The University of Sydney

Course Description

• Social and cultural anthropology is the holistic study of humankind, both what we share in common and what is particular to different cultural groups
• This Anthropology degree allows students to develop discerning views on major issues in the world today
• Students will learn how to participate in larger debates in the social sciences by contributing cross-cultural comparisons and generalisations
• Students will discover that a genuine understanding of another culture requires an awareness that an individual's own culture is only one possibility in a field of human diversity
• Students will have a sophisticated understanding of cultural difference in a globalised world, and the capacity to analyse cross-cultural settings