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Overview of contemporary archaeological methods of survey, excavation, analysis, and interpretation. Discussion of various theoretical approaches used to explain past human behavior. Thematic discussion of the major events in prehistory from human origins to appearance of agriculture and cities.

The biological nature of humans and the changes that have occurred from prehistoric times to the present. The place of humans in nature, primates, fossil evidence for human antiquity, individual and population genetics, mechanisms of evolution, and modern human variation.

This course is for students with no prior knowledge or minimal skills in American Sign Language (ASL). The course is designed primarily to develop students' receptive and expressive skills in ASL in functional settings. Students will be introduced to general historical factors that have contributed to American Deaf culture and the development of American Sign Language.

Continued development of American Sign Language (ASL) receptive/expressive skills and knowledge learned in AMSL 1A. Emphasis on conversational skills in functional situations, continued vocabulary and sentence structure expansion, and knowledge of Deaf culture and the Deaf community.

Examines and analyzes African American women in the U.S. with particular emphasis on the struggle for rights as people of African descent. Frameworks of race and ethnicity are used to gain a critical understanding of the contributions, strategies for success, and political activism of African American women from 1619 to the present.

Explores African American culture as reflected through theories of race and ethnicity and the aesthetics and politics of Black popular music from the Black Awakening of the 1960s to Hip-hop. Provides an understanding of how Black music forms have impacted and represented African American social consciousness, struggles, resistance, and racial justice.

Utilizes ethnic studies methodologies and critical race theory to explore the history of race theory and racism in the United States from early antecedents in antiquity through the emergence of modern race theory and racism in the 18th and 19th centuries to the present. Also includes the ways that race theory has shaped intellectual discourse and popular consciousness.

Review and comparative analysis of African heritage people and African Americans in California. The emphasis is on the African/African American heritage in the establishment, development, and evolution of California from the 1500s through the Gold Rush Era to the present, using Ethnic Studies methodologies.

AFAM 30 is an Ethnic Studies course that focuses on W. E. B. Dubois' term "The Souls of Black Folk." Using frameworks of race and ethnicity, students will gain a critical understanding of the complex expressions of what African American people think, feel, and imagine in their conscious existence, historically and geographically.

An examination of the evolution of policing as it relates to the current progressive policing era. Interrelationships and leadership role expectations among police and the public are studied.