Date	Topic	Assignment
August 21	What is anthropology? Why do we do it?
August 26	The structure and history of anthropology in the US and Europe	Kottak, Ch. 1
August 28	Anthropological Culture	Kottak, Ch. 13
September 2	Lecture/Discussion: Who do we study, and why? Problems and challenges of fieldwork.	“Shakespeare in the Bush” (on reserve)
September 4	Film: Trobriand Cricket	Kottak, Ch. 12
September 9	Kinship and family	Kottak, Ch. 18
September 11	Marriage and incest	Kottak, Ch. 19
September 16	Race, ethnicity, and cultural relativism	Kottak, Ch. 14
September 18	Exercise and Review Session for Cultural Anthropology Exam	Read over review sheet
September 23	Cultural Anthropology Exam
September 25	Physical/Biological Anthropology: Evolution and Genetics	Kottak, Ch. 4
September 30	Film: Evolution and Human Equality
October 2	Social structure, preferred marriage, and genetics
October 7	Fall Break
October 9	Primates: Monkeys and Apes	Kottak, Ch. 6
October 14	Early Hominids	Kottak, Ch. 8
October 16	More Recent Hominids	Kottak, Ch. 9
October 21	Language and Linguistics	Kottak, Ch. 15
October 23	Film: Can Chimps Talk?
October 28	Human Communication	“Language, Appearance, and Reality” and “Why Don’t You Say What You Mean?” on reserve
October 30	Biological Anthropology Exam
November 4	The Problem of Archaeology: Archaeological vs. Anthropological culture	Kottak pp. 52-58
November 6	Pre-Agricultural Human Societies
November 11	Political systems and population increase	Kottak, Ch. 10
November 13	Film: Out of the Past
November 18	Urbanization and Inequality	Kottak, Ch. 11
November 20	Film: First Contact
November 25	When Cultures Meet	Kottak, Ch. 25
November 27	Thanksgiving Break	No Class
December 2	Anthropology, Archaeology, and Politics Short review for Archaeology Exam	Last Day of Classes