Fall 1997

Telecourse: Introduction to Cultural Anthropology

ANT 2413 - 3190

Video series: Faces of Culture, consists of 26 half-hour television programs

Instructor: Carol Hayman

Office: Rio Grande, Annex 250.1, 223-3403

Messages:

Division Office - 223-3385
Dean's Office - 223-3003

Office Hours:

MWF - 9:00 - 10:00
TTH - 10:30 - 12:00
or by appointment

Required Text

Cultural Anthropology. William A. Haviland. 8th edition.

Optional Text

Study Guide for the Telecourse Faces of Culture. Richard T. Searles

Course Rules

1. Students must attend one scheduled orientation session. Failure to attend will result in withdrawal from the course.

August 21 6:00 pm RGC 123
August 23 10:00 am RGC 335
August 26 6:00 pm REA 334

2. Once an orientation session has been attended it is the student's responsibility to drop the course, if necessary.

3. All testing deadlines are firm. Failure to take a test will result in the grade of 0. One retake for each test is allowed. Retests must be taken within the deadline. A permission slip from me is required for the retest.

4. Failure to take the last exam will result in a grade of F for the course. Last day to withdraw is November 26.

Course Requirements: Grades for the course will be determined by scores on five exams. Exams will be multiple choice. Failure to take an exam will result in 0 for that exam. Failure to take the last exam will result in F for the course.

Course Objectives:

- To gain a broad cross-cultural background against which to view our culture as well as contemporary social problems

- To recognize similarities and differences in human cultures

- To discover there are various valid cultural solutions to the problems of life

- To understand the factors involved in culture change

- To understand some of the procedures used by anthropologists in studying cultures

Grading Scale:

90-100% A
80-89% B
70-79% C
60-69% D
0-59% F

Exam Schedule

Test 1: Sept. 7 - Sept. 24
(Textbook Chapters 1-4, Video Lessons 1-4)

Test 2: Sept. 28 - Oct. 15
(Textbook Chapters 5-7, Video Lessons 5-10)

Test 3: Oct. 19 - Nov. 5
(Textbook Chapters 8-10, Video Lessons 11-15)

Test 4: Nov. 9 - Nov. 26
(Textbook Chapters 11-13, Video Lessons 16-21)

Test 5: Nov. 23 - Dec. 3
(Textbook Chapters 14-16, Video Lessons 22-26)

Faces of Culture Reading Assignments:

Lesson 1

The Nature of Anthropology
Reading Assignment: Chapter 1 (including chapter preview, introduction to unit, and maps) "The Nature of Anthropology"

Lesson 2

The Nature of Culture
Reading Assignment: Chapter 2 (including chapter preview) "The Nature of Culture"

Lesson 3

How Cultures Are Studied
Reading Assignment: Review Chapters 1 & 2, especially pages 14-26, 43-46, and 49-50.

Lesson 4

Language and Communication
Reading Assignment: Chapter 4, "Language and Communication" (including preview and introduction to unit), and pages 64-66.

Lesson 5

Culture and Personality
Reading Assignment: Chapter 5 "Growing Up Human" (including preview).

Lesson 6

Alejandro Mamani: A Case Study in Culture and Personality
Reading Assignment: Review chapter 5, especially pages 141-147.

Lesson 7 and Lesson 8

Patterns of Subsistence: Hunter-Gatherers and Pastoralists
Patterns of Subsistence: The Food Producers
Reading Assignment: Chapter 6, "Patterns of Subsistence" and preview to Chapter 6.

Lesson 9 and Lesson 10

Economic Anthropology
The Highland Maya: A Case Study in Economic Anthropology
Reading Assignment: Chapter 7 "Economic Systems," (including preview).

Lesson 11

Sex and Marriage
Reading Assignment: Chapter 8 "Sex and Marriage" (including preview and introduction to unit).

Lesson 12

Family and Household
Reading Assignment: Chapter 9 "Family and Household" (including the preview).

Lesson 13

The Yucatec Maya: A Case Study in Marriage and the Family
Reading Assignment: Review chapters 8 and 9, especially pages 259-260 and pages 129-131.

Lesson 14

Kinship and Descent, Part 1
Reading Assignment: Chapter 10 "Kinship and Descent," (including preview).

Lesson 15

Kinship and Descent, Part 2
Reading Assignment: Review chapter 10.

Lesson 16

Age, Common Interest, and Stratification
Reading Assignment: Chapter 11 "Grouping by Sex, Age, Common Interest, and Class," (including the preview).

Lesson 17

The Aymara: A Case Study in Social Stratification
Reading Assignment: Review chapter 11.

Lesson 18

Political Organization
Reading Assignment: Chapter 12 "Political Organization and Social Control," (including preview and introduction to unit).

Lesson 19

Social Control
Reading Assignment: Review chapter 12.

Lesson 20

Religion and Magic
Reading Assignment: Chapter 13 "Religion and The Supernatural," (including the preview).

Lesson 21

The Asmat of New Guinea: A Case Study in Religion and Magic
Reading Assignment: Review chapter 13.

Lesson 22

The Arts
Reading Assignment: Chapter 14 "The Arts," (including preview).

Lesson 23

New Orleans Black Indians: A Case Study in the Arts
Reading Assignment: Review chapter 14.

Lesson 24

Culture Change
Reading Assignment: Chapter 15 "Cultural Change," (including preview and introduction to unit).

Lesson 25

Cricket the Trobriand Way: A Case Study in Culture Change
Reading Assignment: Review chapter 15, especially pages 432-434 and pages 198-200.

Lesson 26

The Future of Humanity
Reading Assignment: Chapter 16 "The Future of Humanity," (including preview).

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