Course Syllabus
Cultural Anthropology Syllabus
Course Description:
This course is a cross-cultural survey of the major areas of cultural anthropology including subsistence patterns, economic and political systems, family and kinship, religion, and cultural change. Also includes contemporary issues facing humankind such as the environment, resource depletion, ethnic conflict, globalization, and warfare. Emphasis is on understanding cultural diversity and cultural universals.
Textbook Information:
I created an online textbook using Open Educational Resources (OER). There is no cost for this textbook besides the $5 materials fee that you already paid when you registered for this course. The link for the textbook is below.
https://courses.candelalearning.com/anthropologyx15x1/
Additional Course Information:
All assignments, discussions, and exams are due at 11:59 pm on their due date. I have organized (linked) all weekly tasks into Weekly Modules. Access these links by clicking on the Modules tab in our Canvas course.
Download and read the official course syllabus by clicking on the link at the bottom of the page.
Course Learning Objectives:
Define the scope of anthropology and discuss the role of cultural anthropology within the discipline.
Recognize the methods, theories and perspectives used to study and understand human cultures.
Explain the importance of the ethnographic method in the study of culture.
Employ the relativist perspective while discussing cultural variation.
Demonstrate an understanding of anthropological concepts including ethnicity, gender, political organization, economic systems, kinship, rituals and belief systems.
Explain the interconnectedness of the economic, political and sociocultural forces of globalization amongst diverse cultural groups.
Analyze and evaluate the ethical issues anthropologists encounter, and professional ethical obligations that must be met in the study of and application in cultural groups different from their own.
Student Learning Objectives:
Communication Skills
Thinking and Reasoning
Read all course materials analytically and critically using an anthropological perspective and conceptual framework.
Recognize and differentiate the validity of various anthropological theories and paradigms; including the ways differing paradigms can affect data collection, analysis, and research conclusions.
Synthesize both the scientific and humanistic aspects of the anthropological perspective.
Diversity
Explain the historical and cultural construction of gender, age, ethnicity, race and class, and analyze how these social categories affect "life chances".
Assess the culture-bound concepts of progress and development as "lenses" through which we evaluate other groups and cultures.
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Course Syllabus: ANTH100 #45472 Syllabus
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