ANTH 02275 - Anthropology of Race and Ethnicity

Credits: 3

This course focuses on the historical development and current status of the race concept, a purported descriptor of human diversity and potential. Using the perspectives of four-field anthropology, this course covers the historical development of the race concept as well as current scholarship, controversies and consequences of race. Students will read relevant texts from biological anthropology, linguistics, cultural anthropology and archaeology.

Course Attributes: CAT, GLBL, UGRD