4/19/2024 6:35:36 PM	ANTHRO 30 Course Outline as of Fall 1981	New Course (First Version)
CATALOG INFORMATION
Discipline and Nbr:  ANTHRO 30	Title:  PEOPLE/CULTURE WRLD
Full Title:  Peoples & Cultures of the World
Last Reviewed:12/12/2023

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:

Comparative study of traditions in a wide range of cultures throughout the world.  Sampling of cultures according to instructor's areas of interest.  Comparative aspects of day-to-day living as well as larger social institutions such as kinship, religion or political institutions. Requirements for Anthropology 30 include term paper, additional examinations, readings, and summaries.

Prerequisites/Corequisites:

Recommended Preparation:
Eligibility for ENGL 100A or ENGL 100.

Limits on Enrollment:

Schedule of Classes Information
Description:

Compares cultural traditions & day-to-day living in several societies around the world.

(Grade or P/NP)
Prerequisites:
Recommended:Eligibility for ENGL 100A or ENGL 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:	D H	Social and Behavioral Sciences Global Perspective and Environmental Literacy
CSU GE:	Transfer Area			Effective:	Inactive:
	D	Social Science		Summer 2004
	D1	Anthropology and Archeology
	D7	Interdisc Social or Behavioral Science
IGETC:	Transfer Area			Effective:	Inactive:
	4	Social and Behavioral Science		Spring 2007
	4A	Anthropology and Archeology
	4G	Interdis:Social and Behavioral Sciences
CSU Transfer:	Transferable	Effective:	Fall 1981	Inactive:
UC Transfer:	Transferable	Effective:	Fall 1981	Inactive:
C-ID:

Certificate/Major Applicable: Not Certificate/Major Applicable

COURSE CONTENT

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

  Students completing this class will be able to demonstrate

 knowledgeability about a wide variety of culture areas.  They

 will be able to make analytic comparisons of traditions and

 major cultural institutions within these culture areas.  They

 will be able to evaluate and synthesize their knowledge over

 time (prehistory or history of the culture) and in regard to

 specific geographical conditions.

Topics and Scope

  1.  The concept of culture.

 2.  Instructor to select a minimum of 4 major culture areas from

     George Peter Murdocks culture area map for comparison (exs:

     Pacific northwest, southwest, Mediterranean, Sub-Saharan Africa,

     South Asia, Nacirema, etc).

 3.  Instructor to select a minimum of 3 cultural institutions to be

     compared in the above culture areas (exs:  kinship patterns,

     foodways, religion, folklore, male/female roles, etc).

Assignments:

  Students enrolled in this class will be evaluated through written

 reports on culture areas (analytic and comparative essays) and

 through multiple choice type exams.  All texts will be read as

 homework.  Independent study and map work done as homework will

 be required to complete the course (minimum 2 hours per course hour).

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 20 - 40%
Term papers, COMPARATIVE & ANALYTIC ESSAYS
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 40 - 60%
Multiple choice, True/false, Matching items, MAP IDENTIFICATION QUESTIONS
Other: Includes any assessment tools that do not logically fit into the above categories.		Other Category 0 - 0%
MAP IDENTIFICATION QUESTIONS AND COMPARATIVE ESSAYS

Representative Textbooks and Materials:

  Chagnon, Napoleon

   1974, STUDYING THE YANOMAMO.  Holt, Rinehart, and Winston.

 Beals, Alan R.

   1966, GOPALPUR, A SOUTH INDIAN VILLAGE.  Holt, Rinehart, and

   Winston.

 Hart, C.W. and A.R. Pilling

   1966, THE TIWI OF NORTHERN AUSTRALIA.  Holt, Rinehart, and

   Winston.

 Holt, Rinehart, and Winston has published over 40 monographs in the

 past 3 decades that represent comprehensive ethnographies that would

 be suitable selections for this course.  The series covers all

 major culture areas.  Other monographs would be suitable as well

 but the H., R., and W. series is best known in anthropological

 coursework.

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