Prerequisite: None. Recommendation: Eligible for English P101A or equivalent. Total lecture 54 hours. This course is an introduction to how anthropologists research and explain human cultural diversity globally. Students will learn about Anthropology's development as a discipline and, through ethnographic field studies, the insights gained from the study of non-Western cultures, the consequences of colonialism and globalization, and perspectives on understanding ethnocentrism and cultural conflicts globally. Topics may include ethnographic research methods and the anthropological study of family, kinship systems, gender roles, political and economic organization, art, religion, the nature of culture change, and the ethical obligations of research on human subjects, individually and culturally. Applications of the research methods of cultural anthropologists to modern culture will also be considered. C-ID ANTH 120 (A/CSU/UC) PC-Area 4; CSU-C2; CSU-D1; CSU-E; IGETC-3B; IGETC-4
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