Introduces basic concepts of anthropology. Topics include a survey of its sub-disciplines such as ethnology, social anthropology, culture dynamics, culture and personality, anthropological linguistics, prehistoric man, physical anthropology, and the concept of race. This course also meets the Core Curriculum requirement for a non-laboratory B.S. science component.
Examines the history, objectives, and methods of archaeological discovery and interpretation. Topics include cultural, historical, and functional analysis of techniques, and readings in selected primary sources. This course also meets the Core Curriculum requirement for a non-laboratory B.S. science component.
Available as needed.
Permission of supervising professor, program coordinator, and department chair.
Explores the impact of culture on the communication process. Topics include developing an understanding of the diversity of cultures in the world and of ways cultural differences influence the ways people interact. Cross-listed with ICST 310.
Explores the living religions of the world. Topics include their backgrounds, philosophies, teachings, and influences; examines their relations to the Christian faith; apologetic task, biblical responses to the common barriers to faith; opposing worldviews with a focus on effective communication of the Gospel. Cross-listed with RELG 334.
Available as needed. A study of the ethnology and ethnographic literature of a part of the world. May be repeated for credit if a different topic is studied.
Selected topics in Biblical Archaeology. Topic varies. Cross-listed with BIBL 473.
BIBL 296 or permission of professor.
Offered on demand. Selected areas of intensive study in anthropology. Emphasis on individual research.
Senior status and permission of the department.
