2020-2021 Undergraduate Catalog

Anthropology

Anthropology is the study of human culture, behavior, and biology from a holistic, global, and comparative perspective. As a field of study, it examines the similarities, differences, and development of human culture, behavior, and biology. The Anthropology curriculum emphasizes the subfield of cultural anthropology. Cultural anthropology focuses on the concept of culture, role of culture in contemporary problems and issues, and on the wide range of human cultural patterns in the contemporary world.