LD 5372 Social and Political Organization

(3 semester hours)
After completing this course, students will be able to demonstrate their understanding of social organization of cultures worldwide, including social units, kinship, descent, voluntary organizations, residence patterns, age-grade systems, and other social units within a society. They will be able to discuss rites of passage, including birth, initiation, marriage, and death. They will also be able to describe various political organizations, including power structures, authority, and laws in cultures, and be able to describe different decision making processes utilized by people in various cultures.

Prerequisite:

• LD 4370 Cultural Anthropology