Transfers ToUC and CSUCal-GETC Area 5CDescriptionANTH 482 Honors Biological Anthropology Laboratory Units: 1 Hours: 54 hours LAB Prerequisite: None. Corequisite: ANTH 300 or 480 Enrollment Limitation: Enrollment is limited to Honors Program students. Details about the Honors Program can be found in the front of the Catalog and on the CRC website. Transferable: CSU; UC General Education: Cal-GETC Area 5C C-ID: C-ID ANTH 115L This course is an introductory laboratory course designed to provide students with an opportunity to become familiar with the methods of the science of biological anthropology while investigating topics in laboratory and field situations. Topics covered in the course are: the scientific method, sources of biological variation and forces of evolution, human osteology (bone identification), human variation, taxonomy and comparative osteology of the primates, comparative behavior, and the fossil evidence for human evolution. A field trip to the local zoo may be included. This course is designed as a companion course to Anthropology 300 - Biological Anthropology, Anthropology 480-Honors Biological Anthropology and Honors 386-Honors Biological Anthropology. This honors course offers rigorous preparation in critical thinking, and analytic reading and writing skills for students intending to transfer to a four-year college or university. It provides an opportunity to engage contemporary biological and anthropological issues through small group discussion, debates and activities, reading analysis requiring higher-level thinking tasks, and collaborative projects. This course will also provide in depth opportunities for students to complete extensive hands-on study of pertinent fossil material. This course is not open to students who have completed ANTH 301. Enrollment is limited to Honors Program students. Details about the Honors Program can be found in the front of the Catalog and on the CRC website. This course is the same as Honor 387. This course, under either name (ANTH 482 or HONOR 387), may be taken only one time for credit.