ANTH 202H - Cultural Anthropology Honors

Institution:

Tompkins Cortland Community College

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Cultural Anthropology focuses on understanding current living human cultures, and the beliefs and practices that make social life possible. Special attention is given to cultural areas, including family and kinship structure, economic organization, gender roles, enculturation, spirituality and religion, human rights and stratification, cultural change and globalization. Methods and techniques such as field studies and cross-cultural comparisons used by anthropologists to examine cultures will be analyzed and applied. The issues of ethnocentrism and cultural relativism will be addressed through cross-cultural perspectives. Students will also research and conduct a cultural study. ANTH 202H fulfills the SUNY General Education Other World Civilizations or the Social Sciences requirement. Prerequisite: Prior completion or concurrent enrollment in ENGL 101. 3 Cr. (3 Lec.) Fall and spring semesters.

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.TC3.edu

Phone Number:

(607) 844-8211

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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