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Anthropology Minor

Program description

The anthropology curriculum provides a comparative understanding of the range of human cultures throughout the world in both humanistic and social scientific terms. Anthropology provides the skills and knowledge needed to navigate a diverse world and solve the complex problems that face today's communities.

Anthropology courses provide an understanding of human beings and human society. Students are exposed to a broad historical and comparative framework within which to view the variety of human cultures. Coursework deals with concepts techniques, and substantive knowledge of the branches of the field: anthropology, primarily within cultural anthropology and applied anthropology.
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