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LOS ANGELES CITY COLLEGE 80TH ANNIVERSARY CATALOG 2008-2009<br />
ANTHROPOLOGY 102<br />
Human Ways of Life: Cultural Anthropology<br />
3 UNITS - (UC:CSU)<br />
Advisory: English 28/31 or equivalent.<br />
This course establishes the four-field approach to anthropology while<br />
covering both anthropological theory and method. Conversations will adopt<br />
a holistic perspective to human culture and establish cultural relativism.<br />
The objectives of this course are (1) to employ a relative perspective in the<br />
appreciation of the world’s cultural diversity, and (2) to apply case studies<br />
to describe this variation. The student examines communication, learning,<br />
subsistence, economics, family, kinship, gender, ethnicity, politics,<br />
stratification, globalization, religion, expressive art, and cultural changes<br />
as these all affect our lives, through assigned readings from the text,<br />
lectures, discussions and ethnographic investigations, this course will equip<br />
you the student with a better understanding of cultural life ways, both past<br />
and present, in this time of globalization.<br />
ANTHROPOLOGY 103<br />
Archaeology: Reconstructing the Human Pas<br />
3 UNITS - (UC [pending]:CSU)<br />
This course is an exploration of the theories and methods of contemporary<br />
archaeology and offers a narrative on prehistory. Students will interpret<br />
the peopling of the planet, culture change, and the rise of civilization using<br />
the archaeological record. Students will construct a theory-rich research<br />
design that reflects current trends in contemporary archaeology.<br />
ANTHROPOLOGY 111<br />
Laboratory in Human Biological Evolution<br />
2 UNITS – (UC [pending]:CSU)<br />
This course introduces laboratory methods used to examine evolutionary<br />
theory, human genetics, classification, an introduction to primates, the<br />
hominid fossil record, and modern human variation. Students will use<br />
practical research modules to identify biological characteristics of primate<br />
using principles of classification, discuss features of primate locomotion,<br />
diagram the origin of mankind by employing the comparative morphology<br />
of skulls from the hominid fossil record, and use forensic techniques to<br />
interpret modern human variation. Students must complete Anthropology<br />
101 or be currently enrolled<br />
ASIAN AMERICAN STUDIES 1<br />
The <strong>As</strong>ian in America<br />
3 UNITS – (UC:CSU)<br />
Survey of the <strong>As</strong>ian American in American society, including the <strong>As</strong>ian<br />
cultural heritage and the social, political, economic, and cultural<br />
development of the <strong>As</strong>ian American communities in the American setting<br />
from an <strong>As</strong>ian American perspective.<br />
ASIAN AMERICAN STUDIES 6<br />
Introduction to <strong>As</strong>ian Music<br />
3 UNITS – (UC:CSU)<br />
(Same as Music 133)<br />
Course consists of a survey of Music of <strong>As</strong>ian countries and cultures from<br />
the earliest period to the present and its influence on Western Culture.<br />
Audio and visual materials and demonstrations of musical instruments will<br />
be presented. Credit allowed for only one of <strong>As</strong>ian-American studies 6 and<br />
Music 133.<br />
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CHICANO STUDIES 7<br />
The Mexican American in the<br />
History of the United States I<br />
3 UNITS - (UC:CSU)<br />
Meets the <strong>As</strong>sociate in Arts degree requirements in U.S. History, U.S.<br />
Constitution, and California State and Local Government.<br />
Credit allowed for only one of Mexican American Studies 7 or African-<br />
American Studies 4 or History 11.<br />
A survey of U.S. History from the early Pre-Colonial Era through the Civil<br />
War with special emphasis on the contribution of the Mexican American.<br />
Included is a survey of the United States Constitution. UC limit: One course<br />
from Chicano Studies 7, African-American Studies 4, History 11.<br />
CHICANO STUDIES 8<br />
The Mexican American in the<br />
History of the United States II<br />
3 UNITS - (UC:CSU)<br />
Meets the <strong>As</strong>sociate in Arts degree requirements in U.S. History, U.S.<br />
Constitution, and California State and Local Government.<br />
Credit allowed for only one of Mexican American Studies 8 or African-<br />
American Studies 5 or History 12 or 13.<br />
A survey of the U.S. History from the end of the Civil War to the present<br />
time, with special emphasis on the Mexican American in the social, economic<br />
and political development of American civilization.<br />
UC limit: One course from Chicano Studies 8, African-American Studies 5,<br />
History 12, 13.<br />
CHICANO STUDIES 44<br />
Mexican Civilization<br />
3 UNITS (UC:CSU)<br />
A survey of Pre-Colombian Indians of Mexico; Spanish conquest and<br />
domination; and Mexico during colonial era, the revolution for independence<br />
against Spain. The revolution of 1910 and contemporary Mexico.<br />
CHICANO STUDIES 52<br />
Mexican Art - Modern<br />
3 UNITS - (UC:CSU)<br />
Advisory: English 21 or equivalent.<br />
A survey of the pictorial arts of Mexico prior to and during the 20th Century.<br />
Studies the broad range of the arts including the evolution of a Mexican-<br />
American art and iconography.<br />
ECONOMICS 1<br />
Principles of Economics I<br />
3 UNITS – (UC:CSU)<br />
Advisory: English 28/31 or equivalent.<br />
A course in microeconomics introducing the principles and methods of<br />
economic analysis, economic institutions, and issues of economic policy.<br />
Emphasis is placed upon production and the allocation of economic<br />
resources, and distribution of income through the private enterprise price<br />
system.<br />
ECONOMICS 2<br />
Principles of Economics II<br />
3 UNITS – (UC:CSU)<br />
Advisory: English 28/31 or equivalent.<br />
A course in macroeconomics emphasizing aggregative economic analysis,<br />
including money and banking, national income determination, business<br />
fluctuations, and other topics relevant to macroeconomic analysis.