Anthropology 130 - INTRO CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY

Fall
2014
01
4.00
Elliot Fratkin
MW 09:00-10:20
Smith College
10070-F14
SEELYE 208
efratkin@smith.edu
The exploration of similarities and differences in the cultural patterning of human experience. The comparative analysis of economic, political, religious and family structures, with examples from Africa, the Americas, Asia, and Oceania. The impact of the modern world on traditional societies. Several ethnographic films are viewed in coordination with descriptive case studies. Limited to first-year students and sophomores. Total enrollment of each section limited to 25. Offered both semesters each year.
Limited to first-years, sophomores.
Permission is required for interchange registration during the add/drop period only.