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Anthropology
ANTHRO 1, Physical Anthropology 3 units
Transfer: UC, CSU • IGETC AREA 5B (Biological Sciences, non-lab) • Prerequisite: None. • Skills Advisory: Eligibility for English 1.
*Maximum credit allowed for Anthropology 1 and Anthropology 5 is one course (four units).
A survey of human biology, this course focuses on human origins and evolution by investigating the major aspects of physical anthropology including Mendelian and human genetics, primate and hominid evolutionary processes, contemporary human variability and facets of primate ethology and human behavior that make our species unique in the animal kingdom.
1088 8:00a-9:20a MW DRSCHR 136 Denman J F
1089 9:30a-10:50a MW DRSCHR 207 Denman J F
1090 11:15a-12:35p TTh DRSCHR 128 Rashidi J S
1091 12:45p-2:05p MW DRSCHR 136 Denman J F
1092 2:15p-3:35p TTh DRSCHR 207 Lewis B S
3271 2:15p-3:35p MW DRSCHR 136 Lewis B S
1093 3:45p-5:05p TTh DRSCHR 207 Haradon C M
Above section 1093 is part of the Scholars Program and enrollment is limited to program participants. See Special Programs section of class schedule or www.smc.edu/scholars for additional information.
4017 6:45p-9:50p M DRSCHR 136 Kline M A
ANTHRO 2, Cultural Anthropology 3 units
Transfer: UC, CSU • IGETC AREA 4A (Social & Behavioral Sciences) • Prerequisite: None. • Skills Advisory: Eligibility for English 1.
This course satisfies the Santa Monica College Global Citizenship requirement.
Cultural Anthropology is the study of human society and culture, analyzing both similarities and differences amongst cultural groups. This course will introduce students to important socio-cultural concepts used by cultural anthropologists including material culture, social organization, religion, kinship, ritual and symbolic systems, race, ethnicity, and language amongst others. Students will examine how cultural anthropologists understand the notion of culture in the study of human behavior in different regions of the world. The ethnographic method as a key methodology will be stressed throughout this course.
1094 9:30a-10:50a MW MC 11 Grebler G
1095 11:15a-12:35p MW HSS 105 Minzenberg E G
Above section 1095 is part of the Scholars Program and enrollment is limited to program participants. See Special Programs section of class schedule or www.smc.edu/scholars for additional information.
1096 12:45p-2:05p MW DRSCHR 205 Zane W W
1097 12:45p-2:05p TTh BUS 106 Kohpahl G
1098 2:15p-3:35p TTh DRSCHR 213 Minzenberg E G
1099 3:15p-6:20p M DRSCHR 207 Minzenberg E G
4018 6:45p-9:50p W DRSCHR 136 Grebler G
ANTHRO 3, World Archaeology 3 units
Transfer: UC, CSU • IGETC AREA 4A (Social & Behavioral Sciences) • Prerequisite: None. • Skills Advisory: Eligibility for English 1.
This course is an introduction to the archaeological record documenting the evolution of human culture from the earliest stone tool makers to the primary civilizations of the Old and New Worlds. Topics include hunter-gatherer adaptations, the invention and spread of agriculture, and the development of civilizations. Archaeological techniques and methods are introduced as the means for understanding these developments.
1100 8:00a-9:20a MW DRSCHR 205 Lewis B S
1101 12:45p-2:05p TTh DRSCHR 207 Lewis B S
4019 6:45p-9:50p W DRSCHR 207 Lewis B S
ANTHRO 4, Methods of Archaeology 3 units
Transfer: UC, CSU • Prerequisite: None.
Maximum UC credit allowed for Anthropology 3 and Anthropology 4 is one course (3 units).
This is an introductory lecture class on the field and laboratory methods used by archaeologists to understand our past. Topics include research design, data collection, relative and absolute dating, analyses of ceramic and lithic artifacts, and dietary reconstruction, as they relate to social archaeology and the interpretation of political, economic, and ideological aspects of past cultures. Case studies of major archaeological sites, as well as local sites, illustrate the application of these methods.
1102 11:15a-12:35p MW DRSCHR 205 Lewis B S
ANTHRO 5, Physical Anthropology with Lab 4 units
Transfer: UC, CSU • IGETC AREA 5B (Biological Sciences, + LAB) • Prerequisite: None. • Skills Advisory: Eligibility for English 1.
Maximum credit allowed for Anthropology 1 and Anthropology 5 is one course (four units).
A survey of human biology, this course focuses on human origins and evolution by investigating the major aspects of physical anthropology including Mendelian and human genetics, population genetics, primate and hominid evolutionary processes, contemporary human variability, and facets of primate ethology and human behavior that make our species unique in the animal kingdom. This course consists of three hours of lecture and three hours of laboratory work weekly. The laboratory projects will parallel the lecture topics hence the lab projects will pertain to genetics, human variation, primate anatomy, human osteology, and analysis of hominid (human) and primate fossils.
1103 9:30a-10:50a MW DRSCHR 136 Austin J K
8:00a-11:05a Th DRSCHR 136 Austin J K
Above section 1103 is part of the Scholars Program and is recommended for, but not limited to, students in the Scholars Program. See Special Programs section of class schedule or www.smc.edu/scholars for additional information.
1104 11:15a-12:35p MW DRSCHR 136 Austin J K
11:25a-2:30p Th DRSCHR 136 Austin J K
1105 2:45p-5:50p TTh DRSCHR 136 Rashidi J S
4020 6:45p-9:50p TTh DRSCHR 136 Haradon C M
ANTHRO 7, Introduction to Linguistic Anthropology 3 units
Transfer: UC, CSU • IGETC AREA 4A (Social & Behavioral Sciences) • Prerequisite: None. • Skills Advisory: Eligibility for English 1.
This course introduces the student to the place of language in society and how it varies in different cultures. The course explores how language changes in different segments of society, the relationship between dialects and social hierarchy, and language variations between genders. Students will learn to analyze linguistic expressions such as oral story-telling, poetry, and narratives from a cross-cultural perspective. Also students will discuss the role of language in issues related to nationalism.
1106 3:45p-5:05p MW DRSCHR 208 Ray S
ANTHRO 14, Sex, Gender and Culture 3 units
Transfer: UC, CSU • IGETC AREA 4A (Social & Behavioral Sciences) • Prerequisite: None. • Skills Advisory: Eligibility for English 1.
This course satisfies the Santa Monica College Global Citizenship requirement.
This course presents a cross-cultural survey of the position of men and women within an anthropological framework. It assesses, in a comparative fashion, the biological basis of sexual differentiation and the cultural interpretation of these differences through “gender roles.” Comparative materials from tribal, non-western, non-industrial, and western cultures will be used to illustrate the variety of gender roles and expectations. The course focuses on cultural institutions as fundamental in creating, defining, and reinforcing gender roles. Economics, politics, the arts, ethnicity, race, religion, kinship, world view, language, and other issues which influence choices, opportunities and limitations tied to gender will be examined.
1108 9:30a-10:50a MW MC 9 Zane W W
1109 9:30a-10:50a TTh DRSCHR 207 Minzenberg E G
ANTHRO 19, The Culture of Food 3 units
Transfer: UC, CSU • IGETC AREA 4A (Social and Behavioral Sciences) • Prerequisite: None.
Food nourishes not only our bodies, but also our souls, and plays a critical role in the identity formation of individuals and groups of people in society. This course explores how different cultural systems throughout the world shape the production, distribution and consumption of food. This course utilizes a cross-cultural focus to investigate the social, cultural, and ecological aspects of food, food products, and food resources in a global, historical, and comparative perspective.
1110 8:00a-9:20a T DRSCHR 207 Grebler G
8:00a-9:20a Th DRSCHR 207 Minzenberg E G
ANTHRO 21, Peoples and Power in Latin America 3 units
Transfer: UC, CSU • IGETC AREA 4A (Social and Behavioral Sciences) • Prerequisite: None.
This course satisfies the Santa Monica College Global Citizenship requirement.
This course will introduce students to the historical and cultural use of power by peoples and cultures in Latin America. We will investigate the use of power of Latin American peoples and cultures who lived prior to contact with Europeans, in colonial and post-colonial culture in Latin America, as well as in contemporary Latin American society. The investigation of the power of the US/Mexican border and of globalization within Latin America will also be covered in this course. A cross-cultural perspective will be employed drawing from examples in Mexico and Central America, the Caribbean, South America, and from the influence of countries outside of Latin America including the United States, England, France, Portugal, Spain, China, and Japan. Power relations included in the notions of race, class, gender and sexuality, immigration and migration, and indigenism (amongst others), as they are practiced in Latin America, are explored throughout the semester.
1111 9:30a-10:50a MW DRSCHR 208 Minzenberg E G
Above section 1111 is recommended for Adelante program students.
ANTHRO 22, Magic, Religion, and Witchcraft 3 units
Transfer: UC, CSU • IGETC AREA 4A (Social & Behavioral Sciences) • Prerequisite: None.
The purpose of this course is to explore in a cross-cultural context the nature of religion and the relationships of individuals and societies to supernatural forces and persons. The course will examine general patterns of religious behavior throughout the world, delineate different theories of religion and see how they apply in various cultures. By the end of the course, the student should be able to identify several definitions and theories of religion and to discuss their merits with regard to specific cases.
1112 2:15p-3:35p MW DRSCHR 205 Zane W W