Document Type
Syllabi
School
CLA
Department
ANTH
Course Subject
ANTH
Course Number
ANTH
Course Section
1160
Course Title
Introduction to Anthropology
Academic Term and Year
Spring 2015
Credits
4.00
Hamline Plan Letter
S
Area of Study
ANTH, SSTD
Course Description
Goals: To introduce the approaches and perspectives of the anthropological study of human beings. To survey the ways human cultures shape and are shaped by historical, environmental, biological and social forces. To introduce the importance of context in social research. Content: Introduces key concepts, basic content, approaches and key questions of sociocultural anthropology, archaeology, biological anthropology and linguistic anthropology. Provide students with a working knowledge of categories of key anthropological vocabulary, research orientations and practices. Consistent with the anthropology department's commitment to high impact, experiential learning, this class includes regular field exercises requiring students to apply class content outside of the classroom. Taught: Annually, both semesters. Credits: 4 credits
Recommended Citation
Messenger, Lewis, "ANTH1160-01.Introduction to Anthropology.Sp15.Messenger,Lewis" (2015). Historic Syllabi -- full text access limited to internal Hamline administrative staff only. 4495.
https://digitalcommons.hamline.edu/syllabi/4495