ANTH 200 - Cultural Anthropology

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Windward Community College

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Catalog Description Nature of culture, introduction to basic concepts for analyzing cultural behavior; patterning, integration, and dynamics of culture; culture and the individual. (3 hrs. lect.) Student Learning Outcomes Explain how anthropologists study and talk about economic, kinship, political, gender, and religious systems, and cultural change. Apply the concept of culture to analyze cross-cultural issues in Hawai'i, the US, and the world. Identify cross-cultural differences and similarities in multicultural societies such as Hawai'i. Describe patterns of culture in societies which utilize various strategies of adaptation to their environments, including subsistence patterns, political organization, social organization, and stratification. Carry out ethnographic fieldwork in a subculture on O'ahu and produce a written description of the culture. Apply anthropological perspectives and research methods to careers and research outside of the discipline. Examine his/her own life and culture in a more critical manner in relation to the lives of people in other cultures. Degrees and Certificates at WCC the Course Applies To WCC Associate in Arts: DS Academic Subject Certificate in Psycho-Social Developmental Studies Resources Anthropology Current Syllabus Spring, 2009 (60022) - taught by Pamela DaGrossa Spring, 2009 (60023) - taught by Pamela DaGrossa Spring, 2009 (60317) - taught by Pamela DaGrossa Past Syllabi Spring 2008 - taught by Pam DaGrossa (CRN 62024) Spring 2008 - taught by Pam DaGrossa (CRN 62025) Spring 2008 - taught by Pam DaGrossa (CRN 62026)

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3.00

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Institution Website:

windward.hawaii.edu

Phone Number:

(808) 235-7400

Regional Accreditation:

Western Association of Schools and Colleges

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Semester

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