Academic Programs - Butte College

Associate in Arts for Transfer Degree in Anthropology

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Total Units: 60 - 68

Term 1

15.00 - 18.00 Units. Specified core courses are signified by icon.

	Course Name	Units	Notes
	ANTH 4: Cultural Anthropology	3.00	Meets Area 4.
Unit(s): 3.00 Transfer Status: CSU/UC Contact Hours: 51.00 hours Lecture Out of Class Hours: 102.00 Total Course Hours: 153.00 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. (C-ID ANTH 120).
	Area 1A Choice (See GE Guide)	3.00 - 4.00

	Area 1C Choice (See GE Guide)	3.00

	Area 2 Choice (See GE Guide)	3.00 - 5.00	Department recommends STAT C1000 or STAT C1000E.

	Area 4 Choice (See GE Guide)	3.00	Taking POLS C1000 is recommended to meet the US-2 graduation requirement for CSU/UC.

Term 2

15.00 - 16.00 Units. Specified core courses are signified by icon.

	Course Name	Units	Notes
	ANTH 16: Archaeology and Ancient Societies	3.00	Meets Area 4.
Unit(s): 3.00 Transfer Status: CSU/UC Contact Hours: 51.00 hours Lecture Out of Class Hours: 102.00 Total Course Hours: 153.00 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. (C-ID ANTH 150).
	List A (Select one):	3.00 - 4.00
ANTH-13: Magic, Witchcraft and Religion (3.00 units) ANTH-14: Language and Culture (3.00 units) STAT-C1000: Introduction to Statistics (4.00 units) STAT-C1000E: Introduction to Statistics (4.00 units)
	Area 1B Choice (See GE Guide)	3.00	Department recommends ENGL C1001.

	Area 6 Choice (See GE Guide)	3.00

	Elective (any course numbered 1-99 or C1000-C1999)	3.00	Only necessary if the 60 units needed to graduate have not been completed. Consider taking a Cal-GETC General Education course. Visit www.assist.org to see options.

Term 3

15.00 - 17.00 Units. Specified core courses are signified by icon.

	Course Name	Units	Notes
	ANTH 2: Introduction to Biological Anthropology	3.00	Meets Area 5B.
Unit(s): 3.00 Transfer Status: CSU/UC Contact Hours: 51.00 hours Lecture Out of Class Hours: 102.00 Total Course Hours: 153.00 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 serves as the foundation of the course. (C-ID ANTH 110).
	List B: (Select one or Two or any course not already used in List A):	3.00 - 4.00
BIOL-20: Human Anatomy (4.00 units) GEOG-20: Introduction to GIS (3.00 units) GEOL-32: Physical Geology with Lab (4.00 units) PSY-7: Research Methods in Psychology (3.00 units)
	Area 3A Choice (See GE Guide)	3.00	Department recommends ART 2, ART 3, ART 6, MUS 6, or MUS 9.

	Area 3B Choice (See GE Guide)	3.00 - 4.00	Taking ECON 20, HIST 8, HIST 10, HIST 18, or HIST 26 is recommended to meet the US-1 graduation requirement for CSU/UC.

	Elective (any course numbered 1-99 or C1000-C1999)	3.00	Only necessary if the 60 units needed to graduate have not been completed. Consider taking a Cal-GETC General Education course. Visit www.assist.org to see CSU options.

Term 4