Cultural Anthropology 2410
Daytime Class
Social Science Department,
Professor K.G. Noone
Classroom L-015
Office L-016B
Phone 407-328-2086
Fax 407-328-2419
Course Description:
{ANT-2410, Cultural Anthropology (3 credits-3 hours); Prerequisite/ co requisite: ENC 1101 or permission from the instructor or the department chair.} This course will explore the nature, characteristics, and content of culture from an anthropological perspective by examining the economy, art, religion, politics, language, and kinship patterns of individual human societies.
List of Basic Units:
Introduction to the field and how it fits in the epistemological scheme
Methodology and how to access and understand the professional literature
Social/Cultural Anthropology (economics, Politics, Religion, Art, kinship, history, and theories.)
Office Hours:
Monday and Wednesday from 9-2:00
Please call 407-328-2086 for an appointment and also direct your inquiries to NooneK@scc-fl.edu
Course Objectives:
The purpose of this course is to provide the student with a superficial understanding of the four major areas of anthropology. Other goals are as follows: to provide the student with the knowledge of how to write a research proposal, how to access the professional literature, and further, to provide a sense of the methodology of anthropology.
Required
The current text used in the course is available in the bookstore: Cultural Anthropology, 81h edition by Nanda & Worms
Course Rationale:
This course should benefit the Arts and Science in that anthropology provides us with an overview of the human family. This discipline helps break ethnocentric prejudices by allowing us to explore how we are alike and how we differ, not only now, but also in the past. Providing a true basis for a solid appreciation of diversity, business and education majors can develop a flexibility that makes them more attractive candidates in their field. Some universities require this course in their colleges of health related professions.
Grading Scale:
90-100=A
80-89 = B
70-79 = C
60-69 = D
Course Management Guide:
1. No makeups are allowed unless there are serious mitigating circumstances that can be documented. Makeups place a burden on the instructor and give the person making up the test an unfair advantage in that they have more time to study than students who take exams at regularly scheduled times. If a serious circumstance occurs and it can be documented such as hospitalization, it is the prerogative of the professor to review this rule.
2. Late papers and test will be marked down 10 points.
3. When cheating or plagiarism has occurred, the instructor may take academic action ranging from denial of credit for or assigning a grade of “F” on a specific assignment, examination, or project, to assigning a grade of “F” for the course. The student may also be subject to further sanctions as disciplinary probation, suspension to understand what is required when writing paper. Any academic, non-fiction paper for grading purposes must have proper documentation. This means honest internal and external citation. Any paper that does not credit sources with proper internal and external documentation makes the paper vulnerable to charges of plagiarism. A paper turned in without proper documentation will be returned with a grade of zero.
4. No grades will be given over the phone or by email.
5.While attendance is at the discretion of the student, for the sake of good grades, it is encouraged. Further, the college now requires the professor to take attendance daily. Students are responsible for all class information despite their attendance.
6. WITHDRAWALS:
The policy on withdrawals has changed and the dates of withdrawal must
be adhered to. Please check the college website. If one has not finished the
work at the proper time, a withdrawal or incomplete will not be given. All withdrawals are the
responsibility of the student only and must be handled by the
student. This professor will only enter withdrawals in the final grade forms
that have been processed by the records department in their official capacity
through regular records procedures. DO NOT ASK THE PROFESSOR FOR A
WITHDRAWAL. You must handle the
process your self. This means the student must initiate any and all withdrawals
before the official date of withdrawal. If a student does not file for
withdrawal, they must realize that the possibility of the grade of “F’ exists. LAST
DAY TO WITHDRAW IS OCTOBER 28.
7. An incomplete will be given only under serious circumstances and an incomplete will not be given without a contract prior to the end of the course.
8. Grades generally are not curved, however, the student needs to be aware that an average grade is a grade of “C” and to deserve a “B” is to do work that is above average of the class and to deserve an “A” means the student did extraordinary well compared to all other students. The following scale will be used:
90-100=A, 80-89=B, 70-79=C, 60-69=D
9. It is the policy of this professor to make all the
students feel welcomed. All students
must be aware that the professor will treat each student equally, given the
requirements of the syllabus. There will be no exceptions unless the
circumstance is very exceptional and can be documented. This does not mean car
or computer failure.
10. Extra credit will be applied only if the class
requirements are fulfilled.
How to Organize your Formal Writings, e.g. Book Reviews, Critiques and
Research Term Paper
You will be a book or
possible a research article in this course. When you review writings, you will want
to follow a certain structure or organization. First, as the writer, you must
consider the reader. If you are going to pitch the ball, you must set up the
catcher. The best way to do this in academic writing is to have an introduction
to your paper that anyone can pick up and read and consequently, understand WHAT THE PURPOSE OF THE PAPER IS, WHAT THE
PAPER WILL COVER, AND THE SEQUENCE OF TOPICS THE READER WILL READ. Do not, at this stage in your academic career,
worry about being creative. You have a job to do in reviewing a paper, and you
should think of it as building a structure. So, the first paragraph tells all.
One may start of by stating the purpose after a few beginning sentences. For
example, if you are reviewing an article on reading you might have the
following opening introductory paragraph:
Children
entering first grade often have difficulty learning how to read. How
children acquire knowledge of sounds may be the key in learning to read. The
purpose of the present paper is to critique of the peer-reviewed research
entitled "The Psychological Understanding of Phonemes." Joseph
Burkowsky of
the
Psychology in May 2000. In this critique I will briefly discuss my personal
interest in reading and why I chose this research to review. I will
thoroughly summarize Dr. Burkowsky's work, paying particular attention to the
result and conclusion sections. A discussion of weak points of Dr.
Burkowsky's selection of subjects and his lack of a proper baseline will be
explored. I will highlight the strengths of the research. A suggestion for
further research on phonemes will be offered. Finally, my own opinions on
how to teach reading will be offered to the reader.
or
Globalization
is a topic that is very current in anthropology right now. This topic primarily
reflects economic issues. Judy Samson’s
book entitled Chiapas Today encompasses many of the issues of
Globalization and how they have impacted the Maya of
This introduction tells any academic reader what this paper is about. The writer can now take this paragraph as an
outline and being to construct the paper.
So, you now can think of building
a paper. Construct your introductory
paragraph by telling the reader the purpose of the paper YOU are writing. Give the reader information on what you will
cover in order to accomplish your purpose and the sequence in which the reader
will encounter the information. After
this information, build the body of the paper topic, by topic, thoroughly
covering what you said you would cover in your introduction. Now you build a paragraph (or two) of conclusion in which you very
briefly mention some of the highlights of what the reader read. Remember, the
title can be thought of as the shortest summary.
The final piece to a
piece of formal academic writing is the documentation. THIS IS VERY
IMPORTANT! You must cite your sources
internally. Everything you learned,
acquired, found, researched, and quoted from someone else, YOU
For the Annotated
Bibliography, you must pick a topic in anthropology. A Bibliography is a
reference list. Annotation means to
briefly describe, hence you will be building a reference list on a specific
subject and each entry will be briefly described. You must have 10 citations.
You must print out the first page of each article to staple to your reference
list. The first page would be the first page of the introduction to the
article, not the abstract of the article.
Also, the citations must come from professional journals. In order to take this course, students must
have passed Freshman English. Annotated bibliographies were to be covered in
your pre-requisite, so check in your English Handbook for more information or
any number of websites that discuss Annotated Bibliographies.
Please note: This schedule is tentative.
Changes well be made throughout the semester so and the student is responsible for
date changes that will be announced in class. Extra credit opportunities will
be announced in class.