Course Requirements Evaluation:

1. Attend regular class sessions (20 points).
2. Participate in class report groups and turn in written reports (50 points).
3. Complete mini-projects as scheduled (50 points each).
4. Mid-term and final exams as scheduled (100 points each).
5. Research paper for graduate students.

Academic Integrity: Without exception, all students are expected to know, understand, and conform to the Iowa State University Policy on Academic Integrity.  Zero tolerance applies to all violations.

NOTE:   Questions regarding class material, assignments, or general conduct of the course are best raised during office hours.  I strongly invite students to meet with me individually or in small groups throughout the semester.

Required Readings :

Chatty, Dawn

1996 Mobile Pastoralists: Development, Planning, and Social Change.  New York : Columbia University Press.

Ervin, Alexander

2000 Applied Anthropology: Tools and Perspectives for Contemporary Practice.  Needham Heights , MA : Allyn and Bacon. 

Honey, Martha

1999 Ecotourism and Sustainable Development: Who Owns Paradise ?  Washington , DC : Island Press. 

Kottak, Conrad

1998 Assault on Paradise : Social Change in a Brazilian Village . Third Edition. New York : McGraw Hill.

Miller, Daniel and Don Slater

2000 The Internet: An Ethnographic Approach.  New York : Berg.

Naylor, Larry

1996 Culture and Change: An Introduction.  Westport , CT : Bergin and Garvey.