Anthropology is the comprehensive study of human beings as they socialize and symbolize.
Anthropology explores the full range of social groups and cultural meanings through which we encounter the world. Anthropology reveals the unstated premises and hidden categories of our own world as it makes other worlds plausible. It thus forces critical thinking about our own lives and offers genuine insight into the lives of others. This course is designed to give students a general introduction to the field of social cultural anthropology. In this course we will cover some of the major ideas, methodologies, and topics that have characterized the field of social-cultural anthropology.