Anthropology (ANTH) 375

Overview

Anthropology 375: The Anthropology of Gender focuses on the cultural and social construction of gender and gender ideologies, the fluidity of gender categories, and the performative aspects of gender.

Outline

• Unit 1: Engendering Fieldwork
• Unit 2: Biology, Culture, and the Production of Gender
• Unit 3: Gender and Work
• Unit 4: The Work of Gender
• Unit 5: Gender, Healing, and Religion
• Unit 6: Gender Identities and Sexuality
• Unit 7: Colonialism, Globalization, and Gender

Evaluation

To receive credit for ANTH 375, you must complete three assignments and a final exam and you must obtain at least D (50 percent) on each assignment and on the final examination.

The final examination for this course must be requested in advance and written under the supervision of an AU-approved exam invigilator. Invigilators include either ProctorU or an approved in-person invigilation centre that can accommodate online exams. Students are responsible for payment of any invigilation fees. Information on exam request deadlines, invigilators, and other exam-related questions, can be found at the Exams and grades section of the Calendar.

To learn more about assignments and examinations, please refer to Athabasca University’s online Calendar.

Materials

Physical course materials

The following course materials are included in a course package that will be shipped to your home prior to your course’s start date:

Brettell, Caroline B., and Carolyn F. Sargent, eds. 2013. Gender in Cross-Cultural Perspective, 6^th ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Prentice Hall.

Ward, Martha and Monica Edelstein. 2014. A World Full of Women, 6^th ed. Boston: Pearson Education, Inc.

Online Materials

All other materials required for this course can be accessed online through the course website.

Challenge for credit

Overview

The challenge for credit process allows you to demonstrate that you have acquired a command of the general subject matter, knowledge, intellectual and/or other skills that would normally be found in a university-level course.

Full information about challenge for credit can be found in the Undergraduate Calendar.

Evaluation

To receive credit for the ANTH 375 challenge registration, you must achieve a grade of at least D (50 percent) on the examination.

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