Anthropology Classes Offered this Quarter
Winter 2026
Class runs from 1/5/2026 - 3/27/2026
(late start 2/16/2026 - 3/27/2026)
For more information, visit: https://www.foothill.edu/anthropology/schedule.html
For more information, visit: https://www.foothill.edu/anthropology/schedule.html
Survey and investigation of the basic processes of evolution and their application to the development of modern humans. Impact of natural selection and genetics on development of new species. Evolutionary processes behind the physical and behavioral development of primates. History of the human lineage by reconstructing the fossil record, using investigations by paleoanthropologists, geologists, biologists, and archaeologists. Relationship between contemporary biology and behavior, facilitating an understanding of the effect of them upon future humankind. To receive laboratory credit, students should also enroll in ANTH-1L.
Time: T/Th 10:00 AM - 11:50 AM
Location: Room 3101
Professor: Sam Connell
Email: connellsamuel@fhda.edu
Time: M/W 8:00 AM - 9:50 AM
Location: Room 3101
Professor: Sam Connell
Email: connellsamuel@fhda.edu
Time: Mondays 1:00-2:50 PM
Location: Hybrid Class - Online & Room 3103
Professor: Ana Gonzalez
Email: gonzalezana@fhda.edu
Time: Asynchronous
Location: Fully Online Class
Professor: Kathryn Maurer
Email: maurerkathryn@foothill.edu
Time: Asynchronous
Location: Fully Online Class
Professor: Sam Connell
Email: connellsamuel@fhda.edu
Time: LATE START Asynchronous
Location: Fully Online Class
Professor: Max Davidson
Email: davidsonmax@foothill.edu
Time: T/Th 10:00 AM - 11:50 AM
Location: Room 3101
Professor: Sam Connell
Email: connellsamuel@fhda.edu
Time: M/W 8:00 AM - 9:50 AM
Location: Room 3101
Professor: Sam Connell
Email: connellsamuel@fhda.edu
Time: Mondays 1:00-2:50 PM
Location: Hybrid Class - Online & Room 3103
Professor: Ana Gonzalez
Email: gonzalezana@fhda.edu
Introductory laboratory course focusing on scientific methodology to explore/experiment with topics from anthropology lecture sections. Topics include Mendelian genetics, population genetics, human variability, forensics, medical anthropology, epidemiology, hominin dietary patterns, non-human primates, primate dental and skeletal anatomy, fossil hominins, chronometric dating, environmental challenges to hominins, environmental impact of hominin behavior, general methodologies utilized in physical anthropological research, and the general study of hominins as bio-culturally adapting animals. ANTH 1L meets the IGETC science lab requirement.
Time: T 12:00 PM - 2:50 PM
Location: 3103
Professor: Kathryn Maurer
Email: maurerkathryn@foothill.edu
Time: W 1:00 PM - 3:50 PM
Location: Room 3103
Professor: John Wolf
Email: wolfjohn@foothill.edu
Time: Asynchronous
Location: Online
Professor: Linda Neff
Email: nefflinda@fhda.edu
Time: Asynchronous
Location: Online
Professor: Jennifer Price
Email: pricejennifer@fhda.edu
Introductory laboratory course focusing on scientific methodology to explore/experiment with topics from Anthropology lecture sections. Topics include Mendelian genetics, population genetics, human variability, forensics, medical anthropology, epidemiology, hominin dietary patterns, non-human primates, primate dental and skeletal anatomy, fossil hominins, chronometric dating, environmental challenges to hominins, environmental impact of hominin behavior, general methodologies utilized in physical anthropological research, and the general study of hominins as bio-culturally adapting animals. As an honors course, it is a full thematic seminar with advanced teaching methods focusing on major writing, reading, and research assignments, student class lectures, group discussions and interactions. Material covered will be enhanced and research techniques and methodologies explored in greater depth than in the non-honors version of this course. ANTH 1L meets the IGETC science lab requirement.
Time: W 1:00-3:50 PM
Location: Room 3103
Professor: John Wolf
Email: wolfjohn@fhda.edu
Introduction to the study of human culture and the concepts, theories, and methods used in the comparative study of sociocultural systems, with an emphasis on understanding and appreciating human diversity. Topics include a cross-cultural exploration of: subsistence strategies; social, political and economic organization; language and communication; marriage and kinship; religion; gender; ethnicity and race; social inequality; culture change; and the effects of colonialism and globalization. Focus is made on the application of anthropological perspectives to contemporary social issues.
Time: M/W 1:00 PM - 2:50 PM
Location: Room 3101
Professor: Kathryn Maurer
Email: maurerkathryn@foothill.edu
Time: T/Th 10:00 AM - 11:50 PM
Location: Room 3106
Professor: Julie Jenkins
Email: jenkinsjulie@fhda.edu
Time: Asynchronous
Location: Fully Online Class
Professor: Julie Jenkins
Email: jenkinsjulie@fhda.edu
Time: Asynchronous LATE START
Location: Fully Online Class
Professor: Jennifer Price
Email: pricejennifer@fhda.edu
Introduction to the study of human culture and the concepts, theories, and methods used to understand different social and cultural systems, with an emphasis on appreciating human diversity. Topics include a cross-cultural exploration of: subsistence strategies; social, political, and economic organization; language and communication; marriage and kinship; religion; gender; ethnicity and race; social inequality; culture change; and the effects of colonialism and globalization. Focus is made on the application of anthropological perspectives to contemporary social issues. As an honors course, this is a full thematic seminar with advanced teaching methods focusing on major writing, reading, and research assignments, student class lectures, group discussions and interactions.
Time: M/W 1:00 PM - 2:50 PM
Location: Room 3101
Professor: Kathryn Maurer
Email: maurerkathryn@foothill.edu
Time: T/Th 10:00 AM - 11:50 PM
Location: Room 3106
Professor: Julie Jenkins
Email: jenkinsjulie@fhda.edu
Time: Asynchronous
Location: Online
Professor: Julie Jenkins
Email: jenkinsjulie@fhda.edu
An introduction to the anthropological study of religion and belief systems. This course is a cross-cultural exploration into the ways humans around the world and through time have conceptualized their relationship between their natural and social worlds and the supernatural, beginning with prehistoric times and concluding with modern day society and the contemporary world. Cross-cultural study of the beliefs about the nature of reality, spirituality, death, magic, science and healing.
Time: Asynchronous
Location: Fully Online Class
Professor: Max Davidson
Email: davidsonmax@fhda.edu
A cross-cultural investigation into the relationship between language and culture. An exploration into the origins and structure of language as a human phenomenon, including a historical and comparative analysis and classification of world languages, as well as how language works to produce social realities, construct us as individuals, and mark us as members of groups, and how language is used in processes of globalization and domination. Topics covered include theories of language, linguistic relativity, language diversity and inequality, gendered language, code-switching, and the creative use of language in the information age.
Time: Asynchronous
Location: Fully Online Class
Professor: Linda Neff
Email: nefflinda@fhda.edu
Survey of world prehistory as reconstructed by archaeologists. Human culture history from Stone Age beginnings to establishment and collapse of the world's first major civilizations. Covers societies from Asia and Africa to Europe and the Americas. Introduction to archaeological methods and interpretation. First use of tools, social complexity, urbanization, domestication of plants and animals, and the rise and fall of civilizations.
Time: W 8:00 PM - 9:50 PM
Location: Online
Professor: Sam Connell
Email: connellsamuel@fhda.edu
Introduction to the historical development, theory and techniques of archaeological research and fieldwork. Development of comparative approach to the study of ancient cultures. Focus on cultural resource management, survey and selection of field sites, dating, excavation, artifact classification, interpretation of data and written analysis.
Time: Asynchronous
Location: Fully Online Class
Professor: Sam Connell
Email: connellsamuel@fhda.edu
Introduction to medical anthropology, a subfield of the discipline of anthropology that seeks to understand and highlight how health, illness, and healing practices are culturally constructed and mediated. Students investigate global, cross-cultural, and local issues related to health, sickness, healing, epidemiology, aging, and dying from an applied and biocultural perspective, using anthropological theory and ethnographic fieldwork methods. Students are exposed to diverse cultural interpretations of health, sickness, and healing, the importance of viewing medical systems as social systems, understanding the socio-cultural context of medical decision making and therapy management, the principles of cultural competency, and the recurrent and ongoing problems of socioeconomic inequality and ecological disruptions that have an impact upon the differential distribution and treatment of human diseases.
Time: M/W 10:00 AM - 11:50 PM
Location: Room 3101
Professor: John Wolf
Email: wolfjohn@foothill.edu
Introduction to medical anthropology, a subfield of the discipline of anthropology that seeks to understand and highlight how health, illness, and healing practices are culturally constructed and mediated. Students investigate global, cross-cultural, and local issues related to health, sickness, healing, epidemiology, aging, and dying from an applied and biocultural perspective, using anthropological theory and ethnographic fieldwork methods. Students are exposed to diverse cultural interpretations of health, sickness, and healing, the importance of viewing medical systems as social systems, understanding the socio-cultural context of medical decision making and therapy management, the principles of cultural competency, and the recurrent and ongoing problems of socioeconomic inequality and ecological disruptions that have an impact upon the differential distribution and treatment of human diseases. As an honors course, it is a full thematic seminar with advanced teaching methods focusing on major writing, reading, and research assignments, student class lectures, group discussions and interactions.
Time: M/W 10:00 AM - 11:50 PM
Location: Room 3101
Professor: John Wolf
Email: wolfjohn@foothill.edu
An introduction to intermediate level laboratory methods and techniques of archaeology using the scientific method, including cataloging, care and analysis of artifacts, bone recognition, and archaeological excavation. This course will further develop concepts within an anthropological research framework, focusing on guided laboratory analysis of active archaeology research projects. Students develop expertise in detailed laboratory research and write about the techniques, tools, laboratory terminology, and processes of laboratory research at an intermediate level. Students will use archaeology vocabulary in verbal and written class reports based on active research projects.
Time: F 10:00 AM - 3:50 PM
Location: Room 3103
Professor: Sam Connell
Email: connellsamuel@foothill.edu
Provides an opportunity for the student to expand their studies in Anthropology beyond the classroom by completing a project or an assignment arranged by agreement between the student and instructor. The student is required to contract with the instructor to determine the scope of assignment and the unit value assigned for successful completion. Students may take a maximum of 6 units of Independent Study per department. Independent study courses are offered through agreements with individual faculty members. To enroll, students must meet with an instructor who then submits an independent study contract during the first two weeks of the quarter. Students must discuss enrollment and potential projects with interested faculty members.
Time: TBA
Location: TBA
Professor: Staff
Email: connellsamuel@fhda.edu
Provides an opportunity for the student to expand their studies in Anthropology beyond the classroom by completing a project or an assignment arranged by agreement between the student and instructor. The student is required to contract with the instructor to determine the scope of assignment and the unit value assigned for successful completion. Students may take a maximum of 6 units of Independent Study per department. Independent study courses are offered through agreements with individual faculty members. To enroll, students must meet with an instructor who then submits an independent study contract during the first two weeks of the quarter. Students must discuss enrollment and potential projects with interested faculty members.
Time: TBA
Location: TBA
Professor: Staff
Email: connellsamuel@fhda.edu
Provides an opportunity for the student to expand their studies in Anthropology beyond the classroom by completing a project or an assignment arranged by agreement between the student and instructor. The student is required to contract with the instructor to determine the scope of assignment and the unit value assigned for successful completion. Students may take a maximum of 6 units of Independent Study per department. Independent study courses are offered through agreements with individual faculty members. To enroll, students must meet with an instructor who then submits an independent study contract during the first two weeks of the quarter. Students must discuss enrollment and potential projects with interested faculty members.
Time: TBA
Location: TBA
Professor: Staff
Email: connellsamuel@fhda.edu
Provides an opportunity for the student to expand their studies in Anthropology beyond the classroom by completing a project or an assignment arranged by agreement between the student and instructor. The student is required to contract with the instructor to determine the scope of assignment and the unit value assigned for successful completion. Students may take a maximum of 6 units of Independent Study per department. Independent study courses are offered through agreements with individual faculty members. To enroll, students must meet with an instructor who then submits an independent study contract during the first two weeks of the quarter. Students must discuss enrollment and potential projects with interested faculty members.
Time: TBA
Location: TBA
Professor: Staff
Email: connellsamuel@fhda.edu