AN101W
Honors Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
Prof.
Michael Ennis-McMillan
An
opportunity for highly motivated students with strong verbal
skills
to learn the basic concepts and problems of sociocultural anthropology
as well as the opportunity to develop and improve writing skills. The
culture concept is explored as a central theoretical and empirical
concern. Students learn about cultural diversity as well as recurrent
patterns of cultural adaptation. The honors section of AN101 provides
a smaller class size, a discussion-based format, and explicit
attention to social science writing. Students write and revise essays
and respond to one another's work in workshops and peer review
sessions. Students take a general writing placement exam the first day
of class to assist the instructor in assessing whether they have been
placed at the proper expository writing level. The course fulfills
part of the foundation requirement for anthropology majors and minors
and is most appropriate for first-year students and sophomores. (Meets
expository writing requirement for students who placed at EN105 level
or who have completed EN103; fulfills social science requirement.)
