DeAnza College Courses

Explore law as a tool for social change, examining its relationship across cultures and analyzing legislation, case law, and legal institutions.

• California Community Colleges System
• 11 weeks, 4 hours a week
• No Longer Offered
• Paid Course

Explore marginalized groups' legal relationships, examining cultural diversity's impact on American law and society through historical and contemporary perspectives.

• California Community Colleges System
• 11 weeks, 4 hours a week
• No Longer Offered
• Paid Course

Explore the evolving role of women in crime, examining gender and cultural differences among victims, offenders, and criminal justice professionals.

• California Community Colleges System
• 11 weeks, 4 hours a week
• No Longer Offered
• Paid Course

Explore juvenile delinquency causes, societal responses, and legal processes through a lens of race, culture, and gender. Gain insights into community interventions and agency roles.

• California Community Colleges System
• 11 weeks, 4 hours a week
• No Longer Offered
• Paid Course

Explore African American history, culture, and societal impact through diverse perspectives, examining literature, arts, and socio-economic factors shaping the Black experience in the US.

• California Community Colleges System
• 11 weeks, 4 hours a week
• No Longer Offered
• Paid Course

Explore African American history from African origins to post-Civil War, examining struggles, resistance, and contributions to U.S. development until 1865.

• California Community Colleges System
• 11 weeks, 4 hours a week
• No Longer Offered
• Paid Course

Explore human biological variation, evolution, and primate anatomy through a bio-cultural lens. Examine adaptive traits and cultural impacts on human biology and behavior.

• California Community Colleges System
• 11 weeks, 4 hours a week
• No Longer Offered
• Paid Course

Explore human evolution, primates, and variation through hands-on lab exercises in osteology, forensics, genetics, and primate anatomy and behavior.

• California Community Colleges System
• 11 weeks, 1 hour a week
• No Longer Offered
• Paid Course

Explore diverse cultures' languages, economics, religions, and worldviews. Assess cultural dynamics and humanity's future through anthropological perspectives.

• California Community Colleges System
• 11 weeks, 4 hours a week
• No Longer Offered
• Paid Course

Explore archaeological methods, theories, and ethics while learning to analyze and reconstruct ancient cultures through material evidence and scientific techniques.

• California Community Colleges System
• 11 weeks, 4 hours a week
• No Longer Offered
• Paid Course

Explore global cultural shifts from early foraging societies to agrarian states through archaeological evidence across continents.

• California Community Colleges System
• 11 weeks, 4 hours a week
• No Longer Offered
• Paid Course

Explore systems of belief, reasoning, and action across cultures, examining symbols, rituals, healing practices, and the interplay between religion, science, and society.

• California Community Colleges System
• 11 weeks, 4 hours a week
• No Longer Offered
• Paid Course

Explore language's role in culture, its structure, origins, and global impact through cross-cultural investigation and comparative analysis.

• California Community Colleges System
• 11 weeks, 4 hours a week
• No Longer Offered
• Paid Course

Explore forensic anthropology's role in identifying human remains through skeletal analysis, aiding crime investigations and humanitarian efforts.

• California Community Colleges System
• 11 weeks, 4 hours a week
• No Longer Offered
• Paid Course

Explore global health perspectives, cultural healing practices, and anthropological fieldwork methods to understand diverse medical systems and socio-cultural impacts on human diseases.

• California Community Colleges System
• 11 weeks, 4 hours a week
• No Longer Offered
• Paid Course