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Catalog 2025-2026 
    
Catalog 2025-2026

SSCI 345 - Cultural Anthropology


Examines the concept of culture as key to an understanding of the diversity and depth of the human experience. Emphasizes the comparative approach as a method to understanding cultural identity and the underpinnings of the relationships of power, equity, and social justice. The connections between informal and formal relations of power are in turn reviewed. Students will recognize and compare diverse approaches to ethical decision making in the context of the understanding of culture.

Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): [Prereq: (GE  Area 1A and 1B and 1C and 2 with a C- or better) and (Junior or Senior Standing)]
General Education: UD4 Social&Behavioral Sciences
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring

Units: 3