Anthropology

Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:

• APPLY GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF BIOLOGY, ANTHROPOLOGY AND GENERAL SCIENCE AS IT RELATES TO BIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY.(SLO 1)
• Describe the steps of scientific inquiry, including the formulation of scientific hypotheses and research design.
• Describe the history of evolutionary thought and the mechanisms of evolution.
• Define basic cellular and DNA components and functions.
• Articulate concepts of transmission genetics (Mendelian inheritance) and solve problems using Punnett squares and pedigrees.
• Explain how human physical variation is a result of both biology and adaptation to environmental conditions.
• DESCRIBE THE CLASSIFICATION OF NON-HUMAN AND HUMAN PRIMATES IN A TAXONOMIC RELATIONSHIP FOCUSING ON THEIR EVOLUTIONARY ORIGINS AND SHARED BEHAVIOR.(SLO 2)
• Recognize and identify key features of primate classification, including defining physical characteristics of different taxonomic groups.
• Discuss the classification of primates to illustrate evolutionary history.
• Compare and contrast non-human primate and human behavior in areas such as conflict, cooperation, mating strategies and mate selection, feeding ecology, and use of the environment, utilizing socio-biological principles.
• Compare and contrast anatomical features and structures of non-human primates and their relationship to behavior and environmental adaptation.
• HYPOTHESIZE ABOUT A TRAJECTORY OF HUMAN EVOLUTION BASED ON KEY FOSSIL FINDS (SLO 3)
• Summarize types of scientific dating methods and their applications to fossils
• Construct a probable phylogeny for extinct hominids including evolutionary descent.
• Evaluate current evidence of hominid fossils, genetic data and artifacts for their validity to understanding human evolution.
• Recognize problems when evaluating fossil evidence.

Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:

• ARTICULATE GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF BIOLOGY, ANTHROPOLOGY AND GENERAL SCIENCE AS THEY RELATE TO PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY. (SLO 1)
• Identify the steps of scientific inquiry and formulate basic scientific hypotheses.
• Demonstrate knowledge of the basic principles of Mendelian and population genetics by solving Punnett squares and pedigrees
• Define basic cellular and DNA components and functions.
• Explore the mechanisms of evolution.
• DEMONSTRATE KNOWLEDGE OF OSTEOLOGY, ANALYZE MEASUREMENTS OF BONES AND APPLY FORENSIC TECHNIQUES. (SLO 2)
• Identify bones and significant features of bones of the human skeleton
• Perform measurements to describe age and sex related variability in skeletal remains
• Analyze skeletal remains to determine probable cause of death and life history events
• DEVELOP UNDERSTANDING OF THE CLASSIFICATION OF PRIMATES AND HUMANS IN A TAXONOMIC RELATIONSHIP, THEIR EVOLUTIONARY ORIGINS AND SHARED BEHAVIOR. (SLO 3)
• Recognize characteristics of living primates that are useful for identification and interpretation of non-human primate and human fossils.
• Compare and contrast skeletons of prosimians, monkeys, apes, and humans to elucidate patterns of locomotion and dietary adaptation
• Compare and contrast behaviors of living primates as they relate to environmental adaptation
• UNDERSTAND A TRAJECTORY OF HUMAN EVOLUTION BASED ON KEY FOSSIL FINDS. (SLO 4)
• Identify significant anthropoid, hominoid, and hominid fossils.
• Evaluate alternative interpretations of fossil evidence.
• Recognize specific characteristics used to differentiate hominid fossil species and how they relate to patterns of adaptation and evolution of the species.
• Analyze the material cultural adaptations (artifacts) and the roles they have played in human evolution.
• Describe the biological and behavioral adaptations of the genus Homo.

Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:

• DESCRIBE THE SCIENTIFIC METHODS AND THEORIES USED BY ANTHROPOLOGISTS WITHIN A FORENSIC CONTEXT (SLO 1)
• Recall and apply anatomical terminology to identify human skeletal anatomy (Objective 1a)
• Recognize accepted methodology to estimate sex, age, stature and ancestry to human skeletal remains (Objective 1b)
• DERIVE AN INTRODUCTORY ASSESSMENT OF THE CHANGES IN SKELETAL REMAINS OVER TIME DUE TO VARIOUS FACTORS(SLO 2)
• Identify environmental conditions such as weather and burial conditions as possible modifiers to skeletal material (Objective 2a)
• Draft a preliminary hypothesis concerning possible antemortem changes in the skeleton such as trauma (Objective 2b)
• Propose an initial assessment of skeletal remains using published case studies (Objective 2c)
• ARTICULATE THE LEGAL AND ETHICAL RESPONSIBILITIES INVOLVED WITH WORKING WITH HUMAN REMAINS IN VARIOUS FORENSIC CONTEXTS (SLO 3)
• Discuss the responsibilities and potential issues involved in the positive identification of remains (Objective 3a)
• Appreciate the roles of forensic anthropologists in local and global settings (Objective 3b)
• Critique the effectiveness of forensic anthropology as a tool in scientific and social contexts (Objective 3c)

Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:

• DEMONSTRATE AN UNDERSTANDING OF CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY. (SLO 1)
• Recognize the scientific and humanistic approaches to cultural anthropology.
• Explain how cultural anthropologists use a four-field approach and an applied perspective.
• Evaluate cultural anthropological theories and understand how they have been used to view culture and society.
• Appraise field methods, such as ethnography, and ethical considerations in anthropology.
• EXPLORE DIVERSITY OF HUMAN CULTURE, INCLUDING CULTURAL TRADITIONS AND BELIEF SYSTEMS. (SLO 2)
• Employ important anthropological concepts such as cultural relativism, holism, world view, enculturation, ethnocentrism and culture.
• Utilize both an insider (emic) and outsider (etic) point of view to analyze cultural behavior and critique the benefits of each perspective.
• Recognize how stratification occurs at the levels of family/kin, economic, social and political levels and how it impacts the culture as a whole.
• Comprehend how environmental, social and political change can effect cultural adaptation, such as the switch from foraging to food production.
• Demonstrate awareness of how groups delineate cultural boundaries such as sex, gender, race/ethnicity, religious beliefs and sub groups.
• EVALUATE THE IMPORTANCE OF SYMBOLIC FORMS OF COMMUNICATION IN HUMAN CULTURES. (SL0 3)
• Appraise the role of language in learning, enculturation and cross-cultural communication.
• Recognize the importance of linguistic diversity and the problem of language extinction.
• ASSESS GLOBAL TRENDS IN CULTURE CHANGE. (SLO 4)
• Examine culture change for indigenous groups based on colonialism and globalization.
• Appraise the creation of global culture and processes of cultural homogenization.

Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:

• DEMONSTRATE AN UNDERSTANDING OF CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY. (SLO 1)
• Recognize the scientific and humanistic approaches to cultural anthropology.
• Explain how cultural anthropologists use a four-field approach and an applied perspective.
• Evaluate cultural anthropological theories and understand how they have been used to view culture and society.
• Appraise field methods, such as ethnography, and ethical considerations in anthropology.
• EXPLORE DIVERSITY OF HUMAN CULTURE, INCLUDING CULTURAL TRADITIONS AND BELIEF SYSTEMS. (SLO 2)
• Employ important anthropological concepts such as cultural relativism, holism, world view, enculturation, ethnocentrism and culture.
• Utilize both an insider (emic) and outsider (etic) point of view to analyze cultural behavior and critique the benefits of each perspective.
• Recognize how stratification occurs at the levels of family/kin, economic, social and political levels and how it impacts the culture as a whole.
• Comprehend how environmental, social and political change can effect cultural adaptation, such as the switch from foraging to food production.
• Demonstrate awareness of how groups delineate cultural boundaries such as sex, gender, race/ethnicity, religious beliefs and sub groups.
• EVALUATE THE IMPORTANCE OF SYMBOLIC FORMS OF COMMUNICATION IN HUMAN CULTURES. (SL0 3)
• Appraise the role of language in learning, enculturation and cross-cultural communication.
• Recognize the importance of linguistic diversity and the problem of language extinction.
• ASSESS GLOBAL TRENDS IN CULTURE CHANGE. (SLO 4)
• Examine culture change for indigenous groups based on colonialism and globalization.
• Appraise the creation of global culture and processes of cultural homogenization.
• APPRAISE THE IMPORTANCE OF MEDICAL ANTHROPOLOGY IN THE HEALTH AND MEDICAL FIELDS. (SLO 5)
• Recognize the importance of culture in the diagnosis, treatment, and cure of illness.
• Examine ways in which medical anthropology can be applied to the care of patients.

Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:

• DEMONSTRATE AN UNDERSTANDING OF GLOBAL FORCES SHAPING THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD.(SLO 1)
• Explain how colonialism and capitalism have shaped global inequality.
• Understand the influence of non-governmental organizations, terrorist groups, and grass roots movements as "non-state" actors capable of shifting world power dynamics.
• Evaluate the impact of population movements of unprecedented scale (migrants, refugees, and tourists) for the environment, cultural identity, and global politics.
• UNDERSTAND THE DYNAMICS OF CULTURE CHANGE FROM AN ANTHROPOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE. (SLO 2)
• Recognize how long-term ethnographic research is necessary for studying culture change over time.
• Utilize anthropological theories to explain global culture change in the past, present, and future.
• UNDERSTAND THE MECHANISMS OF CULTURE CHANGE AND BE ABLE TO COMPARE AND CONTRAST THE RESPONSES OF DIFFERENT CULTURES. (SLO 3)
• Recognize the importance of diffusion, invention, and forced culture change in contemporary cultures.
• Evaluate how local cultural responses in turn can impact and change global forces.

Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:

• IDENTIFY THE APPROPRIATE ARCHAEOLOGICAL THEORIES AND METHODS USED TO INVESTIGATE ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES. (SLO 1)
• Propose the appropriate dating technique to use on different archaeological materials.
• Critique the different theoretical approaches in archaeological investigations.
• Utilize appropriate mapping, excavation and collection techniques of archaeological sites and artifacts.
• Recognize the ethical dilemmas that archaeologists face and understand the archaeological code of ethical conduct.
• INTERPRET ARCHAEOLOGICAL DATA TO FORM CONCLUSIONS ABOUT PAST USAGE OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES. (SLO 2)
• Apply inquiry methods used by archaeologists to reconstruct past landscapes and social systems.
• Evaluate the effectiveness of different theoretical approaches at evaluating archaeological data.
• Analyze and describe how archaeological knowledge can be applied to the study of modern humans and our societies.

Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:

• IDENTIFY THE APPROPRIATE ARCHAEOLOGICAL THEORIES AND METHODS USED TO INVESTIGATE ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES. (SLO 1)
• Propose the appropriate dating technique to use on different archaeological materials.
• Recognize the different theoretical approaches in archaeological investigations, and how they have shaped the understanding of world prehistory.
• Interpret archaeological data to form conclusion about past usage of archaeological sites.
• PRODUCE A TRAJECTORY OF KEY EVENTS IN HUMAN PREHISTORY, INCLUDING HUMAN EVOLUTION AND DOMESTICATION OF PLANTS AND ANIMALS. (SLO 2)
• Evaluate current evidence of hominid fossils, artifacts, and archaeological sites and their validity in understanding human evolution.
• Recognize the potential problems in evaluating fossil evidence and interpreting archaeological sites.
• Evaluate the various theories concerning the inception of agriculture.
• Identify key archaeological sites relating to human evolution and the beginnings of agriculture.
• APPRECIATE THE VARIATION OF PAST CIVILIZATIONS ACROSS THE GLOBE FROM AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE. (SLO 3)
• Illustrate differences in various civilizations as a result of past history, environment, and technology.
• Recognize the impact of famous archaeological sites, such as Machu Picchu, Teotihuacan, and Giza on the study of human prehistory.
• Interpret the archaeological record and the evidence for the impact of ethnocentrism, ethnic identity, age, class, gender, conquest by outside groups, religion on the development of civilizations.
• Build a foundation of understanding of cultural tolerance of various modes of adaptation in the past and the development of different cultures, including their ideas, cultural values, religions, artistic expression and many other features from across the globe.

Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:

• DEMONSTRATE AN UNDERSTANDING OF ANTHROPOLOGY AND CULTURE. (SLO 1)
• Define culture and religion.
• Explain the four field approach and the applied perspective.
• Evaluate anthropological theories on religious behavior and understand how they have been used to reduce anxiety and promote social solidarity.
• Construct or analyze an ethnographic field study.
• EVALUATE THE ROLE OF RELIGION AND SUPERNATURAL BELIEFS IN SOCIETY. (SLO 2)
• Describe the function of belief, religion, ritual, myth, symbols and taboo.
• Recognize the distinction between religious specialists such as prophets, priests, shamans, and diviners.
• Compare medical models of different cultures (ethnomedicine) emphasizing their belief systems, attributed causes and traditional cures as well as the efficacy of such approaches.
• Explore cross-cultural approaches to and attitudes about altered states of reality/consciousness.
• Examine how various cultures deal with death and dying including funerary and mortuary practices and beliefs about the afterlife.
• APPLY GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF ANTHROPOLOGY TO THE ANALYSIS OF SUPERNATURAL BELIEFS AND PRACTICES. (SLO 3)
• Describe the impact of conflicting religious/spiritual beliefs and the effects it has on traditions and society, including marginalization, adaptation and syncretism.
• Assess how people communicate with the supernatural through ceremonies and rituals.
• Analyze the basis for supernatural contact achieved through meditation, ordeal or deprivation.
• Delineate the roles of supernatural entities in the affairs of humans.
• Elucidate the different types of organized religions: Cults, sects and established groups and explore the functions of revitalization movements, fundamentalism, beliefs in apocalypses, messiahs and salvation as anthropological concepts.
• Examine the role of human biology and evolution in the origins of religion and ritual.

Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:

• EXPLAIN THE DIVERSITY OF NATIVE CALIFORNIANS (SLO 1)
• Create a map illustrating the major culture areas of California.
• Recognize the environment of each of the major cultural groups and scientifically validate consequential ecological adaptations, including the diagnostic cultural features of the group(s) in each area.
• Compare and contrast Native Californian social and cultural systems with those of other major Native North American culture areas such as the Southwest, Arctic, and Great Basin.
• Evaluate the linguistic diversity and complexity of Native California.
• INTERPRET RESEARCH TO DESCRIBE PAST LIFEWAYS (SLO 2)
• Utilize ethnographic texts and interpret archaeological data to assess Native California technology, subsistence, and other cultural adaptations.
• Examine the various interpretations and historical significance of Native Californians in anthropology.
• EVALUATE CONTEMPORARY ISSUES OF NATIVE CALIFORNIANS (SLO 3)
• Examine from an anthropological perspective a source of present day culture conflicts experienced by Native Californians, including at least one of the following: inter-tribal conflict, conflict with other minority groups, or conflict with dominant European American culture.
• Explain and appraise current issues (ex: bias; cultural assumptions; financial stability; racial politics; and differences relating to class, gender, and age) among Native Californians within tribal groups and cross-tribally.

Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:

• EXPLAIN THE DIVERSITY OF NATIVE NORTH AMERICANS (SLO 1)
• Create a map illustrating the major culture areas of North America.
• Recognize the environment of each of the major culture areas of North America and scientifically validate the consequential ecological adaptations including the diagnostic cultural features of the group(s) in each area.
• Evaluate the linguistic diversity and complexity of Native North America.
• INTERPRET RESEARCH TO DESCRIBE PAST LIFEWAYS (SLO 2)
• Utilize ethnographic texts and interpret archaeological data to understand Native American technology, subsistence, and other cultural adaptations.
• Examine the various interpretations and historical significance of Native Americans in anthropology.
• EVALUATE CONTEMPORARY ISSUES OF NATIVE AMERICANS (SLO 3)
• Examine from an anthropological perspective a source of present day culture conflict between Native Americans and the dominant Euro-American, Canadian, and Mexican cultures.
• Explain and appraise current issues (ex: bias; cultural assumptions; financial stability; racial politics; and differences relating to class, gender, and age) among Native Americans within tribal groups and cross-tribally.

Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:

• IDENTIFY CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGICAL THEORIES, METHODS, AND CONCEPTS IN RELATION TO THE STUDY OF SEX, SEXUALITY, AND GENDER. (SLO 1)
• Describe cross-cultural diversity of gender and sexuality from the smallest indigenous societies to the largest industrial societies.
• Identify and apply ethical dilemmas in anthropological research on sex, sexuality and gender.
• Recognize how issues related to sex, sexuality, and gender affect society.
• Distinguish how cultural anthropological approaches to understanding sex, sexuality, and gender benefit from a holistic perspective.
• IDENTIFY LINGUISTIC ANTHROPOLOGICAL THEORIES, METHODS, AND CONCEPTS IN RELATION TO THE STUDY OF SEX, SEXUALITY, AND GENDER. (SLO 2)
• Explain how language is gendered and sexualized.
• Review and apply the societal implications of gendered and or sexualized language.
• Distinguish how linguistic anthropological approaches to understanding sex, sexuality, and gender benefit from a holistic perspective.
• IDENTIFY ARCHAEOLOGICAL THEORIES, METHODS, AND CONCEPTS IN RELATION TO THE STUDY OF SEX, SEXUALITY, AND GENDER. (SLO 3)
• Summarize cross-cultural gender and sexuality diversity in the ancient past.
• Explain and assess the issues associated with analyzing gender, sex, and sexuality in the archaeological record.
• Evaluate representations of gender and sexuality diversity in media portrayals of prehistory.
• Distinguish how archaeological approaches to understanding sex, sexuality, and gender benefit from a holistic perspective.
• IDENTIFY PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGICAL THEORIES, METHODS, AND CONCEPTS IN RELATION TO THE STUDY OF SEX, SEXUALITY, AND GENDER. (SLO 4)
• Describe the diversity of human biological sex and sexuality spectra.
• Explain how human physical variation and behavior is a result of both biology and culture.
• Compare sex differences and sexuality among non-human primates such as monkeys and apes and among extinct and modern humans.
• Distinguish how physical anthropological approaches to understanding sex, sexuality, and gender benefit from a holistic perspective.

Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:

• DEMONSTRATE AN UNDERSTANDING OF ANTHROPOLOGICAL LINGUISTICS.(SLO 1)
• Appreciate the dynamic relationship between culture, language, and speakers.
• Comprehend the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis and its importance in anthropological linguistics.
• Recognize the importance of prosody, nonverbal communication, and symbolic communication.
• Identify the ways in which cultural diversity expresses itself in language.
• COMPREHEND THE THEORIES AND METHODS USED TO INTERPRET LANGUAGES AND THEIR RELATIONSHIPS TO CULTURE.(SLO 2)
• Recognize the history of language families and how to trace protolanguages.
• Describe the evolution of human language through non-human primate communication, childhood language acquisition, and Creole languages.
• Describe the process of linguistic divergence and the creation of new languages or dialects.
• Appreciate the role of research and different methodologies in the development of anthropological theory.
• INTERPRET AND DESCRIBE LANGUAGE USING STRUCTURAL LINGUISTIC TECHNIQUES.(SLO 3)
• Recognize a language from a holistic perspective by demonstrating knowledge of phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, and semantics.
• Utilize the techniques of structural linguistics to analyze different languages.
• ARTICULATE IMPORTANT THEMES OF ANTHROPOLOGY AND HOW THEY APPLY TO LINGUISTICS.(SLO 4)
• Demonstrate an awareness of the “ethnography of speaking” or how race, class, gender, ethnicity, age and sexual orientation intersect with language use.
• Appreciate the role of writing and literacy in cultural adaptation.
• Identify how globalization, culture change, and power transform languages and intensify the extinction of languages.
• Recognize the impact of new technologies such as cell phones, text messaging, instant messaging, and the Internet on language.

Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:

• ANALYZE PATTERNS OF REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR IN HUMANS AND PRIMATES WITH RESPECT TO GENETICS AND ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS (SLO 1)
• Assess evolutionary trends of human and primate behavioral patterns (Objective 1a)
• Compare and contrast the evolution and origin of parenting, mating, mate selection, cooperation and conflict, war, puberty rituals and death rites in several primate species and human cultures (Objective 1b)
• Describe variation seen in nonhuman primate reproductive behavior in an evolutionary context (Objective 1c)
• Critically examine current societies' behavior in modifying reproduction and explain how it affects evolution (Objective 1d)
• ARTICULATE THE SCIENTIFIC PRINCIPLES OF BIOLOGY AND ANTHROPOLOGY AS RELATED TO PRIMATE REPRODUCTION (SLO 2)
• Demonstrate an understanding of the primate reproductive system (Objective 2a)
• Describe the process of evolution by natural selection (Objective 2b)
• Define basic cellular processes, including meiosis and mitosis (Objective 2c)
• Articulate concepts of transmission genetics such as Mendelian inheritance (Objective 2d)
• Discuss common primate mating systems and how they relate to human marriage practices (Objective 2e)
• Use appropriate anthropological terminology such as those describing kinship, descent and modes of subsistence (Objective 2f)

Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:

• APPLY GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF BIOLOGY, ANTHROPOLOGY AND GENERAL SCIENCE AS IT RELATES TO BIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY.(SLO 1)
• Describe the steps of scientific inquiry, including the formulation of scientific hypotheses and research design.
• Describe the history of evolutionary thought and the mechanisms of evolution.
• Define basic cellular and DNA components and functions.
• Articulate concepts of transmission genetics (Mendelian inheritance) and solve problems using Punnett squares and pedigrees.
• Explain how human physical variation is a result of both biology and adaptation to environmental conditions.
• DESCRIBE THE CLASSIFICATION OF NON-HUMAN AND HUMAN PRIMATES IN A TAXONOMIC RELATIONSHIP FOCUSING ON THEIR EVOLUTIONARY ORIGINS AND SHARED BEHAVIOR.(SLO 2)
• Recognize and identify key features of primate classification, including defining physical characteristics of different taxonomic groups.
• Discuss the classification of primates to illustrate evolutionary history.
• Compare and contrast non-human primate and human behavior in areas such as conflict, cooperation, mating strategies and mate selection, feeding ecology, and use of the environment, utilizing socio-biological principles.
• Compare and contrast anatomical features and structures of non-human primates and their relationship to behavior and environmental adaptation.
• HYPOTHESIZE ABOUT A TRAJECTORY OF HUMAN EVOLUTION BASED ON KEY FOSSIL FINDS.(SLO 3)
• Summarize types of scientific dating methods and their applications to fossils.
• Construct a probable phylogeny for extinct hominids including evolutionary descent.
• Evaluate current evidence of hominid fossils, genetic data and artifacts for their validity to understanding human evolution.
• Recognize problems when evaluating fossil evidence.
• DEMONSTRATE THE ABILITY TO ENGAGE IN UPPER-DIVISION WORK IN THE DISCIPLINE OF ANTHROPOLOGY.(SLO 4)
• ACTIVELY ENGAGE IN INTELLECTUAL INQUIRY AND CRITICAL THINKING BEYOND THAT REQUIRED IN ORDER TO PASS AN INTRODUCTORY COURSE IN BIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY (SLO 5)
• Analyze and discuss complex historical and contemporary readings in the fields of genetics, ethnology, bioethics and the study of human evolution.
• Evaluate current scientific data to argue and defend placement of fossil hominins in a taxonomy.
• Critically appraise the role of anthropologists in the area of eugenics, study of race and bioethics and trace the evolution of the discipline.

Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:

• ARTICULATE GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF BIOLOGY, ANTHROPOLOGY AND GENERAL SCIENCE AS THEY RELATE TO PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY.(SLO 1)
• Identify the steps of scientific inquiry and formulate basic scientific hypotheses.
• Demonstrate knowledge of the basic principles of Mendelian and population genetics by solving Punnett squares and pedigrees.
• Define basic cellular and DNA components and functions.
• Explore the mechanisms of evolution.
• DEMONSTRATE KNOWLEDGE OF OSTEOLOGY, ANALYZE MEASUREMENTS OF BONES AND APPLY FORENSIC TECHNIQUES. (SLO 2)
• Identify bones and significant features of bones of the human skeleton.
• Perform measurements to describe age and sex related variability in skeletal remains.
• Analyze skeletal remains to determine probable cause of death and life history events.
• DEVELOP UNDERSTANDING OF THE CLASSIFICATION OF PRIMATES AND HUMANS IN A TAXONOMIC RELATIONSHIP, THEIR EVOLUTIONARY ORIGINS AND SHARED BEHAVIOR.(SLO 3)
• Recognize characteristics of living primates that are useful for identification and interpretation of non-human primate and human fossils.
• Compare and contrast skeletons of prosimians, monkeys, apes, and humans to elucidate patterns of locomotion and dietary adaptation.
• Compare and contrast behaviors of living primates as they relate to environmental adaptation.
• UNDERSTAND A TRAJECTORY OF HUMAN EVOLUTION BASED ON KEY FOSSIL FINDS.(SLO 4)
• Identify significant anthropoid, hominoid, and hominid fossils.
• Evaluate alternative interpretations of fossil evidence.
• Recognize specific characteristics used to differentiate hominid fossil species and how they relate to patterns of adaptation and evolution of the species.
• Analyze the material cultural adaptations (artifacts) and the roles they have played in human evolution.
• Describe the biological and behavioral adaptations of the genus Homo.
• DEMONSTRATE THE ABILITY TO ENGAGE IN UPPER-DIVISION WORK IN THE DISCIPLINE OF ANTHROPOLOGY.(SLO 5)
• ACTIVELY ENGAGE IN INTELLECTUAL INQUIRY AND CRITICAL THINKING BEYOND THAT REQUIRED IN ORDER TO PASS AN INTRODUCTORY COURSE IN BIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY LABORATORY.(SLO 6)
• Evaluate current scientific data to argue and defend placement of fossil hominins in a taxonomy.

Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:

• SLO #1: Actively engage in intellectual inquiry beyond that required in order to pass a course of study (College Wide Learning Outcome – Area 4).
• Discuss and outline a proposal of study (that can be accomplished within one semester term) with a supervising instructor qualified within the discipline.
• Design an independent study (to be completed individually or by collaboration of a small group) to foster special knowledge, skills, and experience that are not available in any one regularly scheduled course.
• Use information resources to gather discipline-specific information.
• SLO #2: Utilize modes of analysis and critical thinking to apply theoretical perspectives and/or concepts in the major discipline of study to significant problems and/or educational activities (College Wide Learning Outcome – Area 3).
• Analyze and apply the knowledge, skills and experience that are involved in the independent study to theoretical perspectives and/or concepts in the major discipline of study.
• Explain the importance of the major discipline of study in the broader picture of society.
• SLO #3: Communicate a complex understanding of content matter of the major discipline of study (College Wide Outcome – Area 3).
• Demonstrate competence in the skills essential to mastery of the major discipline of study that are necessary to accomplish the independent study.
• SLO #4: Identify personal goals and pursue these goals effectively (College Wide Outcome – Area 4).
• Utilize skills from the “academic tool kit” including time management, study skills, etc., to accomplish the independent study within one semester term.