Skyline College Catalog 2011-2012 Program & course descriptions ...

C O U R S E D E S C R I P T I O N SAMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE „ ANTHROPOLOGYASL 112 AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE II (3)(Pass/No Pass or letter grade.)Minimum of 48 lecture hours and 16 lab hours by arrangement/semester.Prerequisite: ASL 111 or equivalent.Functions and grammar introduced in American SignLanguage I are reviewed and expanded to include givingdirections, making plans, describing and identifyingobjects and locations, giving simple instructions, andtelling what happened. Topics move from students talkingabout themselves and the immediate environment to talkingabout others and their community. Students developlanguage skills necessary to question, describe, andexplain. Students rehearse conversation strategies andvolunteer appropriate information to maintain a comfortableexchange. Transfer credit: UC; CSU (C2).ASL 121 ADVANCED ELEMENTARY AMERICAN SIGNLANGUAGE I (3)(Pass/No Pass or letter grade.)Minimum of 48 lecture hours and 16 lab hours by arrangement/semester.Prerequisite: Completion of ASL 112 orequivalent curriculum with a grade of C or better.The first course in an advanced elementary two-coursesequence for hearing and non-hearing students. Thecourse covers approximately the same material as thefirst half of a university-level second semester AmericanSign Language course. Students will acquire a basic abilityto sign and understand deaf culture at the advancedelementary level and will learn about the customs, cultureand history of the deaf world. Transfer credit: UC; CSU(C2).ASL 122 ADVANCED ELEMENTARY AMERICAN SIGNLANGUAGE II (3)(Pass/No Pass or letter grade.)Minimum of 48 lecture hours and 16 lab hours by arrangement/semester.Prerequisite: Completion of ASL 121 orequivalent curriculum with a grade of C or better.The second course in an advanced elementary twocoursesequence for hearing and non-hearing students.The course covers approximately the same material asthe second half of a university-level second semesterAmerican Sign Language course. Students will acquire abasic ability to sign and understand deaf culture at theadvanced elementary level and will learn about the customs,culture and history of the deaf world.Transfer credit:UC; CSU (C2).ANTHROPOLOGY (ANTH)ANTH 110 CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY (3)Minimum of 48 lecture hours/semester. Recommended:Eligibility for ENGL 100 or 105, or equivalent.A comparative analysis of human cultures with anemphasis on core concepts such as kinship, religion,politics, technology, and an appreciation of societalvariability. When appropriate, comparison is made withpresent-day American society to show the effect of societaldiversity, size and complexity on cultural factors.Transfer credit: UC; CSU (D3).ANTH 125 PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY (3)Minimum of 48 lecture hours/semester. Recommended:Eligibility for ENGL 100 or 105, or equivalent.Biological consideration of the origin, development,and potential survival of humans and other primates.Topics include concepts of evolution: natural selectionand populations, patterns of inheritance, the fossil record,and behavioral adaptations. The course will examine howbiological, physical, and cultural variations have allowedhuman populations to adapt to various physical environments.Transfer credit: UC; CSU (B2).ANTH 150 INTRODUCTION TO ARCHAEOLOGY:BONES, BEADS AND THE BASICS OFMATERIAL CULTURE (3)(Pass/No Pass or letter grade.)Minimum of 48 lecture hours/semester. Recommended:Eligibility for ENGL 100 or ENGL 105, or equivalent.Explore cultural diversity using theories and methodsof anthropological archaeology. The course typicallyincludes discussions of the development of archaeologicalresearch, excavation methods, data analysis, andselected cultural sequences. Field trips may be required.Transfer credit: UC; CSU (D3).ANTH 155 HUMAN PREHISTORY AND THE RISE OFCIVILIZATION (3)(Pass/No Pass or letter grade.)Minimum of 48 lecture hours/semester. Recommended:Eligibility for ENGL 100 or ENGL 105, or equivalent.An anthropological survey of human and hominid prehistoryspanning over two million years. Emphasis is onthe origin and cultural evolution of the world’s first settledcommunities and early civilizations, including Mesopo -tamia, Egypt, India, China, Europe, Central America, andSouth America. Transfer credit: UC; CSU (D3).136 w w w. S k y l i n e C o l l e g e . e d u 2011 – 2 012 C ATA L O G