Anthropology

Anthropology

Highland Community College offers courses in anthropology.

>> This course is approved by the Kansas Board of Regents for System Wide Transfer (SWT) among all Kansas public postsecondary institutions offering an equivalent course. Additional courses may also be eligible for transfer. Please visit the Highland Registrar to learn more.

GE This course is approved by the Kansas Board of Regents for  the General Education Transfer among all Kansas public postsecondary institutions offering an equivalent course.

3 Credit Hours

This survey course will cover the biological and cultural evolution of humans and will emphasize culture as an adaptive and learned behavior necessary for survival. The four fields of anthropology will be introduced as well as perspectives on anthropological culture, cultural diversity, and the value of multiculturalism. The course will also focus on race, emergence of civilizations, survival needs and skills, agriculture, horticulture, contraception, economic development, language, marriage and family, kinship and descent, sex and gender, political organization, civilization, social control, social stratification, supernatural beliefs, art, globalization, and cultural change.

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606 West Main Highland, KS 66035

admissions@highlandcc.edu
(785) 442-6020

 

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