Anthropology is a multidisciplinary study that includes language, culture, society, behavior, and history. It is study of humans from different cultures and from the very first origins of humans. It uncovers the many lessons from other peoples, places, and times. Course introduces student to fields of cultural and social anthropology, linguistics, biological anthropology, and archaeology. Emphasis is placed on learning anthropology by doing interesting and exciting projects, such as tracing one s genealogy and recording a life history of someone.
Evaluation is by class participation, four quizzes, and completion of assigned readings.
There are no pre-requisites and everyone is invited to join in this learning experience. Because this is a beginning level class emphasis is placed on exciting students to study anthropology, either by taking more courses or as a lifelong interest. Bastien ANTH 4330 Culture Change Because people are incessantly experimenting and innovating, culture change is constant in human life, and often it results in improvements to the well-being of societies and individuals. This course studies the processes of innovation, integration, diffusion, and acculturation. It considers the effects of globalization and capitalization upon different cultures and how this has created conflict, change, and assimilation.