Anthropology - Associate of Arts Degree

 

Major/Program Requirements

Career and Academic Pathways

Required Courses:

ANTHRO 102 or ANTHRO 102H	Cultural Anthropology	3.00
ANTHRO 106 or ANTHRO 106H	Biological Anthropology	3.00

Students must complete at least twelve (12) units from the following courses:

ANTHRO 100	Introduction to Archaeology	3.00
ANTHRO 107 or ETHS 107 or HIST 107	Native Peoples of North America	3.00
ANTHRO 110 or RELIG 110	Magic, Witchcraft, and Religion	3.00
GEOG 102 or GEOG 102H	Human Geography	3.00
GEOG 110 or GEOG 110H	Physical Geography	3.00
MATH 110 or MATH 110H	Introduction to Probability and Statistics	4.00
	OR
PSYCH 120	Statistics for the Social and Behavioral Sciences	4.00
SOC 100 or SOC 100H	Introduction to Sociology	3.00

Total Credit Hours: 18.00

Lower division requirements for students interested in transferring to a four-year institution in this field may differ from associate degree requirements. Prospective transfer students should complete the general education and lower division requirements of the school to which they will be transferring. See a counselor for details. Information is also available at www.assist.org.

A student receiving a degree in this field will be able to:

• Utilize anthropological theories and research methods to "make the unfamiliar familiar, and make the familiar unfamiliar"
• Apply archeological and anthropological research methods, and explain which would be appropriate in the investigation
• Identify the components of "culture" and explain the application to the interpersonal and organizational experience of a given case study, covering topics such as the roles of legends, symbolism, rites of passage, linguistics and drug use
• Define ethnocentrism and appraise its role in maintaining societal solidarity and its impact on tolerance, pluralism and diversity