AA/AS GE Area 2, 3; CSU GE Breadth Area D; IGETC Area 4
ANTHR 13
Urban Anthropology
3 units, 3 hours lecture (GR or P/NP)
Acceptable for credit: CSU, UC
Study of communities in urban settings and a cross-cultural approach to urban life styles: Rise and fall of great urban centers in Asia, Africa, Europe, and the Americas. 2202.00
AA/AS GE Area 2; CSU GE Breadth Area D; IGETC Area 4
ANTHR 16
Sex and Society
3 units, 3 hours lecture (GR or P/NP)
Acceptable for credit: CSU, UC
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 emergent political groups. 2202.00
AA/AS GE Area 2; CSU GE Breadth Area D; IGETC Area 4
ANTHR 18
Introduction to Anthropological Linguistics
3 units, 3 hours lecture (GR or P/NP)
Acceptable for credit: CSU, UC
Introduction to the study of language: How linguists describe human languages and exploration of how they developed, change and function in human societies. 2202.00
AA/AS GE Area 2; CSU GE Breadth Area D; IGETC Area 4
ANTHR 48NA-TZ
Selected Topics in Anthropology
.5-5 units, 0-5 hours lecture, 0-15 hours laboratory (GR or P/NP)
Acceptable for credit: CSU
See section on Selected Topics. 2202.00
ANTHR 49
Independent Study in Anthropology
.5‑5 units (GR or P/NP)
Acceptable for credit: CSU
See section on Independent Study. 2202.00
ANTHR 248NA-TZ
Selected Topics in Anthropology
.5-5 units, 0-5 hours lecture, 0-15 hours laboratory (GR or P/NP)
See section on Selected Topics. 2202.00