This course is offered online and it is recommended you complete a short self-assessment to ensure readiness before taking an online course.
This course is an introduction to the cultures and customs of human groups throughout the world with the aim of understanding how cultures function based on their world views. Topics include subsistence methods, religious belief systems, linguistics, economics, political organization, kinship, gender, sex, marriage and family systems, social stratification, and globalization. This course stresses anthropological concepts such as culture, cultural relativism, holism, ethnocentrism, cross-cultural comparisons, world view, culture change, and fieldwork.
- Lecture hours/semester: 48-54
- Homework hours/semester: 96-108
Textbook: Zero Textbook Cost (ZTC) Course - View textbook and course related items in Bookstore
Instructor:
Jessica Marshall, marshallj@smccd.edu
IGETC: 4A-Anthropology - Canada
Section Information as of Tuesday, April 30 2024 - 10:47:54 pm
Course status: Open
InstructorSection | Meeting Date | Meeting Time | Days | Building | Room | Section | Section Description |
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Instructor: Jessica Marshall | 06/10-07/19 | Online course | 0000 | OLH | Online |
Critical Dates for this Course | Date |
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Last day to add class | June 12, 2024 |
Last day to drop with a refund | June 12, 2024 |
Last day to drop without a "W" | June 16, 2024 |
Last day to drop with a "W" | July 10, 2024 |
Last day to change to Pass/No Pass Grading Option | July 19, 2024 |