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1. COURSE OBJECTIVES
This course provides a multidisciplinary, comparative, and necessarily eclectic look at the anthropology of food, with a primary focus on issues of food, wine and culture. Students will explore connections between what we eat and who we are through the study of how personal identities and social groups are formed via food production, preparation, and consumption. The course examines the social context shaping the literal and symbolic production of food. The course also provides the basic knowledge related to wine and wine consumption. Students will discuss the cultural meanings attached to food, the institutional and industrial creation of food, its preparation, and rituals of eating; the origin of wine, grape varietals, and tasting wine like a professional.
2. COURSE CONTENTS
No.
Content
Time Allocation
Contribution to CLO
Hour(s) on the class
Essays,
Assignments, Teamwork
Self-study with teacher’s tutorials
Lecture
Practice, Seminar
1, 2
Chapter 1: Food and Culture
4
2
3
10
1,5,6, 7,8,9,10
3, 4
Chapter 2: Food and culture of Native Americans
4
2
3
10
2,3,5,6,7,9,9,10
5, 6
Chapter 3: Food and culture of European
4
2
3
10
2,3,5,6,7,9,9,10
7, 8
Chapter 4: Food and culture of African
4
2
3
10
2,3,5,6,7,9,9,10
9
Mid-term exam
3
0
10
1,2,3,8
10, 11
Chapter 5: Food and culture of East and Southeast Asian
4
2
3
10
2,3,5,6,7,9,9,10
12, 13
Chapter 6: Food and culture of Vietnamese
4
2
3
10
2,3,5,6,7,9,9,10
14, 15
Chapter 7: Introduction to Wine
3
3
4.5
12.5
4,5,6,7,9,9,10
Total
30
15
22.5
82.5
3. COURSE ASSESSMENT
- Score ladder: 10
- Type of assessment
Form
Content
Criteria
CLO
Option 1
Option 2
Option 3
Formative
Attendance
The number of attendances and participation in lesson
8
10%
10%
10%
Mid-term Assignment 1: Quiz
Chapter 1, 2, 3, 4
Quick test, 45 minutes
1,2,3,8
15%
15%
Mid-term Assignment 1: Report
Individual Report
2,3,5,6,7,9,9,10
15%
15%
Mid-term Assignment 2
Group presentation
2,3,5,6,7,9,9,10
15%
15%
Summative
Final test
Chapter 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7,
MCQ + writing (60 - 90 mins)
1,2,3,4,8
60%
60%
Assignment_3: Group Written Report & Presentation (in case no final exam)
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
60%
Total:
100%
100%
100%