# Anthropology (ANTH) courses

Cuesta College · 2026-2027 Catalog · 9 courses

Source: https://cuesta.curriqunet.com/catalog/iq/29980/29981/29987

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

### ANTH 201 — PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** 3 hours per week: (3.00 lecture hours/0.00 lab hours)
- **C-ID:** ANTH 110
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** Fall 2026, 3 sections (/c/cuesta-college/schedule/fall-2026/anth.md)
- Credit - Degree Applicable
- Letter Grade or P/NP

Presents an introduction to the science of physical anthropology. Topics include: the fields of anthropology, the scientific method, evolutionary theory, genetics and inheritance, human variation, biology and behavior of living primates, and the fossil evidence of human evolution

### ANTH 201L — PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY LABORATORY

- **Units:** 1
- **Hours:** 3 hours per week: (0.00 lecture hours/3.00 lab hours)
- **Corequisite:** ANTH 201
- **C-ID:** ANTH 115L
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** Fall 2026, 1 section (/c/cuesta-college/schedule/fall-2026/anth.md)
- Credit - Degree Applicable
- Letter Grade or P/NP

Utilizes the hands-on laboratory approach in studying primatology, osteology, dentition, genetics and human variation. Both fossil and contemporary will be studied.

### ANTH 202 — ARCHAEOLOGY

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** 3 hours per week: (3.00 lecture hours/0.00 lab hours)
- **C-ID:** ANTH 150
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** Fall 2026, 1 section (/c/cuesta-college/schedule/fall-2026/anth.md)
- Credit - Degree Applicable
- Letter Grade Only

Presents an introduction to archaeological theory and concepts, as well as an overview of both New and Old World archaeology.

### ANTH 203 — CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** 3 hours per week: (3.00 lecture hours/0.00 lab hours)
- **C-ID:** ANTH 120
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** Summer 2026, 1 section (/c/cuesta-college/schedule/summer-2026/anth.md); Fall 2026, 2 sections (/c/cuesta-college/schedule/fall-2026/anth.md)
- Credit - Degree Applicable
- Letter Grade or P/NP

Presents an anthropological study of culture. Cultural anthropologists study and compare human cultures throughout time. Students are introduced to how anthropologists do their work, utilize research ethics and study humans around the globe.

### ANTH 220 — CALIFORNIA INDIANS

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** 3 hours per week: (3.00 lecture hours/0.00 lab hours/0.00 activity hours)
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** Fall 2026, 1 section (/c/cuesta-college/schedule/fall-2026/anth.md)
- Credit - Degree Applicable
- P/NP Only, Letter Grade Only

Presents a history of the California Indians, including their prehistory, the Indians at the time of European contact, the Spanish period, the early Anglo-American period, and the Indians today.

### ANTH 221 — NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** 3 hours per week: (3.00 lecture hours/0.00 lab hours/0.00 activity hours)
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** not on the Summer 2026, Fall 2026 schedules
- Credit - Degree Applicable
- P/NP Only, Letter Grade Only

Studies the North American Indians, including their lifestyle at the time of contact, their reactions to European contact, and the Indians at present.

### ANTH 225 — CONTEMPORARY CULTURES OF THE WORLD

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** 3 hours per week: (3.00 lecture hours/0.00 lab hours)
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** not on the Summer 2026, Fall 2026 schedules
- Credit - Degree Applicable
- Letter Grade or P/NP

Studies the ways of life of people in different regions of the world, including Latin America, Middle East, East Asia, and Africa. Beliefs, values, and other social characteristics such as family, economics, and religion will be studied.

### ANTH 247 — INDEPENDENT STUDIES: ANTHROPOLOGY

- **Units:** 0.5 to 2
- **Hours:** 1.5 to 6 hours per week: (0.00 - 0.00 lecture hours/1.50 - 6.00 lab hours)
- **Prerequisite:** The student must have completed preparatory course work in the field in which the study is to be undertaken
- **Transfers to:** CSU
- **Offered:** Fall 2026, 2 sections (/c/cuesta-college/schedule/fall-2026/anth.md)
- Credit - Degree Applicable
- Letter Grade or P/NP

Provides an opportunity for an in-depth study or a practicum experience by an individual student in a selected topic of anthropology under the direction of an instructor.

### ANTH 295 — UNDERGRADUATE STEM SEMINAR

- **Units:** 1 to 2
- **Hours:** 1 to 2 hours per week: (1.00 - 2.00 lecture hours/0.00 - 0.00 lab hours/0.00 - 0.00 activity hours)
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** not on the Summer 2026, Fall 2026 schedules
- Credit - Degree Applicable
- Letter Grade or P/NP

Introduces students to a variety of STEM fields (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) using a seminar format. Explores a broad range of academic and career opportunities in STEM. Emphasizes professional and personal skills for success in STEM. Same as BIO 295, ENGR 295, MATH 295, PSCI 295.