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ASB100: Introduction to Global Health – 3 credits

Examination of the field of global health from an anthropological perspective, including but not limited to understanding health systems, diverse medical practices, and ideas about health, illness, and the body in cross-cultural contexts. Focus on using critical frameworks to understand the relationships between culture and epidemiology, ecologies, political economies, health equity issues and human rights. Prerequisites: None.

General Education Designations: Global Awareness [G], Social-Behavioral Sciences [SB]

Class# Location Delivery Dates Days Times Instructors Availability
12739
Rio Salado
Online Class
Online : You can start on any Monday between dates:
5/4 – 6/22
Summer 2026
N/A
N/A
  • B. Larkin
Open
12 of 30 seats available
12740
Rio Salado
Online Class
Online : You can start on any Monday between dates:
7/6 – 8/10
Summer 2026
N/A
N/A
  • B. Larkin
Open
14 of 18 seats available

ASB102: Introduction to Cultural Anthropology – 3 credits

Introduces concepts and methods of cultural anthropology, with illustrative materials from a variety of communities in a globalizing world. Explores the concept of culture and examines a variety of cultural and social practices such as subsistence, economics, politics, marriage, kinship, gender and religion. Prerequisites: None.

General Education Designations: Global Awareness [G], Social-Behavioral Sciences [SB]

Class# Location Delivery Dates Days Times Instructors Availability
10898
Rio Salado
Print Based
Print Based : You can start on any Monday between dates:
6/1 – 6/22
Summer 2026
N/A
N/A
  • T. Marble
Open
18 of 18 seats available
  • Twelve (12) Week Class
    This is a correspondence class. Only the cost of tuition, fees and books is permitted for financial aid. Students pursuing a certificate program are not permitted to receive federal financial aid for correspondence classes. Students cannot complete more than 50% of their program of study via correspondence courses. If you use financial aid to pay for school, please review Section II of your Financial Aid Terms and Conditions at the following web site:
    https://www.riosalado.edu/students/financial-aid/legal-disclosure/terms-and-conditions
    Open Educational Resources (OER) are learning, teaching, and research materials in any format and medium that reside in the public domain or have an open license copyright that permits no-cost access, re-use, re-purpose, retention, redistribution, and adaptation by others.
    Please note, Print Based or Mixed Media courses require access to a printer. The course packet is available through Riolearn in Acrobat PDF format. You may print these documents on your home computer, keeping in mind that an average print-time (for home printing) is 2 pages per minute depending on your printer. You may check the number of pages in your packet to estimate print time by opening each document. If you would like to view or print this PDF now you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader. An alternative to printing the packet yourself is to place an order at your local FedEx Branch (for a fee). To find a convenient FedEx location call 1-800-463-3339 or visit them online at https://www.fedex.com/. If you choose this option, please use this FedEx printing request.
    Zero-Textbook-Cost Class: The total cost of required online instructional materials for this "Z Class" is $0.
  • No books listed at the bookstore, contact instructor
10903
Rio Salado
Print Based
Print Based : You can start on any Monday between dates:
7/6 – 8/10
Summer 2026
N/A
N/A
  • T. Marble
Open
11 of 13 seats available
  • Twelve (12) Week Class
    This is a correspondence class. Only the cost of tuition, fees and books is permitted for financial aid. Students pursuing a certificate program are not permitted to receive federal financial aid for correspondence classes. Students cannot complete more than 50% of their program of study via correspondence courses. If you use financial aid to pay for school, please review Section II of your Financial Aid Terms and Conditions at the following web site:
    https://www.riosalado.edu/students/financial-aid/legal-disclosure/terms-and-conditions
    Open Educational Resources (OER) are learning, teaching, and research materials in any format and medium that reside in the public domain or have an open license copyright that permits no-cost access, re-use, re-purpose, retention, redistribution, and adaptation by others.
    Please note, Print Based or Mixed Media courses require access to a printer. The course packet is available through Riolearn in Acrobat PDF format. You may print these documents on your home computer, keeping in mind that an average print-time (for home printing) is 2 pages per minute depending on your printer. You may check the number of pages in your packet to estimate print time by opening each document. If you would like to view or print this PDF now you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader. An alternative to printing the packet yourself is to place an order at your local FedEx Branch (for a fee). To find a convenient FedEx location call 1-800-463-3339 or visit them online at https://www.fedex.com/. If you choose this option, please use this FedEx printing request.
    Zero-Textbook-Cost Class: The total cost of required online instructional materials for this "Z Class" is $0.
  • No books listed at the bookstore, contact instructor
10902
Rio Salado
Online Class
Online : You can start on any Monday between dates:
5/4 – 6/22
Summer 2026
N/A
N/A
  • J. Montoya
Open
9 of 30 seats available
  • Twelve (12) Week Class
    8-week class option available
    Open Educational Resources (OER) are learning, teaching, and research materials in any format and medium that reside in the public domain or have an open license copyright that permits no-cost access, re-use, re-purpose, retention, redistribution, and adaptation by others.
    Zero-Textbook-Cost Class: The total cost of required online instructional materials for this "Z Class" is $0.
  • No books listed at the bookstore, contact instructor
11218
Rio Salado
Online Class
Online : You can start on any Monday between dates:
7/6 – 8/10
Summer 2026
N/A
N/A
  • J. Montoya
Open
11 of 13 seats available
  • Twelve (12) Week Class
    8-week class option available
    Open Educational Resources (OER) are learning, teaching, and research materials in any format and medium that reside in the public domain or have an open license copyright that permits no-cost access, re-use, re-purpose, retention, redistribution, and adaptation by others.
    Zero-Textbook-Cost Class: The total cost of required online instructional materials for this "Z Class" is $0.
  • No books listed at the bookstore, contact instructor

ASB202: Ethnic Relations in the United States – 3 credits

Basic concepts and processes, including historic overview, of inter-ethnic relations in the United States: culture, race, ethnicity, ethnocentrism, prejudice, discrimination, racism, assimilation, acculturation, and individual and group responses to inter-ethnic contact. Cultural knowledge and intercultural communication skills and perspectives as fundamental tools for successful management of social relations in a multicultural world. Prerequisites: None.

General Education Designations: Cultural Diversity in the US [C], Historical Awareness [H], Social-Behavioral Sciences [SB]

Class# Location Delivery Dates Days Times Instructors Availability
10904
Rio Salado
Online Class
Online : You can start on any Monday between dates:
5/4 – 6/22
Summer 2026
N/A
N/A
  • B. Larkin
Open
20 of 30 seats available
  • Twelve (12) Week Class
    8-week class option available
    Open Educational Resources (OER) are learning, teaching, and research materials in any format and medium that reside in the public domain or have an open license copyright that permits no-cost access, re-use, re-purpose, retention, redistribution, and adaptation by others.
    Zero-Textbook-Cost Class: The total cost of required online instructional materials for this "Z Class" is $0.
  • No books listed at the bookstore, contact instructor
10931
Rio Salado
Online Class
Online : You can start on any Monday between dates:
7/6 – 8/10
Summer 2026
N/A
N/A
  • B. Larkin
Open
12 of 13 seats available
  • Twelve (12) Week Class
    8-week class option available
    Open Educational Resources (OER) are learning, teaching, and research materials in any format and medium that reside in the public domain or have an open license copyright that permits no-cost access, re-use, re-purpose, retention, redistribution, and adaptation by others.
    Zero-Textbook-Cost Class: The total cost of required online instructional materials for this "Z Class" is $0.
  • No books listed at the bookstore, contact instructor

ASB222: Buried Cities and Lost Tribes: Old World – 3 credits

Introduction to archaeology through discoveries and the researchers who made them. Emphasis on methods of archaeological fieldwork and what these discoveries reveal about humanity, including the nature of archaeological inquiry, the development of human social groups, the changing role of religion in evolving societies, the origins of agriculture, the origins of settled life ways, the rise of cities and complex societies, political strife across different cultures and the forces which tend to fragment societies. Examples drawn from Africa, Asia, Europe, the Pacific Islands, and Australia. Prerequisites: None.

General Education Designations: Global Awareness [G], Historical Awareness [H], Humanities, Fine Arts & Design [HU], Social-Behavioral Sciences [SB]

Class# Location Delivery Dates Days Times Instructors Availability
10905
Rio Salado
Online Class
Online : You can start on any Monday between dates:
5/4 – 6/22
Summer 2026
N/A
N/A
  • J. Wharton
Open
7 of 30 seats available
11214
Rio Salado
Online Class
Online : You can start on any Monday between dates:
7/6 – 8/10
Summer 2026
N/A
N/A
  • J. Montoya
Open
9 of 13 seats available
15773
Phoenix
ONLINE CANVAS
Online
6/29 – 8/7
Summer 2026
N/A
N/A
  • L. Swantek
Open
1 of 27 seats available
  • Class Meets for Six (6) Weeks
    Low-Textbook-Cost Class: The total cost of the required materials for this course is $40 or less.
    For more information contact the instructor at laura.swantek@phoenixcollege.edu
    Open Educational Resources (OER) are learning, teaching, and research materials in any format and medium that reside in the public domain or have an open license copyright that permits no-cost access, re-use, re-purpose, retention, redistribution, and adaptation by others.
    Zero-Textbook-Cost Class: The total cost of required online instructional materials for this "Z Class" is $0.
  • No books listed at the bookstore, contact instructor

ASB223: Buried Cities and Lost Tribes: New World – 3 credits

Introduction to archaeology through discoveries and the researchers who made them. Emphasis on methods of archaeological fieldwork and what these discoveries reveal about humanity, including the nature of archaeological inquiry, the development of human social groups, the changing role of religion in evolving societies, the origins of agriculture, the origins of settled lifeways, the rise of cities and complex societies, political strife across different cultures and the forces which fragment societies. Examples drawn from North America, Central America, and South America. Prerequisites: None.

General Education Designations: Global Awareness [G], Historical Awareness [H], Humanities, Fine Arts & Design [HU], Social-Behavioral Sciences [SB]

Class# Location Delivery Dates Days Times Instructors Availability
15774
Phoenix
ONLINE CANVAS
Online
6/29 – 8/7
Summer 2026
N/A
N/A
  • L. Swantek
Open
9 of 27 seats available
  • Class Meets for Six (6) Weeks
  • No books listed at the bookstore, contact instructor

ASB245: American Indians of the Southwest – 3 credits

Comparative study of the cultures, including the histories and present status, of American Indians of the Southwest. Prerequisites: None.

Class# Location Delivery Dates Days Times Instructors Availability
10906
Rio Salado
Online Class
Online : You can start on any Monday between dates:
5/4 – 6/22
Summer 2026
N/A
N/A
  • J. Wharton
Open
29 of 30 seats available
  • Twelve (12) Week Class
    8-week class option available
    Microsoft Word or PowerPoint required.
    Open Educational Resources (OER) are learning, teaching, and research materials in any format and medium that reside in the public domain or have an open license copyright that permits no-cost access, re-use, re-purpose, retention, redistribution, and adaptation by others.
    Zero-Textbook-Cost Class: The total cost of required online instructional materials for this "Z Class" is $0.
  • No books listed at the bookstore, contact instructor
10930
Rio Salado
Online Class
Online : You can start on any Monday between dates:
7/6 – 8/10
Summer 2026
N/A
N/A
  • J. Montoya
Open
1 of 4 seats available
  • Twelve (12) Week Class
    8-week class option available
    Microsoft Word or PowerPoint required.
    Open Educational Resources (OER) are learning, teaching, and research materials in any format and medium that reside in the public domain or have an open license copyright that permits no-cost access, re-use, re-purpose, retention, redistribution, and adaptation by others.
    Zero-Textbook-Cost Class: The total cost of required online instructional materials for this "Z Class" is $0.
  • No books listed at the bookstore, contact instructor

ASB298AA: Special Projects – 1 credit

Organized and tailored around the interests and needs of the individual student. Structured to provide an atmosphere of individualized research and study paralleled by professional expertise and guidance. Professional-type facilities and equipment available for student use. Allows the best aspects of independent study and individualized learning to be combined to maximize student development. Prerequisites: Permission of Program Director or Instructor.

Class# Location Delivery Dates Days Times Instructors Availability
17146
Paradise Valley
Individually Scheduled
Independent Study
6/8 – 7/30
Summer 2026
N/A
N/A
  • A. Frashuer
Open
2 of 2 seats available
  • Textbook info pending