Overview
Anthropology 336: The Story of Us: The Evolution of Human Behaviour is a three-credit intermediate-level course that provides a general introduction to various topics related to the evolution of human adaptations, including various human behaviours.
Outline
The course consists of the following eleven units:
- Unit 1: Understanding Human Behavioural Adaptations
- Unit 2: Basic Bones and Stones: A Review of the Human Fossil Record
- Unit 3: The Value of a Cross-Species Perspective in Understanding Human Adaptations
- Unit 4: Evolutionary Psychology
- Unit 5: Human Mate Preference and Pair Bonding: Proximate and Functional Mechanisms
- Unit 6: Human Menopause
- Unit 7: The Evolutionary Origins of Human Language, Part I: What Is It and Who Has It?
- Unit 8: The Evolutionary Origins of Human Language, Part II: Where Did It Come From?
- Unit 9: Gene-Culture Evolution and Human Diets
- Unit 10: The Adaptive Value of Religion
- Unit 11: The Future of Homo sapiens: Are We Still Evolving?
Evaluation
To receive credit for ANTH 336, you must complete the essay assignment, write a midterm and a final examination, and achieve a minimum grade of D (50 percent) on both the midterm and final examinations and an overall grade of D (50 percent) for the entire course.
| Activity | Weight |
| Telephone Assignment | 5% |
| Midterm Online Exam | 30% |
| Essay Assignment | 30% |
| Final Online Exam | 35% |
| Total | 100% |
The midterm and final examinations 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
This course either does not have a course package or the textbooks are open-source material and available to students at no cost. This course has a Course Administration and Technology Fee, but students are not charged the Course Materials Fee.
All required readings and other course materials are available online.
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 336 challenge registration, you must achieve a grade of at least D (50 percent) on the examination.
| Activity | Weight |
| Exam | 100% |
| Total | 100% |
Challenge for credit course registration form