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SOC-1014: Introduction to Social Anthropology

Description: Introduction to basic concepts including culture and ritual, research methods especially ethnography, and theory in social anthropology for understanding human behavior. Provides a survey of anthropological approaches to language, economics, kinship, religion, identity, gender, race, politics, social organizations, and globalization that compares western and non-western cultures.

Pathways: 3 Reasoning in Social Sciences, 11 Intercultural&Global Aware.

Course Hours: 3 credits

Prerequisites: N/A

Required By: HUM-4124, SOC-4124, SOC-4114

Corequisites: N/A

Crosslist: N/A

Repeatability: N/A

Sections Taught: 13

Average GPA: 3.47 (A-)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 44.27%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 0.41%

Staff Gerus202358.8%30.3%6.3%4.8%0.0%0.0%3.452
Anthony K Harrison201856.3%35.0%7.9%0.3%0.4%0.3%3.437
Nicholas M Copeland202064.0%31.6%3.5%0.0%0.0%0.9%3.564

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