Anthropology (ANTH) 275
Faces of Culture: An Introduction to Cultural Anthropology (Revision 13)
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Delivery Mode: Individualized study online. Video component*
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
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 percent) on both the mid-term and final examinations, and an overall grade of D (50 percent) for the entire course. The weighting of the composite grade is as follows:
| Activity | Weighting |
|---|---|
| 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.
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.
Other Materials
All other course materials will be accessed online.
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 275 challenge registration, you must achieve a grade of at least D (50 percent) 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 13, September 11, 2013.
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