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Official Course
Description: MCCCD Approval: 4-25-1995 |
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ASB102
1995 Fall - 9999 |
LEC
3.0 Credit(s) 3.0 Period(s) 3.0 Load Acad |
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Introduction
to Cultural and Social Anthropology |
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Principles of cultural and social anthropology, with
illustrative materials from a variety of cultures. The nature of culture;
social, political, and economic systems; religion, aesthetics and language. Prerequisites: None. Course
Attribute(s): General Education Designation: Global
Awareness - [G] General Education Designation: Social and Behavioral
Sciences - [SB] |
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MCCCD
Official Course Competencies: |
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ASB102 1995
Fall - 9999 |
Introduction to Cultural and Social Anthropology |
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Define anthropology as a discipline. (I) |
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Define culture. (II) |
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Define and contrast ethnocentrism and cultural relativity.
(II) |
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Explain the relationship between cultural areas and
natural environment. (III) |
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Define elements of an economic system in relation to
societal types. (IV) |
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Define politics and the basic mechanisms of social
control. (V) |
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Define the concepts of social organization and its parts.
(VI) |
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Explain the relationship of kinship to descent. (VII) |
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Analyze the defining characteristics of marriage. (VIII) |
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Identify gender issues as they relate to culture. (IX) |
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Contrast nonverbal communication and language, and
describe the structural components of language. (X) |
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Explain the functions of religion in culture. (XI) |
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Explain the impact of culture on the individual
personality. (XII) |
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Describe the relationship of art and culture. (XIII) |
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Explain the ways in which cultural change occurs and the
principles of cultural evolution. (XIV) |
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Compare and contrast developed and underdeveloped
societies. (XIV) |
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MCCCD
Official Course Outline: |
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ASB102 1995
Fall - 9999 |
Introduction to Cultural and Social Anthropology |
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I. Definition of
Anthropology A. The breadth of
anthropology B. Kinds of anthropology C. Methods of
anthropological research D. History of socioculture anthropology II. Culture A. Definition of culture B. Ideology C. Cultural differences D. Anthropological
approaches to explaining culture III. Environment,
Adaptation, and Subsistence A. Environment diversity B. Biological and cultural
adaptation C. Subsistence adaptations
and the environment IV. Economics A. Definition of economic
systems B. Production: the control
and use of resources C. Distribution D. Consumption E. Social agents of
economic control V. Politics A. Types of political
orders B. Gender and politics C. Social control: the
imposition of order D. The resolution of external
conflict E. The resolution of
internal conflict VI. Social Organization and
Life Cycle A. Organizational patterns B. Biological traits and
social statuses C. The life cycle VII. Kinship and Descent A. Kinship B. Descent rules C. Descent groups D. Kinship terminology E. Fictive kinship VIII. Marriage and the
Family A. Marriage B. Marriage choice C. Negotiating marriage D. Post marital residence E. Family IX. Gender A. Sex and gender B. Diversity in male and
female roles C. Gender and religion X. Language and Culture A. Human communication B. Nonverbal communication C. Language D. The structure of
language E. Linguistic relativity F. Changes in language G. Language families H. Language politics XI. Religion A. The definition of
religion B. Ideology in religion C. Ritual in religion D. The social organization
of religion E. Religious change F. Why people are religious
XII. Culture and
Personality A. Culture and personality B. Status and role deviance
XIII. Aesthetics and
Culture A. The relativity of
aesthetics B. The aesthetic experience
and expressive culture C. Art forms D. The functions of art XIV. Cultural Evolution and
the Contemporary World A. The process of change B. Cultural evolutionary theory
C. The vanishing of
non-state societies D. The effects of
industrialization E. Peasant cultures |