ANTH 102 — Cultural Anthropology (3 Credits, Fall/Spring)
The goal of this class is to equip students with the ability to approach human systems and patterns from a holistic perspective. Students will examine the behavioral adaptations humans have innovated in a variety of environments worldwide and a take a comparative perspective based on cultural relativism and human behavioral ecology. Universal themes including subsistence patterns, economic systems, political organization, gender roles, technology, artistic expression, and belief systems will also be emphasized. (This CWI course meets Idaho State Board of Education GEM competency requirements for GEM 6 - Social and Behavioral Ways of Knowing OR the CWI Global Perspectives requirement. [It will not fulfill both requirements.]) . (3 lecture hours, 0 lab hours, 3 credits)