ASS101 - Peoples of the World

Unit details

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Year:2019 unit information
Enrolment modes:Trimester 1: Burwood (Melbourne), Waurn Ponds (Geelong), Online
Credit point(s):1
EFTSL value:0.125
Trimester 1 Unit Chair:

Roland Kapferer

Prerequisite:

Nil

Corequisite:

Nil

Incompatible with:

Nil

Scheduled learning activities - campus:

1 x 1-hour class per week, 1 x 1-hour seminar per week.

Scheduled learning activities - cloud (online):

1-hour class per week (recordings provided),1-hour online seminar per week

Content

Anthropology asks the ultimate question for human beings: what does it mean to be human? Because of this, anthropology is the science that must understand both the physical and the metaphysical dimensions of human existence: how we both create and relate to our environment. The subject commences with an examination of the foundational issues for anthropologists including the nature of human culture, the nature of humans as an evolved species, and the critical importance of human rationality and belief. Examples of human societies and cultures are drawn from Africa, Asia, Europe, the Americas, Australia and the Pacific.

Assessment

Campus:

Assessment 1 - Class and 0nline exercises - 20%

Assessment 2 - Online quizzes - 20%

Assessment 3 - Essay - 30%

Assessment 4 - Closed-book exam - 30%

Cloud (online):

Assessment 1 - Online exercises - 20%

Assessment 2 - Online quizzes - 20%

Assessment 3 - Essay - 30%

Assessment 4 - Closed-book exam - 30%

Unit Fee Information

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