IGNOU OPTIONAL ANTHROPOLOGY (PRINTED NOTES ) COVERED IN 11 BOOKLETS CONTENT IS BELOW:
FIRST YEAR
- MAN 001- SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY
1. BLOCK -1 Introduction To Social Anthropology
2. BLOCK-2 Society And Culture
3. BLOCK-3Anthropological Theories-I
4. BLOCK-4 Anthropological Theories-II
5. BLOCK-5 Kinship, Marriage And Family
6. BLOCK-6 Religion
7. BLOCK-7 Economic And Political Organisations
2. MAN 002- Archaeological Anthropology
1. BLOCK-1 Definition And Scope
2. BLOCK-2 Archaeological Units
3. BLOCK-3 Geological Frame Work
4. BLOCK-4 Dating Methods
5. BLOCK-5 Palaeolithic Cultures
6. BLOCK-6 Mesolithic Cultures
7. BLOCK-7 Neolithic And Chalcolithic Cultures
8. BLOCK-8 Interpretation And Explanation Of Archaeological Record
3. MANI 001 – ANTHROPOLOGY AND METHODS OF RESEARCH
1. BLOCK-1 Introduction
2. BLOCK-2 Field Work Tradition in Anthropology
3. BLOCK-3 Research Design
4. BLOCK-4 Data Collection Techniques
5. BLOCK-6 Project Work
4. MANI 002 -PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY
1. BLOCK-1 History And Development Of Physical Anthropology
2. BLOCK-2 Human Evolution
3. BLOCK-3 Primate Study
4. BLOCK-4 Biological Diversity
5. BLOCK-5 Human Genetics
6. BLOCK-6 Human Growth And Development
7. BLOCK-7 Ecological Anthropology
8. BLOCK-8 Practical In Physical Anthropology
SECOND YEAR
- MANE-001 Human Genetics
1. BLOCK-1 Introduction To Human Genetics
2. BLOCK-2 Human Population Genetics
3. BLOCK-3 Human Cytogenetics
4. BLOCK-4 Human Biochemical Genetics
5. BLOCK-5 Human Molecular Genetics
6. BLOCK-6 Applied And Emerging Trends In Human Genetics
7. BLOCK-7 Practical In Human Genetics
2. MANE-002 Human Growth And Development
1. BLOCK-1 Fundamentals of Human Growth
2. BLOCK-2 Human Growth Stages
3. BLOCK-3 Assessment of Growth
4. BLOCK-4 Factors Influencing Growth
5. BLOCK-5 Nutritional Anthropology
6. BLOCK-6 Body Composition
7. BLOCK-7 Human Physique
8. BLOCK-8 Practicals in Human Growth and Development
3. MANE-003 Comparative Ethnography
1. Block-3 Kinship, Family And Marriage
2. Block-4 Social Stratification
3. BLOCK-5 Religion And Rituals
4. BLOCK-6 Economic And Political Organisation
5. BLOCK-7 Gender And Sexualities
6. BLOCK-8 Development And Change
4. MANE-004 Gender and Society
1. BLOCK-1 Approaches To The Study Of Gender
2. BLOCK-2 Theorising Gender
3. BLOCK-3 Social Construction Of Gender
4. Block-4 Gender Relations In Social Institutions
5. BLOCK-5 Gender And Work
6. BLOCK-6 Social Stratification And Gender
7. BLOCK-7 Cross Cultural Perspectives
8. BLOCK-8 Women In India And Some Insights
5. MANE-005 Environmental Anthropology
1. BLOCK – 1 Introduction to environmental Anthropology
2. BLOCK-2 Theoretical and methodological Issues of environmental anthropology
3. BLOCK-3 Ecology And Subsistence Patterns
4. BLOCK-4 Natural resource management and Sustainable development
5. BLOCK-5 Development policies, environmental Impact and collective action
6. BLOCK-6 Cultural dimensions of development And biodiversity conservation
7. BLOCK-7 Contemporary issues and problems in Environmental anthropology
6. MANI-003 Practicing Anthropology
1. BLOCK-1 Introducing Practicing Anthropology
2. BLOCK-2 Practicing Anthropology And Progress
3. BLOCK-3 Practicing Anthropology And Health
4. BLOCK-4 Anthropometric And Physiological Dimensions And Practicing Anthropology
5. BLOCK-5 Advanced Areas In Practicing Anthropology
6. BLOCK-6 Diverse Arenas Of Practicing Anthropology
7. BLOCK-7 Transforming Knowledge Into Praxis
8. BLOCK-8 Project Work
7. MANP-001 Field Work and Dissertation