University Catalog 2014-2015

University of Colorado Boulder

ANTH-1105 (3) Exploring a Non-Western Culture: Tibet

Introduction to Tibetan culture, history, religion, and society from an anthropological perspective, including traditional as well as contemporary dimensions. Topics will include Tibetan Buddhism, politics, nomadism, gender, refugee issues, and the global Tibetan diaspora, all framed within the larger methods and concepts of cultural anthropology. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: human diversity.