Course Description Form
Course Code
GEN3306
Course Title
Ethnicity and Civilisation
Credit Value
3
QF Level
5
Pre-requisite
Nil
Objectives
This course is designed for offering students a brief introduction to the
sociology and anthropology of race, identity, ethnicity and their interaction
with human civilization. Students are encouraged to think social-cultural
issues in a multi-dimensionally interactive way.
This course will focus on the area of Eurasia that is mainly covering
Manchuria, Siberia, Mongolia, Central Asia, Southwest Asia, Western
Europe and Eastern Europe.
This course focuses on the study of the interrelationships among ethnical art,
culture, and civilization. For the purpose of this curriculum, the terms art
and artworks are used in the broadest sense to include literature and the
applied and fine arts; culture is the way of life of a given group of people;
and civilization is the synthesis of a characteristic set of works of art, beliefs,
institutions, and ways of living of people in a specific time and place.
Course
Intended
Learning
Outcomes
(CILOs)
Upon completion of this course, students should be able to:
(a) Select, sort, categorize and evaluate documents and manuscripts in an
appropriate way;
(b) Discover the known and unknown features of a certain civilization in
the point of view of ethnology and ethnography;
(c) Understand and apply research appropriate frameworks in a precise
way;
(d) Raise an interest to explore the world through their most related and
familiar daily life;
(e) Develop the abilities and interests to do the further study on related
topics
Course
Synopsis/
Unit 1: Basics of Ethnicity and Civilization
Unit 2: The origin of Civilization
Indicative
Syllabus
Unit 3: Religion and Mythology
Unit 4: Language and Ideology
Unit 5: History and Ancestry
Unit 6: Cultural Heritage and Lifestyles
Unit 7: Cognition and Conceptualization
Unit 8: Harmony and Conflicts
Learning &
Teaching
Methodology
Assessment
Methods in
Alignment
with Course
Intended
Learning
Outcomes
This course focuses both on understanding of theoretical framework and
practicing the application of related knowledge. We encourage students to
participate in classroom questioning, self-or-group-conducting small-project,
and small-group tutorial discussion. Students are encouraged to raise their
own perspectives on related current issues, and we also encourage students to
apply the knowledge of this course to a real self or group conducted
fieldwork (short-trip) that is under the guide and supervision of instructors
and invited specialists.
Specific
assessment
methods/tasks
%
weighting
Course intended learning
outcomes to be assessed
(Please tick as appropriate)
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b
c
d
e
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Short report
25
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Group project
45
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Essay
20
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Attendance
10
Total
100%
Explanation of the appropriateness of the assessment methods in assessing
the intended learning outcomes:
Short report
Students’ abilities in using appropriate theoretical framework to determine
the current issues on the topic of Ethinicity and civilization in the senses of
Anthropology, Sociology and Archeology
Group project
Conduct research project straightforward and practically and good
understanding of interpersonal corporation of fieldwork
Essay
Understand and use theories, methodologies and other related skills properly
in both data sorting and academic analysis.
Student Study
Class contact:
Effort
Required
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Lectures
28 Hrs.
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Tutorials
14 Hrs.
Outside study:
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Self-study
30 Hrs.
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Preparation of written assignments and speaking
assessments
60 Hrs.
Total student study time
Reading List
and
References
132 Hrs.
References:
Chisholm, Jane; and Anne Millard (1991). Early Civilization. illus. Ian
Jackson. London
Edey, Maitland A. (1974). The Sea Traders. New York
Fitzgerald, C. P. (1969). The Horizon History of China. New York: American
Heritage.
Oliphant, Margaret (1992). The Atlas of the Ancient World: Charting the
Great Civilizations of the Past. London: Ebury.
Beck, Roger B.; Linda Black, Larry S. Krieger, Phillip C. Naylor, Dahia Ibo
Shabaka, (1999). World History: Patterns of Interaction. Evanston, IL:
McDougal Littell
Camoroff, John L. and Jean Camoroff 2009: Ethnicity Inc.. Chicago:
Chicago Press.
Levinson, David, Ethnic Groups Worldwide: A Ready Reference Handbook,
Greenwood Publishing Group (1998)