ANT-111 Cultural Anthropology
An introduction to ethnology is the cross-cultural study of the diverse adaptive patterns human used to satisfy the requirements of life in specific natural and social-cultural environments including but limited to the principles of rights, access, equity, and autonomous participation to past, current, or future social justice action. Data will be drawn from contemporary nonindustrial and urban industrial societies to illustrate how and why cultural variations exist in today's ever-shrinking world. This course carries SUNY General Education Social Sciences and Diversity: Equity, Inclusion and Social Justice credit.
Course Learning Outcomes
- Describe major concepts and theories in cultural anthropology by examining the historical and contemporary societal factors that shape the development of individual and group identity involving, but not limited, to race, class, and gender.
- Evaluate anthropological research findings by analyzing the role that complex networks of social structures and systems play in the creation and perpetuation of the dynamics of power, privilege, oppression, and opportunity.
- Demonstrate an understanding of the methods social scientists use to explore social phenomena by using basic research techniques to locate, evaluate and synthesize information from a variety of sources appropriate for understanding cultural anthropology.
- Evaluate anthropological perspectives and theories by applying the core concepts of the field including but not limited to the principles of rights, access, equity, and autonomous participation in past, current, or future social justice actions.