CSU East Bay Department of Anthropology
Anthropology is the multifaceted study of humanity from an evolutionary, historical, and global perspective. Students in anthropology learn about their own culture as well as those of other peoples as they are shaped by biological evolution, ecological constraints, political history, and sociological conditioning. The Anthropology program offers ethnographic, theoretical and methodological courses in the four sub-disciplines: biological anthropology, prehistory and archaeology, anthropological linguistics, and sociocultural anthropology. Our offerings include academic and applied approaches to anthropology. Regional courses, especially the heritage cultures of North and South America, and Asia, form an important component of the curriculum. Anthropology will help you to gain a holistic understanding of yourself and the people around you; the field cultivates an appreciation of what all humans share, as well as how humans differ across time and space.