Students must have completed Athabasca University's ANTH 275, or SOCI 287, or an equivalent course from another institution before registering in this course.
Course start date:
If you are a:
Self-funded student: register by the 10th of the month, start on the 1st of the next.
Anthropology 375: The Anthropology of Gender focuses on the cultural and social construction of gender and gender ideologies, the fluidity of gender categories, and the performative aspects of gender.
Outline
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 complete three assignments and a final exam and you must obtain at least D (50 percent) on each assignment and on the final examination.
Activity
Weight
Assignment 1 Response Paper
15%
Assignment 2 Research Paper
35%
Assignment 3 Ethnography Review
25%
Final Exam
25%
Total
100%
The final examination for this course must be requested in advance and written under the supervision of an AU-approved exam invigilator. Invigilators include either ProctorU or an approved in-person invigilation centre that can accommodate online exams. Students are responsible for payment of any invigilation fees. Students are responsible for payment of any invigilation fees. Information on exam request deadlines, invigilators, and other exam-related questions, can be found at the Exams and grades section of the Calendar.
To learn more about assignments and examinations, please refer to Athabasca University’s online Calendar.
Materials
Brettell, Caroline B., and Carolyn F. Sargent, eds. 2013. Gender in Cross-Cultural Perspective, 6th ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Prentice Hall. (Print)
Ward, Martha and Monica Edelstein. 2014. A World Full of Women, 6th ed. Boston: Pearson Education, Inc. (Print)
Online Materials
All other materials required for this course can be accessed online through the course website.
Challenge for credit
Overview
The challenge for credit process allows you to demonstrate that you 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 about challenge for credit can be found in the Undergraduate Calendar.
Evaluation
To receive credit for the ANTH 375 challenge registration, you must achieve a grade of at least D (50 percent) on the examination.
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