Codes and Dates

Current Effective Date 2025 Fall Semester
Curriculum Committee Approval: 10/07/2024
Board of Trustees Approval: 11/12/2024
Program Control Number 32881
Department: AEG
Subject: (ANTHRO) Anthropology
TOP Code 2202.00 - Anthropology

Description

Anthropology is a program designed to acquaint students with human diversity through a broad approach to the study of people including the prehistoric, biological, and cultural perspectives. Because of its wide coverage, anthropology provides a versatile background that serves as a solid foundation for careers in many fields and vocations. The Associate in Arts in Anthropology for Transfer degree is designed for students who plan to complete a bachelor's degree in Anthropology at a CSU campus. The Associate in Arts in Anthropology for Transfer degree requires (1) The completion of 60 semester units that are eligible for transfer to the California State University, including both of the following: (A) The Cal-GETC requirements. (B) A minimum of 18 semester units in the Anthropology major. (2) Obtainment of a minimum grade point average of 2.0 and the grade of C (or 'P') or better in all courses required for the major. Students are strongly encouraged to meet with a counselor about transfer requirements (Cal-GETC) early in their program. Anthropology students should also meet with anthropology faculty about course/program offerings as soon as possible once the major has been declared in order to complete the program in a timely manner.

Program Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this program, students will be able to:
1. Demonstrate an understanding of anthropological approaches to the study of humanity: cross-cultural comparison and cultural relativity, holism, and evolutionary theory, and the uses of each.
2. Describe the breadth of anthropology and be able to characterize anthropology's distinctive methodological approaches with respect to the different subdisciplines.
3. Demonstrate understanding of human cultural diversity and biological variation through time.

Degree Requirements

Required Core Courses (3 courses or 9 units minimum)
9.0
ANTHRO 1
Biological Anthropology (Historical)
3.0
 
3.0
ANTHRO 2
Cultural Anthropology (Historical)
3.0
OR
ANTHRO 2H
Honors Cultural Anthropology (Historical)
3.0
ANTHRO 4
Introduction to Archaeology (Historical)
3.0
Select 3-4 units from the following:
3.0-4.0
ANTHRO 1L
Biological Anthropology Laboratory (Historical)
1.0
ANTHRO 3
Archaeology and World Prehistory (Historical)
3.0
 
3.0
ANTHRO 8
Language and Culture (Historical)
3.0
OR
LING 10
Introduction to Language (Historical)
3.0
ANTHRO 13
Anthropology of Religion, Magic, Witchcraft, and Healing (Historical)
3.0
Select 4-8 units from the following courses or any courses not used in the section above:
4.0-8.0
BIOL 20
Human Anatomy (Active)
4.0
GEOL 1
Physical Geology (Active)
4.0
GEOL 9
Introduction to Earth Science (Active)
4.0
 
4.0
MATH 42
Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences (Active)
4.0
OR
PSYC 42
Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences (Active)
4.0
OR
STAT C1000
Introduction to Statistics (Active)
4.0
Select 3-4 units from the following courses or any course not used in the sections above:
3.0-4.0
AFRAM 1
Introduction to African American Studies (Active)
3.0
AMIND 31
American Indian Culture (Active)
3.0
ANTHRO 12
Visual Anthropology: Introduction to Ethnographic Film (Historical)
3.0
ANTHRO 15
Laboratory Methods in Archaeology (Historical)
4.0
ANTHRO 16A
Field Archaeology I (Historical)
2.0
ANTHRO 16B
Field Archaeology II (Historical)
2.0
ANTHRO 24
Doing Archaeology: Hands-On! (Historical)
1.5
 
3.0
ANTHRO 28
Ancient Mexico (Historical)
3.0
OR
CLS 28
Ancient Mexico (Historical)
3.0
ASAMER 15
Introduction to Asian American Studies (Active)
3.0
ASL 5
Deaf Culture (Active)
3.0
CLS 11
Introduction to Chicano-Latino Studies (Active)
3.0
ETHNST 10
Introduction to Ethnic Studies (Active)
3.0
JOURN 16
Race, Gender and the Media (Active)
3.0
WSTS 10
Changing Roles of Women (Active)
3.0
Total: 19.0-25.0