Anthropology

The Associate in Arts in Anthropology for Transfer provides students with the holistic study of humanity which prepares them for transfer into the CSU system for completion of a Baccalaureate degree program in Anthropology. Depending on the classes selected, students may receive humanities, multicultural, and laboratory or non-laboratory science credit on general education patterns for both the UC and CSU systems. The Associate in Arts in Anthropology for Transfer emphasizes the four-field approach central to American Anthropology in which students are introduced to the holistic integration of the biological, cultural, linguistic, and material cultural approaches to the study of human beings. Through their courses in Biological Anthropology program students will gain a basic understanding of the evidence, patterns, and genetic basis, of both human and primate evolution as well as the biological underpinnings of human culture. Cultural Anthropology coursework explores the universal patterns of human cultural organization, the origins and function of the arts and religion, the central role of kinship, the nature of gender, and the dynamics of cultural evolution. The structure and complexity of human language and its critical role in the human experience is the subject of Anthropological Linguistics courses. A wide range of Archaeology courses are also available by which students may gain the tools to explore past and present societies thorough knowledge of the production, use, and discard of human material culture.

The following Associate Degree for Transfer completion requirements must be met:

1. Completion of 60 semester units or 90 quarter units that are eligible for transfer to the California State University, including both of the following:
2. The California General Education Transfer Curriculum (Cal-GETC)
3. A minimum of 18 semester units or 27 quarter units in a major or area of emphasis, as determined by the community college district.
4. Obtainment of a minimum grade point average of 2.0.

ADTs also require that students must earn a C or better in all courses required for the major or area of emphasis. A “P” (Pass) grade is also an acceptable grade for courses in the major if the course is taken on a Pass/No Pass basis.

Learning Outcome(s):

1. Differentiate between cultural relativism and ethnocentrism and examine the importance of cultural relativism.
2. Explain the significance of holism in anthropological methodology and its impact on understanding human diversity.