# Anthropology (ANTH) courses

Santiago Canyon College · 2025-2026 Catalog · 6 courses

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

### ANTH 100 — Introduction to Cultural Anthropology

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** 54 contact hours total
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** Summer 2026, 1 section (/c/santiago-canyon-college/schedule/summer-2026/anth.md)

A cross-cultural survey of the major areas of cultural anthropology including subsistence patterns, economic and political systems, family and kinship, religion, and cultural change. Also includes contemporary issues facing humankind such as the environment, resource depletion, ethnic conflict, globalization, and warfare. Emphasis is on understanding cultural diversity and cultural universals.

### ANTH 100H — Honors Introduction to Cultural Anthropology

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** 54 contact hours total
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** not on the Summer 2026 schedule
- Entrance Skills: A high school or college GPA of 3.0 or above

This is a seminar style course that is enriched beyond that of ANTH 100, Introduction to Cultural Anthropology. This cross cultural survey course will focus on the four major fields of Cultural Anthropology as well as Applied Anthropology. Cultural systems over time will be studied such as religion, subsistence patterns, economics, kinship and cultural change. Globalization will be addressed as well as contemporary issues of the environment, warfare, resource depletion and ethnic conflict. Emphasis will be on critical thinking, understanding cultural diversity and cultural universals.

### ANTH 101 — Introduction to Physical Anthropology

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** 54 contact hours total
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** Summer 2026, 2 sections (/c/santiago-canyon-college/schedule/summer-2026/anth.md)

An introduction to humankind's place in nature, including evolutionary theory, principles of genetics, primate evolution and behavior, fossil evidence for human evolution, human biology and variation, growth and adaptability, and biomedical anthropology. Includes practical application of biological anthropology to human problems. Field trips may be required.

### ANTH 101L — Physical Anthropology Laboratory

- **Units:** 1
- **Hours:** 54 contact hours total
- **Prerequisite:** ANTH 101 (Introduction to Physical Anthropology) or concurrent enrollment
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** not on the Summer 2026 schedule

Laboratory exercises and experiments designed to explore and understand the primary areas of physical anthropology: evolutionary theory, principles of genetics, comparative anatomy, physiology, behavior and ecology of vertebrates with an emphasis on nonhuman primates, analysis of fossil evidence for human evolution, human biology and variation, growth and adaptability, and biomedical anthropology. Includes both traditional and virtual laboratory experiences. Field trips may be required.

### ANTH 103 — Introduction to Archaeology

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** 54 contact hours total
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** not on the Summer 2026 schedule

This is a survey course in world archaeology. Methods of archaeological survey and excavation will be discussed as well as past and current concepts and theories. Material remains such as lithics, bone, ceramics and ecofacts will be discussed as to how they can be interpreted into social, political, economic, religious and ethnic terms. Optional field trips may be offered.

### ANTH 104 — Language and Culture

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** 54 contact hours total
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** not on the Summer 2026 schedule

General introduction to the processes of human communication. Includes the relationship between language and culture, acquisition of first and second languages, languages in contact, sociolinguistics and the effects of both language and culture on inter/intra group communication. Languages spoken in the local area are used as the basis of study.