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ANTHROPOLOGY102LTCC CATALOG <strong>2010</strong>-<strong>2011</strong>ANTHROPOLOGYA.A. DEGREEAn A.A. Degree is offered in <strong>the</strong> field of Anthropology. For majorrequirements, see page 57.THE FOLLOWING COURSES IN THIS SUBJECT AREA MAYBE CHALLENGED: ANT 101, 102, 103.ANT 101 INTRODUCTION TO ARCHAEOLOGYLecture 4, Lab 0, Units 4This course is an introduction to <strong>the</strong> <strong>the</strong>oretical and methodologicalapproaches of archaeology and will expose students to <strong>the</strong> foundationsof prehistoric and historic archaeology. Included in <strong>the</strong> topicalconsiderations are <strong>the</strong> basis of human hominid evolution, <strong>the</strong>evolution of human societies throughout <strong>the</strong> world, evidence forhuman cultural behavior and creativity, relationships between materialculture and ideology, <strong>the</strong>ories of site exploration, as well as selectedcase studies in <strong>the</strong> discipline, such as <strong>the</strong> origins of agriculture, <strong>the</strong>formation of <strong>the</strong> state and cultural resource management.Transfers to CSU, UNR, UCADVISORY: ENG 101 or equivalent.ANT 102 CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGYLecture 4, Lab 0, Units 4This course is an introduction to cultural anthropology. The courseinvestigates specific aspects of culture including kinship, law andpolitics, religion and myth, gender, social organization, expressiveculture and art, and cultural change. In addition to studying casestudies from various world cultures, <strong>the</strong> course will introduce studentsto relevant anthropological <strong>the</strong>ories, perspectives (cultural relativism)and methods, including fieldwork, participant observation, andethnographic writing.Transfers to CSU, UNR, UCADVISORY: ENG 101 or equivalent.ANT 103 PHYSICAL/BIOLOGICALANTHROPOLOGYLecture 4, Lab 0, Units 4This course will examine <strong>the</strong> physical and biological nature of <strong>the</strong>human species including hominid evolution, genetics and processesof human variation, paleoanthropology, primatology, forms of humanadaptation, disease, demography, and forensic anthropology. Thecourse will develop <strong>the</strong>se topics using an evolutionary, scientific, andbio-cultural approach.Transfers to CSU, UNR, UCADVISORY: ENG 101 or equivalent.ANT 104 AREA STUDIES IN CULTURALANTHROPOLOGYLecture 4, Lab 0, Units 4This is a course which focuses on a specialized geographical area ofstudy in cultural anthropology. Students will develop appreciation ofa specific cultural group, such as peoples of Papua New Guinea andcultures of Sub-Saharan Africa.Transfers to CSU, UNR, UCADVISORY: ENG 101 or equivalent.ANT 105 BEGINNING FIELD ARCHAEOLOGYLecture 1, Lab 5, Units 2.75This course will introduce students to <strong>the</strong> scientific methods ofexcavation and material culture analysis employed by archaeologists.Emphasis will be on specific hands-on understandings of site surveying,excavation, classification and analysis, cataloging and preservation ofvarious forms of material culture under supervised field and laboratoryconditions.Transfers to CSU, UNRADVISORY: ENG 101 or equivalent.ANT 106 VISUAL ANTHROPOLOGYLecture 4, Lab 0, Units 4This course will study <strong>the</strong> anthropology of visual communicationand visual culture. Specifically <strong>the</strong> relationships between culturalanthropology and communication <strong>the</strong>ory to space, photography,film, <strong>the</strong> body, art and aes<strong>the</strong>tics, museums, <strong>the</strong> Internet and multimediawill be considered in various cultural contexts. Screenings ofethnographic and documentary films, as well as hands-on use of mediatechnologies, will be incorporated in <strong>the</strong> course content.Transfers to CSU, UNRADVISORY: ENG 101 or equivalent.ANT 107 MAGIC, WITCHCRAFT, AND RELIGIONLecture 4, Lab 0, Units 4This course is a cross-cultural study of beliefs, practices, and issuesrelated to varied forms of <strong>the</strong> supernatural. In developing ananthropological appreciation of religion and spirituality, studentswill be encouraged to understand and analyze <strong>the</strong> varied forms of<strong>the</strong> supernatural in examples including shamanism, animism, magic,witchcraft, totemism, forms of ritual and symbolism, as well ascomprehend <strong>the</strong> socio-cultural purposes of <strong>the</strong>se forms. Applicationsof anthropological <strong>the</strong>ories to case studies of <strong>the</strong> past and present willcomplement <strong>the</strong> course considerations.Transfers to CSU, UNR, UCADVISORY: ENG 101 or equivalent.ANT 108 INTRODUCTION TO LANGUAGE ANDCULTURELecture 4, Lab 0, Units 4This course will consider <strong>the</strong> anthropological subfield of languageand culture or linguistic anthropology. In this course students will beexposed to <strong>the</strong> anthropological <strong>the</strong>ories of language origin, languageuse, and <strong>the</strong> specific cultural issues associated with language incross-cultural contexts. Some specific issues will include <strong>the</strong> biologyof language, non-human language and communication, primatelanguage, <strong>the</strong> impact of language on worldview (Sapir-Whorf),sociolinguistics, language maps, linguistic nationalism, language andgender, <strong>the</strong> Internet and communication, linguistic anthropologyfieldwork, and <strong>the</strong> future of language.Transfers to CSU, UNR, UCADVISORY: ENG 101 or equivalent.