Department of Anthropology

Faculty of Social Sciences

Undergraduate Courses

ANTH 100   Units: 1.5   Schedule

Formerly: 100A, 100B

Introduction to Anthropology

An introductory survey of the sub-fields of anthropology: biological anthropology, archaeology, cultural and social anthropology, and linguistic anthropology. Topics include the human fossil record, the archaeological record from Paleolithic cultures to urban civilizations, and examination of contemporary human societies, drawn from various levels of complexity.

Note: Credit will be granted for only one of 100, 100A, 100B.

ANTH 200   Units: 1.5   Schedule

Formerly: 200A, 200B

Cultural and Social Anthropology

Introduction to the analysis of sociocultural systems. Major topics include subsistence, production and distribution, social organization, politics, religion, kinship, symbolic systems, and cultural change from an international perspective.

Note: Credit will be granted for only one of 200, 200A, 200B.

Prerequisites: Second-year standing or permission of the department.

ANTH 250   Units: 1.5   Schedule

Physical Anthropology

An introduction to human biological evolution. Topics include the study of non-human primates, investigation of the human fossil record, human skeletal variation, population genetics, growth and development and morphological variation.

Prerequisites: Second-year standing or permission of the department.

ANTH 308   Units: 1.5   Schedule

Legality and Social Justice in Global Perspective

A cross-cultural analysis of concepts of justice and the construction of legality in a range of societies with varying degrees of complexity. Topics include contemporary initiatives aimed at achieving social justice internationally by drawing on indigenous concepts and structures in the restructuring of legality as it is practiced in industrial and post-industrial societies.

Note: Credit will be granted for only one of 308, 390A, 393 (if taken in the same topic).

Prerequisites: 100 or 200 or permission of the department.

ANTH 315   Units: 1.5   Schedule

Living Technologies

Students interact with expert craftspeople to learn about the constraints and possibilities of various media (stone, clay and fibre) as well as the dimensions of choice and cultural significance that shape technology styles. Emphasis is placed on material culture's active role in the production of culture and in the making of human life experience.

ANTH 343   Units: 1.5   Schedule

Archaeological Field Techniques

Training in the methods and techniques of archaeology through participation in a field project. Complements the regional topics of 344, with which it will normally be combined to form the archaeological field school.

Notes: - Credit will be granted for only one of 343, 390 (if taken in the same topic).

- (This is an off-campus course.)

Prerequisites: 240 and permission of the department.

ANTH 344   Units: 1.5   Schedule

Regional Topics in Archaeology

Intensive study of topics in archaeological method and theory relevant to the interpretation of a single site or region. Complements the applied archaeological research of 343, with which it will normally be combined to form the archaeological field school.

Notes: - Credit will be granted for only one of 344, 390 (if taken in the same topic). May be taken more than once for credit with permission of the department if regional focus is different.

- A01: Archaeology of Coastal British Columbia (This is an off-campus course.)

- A02: Archaeology of South Africa

Prerequisites: 240 and permission of the department.

ANTH 352   Units: 1.5   Schedule

Formerly: 451

Human Osteology

Theoretical and methodological approaches to the study of human skeletal remains.

Note: Credit will be granted for only one of 352, 451.

Prerequisites: 250.

ANTH 392   Units: 1.5   Schedule

Formerly: 390

Selected Problems in Anthropology: Archaeology

Presentation of selected problems in anthropology.

Note: Credit will be granted for only one of 392, 390, 390C (if taken in the same topic). May be repeated under different topics. Topics and prerequisite information will be provided by the departmental office.

Prerequisites: ANTH 240

ANTH 393   Units: 1.5   Schedule

Formerly: 390

Selected Problems in Anthropology: Cultural Anthropology

Presentation of selected problems in anthropology.

Note: Credit will be granted for only one of 393, 390, 390A (if taken in the same topic). May be repeated under different topics. Topics and prerequisite information will be provided by the departmental office.

Prerequisites: ANTH 200

ANTH 394   Units: 1.5   Schedule

Formerly: 390

Selected Problems in Anthropology: Physical Anthropology

Presentation of selected problems in anthropology.

Notes: - Credit will be granted for only one of 394, 390, 390B (if taken in the same topic). May be repeated under different topics. Topics and prerequisite information will be provided by the departmental office.

- (This is an off-campus course.)

Prerequisites: ANTH 250 and permission of the department.

ANTH 395   Units: 1.5   Schedule

Formerly: 390

Selected Problems in Anthropology: Method and Theory

Presentation of selected problems in anthropology.

Notes: - Credit will be granted for only one of 395, 390, 390A, 390B, 390C, 390D (if taken in the same topic). May be repeated under different topics. Topics and prerequisite information will be provided by the departmental office.

- (This is an off-campus course.)

Prerequisites: ANTH 250 and permission of the department.

Graduate Courses

ANTH 598   Units: 0   Schedule

Comprehensive Examinations

Note: Enrollment restricted to non-thesis MAs only.

Grading: INP, COM, N, F

ANTH 599   Units: 6.0   Schedule

Thesis

Grading: INP, COM, N, F

ANTH 693   Units: 3.0   Schedule

Doctoral Candidacy Examinations

Offered on an ongoing basis, when each individual Ph.D. student has completed their dissertation research proposal and is preparing or has prepared for the candidacy examination. Candidacy must be reached by the end of the second year in the program. Successful completition of Anth 693 is a pre-requisite for registration in Anth 699 (Dissertation)

Grading: INP, COM, N, F

ANTH 699   Units: 20   Schedule

PhD Dissertation

Prerequisites: ANTH 693.

Grading: INP, COM, N, F