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SYLLABUS FOR BCS (WRITTEN) EXAMINATION
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ANTHROPOLOGY
Part-II
Marks: 100
1. Anthropology in the present world: Understanding the colonialism. Role of Anthropologists in
developed and developing countries.
2. Prehistory and Early Civilizations: Pre-history-Stone age, copper age, Bronze Age and Iron Age.
Early CivilizationsEgyptian, Babylonian, Indus, Chinese, Greek and Roman.
3. Technique of production and social change: Primitive communism, slavery, feudalism, capitalism,
socialism and Asiatic mode of production.
4. Races and Human Variation: Definition and problems, biological and social perspective, myths and
conflicts, Ethnology and Bengali population.
5. Ethnic Minorities in Bangladesh: Ethnic MinoritiesDefinition, Number of groups and distribution,
characteristics, origin, culture, transformation and mainstreaming.
6. Poverty and Poverty Alleviation: Poverty Definition and measurement, urban and rural poverty,
poverty alleviationapproaches of government and non-government agencies in Bangladesh.
7. Environment and Sustainability: EnvironmentDefinition, Ecosystem and major Ecosystem of
Bangladesh, Critical Environmental issues and concerns, sustainable environmental programmes and
projects in Bangladesh.
8. Urban Society and Culture: Definition, Urbanization and Urbanism, growth of urban centres, urban
problems in Bangladesh.
9. Development Anthropology and Bangladesh: Importance of Development Anthropology and
Bangladesh, Scope of Research, Policy and Planning Role, Prospect of Development Anthropology
in Bangladesh.