Anthropology - Associate of Arts Degree

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Major/Program Requirements

Required Courses:

ANTHRO 102 or ANTHRO 102HCultural Anthropology

3.00

ANTHRO 106 or ANTHRO 106HBiological Anthropology

3.00

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

ANTHRO 100Introduction to Archaeology

3.00

ANTHRO 107 or HIST 107The United States and the North American Indians

3.00

ANTHRO 110 or RELIG 110Tribal and Ethnic Religions

3.00

GEOG 102 or GEOG 102HCultural Geography

3.00

GEOG 110 or GEOG 110HPhysical Geography

3.00

 

MATH 110 or MATH 110HIntroduction to Probability and Statistics

4.00

OR

PSYCH 120Statistics for the Social and Behavioral Sciences

4.00

 

SOC 100 or SOC 100HIntroduction 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