Cultural Anthropology
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This cultural anthropology course provides a solid introduction for students who are new to the branch of cultural anthropology. Students are presented with all the basic information pertinent to the field. The topics discussed include:
- Relevant anthropological theories
- Ethnocentrism and culture
- Language and communication
- Economic and political systems
- Kinship and descent
- Marriage and family
- Gender and sexuality
- Race and ethnicity
- Religion and belief systems
- The effects of colonialism and industrialization
- Globalization
This Course Includes:
- Proctored Exams
- 48 hours grading turn-around
- Live technical and student support
- Free transcription to your destination school
- 150+ partner college and universities with direct articulation
- Self Paced
- Humanities
- Content by McGraw-Hill
After completing this Cultural Anthropology course, you will be able to:
- Examine the scope and evolution of anthropology through its subfields and transition through modernism and postmodernism.
- Evaluate the different approaches to anthropology and apply the concept of ethics to the gathering and analysis of data.
- Illustrate how ethnocentricism and contemporary ideas have influenced culture in anthropology.
- Assess the growth, development, and effects of communication and language on culture and thought.
- Elaborate on the different dimensions of social organization and relate the concepts of tolerance, accommodation, and conflict to ethnicity.
- Examine the subsistence strategies and the economics, methods, and principles that govern distribution, exchange, and consumption of goods and services.
- Understand the connection between power, authority, and politics and relate them to social control, nationalism, and external relations.
- Assess the reasons for the development of belief systems and analyze the changes that occurred over time.
- Differentiate between various types of descent groups and review the debate of kinship over biology.
- Examine the rules and forms of marriages and relate the evolution of the family to social and economic changes.
- Measure the impact of gender on the roles of men and women, and examine the different perspectives on human sexual behavior.
- Analyze the formation and impact of economic and social classes during industrialization and evaluate the world-system perspective.
- Assess the impact of colonialism on societies around the world.
- Examine the effects of contact and globalization on culture in various societies.
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Introduction to Anthropology |
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Culture |
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Theoretical Framework |
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Language, Communication, and Art |
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Economic Anthropology |
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Political Systems |
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Kinship and Descent |
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Marriage and Family |
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Gender and Sexuality |
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Race, Caste, and Ethnicity |
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Religion and Belief Systems |
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Effects of Industrialization |
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Colonialism and Cultural Change |
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Cultural Exchange and Globalization |
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There are no prerequisites to take Cultural Anthropology.
The required eTextbook for this course is included with your course purchase at no additional cost. More information on StraighterLine eTextbooks
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Kottak, Conrad Phillip. Mirror for Humanity: A Concise Introduction to Cultural Anthropology, 13th edition, McGraw-Hill, 2023, ISBN: 9781260729207
StraighterLine provides a percentage score and letter grade for each course. A passing percentage is 70% or higher.
If you have chosen a Partner College to award credit for this course, your final grade will be based upon that college's grading scale. Only passing scores will be considered by Partner Colleges for an award of credit.
There are a total of 1000 points in the course:
Topic | Assessment | Points |
4 | Graded Exam #1 | 125 |
8 | Graded Exam #2 | 125 |
8 | Cumulative Graded Midterm Exam | 200 |
11 | Graded Exam #3 | 125 |
14 | Graded Exam #4 | 125 |
15 | Cumulative Graded Final Exam | 300 |
Total | 1000 |
Final Proctored Exam
The final exam is developed to assess the knowledge you learned taking this course. All students are required to take an online proctored final exam in order complete the course and be eligible for transfer credit.
It was good. I learned a lot about Anthropology.
Interesting materials, that is pertinent to everyday issues.
Excellent course if you want to get an idea of what anthropology is and what it covers. The course material was easy to understand and study.
I really liked the course and learning about how different cultures live
An excellent look at intercultural and social issues from a more subjective perspective than other social sciences.
it was fine
The reading material was easy to understand and Straighterline did an excellent job of reinforcing the important information on the online lessons.
Great. Book was a bit outdated
I personally enjoyed this course. If a person is interested in cultural differences, religious, and other customs, I think she/he will be enjoying this course.
This cours gives an introdution to subject you'll meet in everyday life, as well as in different careers. The textbook was relativly easy to read and the cours was well structured.