ANTH 130 - Cultural Worlds

Description:
The cross-cultural and holistic study of humans worldwide, including the analysis of race, gender, power, kinship, globalization, and the role of symbols in social life. Students will also examine their own world through anthropological lenses. SB-Perspectives on World Cultures.

Credits: (5)

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

Define, differentiate, and identify interconnections between notions of culture, society and nature.
Define key theories, quantitative and qualitative methods, and ethical considerations of cultural anthropology.
Employ theories and methods of cultural anthropology to formulate new perspectives on current issues and global problems.
Employ theories and methods of cultural anthropology to formulate new perspectives on current issues and global problems.
Understand human diversity by comparing cultural practices and beliefs, social organization, and adaptations across cultures, based on knowledge about specific cultures.
Discuss the construction of race, class, gender, sexuality, and ethnicity; and evaluate their intersectionality.
Analyze processes underlying the production of social inequality in local, national, and global contexts.
Identify and critically discuss processes of globalization, and connections between local and global issues, with attention to social and environmental impacts of the global economic system.
Critically examine and challenge boundaries of own ethnocentrism and positionality
Justify the value of cultural diversity as it relates to issues in everyday life, as well as at local, national, and global scales.

Learner Outcomes Approval Date:
11/2/17