Sociology/Anthropology (SOAN) 384
The Family in World Perspective

This version of SOAN 384 closed June 17/02. To current version.

Delivery mode: Individualized study.
Credits: 3 - Social Science
Prerequisite: None. ANTH 275 recommended but not required.
Centre: Centre for Work and Community Studies
Challenge for Credit: SOAN 384 has a Challenge for Credit option.

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Overview

SOAN 384 is designed to introduce students to various cultural traditions of family life in different countries throughout the world.

Outline

  • Unit 1 World Changes in Family Patterns; Introduction
  • Unit 2 The Patriarchal Family of the Ancient Hebrews; The Ancient Romans; The Legacy of the Early Christian Family
  • Unit 3 The Medieval English Family
  • Unit 4 The Later English Family; The Colonial Family in British North America
  • Unit 5 Family Changes in the West
  • Unit 6 Family Changes in the West; Transition to the Modern American Family
  • Unit 7 The Black Family in Slavery and Freedom; The Mexican-American Family
  • Unit 8 The Matrilineal Hopi Family
  • Unit 9 The Polyandrous Toda Family
  • Unit 10 Changing Family Patterns in Arabic Islam
  • Unit 11 Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Unit 12 Changing Family Patterns in India
  • Unit 13 Japan
  • Unit 14 China
  • Unit 15 The Classical Chinese System of Familism; The Minimum Family of the Mid-century Kibbutz; Conclusion

Evaluation

To receive credit for SOAN 384 students must achieve a course composite grade of at least 50 percent and a grade of at least 60 percent on the final examination. The weighting of the composite grade is as follows:

Exercise 1 Exercise 2 Exercise 3 Final Exam Total
16% 17% 17% 50% 100%


Course Materials

Textbooks

Angelou, Maya. 1971. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. New York: Bantam Books.

Goode, William. J. 1970. World Revolution and Family Patterns. New York: Free Press.

Moore, Joan W., with Harry Pachon. 1976. Mexican Americans, 2d ed. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall.

Queen, Stuart A., Robert W. Habenstein, and Jill Sobel Quadagno. 1985. The Family in Various Cultures, 5th ed. Philadelphia: Harper & Row.

Other Material

The course materials include a study guide, a student manual, and a reader.

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.

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