ANTH 2H - Honors Introduction to Cultural Anthropology

3 units
3 hours lecture
Recommended Preparation: ENGL 1 or eligibility for ENGL 1A or qualification by appropriate assessment
Credit, degree applicable
Transfer CSU, UC

This honors course, intended for students in the Honors Transfer Program, will provide students with an introduction to culture theory as well as to the cross-cultural understanding of human behavior. Emphasis will be placed on subsistence strategies; marriage and kinship institutions; levels of sociopolitical organization; religious systems; and the effects of cultural change, mainly as the result of European expansion, industrialization, and globalization. This course is enriched through extensive, rigorous reading, writing, and research assignments.

Note: Students may take either Anthropology 2 or Anthropology 2H. Duplicate credit will not be awarded.