Introduction to Anthropology (Diversity)
General
Prefix
ANTH
Course Number
101
Course Level
Undergraduate
Department/Unit(s)
College/School
College of Liberal Arts
Description
What it means to be human. Human nature through time and around the world; human evolution, culture, kinship, religion, politics, economics, and language.
Credits
Min
3
Max
3
Repeatable
No
Goals and Diversity
MN Goal Course
Yes
MN Goal Designation(s)
05, 08
Cultural Diversity
No
Learning Outcomes
Outcome
Demonstrate a broad knowledge of four-field anthropology, including anthropological theory and method and respect for human diversity worldwide and through time.
Outcome
Understand and apply contemporary evolutionary theory and recognize the process of evolution in shaping the origins and subsequent diversification of primates, including humans.
Outcome
Demonstrate an understanding of the anthropological concept of culture that includes the application of anthropological theory and method to investigating cultural diversity across time and space, the importance of symbolic activity in human activity, and the independence of human cultural and biological variation.
Outcome
Apply anthropological approaches to the human past that integrate contemporary archaeological theory, methods, and analytical techniques to understand long term patterns and change through time.
Outcome
Apply theory and methods from linguistic anthropology in order to situate the human capacity for symbolic communication in an evolutionary context, and to show how people in all human societies, past and present, use language in a variety of ways to mediate relationships among themselves and other features of their world.
Dependencies
Courses
ANTH101
is a
prerequisite
for:
Programs
ANTH101
is a
completion requirement
for: