Course description
This course is a comprehensive survey of the broad discipline of Anthropology providing an extensive overview of the main subfields of Archaeology, Cultural Anthropology, Biological Anthropology, and Linguistic Anthropology. This course explores the experience of being human across cultures covering such topics as - how we evolved, how we survive, how we organize ourselves and maintain order in family and political units, how we make an economic living, how we create meaning, and how we will survive as a species. Through thoughtful content, we explore these topics recognizing the importance and value of cultural diversity and cultural relativism.
Course details
Credit transfer
Have you taken this course or an equivalent course? Contact the Credit Transfer Office.
Registration dates
Not all courses are offered each term.
Spring 2026 registration opens March 2, 2026.Fall 2026 registration opens June 29, 2026.
Delivery options
In person: classes held in person on a campus/site in a classroom/lab/shop/studio for the course duration
Online - Asynchronous: 100% online delivery, no scheduled day or time course requirements with the instructor, assigned due dates
Online - Synchronous: 100% online delivery, scheduled day and time course requirements with the instructor, assigned due dates
Hybrid: any combination of in person, timetabled, on campus, online, and hyflex delivery