ANTH 1140 - Introduction to Cultural Anthropology

1. Introduce students to the basic concepts and research methods of cultural anthropology as one of the disciplines of social science, including fundamental concepts, such as culture and society, which form the pillars of the discipline (e.g., cultural relativism, cultural persistence and change, world-view and enculturation).
2. Comprehend the importance of studying cultural anthropology.
3. Demonstrate knowledge of the practice of anthropological research in the modern world that is increasingly multicultural, transnational and globally interconnected (e.g., globalization and modernnworld system).
4. Demonstrate an awareness of how students’ own cultures shape their experiences and the way they see the world, as well as help them understand and interact with other cultures.
5. Understand how beliefs, values and assumptions are influenced by culture, biology, history, economic, and social structures.
6. Gain a sense of relationship with people possessing different experiences from their own.
7. Gain a deeper understanding and appreciation for cultural anthropology as a broad discipline through learning about its practices, and differentiating cultural anthropology from other disciplines that study people.
8. Become more sensitive and engaged global citizens from culturally relative perspectives.