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2011 – 2012Course DescriptionsANTH 310 CIVILIZATIONS OF AN ANCIENTLANDSCAPE: WORLDARCHAEOLOGY (3)Three hours lecture per weekTraces the relationship between thephysical geography and the developmentof ancient civilizations in Pre-ColumbianAmerica, Africa, Asia, and Europe,beginning with the post-glacial periodand ending with the rise of feudalism inEurope and Japan and including changefrom hunting and gathering groups tosedentary agriculturalists and pastoralistsgiving rise to later complex socialorganizations. Examines art, architecture,science, religion, trade economic andsocial systems.Student Option: Graded or Credit/No CreditGenEd: DANTH 323 NATIVE AMERICANS OFCALIFORNIA TO THE 1850s (3)Three hours lecture per weekThis course examines the development ofNative American peoples and culturesin California as they adapted to diverseenvironments. The environmental history ofthe last glacial and post-glacial periodswill be examined to provide a backdropfor human history. Using archaeological,historical, and ethnographic sources,the culture history of California’s NativeAmericans will be traced from antiquityto the 1850s. The impact of Spanishexploration, colonization, and themission system will be traced fromthe perspectives of both the NativeAmericans and their colonizers.Student Option: Graded or Credit/No CreditGenEd: C3B, DANTH 327 ORAL HISTORY AND THECOMMUNITY (3)Three hours lecture per weekPrerequisites: ANTH 102 or Consentof InstructorOutlines and develops the use of oralhistory as a research method fromthe 19th century to the present usingexamples drawn from anthropology,folklore and history. Explores differentstyles of interview techniques, includingdirected and open-ended interviews,questionnaires, and equipment withemphasis on broad, community-basedresearch designs.Student Option: Graded or Credit/No CreditGenEd: DANTH 332 HUMAN ECOLOGY (3)Three hours lecture per weekThis human ecology course placeshumans into the environment in historicaland global contexts. Discusses systemstheory as it applies to human adaptationto the environment. Studies the relationsamong political power, ideology,and resources, integrating conceptsfrom ecology with those from socialsciences. Theories and forecasts ofhuman population growth and migrationamong regions and cultures. Social andenvironmental impacts of populationand age distribution. Natural resourceconstraints on growth. Topics fromland development, resource planning,environmental quality, politics, economicgrowth, conflicts and wars.Same as ESRM 332GenEd: D, InterdisciplinaryANTH 345 HUMAN EVOLUTIONAND DIVERSITY (3)Three hours lecture per weekHuman biological evolution from theAfrican savannah of 5 million yearsago to the present, focusing uponadaptation to environmental conditions,disease, diet. Includes segments onecology, evolutionary theory, genetics,natural selection, non-human primates.Discusses the concept of race from ananthropological perspective. Includesissues of speciation and race, adaptationto cold, heat, desert, tropics, anddiseases. Compares ethnicity vs. race.Student Option: Graded or Credit/No CreditGenEd: B2, InterdisciplinaryANTH 352 APPLIED ANTHROPOLOGY (3)Three hours lecture per weekPrerequisite: ANTH 102Examines the applications of theory,methods and skills of the four subfields ofanthropology to the solve contemporarysocial problems. Provides a history ofapplied anthropology and a conceptualframework for understanding differentapproaches in the field. Issues andtopics covered include internationaldevelopment, social inequality andpoverty, business and industry, education,law/criminal justice, environmental issues,and other domains.ANTH 375 QUALITATIVE RESEARCHMETHODS INANTHROPOLOGY (3)Three hours lecture per weekPrerequisite: ANTH 102Introduction to qualitative data collectionand analysis in anthropology. Topicsinclude research design, interviewing,participant observation, cross-verificationof data, interactive data gathering,participatory learning, rapid ruralappraisal, data interpretation, ethical andlegal issues. Formerly known as ANTH475, changed February 2009.ANTH 377 ARCHAEOLOGICAL METHODAND THEORY (3)Three hours lecture per weekPrerequisite: ANTH 105In-depth study of the methodological andtheoretical foundations of archaeology.Considers the assumptions, models,and techniques archaeologists use toanalyze and interpret material culture,as well as the ethical considerations ofcontemporary archaeological inquiry.Topics covered include research design,dating techniques, field and laboratorymethods, classification and debatesin modern theory. Class activities mayinclude field and/or laboratory exercises.Formerly known as ANTH 477, changedFebruary 2009.ANTH 442 THE AFRICAN DIASPORA (3)Three hours lecture per weekExamines the dispersal of Africans to othercontinents over the last two thousandyears. Special attention will be paid tothe African slave trade, identity formation,and nationalism. The course employsinterdisciplinary methods borrowed fromanthropology, art history, linguistics, andliterature.Same as HIST 442GenEd: D, InterdisciplinaryANTH 443 MEDICAL ANTHROPOLOGY:CROSS-CULTURAL PERSPECTIVESON HEALTH AND HEALING (3)Three hours lecture per weekThis course provides a cross-culturalperspective on human health issues.Uses biological, cultural, and behavioralapproaches to understanding theconcepts of diseases and their treatment,ethnoscience, health, and complementaryand alternative medicine placed in aglobal perspective.Student Option: Graded or Credit/No CreditGenEd: D, Interdisciplinary210 www.csuci.edu • California State University Channel Islands • 2011 - 2012 Catalog