Program Overview
The Anthropology Pre-Major, AA-DTA program provides the first two years of coursework for a four-year degree in Anthropology. It covers the four major areas of anthropology: archaeology, biological anthropology, cultural anthropology, and linguistic anthropology. Students gain skills in observation, data collection, and analysis, preparing them for careers in fields such as archaeology, forensics, linguistics, and social work. The program is offered on campus and online, with starting quarters in fall, winter, spring, and summer.
Program Outline
Degree Overview:
Associate in Arts - Direct Transfer Agreement (AA-DTA) Completion time: 90 Credits Starting Quarter: Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer Location: On Campus, Online
Objectives
- The Anthropology Pre-Major, AA-DTA is designed to meet the first two years of requirements of most four-year degrees.
- Prepare students for a major in Anthropology by taking recommended courses to fulfill the requirements of a transfer degree.
Program Description
Anthropology is the study of human and non-human primates biologically, socially and culturally across time and place. A field that touches on all others, anthropology has four major areas of study: archaeology, biological anthropology, cultural anthropology and linguistic anthropology. Through investigations in each of these areas, and their influence on each other, students learn to holistically understand human cultural and physical diversity and their continuous adaption to the environment.
Careers:
Students who major in Anthropology gain knowledge and skills in participant observation, data collection, interviewing techniques, object recognition and cataloging, data analysis, cognitive mapping and cross-cultural communication that can be applied to a wide variety of careers. For example, anthropologists become archaeologists, forensic specialists, primatologists, linguists, professors, consultants, researchers/project managers for social, health and economic studies, advocates for indigenous people, curators of museums, urban planners, park naturalists, park rangers, historians, social workers, lawyers, journalists, etc.