Alfred University : College of Liberal Arts and Sciences : Comparative Cultures

College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Comparative Cultures

The Comparative Cultures major at Alfred University is a unique interdisciplinary program that allows you to learn how people in various parts of the world find meaning in their lives through their social, cultural and religious activities. Courses in anthropology, religious studies and non-Western art history allow you to explore how people construct and maintain their identities through social organizations, gender relationships, values, myths, rituals and artistic expressions. Through courses, study abroad, and fieldwork projects, you will gain an appreciation of cultural pluralism, and develop specific knowledge of diverse societies and religious traditions.

The Comparative Cultures major prepares you for careers that require knowledge of various cultures throughout the world, including international relations or business within the global context. It can also prepare you to negotiate our increasingly complex, pluralistic world where counselors and social workers, business people and government workers must deal with people from diverse cultures and religious traditions.

Most of the courses you will take as a Comparative Cultures major are small, with no more than 20 students, and are taught in seminar and discussion format.

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