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SOCIOLOGY 210: INTRODUCTION TO CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY COLUMBIA STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE Spring 2006 SYLLABUS
COURSE MATERIALS Textbook: Conrad P. Kottak, Cultural Anthropology, 10th edition (New York: McGraw-Hill, 2004). Textbook Website: http://www.mhhe.com/kottak. When you see the cover of your book, click on that. The site should take you to the online learning center, where you can set up an account. I highly recommend that students set up a log-in account on the textbook website in order to access materials and exercises. It’ll help you prepare for exams. Supplementary Materials: Allen, John L. and Audrey C. Shalinsky, The Kottak Anthropology Atlas (New York: McGraw-Hill, 2004). This should be part of your text packet. It’s not imperative, though, so don’t freak out. ADDITIONAL REQUIRED TEXT! Rammer Jammer Yellow Hammer: A Road Trip Into the Heart of Fan Mania, by Warren St. John (New York: Three Rivers Press, 2004). You will have 4 quizzes over your reading in this book.
Other Stuff I’m Required to Tell You
REQUIRED: Please provide me with your Columbia State e-mail address by the end of the second week of classes. I will be sending out reminders and study tips over e-mail, so it’s a good thing for you to get your address to me. If you don’t, I will personally pester you until you do AND take 20 points off your final grade. MANNERS! I’m assuming that you’re all adults here and that you will conduct yourselves in a mature, orderly fashion. If you do not, your instructor (that means me, folks) reserves the right to completely embarrass you in front of your classmates, including asking you to leave if I feel your behavior is disruptive to the class. If you’re clueless about manners, etiquette (BLESS YOUR HEART!), and what is or is not accepted at Columbia State and what your rights are as students here, you can find that info in your catalogs, beginning on page 82.
And perhaps most important, try to keep an open mind. Show some respect for your classmates and instructor during lectures and discussions; we are all here to learn from the materials and from each other. Policy Regarding Absences I’m required to take attendance and file my records with the college. Excessive absences hurt your chances at keeping scholarship money and keeping up in class. I allow THREE (3) unexcused absences. After that, it’s 10 points off your final grade for each. Excused absences are those due to illness (yours or a close family member’s), family medical or other emergency, car trouble, and daycare issues. Policy Regarding Tardies I hate these. I bust my butt to get to class on time, so I expect you to do so as well. I allow TWO (2) unexcused tardies. After that, it’s 5 points off your final grade for each. Excused tardies include those due to car trouble, doctors’ appointments, or other reasonable extenuating circumstances. Grading Total points available: 600 Scale: 540-600 = A 480-539 = B 420-479 = C 360-419 = D Anything below 360. . .YIKES! (F) Exams: 3 (each worth 100 points and no, the final is not cumulative) Reaction Papers: 4 (each worth 25 points for a total of 100 points) Final Project: 1 (worth 100 points) Book Quizzes: 4 (each worth 25 points for a total of 100 points) POLICY REGARDING MAKE-UP EXAMS If you know you’re going to be absent the day of an exam, you MUST inform me ahead of time so you can arrange to take the exam before you leave. If you’re sick, have an emergency, or car trouble that keeps you from showing up on exam day, you MUST inform me either BEFORE or ON exam day. If you do not contact me in some fashion BEFORE or ON exam day and you just don’t show up, it’s a zero. Even if you’re sick. CONTACT ME BEFORE OR ON EXAM DAY IF YOU CAN’T MAKE IT. I expect a legitimate excuse and may require documentation. If I grant you a make-up exam, it will be different than what your classmates took. THE INSTRUCTOR RESERVES THE RIGHT TO ADJUST DUE DATES AND ALTER ASSIGNMENTS AS NECESSARY. ANTHROPOLOGY IS A DYNAMIC FIELD; THERE IS ALWAYS SOMETHING GOING ON IN THE WORLD THAT THE INSTRUCTOR MAY WISH TO INCORPORATE INTO THE CLASS. Besides, it keeps you on your toes. COURSE SCHEDULE Week 1 (17 and 19 January): Introduction to the class and intro to Cultural Anthropology/Applied Anthropology and Methodology Reading: Chapters 1-2 Week 2 (24 and 26 January): Applying anthropology, cont. and Ethics and Methods Reading: Chapter 3 Reading: Rammer Jammer Introduction, Chapter 1
Week 3 (31 January and 2 February): Culture and Race Reading: Chapter 4 Reading: Rammer Jammer, Chapters 2-3 Reaction Paper 1 assigned, 2 February
Week 4 (7 and 9 February): Race, cont. and Ethnicity Reading: Chapters 5-6 QUIZ! 9 FEBRUARY! Rammer Jammer, Intro through Chapter 3
Week 5 (14 and 16 February): Race/Ethnicity cont., Language Reading: Chapter 7 Reading: Rammer Jammer Chapters 4-6 EXAM 1! 16 FEBRUARY! REACTION PAPER 1 DUE! 16 FEBRUARY! Week 6 (21 and 23 February): Adaptation and Social Organization/Political Systems Reading: Chapters 8 and 9 Reading: Rammer Jammer Chapters 7-8 Reaction Paper 2 assigned 23 February
Week 7 (28 February and 2 March): Social Organization, cont., hopefully starting on families Reading: Chapter 10 QUIZ! 2 MARCH! Rammer Jammer, Chapters 4-8
Week 8: NO CLASS! SPRING BREAK!
Week 9 (14 and 16 March): Families, Marriage Reading: Chapters 10 and 11 Reading: Rammer Jammer Chapters 9-10 Reaction Paper 3 assigned, 16 March REACTION PAPER 2 DUE, 16 MARCH
Week 10 (21 and 23 March): Marriage, Gender Reading: Chapter 12 EXAM 2! 23 March!
Week 11 (28 and 30 March): Gender, cont., moving into religion Reading: Chapter 13 Reading: Rammer Jammer, Chapters 11-12 Reaction Paper 4 assigned, 30 March REACTION PAPER 3 DUE! 30 MARCH!
Week 12 (4 and 6 April): Religion, cont., and Art Reading: Chapters 13 and 14 Reading: Rammer Jammer, Chapters 13-15, epilogue QUIZ! 6 APRIL! Rammer Jammer, Chapters 9-12
Week 13 (11 and 13 April): Art, cont., begin the modern world system Reading: Chapter 15 REACTION PAPER 4 DUE! 13 APRIL!
Week 14 (18 and 20 April): World Systems, cont., Colonialism and Development Reading: Chapter 16 QUIZ! 20 APRIL! Rammer Jammer, Chapters 13-15, epilogue FINAL PROJECTS DUE ON OR BEFORE THURSDAY, 20 APRIL! I WILL NOT ACCEPT LATE PROJECTS!
Week 15 (25 and 27 April): Colonialism, cont. Cultural Exchange, loose ends Reading: Chapter 17
FINAL EXAM! TUESDAY, 2 MAY, 10-11.50 AM, CLEMENT 218! |
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