We're still actively developing this site. If you encounter any issues, please report them! - Report an issue

CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY AND HUMAN DIVERSITY

ANTHRO 104
Course Description

Introduction to cultural anthropology. Comparative cross-cultural consideration of social organization, economics, politics, language, religion, ecology, gender, and cultural change. Includes a primary focus on U.S. ethnic and racial minorities.

Prerequisites

None

Satisfies
Credits

3

Offered

Fall, Spring, Summer

Grade Point Average
3.55

2.2% from Historical

Completion Rate
97.63%

-0.48% from Historical

A Rate
46.52%

-6.61% from Historical

Class Size
632

-20.71% from Historical

2026 Summr Grade Distribution

Instructors (2026 Summr)

Sorted by ratings from Rate My Professors

Similar Courses

INTRODUCTION TO CULTURE AND HEALTH

ANTHRO 265

Uses the conceptual tools of anthropology to explore how culture, biology, and power together shape the ways people are born, experience good and poor health, seek therapeutic aid, and die. Draws on material from around the world, with a particular focus on the experience of marginalized minority people in the United States.

GENERAL ANTHROPOLOGY

ANTHRO 100

General understanding of humans in relation to cultures, evolutionary development and racial diversity, capacities for society, and the development of the world's major cultures.

HISTORICAL ANTHROPOLOGY

ANTHRO 424

An introduction to historical approaches in anthropology: topics covered include early theories, evolutionism, ethnohistory, culture change, ritual and symbolic transformation, indigenous/oral histories, conceptions of time and the analysis of texts and visual images.

CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY: THEORY AND ETHNOGRAPHY

ANTHRO 300

Survey of cultural anthropology with emphasis on ethnographic description, methodology, and contemporary theories. Focuses on humanistic and social scientific approaches to human sociocultural diversity.

SEMINAR-PROBLEMS IN CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY

ANTHRO 940

Current anthropological literature and methods. Assigned problems.