ANTH 654 - Anthropology Saves the World!

(3 units)

Discipline deals with the applied, engaged, and pubic aspects of anthropology and how each of its sub-fields articulates with contemporary human problems.

Grading Basis: Graded
Units of Lecture: 3
Offered: Every Spring - Odd Years

Student Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
1. apply anthropological knowledge to solve practical, real-world problems, and demonstrate this orally and in writing.
2. orally and in writing, critically apply knowledge of histories, benefits, and challenges of various types of public engagement in anthropology (public intellectual work, advocacy, activism, collaborative research design).
3. orally and in writing, design research questions, conduct research, prepare research reports, and give oral research presentations on the relationship between anthropology and real world problems.
4. critically evaluate and synthesize current scholarly debates in the anthropology of Europe, orally and in writing.
5. develop, research, write, and present individual research projects about particular questions in the anthropology of Europe, orally and in writing.
6. articulate and evaluate connections among local, national, and international contexts, including between regions within Europe, the European Union, and Europe’s connections to the world, orally and in writing.

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