Foothill College
ANTH 3
WORLD PREHISTORY: THE RISE & FALL OF EARLY CIVILIZATIONS · 4 units · used in 42 transfer pathways
Where this page’s information comes from
- Foothill catalogcourse record · 2026-2027
- FHDA class listingsFall 2026 sections
- Cherrypickercourse matching and pathway links — our analysis
About this course
Survey of world prehistory as reconstructed by archaeologists. Human culture history from Stone Age beginnings to establishment and collapse of the world's first major civilizations. Covers societies from Asia and Africa to Europe and the Americas. Introduction to archaeological methods and interpretation. First use of tools, social complexity, urbanization, domestication of plants and animals, and the rise and fall of civilizations.
Sections this term
Fall 2026 · updated Sep 3, 3:00 PM UTCNo section is scheduled at Foothill College for Fall 2026. The course can still be offered in a later quarter.
Enrollment availability changes frequently. Confirm status in the official FHDA registration system before enrolling.
Prerequisites
The Foothill catalog lists no prerequisite for this course.
Transfer pathways that use ANTH 3
ASSIST maps ANTH 3 to a requirement in 42 published pathways from Foothill College — 24 shown.
- ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT AND PROTECTIONFoothill → Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
- FOREST AND FIRE SCIENCESFoothill → Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
- ANTHROPOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHYFoothill → 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
- Forestry B.S. - Tribal Forestry ConcentrationFoothill → Humboldt State
- Anthropology B.S. - Archaeology ConcentrationFoothill → Humboldt State
- Anthropology B.S. - Cross-Disciplinary Anthropology ConcentrationFoothill → Humboldt State
- SociologyFoothill → UC Irvine
- Political ScienceFoothill → UC Irvine
- Classics, B.A. - Classical Archaeology EmphasisFoothill → UC Santa Barbara
- Anthropology, B.A. - Biological EmphasisFoothill → UC Santa Barbara
- Anthropology, B.A. - Cultural EmphasisFoothill → UC Santa Barbara
- Classics, B.A. - Greek and Roman Culture EmphasisFoothill → UC Santa Barbara
- Anthropology, B.A. - Archaeology EmphasisFoothill → UC Santa Barbara
- AnthropologyFoothill → UC Santa Barbara
- CSU General EducationFoothill → CSU Stanislaus
- Human Developmental Sciences B.S. with a Specialization in Equity & DiversityFoothill → UC San Diego
- Anthropology: Environmental AnthropologyFoothill → UC San Diego
- Human Developmental Sciences B.S. with a Specialization in Healthy AgingFoothill → UC San Diego
- Human Developmental SciencesFoothill → UC San Diego
- Human Developmental SciencesFoothill → UC San Diego
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