ANTH 1230 Intro to Cultural Anthropology

3 (3 lecture hours) Credit Hour(s)

This course is the study of the origin and development of human culture including social relations, language, government, religion, and rituals, and the problems of developing nations and minority groups in the modern world.

General Education Learning Outcomes (TBR Approved)

Recognize, describe, and explain social institutions, structures, and processes occurring within a complex global and diverse society.
Think critically about how individuals are influenced by social institutions in their own and other diverse cultures.
Investigate the relationship between individuals and societies as it affects personal behaviors, social development, and quality of life of individuals, families, and communities.
Examine the impact of behavioral and social scientific research on major contemporary issues and their disciplines’ effects on individuals and society.
Evaluate ethical implications in the social and behavioral sciences.
Analyze and communicate the values and processes that are used to formulate theories regarding the social context of individual human behavior in the social and behavioral sciences.

Student Learning Outcomes:
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:

Explain anthropology as a social science and its relation to its subfields and related social and behavioral sciences (sociology, psychology, history)
Analyze the concepts of social beings and how one develops their interdependence in culture and its grouping.
Evaluate how social grouping differs in cross-cultural settings.
Evaluate the close, first-hand knowledge that represents the observer’s way of engaging in participant observations via ethnographies.
Evaluate cultural practices that have unique common variations found in different human groups.
Discuss and examine various family structures across cultures/globe.
Explain how human interconnectedness involves global connectivity.
Analyze why anthropologists use global connectedness as a lens for global/cultural understanding.

Prerequisite(s): READ 0810 or equivalent and ENGL 0810 or equivalent; the Virtual Library tutorial online must be completed.