ANTH350 Cultural Anthropology
This course provides an introduction to the concepts in the anthropological study of human behavior. It explores the ways of life of people in different societies and outlines various strategies anthropologists have used to study and understand them. Cultural anthropologists use the concept of culture to account for the tremendous variety of practices and beliefs that appear throughout the world. The capacity to create and sustain cultural understandings is unique to humans--culture is central to the human adaptation to physical, social and psychological environments. Topics to be covered will include the concept of culture, language, kinship and social organization, economics, socialization, psychology, politics, religion, and global issues.