ANTH 130 - Introduction to Cultural Anthropology

Units: 3 ; Breadth Area: GE-D1-2
Functional approaches to the structure and dynamics of culture and society around the world; comparative study of human behavior and value systems in varied ecological settings.

Possible Instructional Methods: Entirely On-ground.
Grading: A-F or CR/NC (student choice).
Breadth Area(s) Satisfied: GE-D1-2 - Lower Division Social Sciences
Course Typically Offered: Fall & Spring

Student Learning Outcomes - Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:

define and explain essential terms in sociocultural anthropology;
explain how culture shapes and is shaped by environments, histories, biologies, pre-existing ideas, and power relations;
use anthropological frameworks and theories to analyze various cultural phenomena (e.g., religion and ritual, gender dynamics and roles, power distribution);
discuss the ways in which people create culture and the extent they are limited by particular cultural frameworks.

D1-2. Lower-division Social Science Electives Learning Outcomes

specify how social, political, economic, and environmental systems and/or behavior are interwoven;
explain how humans individually and collectively relate to relevant sociocultural, political, economic, and/or environmental systems-how they produce, resist, and transform them;
discuss and debate issues from the course’s disciplinary perspective in a variety of cultural, historical, contemporary, and/or potential future contexts; and
explore principles, methodologies, value systems, and ethics employed in social scientific inquiry.