Recent SemestersFall 2026, Summer 2026, Spring 2026, Fall 2025, Spring 2025Class Size110 studentsCredits3 Transfers ToUC and CSUCal-GETC Area 4 · Cal-GETC Area 3B · IGETC Area 4A · IGETC Area 3B · CSU GE Area D1 · CSU GE Area D · CSU GE Area C2DescriptionReligion and magic are human universals. Anthropologists study contemporary religions and religious consciousness to help reconstruct religions in prehistory, as well as for an understanding of the modern world and of the human mind. The student will be introduced to a fascinating variety of rites, rituals, religious movements, symbolic systems, as well as anthropological theories about religion. Credit will not be awarded for both the honors and regular versions of a course. Credit will be awarded only for the first course completed with a grade of "C" or better. 