anthropology

Anthropology is the science of people. It is often divided into biological anthropology and cultural anthropology.

Biological anthropology focuses on human beings as biological organisms, and deals with topics such as evolutionary theory, genetics, non-human primates, the fossil record of human evolution and variation among modern humans.

Cultural anthropology studies the different ways of life, including language, marriage customs, economics, and religious beliefs.

ANTHROPOLOGY

101 - Human Biological Evolution (3) UC:CSU

Lecture 3 hours and 20 minutes per week.

The field of Biological Anthropology is explored emphasizing the evolution and diversity of the human species. Topics include human heredity, mechanisms of evolutionary change, human variation, and the reconstruction of human evolutionary history through examination of the fossil record and comparative studies of our closest biological relatives, the living non-human primates.

102 - Human Ways of Life: Cultural Anthropology (3) UC:CSU

Lecture 3 hours and 20 minutes per week.

This course attempts to define culture and to survey the variety of man’s cultures at all levels of socio-cultural development from the small-scale, technologically simple cultures to the large-scale technologically complex ones. Topics described and analyzed include the social institutions, such as kinship, marriage, family, religion, politics, language, and economics in a cross-cultural perspective.

121 - ANTHROPOLOGY OF RELIGION, MAGIC AND WITCHCRAFT (3)(UC:CSU) 

Lecture 3 hours and 20 minutes per week.

 A consideration of the origins and varieties of religious beliefs and practices cross-culturally. Topics include mythology, symbolism, shamanism, altered states of consciousness, magic, divination, witchcraft, and the question of cults.

Cooperative Work Experience Anthropology

Anthropology is approved for Cooperative Work Experience Education Credit. See Cooperative Education courses for prerequisites, course descriptions, and credit limits.