Applied Anthropology

Applied Anthropology
Anthropological principles and methods applied to business, education, environment, government, communication, national and international development, and health sectors. Ethically and culturally appropriate strategies for researching and participating in planned socio-cultural change.
ANTHR
447
 Hours3.0 Credit, 3.0 Lecture, 0.0 Lab
 PrerequisitesNone
 TaughtFall Contact Department, Winter Contact Department
 ProgramsContaining ANTHR 447
Course Outcomes

Learning Objectives

This course has the objectives to introduce students to career options outside academia and to help them explore graduate programs that will prepare them for those careers. This course will also introduce them to theoretical and ethical issues in applied and practicing anthropology and to some of the current social problems that are dominating the field. Students will learn the basic training in the skills and methodologies, (including report writing), that they will use as an applied anthropologist.