Upper-division Writing Requirement Review Form (5/4/09)

I. General Education Review – Upper-division Writing Requirement Dept/Program Anthropology Course # (i.e. ANTH Anth448 Subject 455) or sequence Course(s) Title Quantiative Ethnographic Methods Description of the requirement if it is not a single course

II. Endorsement/Approvals Complete the form and obtain signatures before submitting to Faculty Senate Office. Please type / print name Signature Date Instructor Kimber Haddix McKay Phone / Email 4106 Program Chair John Douglas III Overview of the Course Purpose/ Description This course is designed to enhance student understanding of field methods that generate quantitative data describing human behavior. The toolkit of a student completing this course will include knowledge of basic methods that will get you from observing behavior to discussing your research and findings in a professional manner in oral or written formats. IV Learning Outcomes: Explain how each of the following learning outcomes will be achieved. Student learning outcomes : Anthropology 448 is a course designed to Identify and pursue more sophisticated enhance student understanding of field questions for academic inquiry methods that generate quantitative data describing human behavior. The toolkit of a student completing this course will include knowledge of basic methods that will get you from observing behavior to discussing your research and findings in a professional manner in oral or written formats. You will learn how to derive questions from existing literature, how to aim for specific professional outcomes such as the generation of a professional talk, poster, or paper, and the steps required along the way to get you to those outcomes. Survey design, identification of critical variables to define, predicting required analyses of those variables, identifying the statistical tests you will have to use, and making sure your data are measured appropriately for those tests will be taught in this class Find, evaluate, analyze, and synthesize Students will draw information from a variety information effectively from diverse sources of readings and studies using different (see http://www.lib.umt.edu/informationliteracy/) methodologies and will learn how to use those methods themselves. Manage multiple perspectives as appropriate Students will compare and contrast the usage of a variety of methodologies by researchers and will assess the validity of the methods used in order to prepare for those decisions regarding their own research projects. Recognize the purposes and needs of Students will write extensive, lengthy take- discipline-specific audiences and adopt the home exams that will have in-class components academic voice necessary for the chosen of self and peer review followed by a revision discipline process. Use multiple drafts, revision, and editing in Students will critique their own and their peers’ conducting inquiry and preparing written work writing in class and these review sessions will be followed by a revision process for the final product. Follow the conventions of citation, All written exam material will need proper documentation, and formal presentation documentation following a format dictated by a appropriate to that discipline professional journal of the students’ own choice. Develop competence in information Students will be required to use google scholar, technology and digital literacy (link) jstor and other search engines to identify relevant outside articles that will be brought into class for discussion and review throughout the semester. V. Writing Course Requirements Check list Is enrollment capped at 25 students? x Yes  No If not, list maximum course enrollment. Explain how outcomes will be adequately met for this number of students. Justify the request for variance. Are outcomes listed in the course syllabus? If x Yes  No not, how will students be informed of course expectations? Are detailed requirements for all written x Yes  No assignments including criteria for evaluation in the course syllabus? If not how and when will students be informed of written assignments? Please attach one example of instructions for written assignment. Briefly explain how students are provided with The instructor will explain the writing and tools and strategies for effective writing and editing revision process to the students on the in the major. syllabus and at the beginning of the semester and her advice will be reinforced by a visiting consultant from the Writing Center. Which written assignments include revision in Three lengthy take home exams. response to instructor’s feedback? Are expectations for Information Literacy listed in x Yes  No the course syllabus? If not, how will students be informed of course expectations? VI. Writing Assignments: Please describe course assignments. Students should be required to individually compose at least 20 pages of writing for assessment. At least 50% of the course grade should be based on students’ performance on writing assignments. Clear expression, quality, and accuracy of content are considered an integral part of the grade on any writing assignment. Formal Graded Assignments Students will be graded on 3 out of 4 lengthy (7 pages plus) take home exams. Informal Ungraded Assignments

VII. Syllabus: Paste syllabus below or attach and send digital copy with form.  The syllabus should clearly describe how the above criteria are satisfied. For assistance on syllabus preparation see: http://teaching.berkeley.edu/bgd/syllabus.html

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Quantitative Ethnographic Methods Kimber Haddix McKay, Professor Anthropology 448 213 Social Sciences Weds 1:00 – 4:00pm Office hours: T/R 1:30-3:00 Fall 2009 [email protected]

Community Mapping and Ranking Exercises

Course Description: Anthropology 448 is a course designed to enhance student understanding of field methods that generate quantitative data describing human behavior. The toolkit of a student completing this course will include knowledge of basic methods that will get you from observing behavior to discussing your research and findings in a professional manner in oral or written formats. You will learn how to derive questions from existing literature, how to aim for specific professional outcomes such as the generation of a professional talk, poster, or paper, and the steps required along the way to get you to those outcomes. Survey design, identification of critical variables to define, predicting required analyses of those variables, identifying the statistical tests you will have to use, and making sure your data are measured appropriately for those tests will be taught in this class.

The class will include components on fieldnote organization, designing and managing databases, measuring socio-economic status in non-market settings, conducting censuses, recording genealogies, mapping communities, anthropometric methods, basic GIS methods and applications, standard participatory rural appraisal tools including mapping, pile sorting, ranking exercises, tools to help recall of past events in non literate societies, organizing community meetings, and triangulating data sources, survey of available statistical and database management software.

Texts:

Bernard, R. Social Science Research Methods, Sage Press, 2000. Bernard, R. Handbook of Methods in Cultural Anthropology, 1998

Eres: Supplementary readings for Anthropology 4xx Requirements:

 Class participation (and thus attendance) is mandatory. I expect you to have read the assigned readings prior to the class for which they are assigned, and to be prepared to discuss them with your peers. Making a few notes to yourself before class about points you find interesting in the readings will help tremendously. Several times during the semester, your participation and preparation for class will be evaluated with discussions, problem solving activities, or data collecting or analysis. Keep in mind that if you miss a class, you may not make up missed class work or attendance, which ultimately lowers your grade.

 There will be three non-cumulative midterm exams and a cumulative final exam. These will be take-home in format, 7+ pages in length, and will be reviewed in class by your peers. Based on self- and peer-review in class, you will revise your essay before turning in the final draft. Your exams will be evaluated on the following basis:

o Extent of documentation of your argument, proper citation of sources (using a citation format consistent with a professional academic journal of your choosing). o Quality of your thesis statement and relevance to the assigned question. o Clarity of the argument you present supporting your thesis statement. o Relevance of your argument to assigned readings, methodological needs in anthropological research, and your assessment of the utility and usage of particular methods in the readings you cite.

 Your final grade will be calculated on the basis of attendance, class participation in discussions, your presentation of at least one assignment of extra material that you find via google scholar, jstor or another relevant academic search engine, and your grades on three of the four exams. If you are satisfied with your grades on the three midterms, you can skip the final exam.

 Distribution of course grade: Three exams 75% Attendance, participation, in-class assignments 25% Total 100%

 Additional information: o Please feel free to come to my office hours, or to catch me before or after class with questions. You can also schedule an appointment to meet outside of office hours. o Make up exams – only with a documented health issue or with prior permission. If you cannot come to an exam, you must tell me before on or on the day of the exam that you will be absent. Make ups will be scheduled at my convenience within one week of the scheduled exam. o Reserve readings are available online through Eres at Mansfield Library, under my name with the access code ANTH4xx. o If you’re taking this class pass/no pass, a pass > 69%. Schedule:

Week/Date Topic Reading/Notes 1

Introduction

TBA

2

Posing the right questions

TBA

3

Cross sectional, longitudinal, retrospective & prospective projects TBA

4 Identifying independent and dependent TBA variables, predicting analyses and statistical tests required, survey design

First exam due for review in class

5 Organizing your fieldnotes before they are written, management of databases TBA in the field

Turn revised first exam in to KHM

6 Measuring SES TBA

7 Anthropometry

TBA 8 Anthropometry TBA

9 PRA – Participatory Rural Appraisal TBA

10 PRA – Participatory Rural Appraisal

Second exam due for review in class TBA 11 Censuses and Genealogies

Turn revised second exam in to KHM TBA

12 Mapping villages and fields TBA

13 GIS TBA

14 Database management and stats software packages TBA 15 Third exam due for review in class

Evaluations

16 Monday: Optional in class final exam 10:10-12:10

Turn revised third exam in to KHM