Learning Outcomes

To achieve the critical performance, students will have demonstrated 
the ability to:



1.Explain how anthropology integrates a holistic, interdisciplinary 
approach to the study of human behaviour in the past and present.



2.Evaluate how culture and behavior are accessed and represented by 
the five major subfields of anthropology. 



3.Examine evolutionary theory and human variation in a biocultural 
context. 



4.Critique theoretical approaches and empirical evidence for the 
evolution of the hominin lineage.



5.Discuss different methods that archaeologists use to learn about 
the human past.



6.Recognize the importance of ethnography in teaching us about social 
complexity and inequality.



7.Discuss the importance of language for learning and human 
development. 

Evaluation Plan



Students demonstrate their learning in the following ways:



Hominin Evolution Activity                15%



Garbage Archaeology Project               15%



Midterm test                              20%



Language Autobiography                    15%



Ethnography Assignment                    15%



Final test                                20%



Total                                    100%



TEST AND ASSIGNMENT PROTOCOL  

 

To encourage behaviours that will help students to be successful in 

the workplace and to ensure that students receive credit for their 

individual work, the following rules apply to every course offered 

within the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences.  

            

1. The professor will specify in writing, test dates, times, 

   due dates and any special instructions for submitting assignments 

   and projects. 

2. Students must write all tests at the specified times. Missed 

   tests, in-class activities, assignments and presentations are 

   awarded a mark of zero.  If an extension or make-up opportunity is

   approved by the professor as outlined below, the mark of zero may 

   be revised by subsequent performance.  The penalty for late 

   submission of written assignments is a loss of 10% per day for up 

   to five business days (excluding weekends and statutory holidays), 

   after which, a grade of zero is assigned. Business days include 

   any day that the college is open for business, whether the student

   has scheduled classes that day or not.  

3. Students, who miss a test or in-class activity or assignment or 

   fail to submit an assignment on time due to exceptional 

   circumstances, are required to notify their professor in advance 

   of the class whenever possible.  A make-up test may be supplied 

   for students who provide an acceptable explanation of their 

   absence and/or acceptable documentation explaining their absence 

   (e.g., a medical certificate). All make-up tests are to be written 

   at a time and place specified by the professor upon the student's

   return. Alternately, students may be given an opportunity to earn 

   the associated marks by having a subsequent test count for the 

   additional marks. Similarly, exceptional circumstances may result

   in a modification of due dates for assignments.

4. Unless otherwise specified, assignments and projects must be 

   submitted at the beginning of class. 

5. Students must complete every assignment as an individual effort  

   Unless, the professor specifies otherwise.

6. Since there may be instances of grade appeal or questions 

   regarding the timely completion of assignments and/or extent of 

   individual effort, etc., students are strongly advised to keep, 

   and make available to their professor, if requested, a copy of all 

   assignments and working notes until the course grade has been 

   finalized.  

7. There will be no resubmission of work unless this has been 

   previously agreed to or suggested by the professor. 

8. Students must submit all assignments in courses with practical lab 

   and field components in order to pass the course.

Essential Employability Skills
Essential Employability Skills emphasized in the course:

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General Education
This General Education course relates to the following themes as specified by the Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities.

Prior Learning Assessment and Recognition
PLAR Contact: Sarah Sinclair
Students may apply to receive credit by demonstrating achievement of the course learning outcomes through previous life and work experiences. This course is eligible for challenge through the following method(s):

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