This document outlines the syllabus and policies for an introductory anthropology course. It introduces the instructor and their background in ethnography. The teaching approach focuses on flexibility, constructivism, and treating students as adults. Course requirements include contributions, team exercises, and exams. Contributions involve ways each student brings value to the class. Exams include a midterm and final, with the final partly comprehensive and mostly focusing on the second half of the course material. Thinking questions will not involve true/false or all/none answers and will include short answers, open questions, and matching. Exercises will have a practical approach and vary in scope, time commitment, and difficulty. Teamwork will involve changing teams before the mid