Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour (when scheduled). Requisite: course 3. Designed for juniors/seniors. 20th-century elaboration and development of concept of culture. Examination of five major paradigms: culture as human capacity, as patterns and products of behavior, as systems of meaning and cognition, as generative structure and semiotic system, as component in social action and reality construction. (Core course for cultural field.) P/NP or letter grading.