Learning Outcomes

Learn Actively: Learning is a personal, interactive process that results in greater expertise and a more comprehensive understanding of the world. At the end of the quarter, through small group work and in-class activities, you will:

• have a working knowledge of the multiple aspects of humankind across time and space
• recognize key principles of human biology, diversity, and behavior
• search scholarly research databases
• demonstrate an understanding of bio-cultural evolution
• have participated in class activities and discussion
• conduct simple anthropological observation in the real world

Communicate with Clarity and Originality: The ability to exchange ideas and information is essential to personal growth, productive work, and societal vitality. At the end of the quarter, through written assignments and discussion, you will:

• be able to use basic biological anthropology vocabulary correctly
• have developed or improved your written and "verbal" communication skills

Think Critically, Creatively, and Reflectively: Reason and imagination are fundamental to problem-solving and the critical examination of ideas. By the end of the quarter, you will have learned how to:

• synthesize and critically assess biological anthropology scholarship and popular press
• differentiate between a scientific theory and a belief system
• formulate simple research questions
• recognize, identify and address multiple perspectives on an issue
• recognize differences in the quality of information between popular and scholarly press
• identify the connections between paleoanthropology and biology, geology, psychology, etc.

Interact in Diverse and Complex Environments: Successful negotiation through our increasingly complex, interdependent, and global society requires knowledge of awareness of self and others, as well as enhanced interaction skills. Upon completion of this class, you should be able to:

• appreciate human diversity in the context of primate and human evolution
• express cooperative and verbal skills through discussion of biological anthropology topics and small group participation
• negotiate the intricacies of team work

 

© T.M. Saneda, 2008 
Last Updated August 5, 2008