ANTH 102Introduction to Social and Cultural Anthropology
- Faculty
- Arts
- Offered
- Fall, Winter
- Credit
- 0.5
- Last listed
- 1994–95
No longer offered. It’s in Waterloo’s scanned calendars from 1966–67 to 1994–95; the 1995–96 to 2023–24 calendars are on ucalendar.
The dynamic nature of socio-cultural systems is examined. Topics include language, technology, social organization, economics, politics, and religion. Data are drawn from a broad ethnographic base, including both “primitive” cultures and modern, developed societies.
As printed in the 1976–77 to 1994–95 calendars, read by OCR; the scanned page is the original. Later calendars (1995–96 on) aren’t on uwloo.
Reviewed on UW Flow
60% liked it84% easy29% useful
From 35 ratings and 3 comments on UW Flow. The most helpful comments, quoted as written, without names. Read them all on UW Flow.
Very basic course, never went since it was 8:30. Easy but annoying since final exam seemed tedious and unnecessary
Aug 2015 · didn’t like itOn UW FlowRemove this
This is one of those courses that require an immense amount of memorization. Take it if you're good with that, or if you feel anthropology is an interesting topic (which, I assume, makes it easier to absorb the information in the many videos and readings). Otherwise, you're probably not going to like it much, other than it having a light workload.
May 2014 · didn’t like itOn UW FlowRemove this
Read the textbook. Or else.
Dec 2012 · liked itOn UW FlowRemove this
Discussed on r/uwaterloo
34 posts and comments in 21 threads mention ANTH 102, November 2011 to December 2024. Quoted word for word, newest first; each reply sits under the post and the comment that started its branch. Search r/uwaterloo for newer posts.
Spring 2023
Double counting courses 4 points, 2 comments
“As part of the Faculty of Arts degree requirements, 10 courses must be taken to satisfy the Faculty of Arts breadth requirements. …”
u/imnotarianagrande: “Yes it can. If you’re an Anthropology major for example, and you need 0.5 x 4 credits for the Social Science category, two of your anthropology courses that you’d take anyway during the course of …”
u/mrcoffee1975: “… So let's imagine I had to take ANTH 101 and ANTH 102 as part of my anthropology major, and I also count those two courses towards my Social Science breadth requirement. It still only amounts to two courses toward the 40 courses I need to graduate. …”
Fall 2017
PSA: UWCourseLinker back up, disabled by default, call with [[course code]] 39 points, 31 comments
u/RayDWatson: “Testing all course codes 1/61: [[ACC604]] [[ACC605]] [[ACC606]] [[ACC607]] [[ACC608]] [[ACC609]] [[ACC610]] [[ACC611]] [[ACC620]] [[ACC621]] [[ACC622]] [[ACC623]] [[ACC624]] [[ACC625]] [[ACC626]] …”
u/RayDWatson: “… [[AMATH876]] [[AMATH877]] [[AMATH881]] [[AMATH882]] [[AMATH900]] [[ANTH100]] [[ANTH101]] [[ANTH102]] [[ANTH103]] [[ANTH201]] [[ANTH202]] [[ANTH203]] [[ANTH204]] [[ANTH210]] [[ANTH221]] [[ANTH222]] [[ANTH229]] [[ANTH230]] [[ANTH233]] [[ANTH241]] [[ANTH245]] [[ANTH260]] …”
u/UWCourseLinker: “… Mathematics ANTH 100 - Introduction to Anthropology ANTH 101 - Human and Cultural Evolution ANTH 102 - Introduction to Social and Cultural Anthropology ANTH 103 - The Nature of Language ANTH 201 - Introduction to Archaeology ANTH 202 - Social and Cultural Anthropology ANTH 203 - …”
Spring 2015
bird course? 0 points, 11 comments
“I have to take an elective this fall and I want the easiest one to get high grades in(preferably no essays). It can be online.”
u/FuckCaptchas: “Anth 102, Clas 202, if you study for the non cumulative multiple choice exams, straightforward 95+ Edit, meant Clas 202”
u/inquirer007: “Clas 201 with which prof bruh? Edit: nvm it's not offered this fall. Who did you have anth 102 with? :)”
u/FuckCaptchas: “Anth 102 was Nicole hayes I believe! And I owe you an apology - I meant Clas 202, which was with Daniel Hutter Anth 102 was easier than Clas 202; but note that if you don't study you can fuck these courses up. …”
u/inquirer007: “… So I looked up ANTH 102 today, and it seems only ANTH 100 is being offered in the fall. It seems this ANTH 100 is the new course replacing 101 and 102.. Looks like they're doing it a bit differently from now on? …”
Is Fine 100 a bird course? 0 points, 6 comments
“Also is Antho 100?”
u/neyev: “… Your mileage may vary) I don't know about Anth 100 but if it's like Anth 102 (Intro to Anth), it's a pretty standard intro course. …”
Winter 2015
List A CSE for graduation no longer listed under List A for 2015-2016 (ANTH-102) 2 points, 6 comments
u/FuckCaptchas: “I took ANTH 102 in Fall of 2012 and it was listed as a fulfilling the requirements of List A or List C under what I would assume was the 2011-2012 calender. This was the same up until 2013-2014. …”
Spring 2014
What are some courses that are only 2/3 exams and all MC? 3 points, 14 comments
“Like Econ 101/102 and Psych 101.”
u/KapinKrunch: “MUSIC 140 and ANTH 102 were both 2 midterms and a final when I took them. The former was amazing the latter not so much.”
thoughts on Psych 101 for a computer science student as elective? 0 points, 16 comments
u/carbonnanotube: “… ANTH 102 was birdy as hell and the two in class multiple choice midterms / one page (double spaced) paper were trivial.”
Winter 2014
interesting eng CSEs (list A)? 1 point, 28 comments
“What are some interesting CSEs (list A) available this term? I have the required course for list B, and there's tons of stuff I plan to take for list C and D that aren't offered in the spring. …”
u/kineticflow: “Whatever you do, don't take STV.”
u/DanLynch: “… I took ANTH 102 as a second List A course and enjoyed it very much. It had a legitimate textbook with real knowledge in it, and we learned real, interesting things about the world that to this day I consider part of my well-rounded education. …”
u/luceateis: “Which STV course did you take? Was it ridiculous like PD courses? Anth 102 was the course I planned to take, but it's not offered this term. The other CSEs I wanted to take were all music courses and unfortunately none of them are available this term. D:”
u/luceateis: “But anth 102 is great, I sat in on most of the lectures and learned some neat things. Surely that can't be the only good CSE A?”
u/nar0: “I took Anth102. It's really dependent on what prof you have. I got a good prof and had a blast. Was pretty easy too, watched a documentary about a different native culture every friday. My friend took it next year and got a really boring prof, no films and essays to write.”
u/luceateis: “I don't mind essays as long as the grading isn't insane (my soc 101 course had something like a 60s average, even though it's all multiple choice). In any case, anth 102 seems like a course where I can actually learn something.”
UW Study Buddy(Beta) 7 points, 9 comments
“Hi everyone. We're a group of 4th year students who have been working on a new study platform for the University of Waterloo. …”
u/uwstudybuddy: “More beta codes :) ede900df-269c-439a-95f9-fa4eec87c6ef e80ad529-7375-4835-a329-93cdbc05c562”
u/uwstudybuddy: “… To help you understand our platform better, here is a typical use-case: Imagine that you have a midterm coming up for ANTH 102 and you're cramming for it in DC. You can post a study status so everyone knows you're studying for ANTH 102 in DC. …”
Spring 2013
List A – Impact Courses for Engineers, easiest course? 4 points, 10 comments
“Hey, Which one of the List A impact courses have you taken before and was the easiest? I'm looking for a super bird course where I can score really well in. Thanks! …”
u/Skithiryx: “ANTH 102 was pretty easy when I took it. I've also heard good things about STV 205, one of the assignments was basically "Write about a cyborg in pop culture." My friend did Commander Shepard.”
Winter 2013
r/uwaterloo, what's THE easiest CSE an engineer can take? 6 points, 11 comments
“For reference, here are all the CSEs you can pick from (I can pick one from any list I think) Also if you could mention why so (least time-consuming, content is pretty stupid, no assignments, etc.), …”
u/tz0n: “… I've also heard praises for ANTH 102, but haven't taken it personally. List C: - Soundtrack in Film [MUSIC 246] (taught by Simon Wood): Definitely a chill course. Graded using three multiple choice quizzes of 30 questions each. …”
Engineers of uWaterloo, which List A CSEs have you taken and what are your thoughts about them? 2 points, 11 comments
u/istian19: “I took Anth 102. It's a multiple choice midterm and final, very similar to Psych 101 if you've taken that course before. Most of my friends disliked the course, but I found the course content quite interesting and I liked coming to class every week.”
u/scranston: “I also took Anth 102, but you have to be careful about which teacher you get. The M,W,F at lunch is multiple choice (I took that one). The night class has essays.”
u/carbonnanotube: “I took Anth 102. It was insultingly easy and also pretty interesting. I had Nicole Hayes.”
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In the scanned calendars
How it read in each calendar from 1966–67 to 1994–95, newest first. The text is OCR of the scanned pages; years whose wording matches are shown once, from the clearest scan. Each year links to its page on uwloo and to that page of the scanned PDF.
1976–77 to 1994–95 6 calendars
The dynamic nature of socio-cultural systems is examined. Topics include language, technology, social organization, economics, politics, and religion. Data are drawn from a broad ethnographic base, including both “primitive” cultures and modern, developed societies.
Offered Fall, Winter · 3 class hours a week · 0.5 credit
1966–67 to 1975–76 10 calendars
Titled Cultural and Social Anthropology.
An introductory course on the nature of culture. Data are presented on several primitive cultures.