2013-14 Course Descriptions

ANTH - Anthropology   
Department of Sociology and Family Studies (CAS)   

   
ANTH 101 Introduction to Anthropology (3-0-3), fall. An overview of archeology; physical, linguistic, and cultural anthropology. Challenges students to a serious look at today's "global village" with its diversity of cultures and a fuller understanding of "tribal loyalties" in the midst of growing international interdependence. An appropriate world view is suggested, in contrast to provincialism.
   
ANTH 211 Ethnography of U.S. Culture (3-0-3), fall, spring. Designed for international or American students who have been enculturated in an ethnic enclave significantly different from mainstream U.S. culture. An in-depth study of American cultural traits and social structures with guided field experiences of an ethnographic nature.