Program Overview
Centre for Continuing Education
The Centre for Continuing Education at the University of Sydney offers a diverse range of professional development short courses. These courses are designed to enhance professional development, grow technical and people skills, and support career progression.
Course Subjects
The Centre for Continuing Education offers courses in various subjects, including:
- Business and management
- Business communication
- Business strategy
- Business writing
- Cultural competence and diversity
- Finance
- Leadership
- Management
- Organisational psychology
- Sales and customer service
- English
- HSC preparation (years 10-12)
- HSC biology
- HSC business studies
- HSC chemistry
- HSC economics
- HSC English
- HSC mathematics
- HSC physics
- Year 11 (Revision)
- Years 10-12 study and essay skills
- Humanities and culture
- Creative writing
- Music
- Philosophy
- Psychology
- Information technology
- Adobe
- AI and machine learning courses
- Data analysis and analytics
- Microsoft
- Language
- Arabic
- Brazilian Portuguese
- Chinese
- French
- German
- Greek
- Italian
- Japanese
- Spanish
- Marketing
- Digital marketing
- Marketing communications
- Product development
- Project management
- Agile methodology courses
- Change management for projects
- Stakeholder and people management
- Technical project management skills
Philosophy of Anthropology Course
The Philosophy of Anthropology Course is a ten-week course that explores the philosophy of anthropology from its 19th-century origins to the present. The course examines myths, rituals, race, identity, structuralism, post-structuralism, urban studies, and engaged anthropology, linking cultural theory to contemporary global debates.
Course Aims
The aim of this course is to provide an overview of cultural anthropology, its relationship to the development of ideas concerning race and ethnicity, and how it can impact real-world change.
Course Outcomes
By the end of this course, students should be able to:
- Describe the origins of anthropology and its historical development
- Comprehend the philosophical ideas that form the basis of the anthropological movement
- Discuss the impact of anthropology on other disciplines, such as the social sciences, psychology, and evolutionary theory
- Relate anthropological ideas to contemporary debates concerning issues of race, ethnicity, and religion
- Apply anthropological theory to the broader philosophy of identity politics
Course Content
The course content includes:
- Introduction to anthropology
- Origins of anthropology
- Myth and rituals
- The sociological turn
- Anthropology in the field
- Structuralism: Claude Lévi-Strauss
- Post-Structuralism
- Urban anthropology
- Contemporary debates
- Engaged anthropology
Intended Audience
The course is designed for anyone with a general interest in philosophy.
Prerequisites
There are no prerequisites for this course.
Delivery Style
The course is delivered in a lecture/seminar style.
Materials
Course notes are distributed electronically using Dropbox.
Chronological Bibliography
The course includes a chronological bibliography of relevant texts, including works by Immanuel Kant, Charles Darwin, Johann Jakob Bachofen, Thomas Henry Huxley, James George Frazer, Émile Durkheim, Max Weber, Franz Boas, Sigmund Freud, Bronisław Malinowski, Margaret Mead, Ruth Benedict, Claude Lévi-Strauss, Edward Said, and many others.
Organisational Training
The Centre for Continuing Education also offers organisational training and development, designed for workplace needs. Courses can be tailored to meet the specific needs of organisations, and can be delivered to teams of six or more.
FAQs
Frequently asked questions about applications, payment, short courses, and more are available on the Centre for Continuing Education website.
About Us
The Centre for Continuing Education is part of the University of Sydney, and has been offering courses since 1886. The Centre is committed to providing high-quality, professional development courses that enhance career progression and support lifelong learning.
Contact
For more information about the Centre for Continuing Education and its courses, please visit the website.