2005-07 Catalog - Tacoma Community College

2005-2007 CatalogCredit Course Descriptions 87AnthropologyANTHR 100 (F, W, Sp)Introduction to Anthropology (5)A survey of the subfields of physicalanthropology, archaeology, anthropologicallinguistics and sociocultural anthropologythrough the examination of selectedproblems in human biological and culturalevolution. An introduction to the disciplineof anthropology that asks what it means tobe human. (multicultural content)Prerequisite: Completion of ENGL 91 with a ‘C’or higher or assessment at college-level reading andwriting.ANTHR 201 (F, W, Sp)Principles of Physical Anthropology (5)Study of the origins and adaptations of thehuman species. An examination of the fossilrecord and living populations of monkeys,apes, and humans. (multicultural content)Prerequisite: Completion of ENGL 91 with a ‘C’or higher or assessment at college-level reading andwriting.ANTHR 202 (F, W, Sp)Principles of Sociocultural Anthropology (5)An analysis of the social and culturalvariation of humankind. Comparison of howvarious western and non-western peopleslive. (multicultural content)Prerequisite: Completion of ENGL 91 with a ‘C’or higher or assessment at college-level reading andwriting.ANTHR 203Introduction to Linguistic Anthropology (5)Introduction to linguistic methods andtheories used within anthropology. Topicsinclude the structure of language, evidencefor the innateness of language, therelationship between language and culture,the ethnography of communication,sociolinguistics, and historical linguistics. Thelinguistic database in the course is bothhistorical and cross-cultural. (multiculturalcontent)Prerequisite: Completion of ENGL 91 with a ‘C’or higher or assessment at college-level reading andwriting.ANTHR 205Principles of Archaeology (5)Introduction to the study of the prehistoryof humankind as revealed by materialremains. Covers excavation techniques,analyzing and dating artifacts, and a surveyof world prehistory from the beginning ofculture to the appearance of writing.Prerequisite: Completion of ENGL 91 with a 'C'or higher or assessment at college-level reading andwriting.ANTHR 207American Cultural Diversity (5)This course focuses on the diversity ofcultural perspectives within the UnitedStates. In-depth examinations of two ormore cultures will include exploring the waysin which people from minority culturalperspectives cope with some of the centralideals and expectations of the dominantculture. (multicultural content)Prerequisite: Completion of ENGL 91 with a ‘C’or higher, or assessment at college-level reading andwriting.ANTHR 210Native American Cultures (5)An examination of the diversity of culturesamong the Indians of North America, thiscourse is an ethnographic survey of NativeAmerican societies before European contact.(multicultural content)Prerequisite: Completion of ENGL 91 with a ‘C’or higher or assessment at college-level reading andwriting.ANTHR 270 (Sp)Models for Human Evolution:The Living Primates (5)Examines the origins and evolutionary trendsof the order Primates, from modern taxonomicrelationships to ontogeny, behavioral andmorphological adaptation, socioecology andconservation. Uses lectures, slides, labs, andreadings to compare and contrast the majorgroups of nonhuman primates, consider theirrelationships to humans, and provideperspective on the status of endangeredspecies, with which we may share a future aswell as a past. Field trip included.Prerequisite: ANTHR 201.ArtANTHR 280 (W)Human Osteology and the Fossil Record (5)An introduction to the human skeleton andits place among other mammalian andvertebrate forms. This course covers themorphology of teeth and bones. It exploresvarious methods of identifying a humanskeleton, and of age and sex determination.Other topics include bone development,fossilization, and human evolution.Prerequisite: BIOL 100 or 118 or ANTHR 201.ANTHR 299Independent Study (1-3)A variable credit course based on independentstudy contracted between an instructor and astudent. The emphasis will be a researchrelated project which will provide anopportunity for students to pursue in-depth inan area previously or concurrently covered ina college-level course.Prerequisite: ANTHR 100 with a ‘B+’ or higher.Instructor permission required and a written contractbetween the instructor, student and instructionaladministrator, describing the nature and method ofthe independent study.ArabicSee Foreign Language section, page 106.ArtThe following courses are designed forstudents who wish to explore one or moreareas of art. They are beginning studiocourses and have no prerequisites. Note:Five credits of studio courses may be usedas distribution credit for the AAS degree.ART 101ART 102ART 103ART 105ART 131ART 146ART 150ART 156ART 172Art BasicsTwo-Dimensional DesignThree-Dimensional DesignBeginning DrawingBeginning CeramicsBeginning PhotographyBeginning PrintmakingBeginning PaintingBeginning SculptureThe following are lecture-oriented coursesrecommended for Humanities distributionrequirements. They have no prerequisites.ART 100ART 201Appreciation of the Visual ArtsHistory of Western Art:AncientContinued