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Jul 03, 2025
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2025-2026_College Catalog
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ANT 102 - Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
Credits: 3
Lecture: Three lecture.
Principles of cultural and social anthropology with illustrative materials from a variety of cultures with a focus on globalization. The nature of culture; social, political, and economic systems; religion, aesthetics, and language.
Course Outcomes:
Students will be able to:
- describe anthropology and the tools and approaches utilized by anthropologists when working with communities worldwide;
- investigate the concept of culture and the diversity between and within communities with an understanding of ethnocentrism, relativism, and reflexivity;
- explore and apply the various theoretical and methodological perspectives used in cultural anthropology, including applied anthropology;
- describe various aspects of culturally diverse social systems, including kinship, social stratification, economic, and political systems;
- investigate the diversity of human expression in the areas of belief systems language, and art;
- and describe culture change and the impacts of globalization on contemporary cultural communities.
General Education: Arts and Humanities, Social and Behavioral Sciences
Special Requirement(s): Ethnic, Race, and Gender Awareness, Contemporary Global and International Awareness, Historical Awareness
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