Professor: Rubertone Course format: Seminar Number of respondents: 7 Total Enrollment: 10 Class Composition: Froshs: 0 Sophs: 0 Jrs: 3 Srs: 7 Concs: 7 Non-Concs: 0 Don't Know: 0

Instructor Average: 1.37 Course Average: 1.49

"Contemporary Topics in Anthropology" aims to conclude a concentration in anthropology through exploration of enduring questions on society, anthropology, and reality. AN 130 is a prerequisite.

Professor Rubertone received very positive reviews from just about every respondent. She was described as a great lecturer, and a wonderful facilitator of discussion, which was the daily course format. Further, the class felt that she really knew her stuff, and was also skilled at recognizing the desires and interests of her students and molding the class to fit.

The workload was heavy, as expected for such a capstone course. Reading consisted of one book per week (six or more hours), one paper and presentation during the semester, and a final research paper and presentation. Students really did feel that the work was worthwhile, and were glad to put in the effort to dissect reading that was sometimes dense but always interesting.

Students really liked the course and felt it a very fitting senior seminar to end their concentrations. They valued highly the information they learned of the greater scope of anthropology and its modern practice.

Concentrators who took this course were certainly glad that they did, and advised that those in the future select Professor Ruberstone"s section to cap off their senior year.

View AN/0198 in the Brown Online Course Announcement.