ANTH1023 — Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
ANTH 1023 - Introduction to Cultural Anthropology ANTH 1023 - Introduction to Cultural Anthropology Hours/Week: Lecture 3 Course Description: This course examines the fundamental social processes that universally bind humans together and tear them apart: subsistence, language, kinship, reproduction, alliances, food production, economics, competition, warfare and death. The anthropological approach to these topics is to study human societies from around the world using the guiding concepts of culture and evolution. MnTC Goals 5 History/Social/Behavioral Science, 8 Global Perspective articulate their understanding of cultural evolution. evaluate the effects of the developed world on indigenous populations. describe patterns of human subsistence. critically evaluate racist claims about human variation. assess the empirical strength of various anthropological theories. Minnesota Transfer Curriculum (MnTC): Goals and Competencies Competency Goals (MnTC Goals 1-6) 05. 01. Employ the methods and data that historians and social and behavioral scientists use to investigate the human condition. 05. 02. Examine social institutions and processes across a range of historical periods and cultures. 05. 03. Use and critique alternative explanatory systems or theories. Theme Goals (MnTC Goals 7-10) 08. 01. Describe and analyze political, economic, and cultural elements which influence relations of states and societies in their historical and contemporary dimensions. 08. 02. Demonstrate knowle
Prerequisites: ENGL0950, RDNG0940, RDNG0950, ENGL0090, ESOL0051, ESOL0052