Anthropology 100 - Human Nature
Fall
2021
02
4.00
Catherine Kitrinos
TU TH 2:30PM 3:45PM
UMass Amherst
10382
Wheeler hall Room B05
ckitrinos@umass.edu
Introduces the full range of human cultural and biological diversity. Human evolution, rise and fall of civilizations, non-Western cultures, and the human condition in different societies today. Emphasis on the relationships among biological, environmental, and cultural factors. (Gen.Ed. SB, DG)
Open to first year students in Global Viewpoints RAP in Gorman. Students in Global Viewpoints RAP in Gorman Hall will enroll together in "Human Nature" (Anthropology 100). This course explores the diversity of cultural practices and beliefs throughout human history and how they shape the world we live in. We will engage in a broad survey across human cultures by examining the four subfields of anthropology: sociocultural, biological, archaeological, and linguistic.