Fall 2023 Course Offerings

ANTH 345 - Human Evolution and Diversity

Description

Hours: Three hours lecture per week Prerequisites: Junior Standing and successful completion of Golden Four GE Areas (A1, A2, A3, B4) Description: Human biological evolution from the African savannah of 5 million years ago to the present, focusing upon adaptation to environmental conditions, disease, diet. Includes segments on ecology, evolutionary theory, genetics, natural selection, non-human primates. Discusses the concept of race from an anthropological perspective. Includes issues of speciation and race, adaptation to cold, heat, desert, tropics, and diseases. Compares ethnicity vs. race.

Meeting Information

Info current as 12/21/2024
Days Times Room Meeting Dates Instructor
W  3:00 PM  -  4:15 PM  Ojai Hall 1986 8/19/2023 - 12/9/2023 Matthew Curtis
M Online 8/19/2023 - 12/9/2023 Matthew Curtis

Status: Open
Class Number: 1299
Session: Regular Academic Session
Units: 3.00
Class Components: Lecture
Career: Undergraduate
Dates: 8/19/2023 - 12/9/2023
Grading: Letter Grade

Class Availability

Information below is 24 hours old.
Enrollment Total: 34
Available Seats: 4
Wait List Capacity: 10
Wait List Total: 0

Textbook / Other Materials

Status: Required
ISBN: 9781138037533
Title: Human Biological Diversity
Publisher: Routledge
Author: Brown

Status: Required
ISBN: 9780393533156
Title: How Humans Evolved (w/Ebook, InQuizitive, Guided L
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, Incorp
Author: Boyd

Status: Required
ISBN: 9781615194940
Title: Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived
Publisher: Experiment LLC, The
Author: Rutherford

Status: Required
ISBN: 9780393533088
Title: How Humans Evolved (Ninth Edition)
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, Incorp
Author: Boyd

Status: Required
ISBN: 9780393533088
Title: How Humans Evolved (Ninth Edition)
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, Incorp
Author: Boyd

More textbook information including prices

Enrollment Information

  • Upper Division
  • Asynchronous online
  • Includes any In Person Meeting
  • Interdisciplinary Approaches Mission Pillar
  • Upper Div - B Scientific Inq & Quantitative Reason

Notes

Open to Juniors and Seniors Only
This is a hybrid section (345-03) with one day F2F on Wednesday from 3:00 PM to 4:15 PM and the other Monday asynchronous (students work asynchronously - does not have to be a specific time of day on Monday).