- Course Code
- AT 1502
- Credit Points
- 15
- Course Coordinator
- Professor J Leach
Pre-requisites
None
Overview
The course will provide an extended introduction to the discipline of social anthropology focussing on how anthropologists understand cultural difference. Topics covered include theories of culture and difference, perception and culture, language and culture, interpretation, time and history, and understanding violence and witchcraft. Lectures and tutorials will encourage students to relate anthropological ideas and perspectives to a broad range of social and cultural issues. Taking the course will develop students’ listening, comprehension and note taking, other study skills include critical reading and review of written materials, their abilities to express their ideas in speech and writing and their powers of critical thinking.
Structure
1 one-hour lecture, 1 additional guest lectures/alternative pedagogic methods/other exercises every other week, 1 one-hour tutorial per week.
Assessment
1st Attempt: 1 two-hour written examination (60%), in-course assessment (40%): one book review, one essay.
Resit: 1 two-hour written examination.
Formative Assessment
Tutorial presentations, tutorial discussions.
Feedback
Written feedback will be provided for continuous assessment work. This will normally be provided within three weeks of the submission date. Oral feedback on class presentations will also be provided where appropriate.