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Course Title:	Local Cultures, Global Forces (ANTH 142)
School:	University of North Carolina
Description:	This is an introductory level course to a prominent subject in cultural anthropology—how local cultures respond to increasing global pressures. Using a wide array of examples from different cultures around the world, this course will encourage students to think critically about the current world order. Completing this course will help students understand key concepts anthropologists use to examine the tension between local and global interests, critique many standard assumptions about cultural diversity and modernity, and increase their awareness of hidden prejudices and the ways that inequalities operate on a global scale. Student Consumer Information
Learning Format:	Online (?)
Education Level:	Course
Language:	English
Credits:	3 Credit Hours

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Institutional Accrediting Agency: (?)
Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges

Address:
Campus Box 1020, 100 Friday Center Drive
Chapel Hill, NC 27599
US

Institution Type: (?)
Public Higher Education

Delivery Format: (?)
Distance courses are offered online and via correspondence.

Carnegie Classification: (?)
Doctoral/Research University—Extensive

Local Cultures, Global Forces (ANTH 142)