This course introduces students to Anthropology and its sub-disciplines through a discussion of some of the big questions and issues that anthropologists investigate in contemporary and past societies. These include issues of religion and worldview, race and racism, power and inequality, and social justice from archaeological, biological, and sociocultural perspectives. Through this course you will develop an understanding of how anthropological approaches can be used to better understand humanity, past and present.
This course introduces students to Anthropology and its sub-disciplines through a discussion of some of the big questions and issues that anthropologists investigate in contemporary and past societies. These include issues of religion and worldview, race and racism, power and inequality, and social justice from archaeological, biological, and sociocultural perspectives. Through this course you will develop an understanding of how anthropological approaches can be used to better understand humanity, past and present.
