# Anthropology (ANTHR) courses

College of Alameda · 2026-2027 Catalog · 9 courses

Source: https://coa.curriqunet.com/catalog/iq/47221/47359/47237/47494/47324

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

### ANTHR 1 — Introduction to Physical Anthropology

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** 3 hours lecture
- **Advisory:** ENGL C1000
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** Fall 2026, 5 sections (/c/college-of-alameda/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 Finalized
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** Fall 2026, 2 sections (/c/college-of-alameda/schedule/fall-2026/anthr.md)

Adjunct laboratory to ANTHR 1: Emphasis on working with replicas of bones and visits to museums and zoos to study primate behavior and hominid evolution.

### ANTHR 2 — Introduction to Archaeology and Prehistory

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** 3 hours lecture
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** Fall 2026, 1 section (/c/college-of-alameda/schedule/fall-2026/anthr.md)

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 Finalized
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** Fall 2026, 1 section (/c/college-of-alameda/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 4 — Ancient Civilizations: Aztec, Inca, Maya

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

Study of Mesoamerican and South American pre-European contact peoples and cultures: Evidence and interpretations through methods and theories of anthropological archeology.

### ANTHR 7 — Magic, Religion, and Witchcraft

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

Comparative study of religion, magic, and supernatural beliefs and practices: Dynamics and function of religion and magic in human societies.

### ANTHR 19 — Anthropology of Sex and Gender

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** 3 hours lecture
- **Prerequisite:** ANTHR 003 Successful completion of ANTHR 003 is required prior to enrollment in ANTHR 019
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule
- Peralta GE Areas 4; Cal-GETC Area 4;

Formation of sexual and gender identities from a cross-cultural, cross-societal perspective: Biological and historical understandings of male/female difference. Female body, alternative sexualities, female power in the public sphere, mother-child relations and gender-related violence. Consideration of contemporary, globalized societies and gendered behavior in smaller-scale societies.

### ANTHR 21 — Introduction to Forensic Anthropology

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** 3 hours lecture
- **Advisory:** ENGL 001A
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule

Introduction to recovery, analysis and identification of human physical remains in medico-legal context.

### ANTHR 55 — Native American Cultures

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** 3 hours lecture
- **Transfers to:** CSU
- **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule
- Peralta GE Areas 4, 6;

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.