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Introduction to Cultural Anthropology

Meta-Major

Social Sciences

Session Cycle

A

Credits

3

Allow Pass/No Pass

No

Lecture Hours

54

CalGETC Areas

Area 4 - Social & Behavioral Sciences

Transfer Status

UC and CSU

C-ID

ANTH 120

Course Description

A survey of the range of cultural phenomena including language, patterns of subsistence, economic organization, marriage and the family, kinship, political organization, religion, the arts, and culture change. Examples taken from a wide range of foraging, tribal, and complex state societies are employed to illustrate the methodology, concepts, and theories of anthropological science. It is intended for both beginning anthropology majors and general education students.