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Anthropology (ANTH) 434
The History of Anthropological Thought

This version of ANTH 434 closed. To current version.

Delivery mode: Individualized study. Video component.*
*Overseas students, please contact the University Library before registering in a course that has an audio/visual component.

Credits: 3 - Reading course - Social Science.

Prerequisite: ANTH 275 and 3 other credits in anthropology at the 300 or 400 level.

Precluded course: ANTH 334. ANTH 434 cannot be taken for credit if credit has already been obtained for ANTH 334.

Centre: Centre for Work and Community Studies

ANTH 434 is not available for Challenge.

Overview

ANTH 434: The History of Anthropological Thought, is a senior-level course that examines the range of responses to the fact of human diversity through the ages, with emphasis on Modern and Postmodern anthropology.

Outline

The course consists of the following twelve units.

Unit 1: Anthropological Thought Up to the 19th Century

Unit 2: Nineteenth Century Evolutionary Thought

Unit 3: The Formation of General Theories

Unit 4: Culture Change—Diffusion, Migration

Unit 5: Psychological Anthropology

Unit 6: Functionalism

Unit 7: Structuralism

Unit 8: Materialist Explanations of Culture Change

Unit 9: Cognitive Anthropology

Unit 10: The Individual and society

Unit 11: Postmodernism

Unit 12: Feminist theory

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Evaluation

To receive credit for ANTH 434, you must achieve a composite course grade of at least “D” (50 percent), and a grade of at least 50 percent in the examination. The weighting of the composite grade is as follows:

Telephone quiz Essay 1 Research Paper Essay 2 Final Exam Total
6% 22% 25% 22% 25% 100%

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

Course Materials

Textbooks

Erikson, Paul A. 1998. A History of Anthropological Theory. Peterborough, ON: Broadview Press.

Layton, Robert. 1997. An Introduction to Theory in Anthropology. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Other materials

The course materials also include a student manual, study guide, and a reading file.

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