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Syllabus for: Cultural AnthropologySemester & Year: Fall 2012Course ID and Section Number: ANTH3 -- #032451Number of Credits/Units: 3Day/Time: Monday and Wednesday 8:25 a.m. – 9:20 p.m.Location: Fort Bragg High SchoolInstructor’s Name: Tobias GreenContact Information: Office location and hours: Monday and Wednesday 1:30 p.m. –2:30 p.m. or by appointmentPhone: 707-962-2682Email: toby-green@redwoods.edu or tgreen@mcn.orgCourse Description (catalog description as described in course outline):An introduction to cultural anthropology that offers students an understanding of modern humancultural variation. Students study the concept of culture and the methods and theories of bothapplied and academic cultural anthropologists, using professional case studies as examples. Topicsinclude gender, subsistence, economic systems, political systems, marriage and the family, kinship,religion, the arts, ethnicity, and culture change.Student Learning Outcomes (as described in course outline) :1) Explain the relationship of cultural anthropology to other subdisciplines of anthropology andrelated biological and social sciences.2) Define major concepts in cultural anthropology.3) Analyze and defend viewpoints on controversial anthropological concepts, including how theseconcepts might apply to real-world situations.Special accommodations: College of the Redwoods complies with the Americans with Disabilities Actin making reasonable accommodations for qualified students with disabilities. Please present yourwritten accommodation request at least one week before the first test so that necessaryarrangements can be made. No last-minute arrangements or post-test adjustments will be made. Ifyou have a disability or believe you might benefit from disability related services and may needaccommodations, please see me or contact Disabled Students Programs and Services. Students maymake requests for alternative media by contacting DSPS.Academic Misconduct: Cheating, plagiarism, collusion, abuse of resource materials, computer misuse,fabrication or falsification, multiple submissions, complicity in academic misconduct, and/ or bearingfalse witness will not be tolerated. Violations will be dealt with according to the procedures andsanctions proscribed by the College of the Redwoods. Students caught plagiarizing or cheating onexams will receive an “F” in the course.The student code of conduct is available on the College of the Redwoods website at:http://redwoods.edu/District/Board/New/Chapter5/AP%205500%20Conduct%20Code%20final%2002-07-2012.pdfAdditional information about the rights and responsibilities of students, Board policies, andadministrative procedures is located in the college catalog and on the College of the Redwoodshomepage.College of the Redwoods is committed to equal opportunity in employment, admission to the college,and in the conduct of all of its programs and activities.
Cultural AnthropologyAnth 3 (032451) – Fall 2012 – Monday/Tuesday/Wednesday 8:15 – 9:20 at FBHSCourse website: http:// mycr.redwoods.edu/xsl-portalInstructor: Tobias Green; Office: #304; Phone: 962-2682; Email tgreen@mcn.orgOffice Hours: Monday and Wednesday 11:30-12:55 and 1:30-2:30, and by appointmentCourse Description:This course is an introduction that offers students an understanding of human culture across space and time.Students study the theory and history of the field, and explore ways to understand the belief systems andworldviews of other peoples by exploring particular cultures. They will compare and contrast those cultures in thespecific contexts in which they exist. Ethnographic readings include a study of the Beng people of western Africa,the biography of a Pomo woman from northern California, and various exemplars from the Kottak textbook.Videos provide visual and aural descriptions of a variety of cultures. The dynamic nature of culture is examinedthrough the investigation of syncretism and globalization.Objectives:Students will gain an understanding of: 1) the culture concept; 2) the diversity of human cultures, bothcontemporary and past; 3) the value of anthropological perspectives in today’s world.Student Learning Outcomes:1) Explain the relationship of cultural anthropology to other subdisciplines of anthropology and related biologicaland social sciences.2) Define major concepts in cultural anthropology.3) Analyze and defend viewpoints on controversial anthropological concepts, including how these concepts mightapply to real-world situations.Texts:James Peoples & Garrick Bailey, Humanity: An Introduction to Cultural Anthropology, 9 th ed. (Wadsworth, 2011)ISBN: 978-1-111-301521Alma Gottlieb & Philip Graham, Parallel Worlds: An Anthropologist and a Writer Encounter Africa (Chicago:University of Chicago, 1993) ISBN: 0-226-30506-6Greg Sarris, Mabel McKay: Weaving the Dream (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1994) ISBN: 0-520-20968-0Occasional readings, access from websiteClass Format:Students will take the Weekly Quiz online before the first class on Monday morning. Monday’s class will begin witha discussion of the readings and a synthesis with the materials from the previous week’s class. The remainder ofthe week’s classes will consist of a topical lecture which focuses on a crucial topic of the period under study, avisual presentation (video, slides, physical evidence, etc.), and/or a class exercise. The order of these will varydepending on the material at hand.Grading:Weekly quizzes (10%): This brief online quiz includes factual material from the reading or a brief synthesis of readingand lecture material. The best twelve of these will comprise 10% of the final grade.Response Papers (20%): There will be several short response papers allowing students to reflect on theirunderstanding of culture and cultural interaction as the semester progresses.Projects (40 %): There will be two projects required for this class; see below under Projects for details. They willeach comprise 20% of the final grade.Examination (20%): There will be one Final examination, which will include two short answers and one essay. Thisexamination will comprise 20% of the final grade.Participation (10%): Regular attendance and participation in classroom discussion will be 10% of the final grade.
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