Carleton University · ANTH 1001

Introduction to Socio-Cultural Anthropology

Credits : 0.5 creditReference year : 2026-27

Description

What does it mean to be human? Anthropologists have approached this question by using the ethnographic method to understand the diverse ways people create shared worlds of meaning. In this course students will learn how culture shapes experience, and how ethnography describes this process.

Conditions and arrangements

  • Precludes additional credit for Precludes additional credit for HUMS 1005 (no longer offered).
  • Lectures/discussions three hours a week.
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What does it mean to be human? Anthropologists have approached this question by using the ethnographic method to understand the diverse ways people create shared worlds of meaning. In this course students will learn how culture shapes experience, and how ethnography describes this process.

  • Precludes additional credit for Precludes additional credit for HUMS 1005 (no longer offered).
  • Lectures/discussions three hours a week.

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