CLASS SCHEDULE:

    Week       Topic

     1              Jan. 22 - Introduction

     2              The Nature of Anthropology
                     Jan. 27 - Haviland Ch. 1: see maps and pages 2 -14
                     Jan. 29 - Haviland, 15-31; Thomas (The Harmless People), Ch. 1-3

Please note: The Harmless People  is not on Exam 1 but will be discussed during week 7 and covered on Exam 2. (Study Guide on line)
 
     3              The Nature of Culture; Language and Communication
                     Feb. 3  -Haviland, Ch. 2, 32-53
                     Feb. 5 - Haviland, Ch. 4, 88 -106; Thomas, Ch. 4-5

     4              Language and Communication; Growing Up Human
                     Feb. 10 - Haviland Ch. 4, 106-116
                     Feb. 12 - Haviland Ch. 5, 118-147; Thomas, Ch. 6-8

     5              Patterns of Subsistence
                     Feb. 17 - EXAM 1
                     Feb. 19 - Haviland Ch. 6, 148 -179; Thomas, Ch. 9-11

     6              Economic Systems; Sex and Marriage
                     Feb. 24 - Haviland Ch. 7, 180 - 209
                     Feb. 26 - Haviland Ch. 8, 210 – 241; Thomas, Ch. 12-14

     7              The Bushmen of the Kalahari
                     March 2 - “The Hunters”
                     March 4  - Thomas, Ch. 15 and Epilogue
                    (Study Guide on line)
 
     8              Family and Household
                     March  9 - Haviland, Ch. 9, 242 - 258
                     March 11 - Haviland, Ch. 9, 258 - 266

     9              Kinship and Descent
                     March 16  - EXAM 2
                     March 18 - Haviland, Ch. 10, 268 -285


           SPRING BREAK March 22-26


Begin reading Heider’s Grand Valley Dani (to be discussed in week 14 and covered on Exam 4). Study Guide on line.

     10            Kinship and Descent, cont.; Grouping by Sex...
                     March  30 - Haviland, Ch. 10, 285 -295
                     April 1 - Haviland, Ch. 11, 296 -321; Heider, Ch. 1

     11            Political Organization
                     April 6 -  Haviland, Ch. 12, 322 -333
                     April 8  -  Haviland, Ch. 12, 333-358; Heider, Ch. 2

     12            Culture and the Supernatural
                     April 13 -   Haviland, Ch. 13, 360-377
                     April 15  - Haviland, Ch. 13, 377-387; Ch. 3

     13            The Arts
                     April 20 - EXAM 3
                     April 22 - Haviland, Ch. 14, 388-414; Ch. 4

     14            The Dani
                     April 27  - “Dead Birds”
                     April 29  - Heider, Ch. 5-6
                    (Study Guide on line)

     15            Cultural Change
                     May 4  - Haviland, Ch. 15, 418-432
                     May 6 - Haviland, Ch. 15, 432-450

     16            Anthropology and the Future
                     May 11 - Haviland, Ch. 16, 452-464
                     May 13 - Haviland, Ch. 16, 465-485

Final Exam:  Friday May 21, 2:00 - 3:50 p.m. (Bluemont 101)
(Non-comprehensive: that is, it will cover the last four weeks of lectures and readings only and will receive the same number of points as the other exams.)

  

Study Tips

To do well in this course, you should: 1) keep up with the readings; 2) take good notes; and 3) attend lectures regularly. If you read the chapter before the lectures for that week, you will find it much easier to prepare for tests. The Haviland Study Guide and Workbook will be very helpful in test preparation; you should also make use of the on-line study guides linked to ethnographies.