SOC 210 - Survey of Physical and Cultural Anthropology

3 Credits

Introduces the diversity of cultures found around the world. Through a collection of readings, films, lectures, and discussions, students enrolled in this class should come to an understanding of human cultural variation, and be able to put our own society into better perspective. A number of societies from around the world will be used to provide examples of different practices in regard to marriage, kinship, technological variation, religion, and political and social organization. Examples from prehistory will be included, and modern applications of anthropology to education, medicine, business, etc. will be discussed.

Lecture 3 hours per week.