Anthropology (ANTH) 375

Overview

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.

The final examination for this course must be taken online with an AU-approved exam invigilator at an approved invigilation centre. It is your responsibility to ensure your chosen invigilation centre can accommodate online exams. For a list of invigilators who can accommodate online exams, visit the Exam Invigilation Network.

To learn more about assignments and examinations, please refer to Athabasca University's online Calendar.

Course Materials

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.

Challenge Evaluation

To receive credit for the Anth 375 challenge registration students must complete three assignments and a final exam and receive at least a D (50 percent) on the final exam and an overall course grade of D (50 percent). The weightings of each activity are listed below:

The final exam is a Take Home exam.

Undergraduate Challenge for Credit Course Registration Form

• Challenge for Credit Form