ANTH1008 Being Human: Cultural Diversity and Experience (University of Queensland): rated 3.8/5 overall across 5 reviews collected on UQ Wall.
ANTH1008 is a University of Queensland course taught by the Faculty of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences in Anthropology. This page brings together its handbook details and what UQ students say about it.
Review data updated 2026-10-24.
Chinese title: 成为人类：文化多样性与体验
Type: undergraduate
Credit points: 2
Subject area: Anthropology
Faculty: Faculty of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences
Level: Undergraduate Level 1
Handbook year: 2026
Anthropologists are experts in the 'how' of human diversity and anthropological insights into the infinite range of human experiences matter for understanding the world today. This course provides an introduction to anthropological approaches to knowing, focussing on questions of how humans make society and culture, and why this matters.
ANTH1008 has 5 scored reviews: overall 3.8/5 (all out of 5; higher difficulty means harder).
Sources: 5 Reddit comments that an AI model judged to be reviewing this course (average would-recommend 3.8/5).
On Reddit: "Idk your program rules but ANTH1008 was super interesting (genuinely one of my favourite classes I've taken) and dead easy. Assessments are all ridiculously simple (a lot of them just like... Reading comprehension, basically), final essay you can write in a day and if you do wel…"
On Reddit: "I did anth1008 and all of the assessment is assignments. They do ask for quite a bit of reading for each lecture but you definitely don’t need to do the readings and tbh I think you could get by by not even going to any of the lectures since only one or two of the lectures are n…"
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Q: Is ANTH1008 worth taking?
A: Averaged over 5 reviews: overall 3.8/5.
Q: Which faculty teaches ANTH1008, and when is it offered?
A: ANTH1008 is taught by the Faculty of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences. Check the official handbook for the current year.
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