Undergraduate - UnitATS1255 - Cultures and difference: An introduction to anthropology

This unit entry is for students who completed this unit in 2015 only. For students planning to study the unit, please refer to the unit indexes in the the current edition of the Handbook. If you have any queries contact the managing faculty for your course or area of study.

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6 points, SCA Band 1, 0.125 EFTSL

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Level	Undergraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Arts
Organisational Unit	Anthropology
Offered	Clayton Second semester 2015 (Day)
Coordinator(s)	Dr Narelle Warren

Synopsis

Anthropologists seek understanding of how differences shape the world. They look beyond everyday explanations for realities of life and culture, and use their perceptions to create better futures for humans and their collectives. Students will explore case studies in gender and sexuality, responses to climate change, human mobility, violence, sex and beauty, technology and the digital world, art and performance, and death and the afterlife. Through these, students will be introduced to key concepts of ethnography and anthropology.

Outcomes

Students in the unit can expect to:

formulate and critically evaluate concepts for understanding difference;
develop awareness of how culture and difference are significant in the development of solutions for problems affecting individuals, collectives and their environments;
gain a grasp of anthropological concepts and methods;
develop the critical and expressive skills required to write clear, coherent and original responses to various questions posed through exercises and essays.

Assessment

Within semester assessment: 100%

Workload requirements

Minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per semester typically comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study. A unit requires on average three/four hours of scheduled activities per week. Scheduled activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning and online engagement.

Chief examiner(s)

Dr Narelle Warren

This unit applies to the following area(s) of study

Anthropology
Indigenous cultures and histories