ANT-110 Human Prehistory
This course is a survey of human evolution—from the origin of humans up to and including the emergence of early civilizations. Our focus is on the introduction to early human biological and cultural variability emphasizing evolution, cultural adaptation, and cultural change within different environments using the subfields of physical anthropology and archaeology. This course carries SUNY General Education Social Sciences and World History and Global Awareness credit.
Course Learning Outcomes
- Demonstrate an understanding of the methods social scientists use to explore social phenomena including measurement and data collection techniques used to study human prehistory and early human civilizations.
- Describe major concepts and theories of prehistory and early human civilizations by comparing and contrasting ideological and methodological paradigms of human evolutionary history.
- Demonstrate an understanding of the structures, systems, and interrelationships among civilizations and cultures within historical and/or contemporary contexts, and their impact on well-being and sustainability by analyzing quantitative data and evaluating anthropological research findings as they bear upon human prehistory and history.
- Demonstrate knowledge of a broad outline of world history and/or the development of the distinctive features of at least one civilization or culture in relation to other regions of the world by comparing and contrasting the major concepts, models, and issues in the study of human prehistory and the development of civilization of early historic societies.