Cultural Anthropology is the study of living human cultures all around the world.  The purpose is to understand and appreciate the similarities and differences in the ways that people organize their lives, including their ways of making a living, their social and political systems, and their belief systems. 

ANTH 121 is the introductory course in Cultural Anthropology -- it provides a worldwide, international view of culture and cultural diversity.  The class focuses on the study of CULTURE -- what it is; how it operates; and how and why cultures around the world have similarities and differences in their customs, behaviors, beliefs, forms of organization, and artifacts.
 

The students pictured above are going outside the classroom to do studies of Appalachian coal mining families (left) and farm families (right) as class projects for the Economic & Environmental Anthropology class (ANTH 471).

The students to the right are getting hands-on experience in media production by making a documentary video for their Practicum in Anthropology class (ANTH 493).

Contact Dr. Melinda Wagner (pictured left) and
Dr. Mary LaLone (pictured above) for information on Cultural Anthropology classes and fieldwork opportunities.