Download FORM 335 - Harrisburg Area Community College

Department: Social Science
Discipline: Anthropology
Subject Code: ANTH
Course #: 282H
Course Title: Race, Racism & Ethnicity
HARRISBURG AREA COMMUNITY COLLEGE
FORM 335
Course Form 335 must be updated at least every five years to qualify for state
reimbursement.
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Digital Description [§335.2]:
Credit hours:
Lecture hours:
Lab hours:
3.0
3.0
0.0
Approved Online/Blended Face-to-Face Instruction Ratios:
[__] 25/75% [__] 33/67% [__] 50/50% [__] 67/33% [__] 75/25%
(Note: The first number indicates the percentage of online instruction. The second number indicates the percentage of
in-class instruction.)
2.
Maximum Enrollment (Insert new/revised maximum enrollments below):
In-Class Instruction:
Lab Instruction:
(It is assumed that maximum enrollments for blended courses are the same as those identified for In-Class instruction.
Maximum enrollments for Virtual Learning courses are to be 75% of In-Class instruction, as per the SGP on Maximum
Class Size)
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Catalog Description [§335.2]:
Examination of the anthropological study of race and ethnicity. The emphasis is
on cross-cultural variation in ways of categorizing peoples by race and ethnicity,
and the historical development of ideas pertaining to race and ethnicity as social
categories in various societies.
Minimum Grade Required
Prerequisites: None
Corequisites:
None
Other:
None
Learning Outcomes [§335.2]
[These outcomes are necessary to enable students to attain the essential
knowledge and skills embodied in the program’s educational objectives.]
Upon successful completion of the course the student will be able to:
 Explain why anthropologists today do not consider “race” to be a
scientifically valid means of classifying human biological variation
 Demonstrate an understanding of the true nature of human biological
variation, and how human physical and genetic variation is patterned
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Department: Social Science
Discipline: Anthropology
Subject Code: ANTH
Course #: 282H
Course Title: Race, Racism & Ethnicity
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Identify and explain the historical development of the concept of “race”
among the scientific and anthropological community
Explain why anthropologists today regard race as a socially constructed
concept
Describe the different manners in which race is socially constructed in the
United States, Latin America, South Africa, and Japan
Explain the difference between the concepts of “race” and “ethnic group”
within the field of anthropology
Identify and analyze various social science theories on the origins and causes
of prejudice and discrimination
Demonstrate an understanding of the dynamic nature of assimilation, and
explain the multiple dimensions of assimilation
Explain and analyze the history of immigration to the United States
Explain the concept of ethnogenesis, and analyze patterns of ethnogenesis
within the context of historical immigration to the United States
Explain why anthropologists regard ethnicity as an “emergent process,” and
analyze processes of new ethnic identity formations that developed in the
United States among the descendants of European, African, Asian, Latin
American, and indigenous peoples
Planned Sequence of Learning Activities [§335.2]
[These must be designed to help students achieve the learning outcomes.]
WEEKS SPENT:
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Basic overview of anthropology. What are the four fields of
anthropology, and what does each study? A focus on the concept of
culture and ethnocentrism
Physical/Biological anthropology. A focus on genes, DNA, and
evolutionary forces, building up to a focus on human physical and genetic
variation and why “race” does not adequately describe this variation
Historical development of the concepts of “race” and “ethnic groups”
Social science theories of prejudice and discrimination
Dimensions and dynamics of assimilation (when cultures come in contact)
Social construction and development of racial thought in Brazil
Social construction of race in Mexico and Puerto Rico
Social construction of race in South Africa
Social construction of race in the United States. Analyzed in context of the
history of British colonialism and historical waves of immigration to the
U.S., with a focus on the formation of new ethnic identities
List of Texts, References, Selected Library Resources or other Learning
Materials (code each item based on instructional use: C-lecture/lab, Alecture, B-lab, I-internet, and V-videocourse) [§335.2] [These resources must
be easily accessible to students.]
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Department: Social Science
Discipline: Anthropology
Subject Code: ANTH
Course #: 282H
Course Title: Race, Racism & Ethnicity
FULL-TIME AND ADJUNCT TEXTBOOK:
Scupin, Raymond. Race and Ethnicity: An Anthropological Focus on the United
States and the World. Prentice Hall, 2002. ISBN: 0130606898 (C)
Required Articles to Read for Class (Will be Available via Library):
“The Racial Approach to Variation” (J. Relethford)
“Patterns of Ethnic Relations: Assimilation and Pluralism” (Marger)
“Theories of Prejudice and Discrimination” (Marger)
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Prepared by Faculty Member: Justin D. García (York)
8.
Approved by Dean:
Date: 10/23/06
Date:
This course meets all reimbursement requirements of Chapter 335,
subchapters A / B.
This course was developed, approved, and offered in accordance with the
policies, standards, guidelines, and practices established by the College. It is
consistent with the college mission.
If the course described here is a transfer course, it is comparable to similar
courses generally accepted for transfer to accredited four-year colleges and
universities.
Whether transfer or career, this course is articulated with other courses so
that it is an elective or a requirement of one of the college programs and it
does not require students to have more than 30 credit hours of post
secondary study prior to enrolling in the program.
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VP, Academic Affairs and Enrollment Management:
Date:
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Original Date of course approval by the college:
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Date(s) of subsequent reviews:
05/20/15 – Added new blended ratio format - nb
12/1/04
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