Introduction to Cultural Anthropology Syllabus

Course Syllabus: SAC Spring 2019 Cultural Syllabus.doc

Course Description: 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.

Required Textbooks:

• Gezon, Lisa. and Conrad Kottak (2014). Culture, Second edition. McGraw Hill. ISBN: 9780078035043
• Peters-Golden, Holly (2012). Culture Sketches: Case Studies in Anthropology, Sixth Edition.  McGraw-Hill.  ISBN: 9780078117022