Course Title Anthropology

Course ID HUM 713

Course Program Undergraduate,  B.Arch,  

Course Type Optional Theory

Credits 2.00

Credits Hours 2 Hrs/WK

Semester Block A

Prerequisite None

Course Offered No

Description Meaning and definition of Anthropology; Methods of studying Anthropology; Perspectives of Anthropology. Biological Anthropology: Theory of evolution, adaptation. Archaeological Anthropology: Invention of agriculture, origin and development of cities and civilization; Cultural Anthropology: Dominant culture and sub culture; cultural relativism and ethnic diversity; Family and kinship: forms and functions; Social inequality. Economic system and anthropology: pattern of labour, control of land, technology, Distribution of exchange; Reciprocity, redistribution, distribution of wealth. Politics and political organization: Formal and informal political organization, nature, types and functions. Theories of the origin of State.