Anthropology 150B1
Many Ways of Being Human: Anthropological Perspectives
Syllabus Fall 2016
Dr. Thomas K. Park
Email: tpark@email.arizona.edu, phone: 621-2632
(Office hrs.: Geronimo Rm. 316 MW 1-2:30 pm, Th 11 am-1 pm)
Lecture (48149) MW 3-3:50 PM JP Schaeffer CCP Rm: 108
Discussion Sections (on Fridays)TA
001A (48150) Fr 10-10:50 Gould Simpson Rm 701 Rebecca Wey
001B (48151) Fr 11-11:500 Gould Simpson Rm 701 Rebecca Wey
001C (48152) Fr 12-12:50 Gould Simpson Rm 701 Rebecca Bedwell
001D (48153) Fr 1-1:50 Gould Simpson Rm 701 Victoria Moses
001E (48154) Fr 2-2:50 Gould Simpson Rm 701 Victoria Moses
001F (66938) Fr 10-10:50 Bio Sci West Rm 237Danielle Johnson
001G (66939) Fr 11-11:50 Bio Sci West Rm 237Evan Giomi
rwey@email.arizona.edu, rebeccabedwell@email.arizona.edu, vmoses@email.arizona.edu, ddjohnson@email.arizona.edu, egiomi@email.arizona.edu
Students must email to and from a U of A email account, no exceptions.
Description: This course introduces the student to anthropological perspectives on cultural and economic diversity. The course focuses on measures of inequality and sources of economic prosperity through readings by and about peoples of the western and non-western world. The course stresses writing and understanding and has no class tests except for the optional final. If you wish to understand more about the world and can manage your time well this course may be right for you. You can get a stress free “A” if you are willing to work for it but you may not do well if you do not like to read, think you can skim quickly and understand material in which you have little background, or have difficulty writing a coherent paragraph. THERE IS NO D2L SITE FOR THIS COURSE
Core Readings:
There is one required textbook for the course, a free pdf file:
The World Bank, World Development Report 2006. Equity and Development. The World Bank and Oxford University Press, 2006. –TAs will mail the pdf to you.
Additional on-line readings and other resources will also be used.
Requirements:
All students are asked to sign up to join the Tophat software. This software allows all students to participate in class using any computer, tablet or smartphone. Please let me know if this will be an issue. Cost per student is $24 for this semester, $36 for 12 months or $72 for lifetime (as student). On the website (tophat.com) you sign up as a student and choose University of Arizona, Anth 150B1 -001 2016 Many Ways of Being Human. The join code is 810036. You pay with any standard credit card. TAs will clarify any issues in the first Friday discussion section.
Please Make sure your username in Tophat begins with your Discussion section, e.g. DiscASmithJ or DiscBJonesP, DiscCJohnsonR etc.
GRADES (three components: I, II, III)
I ) Writing Requirement: Weekly Homework (60%) — essays sent to TA by email before 9 am of the Monday on which they are due.
A set of four questions will be provided for 14 weeks and each question will be worth 1%. There will, additionally, be four backup questions due Monday 31 August that you will get full marks for if you send non-plagiarized answers in to your TA. Your essay questions will make up 60% of your course grade. You will have a chance to rewrite your four worst essays, one from each of the first four sets of 12 essays, based on comments from your TA, and the grade on these essays will replace the previous grades and count a second time toward the four extra points— bringing the total possible essay points to 60 (60%) of the course grade. Those who receive full marks on the majority of essays in any set of twelve will not be required to rewrite any essays and will get an extra full point on each occasion they get 50%or more grades of “1.”. Each of your questions will receive a grade of either 1, 0.8, or 0 points and the questions will earn you a maximum of 60 points.
Your TAs will keep track of these grades which will not show up on Tophat.
A brief, well written, accurate and originally phrased answer to each question will earn the student full marks on the assignment. Responses do not need to be lengthy and brief answers can get full marks but they must indicate you have read and understood the key points made in the appropriate readings or lectures. Generally, the questions require some thought and clarity of expression. Direct citations and plagiarism will not earn points and hasty, poorly informed responses may earn no credit. Include your Tophat username in any email subject line each time you send any email responses to homework questions TO YOUR TA.
II ) Your answers to in class questions through the Tophat site (25%)— these will show up and be automatically graded on the site. This means students need to read some of each week’s readings in advance of the in class questions. Tophat questions will begin on Wednesday September 7.
III ) You will receive a final grade based on your grade on components I & II plus up to 15% for participation/attendance in the Friday discussion section (requirements determined by your TA). There are 100 percentage points in the course.
Note: In class responses not submitted in time via Tophat or on paper before the end of the lecture and homework not emailed, before the appropriate Monday at 9 AM will earn no credit unless I give you permission to fix the grade in my office. TAs will paste all homework questions and answers into a master file for each student and this will allow us to check retrospectively at any time for plagiarism.
The course will have an optional final exam available for those who do not fulfill the writing requirements on time. In general, Tophat question scores may be improved during an office visit.
Optional exam: a short answer exam (in the final exam period using the same questions seen earlier in the weekly homework) can be substituted for up to 15 points. If you avail yourself of this option the TA will substitute your final exam average grade (%) for up to 15 grades on homework questions (the 60 points component of the class) that are lower than your exam average. Grades above your exam average will NOT be replaced.
Schedule of lectures and Readings:
Note that homework assignments are due Monday before 9 AM each week except the Monday of Week 1 which has no assignment due. Most core readings are from the required text but additional readings from the web and videos will be used and needed for occasional question responses.
Week 1 22, 24 August
Introduction to course
World Development Report 2006: Chapter 1 Introduction
Week 2 29, 31 August
World Development Report 2006: Chapter 2: Inequity within countries: individuals and groups. First questions due Monday 5 September.
5 September is Labor Day no classes at U of A
Week 3, 7 September
Discussion of Colonial period and Independence movements
World Development Report 2006: Chapter 3: Equity from a global perspective
Week 4 12, 14 September
Discussion of Development
Week 5 19, 21 September
Discussion of basic socio-economic concepts
World Development Report 2006: Chapter 3: Equity from a global perspective
Week 6 26, 28 September
Discussion of Neoliberalism
World Development Report 2006: Chapter 4: Equity and well being
Week 7 3, 5 October
Discussion of Globalization
World Development Report 2006: Chapter 5: Inequality and investment
Week 8 10, 12 October
World Development Report 2006: Chapter 6: Equity, institutions, and the development process
Week 9 17, 19 October
World Development Report 2006: Chapter 7: Human capacities
Week 10 24, 26 October
Global Crises
World Development Report 2006: Chapter 8: Justice, land, and infrastructure
Week 11 31 Oct, 2 November
Discussion of Global Countermovements
World Development Report 2006: Chapter 9: Markets and the macro-economy
Week 12 7, 9 November
Discussion of Sustainability and global footprints
(Veterans’ day Fri 11 November, no classes at U of A)
Week 13 14, 16 November
Pollution and the precautionary principle
Week 14 21, 23 November, Attendance optional on Wed 23 Nov.
World Development Report 2006: Chapter 10: Achieving greater global equity
Thanksgiving recess 24-27 November, no classes at U of A
Week 15 28-30 Nov, World Development Report 2006: Chapter 10: Achieving greater global equity
Week 16 5, 7 December, (N.B. no regular discussion sections this week)
Discussion of course material, review for optional exam on the 13th, last set of homework questions due on 5th.
Th 8 December is Reading day, no further class attendance
Optional in-class Final exam in this course Wednesday 12/14/2016: 3:30-5:30 pm, JP Schaeffer CCP Rm 108.
Honors Contracts
Students who wish to take this course as an Honors course are encouraged to meet with me to set up an Honors contract which will be tailored to individual interests but always involve additional work over and above the normal requirements for the course. Honors contract general requirements are available at http://www.honors.arizona.edu/future-students/honors-credit-across-campus.
Class and University Rules for Anthro 150B1
Plagiarism
Plagiarism is of course forbidden and will certainly net you a zero for an assignment. Repeat offenders will be referred to university disciplinary committees who will decide what action is appropriate. In this course, there are weekly assignments in which you are asked to read specific material, summarize it and comment on it IN YOUR OWN WORDS. You do not need to cite THE CORE sources on these assignments. You may not cite MORE THAN A FEW WORDS OF this CORE reading material verbatim in your reply, with our without quotation marks. You may not copy another student’s answer into your own, with or without citation. SINCE ALL MATERIAL IS SUBMITTED BY EMAIL WE WILL CHECK FOR COPYING BETWEEN STUDENTS. IF WE DISCOVER COPYING ALL STUDENTS DEEMED TO HAVE COPIED FROM ANOTHER STUDENT OR USED TEXT FROM THE INTERNET WITHOUT REFERENCE AND QUOTATION MARKS WILL RECEIVE ZERO FOR THE ASSIGNMENT AND BE CONSIDERED TO HAVE PLAGIARIZED. It has been known in the past for students to show their answers to others who then copy them (especially among boy/girl friends). You are responsible for preventing this from happening just as much as you are responsible for not copying from someone else. You may discuss questions verbally as you read the material but you are strongly advised not to loan your written answers to each other for you risk getting zero if you do – as well as incurring other disciplinary measures. It is essential to learning that your own brain process the material - simply repeating what someone else says in written or oral form does not require or usually involve any learning.
Classroom behavior
Students attend class to hear the lectures (or the majority do) and since they pay good money to go to the U of A they have the right to peace and quiet in the lecture hall. I, in addition, do not think anyone should be in attendance merely to get credit so people will be asked to leave the lecture or discussion section for infringing class rules which prohibit:
- reading of newspapers or popular magazines
- use of headphones or earbuds
- playing of video games, irrelevant internet browsing, talking on phones, texting, etc.
- interruptions of the lecture: including through conversations with other students or any form of disruptive behavior.
Note: I am not timid and have no inhibitions about asking students to leave the lecture but this does not mean you will receive any further punishment – once you have quietly left - your slate is clean though you will not get credit for Tophat questions that day. If someone is disturbing your concentration you are encouraged to bring this to my attention.
Implicit and Explicit Treatment of other students
The University of Arizona does not tolerate racist or sexist remarks and you are, more generally, expected to avoid disparaging personal remarks about other people. You are explicitly forbidden from making sexist or racist remarks. Tolerance is often a virtue but hate speech is unacceptable in a classroom. You will be asked to leave the lecture or discussion section if you engage in hateful remarks and may well face further disciplinary action at the discretion of the U of A administration.
If you wish you may consult the key U of A policies we follow in this course at the links below:
Policies against plagiarism, etc., within Student Code of Academic Integrity:
http://deanofstudents.arizona.edu/policies-and-codes/code-academic-integrity
Policies against threatening behavior by students:
http://oia.arizona.edu/resource/threatening-behavior-classroom
http://policy.arizona.edu/human-resources/nondiscrimination-and-anti-harassment-policy
Policies against discrimination and harassment, along with offices for reporting concerns related to discrimination or harassment,
http://policy.arizona.edu/human-resources/nondiscrimination-and-anti-harassment-policy
We follow U of A guidelines on accommodation to students with disabilities in this class:
Statement about accommodations for students with disabilities:
Accessibility and Accommodations:
It is the University’s goal that learning experiences be as accessible as possible. If you anticipate or experience physical or academic barriers based on disability or pregnancy, please let me know immediately so that we can discuss options. You are also welcome to contact Disability Resources (520-621-3268) to establish reasonable accommodations.
Please be aware that the accessible table and chairs in this room should remain available for students who find that standard classroom seating is not usable.
see http://drc.arizona.edu/faculty-staff/syllabus-statement.