ANTH326 – Peoples and Cultures of Sub-Saharan Africa(2007/2A)Meeting 1September 10, 2007

Instructor•Alexandre Enkerli (Alex)•aenkerli@alcor.concordia.ca•Office: Hall H-1125-28, Extension: 5408

•Office Hours: Mondays 16:15 to 17:45, Tuesdays 13:15 to 14:45, or by appointment

Course Logistics•As Explicit As Possible•Longer Outline•Possible Changes

Policies•No Extra Credit•“Prewrite”•Late Assignment Penalty•Online Submission•Reasonable Attendance

Moodle•Documents•Assignments•Journals•Forums•Podcast•Communication

Online•Blog•YouTube•Newspapers•RefWorks

Course Requirements•Course Engagement, 10% •Final Project, 25% •Project Plan, 5% •Critical Reviews, 25% •Media Critique, 5%•Exam, 25% •Classroom and Online Participation, 5%

Final Project•Africa’s Cultural Diversity•Preliminary Approval•Insight•Integrate Issues

▫Readings▫Class

Project Topic•Open•Essay•Reaction paper•Critical bibliography•Local ethnography

Project Rules•Project Plan October 15•Due December 4•Open Format•No Encyclopedia•No History•Teamwork allowed•PDF, Word, RTF, Plain Text

Marks•IF: Insightful•OC: Original and Creative•HP: Honest and Personal•TR: Thoughtful and Reflective•EX: Appropriate Examples•ED: Elaborate and Detailed•CSF: Concise and Straightforward

GradesA+ 95-100 C 63- 66 A 90- 94 C- 60-62A- 85- 89 D+ 57-59B+ 80- 84 D 53-56B 75- 79 D- 50-52B- 70- 74 F <50 C+ 67- 69