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ANTH 1L
Physical Anthropology Laboratory
Course Description
This course is a laboratory course in which the students apply and practice the scientific methods, techniques, and procedures used by physical anthropologists to understand human evolution, non-human primates, and human variation. Students gain practical experience and a deeper understanding by participating in lab exercises, activities, and experiments that explore human evolution, osteology, forensics, genetics, modern human variation, primate anatomy, and behavior.
Student Learning Outcomes
- Analyze human biological diversity as a response to physical, biotic, socio-cultural and biological factors.
- Evaluate human biology and culture as a response to 7 million years of evolutionary process.
- Evaluate biological and behavioral similarities and differences between humans and non human primates.
- Apply scientific, evolutionary, holistic and a multidisciplinary approach to understand human biology and behavior.
Course Details
- Units
- 1 Units
- Hours
- Weekly Lecture Hours: 0
- Weekly Lab Hours: 3
- Gen Ed
- General Education Class
- Program Status
- Program Applicable
- Credit
- Credit - Degree Applicable
- Transferability
- Transferable to both UC and CSU
- Grading Method
- Letter Grading
Requisite and Advisory
- Prerequisite(s)
- ANTH 1 or ANTH 1H either course may be taken concurrently
- Advisory(ies)
- EWRT 1A or EWRT 1AH or ESL 5
- Corequisite(s)
Limitations on Enrollment and Entrance Skills
- Limitation(s) on Enrollment
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