Anthropology (ANTH) 375
The Anthropology of Gender (Revision 4)

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Delivery Mode:Individualized study online.
Credits:3
Area of Study: Social Science
Prerequisite: Students must have completed Athabasca University's ANTH 275, or SOCI 287 or WGST 270, or an equivalent course from another institution before registering in this course.
Faculty: Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences
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ANTH 375 has a Challenge for Credit option.
Overview
Welcome to Anthropology 375: The Anthropology of Gender, a three-credit, intermediate-level course that focuses on the cultural and social construction of gender and gender ideologies, the fluidity of gender categories and the performative aspects of gender.
Outline
There is one Study Guide in this course, and as the name suggests, its function is to guide your study of The Anthropology of Gender.
The study guide contains the seven units listed below. Each unit opens with a brief introduction and a list of learning objectives. The units continue with reading assignments, lists of key terms, and study questions.
Unit 1: Engendering Fieldwork
Unit 2: Biology, Culture and the Production of Gender
Unit 3: Gender and Work
Unit 4: The Work of Gender
Unit 5: Gender, Healing and Religion
Unit 6: Gender Identities and Sexuality
Unit 7: Colonialism, Globalization and Gender
Evaluation
To receive credit for ANTH 375, you must obtain at least (D) 50 per cent on each assignment and on the final examination. The weightings for each of these activities are as follows:
| Assignment 1 Response Paper |
Assignment 2 Research Paper |
Assignment 3 Ethnography Review |
Final Exam | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15% | 35% | 25% | 25% | 100% |
To learn more about assignments and examinations, please refer to Athabasca University's online Calendar.
Course Materials
Athabasca University Materials —Online
Anthropology 375: The Anthropology of Gender—Course Manual. 2010. Athabasca, AB: Athabasca University.
Anthropology 375: The Anthropology of Gender—Study Guide. 2010. Athabasca, AB: Athabasca University.
Print Materials
Your course materials package will include the following two textbooks and a print reading file.
Brettell, Caroline B., and Carolyn F. Sargent, eds. 2009. Gender in Cross-cultural Perspective, 5th ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Prentice Hall.
Ward, Martha and Monica Edelstein. 2009. A World Full of Women, 5th ed. Boston: Pearson Education, Inc.
Anthropology 375: The Anthropology of Gender—Reading File. 2010. Athabasca, AB: Athabasca University.
Challenge for Credit Course Overview
The Challenge for Credit process allows students to demonstrate that they have acquired a command of the general subject matter, knowledge, intellectual and/or other skills that would normally be found in a university level course.
Full information for the Challenge for Credit can be found in the Undergraduate Calendar.
- Undergraduate Challenge for Credit Policy
- Undergraduate Challenge for Credit Procedures
Challenge Evaluation
To receive credit for the ANTH 375 challenge registration, you must achieve a grade of at least “D” (50 per cent) on the examination.
Take Home Exam
Undergraduate Challenge for Credit Course Registration Form
Athabasca University reserves the right to amend course outlines occasionally and without notice. Courses offered by other delivery methods may vary from their individualized-study counterparts.
Opened in Revision 4, April 1, 2011.
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Last updated by SAS 01/29/2013 15:46:52