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2022-2023 Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
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ANTH 154 - Cultural Anthropology
PREREQUISITES: Demonstrated competency through appropriate assessment or earning a grade of “C” or better in ENGL 093 - Introduction to College Writing and ENGL 083 - Reading Strategies for College or ENGL 095 - Integrated Reading and Writing
PROGRAM: Social Sciences
CREDIT HOURS MIN: 3
LECTURE HOURS MIN: 3
DATE OF LAST REVISION: Fall, 2018
The scientific study of human culture. Variations in patterns of human behavior are holistically examined in their relationship to such factors as biological evolution, socialization, kinship, economy, religion, education, personality, art, music, dance, and cultural change.
MAJOR COURSE LEARNING OBJECTIVES: Upon successful completion of this course the student will be expected to:
- Demonstrate an understanding of the historical origins of the discipline.
- Exhibit familiarity with the holistic and cultural relativistic attitudes characteristic of the discipline.
- Exhibit a fundamental knowledge of the key analytic concepts and theoretical perspectives of cultural anthropology.
- Identify the major methodological techniques used in anthropological research.
- Demonstrate knowledge of the most important research findings in the field.
- Demonstrate understanding of the professional role of the anthropologist.
- Demonstrate understanding of the relationship of cultural anthropology to other social sciences and to the anthropological sub-disciplines of archaeology, linguistic anthropology, and biological anthropology.
- Identify significant applications of anthropological perspectives to contemporary problems of diversity and social change.
COURSE CONTENT: Topical areas of study include -
- Historical foundations
- Culture area research
- Biological evolution
- Cultural institutions (kinship, religion, economy, etc)
- Culture concepts
- Personality, socialization and expressive arts
- Theoretical perspectives
- Professional role of the anthropologist
- Research methods
- Applied anthropology
Course Addendum - Syllabus (Click to expand)
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