ANT102H5 Introduction to
Sociocultural and Linguistic Anthropology 2006-7, Professor Dylan Clark ,
Teaching assistants: see "Course Staff."
This is VERSION 1.4, Nov. 13, 2006 (one change to readings, since last update in
Sept.)
THIS SYLLABUS IS DYNAMIC: IT MAY BE UPDATED AT ANY TIME DURING THE SEMESTER.
PLEASE CHECK IT OCCASIONALLY TO SEE THAT YOU HAVE A CURRENT VERSION. STUDENTS
ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR KEEPING CURRENT WITH THE SYLLABUS AND THE CLASS.
(Most of the updates are minor; syllabus updates will be announced in class and
in tutorials. If you miss a class, you need to get notes and updates from a
classmate, not from the professor or the teaching assistants.)
Time and Place:
ANT102H5 F 20069
LEC101 MO 15:00 16:00 SE 2074
LEC101 WE 15:00 16:00 SE 2074
LEC201 MO 16:00 17:00 SE 2074
LEC201 WE 16:00 17:00 SE 2074
Instructor's office: North bldg 242 Instructor's office hours: TBA Instructor's
email: dylan.clark --> utoronto.ca Instructor's
web page: TBA
Midterm exam: 30%; final exam: 45%; homework, quizzes, and participation
(combined): 25% (ratio= 8% attendance, 8% oral participation, 9% unannounced
quizzes).
Quizzes are possible in any tutorial. They will be based on the current reading
only, not on previous reading. In other words, if reading is assigned for
Wednesday, and you have a tutorial on Thursday, you may be quizzed on
Wednesday's reading for your Thursday tutorial. If you miss a quiz, there will
be no make-up, except for emergencies and religious holidays (as approved by
diversity officer on campus).
Participation includes attendance, preparation, arriving on time, not leaving
early, and being a positive and respectful member of the class. Oral
participation in your tutorial is important.
Course texts:
• Bonvillain, Nancy. 2003. Language, Culture, and
Communication: The Meaning of Messages. 4th ed. Prentice Hall
• Miller, Barbara, Van Esterik, Penny, and Van Esterik, John. 2007.
Cultural Anthropology. 3rd Canadian Edition.
ALSO: Older editions the books are on reserve at Library Circulation. We will
hope to put a couple of copies of the new editions on reserve as well, but with
500 students these will be in short supply. We make no promises about the
content of "old" editions, except that they generally contain nearly
identical material to the "new" editions.
Low on funds? Get to know the interlibrary loan system. Many,
many more books available when you use interlibrary loan. They will send
the book to UTM Library (or any library in the system):
Have a look at the interlibrary loan system. Many of these books are available
in the library system. First come first served.
Course films: (To be announced)
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Expectations, Policies, and Common Courtesy
Attendance: Students are expected to attend all classes, including lectures and
tutorials.
Punctuality: You are expected to arrive and be settled in your seat by the
beginning of class or tutorial and to remain until the end of class, or you
will only receive partial credit for tutorial attendance. Unless you become
ill, do not begin packing up books or stand to leave before the end of class or
tutorial, because this is distracting to all. If you know you cannot stay for
the entire period, please sit near the door and leave very quietly.
Courtesy in class: Every student is expected to pay close attention in the
lecture or film. Refrain from talking during lectures and films, except to ask
or respond to a question from the instructor. Even quiet talking is distracting
and disrespectful for your fellow students and your instructor. Turn off pagers
and mobile phones. No laptops permitted, without instructor's permission.
In tutorials, your undivided attention and courtesy is also expected; however,
this is your opportunity to discuss what you are learning in class with your TA
and one another. You are encouraged to thoughtfully ask and answer questions,
but please, no confidential, whispered conversations. Anything you say should
be directed to the class as a whole.
Email communication: emailing with your professor or TA is a form of
professional communication. Please write courteously and clearly; do not use
text-messaging abbreviations or slang. Please clearly indicate your questions
or concerns. Be sure to provide a summary of the email topic in the Subject
line (do not just write “Hi” or leave the Subject blank, or your email may be
rejected as junk mail by the UTM server). You should ALWAYS use your UTM email
address if at all possible – the UTM server regularly rejects hotmail accounts
as potential spam. Your message should be very brief, polite, and to the point.
(For example: subject; [ANT204] question about Sept 12th lecture. "Dear
Professor Clark, I am having trouble with your claim that
Please do not bother to explain your missing presence,
your missing papers, etc. Generally speaking, something came up and you missed
class. It's your responsibility to get notes from another student.
Back up your computer files, start projects long before they are due, and study
hard. You will not be excused from your work: just get the job done. In severe
situations (death in the family, disabling illness, etc.) provide written
proof.
If you qualify for accommodations because of a disability, please submit to me
a letter from the proper UTM authorities in a timely manner so that your needs
may be addressed. UTM has procedures to determine accommodations based on
documented disabilities. If you have religious scheduling concerns, please
report these in the first or second week of class. I will do my utmost to
respect disabilities and religious issues if they should arise.
MID-TERM and FINAL EXAMINATIONS
Both the mid-term and final exams will consist of multiple choice and short
answer questions on ALL materials presented in the class and discussed in
tutorial (readings, lectures, AND films).The final exam will be cumulative,
although material presented after the mid-term have more emphasis.
*MISSED EXAMS*
Avoid missing an exam - the procedure for taking a make-up exam is strictly
regulated by the university, and these policies will be followed in all cases.
Please notify the instructor by email or phone as soon as possible if you miss
an exam.
* For the Mid-term Exam, see Section 7.9 “Term Tests” in the UTM Calendar for
2006-2007. A valid doctor's excuse or similar university-approved excuse will
be required to take the make-up for the mid-term. ONE makeup will be given for
the mid-term, the week after the regular exam. All makeup exams will be short
answer format only, not multiple choice.
* For the Final Exam, see Section 7.14 “Examinations” in the UTM Calendar for
2006-2007. You will have to submit a petition to Registrarial
Services, among other requirements, and re-take the exam during the Deferred
Examinations Period (possibly Feb. 2007 during Reading Week,
or as otherwise scheduled by the university). All makeup exams will be short
answer format only, not multiple choice.
PLAGERISM on exams and written work: You may get lecture or tutorial notes from
other students for days when your are absent, but the
answers you submit must be your own independent work. Exercises in which
duplication is detected will be severely penalized. For more details, see
"Academic Honesty" and the Code of Behaviour
on Academic Matters in the UTM Calendar for 2005-2006 under "Code of Behaviour on Academic Matters". It is your
responsibility to be familiar with this code, and adhere to it.
****LATE EXERCISES: (1) Late exercises will be penalized per calendar day,
including weekends. It is your responsibility to turn in late assignments to
the teaching assistant in her office, at her convenience. DO NOT submit your
assignment to the secretary nor to anyone else in the Department of Anthropology.
DO NOT slide your assignment under the instructor's office door. The assignment
has not been officially submitted until you sign the submission form. You are
also advised to make a copy of your assignments before submitting them.
Course Calendar:
Notes on reading:
• b/= begin reading at paragraph near bottom of page. m/
= middle. t/ = top
• Read both text and illustrations, except as noted.
• You are to read these texts as a geographer, searching for information about
how ideologies, customs, tools, and technologies changed landscapes and
cultures. You are not required to memorize dates and other trivia. You should
have a sequential understanding of events; an understanding of where and when
things happened without obsessing about the numerical details.
• Do not fall behind. The reading is too challenging and too extensive to
"cram" before an exam. Moreover, participation in class is absolutely
paramount to the success of the course.
week 1:
Sept 11 First day of class. Optional reading: begin Miller.
Sept 13 Miller chapter 1
Sept 14: tutorials canceled.
week 2:
Sept 18 Miller chapter 2
Sept 20 Bonvillain chapter 9 (241-256; 262-271)
week 3
Sept 25 Bonvillain chapter 10
Sept 27 Miller chapter 6
week 4
October 2 Bonvillain chapter 3, Miller, p. 293
October 4 Bonvillain chapter 2; Miller pp. 288-9,
300-2
week 5
October 9 Thanksgiving Holiday. No class today.
October 11 Miller chapter 5
week 6
October 16 exam review
October 18 Midterm Exam
No tutorials this week.
week 7
October 23 Miller chapter 8
October 25 Miller chapter 9
Week 8
October 30 Bonvillain chapter 7; Miller pp. 213-4
November 1 Bonvillain chapter 8; Miller pp. 307-13
[Midterm grades to be returned by Nov. 4th at the latest.]
Week 9
November 6 Miller, chapter 3
November 8 Miller chapter 4; Miller pp. 290-1
Week 10
November 13 Miller chapter 11
November 15 Miller pp. 218-25.
Week 11
November 20 Miller chapter 12
November 22 Bonvillain pp. 347-366
Week 12
November 27 Bonvillain chapter 13
November 29 Miller chapter 15 Miller pp. 211-2; 214-8; 225-9; 322-5
Week 13
December 4 Miller chapter 16; pp. 162-6
December 6 Bonvillain chapter 11; Miller pp. 291-2;
294-300.
December 16 Final exam 3 hrs. Sat., Dec. 16th 12PM- 3PM SE Cafe
# SE Gym. Final exam is cumulative.
A final warning to cheaters, plagiarizers, and other rapscallions:
• 98% of students are honest. Those who are not degrade the university itself
and do not belong in college.
• Ignorance of university policy is no excuse. See university policies if you
have any questions.
• If you submit a paper you did not write, we will commence displinary
proceedings.
• If you submit a paper you yourself do not understand, we will begin
disciplinary procedings. You may be required to
explain your paper in a private oral examination. If you do not understand your
"own" sentences, or the content of your "own" paper, this
will be taken as evidence of plagiarism.
• Copying large sections from a book/article/lecture/friend, and then changing
some words, is plagiarism. If you include any information from lectures, books,
articles, or web pages, it must be explicitly cited, with exact references. If
you fail to do this, we will begin disciplinary proceedings. No
"accidents" are acceptable: proofread your paper to make sure that it
is your own, and to make sure that you have given credit to your sources.
• Those who are caught cheating on an exam or quiz
will enter university disciplinary procedings.
• Now you know.