Program Overview

Anthropology is the study of humans. The discipline breaks down into four subfields. Cultural Anthropology deals with the social lives of people around the world, including our own society: economic systems, legal practices, kinship, religions, medical practices, folklore, arts and political systems, as well as the interrelationship of these systems in environmental adaptation and social change. Archaeology focuses on the material remains of human societies from the remote and recent past with emphasis on reconstructing and understanding past modes of human cultural adaptation and change. Physical Anthropology describes and compares world human biology with a focus on humans and their primate order, and seeks to document and understand the interplay of culture and biology in the course of human evolution and adaptation. Anthropological Linguistics deals with varied aspects of human language and the characteristics of nonhuman communication systems, to achieve an understanding of past and present human language systems and their significance in social life.

Requirements

AA-T Degree Requirements Major: Core and Selective Requirements
Complete Core Courses, 9 units Units
ANTH 110 Cultural Anthropology 3 units
ANTH 125 Biological Anthropology 3 units
ANTH 351 Archaeology 3 units
List A: 4 units Units
STAT C1000 Introduction to Statistics 4 units
List B: Choose one course from the following, 3 - 4 units: Units
BIOL 250 Human Anatomy 4 units
GEOL 100 Introduction to Geology 3 units
PSYC 205 Social Science Research Methods 3 units
OR
SOCI 205 Social Science Research Methods 3 units
List C: Choose one course from the following, 3 - 4 units: Units
Any course not selected from List B 3 - 4 units
ANTH 126 Biological Anthropology Laboratory 1 unit
ANTH 200 Ethnographic Film 3 units
GEOG 150 World Regional Geography 3 units
Total Required Major Units: 19 - 21

To obtain the Associate Degree for Transfer , students must complete the following. Associate Degree for Transfer requirements (pursuant to SB1440 §66746 and CCR, title 5, §55063):

Completion of Cal-GETC (California General Education Transfer Curriculum)

Minimum overall grade point average of 2.0,

Minimum grade of "C" (or "P") for each course in the major.

Elective courses:

Additional CSU or UC transferable courses needed to meet the minimum 60 CSU transferable unit requirement.

Please refer to Associate Degree for Transfer (ADT) Requirements for more information.