ANTHROPOLOGY 491: WORKING SEMINAR
SPRING 2008

Instructor: The Anthropology Faculty

Course Objectives: This seminar provides an integrative experience for graduating anthropology majors through the examination of various topics from a four-field, holistic anthropological approach.  Students are expected to draw on what they have learned as they have pursued their undergraduate course of study in the major. Faculty members from the four major subfields will make presentations and lead discussions which involve the students as active participants. The seminar also provides a forum for students and faculty to evaluate the breadth, depth, and effectiveness of the anthropology curriculum. The topics of the seminar vary by semester. This course is required of all graduating anthropology majors enrolling in the anthropology major beginning Fall, 2007.

University Policies: There are important University policies that you should be aware of, such as the add/drop policy, cheating and plagiarism policy, grade appeal procedures, accommodations for students with disabilities, and the diversity vision statement. These and other policies can be found at: http://www.sonoma.edu/UAffairs/policies/. To request academic accommodations due to a disability, please contact the disabled student services office ((707) 664-2677 (voice), and (707) 664-2958 (TDD for hearing and voice impaired)). If you have a letter from their office indicating that you have a disability that requires academic accommodations, please present the letter to me so we can discuss the accommodations that you might need in this class. If you are a student with a disability and you think you may require assistance evacuating in the event of a disaster, please inform me about the type of assistance you may require.

Seminar Meeting Times: Wednesdays, 4:00-4:50pm, in Stevenson 2065.

Office and Office Hours: You may attend the office hours of any full-time anthropology faculty member for questions about this course. For questions about a specific class, you should see the instructor in-charge of that day. Please see individual faculty members for information on their office hours.

Required Reading:
To be determined by individual faculty, please see the "Schedule of Events" for required readings and where to find them.

Important Announcement:
This is a reminder for all of you that Anth 491 is designed to be a seminar, and that student attendance and participation are an integral part of the course. 
We have 5 class meetings remaining this semester. It is extremely important that you attend all remaining meetings of Anth 491.  It is MANDATORY that you attend the May 7 and May 14 meetings. Failure to do so will adversely affect your grade in the course.

Course Materials:

Schedule of events: To view the schedule of events for the semester and assigned readings, click HERE.

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