ANTHROPOLOGY

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ANTH 103 Cultural Diversity in Contemporary Society—3 Cr. Hrs. – 3 Contact Hrs. Cultural Diversity in Contemporary Society is an ethnographic analysis of various cultural groups and the regions where they originate. Such groups as African-American, Asian-American, Hispanic-American, and Native-American will be the focus. Emphasis will be placed on their cultural similarities and differences. Students will compare such topics as the cultures’ socialization process, education, gender roles, marriage and family living, religion, health, death and dying, etc.

ANTH 105 Introduction to Physical Anthropology/Archaeology—3 Cr. Hrs. – 3 Contact Hrs. Introduces the student to the fields of physical anthropology and archaeology through a study of man’s biological and cultural adaptation. Emphasis will be placed upon the prime fossil record, dating methods, the emergence of races as adaptations to different environments, molecular, and population genetics, and the prehistorical cultural sequence in both the Old and New Worlds.

ANTH 110 Introduction to Cultural Anthropology*—3 Cr. Hrs. – 3 Contact Hrs. Introduces the student to the field of cultural anthropology through a study of language, kinship, technology, political organization, social organization, religion and healing, among other topics. Emphasis will be placed upon an investigation of selected pre-modern groups representative of the world’s major cultural regions.

*Denotes course that contains an International component.