ANTH 112
Symbols in Anthropology

Credit: 3 hours.

This course satisfies the General Education Criteria for a
UIUC Social Sciences course.

(ANTH 112) Introduction to the principles and methods of symbolic anthropology including the role that symbols play in society, and how symbolic meanings are derived and changed. Applications to contemporary American culture, focusing on the University of Illinois as an institution and a community, are developed in the course.