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Anthropology 201 IAVPeoples and Cultures of the WorldFall 2016 Tue/Thur 2:30-3:45pm

Hal Starratt, Ph.D.email: [email protected]: (775) 445-4292 (office); (775) 721-5016 (cell)Office: 219 Aspen (Carson Campus, above Bookstore)Hours: (Fall 2016): Mon-Thurs 12:15-1pm; Mon/Wed 3:45-5pm.

COURSE DESCRIPTION: This is a 3 unit Cultural Anthropology course that offers a comparative study of human societies and their institutions, past and present. It is transferable to any college or university in Nevada, and elsewhere. It fulfills the following: SOCIAL SCIENCE requirement for all WNC programs; CULTURAL DIVERSITY requirement at UNR; and Anthropology major at UNR, UNLV, and elsewhere.

COURSE OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this class is to provide an overview to the scientific examination and comparison of world cultures. Cultural comparison is an essential analytical tool in anthropology in understanding how and why cultures are similar or different. Anthropologists use the concept of culture to account for the tremendous variety of ways humans have adapted to their surroundings and to each other. A major goal of the course is to provide an awareness of the wide spectrum of cultural and social variation throughout the world, while at the same time appreciating those characteristics that are shared by all human beings. By learning about other societies we learn, ultimately, about ourselves. The class includes lectures, discussions, ethnographic films, and student presentations. Students will exercise academic skills in reading, writing, research, critical thinking, and oral communication. Computer and web access is required. Writing assignments will be submitted to the website Turnitin.com.

COURSE STRUCTURE1. RESPONSES: 45% of Course Grade• Twelve (12) written responses to articles in the reader, Annual Editions: Anthropology that express your understanding of the issues raised in each article.• TWO-PAGES MINIMUM (about 600 words); Typed; 1.5 line spacing; 12 point font.• Discuss the authors’ main ideas and add a personal reaction.• Submit Responses to the website www.Turnitin.com on Thursday by midnight.• Late assignments can receive up to 75% credit. Late assignments may be submitted up to midnight Sunday, Dec 11. No assignments will be accepted after this date. • See Scoring Rubric Below.

2. EXAMS: 45% of Course Grade• Two exams will cover lectures, discussions, text material, films, and readings.• Make-up exams must be scheduled with me at least one week before the exam.

3. PARTICIPATION: 10% of Course Grade• Do the readings prior to class so that you can contribute to the discussions.• Attendance is a factor in the course grade.

Anthropology 201 IAV: People and Cultures of the World

4. RESEARCH PRESENTATION or TERM PAPER (Optional):• Required for a grade of “A” in the course (90% or higher).• Grade on Presentation or Term Paper will have equal weight to the Midterm and Final Exams.• These three grades will be averaged: 1) Presentation/Term Paper, 2) Midterm, and 3) Final.

PRESENTATION:• Present a cross-cultural analysis of two cultures to the class (15-20minutes).• Bibliography (MLA style): a formal summary of all research sources used is due to Turnitin.com on Presentation date (20% of the presentation grade).• Cultures and dates of Presentations will be assigned individually. • Cancellation of your Presentation will drop your course grade 10%.

TERM PAPER:• Research Paper format: 10 page cross-cultural analysis of two cultures.• Works Cited: detailed MLA style Works Cited page (20% of the term paper grade).• Cultures will be assigned individually and will not overlap with those giving Presentations.• Deadline: Thursday, Nov 17 to Turnitin.com.• Note: there is a response due also on that date, so plan accordingly.

5. POINTS:• Responses (12) 240• Exams (+/- Presentation/Term Paper) 240• Participation 53 Total Possible 533 (475 point ceiling [89%, B+] for those who do not do the Presentation or Term Paper)

6. PERCENTAGES: For graded assignments, course grade:94-100 = A; 90-93 = A-; 87-89 = B+; 84-86 = B; 80-83 = B-; 77-79 = C+;74-76 = C; 70-73 = C-; 67-69 = D+; 64-66 = D; 60-63 = D-; 0-59 = F.

7. “W” GRADES: If you choose to withdraw from the course, it is your responsibility to do this online by Oct 20. Otherwise you will get the grade you have earned by the date of the final.

8. EXCESSIVE ABSENCES: The grading of assignments will be suspended if more than four (4) class meetings are missed, whatever the reasons. This will necessitate a conference with me for reinstatement, and will lower your course grade.

9. REQUIRED TEXTS: • Kottak: Mirror for Humanity: A Concise Introduction to Cultural Anthropology (9th ed.) McGraw/Hill, 2011. (Earlier, used editions available online).

• Angeloni, ed. Annual Editions: Anthropology (38th Edition). McGraw-Hill 2014. (Note: older text editions may be acceptable; check with instructor before buying).

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10. CELL PHONES, and RECORDING DEVICES: Turn off cell phones and other electronic devices while in class. Failure to do so may result in the loss of points, and the lowering of your grade. Use of any recording devices (audio or video) in class or during class activities is prohibited without formal permission from the instructor.

11. ETHICS: Plagiarism on any assignment is not acceptable, will result in an "F" (0%) for thatassignment, and could result in a failing grade for the course.

12. ACADEMIC DISABILITY: Any student with a disability needing academic adjustments or accommodations speak with me, or contact the Disability Support Services (445-4459).

13. EXRA CREDIT: An optional Saturday field trip to Grimes Point petroglyph site, and Hidden Cave site near Fallon, may be arranged during the semester. Dates and details of this tentative trip will be announced at a later date. Extra credit may be earned for this activity.

14. STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES for ANTHROPOLOGY 201It is expected upon enrollment of this course that students will • have the college-level skills in reading, writing, and oral communication appropriate to their career path.• have effective and efficient learning skills, including locating and evaluating information.• have appropriate computer skills.

Upon successful completion of this course, students will have demonstrated they can• exhibit factual knowledge of a broad range of cultures of the world.• examine cultural change through the lens of ethnographical and ethnological research.• describe diverse positions on selected anthropological values or practices.• demonstrate an appreciation of cultural diversity through an examination of cultural interaction from selected areas of the world.• demonstrate analytical and critical thinking through substantially error-free prose suitable to the purpose of relating selected anthropological topics to personal experience and knowledge.

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Tentative Course ScheduleResponses are due on Thursdays @ Midnight to Turnitin.com

Aug 30/Sept 1Introduction. What is Anthropology?Read Kottak: Mirror for Humanity (referred to below as “M/H”) Ch 1.Be prepared to discuss “One Hundred Percent American” by Ralph Linton (Google the above title. It can be read or downloaded in many forms from the web)

Sept 6/8The Science of Culture.Read: M/H Ch 2.Video in class: Shock of the OtherResponse 1 due Feb 3: “Tricking and Tripping: Fieldwork on Prostitution in the Era of AIDS" (in Annual Editions, henceforth referred to as "AE", p20).

Sept 13/15Culture: Thinking AnthropologicallyRead M/H Ch 3.Response 2 due Feb 10: “The Arrow of Disease" (AE p205).

Sept 20/22Language and CultureRead M/H Ch 4.Response 3 due Feb 17: "How Language Shapes Thought" (AE p37).

Sept 27/29Subsistence PatternsRead M/H Ch 5.Response 4 due Feb 24: “The Inuit Paradox" (AE p66).

Oct 4/6Social, Economic, and Political SystemsRead M/H Ch 6.Response 5 due Mar 2: “Cell Phones, Sharing, and Social Status in an African Society" (AE p71).

Oct 11/13Marriage, Family, Kinship and DescentRead M/H Ch 7.Response 6 due Mar 9: “The Invention of Marriage” (AE p89).

Oct 18/20Descent, Social GroupingRead "Meghalaya: Where Women Call the Shots" (AE p63)

MIDTERM Wed Oct 20(Covers Mirror for Humanity, Chapters 1-7, class lectures, and readings).

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Oct 25/27GenderRead M/H Ch 8.Response 7 due Mar 30: "The Hijras: an Alternative Gender in India" (AE p127).

Nov 1/3Social InequalityFor class read M/H, Ch. 13.Response 8 due Apr 6: “Arranging a Marriage in India” (AE p109).

Nov 8/10Ethnicity and RaceRead M/H Ch 10, and “The American Anthropological Society’s Statement on Race” (available online at: www.aaanet.org/stmts/racepp.htm).Response 9 due Apr 13: “Armor Against Prejudice" (AE p41).

Nov 15/17The SupernaturalRead M/H Ch 9.Video in class: Shaman's ApprenticeResponse 10 due Apr 20: “Understanding Islam" (AE p178).

Optional Term Papers Due Nov 17

Nov 22Colonialism and GlobalizationRead M/H Ch 12.Video in class: Economics of HappinessResponse 11 due Apr 27: “The Evolution of Diet” (AE p236).

Nov 29/Dec 1Terrorism as a Response to HistoryRead "Five Myths of Terrorism" (AE p183).Video in class: Death in GazaResponse 12 due May 4: "The September 11 Effect on Anthropology" (AE p9).

Dec 6/8Applying Anthropology and Cultural Change. What's in Our Future?Read M/H Ch 11, and "Being Indigenous in the 21st Century" (AE p233).

All Make-up and Late Assignments Due by Sunday, Dec 11 at Midnight.

Dec 13FINAL EXAM Mon Dec 13 (no class Dec15)(Covers Mirror for Humanity, Ch 8-11, and 13, readings, and lectures)

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Reading Response Scoring Rubric:

19-20 points—Excellent Discussion• Shows an excellent understanding of the main ideas of the article • Ties personal views to those ideas• “Connects the dots” by associating the main ideas of the article with course material, other experiences, readings, classes, etc. and demonstrates intellectual maturity• Exceeds the minimum requirements

16-18 points—Good Discussion• Shows a good understanding of the main ideas of the article• Ties personal views to those ideas• Meets the minimum requirements

13-15 points—Average Discussion• Shows some understanding of the main ideas of the article• Relies heavily on personal views with little involvement of ideas from the article• Does not meet the minimum requirements

11-12 points—Less-than-average Discussion• Does not demonstrate basic understanding of the article• Does not meet minimum requirements• May have traces of plagiarized text

10 points or less• Late assignment• May not demonstrate basic understanding of the article• May not meet minimum requirements• May have minor amounts of plagiarized text

0 points• All or much of response was plagiarized

Example of Rubric Scoring for Weekly Responses (from Turnitin.com):

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SETTING UP YOUR TURNITIN.COM ACCOUNT: 2016 Spring Anthropology 201:Peoples and Cultures of the WorldResponses Due Wednesdays by Midnight

The written Responses for this class (see class schedule) will be submitted through the website “www.Turnitin.com” Below are the directions for creating your user profile and submitting your work:

1. Write the assignment (two-page minimum/600 words, 1.5 line spacing, size 12 font),and save as a document to your hard drive (e.g. “Response 1”). MS Word is the preferred application, but others work OK if you “save as” rtf, pdf, or txt formatted document.

2. Go to the website www.turnitin.com and click on the “Create Account” button (top left).

3. Under “Create a User Profile” and “Create a New Account,” select “student.” (or sign in with your Email Address and Password if you’ve used Turnitin.com before).

4. Use the following info to create your new student account:Anthro 201 IAV: Peoples and Cultures of the WorldClass ID: 13261352Class Enrollment Password: starratt(you will use this info only once—the first time you set up your account)

5. Fill out rest of form. Remember to write down your email account and new password for later.

6. Click “I agree—create profile”

7. Finish. “Log in to Turnitin”

Welcome—ready to submit a Response.

8. Click on the class (Anthro 201) and go to “Response 1: Tricking and Tripping,” click “submit,” find your assignment on your hard drive (browse) and send it. That’s it! You will get an instant email receipt for your work from Turnitin if your submission was accepted.

9. If you do not get an email receipt: try resaving your response as an rtf or txt file and resubmit.

11. Your scores on all your class work will be posted here so you can keep track of how you’re doing during the semester.

12. Good! Now that you’ve read this entire syllabus, write at the top of your Response 1: “I read the whole syllabus!” and I’ll give you 5 extra points. No kidding--snooze, you lose, however...

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