Anthropology (Anthro)
1A-B. General Anthropology (3-3)
1A is not prerequisite to 1B. (a) Physical anthropology; relation of
man and the animals; evolution of man, fossil man, race and racial classification;
racial theories, race relations. (b) Cultural anthropology; the nature of
culture; culture growth and history; survey of cultural phenomena; cultural
theory; applied anthropology.
102A-B. World Ethnology (3-3)
Prerequisite: permission of instructor. Major theories of culture; survey
of culture types and their distribution; ethnological problems.
103A-B. Acculturation (3-3)
Prerequisite: Hist 1A. Growth of civilization in Europe, Egypt, and
Asia, ancient and recent; diffusions in Africa and Oceania; growth of culture
in New World; the place of occidental civilization; world religions..
105. Survey of Native American Culture (3)
Prerequisite: Anthro 2 or permission of instructor. Prehistory of western
hemisphere; linguistic groups; development, spread, and attainments of native
Indian cultures.
110. Anthropological Methods (3 )
Practical work on excavation; instruments employed by excavator; keeping
field records; theory of dendrochronology, percentage dating; methods of
physical anthropology and ethnology.
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