| Course Title | Intro Anthropology: Bio & Arch |
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| Campus | Bryn Mawr |
| Semester | Fall 2020 |
| Registration ID | ANTHB101001 |
| Credit | 1.00 |
| Department | Anthropology |
| Instructors | Norman, Scotti Michelle Eyre, Jennifer |
| Times and Days | MTh 08:10am-09:30am
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| Course Info | Class Number: 2051 An introduction to the place of humans in nature, evolutionary theory, living primates, the fossil record for human evolution, human variation and the issue of race, and the archaeological investigation of culture change from the Old Stone Age to the rise of early agricultural societies in the Americas, Eurasia and Africa. In addition to the lecture/discussion classes, students must select and sign up for one lab section.; Course Objectives: The basic objective of this course is to gain an understanding of human biocultural evolution. By acquiring familiarity with the major fossil and archaeological finds spanning more than seven million years, students will learn how contemporary anthropologists reconstruct the outlines and patterns of human biological and cultural evolution. Students will also become familiar with debates surrounding the processes of human biological evolution, primate biology and conservation, the sources of human biological variation and the concept of race, and prehistoric cultural change. Through class participation, lab sections, and written or creative assignments, students will be able to actively engage in critical analyses of past and present academic and popular interpretations of human biocultural evolution. Laboratory sessions are designed to familiarize students with a wide variety of human fossils, archaeological artifacts, and comparative material, and thereby make more concrete the intricate variations of the physical record of human history. The course also serves as a prelude and frequent prerequisite to more advanced courses in biological anthropology and anthropological archaeology. Approach: Inquiry into the Past (IP), Scientific Investigation (SI); Haverford: B: Analysis of the Social World (B), Social Science (SO) Enrollment Cap: 32; Freshmen Spaces:15; If the course exceeds the enrollment cap the following criteria will be used for the lottery: Major/Minor/Concentration; Freshman; Sophomore; For in person seats for this section (half of these students will attend in person on Mondays and be synchronous online via Zoom on Thursdays; another the other half will be synchronous online via Zoom on Mondays and attend in person on Thursdays). Additional students will be able to enroll exclusively as synchronous online via Zoom and be able to ask questions and participate in discussions during the scheduled class period. All students must also register for one of the separate Lab sections, which will all be asynchronous—the explanation and demonstration of each lab will be uploaded in video format prior to the first lab section, and students will complete a Moodle exercise during/after they watch the video as well as a “check-in” each week. |
| Notes | Class Nbr: 2051 IP;SI; |
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