Equivalency Details

This course explores human culture worldwide, including cultural elements and systems, diversity and cross-cultural interactions, and cultural change. It covers concepts essential to the discipline of cultural anthropology, such as holism, fieldwork, and environmental adaptation. Course topics include worldview, domestic groups, kinship, gender, power structures, economics, religion, and artistic expression.

This introductory course familiarizes students with the concepts, methods, and findings of Cultural and Linguistic Anthropology. Students learn about cultural diversity in a global perspective through cross-cultural study of adaptations to the environment, social institutions, and cultural practices, combined with a holistic examination of particular societies around the world.