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    Mar 29, 2024  
2013-2014 RACC Student Catalog 
    
2013-2014 RACC Student Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Anthropology Transfer, AA


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Social Sciences/Human Services Division

This program is designed to prepare the student to enter a baccalaureate program in Sociology/Anthropology/Social Sciences, with a concentration in Anthropology, on the junior level.

Upon successful completion of this program, the student should be able to:

  • Describe the interrelated biological and sociocultural factors that have been proposed to explain the evolution of the human species.
  • Analyze the wide range of adaptive responses by societies to differing environmental and societal pressures both past and present.
  • Identify and explain how inequalities in wealth, status and power are maintained in human societies.
  • Discuss cross-cultural universals and differences in sexual and marriage practices and ideas about beauty.
  • Explain the determinates of cross-cultural variation in expected (ideal) and observed (real) behavior.
  • Discuss the various formal and informal methods of social control that exist in preindustrial, industrial and postindustrial societies.
  • Explain the importance of and differences that exist in both verbal and nonverbal communication in human societies.
  • Compare, contrast and evaluate supernatural and scientific explanations for the origin, function and persistence of religious belief and practice in human societies.
  • Identify, discuss and contrast the major agents of socialization operating on individuals in non-Western and Western societies.
  • Discuss the problems faced by native peoples as they attempt to cope with various aspects of the impact of modern western culture upon their traditional societies.
  • Transfer to an accredited college or university.

Required Program of Study


See General Education Requirements (36 Credit Hours)


 

Suggested Electives (9 Credit Hours)


Courses selected as electives will depend upon the institution to which you will transfer. It is essential that you consult with a Faculty Advisor for assistance in selecting elective courses. However, it is the responsibility of students to meet with an admissions representative from the four-year institution to determine its transfer policies.

Total Credits=60


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