Instructor Contact Information
Introduction to Physical Anthropology Fully Online Samantha Hurst, Ph.D. Adjunct Professor, Anthropology San Diego Mesa College E-mail shurst@sdccd.edu. + Use WebCT e-mail after semester begins. The instructor will NOT be issuing Add Codes for this course. If the class is closed, please add yourself to the waitlist on Reg-E. (If the waitlist is full, you will not be offered the option to add yourself to the waitlist.)
Textbook and Course Material Requirements
	Core Concepts in Biological Anthropology Agustin Fuentes ISBN 0073258989 You May Purchase Textbooks Online at the SDCCD Online Bookstore
Hardware and Software Requirements
To successfully complete this online course, you will be required to meet the minimum hardware and software requirements. View Hardware and Software Requirements. Internet Browser: You must use a supported Internet browser in order to successfully work in WebCT, the online course management system for this course. To see a list of supported Internet browsers, click here.
Course Description
This course is an introduction to the study of biological anthropology. The course will cover: the evolutionary biology of humankind based on information from the fossil record and the human skeleton; the genetics of both individuals and populations; our primate relatives; human adaptation and human variation; among our topics. SDCCD Online course is only offered through the internet. Students must be computer literate, motivated, disciplined and have the necessary minimum of five (5) hours to spend on the internet each week. This course is not self-paced.
Course Objectives
§ Understand the subfield of biological anthropology in the larger context of the social and life sciences, including a brief history of the discipline of anthropology as a whole. Review the roots of evolutionary thinking and how it became a central tenet of biological anthropology. Describe the applications of modern genetic research (molecular, Mendelian, population) in unraveling some of the mysteries of human evolution. Survey the field of human adaptation and variation and the ways in which evolutionary forces mold human populations. Learn about living nonhuman primates by their classification, anatomical and behavioral adaptations and social life. Develop an understanding of the human fossil record, as well as the environmental context in which fossils are found and describe the periods of Earth's history during which both nonhuman and human primates arose. Introduce the genus Homo and the causes and consequences of dispersal from Africa into the sequence of hominids leading to anatomically modern humans... Homo sapien sapiens.
Application and Registration Information
REGISTRATION DIRECTIONS: Complete Online Application (for new SDCCD students). Go to Student Web Services Receive registration appointment and instructions by email or mail. Register online at the Reg-e, our online registration system. Make sure that you pay your tuition so that you don't lose your registration!   Fees and Tuition Information. Order textbooks online. Visit our online bookstore. After completion of registration on Reg-e, and several days prior to the start of the semester, you will receive an email with course login instructions. If you don't receive an email please go to http://www.sdccdonline.net and login on the first day of class as follows: Type your WebCT ID = 7-digit College Student Identification (CSID) number Type your Password =  mmddyyyy (your birthdate with no hyphens, slashes, or spaces) For example:  1010101 (CSID number used at registration)                        06231980 (password for the birthdate June 23, 1980 )  If this course is closed, please login to Reg-e to be placed on a waitlist. If the waitlist is full, you will not be able to add your name to the waitlist. You will not be able to login to your online course until the first day of the semester!!! You must login to your online course on the first day of the session to avoid your enrollment being dropped. Follow the login instructions at www.sdccdonline.net/login.htm