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COURSE SYLLABUS: Anthropolgy


Course Title: IDS105 – Anthropology
Department: Interdisciplinary Studies
Instructor: Dr. John D. Theodore, Ph.D., D.B.A., CMC - E-Mail - Vita


Course Description:
This course describes the areas of racial and cultural anthropology on an international basis and presents profound insights of the cultural anthropological factor today.

Required book: Online Bookstore

Anthropology: The Exploration of Human Diversity, by Conrad Philip Kottak. The McGraw Hill Companies, 2003/2004. ISBN-13: 9780072878387 ISBN: 007287838X

Course Requirements:
  1. Mid-term Exam. Essay. 2-4 pages. The student must contact the professor to arrange for the topic. 25%
  1. Final Exam. Essay. 2-4 pages. The student must contact the professor to arrange for the topic. 25%
  1. Term Paper. The topic will be selected by the student. APA Style. Minimum eight references. 50%
Grading Scale:

90 - 100%
80 - 89.99%
70 - 79.99%
60 - 69.99%
below 60% 		A
B
C
D
F


Grading:
Your grade in this course will be based on the following:

Mid-term Exam
Final Exam
Term Paper 		25%
25%
50%


SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

Week #1
Chapter 1. What is Anthropology.
Chapter 2. Applying Anthropology
Chapter 3. Ethics and Methods in Physical Anthropology and Archaeology

Submit to the professor via e-mail a 1-2-page summary of each chapter.

Week #2
Chapter 4. Evolution and Genetics
Chapter 5. The Primates
Chapter 6. Primate Evolution

Submit to the professor via e-mail a 1-2-page summary of each chapter.

Week #3
Chapter 7. Early Hominids
Chapter 8 Modern Humans
Chapter 9 Human Diversity

Submit to the professor via e-mail a 1-2-page summary of each chapter.

Week #4
Chapter 10. The First Farmers
Chapter 11. The First Cities and States.
Chapter 12. Ethics and Methods in Cultural Anthropology

Submit to the professor via e-mail a 1-2-page summary of each chapter.

Mid-term Examination

Week #5
Chapter 13. Culture
Chapter 14. Ethnicity
Chapter 15. Language

Submit to the professor via e-mail a 1-2-page summary of each chapter.

Week #6
Chapter 16. Making a Living
Chapter 17. Political Systems
Chapter 18. Families, Kinship, and Descent

Submit to the professor via e-mail a 1-2-page summary of each chapter.

Week #7
Chapter 19. Marriage
Chapter 20. Gender
Chapter 21. Religion

Submit to the professor via e-mail a 1-2-page summary of each chapter.

Week #8
Chapter 22. The Arts
Chapter 23. Modern World System
Chapter 24.Colonialism and Development
Chapter 25. Cultural Exchange and Development

Submit to the professor via e-mail a 1-2-page summary of each chapter.

Submit Final Exam
Submit the Term Paper