11346 (v.2) Anthropology 231 - Cultures and Societies of South Asia

Area:

Department of Social Sciences

Credits:

25.0

Contact Hours:

3.0

** The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline. **

Lecture:

2 x 1 Hours Weekly

Studio:

1 x 1 Hours Weekly

Anti Requisite(s):

11306 (v.3) Anthropology 331 - Cultures and Societies of South Asia

Prerequisite(s):

1973 (v.4) Anthropology 112 - Social and Cultural Anthropology in a Changing World or any previous version
AND
7367 (v.4) Anthropology 111 - The Anthropological Imagination or any previous version

Syllabus:

Introduction to the cultures and societies of the South Asian region. Central tenets of South Asian civilisations as everyday practice. The cultural and social organisation of gender, ethnic, caste and class relations within selected urban and rural communities. Changing identities and patterns of inequality. Agrarian transformation and industrialisation.

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Field of Education:

090303 Anthropology

Funding Cluster:

05 - Behavioural Science, Social Studies

SOLT (Online) Definitions*:

Informational
*Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information

Result Type:

Grade/Mark

Availability

Year	Location	Period	Internal	Partially Online Internal	Area External	Central External	Fully Online
2007	Bentley Campus	Semester 1	Y

Area External	refers to external course/units run by the School or Department or offered by research.
Central External	refers to external and online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area
Partially Online Internal	refers to some (a portion of) learning provided by interacting with or downloading pre-packaged material from the Internet but with regular and ongoing participation with a face-to-face component retained. Excludes partially online internal course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External
Fully Online	refers to the main (larger portion of) mode of learning provided via Internet interaction (including the downloading of pre-packaged material on the Internet). Excludes online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External