Anthropology

MODULE: Anthropology

Program delivered by distance learning higher education up to a maximum of 30 credits.

This module may be combined or completed with other online university courses from this faculty.

DESCRIPTION: This programs stresses how the four subfields of anthropology: archaeology, ethnology, physical anthropology, and linguistics combine to yield a comprehensive understanding of humanity. It illustrates both the diversity of human societies and cultural patterns around the world and the similarities that make all humans fundamentally alike. It also looks at consequences of global industrialism and the global future from an anthropological point of view.

Courses list (each subject accounts for 3 credits):

1 BIU Earned Credit = 1 USA Semester Credit (15 hours of learning) = 2 ECTS Credit (30 hours of study).

Human Evolution

World Cultures

Civilization & Culture

Anthropology

Physical Anthropology

Cultural Anthropology

World Myths & Beliefs

Society, Family & Marriage

Folk Societies & Lifestyles

Nutritional Anthropology

Academic Supervisor: Ana Isabel Navajas Jiménez

More information about this supervisor and online university course instructors at BIU Human Network.

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This module is applicable to Specialist, Expert, Bachelor's, Master's and Ph.D. (Doctor) Programs. This distance learning degree program is designed at the postgraduate level – Master’s or Doctoral. This module may be easily adapted to complete the Specialist, Expert or Bachelor’s adult degree program requirements. A further option is the enrollment into the online university courses listed in this module.

* Course (3 credits): Select 1 subject from this module.

* Specialist (15 credits): First 5 subjects or select 5 subjects from this module.

* Expert (21 credits): First 7 subjects or select 7 subjects from this module.

* Bachelor's (130 credits): The Admission certificate issued after submission of the application for admission will show the amount of credit transferred and validated from previous education and experience, and the amount of credits required to complete this undergraduate program's major. Additional courses from other modules of this faculty will be assigned in case that the credits displayed on this module are not enough to complete the bachelor's required credits.

* Master's (35 credits): Select from 3 to 9 subjects from this module depending on the amount of credits transferred from previous education and experience. Add 13 credits corresponding to a final project to the selected subjects.

* Ph.D. (Doctor) (45 credits): Select from 3 to 9 subjects from this module depending on the amount of credits transferred from previous education and experience. Add 18 credits corresponding to a final thesis to the selected subjects.

BIU issues an admission certificate after receiving your complete application for admission. This document will show the amount of credits transferred and validated from previous education and experience, and the amount of credits required to complete the degree program's major. BIU can not perform this evaluation without the complete application for admission.

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Courses Description (each subject accounts for 3 credits):

Human Evolution

This course examines the broad range of primate behavior and what it means to be human. It depicts the trajectory of human evolution, and emphasizes the biology and behavior of higher primates, like chimpanzees and gorillas. In tracing the evolution of man's own family, the Hominids, emphasis is placed upon the interaction between cultural, environmental and biological factors.