For as long as I can remember I have always enjoyed learning about the different peoples, places, and cultures of the world. I have always been fascinated by languages, names and naming customs, and the countries on the map. So when my academic advisor told me that I needed to take another general education course I jumped at the opportunity and signed up for Cultural Anthropology. 

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In middle school and high school I had taken history courses and Spanish classes (which incorporated some history and culture as well), but they mainly focused on American history or a broad survey of world history. This was the first course that I took that really opened my eyes to the complexity and enormity of the world and just how incredibly diverse its people are.

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As an introductory course, Cultural Anthropology did not go into too many specifics or delve too deeply into any one topic. Instead, it gave me a general, decent understanding of the field of cultural anthropology, within the umbrella field of anthropology. The course focused on topics of culture such as language, religion, art, social structure and etc.