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ANTHROPOLOGY102LTCC CATALOG 2010-2011ANTHROPOLOGYA.A. DEGREEAn A.A. Degree is offered in the 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 the theoretical and methodologicalapproaches of archaeology and will expose students to the foundationsof prehistoric and historic archaeology. Included in the topicalconsiderations are the basis of human hominid evolution, theevolution of human societies throughout the world, evidence forhuman cultural behavior and creativity, relationships between materialculture and ideology, theories of site exploration, as well as selectedcase studies in the discipline, such as the origins of agriculture, theformation of the 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, the course will introduce studentsto relevant anthropological theories, 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 the physical and biological nature of thehuman species including hominid evolution, genetics and processesof human variation, paleoanthropology, primatology, forms of humanadaptation, disease, demography, and forensic anthropology. Thecourse will develop these 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 the 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 the anthropology of visual communicationand visual culture. Specifically the relationships between culturalanthropology and communication theory to space, photography,film, the body, art and aesthetics, museums, the 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 the 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 the supernatural. In developing ananthropological appreciation of religion and spirituality, studentswill be encouraged to understand and analyze the varied forms ofthe supernatural in examples including shamanism, animism, magic,witchcraft, totemism, forms of ritual and symbolism, as well ascomprehend the socio-cultural purposes of these forms. Applicationsof anthropological theories to case studies of the past and present willcomplement the 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 the anthropological subfield of languageand culture or linguistic anthropology. In this course students will beexposed to the anthropological theories of language origin, languageuse, and the specific cultural issues associated with language incross-cultural contexts. Some specific issues will include the biologyof language, non-human language and communication, primatelanguage, the impact of language on worldview (Sapir-Whorf),sociolinguistics, language maps, linguistic nationalism, language andgender, the Internet and communication, linguistic anthropologyfieldwork, and the future of language.Transfers to CSU, UNR, UCADVISORY: ENG 101 or equivalent.