Anthropology and Conservation at Kent: Current Undergraduate Course Materials

Student Bulletin

Undergraduate
Course Information

Postgraduate
Course Information

Resources for Students

Careers Information

Course Materials for Undergraduates (2009/2010)

Course outlines for 2009/10 are being put up as they become available. Modules marked * do not yet have a new outline available.

Undergraduate Handbooks & Information

Undergraduate handbook *
Supplement for Anthropology programmes *
Supplement for DICE programmes *
Undergraduate teaching laboratory handbook *
Notes on Seminars, Reading, Writing Essays & Presentations
Ethics Form (this must be completed by all students undertaking research before the start of their project)
Guidance for Students with Disabilities

Module Outlines & Reading Lists

Stage I - Anthropology (SE modules)
Stage I - DICE (DI modules)
Stage II & III - Anthropology (SE modules)
Stage II & III - DICE (DI modules)

Stage I - Anthropology (SE modules)

SE300 - Computing for Anthropologists *(wks 1-24) - Michael Fischer
SE301 - Introduction to Social Anthropology *(wks 1-24) - Roger Just
SE302 - Foundations of Human Culture *(wks 1-24) - Sarah Johns
SE304 - People and Plants(wks 13-24) - Rajindra Puri

Stage I - DICE (DI modules)

(Please note that the DICE Stage I Green Books include information on all available first-year modules)

Biodiversity, Conservation and Management Stage I Green Book *
Wildlife Conservation Stage I Green Book *
DI303 - Survey and Monitoring for Biodiversity * (Field course - Spring vacation) - Richard Griffiths
DI304 - Economic and Environmental Systems * (wks 13-24) - Douglas MacMillan
DI305 - Biodiversity I * (wks 1-12) - Alison Rosser
DI307 - Environmental Sciences * (wks 13-24) - Alison Rosser
DI308 - Life's Systems and Processes * (wks 1-12) - Noreen von Cramon-Taubadel
DI309 - Animals and People * (wks 1-12) - Stuart Harrop
DI310 - Skills for Wildlife Conservation and Management * (wks 1-12) - Peter Bennett

Stage II & III - Anthropology (SE modules)

SE510 - Main Currents in Anthropological Thought * (wks 1-24) - Peter Parkes
SE512 - African Societies (wks 1-24) - TBA (not available 2009/2010)
SE533 - Project in Anthropological Science (wks 1-24) - Sarah Johns
SE534 - Special Project in Social Anthropology (wks 1-24) - Glenn Bowman
SE541 - The Evolution of Hominin Behaviour * (wks 1-12) - Stephen Lycett
SE542 - Human Ecology (wks 13-24) - Raj Puri
SE547 - Southeast Asian Societies (wks 1-12) - Roy Ellen
SE548 - North Mediterranean Societies (wks 13-24) - Roger Just (not available 2009/2010)
SE549 - The Anthropology of Health, Illness and Medicine (wks 13-24) - Anna Waldstein
SE550 - The Anthropology of Gender (wks 13-24) - Melissa Demian (not available 2009/2010)
SE551 - Anthropology and Language (wks 1-12) - Michael Fischer/Peter Parkes (not available 2009/2010)
SE552 - Culture and Cognition (wks 13-24) - Roy Ellen (not available 2009/2010)
SE553 - Video Project in Visual Anthropology * (wks 1-24) - Mike Poltorak
SE554 - Visual Anthropology Theory * (wks 1-24) - Mike Poltorak
SE555 - Photographic Project in Visual Anthropology (wks 1-24) - Glenn Bowman
SE565 - Sex, Evolution and Human Nature (wks 1-12) - Sarah Johns
SE566 - Human Osteology * (wks 1-12) - Patrick Mahoney
SE567 - Methodology in Anthropological Science * (wks 13-24) - Patrick Mahoney
SE568 - History of Evolutionary Thought (wks 13-24) - Sarah Johns (not available 2009/2010)
SE569 - Palaeopathology * (wks 1-12) - Patrick Mahoney
SE570 - Current Issues in Evolutionary Anthropology * (wks 13-24) - Noreen von Cramon-Taubadel
SE573 - Ethnicity and Nationalism (wks 1-12) - Roger Just
SE575 - Medicinal Plants, Traditional Healing and Drug Discovery (wks 13-24) - Anna Waldstein
SE578 - Anthropology and History (wks 13-24) - Peter Parkes (not available 2009/2010)
SE579 - The Anthropology of Amazonia (wks 13-24) - Daniela Peluso (not available 2009/2010)
SE580 - Primate Behaviour and Ecology * (wks 13-24) - Nicholas Newton-Fisher
SE581 - Biological Anthropology: the human animal * (wks 13-24) - Stephen Lycett
SE582 - Biological Anthropology: comparative perspectives * (wks 1-12) - Nicholas Newton-Fisher
SE583 - Pacific Societies (wks 13-24) - Melissa Demian (not available 2009/2010)
SE584 - The Anthropology of Business * (wks 13-24) - Daniela Peluso
SE585 - The Anthropology of Eating (wks 13-24) - Anna Waldstein
SE586 - Ethnographies I (wks 1-12) - Melissa Demian
SE587 - Ethnographies II (wks 13-24) - Glenn Bowman
SE588 - Advanced Social Anthropology I (wks 1-12) - Daniela Peluso
SE589 - Advanced Social Anthropology II * (wks 13-24) - Mike Poltorak
SE590 - Anthropology and Law (wks 13-24) - Melissa Demian
SE591 - Southern Mediterranean Societies (wks 13-24) - Glenn Bowman
SE592 - Central Asian Societies * (wks 1-12) - Peter Parkes
SE593 - Evolution of Human Diversity * (wks 1-12) - Noreen von Cramon-Taubadel
SE594 - Sociological and Anthropological Approaches to Development (wks 1-12) - Rajindra Puri

Stage II & III - DICE (DI modules)

(Please note that the DICE Green Books include information on all available Stage II & III modules)

Biodiversity, Conservation and Management Stage II Green Book *
Wildlife Conservation Stage II Green Book *
Biodiversity, Conservation and Management Stage III Green Book *
Wildlife Conservation Stage III Green Book *
DI501 - Climate Change and Conservation * (wks 1-12) - Richard Griffiths (not available 2009/2010)
DI503 - Evolutionary Genetics and Conservation * (wks 13-24) - Jim Groombridge (not available 2009/2010)
DI504 - Design and Management of Protected Areas * (wks 13-24) - TBA
DI505 - Topics in Conservation Biology * (wks 13-24) - TBA
DI506 - Tourism and Conservation * (wks 13-24) - Helen Newing
DI507 - Wildlife Management and Sustainable Use * (wks 1-12) - Peter Bennett (not available 2009/2010)
DI508 - Skills for Conservation Biologists *(wks 1-12) - Jim Groombridge
DI510 - Global Biodiversity (wks 1-12) - Peter Bennett
DI511 - Biodiversity Dissertation Project * (wks 1-24) - Jim Groombridge
DI512 - Practical Research Project * (wks 1-24) - Richard Bodmer & Jim Groombridge
DI516 - Behavioural Ecology * (wks 1-12) - Alison Rosser
DI517 - Skills for Biodiversity Management *(wks 13-24) - Jim Groombridge
DI518 - Further Topics in Conservation Biology * (wks 1-12) - TBA
DI519 - The Shaping of International Biodiversity Regulation * (wks 13-24) - Stuart Harrop
DI520 - Conservation and Communities (wks 13-24) - Helen Newing (not available 2009/2010)
DI521 - Species Conservation (wks 1-12) - TBA (not available 2009/2010)
DI522 - Practical Research Project: Wildlife Conservation * (wks 1-24) - Richard Bodmer & Jim Groombridge

Last Updated: 12/02/10

Top