Summer 2023 - ARCH 131 OL02
Human Origins (3)
Class Number: 5032
Delivery Method: Online
Overview
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Course Times + Location:
Online
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Instructor:
Julia Meyers
jlmeyers@sfu.ca
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Instructor:
Julia Meyers
jlmeyers@sfu.ca
Description
CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:
A non-technical survey of the primate background of humans, fossil primates, and fossil humans, and the associated evidence of cultural development. An introduction to physical anthropology. Breadth-Social Sci/Science.
COURSE DETAILS:
This course is designed to provide students with an introduction to human evolution and early cultural development. The core of the course will deal with biological, behavioural, and social changes that have occurred through out the evolution of Homo sapiens and other human ancestors. Topics also include fundamentals of evolutionary processes, examinations of fossil primates and fossil humans, comprisions with modern Great Apes, and an introduction to modern human biological variation. Students will learn from lecture (3 hours per week). Course materials will be posted on SFU’s learning management system, Canvas (http://www.sfu.ca/canvas.html), on a weekly basis. All evalution will take place on the course Canvas page.
Grading
- Weekly Canvas Group Discussion 20%
- Midterm Exam 30%
- Term Research Project 20%
- Final Exam 30%
Materials
REQUIRED READING:
Biological Anthropology and Prehistory: Exploring Our Human Ancestry Patricia C. Rice, Norah Moloney. Additional readings may be assigned for some lectures and will be availale through the library online or Canvas.
REQUIRED READING NOTES:
Your personalized Course Material list, including digital and physical textbooks, are available through the SFU Bookstore website by simply entering your Computing ID at: shop.sfu.ca/course-materials/my-personalized-course-materials.
Department Undergraduate Notes:
Students with hidden or visible disabilities who may need class or exam accommodations, including in the context of remote learning, are advised to register with the SFU Centre for Accessible Learning (caladmin@sfu.ca or 778-782-3112) as soon as possible to ensure that they are eligible and that approved accommodations and services are implemented in a timely fashion.
Deferred grades will be given only on the basis of authenticated medical disability.
Registrar Notes:
ACADEMIC INTEGRITY: YOUR WORK, YOUR SUCCESS
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RELIGIOUS ACCOMMODATION
Students with a faith background who may need accommodations during the semester are encouraged to assess their needs as soon as possible and review the Multifaith religious accommodations website. The page outlines ways they begin working toward an accommodation and ensure solutions can be reached in a timely fashion.