# Anthropology (ANTHR) courses

Berkeley City College · 2026-2027 Catalog · 7 courses

Source: https://bcc.curriqunet.com/catalog/iq/39665/39964/39667

"Offered" lists sections in this catalog year's class schedules: Fall 2026.

### ANTHR 1 — Introduction to Physical Anthropology

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** 3 hours lecture
- **C-ID:** ANTH 110
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** Fall 2026, 5 sections (/c/berkeley-city-college/schedule/fall-2026/anthr.md)
- Peralta GE Areas 5; Cal-GETC Area 5B;

Study of human beings and their ancestors: Emphasis on relationships to other mammals, physical record of evolution and processes responsible for evolution.

### ANTHR 1L — Physical Anthropology Laboratory

- **Units:** 1
- **Hours:** 4 hours lab
- **Prerequisite:** ANTHR 001
- **Corequisite:** ANTHR 001 or
- **C-ID:** ANTH 115 L
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** Fall 2026, 2 sections (/c/berkeley-city-college/schedule/fall-2026/anthr.md)
- Peralta GE Areas 5; Cal-GETC Area 5C;

Adjunct laboratory to ANTHR 1: Work with replicas of bones and visit museums and zoos to study primate behavior and hominid evolution

### ANTHR 2 — Introduction to Archaeology and Prehistory

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** 3 hours lecture
- **C-ID:** ANTH 150
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule
- Peralta GE Areas 4; Cal-GETC Area 4;

World prehistory as reconstructed from the archaeological and physical evidence of cultural beginnings through the early agricultural civilizations of Africa, America and Euro-Asia: Archaelogical methods, techniques and problems.

### ANTHR 3 — Introduction to Social and Cultural Anthropology

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** 3 hours lecture
- **C-ID:** ANTH 120
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** Fall 2026, 2 sections (/c/berkeley-city-college/schedule/fall-2026/anthr.md)
- Peralta GE Areas 4; Cal-GETC Area 4;

Cross-cultural analysis of social and cultural factors of human behavior in the recent past and present.

### ANTHR 13 — Urban Anthropology

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** 3 hours lecture
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule
- Peralta GE Areas 4; Cal-GETC Area 4;

A study of communities in urban settings and a cross-cultural approach to urban life styles: Rise and fall of great urban centers in Asia, Africa, Europe, and the Americas.

### ANTHR 18 — Introduction to Anthropological Linguistics

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** 3 hours lecture
- **C-ID:** ANTH 130
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** Fall 2026, 1 section (/c/berkeley-city-college/schedule/fall-2026/anthr.md)
- Peralta GE Areas 4; Cal-GETC Area 4;

Introduction to the study of language: How linguists describe human languages and exploration of how they developed, change and function in human societies.

### ANTHR 55 — Native American Cultures

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** 3 hours lecture
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule
- Peralta GE Areas 4; Cal-GETC Area 4;

Survey the ways of life of Native American peoples and cultures within different geographical, political, and social contexts from prehistoric, historic and current time frames.