Our attention then focuses on actually doing cultural studies analysis on a wide range of materials. This required introductory level course provides the student with a broad foundation in anthropology, one of the cornerstone elements of the Self, Society and Culture major. Anthropology provides a particular set of lenses, a set of assumptions and methods that allow us to gain insight into the evolutionary and cross-cultural dimensions of human social life. Each theory's assumptions about how best to describe, predict, and modify behavior are examined. Topics such as bilingual ism, bicultural identity, and U.S. social policy on immigration will be explored.
Plans are to include an experiential component, working with bicultural children.
Some Spanish language skills may be useful, but there are no prerequisites for this course. Special attention to the dynamics of violent conflict. The field of social psychology seeks to understand human motivation and human behavior in their social contexts. In contrast to other social sciences such as sociology or anthropology in which the group is the unit of analysis, social psychology studies the individual in social context. Social psychology is a science, and this course considers the historical, philosophical, and cultural implications of the scientific nature of social psychological inquiry.