Keeping the Body in Mind
Subject ANTH20001 (2010)
Note: This is an archived Handbook entry from 2010.
| Credit Points: | 12.50 | ||||||||||||
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| Level: | 2 (Undergraduate) | ||||||||||||
| Dates & Locations: | This subject has the following teaching availabilities in 2010: Semester 1, Parkville - Taught on campus.
Standard Timetable can be viewed here. For information about these dates, click here. | ||||||||||||
| Time Commitment: | Contact Hours: One 2-hour lecture and a one-hour tutorial each week Total Time Commitment: An average of 8.5 hours each week | ||||||||||||
| Prerequisites: | 25 points of 1st year Arts subjects | ||||||||||||
| Corequisites: | None | ||||||||||||
| Recommended Background Knowledge: | Knowledge gained in sucessfully completing one of the following subjects. Subject Study Period Commencement: Credit Points: | ||||||||||||
| Non Allowed Subjects: | Students who have completed or are completing the following subject are not permitted to take this subject. Subject | ||||||||||||
| Core Participation Requirements: |
For the purposes of considering requests for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Cwth 2005), and Students Experiencing Academic Disadvantage Policy, academic requirements for this subject are articulated in the Subject Description, Subject Objectives, Generic Skills and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the disability support scheme can be found at the Disability Liaison Unit website : http://www.services.unimelb.edu.au/disability/ |
| Subject Overview: |
This subject introduces a wide range of anthropological interests in the human body from a comparative ethnographic perspective. It considers topics such as body image and eating disorders, body arts and practices, body modifications and decorations, sporting bodies, consciousness and the body/mind continuum, emotions and feelings, the gendered body, the sexual body and the ageing body. We will investigate how the human body is individually and culturally constructed and socially experienced through a critical examination of a range of ethnographic and theoretical literature, as well as through exploratory field research. |
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| Objectives: | Students who successfully complete this subject will:
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| Assessment: | One essay of 2000 words 50% (due end of semester), and one report of 1500 words 40% (due during the semester), and one 500 word report on class presentation 10%. This subject has a hurdle requirement of attendance at a minimum of 8 tutorials |
| Prescribed Texts: | A subject reader will be available from the University Bookshop at the beginning of semester. |
| Recommended Texts: |
Additional readings will be provided online through LMS. Optional purchase of recommended texts from the University Bookshop - details will be provided in the subject guide at the beginnng of semester. |
| Breadth Options: | This subject potentially can be taken as a breadth subject component for the following courses:
You should visit learn more about breadth subjects and read the breadth requirements for your degree, and should discuss your choice with your student adviser, before deciding on your subjects. |
| Fees Information: | Subject EFTSL, Level, Discipline & Census Date |
| Generic Skills: | Students who successfully complete this subject will:
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| Links to further information: | http://www.pasi.unimelb.edu.au/anthropology/ |
| Notes: | This subject satisfies the third-year breadth requirement for third-year students in the Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Biomedicine when taken in 2010 only. |
| Related Majors/Minors/Specialisations: |
Anthropology Anthropology Anthropology && Social Theory Anthropology and Social Theory Anthropology and Social Theory Development Studies Development Studies Major Gender Studies Gender Studies Gender Studies Gender Studies Major |
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