ANT 2000 Section 002 Tues/Thurs 9:30-10:45 A.M., University Lecture Hall
USF – Fall 2006
Professor: Nancy White
Teaching assistant: Andy Sturzen
Office: SOC 144; office hrs: 11-12 Tues&Thurs
SOC 15A, office hrs: Mon&Wed 11-1
Phone: 974-0815 email: nwhite@chuma1.cas.usf.edu
Phone: 974-0825 email:
draya@mindspring.com
CALL or EMAIL for an appointment outside office hours!
INTRODUCTION TO ANTHROPOLOGY
Required text: Haviland, W illiam A., ANTHROPOLOGY. 9th edition. W adsworth Group, Belm ont, CA, 2000
Date
Discussion Topics
Assigned Chapters
27 Aug- 5 Sept Anthropology: its origins, history, subdisciplines; what is culture? Em ic & etic approaches, 1-2
W EEKS 1-2
ethnocentrism , theories of culture. Movie: W orld of Diversity
10-17 Sept
W EEK 3
Physical anthropology: hum an biological evolution, genetics, “race” & “races,” other
prim ates (apes, m onkeys). Movies: New Chimpanzees, Understanding Race
3-5, 13
19-26 Sept
W EEK 4
Hum an biological and cultural evolution; the first people; early hom inid fossils, artifacts
6-7
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1 Oct
W EEK 5
*** EXAM #1 ***
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3-8 Oct
W EEK 6
Homo erectus, Homo sapiens, neanderthals; Old W orld Paleolithic
8-9
10-22 Oct
Mesolithic hunting & gathering; origins of agriculture & dom estication; the Neolithic; origins 11-12
of civilization, the earliest states; New W orld archaeology (slides). Movie: Ice Man
W EEKS 7-8
24-29 Oct
Defining culture, language and culture, psychological anthropology. Movie: American Tongues
14-16 W EEKS 8-9
31 Oct-5 Nov
W EEKS 9-10
Cultural ecology: environm ent, subsistence, technology, production and reproduction,
17-18
econom ic system s, exchange, m arkets and labor. Movie: Mystery of Easter Island
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7 Nov W EEK 10
12-14 Nov
W EEK 11
19 Nov
21 Nov
W EEK 12
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Social organization: dom estic groups, sex, sexuality, gender, descent, kinship
19-22
Political organization, power, law, authority, war; bands, tribes, other polities;
Religion, m agic, sham ans and priests, ritual, belief; sym bolic expression, art
23
24-25
28 Nov
26 Nov-3 Dec
*** EXAM #2 ***
THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY
Applied anthropology; m odern hum an problem s in technology, developm ent, poverty,
change, inequality. Movie: Teaching Indians to be W hite
W EEK 13
W EEK 14
5 Dec
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*** EXAM #3 ***
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26-27
COURSE OBJECTIVES AND EM PHASES:
This course introduces anthropology and its distinctive role, tradition, and approaches in the social and
biological sciences. From the singular bio-cultural perspective provided by anthropology, we will explore the
m ajor subdisciplines: sociocultural anthropology, archaeology, linguistics, and physical or biological
anthropology, and all that they encom pass, from hum an evolution to historic preservation to applied m edical and
urban anthropology. Major em phases will be upon cultural relativism , cross-cultural com parison, and the relevance
of anthropology to m odern life. W e will also highlight the latest discoveries in hum an evolution, m odern hum an
biology and cultural behavior, and archaeology.
This course satisfies a liberal arts requirem ent in the Social Sciences
COURSE REQUIREM ENTS
Classes will be m ostly lectures, with som e discussion in the classroom , and audiovisual m edia presentations.
Readings must be done IN ADVANCE so that you are able to DISCUSS the m aterial whenever possible in a
large lecture class. Lectures will include m uch m aterial beyond required readings, for which you will be responsible
on exam s, so note-taking is required. Attendance is required at all classes. Tape recording class lectures is
acceptable, but not for sale or profit. Since we wish to relate the subject m atter of anthropology to daily life, you are
asked not only to pay attention to relevant news stories but also to explore anthropology on the Internet..
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Weekly assignments require you to find an anthropology website related to the discussion topics for
the week and hand in every Thursday (except Halloween and 2 test days) a 4" x 6" index card with a 2-3
sentence sum m ary of the website. Print your last nam e on the top left of the card, then first nam e; the date goes
on the top right. Be sure to describe the topic of the website and author(s).
Cheating and other academ ic dishonesty will be dealt with severely, according to university policy described in
the current USF catalogue. A grade of incomplete can ONLY be given if the course work has been DONE up
to a time that there is an em ergency reason that it was not finished, and if the student signs a contract to
com plete the w ork.
In case the building m ust be evacuated for som e em ergency, we will m eet at the parking lot to the north of
SOC then proceed to another location. W hen exam s are scheduled they will be given, even if the building m ust be
evacuated, as soon as a substitute location is found.
EXAM S AND GRADES
There will be NO makeup exams
Three exam s will be given during the term .
except in fully
docum ented and extrem ely serious circum stances. If a m akeup exam becom es necessary, it must be taken within
one week of the missed exam, and it will consist of all essay questions. Corrected final exam s will be held (in SOC
144) for a m onth from the date taken, then discarded.
Attendance and com pletion of website assignm ents will be recorded as a part of your grade. USF grade
policy now allows plus and m inus grades (but this will not necessarily help you). If you need to be absent for a
m ajor religious observance, please subm it written notification by 30 August so you will not be penalized.
FINAL GRADE CALCULATION:
W eekly research cards = 10%, (10 points@ x 10 wks)
First tw o exam s = 25% each;
Final exam = 40%
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