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INTRO CULT ANTHRO (SSI 124)

Term: 2024-2025 Fall

Faculty

Jason Laguna
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Schedule

Mon-Wed, 12:00 PM - 1:15 PM (9/16/2024 - 12/21/2024) Location: MAIN 3 504

Description

PREREQUISITE: ENG 101 AND at least one other Social Science course.


A comparative study of different cultures and their learned behaviors. Kinship and family, language and cultural meaning, gender, sexuality, sexual behavior, war and violence, religion, work, education, and socialization will be studied in this course. Students will compare and contrast these different elements in order to gain insight into and appreciation of their own cultural background and the cultural backgrounds of others. Students are introduced to ethnographic research methods.