Anthropology
5 courses · Chaffey College · 2026-2027 Catalog
Classes: Summer 2026 · Fall 2026 · Spring 2027
ANTHRO 1 Introduction to Biological Anthropology
- Units
- 3
- Hours
- 48-54 Lecture
- Transfers to
- CSU, UC
- C-ID
- ANTH 110
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 foundation of the course.
ANTHRO 1L Laboratory for Biological Anthropology
- Units
- 1
- Hours
- 48-54 Laboratory
- Corequisite
- Concurrent or Previous Enrollment or completion with a C or better in: ANTHRO 1
- Transfers to
- CSU, UC
- C-ID
- ANTH 115L
Optional laboratory experience coordinated with Anthropology 1. Comparative study of both human and non-human primates, human variation, evolution, genetics, forensic anthropology, and the primate fossil record.
ANTHRO 2 Introduction to Archaeology
- Units
- 3
- Hours
- 48-54 Lecture
- Transfers to
- CSU, UC
- C-ID
- ANTH 150
Introduction to the study of concepts, theories, data and models of anthropological archaeology that contribute to our knowledge of the human past. 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.
ANTHRO 3 Introduction to Social and Cultural Anthropology
- Units
- 3
- Hours
- 48-54 Lecture
- Transfers to
- CSU, UC
- C-ID
- ANTH 120
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. May be offered as an Honors course.
ANTHRO 5 Introduction to Linguistic Anthropology
- Units
- 3
- Hours
- 48-54 Lecture
- Transfers to
- CSU, UC
This introductory course serves as a foundation for understanding language from an anthropological perspective, addressing such core questions as how, what, when, where, why and with whom we communicate. This course surveys three core areas in linguistic anthropology--structural linguistics: phonetics, phonology, morphology and syntax, as well as the biocultural basis of language; historical linguistics: origins and evolution/change, dialects, and language families; and sociocultural linguistics: language acquisition in cultural context, emphasizing the relationship between language and culture, and issues of language conservation and loss.