4/26/2024 5:45:15 PM	ANTHRO 1 Course Outline as of Spring 2004	Changed Course
CATALOG INFORMATION
Discipline and Nbr:  ANTHRO 1	Title:  PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY
Full Title:  Physical Anthropology
Last Reviewed:4/25/2022

Units		Course Hours per Week			Nbr of Weeks	Course Hours Total
Maximum	3.00	Lecture Scheduled	3.00		17.5 max.	Lecture Scheduled	52.50
Minimum	3.00	Lab Scheduled	0		6 min.	Lab Scheduled	0
		Contact DHR	0			Contact DHR	0
		Contact Total	3.00			Contact Total	52.50
		Non-contact DHR	0			Non-contact DHR Total	0

Total Out of Class Hours:  105.00

Total Student Learning Hours: 157.50

Title 5 Category:  AA Degree Applicable
Grading:  Grade or P/NP
Repeatability:  00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP
Also Listed As: 
Formerly: 

Catalog Description:

Survey of the human fossil record, primate social behavior and comparative anatomy, genetics, and human diversity.  The impact of human evolution on early and future global environments; issues surrounding future adaptation.

Prerequisites/Corequisites:

Recommended Preparation:
Eligibility for ENGL 100 or ESL 100.

Limits on Enrollment:

Schedule of Classes Information
Description:

Survey of the human fossil record, primate social behavior and comparative anatomy, genetics, and human diversity.  The impact of human evolution on early and future global environments; issues surrounding future adaptation.

(Grade or P/NP)
Prerequisites:
Recommended:Eligibility for ENGL 100 or ESL 100.
Limits on Enrollment:
Transfer Credit:CSU;UC.
Repeatability:00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP

ARTICULATION, MAJOR, and CERTIFICATION INFORMATION

Associate Degree:		Effective:	Fall 1981	Inactive:
Area:	C H	Natural Sciences Global Perspective and Environmental Literacy
CSU GE:	Transfer Area			Effective:	Inactive:
	B2	Life Science		Fall 1981
IGETC:	Transfer Area			Effective:	Inactive:
	5B	Biological Sciences		Fall 1981
CSU Transfer:	Transferable	Effective:	Fall 1981	Inactive:
UC Transfer:	Transferable	Effective:	Fall 1981	Inactive:
C-ID:
CID Descriptor: ANTH 110	Introduction to Biological Anthropology	SRJC Equivalent Course(s): ANTHRO1

Certificate/Major Applicable: Major Applicable Course

COURSE CONTENT

Outcomes and Objectives:
At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:

The following outcomes and objectives will be measured through classroom

discussion, assignments, and exams.  Students completing this course

will be able to:

1.  demonstrate knowledge of the terms, concepts and

   research methodologies used in the study of human evolution and

   biological diversity.

2.  develop a basic understanding of scientific inquiry and its methods.

3.  demonstrate a basic knowledge of the principles of human genetics

   and the development of modern evolutionary theory utilizing examples

   drawn from hominid/environmental issues or problems.

4.  demonstrate comprehension of the place and impact of humankind within

   the natural world, especially within the primate order (taxonomy,

   comparative anatomy, environmental survival of primates today.)

5.  demonstrate a basic knowledge of the fossil evidence for human

   evolution (names, dates, cranial capacities, and relationships to

  survival or extinction of both hominids as well as other megafauna.)

6.  recognize and appreciate the environmental sources of biological

   diversity ("race") in modern populations (climate, geography, and

   other environmental determinants.)

7.  evaluate how the human species has impacted the natural environment

   and how that impact now challenges the future survival of humankind.

Topics and Scope

1.  Introduction to Anthropology as a scientific discipline and to the

   methods of scientific inquiry.

2.  The development of modern evolutionary theory.

3.  The principles of human genetics and the role of mutation and

   environmental adaptation in the past and future.

4.  Modern populations, human diversity ("race"), and variations in

   environmental adaptation.

5.  Primate taxonomy and skeletal anatomy.

6.  The social behavior of non-human primates and the environmental

   challenges they face today.

7.  Geologic time scales and chronometric dating techniques.

8.  Early primate evolution:  The first primates.

9.  Early hominid forms in Africa and the origins of culture(s) as an

   environmental adaptive mechanism.

10. Evolution and expansion of Homo erectus from Africa into Asia and

   Europe.  The continuing evolution of Lower Paleolithic culture

   as an adaptation to expanding environments.  Impact of hominids on

   early megafauna.

11. Evolution and expansion of Homo sapiens in Africa, Asia, and Europe.

   The Neandertals and other archaic forms.  Middle Paleolithic cultures

   maximizing global environmental niches. Impact of hominids on early

   megafauna.

12. Origin and expansion of anatomically modern Homo sapiens through

   Africa, Europe, Asia, Australia, and the Americas.  Upper Paleolithic

   cultures maximizing global environmental niches. Impact of hominids

   on contemporary environments

13. Summary of global environmental impact of the human species and

   challenges for the survival of human beings in the Twenty-first

   century.

Assignments:

1.  As homework students will read and study assignments in textbooks

   for each class meeting.

2.  Students will be expected to take extensive notes on lectures and

   and class discussions.

3.  Students will write one or more papers on assigned topics, including

   field observation reports, book response papers, and critical-thought

   essays.

4.  At the preference of the instructor, students may also be assigned map

   tests and other types of homework, including problem-solving

   worksheets.

Methods of Evaluation/Basis of Grade.

Writing: Assessment tools that demonstrate writing skill and/or require students to select, organize and explain ideas in writing.		Writing 30 - 50%
Written homework, Term papers, Book responses, reaction papers and map tests
Problem solving: Assessment tools, other than exams, that demonstrate competence in computational or non-computational problem solving skills.		Problem Solving 0 - 0%
None
Skill Demonstrations: All skill-based and physical demonstrations used for assessment purposes including skill performance exams.		Skill Demonstrations 0 - 0%
None
Exams: All forms of formal testing, other than skill performance exams.		Exams 20 - 60%
Multiple choice, True/false, Completion
Other: Includes any assessment tools that do not logically fit into the above categories.		Other Category 10 - 30%
Off campus research (zoo observations)

Representative Textbooks and Materials:

Park, Michael. BIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY, Third Edition. Mayfield

  Publishing, 2001.

Jurmain, Robert, Harry Nelson, Lynn Kilgore, and Wendy Trevathan.

  INTRODUCTION TO PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY. Wadsworth Publishing Co., 1999.

Campbell, Bernard G. HUMANKIND EMERGING. Allyn and Bacon, 2001.

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