Introductory Cultural Anthropology
General
Prefix
ANTH
Course Number
250
Course Level
Undergraduate
Department/Unit(s)
College/School
College of Liberal Arts
Description
Culture in the human experience, how anthropologists study it, and how it changes. Study of its dimensions in societies around the world.
Credits
Min
3
Max
3
Repeatable
No
Goals and Diversity
MN Goal Course
Yes
MN Goal Designation(s)
05, 08
Cultural Diversity
Yes
Learning Outcomes
Outcome
Explicate the anthropological concept of culture, specifying how evidence for human cultural learning demonstrates the lack of evidence for the existence of biological "races".
Outcome
Summarize how cultural anthropologists use participant-observation to learn about the ways of life of living people, and how these change over time and across space.
Outcome
Articulate the importance for cultural anthropologists of symbolic processes in all human activities.
Outcome
Demonstrate the ability to read, think, and evaluate qualitative data from a critical perspective.
Outcome
Demonstrate writing skills that involve communicating ideas clearly, synthesizing information, and analyzing and applying anthropological concepts.
Outcome
Demonstrate knowledge of, and respect for, human cultural diversity worldwide and through time.
Dependencies
Courses
ANTH250
is a
prerequisite
for:
Programs
ANTH250
is a
completion requirement
for: