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Professor Orna Johnson E-mail: [email protected] Please only use e-mail to reach me Office: SH 240M Lectures: Mondays 7:00-9:45pm Office hours: M 6:30-7 and 9:45-10:15 Classroom: SH 203 Anthro 150 – Spring 2004 http://www.csun.edu/~oj53461/index.html OVERVIEW: This course offers an introduction anthropology. It focuses on the five fields of anthropology to understand the variation among people in different societies at different points in time. To this end, anthropologists engage in field research—intensive on-site studies--around the world. They compare these societies and develop ways of understanding cultures that differ from their own. REQUIRED READING: Cultural Anthropology (6th edition) Marvin Harris and Orna Johnson, Allyn and Bacon Publishers Readings posted on the class website (see web address above). EXAMS, PAPERS, SECTION DISCUSSIONS AND GRADING: There will be two exams – a midterm and a final—as well as a life history assignment. The midterm exam is 25 points; the final is 30 points and the life history paper is 20 points. Six films, marked (F) below, will be shown in class. You will be asked to write a three page TYPED response paper for FIVE of the films, summarizing each film and showing how it relates to the reading. Each paper is due the following week and is worth two points, for a total of ten points. No late papers will be accepted. Hold on to the papers after they are returned to you and hand them in as a packet on the last day of class. Attendance and participation in class is mandatory. Please do not come late to class. If you have to leave early, please let me know at the beginning of class. The Life History paper should be a minimum of 8 pages and must include an appendix of interview notes. The paper is due on May 10th at the beginning of class. One point will be deducted each day the paper is late. Summary of grading: 25 (midterm exam) 10 (5 film and reading response papers) 20 life history paper 30 final exam POLICY NOTE: No make up exams will be given without prior consent from the instructor. Attendance is mandatory and you must be in class on time–absence and tardiness will negatively impact your grade. Anyone who contests a grade must do so in writing, within five days after the exam is returned. Feb. 2 Introduction to Anthropology Chapter 1 Feb. 9 What is Culture (F) Chapter 2; Feb. 16 Biological Anthropology and Evolution Chapter 3 Feb. 23 Linguistic Anthropology (F) Chapter 4; Mar. 1 The Mode of Production & Reproduction (F) Chapter 5- 6; Reading on the Web Mar. 8 Economic Anthropology Chapter 7 Mar. 15 Kinship and Domestic Relations Chapter 8-9 Mar. 23 Pre-state political Systems Chapter 10 Mar. 29 MIDTERM EXAM Apr. 5 Reading on the Web Reading on the Web Reading on the Web SPRING BREAK Apr. 12 The Evolution of State Society (F) Chapter 11 Apr 19 Class and Caste/Race and Ethnicity (F) Chapter 12-13; Reading on the Web Apr. 26 Gender (F) Chapter 14; May 3 Psychological Anthropology Chapter 15 May 10 LIFE HISTORY PAPER IS DUE May 17 Religion Chapter 16 Applied Anthropology Chapter 18 Take home exam Reading on the Web Reading on the Web