ANTH& 206: Cultural Anthropology

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Class Program
Anthropology
Credits
5
Clinical Hours None
Weekly Contact Hours
5
Course ID
091424
Meets Degree Requirements For
Diversity,
Social Science
Description

The course introduces the field of cultural anthropology; the study of human cultures, practices, and differences. Basic foundations of cultural anthropology will be covered, including ethnographic theory and methodology.

Grading Basis
Graded

Course Learning Outcomes

Program Learning Outcomes

  1. Identify and explain the complexity of biological and cultural diversity throughout time and across space.

    Problem Solving
    Critical Thinking,
    Qualitative Reasoning
    Communication
    Oral Expression,
    Written Expression
    Social Interaction
    Cultural Diversity
    Inquiry
    Information Literacy
    Level
    Intermediate

  2. Demonstrate a holistic, comparative, and biocultural understanding of human diversity.

    Problem Solving
    Critical Thinking,
    Quantitative Reasoning
    Communication
    Oral Expression,
    Written Expression
    Social Interaction
    Cultural Diversity
    Inquiry
    Information Literacy,
    Documentation
    Level
    Intermediate

  3. Critically evaluate the importance of concepts and issues associated with cultural relativism, ethnocentrism, and racism with reference to cultural context.

    Problem Solving
    Critical Thinking,
    Qualitative Reasoning
    Communication
    Oral Expression,
    Written Expression
    Social Interaction
    Cultural Diversity
    Inquiry
    Information Literacy,
    Research,
    Documentation
    Level
    Intermediate
Program Learning Outcomes

  1. Demonstrate a holistic, comparative, and biocultural understanding of human diversity.

    Problem Solving
    Critical Thinking,
    Quantitative Reasoning
    Communication
    Oral Expression,
    Written Expression
    Social Interaction
    Cultural Diversity
    Inquiry
    Information Literacy,
    Documentation
    Level
    Intermediate
Program Learning Outcomes

  1. Demonstrate a holistic, comparative, and biocultural understanding of human diversity.

    Problem Solving
    Critical Thinking,
    Quantitative Reasoning
    Communication
    Oral Expression,
    Written Expression
    Social Interaction
    Cultural Diversity
    Inquiry
    Information Literacy,
    Documentation
    Level
    Intermediate

  2. Critically evaluate the importance of concepts and issues associated with cultural relativism, ethnocentrism, and racism with reference to cultural context.

    Problem Solving
    Critical Thinking,
    Qualitative Reasoning
    Communication
    Oral Expression,
    Written Expression
    Social Interaction
    Cultural Diversity
    Inquiry
    Information Literacy,
    Research,
    Documentation
    Level
    Intermediate

  3. Identify and evaluate historical and contemporary schools of anthropological thought.

    Problem Solving
    Critical Thinking,
    Quantitative Reasoning
    Communication
    Oral Expression,
    Written Expression
    Social Interaction
    Cultural Diversity
    Inquiry
    Information Literacy
    Level
    Intermediate
Program Learning Outcomes

  1. Identify and explain the complexity of biological and cultural diversity throughout time and across space.

    Problem Solving
    Critical Thinking,
    Qualitative Reasoning
    Communication
    Oral Expression,
    Written Expression
    Social Interaction
    Cultural Diversity
    Inquiry
    Information Literacy
    Level
    Intermediate
Program Learning Outcomes

  1. Demonstrate a holistic, comparative, and biocultural understanding of human diversity.

    Problem Solving
    Critical Thinking,
    Quantitative Reasoning
    Communication
    Oral Expression,
    Written Expression
    Social Interaction
    Cultural Diversity
    Inquiry
    Information Literacy,
    Documentation
    Level
    Intermediate

  2. Critically evaluate the importance of concepts and issues associated with cultural relativism, ethnocentrism, and racism with reference to cultural context.

    Problem Solving
    Critical Thinking,
    Qualitative Reasoning
    Communication
    Oral Expression,
    Written Expression
    Social Interaction
    Cultural Diversity
    Inquiry
    Information Literacy,
    Research,
    Documentation
    Level
    Intermediate
Program Learning Outcomes

  1. Identify the role that anthropology has played in creating, maintaining, or dispelling out ideas about the human condition in popular and scientific domains.

    Problem Solving
    Critical Thinking,
    Quantitative Reasoning,
    Qualitative Reasoning
    Communication
    Oral Expression,
    Written Expression
    Social Interaction
    Cultural Diversity
    Inquiry
    Information Literacy,
    Research,
    Documentation
    Level
    Intermediate
Program Learning Outcomes

  1. Identify and evaluate historical and contemporary schools of anthropological thought.

    Problem Solving
    Critical Thinking,
    Quantitative Reasoning
    Communication
    Oral Expression,
    Written Expression
    Social Interaction
    Cultural Diversity
    Inquiry
    Information Literacy
    Level
    Intermediate

  2. Develop basic knowledge of data collection methods and analytic techniques in anthropological research.

    Problem Solving
    Quantitative Reasoning,
    Qualitative Reasoning
    Communication
    Written Expression
    Social Interaction
    Cultural Diversity
    Inquiry
    Information Literacy,
    Research,
    Documentation
    Level
    Intermediate

Core Topics

  1. Thinking anthropologically – introduction to theory and methods in cultural anthropology
  2. History of Anthropology
  3. Ethnography
  4. Language and culture
  5. Subsistence and economy
  6. Political anthropology
  7. Family and marriage
  8. Gender and sexuality
  9. Anthropology of religion
  10. Race and ethnicity
  11. Globalization