ANTH 1H - Honors Introduction to Biological Anthropology

3 units
3 hours lecture
Recommended Preparation: ENGL 1 or eligibility for ENGL 1A or qualification by appropriate assessment
Credit, degree applicable
Transfer CSU

This honors course, intended for students in the Honors Transfer Program, explores and emphasizes the evolution and biological diversity of the human species and our closest living relatives, the non-human primates. Topics include genetics, mechanisms of evolutionary change, primate behavior and ecology, human biological variation and human evolutionary history through examination of the fossil record. This course is enriched through extensive, rigorous reading, writing, and research assignments.

Note: Students may take either Anthropology 1H or Anthropology 1. Duplicate credit will not be awarded.