ANTH 290 - The Individual and Community - An Honors Capstone

Credits: 3
Lecture Contact Hours: 3
Description: This course offers a conclusion to the Schoolcraft Scholars Honors Program. In this course, students conduct community-focused fieldwork and present a capstone project. Concepts, methods, and perspectives from multiple social sciences will be used. The analysis focuses on social-cultural structures and dynamics at the individual, group, community, and global levels. Students reflect on contemporary social issues and their experiences in service learning.

Prerequisites: HUM 190
Corequisites: None
Recommended: None

Course Category: Liberal Arts | Social Science
This course counts toward Schoolcraft’s General Education Requirements.
This course counts toward a Michigan Transfer Agreement General Education Requirement.

This Course is Typically Offered: Winter Only
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Course Competencies

Identify the key concepts, methods, and perspectives used in the social sciences.
Analyze social-cultural structures and dynamics at individual, group, community, and global levels.
Identify how social structures, institutions, and trends shape the lives of individuals in modern society.
Apply course concepts and social science theories to issues of diversity and inequality in society.
Evaluate underlying causes of contemporary social issues.
Conduct fieldwork in the community as part of a capstone service-learning project.
Work cooperatively with partners and in groups.
Illustrate the cultural context and function of a community organization as it relates to capstone fieldwork.
Present an analysis of a capstone service-learning project.