Proseminar in Cultural Anthropology
General
Prefix
ANTH
Course Number
650
Course Level
Graduate
Department/Unit(s)
College/School
College of Liberal Arts
Description
Major topics and theoretical issues in contemporary cultural anthropology, including ethnographic fieldwork and the processes affecting cultural variation, stability and change.
Credits
Min
3
Max
3
Repeatable
No
Goals and Diversity
MN Goal Course
No
Cultural Diversity
No
Learning Outcomes
Outcome
Demonstrate an understanding of the anthropological concept of culture.
Outcome
Demonstrate knowledge of how human cultural learning demonstrates the lack of evidence for the existence of biological “races.”
Outcome
Explain how anthropological views of culture have changed over time.
Outcome
Demonstrate understanding of how cultural anthropologists use participant-observation to learn about the ways of life of living peoples.
Outcome
Illustrate the importance of symbolic activity in human activities such as language, the arts, and other creative human activities.
Outcome
Explain how cultural patterns vary over time and across the world.
Outcome
Describe how cultural anthropologists study contemporary changes in the ways human beings live.