AN 100 Introduction to Cultural Anthropology 3 cr Introduces culture as a set of integrated behaviors and meanings learned in a social environment. Explores the diversity of human cultural practices in terms of kinship, gender, religion, subsistence, and politics.
Language is emphasized as the means by which culture is transmitted from one generation to the next.
Introduces students to the topics of evolution, genetics, and primates and integrates cultural aspects associated with early human development. The fundamental orientation and methods of archaeology are introduced and an overview of world prehistory presented. AN 200 Language and Culture 3 cr Brief introduction to descriptive and structural linguistics, language universals, classification and processes of change in language, language and thought, social and cultural factors as expressed in language, origin of language, child language, and non-verbal communication. AN 210 Physical Anthropology 4 cr Course focuses on humans as biological and cultural beings and includes a laboratory. Covers variation in modern human populations, as well as evolutionary trends as seen in fossil remains.