Anthropology 013, section one:
Syllabus

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Introduction to Cultural Anthropology - 3 Units
California State University, Chico
FALL 1995 - Ayres Hall 106
MWF: 11-11:50am [TRACS #10194]

Dr. Charles F. Urbanowicz/Professor of Anthropology
Office: Butte Hall 317
Hours: Mon & Wed 9-10:30am & TTh 10-11am
Office Phone: (916) 898-6220/Dept Phone: (916) 898-6192/FAX: (916) 898-6824
INTERNET/e-mail: curbanowicz@oavax.csuchico.edu
California State University, Chico: http://www.csuchico.edu

• Course description and required texts
• Exams
• The course
• Weeks one thru four
• Weeks five thru nine
• Weeks ten thru fifteen
• Dead week and finals

DESCRIPTION: The human being as a culture-bearing animal. The bases of culture and behavior. A study of the interrelated aspects of culture, including language, world-view, technology, social organization, and the arts. This is an approved General Education course. This is an approved Non-Western course. (1995-1997 Catalog, Page 175)

Spradley and McCurdy (1994)  Conformity & Conflict:  Readings In Cultural
			     Anthropology  (8th Ed.)
George R. Stewart (1949)     Earth Abides
Charles F. Urbanowicz 	     (Fall 1995 edition) Anthropology 13-01 Notebook

OPTIONAL TEXT: Ishmael by Daniel Quinn

RECOMMENDED ITEM: The World Almanac and Book of Facts: 1995

     			 -- The 1994 Edition (http://www.odci.gov/a)

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WRITING ASSIGNMENT #1 	9/29/95   (5%)   Due at the end of Week 5 (Friday).
EXAM I	   Fri		10/6/95   (20%)  Based on readings and lectures to 10/4/95. 
EXAM II	   Fri		11/17/95  (25%)  Based on readings and lectures since 10/9/95.
WRITING ASSIGNMENT #2 	12/15/95  (15%)  Due at the end of Week 16 (Friday).
EXAM III   Mon		12/18/95  (30%)  Based on readings and lectures since 11/27 
 		        and major points and Earth Abides.
CLASS PARTICIPATION	8/28/95 - 12/15/95 (5%)

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THE COURSE is heavily mediated with visuals and individuals are responsible 

for certain information presented in this manner.  Individuals are expected 

to locate major land masses discussed in lectures, readings, visuals, etc.  Each

examination will have a map component based on a handout. Individuals are also 

responsible for selected information distributed in any additional handouts for 

the course.  Writing Assignment #1 should be approximately 300-400 words.  

Writing Assignment #2 should be approximately 1600-2000 words.  [The above 

paragraph contains 76 words.]  IF AT ALL POSSIBLE, all Writing Assign-

ments should be typed and/or word-processed and double-spaced.

PLEASE CONSIDER: INTERNATIONAL FORUM (SOSC 100-01#14058) for One Unit every Tuesday from 4-5:20p.m. in Ayres Hall 120 and ANTHROPOLOGY FORUM (Anth 297-01#10261) for One Unit every Thursday from 4-5:20p.m. in Ayres Hall 120.

WEEK OF:  LECTURE/READING ASSIGNMENTS IN SPRADLEY & McCURDY:

1.  8/28      Introduction & Overview to the course	pp. 3-11
	      Culture and Ethnography			pp. 13-17 & 18-26
	      What Does An Anthropologist Do?		pp. 275-277 & 278-286

Create Your Own Newspaper (http://sun.bucknell.edu/~boulter/crayon/)

2.  9/4	      [No Class on Monday 9/4]	What Does An Anthropologist Do? (Cont.)
	      Culture and Research and . . . 		pp. 126-135, 249-254,
		 					& 419-430
Europe (http://www.culture.fr/gvpda.htm)

3.  9/11      Culture and Ethnography (Continued)	pp. 45-55, 219-228
 							& 351-361
Publications (http://www.wonderland.org/Works/Charles-Darwin/)
Darwin's Home (http://www.nhm.ac.uk/tring/tring.html)

[NOTE: September 15 Registration DEADLINE
for September 30 WEST TEST]

4.  9/18      Research & Ecology & Subsistence		pp. 107-110, 144-154,
							211-218,
USA Population (http://www.census.gov/cgi-bin/popclock)
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[NOTE: September 29 is Registration DEADLINE
for October 14 EPT/ELM TEST] 
 
5.  9/25      Ecology & Subsistence (Continued)		pp. 27-34, 57-60, 73-86,
	      and WA #1 (5%) DUE on 9/23 [Friday]  & 111-125.

The Big Picture (http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html)

6.  10/2      Language And Communication 		pp. 35-44, 61-72, 96-105,
	      and EXAM I (20%) on Friday 10/6.	   & 287-298.

The New Communication (http://www.economist.com)

7.  10/9      Economics & Kinship & Family &		pp. 136-143, 157-160,
	      Religion &...				197-200, 229-235, 319-322,
							& 341-350
Kinship Tutorial from the University of Manitoba
(http://www.umanitoba.ca:80/anthropology/kintitle.html)

8.  10/16     Roles & Inequality & Economics & Change	pp.  201-210, 237-240,
							255-264, 319-340,
							& 362-369
Pacific Islands (http://www2.hawaii.edu/usr-cgi/ssis/~ogden/ogden-newpacific.html)

9.  10/23     Week #8 Topics & Culture Change		pp. 161-167, 168-174,
							& 175-184.
US Holocaust Museum (http://www.ushmm.org/)
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[NOTE: October 27 is Registration DEADLINE
for November 11 WEST TEST]

10.  10/30    Culture Change (Continued)

What's New (http://www.ncsa.uiuc.edu/SDG/Software/Mosaic/Docs/whats-new.html)

11.  11/6     Law & Politics & Religion,		pp. 299-307 & 308-317.
	      Magic & World View

Internet Society (http://www.isoc.org/)

12.  11/13    Comments and Review and EXAM II (25%) on Friday 11/17.

[NOTE: November 17 is Registration DEADLINE
for December 2 EPT/ELM TEST] 

13. 11/20    	THANKSGIVING	VACATION	WEEK

14.  11/27    On Religion, Magic, and World View	pp. 96-105, 391-406,
	      (Continued)				407-418 & 265-273

Virtual Tourist (http://wings.buffalo.edu/world/)

15.  12/4     Winding Down and Back Into The Pacific	pp. 241-248

Centre for Pacific Studies (http://www.kun.nl.cps/)

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16.  12/11    Culture Change and Applied Anthropology	pp. 87-95, 185-195,
	      and WA #2 (15%) Due on Friday 12/15   & 419-430

Applied Anthropology Computer Network (http://www.acs.oakland.edu/~dow/anthap.html)

17. 12/18/95   =   MONDAY   =   EXAM III (30%) from 12-1:50pm

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