ANTH1101 — Introduction to American Culture
ANTH 1101 - Introduction to American Culture ANTH 1101 - Introduction to American Culture 3 Credits Explores the cultural diversity that comprises the current American population and the issues that drive Americans today. This course provides an introduction to American culture with emphasis on those who have arrived in the past 200 years including their transitions, mobility, and interchange. Classroom discussions, lectures and activities will focus on the effects of each succeeding immigrant group on American culture through the operation of American dominant culture, worldview, and institutions; with focus primarily on the role of the individual and consumerism within American society. Major Content Areas Defining Anthropology: Cultural Anthropology, Physical Anthropology, & Archaeology Defining Culture, types of culture, forms of culture. American Dominant Culture: Individualism and Super Consumerism. American Institutions; Economic, Government, Family, Religion, Education. Multiculturalism, assimilation, social construction of race, gender, identity and linguistic diversity. Belonging, exclusion, types of citizenship The role of the United States of America in the world of today Learning