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3 Credits
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eTextbooks
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$79
Plus membership
3 Credits
All courses include:
eTextbooks
2 to 3-day turnaround for grading
Multiple chances to improve your grade
On-demand tutoring & writing center
Student support 7 days a week
Cultural Anthropology
$79
Plus membership
3 Credits
About This Course
ACE Approved 2024
In this course, we will explore a variety of concepts and theories that help us understand the similarities, differences, connections, and disconnections experienced by world communities (including ourselves).
What You'll Learn
Recognize, understand, and appreciate human diversity.
Demonstrate knowledge of how anthropologists define culture
Demonstrate knowledge of the subfields within anthropology.
Demonstrate knowledge of past historical and anthropological mistakes and recognize how anthropologists avoid perpetuating these errors today.
Demonstrate knowledge of the methods of ethnographic research and be able to put this knowledge into practice.
Develop a sensitivity to the ethical implications of ethnographic fieldwork.
Critically evaluate popular representations of cultures and peoples around the world.
Develop an awareness of the issues of power and inequality both locally and globally.
Apply key anthropological concepts to everyday life experiences.
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This course encourages students to explore the complex interaction between individuals, social groups, social structures, history, and culture; and to apply theoretical principles of social analysis to critically interpret society.
There are no prerequisites to take Cultural Anthropology.
| Topic | Subtopics |
|---|---|
| What is Anthropology? |
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| Culture |
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| Doing Anthropology |
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| Language & Communication |
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| Making a Living |
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| Political Systems |
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| Families, Kinship, & Marriage |
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| Gender |
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| Religion |
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| Ethnicity & Race |
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| Applying Anthropology |
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| The World System, Colonialism, & Inequality |
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| Anthropology's Role in a Globalizing World |
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Your score provides a percentage score and letter grade for each course. A passing percentage is 70% or higher.
Assignments for this course include:
- 13 Graded Exams
- 3 Reflective Responses
The required eTextbook for this course is included with your course purchase at no additional cost.
Kottak, Conrad Phillip. Mirror for Humanity: A Concise Introduction to Cultural Anthropology, 13th edition, McGraw-Hill, 2023, ISBN: 9781260729207
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