Requirements

A Note on Attendance:

Regular attendance is expected in this course. Quizzes will draw heavily from lectures and the lectures will be essential for helping you organize and understand the class material. If you miss a scheduled film, it will not be re-shown unless you have made arrangements prior to the absence.

Helpful Hints:

	Be sure to keep up with the readings and lecture notes.
	Use my office hours! Stop by if you feel you are not keeping up, if you want more information, if you have a question you don't want to ask in class, if you are frustrated, if you love the class, or need any help with the class. If you can't make it during the scheduled office hours, we can schedule an alternative time. I would like to see you all stop by my office at some time during the semester. This is a large class, help me put your name with your face.
	Email me with any comments, questions, problems, or concerns.

Grading:

Grades will be assigned on the following basis: 90%=A, 80%=B, 70%=C, 60%=D, 59Ż=F

Course Requirements:

CHALLENGES: 8 (9) @ 25pts. = 200 points.

There will be nine challenges worth 25 points each. Each challenge will incorporate material from lectures, discussions, readings, films and/or outside materials. They will take the form of in-class short answers and essays, take-home essays, brief research projects, etc. The lowest score of the nine will be dropped. THE LAST CHALLENGE CANNOT BE DROPPED! The intent of the challenges is to enhance the learning process and to encourage students to engage regularly with anthropology, not to punish or surprise anyone. Those who attend class on a regular basis will have a good idea of when a challenge will be issued and what it will entail. Those who choose not to attend class on a regular basis will not position themselves well for the challenges. Challenges cannot be made up (except under approved circumstances).

OUTLINE/DISCUSSANT: 1@25 pts.

Each student will be responsible for facilitating a discussion of one of the chapters from our texts. In preparation, the selected students should submit the following items to the instructor on the day of the discussion:

	A typed outline of the chapter
	Two typed discussion questions to use in class

WRITTEN RESPONSES: 5@5 pts. = 25 pts.

Students will be asked to respond to course material including lectures, readings, and films or to respond to a question about related topics. The purpose of written responses is to encourage attendance, to provide practice for writing skills, and to develop and apply an anthropological imagination to students' personal experience and to local, national, and international events. Written responses should reflect a thorough understanding of the course materials and an anthropological perspective. Responses will be evaluated on the degree of thoughtfulness and effort. You cannot make up missed written responses. Each written response is worth 5 points.

INTELLECTUAL CURIOSITY: (XXpts. = Potentially unlimited but non-quantifiable rewards)

Curiosity is an essential component of the learning experience. It prepares one for learning, motivates the pursuit of that learning, and enhances satisfaction from learning beyond the credits and grades that the bureaucracy values, requires, and encourages. Thus, students are required to demonstrate, through their approach to the class material, the ability to expand their critical thinking and open their minds.

250 TOTAL POINTS FOR THE CLASS