ANTH1101 Being Human: Culture, Identity and Society [UG]
ANTHROPOLOGY AND SOCIOLOGY
| Credit |
6 points |
| Availability |
Semester 1 |
| Old unit code |
150.101 |
| Outcomes |
Students are able to (1) define and apply key concepts from the disciplines of anthropology and sociology including culture, society, identity ethnocentrism, cultural relativism, the sociological imagination and social research; (2) outline and compare how anthropology and sociology are used to explain human behaviour across time and across the world; (3) evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of diverse anthropological and sociological concepts and theories for enhancing the understanding of social and cultural life; (4) apply theoretical and conceptual tools to specific case study examples of social and cultural life; and (5) discuss the utility of the concept 'human universals'. |
| Content |
Different people across the world and across time have varying understandings of what it means to 'be human'. At the same time, all people share some experiences in common—all learn and communicate cultural beliefs, create and maintain social relationships, adapt to local environments, and make a living through particular modes of production. This unit explores the world's rich diversity by examining cross-cultural examples of such things as religion, identity, livelihood, social organisation and social inequality. It also considers how anthropologists and sociologists conduct their research in a variety of ways, with consideration of a range of ethical and other issues. |
| Assessment |
Supplementary assessment is not available in this unit except in the case of a bachelor's pass degree student who has obtained a mark of 45 to 49 and is currently enrolled in this unit, and it is the only remaining unit that the student must pass in order to complete their course. |
| Unit Co-ordinator(s) |
Professor Victoria Burbank |
| Location |
UWA (Crawley), Albany |
| Mode |
on-campus |
| Unit Rules |
Contact hours—lectures: 2 hrs per week; tutorials: 1 hr per week (over 10 weeks)
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