Indicated resources are samples. Find a complete curated collection at Open Educational Resources and Anthropology. Please note that the structure presented here aligns with the Anthropology TMC; local Associate Degrees for Transfer will be different as the TMC introduces flexibility (e.g., “select three units”) from List A and beyond.
“Core” Courses
Introduction to Cultural Anthropology (C-ID ANTH 120)
- Perspectives: An Open Invitation to Cultural Anthropology 2nd Edition (CC BY NC)
- Cultural Anthropology – LibreTexts (CC-BY-NC-SA 3.0)
- The Art of Being Human: A Textbook for Cultural Anthropology (New Prairie Press, 2018) (CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0)
- Introduction to Biological Anthropology (OpenStax) (CC BY)
Introduction to Biological Anthropology (C-ID ANTH 110)
- Explorations: An Open Invitation to Biological Anthropology (American Anthropological Association, 2019) (CC BY-NC)
- Introduction to Physical Anthropology (Schoenberg, 2020) (CC BY-NC)
- The History of Our Tribe: Hominini (Welker, 2017) (CC-BY-NC-SA)
- Becoming Human: How Evolution Made Us (Downey, 2013) (CC-BY-NC 3.0)
- Biological Anthropology (Saneda and Field) – LibreTexts (CC-BY-NC-SA)
- Introduction to Biological Anthropology (OpenStax) (CC BY)
Introduction to Archaeology (C-ID ANTH 150)
List A – Select three units from the following:
Biological Anthropology Laboratory (1) (C-ID ANTH 115L)
- Explorations: An Open Invitation to Biological Anthropology – Lab Manual (American Anthropological Association, 2021) (CC BY-NC 4.0)
- Biological Anthropology – Laboratory Activities (Taub) – LibreTexts (CC BY-NC-SA)
Introduction to Linguistic Anthropology (3) (C-ID ANTH 130)
No resources identified.
Introduction to Statistics (3) (C-ID MATH 110) or Introduction to Statistics in Sociology (3) (C-ID SOCI 125)
List B – Select 1-2 courses (3-5 units) from the following:
Any courses not selected from List A; and/or any combination of coursework from List B.
Introduction to Research Methods in Psychology (3) (C-ID PSY 200), Introduction to Research Methods in Psychology (with Lab) (4) (C-ID PSY 205B), Introduction to Research Methods (3) (C-ID SOCI 120), or Philosophy of Science (3)
- Research Methods in Psychology (Price et al.) (CC BY-NC-SA)
- Research Methods in Psychology (Anonymous)
- (CC BY-NC-SA)
- Social Science Research: Principles, Methods, and Practices (Bhattacherjee) (CC BY-NC-SA)
Human Anatomy with Lab (4) (C-ID BIOL 110B)
Open Stax Anatomy and Physiology (anatomy and physiology, no lab)
Physical Geology (3) and Physical Geology Laboratory (1) or Physical Geology with Lab (4) (C-ID GEOL 100/100L or 101)
Earth Science (3) and Earth Science Laboratory (1) or Earth Science with Lab (4) (C-ID GEOL 120/120L or 121)
Environmental Geology (3) and Environmental Geology Laboratory (1) or Environmental Geology with Lab (4) (C-ID GEOL 130/130L or 131)
Introduction to Geographic Information Systems and Techniques, with Lab (2) (C-ID GEOG 155)
Nature of Geographic Information Systems (DiBiase) (CC BY-NC-SA)
List C – Select one of the following (3 units minimum):
Any courses not selected from List A or B; and/or any anthropology course; and/or any other non-anthropology course from the humanities or social sciences on cultural diversity.
The following is a limited list of examples with OER readily available.
Magic, Witchcraft, and Religion (3)
Introduction to Human Geography (3) (C-ID GEOG 120)
Introduction to Human Geography (Dastrup, 2016) (CC BY-SA)
Introduction to Sociology (3) (C-ID SOCI 110)
Introduction to Sociology 2e (OpenStax) ; Introduction to Sociology 2e (OpenStax) – LibreTexts (CC BY 4.0)
Introduction to Race and Ethnicity (3) (C-ID SOCI 150)
Race and Ethnic Relations in the U.S.: An Intersectional Approach (2021) – LibreTexts (CC BY-NC-SA)
This page last updated April 18, 2022.