Course Description:
Using our main text as a guide, and a variety of books, library resources, and the internet as a growing source of knowledge and information, we will explore--through readings, videos, lectures, projects and discussions--about the "five field" discipline of anthropology and how it may help us to understand ourselves in relation to the diversity of human society.
Course Objectives:
A main objective of this course is to help participants become familiar with key terms, questions and perspectives in anthropology, as we learn more about the diversity of human experience both in today's world as well as in human history and prehistory.
In the process we will encourage each other to find ways to "do anthropology"--to think anthropologically--as a means to understand the diversity of human experience, as we have come to develop from our early human and prehuman ancestry.
In practical terms, course participants will eventually be expected to:
Effective use of key terms and concepts in anthropology:
Quizzes(4) and tests (final exam); more broadly and deeply in the semester project
Ability to identify and use effectively key academic and professional resources in the discipline
A semester project to be defined in the first weeks of class
Ability to recognize key anthropological issues as they relate to events and examples in the world around them
A semester-long clipping-file project and reflection paper
Ability to work effectively with others in the exploration of this introduction to the discipline
Consistent, active participation in classroom activities and discussion
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