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Anthropology 102: Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
 

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Introduction to Cultural Anthropology

Fall 2003 Jean A. Aigner

  Assignments Class Topics Evaluation of learning
Week 1 Read Text 1-2, summaries 3-4
Begin Assignment 1

Anthropology as a field of study
The concept of culture
Frameworks for studying culture
Thursday objective quiz on Text 1-4
Week 2 Assignment 1 due Tuesday
Read Text 5-6
Begin Assignment 2

Culture as a system
Doing fieldwork
Language and biology in culture
Thursday objective quiz on Text 5-6 and class examples
Week 3 Assignment 2 due Tuesday
Read Text 7
Begin Assignment 3

Environment and human adaptation
Economy and culture
Thursday objective quiz on Text 7 and class examples
Week 4 Assignment 3 due Tuesday
Read Text 8
Begin Assignment 4

Environment and human adaptation
Economy and culture
Thursday objective quiz on Text 8 and class examples
Week 5 Assignment 4 due Tuesday
Read Text 9-11
Begin Assignment 5

Marriage and family
Kinship and descent in culture
Thursday objective quiz on Text 9-11 and class examples
Week 6 Assignment 5 due Tuesday
Read Text 12
Begin Assignment 6

Social organization in culture
Political control in culture
Thursday objective quiz on Text 12 and class examples
Week 7 Assignment 6 due Tuesday
Read Text 13
Begin Assignment 7

Social stratification Thursday objective quiz on Text 13 and class examples
Week 8 Assignment 7 due Tuesday
Read Text 14
Begin Assignment 8

Supernatural belief systems Thursday objective quiz on Text 14 and class examples
Week 9 Assignment 8 due Tuesday
Read Text 15
Begin Assignment 9

Art and artistic expression Thursday objective quiz on Text 15 and class examples
Week 10 Assignment 9 due Tuesday
Read Text 16-17
Begin Assignment 10

Culture as an adaptive system
Culture change
Thursday objective quiz on Text 16-17 and class examples
Final Assignment 10 due The day of reckoning Short written exam
 
 
 

© 2003 by Jean S. Aigner
jsaigner@csupomona.edu
These are official class materials of Anthropology 102, Introduction to Cultural Anthropology, as taught at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, by Jean S. Aigner. They are subject to change without notice to anyone but students currently enrolled in the class.