FAMILY, KIN AND COMMUNITY IN ANTHROPOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE

ANTHRO 345

Course Description

Comparison of the form and function of such social institutions as marriage and the family, age and sex groups, secret societies, task groups, and class in cross-cultural perspective.

Prerequisties

ANTHRO 104 , ANTHRO 300 , or graduate/professional standing

Satisfies

This course does not satisfy any prerequisites.

Credits

Not Reported

Offered

Not Reported

Grade Point Average

3.39

No change from Historical

Completion Rate

100%

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A Rate

35.71%

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Class Size

No change from Historical

Cumulative Grade Distribution

Instructors (2025 Fall)

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