Being Human: Cultural Diversity and Experience (ANTH1008)
Information valid for Semester 2, 2025
Course level
Undergraduate
Faculty
Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences
School
Social Science School
Units
2
Duration
One Semester
Attendance mode
In Person
Class hours
Lecture 2 Hours/ Week
Tutorial 1 Hour/ Week
Incompatible
ANTH7029, AY100, 101 + 102
Assessment methods
Online workshops, Article summaries, Observation Description, Essay
Course enquiries
Mr Jerrold Cuperus (Semester 2, St Lucia, In person)
Associate Professor Sally Babidge (Semester 1, St Lucia, In person)
Study Abroad
This course is pre-approved for Study Abroad and Exchange students.
Current course offerings
| Course offerings | Location | Mode | Course Profile |
| Semester 2, 2024 (22/07/2024 - 18/11/2024) | St Lucia | In Person | Course Profile |
| Semester 1, 2025 (24/02/2025 - 21/06/2025) | St Lucia | In Person | Profile unavailable |
| Semester 2, 2025 (28/07/2025 - 22/11/2025) | St Lucia | In Person | Profile unavailable |
Please Note: Course profiles marked as not available may still be in development.
Course description
Anthropologists are experts in human diversity and anthropological insights into the infinite range of human experiences matter for understanding the world today. This course provides an introduction to anthropological approaches, focussing on questions of how humans make society and culture, and why this matters. Students are not only introduced to the diverse components of anthropology, they also get to do what anthropologists do: practicing our hallmark methods of fieldwork and participant observation, and learning how to analyse and write about the fieldwork data. Religion and kinship are explored by practising anthropology through interviews 'at home'.
