Provides the student with training which will enhance employment opportunities as a para-professional archaeologist as well as sufficient background to begin upper division work in anthropology. 33 Archaeological Excavator Courses required for a Certificate of Achievement Prepares student for employment as an archaeological site excavator. An activity may be taken four times for credit.
Activity is defined to include all ability levels.
The place of humans in nature. An introduction to the study of concepts, theories, and methods used in the comparative study of sociocultural systems. The course typically includes subjects such as subsistence patterns, social and political organization, language and communication, family and kinship, religion, the arts, social inequality, ethnicity, gender, culture change and the application of anthropological perspectives to contemporary issues. Field studies in local areas may be included. Brief prehistoric and historic background of the continent.