Mar 28, 2024  
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2022-23 
    
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2022-23 [Archived Catalog]

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ANTH 4720 - History of Anthropological Thought


Overview of the dominant theories and perspectives that have shaped cultural anthropological research and writing over the past century or so.

Requisites: ANTH 1010 and 2010 and 2020 and (3010 or 3400 or 3450 or 3460 or 3490 or 3500 or 3510 or 3530 or 3540 or 3550 or 3570 or 3610 or 3660 or 3670 or 3700 or 3760 or 3770 or 3780 or 3800 or 3810 or 3830 or 3850 or 3860) and (Jr or Sr)
Credit Hours: 3
OHIO BRICKS Capstone: Capstone or Culminating Experience
General Education Code (students who entered prior to Fall 2021-22): 3
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes:
  • Be better able to acquire information from multiple sources and will be able to appreciate and assess the validity of that information.
  • Be better able to consider other cultural perspectives in an ethical and responsible manner.
  • Be better able to understand, appreciate, and evaluate the various and competing epistemologies that inform social thought.
  • Develop and increased awareness of the values implicit in life, work, society and culture.
  • Learn to identify trends and patterns in the history of anthropology within the broader context of the history of social thought.



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