1Meet the Graduate School learning objectives of knowledge, communication, critical thinking, and ethical research through the goals listed here.

2Learn about contemporary theory in cultural anthropology from 1980s to the present.

3Understand when and how various theoretical positions and logics of interpretation have emerged.

4Review several genres of anthropological writing to understand cultural anthropology and its representation of human cultural diversity.

5Analyze a series of case studies that illustrate dominant positions and fissures in cultural anthropological thought and practices.

6Gain an understanding of how theory works and how to work with different theories in their own research.