OSS001 - CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY

3 Semester Hours/3-5 Quarter Hours

Suggested Textbook Topics: (suggested topical chapters)

• Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
• Theories & Methods
• Culture
• Sex and Gender
• Marriage / Family / Kinship
• Economics
• Politics
• Religion
• Social Organization and Stratification
• Subsistence Patterns
• Language
• Culture Change / Development
• Expressive Culture (Music, Art, Archeological)
• Race / Ethnicity

Related TAGs: Anthropology

1. Develop knowledge of fundamental principles and concepts of cultural anthropology.
2. Develop knowledge of the anthropological discipline, including the four-field approach (cultural, biological, archeology, and linguistics).
3. Develop knowledge of anthropological theories, research methods, and ethics.
4. Describe the importance of culture and culture change in global context.
5. Explain the importance of gender, marriage, and kinship in human and social groups.
6. Outline the anthropological frameworks of political, social, economic, and religious systems in a global cultural context.