SOC 205-Traditional Cultures of the World

3 credit hours – Three hours weekly; one term.
Emphasizes culture as expressed by a cross-section of world traditional cultures. The course reviews contemporary and historical case material from specific traditional cultures in detail, comparing the lifestyles of each group. Lectures cover hunters and gatherers, tribes, chiefdoms and pre-industrial groups from diverse parts of the earth. These societies are viewed in cross-cultural perspective.

Prerequisite(s): SOC 111 or ANT 121 or SOC 121 or permission of department chair.

Crosslisted: Also offered as ANT 205 ; credit is not given for both SOC 205 and ANT 205 .