CNM Courses in Anthropology

3

(Prerequisite: RDG 100 or Accuplacer Reading Score of 80 or equivalent)

Surveys the breadth of anthropology, including archaeology, biological anthropology, cultural anthropology, and linguistic anthropology.
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3

(Prerequisite: RDG 100 or Accuplacer Reading Score of 80 or equivalent) 

Introduces concepts and practices of linguistics and anthropology. Study of the systematic nature of language: phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics and pragmatics.
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3

(Prerequisite: RDG 100 or Accuplacer Reading Score of 80 or equivalent)

Surveys archaeological theory and methods including data from selected archaeological sites in various geographical areas and from different time periods.
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3

(Prerequisite: RDG 100 or Accuplacer Reading Score of 80 or equivalent)

Surveys basic concepts of cultural anthropology as well as cultural characteristics illustrated by a variety of existing cultures in their native environments with societal examples in cross-cultural comparisons.
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3

(Prerequisite: RDG 100 or Accuplacer Reading Score of 80 or equivalent)

Introduces field of biological anthropology and concepts of organic evolution. Emphasizes fossil history of primates, prehistory of man and human genetics within a paleoecological context, modern primate behavior and its relevance to human evolution.
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3

(Prerequisite: RDG 100 or Accuplacer Reading Score of 80 or equivalent)

Traces Mesoamerican archaeology from the earliest inhabitants through the Aztec period. Emphasizes cultural processes and dynamics of cultural evolution.
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3

(Prerequisite: RDG 100 or Accuplacer Reading Score of 80 or equivalent)

Presents comparative ethnology of North American Indian tribes on geographic, ecologic and cultural bases, and explores life of North American Indians before European influence and the diversity of cultures existing on the North American continent.
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3

(Prerequisite: RDG 100 or Accuplacer Reading Score of 80 or equivalent)

Presents basic concepts related to cultural patterns of the American Southwest from A.D. 1600 to the present and interactions of the ethnic groups that populate the Southwest.
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3

(Prerequisite: RDG 100 or Accuplacer Reading Score of 80 or equivalent)

Presents interpretations and dynamics of southwestern archaeology from the time of the earliest inhabitants until European contact.
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3

(Prerequisite: RDG 100 or Accuplacer Reading Score of 80 or equivalent)

Examines the nature and use of mind-altering drugs from a crosscultural perspective, including study of the varieties and effects of such drugs around the world, socio-cultural contexts and functions of drugs, the social control of drugs, and the political economy of world trade in both licit and illicit drugs.
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1-3

(Prerequisite: RDG 100 or Accuplacer Reading Score of 80 or equivalent)

Presents various topics. See Schedule of Classes.