AA in Anthropology

Earn your Associate in Arts degree online with a major in Anthropology at Foothill College.

Associate Degree Requirements available as online courses:

  • English proficiency: ENGL 1A, ESLL 26 or equivalent.
  • Mathematics proficiency: MATH 105 or equivalent.

A minimum of 90 units required to include:

  • All Foothill General Education requirements (30 Units)
  • Core courses (16 Units)
  • Support courses (16 Units)
  • Additional elective course work may be necessary to meet the 90-unit minimum requirement for the associate degree.

NOTE: All courses pertaining to the major must be taken for a letter grade. In addition, a GPA of 2.0 or higher in all core and support courses for the degree.

The courses listed BELOW are offered as online courses. Please see Online Schedule of Classes for verification.

ONLINE COURSE
TITLE
UNITS
     
CORE COURSES (Select 16 units from the following)
ANTH 1 INTRODUCTION TO PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY 4
ANTH 2A CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY
4
ANTH 3 PREHISTORY: SEARCH FOR LOST CIVILIZATIONS
4
ANTH 4 FIRST PEOPLES OF NORTH AMERICA
4
ANTH 8 INTRODUCTION TO ARCHAEOLOGY
4
     
SUPPORT COURSES (Select 8 Units)
ANTH 2B PATTERNS OF CULTURE
4
ANTH 5 MAGIC, SCIENCE, & RELIGION
4
ANTH 6 PEOPLES OF AFRICA
4
ANTH 50 MEDICAL ANTHROPOLOGY 4
GEOG 1 PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY
5
or GEOG 2 HUMAN GEOGRAPHY
4
     
SUPPORT COURSES (8 Units)
HIST 4A HISTORY OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION TO 800 AD
4
HIST 18 INTRODUCTION TO MIDDLE EASTERN CIVILIZATION
4
HUMN 1A HUMANITIES & THE MODERN EXPERIENCE I 4
SOC 30 SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY
4
SOC 40 ASPECTS OF FAMILY AND MARRIAGE
4
SOSC 20 CROSS-CULTURAL PERSPECT MULTICULUTURAL
4
WMN 5 INTRODUCTION TO WOMEN'S STUDIES
4

Based on the 2012-2013 degree program. For a list of on-campus courses that satisfy degree requirements, visit the Curriculum Sheet.