Anthropology ANTHR-120 Magic, Witchcraft, and Religion in the Americas
ANTHR-130 Cultural Anthropology
A cross-cultural, multicultural examination of the forms and functions of supernatural belief systems and associated rituals that have developed in various societies in the Americas. Basic ethnographic and archaeological concepts and methodologies will be introduced and applied to the assessment and analysis of selected New World cultural/religious traditions. Emphasis will be placed on understanding religious belief systems within their given social contexts. The course will also provide a comparative assessment of the major prehistoric and historic social and religious patterns that developed in the Americas, and will include a cross-cultural comparison of the social and religious traditions that developed within various Native American, African American, Latino/ Hispanic American, and Euro-American communities in order to illustrate major systems types and to provide insight into the general functions of religious belief and ritual in human life. CSU, UC
This course explores how anthropologists study and compare human culture. Cultural anthropologists seek to understand the broad arc of human experience focusing on a set of central issues: how people around the world make their living (subsistence patterns); how they organize themselves socially, politically and economically; how they communicate; how they relate to each other through family and kinship ties; what they believe about the world (belief systems); how they express themselves creatively (expressive culture); how they make distinctions among themselves such as through applying gender, racial and ethnic identity labels; how they have shaped and been shaped by social inequalities such as colonialism; and how they navigate culture change and processes of globalization that affect us all. Ethnographic case studies highlight these similarities and differences, and introduce students to how anthropologists do their work, employ professional anthropological research ethics and apply their perspectives and skills to understand humans around the globe. CSU, UC
3 units SC • 54 hours lecture per term • Recommended: Eligibility for ENGL-122 or equivalent
ANTHR-125 Introduction to Archaeology and Prehistory
3 units SC • 54 hours lecture per term • Recommended: Eligibility for ENGL-122 or equivalent
3 units SC • 54 hours lecture per term • Recommended: Eligibility for ENGL-122 or equivalent
ANTHR-135 Native Americans
3 units SC • 54 hours lecture per term • Recommended: Eligibility for ENGL-122 or equivalent
This course is an introduction to the study of concepts, theories, data and models of anthropological archaeology that contribute to our knowledge of the human past. The course includes a discussion of the nature of scientific inquiry; the history and interdisciplinary nature of archaeological research; dating techniques; methods of survey, excavation, analysis, and interpretation; cultural resource management; professional ethics; and selected cultural sequences. Emphasis will be given to the study of the prehistoric inhabitants of the San Francisco Bay Region. C-ID ANTH 150, CSU, UC
This course is a survey of the Native American cultures that developed in North America. The course also explores the effects of European contact, conquest, colonization, United States expansion, acculturation, U.S. Government policies, wars and treaties, and reservation life of Native Americans, as well as the past and present roles of Native Americans in U.S. society. CSU, UC
ANTHR-126 Introduction to Archaeological Field Methods
This course introduces the concepts, methods of inquiry, and scientific explanations for biological evolution and their application to the human species. Issues and topics will include, but are not limited to, genetics, evolutionary theory, human variation and biocultural adaptations, comparative primate anatomy and behavior, and the fossil evidence for human evolution. The scientific method and the theory of biological evolution serve as foundations of the course. CSU, UC
3 units SC • 18 hours lecture/108 hours laboratory per term • Recommended: ANTHR-125 or equivalent; eligibility for ENGL-122 or equivalent
This course provides training in surface survey, mapping, scientific excavation, classification and analysis of excavated material, writing interpretive reports, and preparation of museum exhibits. Aspects emphasized will depend on available archaeological opportunities in the Bay Area. A significant portion of class time will be in the field. CSU
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PROGRAM/COURSE DESCRIPTIONS
ANTHR-140 Biological Anthropology
3 units SC • 54 hours lecture per term • Recommended: Eligibility for ENGL-122 or equivalent
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CATALOG 2014-2015