ANTH103 Introduction to Cultural Anthropology

Students develop a basic understanding of the variety of cultures in the world, the sources of information used by cultural anthropologists, and an overview of ecological, functional and symbolic paradigms for understanding culture. Students examine the basic concepts of ethnocentrism, holism and cultural relativism, and learn about culture as a symbolic, dynamic, integrated, adaptive system of complex relationships.

Credits

4

Offered

Offered as needed