COURSE SECTION INFORMATION
<Mike Adamyk >
<The Cultural Mosaic >
<General Arts and Science>
Professor’s Name:
Mike Adamyk
Email:
adamykm@algonquincollege.com Course Section:
Phone:
727-4723 ext:5235
Office:
B124
Out of Class
Assistance:
TBA
Course Number:
SSC1767
Academic Year:
Term:
Academic Level:
2010-11
Winter 2011
04
Section Specific Learning Resources
Special Edition: Cultural Anthropology. Bonvillain and Schwimmer. Canadian
Edition, Person/Prentice Hall.
Learning Schedule
Weekly Planner- The Cultural Mosaic
Course: SSC 1767
Professor: Mike Adamyk
Room B124
adamykm@algonquincollege.com
Week
In-Class Activities
1
Course Introduction
a) Headlining Culture
b) Course Content
c)BB Support
d) Defining Culture
e) Group Work:
1) Importance of Understanding other
Cultures
2) Suggestions for Learning about
other Cultures
3)Characteristics of an inter-culturally
competent individual
2
Culture: Definitions, Components
and Elements.
On-Line Activities
A: Course IntroductionLog on to this course in Black Board
and view the various components of the
course.
B: Log on to the Discussion Board area
of BB and introduce yourself and state
what you would like to learn from this
course.
C: Homework: Look at this site and be
able to describe the various aspects of
the field of anthropology:
http://www.qvctc.commnet.edu/brian/cu
ltant.html
A: View the following web site and be
prepared to comment in class.
3
a) Headlining Culture
b) Review Anthropology Website
c) Lecture:
1) How do anthropologists learn
about other cultures?
2)Definitions: Systems, Elements
and Components of Culture
c) Cultural Knowledge Quiz
Cultural Identity
a) Headlining Culture
b) Group Work: Factors that
Comprise Cultural Identity
c) Lecture: Dimensions of Ethnicity
d) Research Projects
4
Cultural Change and Culture
Shock
a) Reading #1 due
b) Headlining Culture
c) Culture Shock
d) Cultural Change
5
Black History Month
a) Headlining Culture
b)Cultural Theories and Relativism
c) Black History Month: A Canadian
Perspective- Lecture
d) Quiz #1 Review
6
Quiz #1 &Colonialism, Conquest
and Migration and their Impact on
Canadian Culture
a) Quiz #1
b) Headlining Culture
c) What do we already know?
d) Lecture: Colonialism- Settler
nations and First Nations
Socio Economic Fact Sheet
http://www.aincinac.gc.ca/gs/soci_e.html
7
Conquest- Two Solitude Realities
a) Headlining Culture
b) What do we already know?
c) Quebec in Canada- Lecture
d) A Question of Sovereignty- Group
Anthropology Tutorials;
http://anthro.palomar.edu/tutorials/cultur
al.htm
World Values Survey:
http://www.worldvaluessurvey.org/statis
tics/index.html
A: Check this site for insights into
anthropological approach to illness.
http://anthro.palomar.edu/medical/med_
1.htm
B: This site provides resources to learn
about race and ethnicity:
http://anthro.palomar.edu/ethnicity/ethni
c_1.htm
A: Culture Shock. View this site and be
ready to comment on what you have
found in class and your journals..
http://www.worldwide.edu/planning_gui
de/Culture_Re-entry_Shock/index.html
B: View this web site to understand the
nature of cultural change.
http://anthro.palomar.edu/change/chang
e_1.htm
A : View this Black History Month web
site and be ready to identify what you
learned.
http://www.canadianheritage.gc.ca/prog
s/multi/black-noir/index_e.cfm
A: Indian and Northern Affairs
Canada. Look at these sites and identify
various resources available concerning
Canada’s First Nations. Be ready to
comment on what you learned.
http://www.ainc-inac.gc.ca/sm/az/index_e.html
http://www.aincinac.gc.ca/gs/dem_e.html
B: History
http://www.civilization.ca/archeo/hnpc/
npint01e.html
C Assembly of First Nations
www.afn.ca
D: World Indigenous People’s
http://www.un.org/WCAR/ekit/indigenous.htm
View the following websites to see how
the Canadian government supports the
Quebec reality and why the PQ wants
sovereignty for Quebec.
http://www.canadianheritage.gc.ca/pc-
Work
8
Migration
a) Headlining Culture
b) Lecture: History of Immigration in
Canada
c) Group Work: Implications for
Canadian Identity
d) Reading #2 due
ch/sujets-subjects/divers-multi/langoff/index_e.cfm
Parti Quebecois www.pq.org – Why
separation?
View the following websites related to
Canadian Immigration and their impact
on cities.
http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/monitor/cu
rrent.html/
http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/pub/facts2
004/index.html
http://canada.metropolis.net/index_e.ht
ml
9
10
11
12
13
14
Pluralism:
a) Headlining Culture
b) Diversity
c) Pluralism: Minority/Majority
Groups, Pluralism and Assimilation
d) Refugee Simulation
Multiculturalism
a) Headlining Culture
b) Multiculturalism
c) Research papers- Discusion
Intercultural Competencies
a) Headlining Culture
b) Intercultural CompetenciesLecture
c) Open Attitudes Awareness
d) Practical
Intercultural Competencies
a) Headlining Cultures
b) Self and other awareness
c) Practical
d) Reading #3 due
Figure out whether you have the number
of points to enter Canada
http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/skilled/qua
l-5.html
A: Diversity in Canada
http://www.pch.gc.ca/progs/multi/spmcscmp/conference/02_e.cfm
A: Multiculturalism Canada
http://www.pch.gc.ca/progs/multi/index
_e.cfm
A: Please view this site before coming
to class.
http://www.cba.uni.edu/buscomm/Intern
ationalBusComm/Crosscultural.html
Iron Rules of Intercultural
Communication:
http://www.cba.uni.edu/buscomm/Intern
ationalBusComm/IronRules.htm
Intercultural Competencies
a) Headlining Culture
b) Cultural Knowledge
c) Practical
d) Research Projects Due
e) Quiz #2 Review
Business Etiquette
http://www.executiveplanet.com/
Quiz #2
No on-line activities
Cultural Characteristics
http://www.cba.uni.edu/buscomm/Intern
ationalBusComm/Crosscultural.html
Other Important Information
Classroom Policies
Students should ensure that they are familiar with the following policies:
Policy on course assignments, tests, exams:
Tests and Exams:
All tests and final exams are to be written at the scheduled time.
In cases of a medical or compassionate issue which prevents the student from writing, the
professor is to be informed prior to the class by email where possible and accompanying
documentation may be required in order for the test/exam to be rescheduled.
Exams and tests not written at the scheduled date and time during the semester may be written
during Final Assessment Week (week 15) at the discretion of the Professor.
Assignments:
Assignments are due at the date and time specified by the Professor and in the format specified
by the Professor (hard copy in class, Digital Drop Box through Blackboard, etc.). All late
assignments will be subjected to an immediate 20% penalty. The student may submit the work
within one week of the due date with no further penalty. After one week the assignment will not
be accepted and a mark of zero will be recorded.
Please note: Online assignments are due as scheduled and will not be accepted after the due
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Other exceptions to this policy may be outlined on your individual course assignment. Please
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