Social/Cultural Anthropology 1 IBH

Course #:  04134030
Credit Type:  ELECTIVE
Credit:  1.0
Pre/Co Requisite:  No
College Credit:  No
College Hours Earned:  0
Grade Level:  11-12
Other Information:  Sumner Academy ONLY
Description:  Cultural Anthropology is the comparative study of how people live around the world. Anthropologists study how culture is learned and shared and how it influences all aspects of our life - what we eat, whom we marry, what we find desirable, whom we consider our family and how we see the world - looking for common threads and contrasts.  The class seeks to bring an understanding of humankind and to value its diversity. We will be studying gender, race, religion, immigration, health and illness, power, economic inequality, globalization, and conflict.   We will study many cultures but will pay special attention to Hmong, to Triqui migrants working in the US, women working in call centers in India, and gender and race issues in the US.