Anthropology for Majors: Understanding the Four-Field Approach

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Offered spring. This course is designed as an advanced low-level undergraduate overview of the four-field approach to the study of anthropology. Students will learn about each of the four fields of Anthropology, including Archaeology, Biological Anthropology, Cultural Anthropology, and Linguistics. While this course is introductory, it will employ innovative curriculum for students who are majoring in anthropology. Each semester, faculty will use one or more major anthropology research issues as a guiding matrix for the dissemination of anthropological concepts. The course is intended for low-level undergraduate students either majoring in anthropology or considering a major in the discipline.