ANTH 300    Physical Anthropology    3 Units

Prerequisite: None.
General Education: AA/AS Area IV; CSU Area B2; IGETC Area 5B
Course Transferable to UC/CSU
Hours: 54 hours LEC
Description: An introductory course which analyzes the human place in nature. Description of how humans evolved and the unique role of culture in our evolution. How genetics and reproduction shape our lives. The classification and distribution of living and extinct human populations. How we determine the geological age of our ancestors. Our relationship to non-human primates such as apes and monkeys.

Schedule: Full Term, Aug 22-Dec 17
MW           10:30AM-11:50AM   LEC   E.Tyler              FLC MAIN FL1 203     22758
TTh          01:00PM-02:20PM   LEC   E.Tyler              FLC MAIN FL1 203     22760
TTh          02:30PM-03:50PM   LEC   E.Tyler              FLC MAIN FL1 203     22762
MW           01:00PM-02:20PM   LEC   H.Olts               El Dorado EDC A109   22764
Th           07:00PM-10:05PM   LEC   E.Tyler              El Dorado EDC A214   24258

ANTH 301    Physical Anthropology Laboratory    1 Unit

Prerequisite: None.
Corequisite: ANTH 300 (may be taken previously)
General Education: CSU Area B3; IGETC Area 5B
Course Transferable to UC/CSU
Hours: 54 hours LAB
Description: This is an introductory laboratory course dealing with human evolution, human, ape and monkey bone identification (osteology). Identification and measurement of skeletons, determining age and sex from bones, examination of human fossils, forensics, monkey and ape behavior as well as human development will be covered.

Schedule: Full Term, Aug 22-Dec 17
F            01:00PM-04:05PM   LAB   D.Hoffman            FLC MAIN FL1 203     24260
Th           07:00PM-10:05PM   LAB   J.Rush               FLC MAIN FL1 203     22766

ANTH 310    Cultural Anthropology    3 Units

Prerequisite: None.
General Education: AA/AS Area V(b); AA/AS Area VI; CSU Area D1; IGETC Area 4A
Course Transferable to UC/CSU
Hours: 54 hours LEC
Description: This course is an introduction to the varieties of customs and forms of social life of human beings, in both western and non-western peoples, with the aim of understanding the structure and functioning of societies. Also analyzed are multicultural customs and their usefulness in the societies in which they occur and how culture is flexible and adaptive in a variety of settings.

Schedule: Full Term, Aug 22-Dec 17
MW           09:00AM-10:20AM   LEC   P.Johnston           FLC MAIN FL1 203     22768
TTh          09:00AM-10:20AM   LEC   H.Olts               FLC MAIN FL1 203     22770
MW           10:30AM-11:50AM   LEC   H.Olts               El Dorado EDC A109   22772
M            06:00PM-09:05PM   LEC   H.Olts               El Dorado EDC A214   22774

ANTH 320    Introduction to Archaeology and World Prehistory    3 Units

Prerequisite: None
Course Transferable to UC/CSU
Hours: 54 hours LEC
Description: This course introduces students to the discipline of archaeology and provides a broad survey of world prehistory. Students will explore the fundamental principles, theoretical approaches and methods utilized by archaeologists to reconstruct prehistory, and will explore a sample of the major developments of human prehistory from the Upper Paleolithic period forward. Examples of the archaeological record will be drawn from all major geographic areas of the world.

Schedule: Full Term, Aug 22-Dec 17
MW           09:00AM-10:20AM   LEC   E.Tyler              FLC MAIN FL1 204     23690
T            07:00PM-10:05PM   LEC   S.Stratton           FLC MAIN FL1 203     31379

ANTH 330    Magic, Witchcraft, and Religion    3 Units

Prerequisite: None.
General Education: AA/AS Area V(b); AA/AS Area VI; CSU Area D1; IGETC Area 4A
Course Transferable to UC/CSU
Hours: 54 hours LEC
Description: This is a cross-cultural study of the forms and functions of supernatural beliefs and associated rituals in various societies of Africa, Asia, aboriginal Australia, Oceania, South America, native North America and elsewhere. The emphasis of the course is on understanding beliefs and rituals within their social contexts, and on broad comparisons to derive insight into the general functions of beliefs and rituals in human life. A field trip may be included in the course activities.

Schedule: Full Term, Aug 22-Dec 17
M            01:00PM-04:05PM   LEC   J.Rush               FLC MAIN FL1 203     22776
TTh          10:30AM-11:50AM   LEC   H.Olts               FLC MAIN FL1 203     22778