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(106) Either semester. Three credits. Two class periods and one 1-hour discussion. The biological and cultural development of humans from their origin to the present. A brief survey of human evolution is followed by a comparative study of behavior and beliefs of our own and other societies. CA 2. CA 4-INT.

Fulfills a General Education Social & Behavioral Science requirement, and is an approved Global and Perspectives course. Anthropology is the study of humankind, past and present. This course provides an introduction to the four sub-disciplines within Anthropology: Biological and cultural anthropology, archaeology, and linguistics. **COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES (CLOs) At the successful conclusion of this course, students will be able to: 1. Attain a general understanding of human biological and cultural differences and similarities across the world and through time in terms of anthropological descriptions (data) and explanations (theories). 2. Attain a fundamental understanding of the nature of the four specialized fields within anthropology (archaeology, biological anthropology, anthropological linguistics, and cultural anthropology), and how these interrelate to provide a holistic approach to understanding human differences and similarities across the world and through time. 3. Achieve proficiency in basic anthropological concepts and terminology. 4. Gain a basic knowledge of the processes of theory formation and how various theories have been developed, applied and evaluated throughout the history of the discipline of anthropology. 5. Demonstrate basic knowledge and skills of anthropological research methods and techniques of analysis. 6. Employ basic abilities in critical thinking and reasoning as applied to anthropological problems and issues. 7. Demonstrate a basic ability to write, speak and communicate about anthropological issues. 8. Demonstrate a fundamental awareness of the existence of human prejudice and discrimination (e.g., racism, ethnocentrism, anthropocentrism, and sexism) and the anthropological insights and alternatives which value the broad range of human behavior and adaptations.