ANT210 Introductory Cultural Anthropology
This course will provide students a working foundation toward understanding global cultures, languages, worldviews and belief systems. Emphasis will be placed on comparing and contrasting these dynamics with an eye toward productive and proactive engagement with people of and in different cultures.
Credits: 3
Student learning outcomes
- Appreciate and assess the unique dynamics of other cultures and their ethnic groups in order to effectively engage in missional activities cross-culturally.
- Understand culture from both biblical and anthropological perspectives with a mind toward contextualization in specific socio-cultural venues.
- Identify the dynamics of culture, apply them to understanding one's own culture and gain appropriate research tools to investigate distinct intercultural contexts.
- Explore the impact of cultural diversity in multi-ethnic dynamics in global environments.
- Discover one's own strengths and weaknesses for ministry engagement in intercultural contexts, particularly in communication and ethnocentrism.
- Create a personal engagement strategy for ministry in intercultural contexts.