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| Semester: | Spring 2026 |
| Number: | 0103-229-001 |
| Instructor: | Brian Wygal |
| Days: | Tuesday Thursday 12:15 pm - 1:30 pm |
| Note: | Traditional In-Person Class |
| Location: | Garden City |
| Credits: | 3 |
| Course Materials: | View Text Books |
| Description: |
Students will research and discover the complex biocultural interactions of human adaptations to varied environmental contexts focused on the subfields of human evolutionary processes, technology, ecology, behavior, social and natural climates with a common goal of understanding ourselves, past and present, with a special emphasis on global environmental concerns. (Learning Goals:CO,L;Distribution Reqs:Social Sciences) |
| Learning Goals: |
Objectives: Students will research and discover the complex biocultural interactions of human adaptations to varied environmental and geographic contexts. This subject is the focus of the subfields of human evolutionary processes, technology, ecology, behavior, and above all, social and natural climate. These disciplines, often treated separately, are merely starting points to a common goal of understanding ourselves, past and present, and of our dynamic interactions and influence on the intricate natural cycles of our biosphere with a special emphasis on environmental concerns faced by our global society. Class Learning Goals: Overarching goals are designed for a targeted anthropological perspective of humans and their environment. A variety of scientific and popular information sources, including web sites, peer reviewed articles, and journalistic documentaries, will be critically evaluated and synthesized into public presentations, lab assignments, and annotation essays specifically designed to improve information literacy and oral communication abilities in a social science format. (Distribution Reqs:SS) *The learning goals displayed here are those for one section of this course as offered in a recent semester, and are provided for the purpose of information only. The exact learning goals for each course section in a specific semester will be stated on the syllabus distributed at the start of the semester, and may differ in wording and emphasis from those shown here. |
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