Anthropology (ANTH) 275
Faces of Culture: An Introduction to Cultural Anthropology (Revision 12)
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Delivery Mode:Individualized study online.
Video component.*
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Credits: 3
Area of Study: Social Science
Prerequisite: None
Precluded Course:ANTH 207. (ANTH 275 may not be taken for credit if credit has already been obtained for ANTH 207.)
Faculty: Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences
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ANTH 275 has a Challenge for Credit option.
Overview
ANTH 275 focuses on the cross-cultural study of human diversity. Study topics include patterns of social organization, the family, economics, politics, religion, the arts, and language.
Outline
The course consists of the following eight units.
Unit 1: Anthropology and the Study of Culture
Unit 2: The Study of Human Ecology
Unit 3: Personality, Identity, and Kinship
Unit 4: Social Groups, Social Stratification
Unit 5: Economics and Politics
Unit 6: Communication and Expressive Culture
Unit 7: Worldview: Religion and Healing Systems
Unit 8: Globalization and Anthropology
Evaluation
To receive credit ANTH 275, you must achieve a minimum grade of “D” (50 per cent) on both the mid-term and final examinations, and an overall grade of “D” (50 per cent) for the entire course. The weighting of the composite grade is as follows:
| Telephone Quiz 1 | 5% |
| Telephone Quiz 2 | 5% |
| Assignment 1: Short Essay | 15% |
| Midterm Exam | 15% |
| Assignment 2: Journal | 20% |
| Telephone Quiz 3 | 5% |
| Assignment 3: Annotated Bibliography | 20% |
| Final Exam | 15% |
| Total | 100% |
The midterm and final examinations 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
Textbooks
Miller, Barbara D., Penny Van Esterik, and John Van Esterik. 2010. Cultural Anthropology. 4th Canadian Edition. Toronto: Pearson Education Canada, Inc.
Robinson, Angela. 2005. Ta'n Teli-ktlamsitasit (Ways of Believing): Mi'kmaw Religion in Eskasoni, Nova Scotia. Canadian Ethnography Series Volume 3. Toronto: Pearson Education Canada.
Other Materials
The course materials also include a study guide, course manual, and reading file.
Additional Course Components:
To successfully complete this course you are required to watch the ten video programs that comprise the series, Millennium: Tribal Wisdom in the Modern World. Edmonton, AB: ACCESS-The Education Station. 1992. All ten video programs are available from the Athabasca University Library.
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 275 challenge registration, you must achieve a grade of at least “D” (50 per cent) on the examination.
Paper Exam (3 hours)
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 12, September 22, 2010.
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