Submitted by Christopher T. Dole
on Tuesday, 12/8/2009, at 2:00 PM
Human Diversity
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Exploring Human Diversity: An Introduction to Anthropology and Sociology
Listed in: Anthropology and Sociology, as ANTH-10 | Anthropology and Sociology, as SOCI-10
Faculty
Jan E. Dizard (Section 01)
Christopher T. Dole (Section 01)
Description
(Offered as Anthropology 10 and Sociology 10.) The aim of this course is to provide an introduction to the central concepts and themes in the disciplines of anthropology and sociology. Anthropology and sociology emerged as distinct modes of inquiry in 19th-century Europe in response to several centuries of disorienting change. Monarchies were collapsing, economies were industrializing, modern science was emerging, and democratic aspirations were rising. Alongside this flux, Europe’s imperial reach had revealed a mind-boggling variety of cultures, each ordered and disordered in dramatically different ways. In this context, it is not surprising that two questions became urgent: Why do some societies change while others appear to be unchanging? When a society undergoes change, how does social order get re-established? These classic questions have long since been reframed to confront a fundamental challenge that we live with today: Why do people do what they do, and why do different people do things differently? This course is intended to introduce students to the ways anthropologists and sociologists continue to grapple with these critical questions. While the course will touch upon classic works from the two disciplines, it will largely focus on the ways these questions have given rise to new and often surprising answers. In exploring the ways humans make sense of and produce unique social worlds, the course will highlight points of convergence and divergence in regard to theory, formulation of research problems, and methods within the two disciplines.
Not open to students who have taken Anthropology 11 or Sociology 11. Fall semester. Professors Dizard and C. Dole.
Course times and locations
ANTH 10 - L/D
Section 01
Tu 02:00 PM - 03:20 PM MEAD 115
Th 02:00 PM - 03:20 PM MEAD 115
Offerings
2024-25: Not offeredOther years: Offered in Fall 2007, Fall 2008, Fall 2009, Fall 2010
Submitted by Christopher T. Dole
on Wednesday, 12/2/2009, at 11:52 AM
assignments
** Hard copies of the final assignment are to be placed in the box labeled "ANTH/SOC 10 final papers" outside of the departmental office (Morgan Hall, room 205). WARNING: the building is typically locked after 5-6pm.