Important!!!!

The Last Exam will be held Friday, June 30 at the regularly scheduled class time.  This is due to the closing of the college due to the flooding on June 28.

ANTH 105

World Cultures

Summer Session I 2006
10:05-12:00 HECO 105

Course Objectives

            What’s it like to grow up in New Guinea? How do the Maya fit into the world system? Where do the Maasai go when looking for a mate? The major goal of this course is to develop an understanding and appreciation of cultural diversity. Such a broad perspective fosters a global consciousness, provides insights about the variety of human lifeways, and helps develop a greater understanding of the world’s peoples. Several selected cultures will be examined in depth using ethnographic literature and films, including hunting-gathering, kin-based, and agricultural societies, as well as ethnic groups in complex societies. No prerequisite.
General Education Attribute: ICD, General Education 2000 Attribute: HO2

 Grading

            Your grade is based on your performance on three examinations: two midterm exams and one final exam.  Each test covers lecture, film, discussion and reading materials assigned or presented since the last test.  Thus, none of the examinations are comprehensive. 

            Your assignment will be a web and library search on a specific culture or cultural trait of interest to you.  You will select a culture, and, using information on the culture from the books, web pages and library turn in an annotated bibliography of resources on this topic.  You must have 10 sources total.  Five points will be deducted for each day the assignment is late.

The total points for the course and the grade scale are listed in the tables below.

 Class Participation

            You are expected to participate fully in class, which includes regular class attendance, keeping current with assigned readings, and participation in class discussions.  Much of the course material is not in the textbook and only in class lectures. Attendance will be taken each class meeting. Late assignments and make-up exams will require proof of absence (such as a doctor’s excuse).

Academic Dishonesty

 You are expected to be familiar with the rules concerning academic dishonesty as published in the Code of Student Conduct (http://www.oneonta.edu/development/judicial/code.asp#conduct).

Reading Materials

Bates, Daniel.  Human Adaptive Strategies: Ecology, Culture and Politics.  3^rd edition, 2005.

Lee, Richard. The Dobe Ju/'hoansi, 3^rd edition, 2002.

Berdan, Frances.  The Aztecs of Central Mexico: An Imperial Society.  2^nd edition, 2005.