| CODE | ANT1001 | ||||||||
| TITLE | Human Societies: The Comparative Perspective | ||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 01 - Year 1 in Modular Undergraduate Course | ||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 5 | ||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 4 | ||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Anthropological Sciences | ||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | Objective: This Year 1 basic course is designed to introduce students to Social Anthropology. Content: This course engages students in classic questions which have been asked in the various branches of the discipline. All students write 4-page essays and discuss them in tutorials given once a fortnight. Course instructors give particular attention to developing students' reading and writing skills. This tutorial course is in Year 1 as a complement to ANT 1003 Introduction to Social/Cultural Anthropology, based on the textbook by Roger Keesing, Cultural Anthropology. Reading List: Spradley and McCurdy. Conformity and Conflict M. Mauss. The Gift M. Sahlins. Stone Age Economics |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture | ||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Maurice Said |
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