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ANTH 100 - Cultural Anthropology


Credit Hours: 3
Lecture Hours: 3
Laboratory (or Other) Hours: 0

General Education Code(s): 23DV, 23SS, 23WG

Prerequisite(s): None
Restriction(s): None

Corequisite(s): None

This course is an introduction to the subject of human cultural diversity as well as similarity. Topics discussed include: evolutionary change; socio-political levels of organizations; kinship system analysis; marriage systems; political, economic, and religious behavioral systems; language; and personality research.

Student Learning Outcomes of the Course: The General Education requirement for Diversity: Equity, Inclusion, & Social Justice is satisfied by ANTH 100. To meet this General Education requirement, students will be able to:

  1. describe the historical and contemporary societal factors that shape the development of individual and group identity involving race, class, and gender;
  2. analyze the role that complex networks of social structures and systems play in the creation and perpetuation of the dynamics of power, privilege, oppression, and opportunity; and
  3. apply the principles of rights, access, equity, and autonomous participation to past, current, or future social justice action.

The General Education requirement for Social Sciences is satisfied by ANTH 100. To meet this General Education requirement, students will be able to: 

  1. describe major concepts and theories of at least one discipline in the social sciences; and
  2. demonstrate an understanding of the methods social scientists use to explore social phenomena.

The General Education requirement for World History and Global Awareness is satisfied by ANTH 100. To meet this General Education requirement, students will be able to:

  1. demonstrate knowledge of a broad outline of world history and/or the development of the distinctive features of at least one civilization or culture in relation to other regions of the world; and
  2. demonstrate an understanding of the structures, systems, and interrelationship among civilizations and cultures within historical and/or contemporary contexts, and their impact on wellbeing and sustainability. 

Course-specific SLOs for ANTH 100: 

  1. Students will be familiar with basic concepts of the whole discipline of Anthropology
  2. Students will understand the basic theoretical approaches to the understanding of human cultural variation.
  3. Students will be familiar with core cultural institutions
  4. Students will be familiar with the prime cultural anthropological methodology - participant observation.


Repeatable: No