Insight into Human Values and Actions
These courses introduce another perspective through which to consider Ancient Mediterranean people. Considering the motivations and values of these people can provide key insight into their actions, and why they might have done certain things. Understanding their value system or cultural pressures can also help me to understand how they considered nature and their environment, which would impact how they treated it.
SOAN 128: Intro to Cultural Anthropology (Spring 2017)
This class introduced the basics of Cultural Anthropology, and therefore the way in which people study various other cultures.
ECON 113: Capitalism (Interim 2020)
The economics course provides insight into how people and societies function. As a part of this course we read historical readings on economics and gained an understanding of how economic systems developed over time.