SOCI 0200 - Cultural Anthropology

Credits: 3

Crosslisted: ANTH 0201.

An overview of cultural anthropology as a discipline and to the concepts and techniques essential for understanding different cultures, both contemporary and past. Includes analysis of universal aspects of human experience, including the family, economic, political, religious, artistic, and linguistic systems, examined in cross-cultural perspective. A brief examination of hunters and gatherers, tribal and peasant peoples, among others and an introduction to the dynamics of cultural contact, cultural evolution, and change.

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Westfield State University

SOCI 0200 - Cultural Anthropology