RATIONALE:
The change from ANTH 111 to ISANTH 111 provides the opportunity for more
students to take this course as an ISP Perspectives option in Social Science. With
additions in the areas of ethics and diversity (as outlined below), this course better
fits into the ISP program. We anticipate both the course’s designation as an ISP
Perspectives option and the updated/revised content will make this a more
valuable and attractive choice for students.
Important components have been added to ISANTH 111, including discussion of
ethical issues for archaeologists and physical anthropologists (such as repatriation
and indigenous peoples), a specific section on social justice (particularly the role
of physical anthropologists and archaeologists in recognizing and proving
genocide through exhumation of mass graves) and more focus on the question of
race (can it be seen as something biological in the process of human evolution?).
Anthropology
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ISANTH 111: Archeology and Physical Anthropology
ANTH 110: Cultural Anthropology
RATIONALE:
This course is no longer being taught. It has been replaced with ISANTH 110.
ANTH 111: Archeology and Physical Anthropology
RATIONALE:
This course will no longer be taught. It will be replaced with ISANTH 111.
IS ANTH 111 Pre-Req Changes
RATIONALE:
Based on the fact that ANTH 111 was converted into ISANTH 111 and ANTH 111 will be deleted from the catalog, all courses that previously listed ANTH 111 as a prerequisite must now list ISANTH 111 as the appropriate prerequisite. This follows the shift from the old Gen. Ed. Program of study to the new IS Program.
Anthropology Minor Program Proposal
RATIONALE:
With the conversion to the 4-credit, ISP system at KSC, the ANTH 110 course was replaced with ISANTH 110. As well, last year, the Science School Curriculum Committee and Senate Curriculum Committee approved the deletion of ANTH 111 and the addition of ISANTH 111. As such, the Anthropology Minor program should be revised to indicate the new ISANTH 111 requirement.
ANTH 323: Anthropology of Conflict and Violence
RATIONALE:
This course has been offered at KSC as an ANTH 390: Special Topics course twice before. This proposal seeks to turn this course into a permanent addition to the Anthropology Program, so that it can be offered every two years.
ANTH 320 Magic, Witchcraft and Religion
RATIONALE:
This course has been offered by this department on an experimental basis a number of times. Students have shown significant interest in the topic. There is a need for our citizens to have a better knowledge of religion and religious behavior cross-culturally. We have also found that courses that focus on a particular topic, e.g., gender or religion, pique students’ interest and are more meaningful to them.
IS ANTH 110 Pre-Req Changes
RATIONALE:
Based on the fact that ANTH 110 was converted into ISANTH 110 and ANTH 110 will be deleted from the catalog, all courses that previously listed ANTH 110 as a prerequisite must now list ISANTH 110 a the appropriate prerequisite. This follows the shift from the old Gen. Ed. Program of study to the new IS Program
ANTH 330 Ethnographic Research Methods
RATIONALE:
The addition of ANTH 330, Ethnographic Research Methods, as a new course and as a way to fulfill one requirement for the minor reflects our goal that students focusing on cultural anthropology develop the ability to use ethnographic approaches to the acquisition of cultural knowledge. In addition to providing a foundation for further study in cultural anthropology, these methods are valuable skills applicable in a variety of career endeavors (e.g., education, marketing, public policy). With the advent of four credit courses last year, we attempted to blend ethnographic methods into the courses already offered but the results have been uneven. While we will continue to work at emphasizing the practice of ethnography in those courses, by establishing this course, we will better ensure that students graduate with a good grounding in these research tools.
ANTH 321: Lithic Technology
RATIONALE:
This course has been offered at KSC as an ANTH 390: Special Topics course twice before. Students seem to really enjoy this course, specifically the ‘hands on’ component involving the manufacture of stone tools. This proposal seeks to turn this course into a permanent addition to the Anthropology Program that can be offered every two years.