Course Outline: SS103 An Introduction to Cultural Antropology, 2010/2011, Semester 2

Basic Data
Program: 
Bachelor of Arts (Buddhist Studies)
Semester: 
Second Semester (December 06, 2010 – April 09, 2011) Academic year 2010/2011
Subject: 
SS103 - Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
Credit / status: 
3 credits / General Subject
Instructor: 
Kapila Abhayawansa教授
Recommended Texts: 

Topic 1 What is Anthropology

  • 1. Balbir Sing Negi: Man Culture@society. 1967. (Chapter 1 -2, pages 1-23)
  • 2. D.N. Majumdar and T.N. Madau. An Introduction to Social Anthropology, Bombay, Asia Publishing House, 1970 ( Chapter 1-3, pages 1-35)
  • 3. Barbara D. Miller: Cultural Anthropology The George Washington University. (Second Ed.), 2004. ( Chapter 2, pages 1-4)

Topic 2 Cultural Anthropology

  • I. Barbara D. Miller, Cultural Anthropology. The George Washington University, (Second Ed.), 2004. ( Chapter 1-2, pages 1-34)
  • 2. Wikipedia, The free encyclopedia. Method for Learning About Culture. (pages 1-7)
  • 3. Wikipedia, The free encyclopedia. Society (pages 1-5)
  • 4. Wikipedia, The free encyclopedia. Cultural Anthropology (Pages 1-5)
  • 5. Wikipedia, The free encyclopedia. What is Culture? (Pages 1-5)
  • 6. Wikipedia, The free encyclopedia. Characteristics of Culture. ( Pages 1 - 10)
  • 7. A. L. Krocber. Anthropology, Second India Reprint, 1972. (Pages 262-272)

Topic 3 The Variability among world cultures

  • 1. Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. .Western World (Pages 1 - 12), (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_world)
  • 2. Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Eastern World (Pages 1-4)
  • 3. Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Why study Ancient World Culture? (Pages 1-13)

Topic 4 Social Anthropology

  • 1. D.N. Majumda and P.N. Madau. An Introduction to Social Anthropology. Bombay, Asia Publishing House .1995. ( Pages 240-25 1)
  • 2. Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Society (Pages 1-9, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/society)

Topic 5 Economic Anthropology

  • 1. Barbara D. Miller. Cultural Anthropology. The George Washington University. (Chapter 3, pages 51-75)
  • 2. Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Economic Anthropology
  • 3. Supak Intongkong. Note on Sufficiency Economy(SE). Community Learning Center (CLC), 2005 (Article)

Topic 6 Political Anthropology

  • 1. Barbara D. Miller. Cultural Anthropology, George Washington University. (Chapter 11, pages 245-266)
  • 2. Carol R. Ember. Anthropology: A Brief Introduction. (Pages 303-323)

Topic 7 Religious Anthropology

Topic 8 Fieldwork Technique and Practice

  • 1. Barbara D. Miller. Cultural Anthropology George Washington University, (Chapter2, pages 25-49)
  • 2. Margaret A. Gwynne. Applied Anthropology State University of New York at Stoney Brook. ( Part 1-2, pages 1-21)
  • 3. Supak Intongkong. How to do fieldwork in Cultural Anthropology? : A case of IBC Students. 2004. (Pages 1-16)
Course Organization: 

a. Teaching Method

  • Lecture
  • Tutorial
  • Incourse work
  • Group discussion
  • Field work study/Study Tour

b. Topics and Teaching Plan

  • 1. What is Anthropology?
  • 2. Cultural Anthropology
  • 3. The variability among world cultures
  • 4. Social Anthropology
  • 5. Economic Anthropology
  • 6. Political Anthropology
  • 7. Religious Anthropology
  • 8. Fieldwork technique and practice
Course Requirements: 

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Allocation of Marks: 
  • 1. Class and field work participation, punctuality and completion of assignment 20%
  • 2. Four quizzes 20%
  • 3. Final examination 60%
Course Objectives: 

As the end of the course, student should be able to understand the relation among man,
culture and society and how to learn more about human culture, both in local and global.

Grading: 

All tests, assignments and examinations are graded as follows with grade point and numerical marks:

Grade Performance Grade value Percentage Equivalence
A+ Excellent 4.0 90-100
A Almost Excellent 3.75 85-89
A- Fairly Excellent 3.5 80-84
B+ Very Good 3.25 75-79
B Good 3.0 70-74
B- Fairly Good 2.75 65-69
C+ Fair 2.5 60-64
C Satisfactory 2.25 55-59
C- Minimum Satisfactory 2.0 50-54
D+ Fairly Poor 1.5 40-49
D Poor 1.0 30-39
F Fail 0.0 29 or less
I Incomplete
W Withdrawn
WF Withdrawn because of failure
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