ANTHRO 130
Study of Culture
Description: Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour (when scheduled). Requisite: course 9. Designed for juniors/seniors. Twentieth-century elaboration and development of concept of culture. Examination of five major paradigms: culture as human capacity, as patterns and products of behavior, as systems of meaning and cognition, as generative structure and semiotic system, as component in social action and reality construction. (Core course for cultural field.) P/NP or letter grading.
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All right, she's an okay teacher. I absolutely do NOT recommend her to ANYONE. Lectures are word for word her slides, the readings aren't all that interesting (and rather useless for the class as a whole), and her midterm exam was ESCRCIATING! The midterm was filled with vague "critique this passage as an anthropologist" questions... seems easy right? Imagine my surprise when my coherent, cogent, well thought out critique of Margaret Mead and was met with 7 points taken off with NO comments! OH! If you take this class do whatever you can to NOT have Camila as your TA. She is absolutely TERRIBLE! Not only was she useless (she wouldn't answer questions if we didn't participate), she also LAUGHED AT US when we DID ask questions! I would leave every discussion feeling like a child who had just been sent to time out. She was no help at all!
All right, she's an okay teacher. I absolutely do NOT recommend her to ANYONE. Lectures are word for word her slides, the readings aren't all that interesting (and rather useless for the class as a whole), and her midterm exam was ESCRCIATING! The midterm was filled with vague "critique this passage as an anthropologist" questions... seems easy right? Imagine my surprise when my coherent, cogent, well thought out critique of Margaret Mead and was met with 7 points taken off with NO comments! OH! If you take this class do whatever you can to NOT have Camila as your TA. She is absolutely TERRIBLE! Not only was she useless (she wouldn't answer questions if we didn't participate), she also LAUGHED AT US when we DID ask questions! I would leave every discussion feeling like a child who had just been sent to time out. She was no help at all!
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Spring 2025 - Took anth 140 spring 2025. Dr. Thein is a great lecturer and genuinely cares. Homework is manageable and not hard at all, however there were issues with a TA grading to harshly in this course, though Dr. Thein paid attention to feedback and spoke to the TA about it. Lots of opportunities for extra credit. Attendance isn't taken, but there are some days you shouldn't miss because of in class assignments that count towards your grade. All these days are noted in the syllabus though, so it's not out of nowhere. There is a group project at the end of the course that's a ten-ish minute podcast created in groups of 4.
Spring 2025 - Took anth 140 spring 2025. Dr. Thein is a great lecturer and genuinely cares. Homework is manageable and not hard at all, however there were issues with a TA grading to harshly in this course, though Dr. Thein paid attention to feedback and spoke to the TA about it. Lots of opportunities for extra credit. Attendance isn't taken, but there are some days you shouldn't miss because of in class assignments that count towards your grade. All these days are noted in the syllabus though, so it's not out of nowhere. There is a group project at the end of the course that's a ten-ish minute podcast created in groups of 4.
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