ANTH 2AH

About this course

Introduction to the study of human culture and the concepts, theories, and methods used to understand different social and cultural systems, with an emphasis on appreciating human diversity. Topics include a cross-cultural exploration of: subsistence strategies; social, political, and economic organization; language and communication; marriage and kinship; religion; gender; ethnicity and race; social inequality; culture change; and the effects of colonialism and globalization. Focus is made on the application of anthropological perspectives to contemporary social issues. As an honors course, this is a full thematic seminar with advanced teaching methods focusing on major writing, reading, and research assignments, student class lectures, group discussions and interactions.

Enrollment availability changes frequently. Confirm status in the official FHDA registration system before enrolling.

Prerequisites

The Foothill catalog lists no prerequisite for this course.

Advisory: “Advisory: Not open to students with credit in ANTH 2A.”

Transfer pathways that use ANTH 2AH

ASSIST maps ANTH 2AH to a requirement in 160 published pathways from Foothill College — 24 shown.

• ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT AND PROTECTIONFoothill → Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
• COMPARATIVE ETHNIC STUDIESFoothill → Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
• PUBLIC HEALTHFoothill → Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
• FOREST AND FIRE SCIENCESFoothill → Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
• ANTHROPOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHYFoothill → Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
• POLITICAL SCIENCEFoothill → Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
• SOCIOLOGYFoothill → Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
• ENVIRONMENTAL EARTH AND SOIL SCIENCEFoothill → Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
• Anthropology B.S. - Sociocultural Anthropology ConcentrationFoothill → Humboldt State
• Anthropology B.S. - Linguistic Anthropology ConcentrationFoothill → Humboldt State
• Anthropology B.S. - Biological Anthropology ConcentrationFoothill → Humboldt State
• Anthropology B.S. - Archaeology ConcentrationFoothill → Humboldt State
• Anthropology B.S. - Cross-Disciplinary Anthropology ConcentrationFoothill → Humboldt State
• Speech, Language, and Hearing SciencesFoothill → San Francisco State
• AnthropologyFoothill → San Francisco State
• European StudiesFoothill → UCLA
• AnthropologyFoothill → UCLA
• Human Biology and SocietyFoothill → UCLA
• Global StudiesFoothill → UCLA
• Latin American StudiesFoothill → UCLA
• Asian StudiesFoothill → UCLA
• Human Biology and SocietyFoothill → UCLA
• African and Middle Eastern StudiesFoothill → UCLA
• Disability StudiesFoothill → UCLA