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Program Requirements
Honours students must maintain a GPA of 3.30 in their program courses and, according to Faculty regulations, a minimum CGPA of 3.00 in general.
Complementary (60 credits)
Honours students select their courses as specified below. Students may take a maximum of 9 credits at the 300 level or higher offered by other departments if they are directly related to their focus of study within Anthropology and are approved by their departmental program adviser.
200/300 Level
A maximum of 36 credits of 200- and 300-level courses (of which a maximum of 21 credits may be at the 200 level) selected from:
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ANTH 201 Prehistoric Archaeology (3 credits)
Overview
Anthropology : Examination of the origin of cultural behaviour and culture as an adaptive mechanism from the earliest times to the rise of the first civilizations in the Old and New Worlds. The implications of these data concerning the nature of humans and their future development will be considered.
Terms: Fall 2010, Summer 2011
Instructors: Bisson, Michael (Fall)
- Fall
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ANTH 202 Comparative Cultures (3 credits)
Overview
Anthropology : An introduction to different cultures and societies. Aspects of social life, such as economics, gender, family, kinship, politics and beliefs are explored in diverse settings. Different social systems such as those centered on foraging, farming, and urbanism are illustrated and compared.
Terms: Fall 2010, Summer 2011
Instructors: Kohn, Edward (Fall) Minn, Pierre Hong (Summer)
- Fall
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ANTH 203 Human Evolution (3 credits)
Overview
Anthropology : An examination of evolutionary theory and the fossil and archaeological record for human origins, emphasizing the interaction between physical and cultural evolution. The use of primate behaviour in reconstructing early human behaviour. The origin and meaning of human variation.
Terms: Winter 2011
Instructors: Bisson, Michael (Winter)
- Winter
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ANTH 204 Anthropology of Meaning (3 credits)
Overview
Anthropology : Through the analysis of language, symbols and cultural constructions of meaning, this course explores how people in different societies make sense of their world, and the ways in which they organise that knowledge, and how ideologies represent the different interests present in a society.
Terms: Winter 2011
Instructors: Rousseau, Jerome (Winter)
- Winter
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ANTH 205 Cultures of the World (3 credits)
Overview
Anthropology : An introduction to a variety of cultures through the study of ethnographies, detailed accounts of particular peoples and their psychologies, cultures, and societies. Selected classic and recent monographs will be read for understanding of the groups studied and the authors' perspectives and intellectual backgrounds.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2010-2011 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2010-2011 academic year.
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ANTH 206 Environment and Culture (3 credits)
Overview
Anthropology : Introduction to ecological anthropology, focusing on social and cultural adaptations to different environments, human impact on the environment, cultural constructions of the environment, management of common resources, and conflict over the use of resources.
Terms: Fall 2010
Instructors: Scott, Colin Hartley (Fall)
- Fall
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ANTH 207 Ethnography Through Film (3 credits)
Overview
Anthropology : This course will investigate and discuss cultural systems, patterns, and differences, and the ways in which they are observed, visually represented, and communicated by anthropologists using film and video. The visual representation of cultures will be critically evaluated by asking questions about perspective, authenticity, ethnographic authority and ethics.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2010-2011 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2010-2011 academic year.
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ANTH 208 Evolutionary Anthropology (3 credits)
Overview
Anthropology : The basic elements and mechanisms of evolutionary theory; the place of evolutionary theory in anthropology, including social anthropology, archaeology, physical anthropology and anthropological linguistics. Emphasis on the debates in each sub-discipline in which evolutionary theory has played an important role.
Terms: Fall 2010
Instructors: Casson, Mustafa (Fall)
- Winter
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ANTH 209 Anthropology of Religion (3 credits)
Overview
Anthropology : Nature and function of religion in culture. Systems of belief; the interpretation of ritual. Religion and symbolism. The relation of religion to social organization. Religious change and social movements.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2010-2011 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2010-2011 academic year.
- Fall
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ANTH 212 Anthropology of Development (3 credits)
Overview
Anthropology : Processes of developmental change, as they affect small communities in the Third World and in unindustrialized parts of developed countries. Problems of technological change, political integration, population growth, industrialization, urban growth, social services, infrastructure and economic dependency.
Terms: Winter 2011
Instructors: Sanchez, Alberto (Winter)
- Winter
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ANTH 214 Violence, Warfare, Culture (3 credits)
Overview
Anthropology : Cultural diversity and comparative perspectives on violence and warfare; sociological, political, materialist, psychological, and ideological explanations of conflict. Examines historical and contemporary cases of warfare in state and pre-state societies; 'ethnic', civil, nationalist secessionist and genocidal forms of conflicts; processes of conflict avoidance and resolution, peace-making and -keeping.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2010-2011 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2010-2011 academic year.
- Fall
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ANTH 221 Introduction to Urban Anthropology (3 credits)
Overview
Anthropology
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2010-2011 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2010-2011 academic year.
- Fall
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ANTH 222 Legal Anthropology (3 credits)
Overview
Anthropology : Exploration of dispute resolutions and means of social cohesion in various societies of the world. Themes: dichotomy between law and custom, local definitions of justice and rights, forms of conflict resolution, access to justice, gender and law, universality of human rights, legal pluralism.
Terms: Winter 2011
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2010-2011 academic year.
- Winter
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ANTH 227 Medical Anthropology (3 credits)
Overview
Anthropology : Beliefs and practices concerning sickness and healing are examined in a variety of Western and non-Western settings. Special attention is given to cultural constructions of the body and to theories of disease causation and healing efficacy. Topics include international health, medical pluralism, transcultural psychiatry, and demography.
Terms: Fall 2010
Instructors: Stevenson, Margaret (Fall)
- Fall
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ANTH 301 Nomadic Pastoralists (3 credits)
Overview
Anthropology : Variations in herding systems over a wide range of habitats and involving a variety of species of domestic livestock. Comparative perspectives on the prehistory of pastoral systems, on the ideologies, cultures, and social and economic systems of nomadic pastoralists. Relations with non-pastoralists and the effects of change and development will also be examined.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2010-2011 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2010-2011 academic year.
- Fall
- Prerequisite: ANTH 202, or ANTH 205, or ANTH 206, or ANTH 212
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ANTH 302 New Horizons in Medical Anthropology (3 credits)
Overview
Anthropology : Using recent ethnographies as textual material, this course will cover theoretical and methodological developments in medical anthropology since the early 1990's. Topics include a reconsideration of the relationship between culture and biology, medical pluralism revisited, globalization and health and disease, and social implications of new biomedical technologies.
Terms: Winter 2011
Instructors: Rees, Tobias (Winter)
- Winter
- Prerequisite: ANTH 227
- Restriction: Anthropology program students.
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ANTH 303 Ethnographies of Post-socialism (3 credits)
Overview
Anthropology : Understanding postsocialism through engagement with ethnography that explores how markets interact with political rule, social forms, and the production of cultural values across different geographies and histories. This course focuses primarily on the former Soviet Union, East Germany, and China.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2010-2011 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2010-2011 academic year.
- Winter
- Prerequisites: ANTH 202 and one other 200-level anthropology course, U2 standing or above, or permission of instructor.
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ANTH 305 Arctic Prehistory (3 credits)
Overview
Anthropology : Comparative study of prehistoric Arctic hunter-gatherer cultures in Northern Canada, Alaska, Greenland and eastern Siberia. Emphasis will be placed on interpretation of cultural continuity and change in the context of contemporary hunter-gatherer theory.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2010-2011 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2010-2011 academic year.
- Prerequisite: ANTH 201.
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken ANTH 319.
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ANTH 306 Native Peoples' History in Canada (3 credits)
Overview
Anthropology : A survey of the Canadian policies that impinged on native societies from the fur trade to W.W. II, and the native peoples' responses, looking at their involvement in the fur trade, the emergence of the Métis, types of resistance, economic diversification, development of associations, and cultural distinctiveness.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2010-2011 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2010-2011 academic year.
- Prerequisites: HIST 202 or HIST 203 or ANTH 202 or ANTH 205 or ANTH 206, or permission of instructor
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ANTH 308 Political Anthropology 01 (3 credits)
Overview
Anthropology : The study of political systems and political processes. Conflict and its resolution. The emphasis of the course will be on local-level politics and non-industrial societies.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2010-2011 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2010-2011 academic year.
- Fall
- Prerequisite: ANTH 202, or ANTH 205, or ANTH 206, or ANTH 212, or permission of instructor
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ANTH 309 Prehistory of Northern Europe (3 credits)
Overview
Anthropology : Survey of the prehistory of northern Europe from the end of the last glaciation to the early iron age.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2010-2011 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2010-2011 academic year.
- Fall
- Prerequisite: ANTH 201.
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ANTH 310 Anthropology of the Arts (3 credits)
Overview
Anthropology
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2010-2011 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2010-2011 academic year.
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ANTH 311 Primate Behaviour and Ecology (3 credits)
Overview
Anthropology : Critical evaluation of theories concerning primate behaviour with emphasis on the importance of ecological factors in framing behaviour, including mating behaviour, parent care, social structures, communication, as well as various forms of social interaction such as dominance, territoriality and aggressive expression.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2010-2011 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2010-2011 academic year.
- Fall
- Prerequisite: Any 200 level course in a social or biological science.
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ANTH 312 Zooarchaeology (3 credits)
Overview
Anthropology : A systematic investigation into current methodological and theoretical concerns in archaeological faunal analysis. Topics to be examined include sampling and quantification, butchery, seasonality, subsistence, taphonomy, and paleoecology.
Terms: Fall 2010
Instructors: Savelle, James M (Fall)
- Fall
- Prerequisites: ANTH 201 and Honours/Major status in Anthropology
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ANTH 313 Early Civilizations (3 credits)
Overview
Anthropology : Comparison of similarities and differences in the economic, social, political institutions and the religious beliefs and values of the ancient Egyptians, Sumerians, Shang Chinese, Aztecs, Classic Mayas, Inkas, and precolonial Yorubas. Extent to which cross-cultural regularities and historically-specific factors have shaped their development.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2010-2011 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2010-2011 academic year.
- Winter
- Prerequisite: ANTH 201 or ANTH 202
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ANTH 314 Psychological Anthropology 01 (3 credits)
Overview
Anthropology : A survey of current theories and methods employed in psychological anthropology. Some areas considered are: cross-cultural studies of socialization and personality development; cultural factors in mental illness; individual adaptations to rapid socio-cultural change.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2010-2011 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2010-2011 academic year.
- Fall
- Prerequisite: Any Anthropology course
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken ANTH 214
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ANTH 315 Society/Culture: East Africa (3 credits)
Overview
Anthropology : Overview of the history, languages and cultures of the region. Examination of the social institutions, cultural patterns, subsistence practices and environmental settings of major social groups, including hunter-foragers, fishers, pastoralists, agro-pastoralists, and cultivators. Discussion of current theoretical and ethnological issues in the study of culture and social change.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2010-2011 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2010-2011 academic year.
- Winter
- Restriction: Open only to students in the Study in Africa program, a full-term field study program in East Africa
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ANTH 316 Anthropology of Complex Societies (3 credits)
Overview
Anthropology
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2010-2011 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2010-2011 academic year.
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ANTH 317 Prehistory of North America (3 credits)
Overview
Anthropology : Peopling of the New World; cultural adaptations of grasslands, woodland, desert and maritime environments; factors that favoured the shifts in subsistence activities, settlement patterns and social organization.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2010-2011 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2010-2011 academic year.
- Fall
- Prerequisites: ANTH 201 or 203 or equivalent.
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ANTH 319 Inka Archaeology & Ethnohistory (3 credits)
Overview
Anthropology : In-depth study of material and symbolic manifestations of power and identity in the Pre-Columbian Inka state, drawing on both archaeological and ethnohistoric sources.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2010-2011 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2010-2011 academic year.
- Winter
- Prerequisite: ANTH 201 or ANTH 202 or HISP 225 or permission of instructor.
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ANTH 320 Social Evolution (3 credits)
Overview
Anthropology : The evolution of human social organization, with a focus on pre-industrial societies (hunter-gatherers, small-scale sedentary societies, complex chiefdoms and small scale states).
Terms: Fall 2010
Instructors: Rousseau, Jerome (Fall)
- Fall
- Prerequisites: ANTH 202, or ANTH 205, or ANTH 206, or ANTH 208, and Honours/Major/Minor status in Anthropology, or permission of instructor.
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ANTH 321 Peoples and Cultures of Africa (3 credits)
Overview
Anthropology : An ethnographically-based survey of African cultures. Geographical and historical backgrounds; levels of techno-environmental complexity; patterns in African social organization, economy, politics, religion, and art. Problems of cultural autonomy and structural dependence of contemporary rural peoples.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2010-2011 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2010-2011 academic year.
- Prerequisite: ANTH 202, or ANTH 204, or ANTH 205, or ANTH 206, or ANTH 209 or ANTH 212, or permission of instructor
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ANTH 322 Social Change in Modern Africa (3 credits)
Overview
Anthropology : The impact of colonialism on African societies; changing families, religion, arts; political and economic transformation; migration, urbanization, new social categories; social stratification; the social setting of independence and neo-colonialism; continuity, stagnation, and progressive change.
Terms: Summer 2011
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2010-2011 academic year.
- Winter
- Prerequisite: ANTH 202, or ANTH 204, or ANTH 205, or ANTH 206, or ANTH 209, or ANTH 212, or ANTH 227 or permission of instructor
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ANTH 324 Economic Anthropology 01 (3 credits)
Overview
Anthropology : Systems of production, distribution, and consumption in non-industrial societies. Social relationships and economic behaviour as viewed from the perspective of the individual or small group.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2010-2011 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2010-2011 academic year.
- Prerequisite: ANTH 202, or ANTH 205, or ANTH 206, or ANTH 212, or permission of instructor
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ANTH 326 Anthropology of Latin America (3 credits)
Overview
Anthropology : Central themes in the anthropology of Latin America, including colonialism, religiosity, sexuality and gender, indigeneity, social movements, and transnationalism.
Terms: Fall 2010
Instructors: Norget, Kristin (Fall)
- Fall
- Prerequisite: ANTH 202 or 204 or 205 or 206 or 212 or permission of instructor
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ANTH 327 Peoples of South Asia (3 credits)
Overview
Anthropology : An exploration of the dominant social institutions, cultural themes and perspectives, and psychological patterns found in India and greater South Asia.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2010-2011 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2010-2011 academic year.
- Fall
- Prerequisite: ANTH 202, or ANTH 205, or ANTH 206, or ANTH 212, or permission of instructor
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ANTH 329 Modern Chinese Society and Change (3 credits)
Overview
Anthropology : 20th and 21st century Chinese economic, social and cultural changes and continuities. Topics include rural development, revolution and reform policies, gender and households, family planning, minorities, urbanization, and human rights.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2010-2011 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2010-2011 academic year.
- Winter
- Prerequisites: ANTH 202, or ANTH 205, or ANTH 206, or ANTH 212, or East Asian Studies Honours/Major, or permission of instructor
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ANTH 331 Prehistory of East Asia (3 credits)
Overview
Anthropology : Comparative study of prehistoric hunting and gathering cultures in China, Japan, Korea, Mongolia and Eastern Siberia; origins and dispersal of food production; cultural processes leading to the rise of literate civilizations in certain regions of East Asia.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2010-2011 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2010-2011 academic year.
- Fall
- Prerequisite: ANTH 201 or permission of instructor
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ANTH 333 Class and Ethnicity (3 credits)
Overview
Anthropology : Social, economic, political, symbolic and ideological aspects of ethnicity. Development of ethnic groups. Interplay between social class and ethnicity.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2010-2011 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2010-2011 academic year.
- Prerequisite: ANTH 202, or ANTH 205, or ANTH 206, or ANTH 212, or permission of instructor
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ANTH 334 Kinship and Social Structure (3 credits)
Overview
Anthropology
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2010-2011 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2010-2011 academic year.
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ANTH 335 Ancient Egyptian Civilization (3 credits)
Overview
Anthropology : A study of changing ecological, economic, social, political, and religious factors influencing the development of ancient Egyptian civilization from prehistoric times to the early Christian era. The unique characteristics of Egyptian civilization are compared to the structural features common to all early civilizations.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2010-2011 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2010-2011 academic year.
- Winter
- Prerequisite: ANTH 201, or ANTH 202, or permission of instructor
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ANTH 336 Ethnohistory: North Eastern North America (3 credits)
Overview
Anthropology : The historical processes that engulfed Indian societies from the earliest European arrivals. Four eastern regions will be examined: the Maritimes, New England, New France, and James Bay to compare the kinds and variety of societal accommodations and changes made to meet these new challenges during the 17th and 18th centuries.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2010-2011 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2010-2011 academic year.
- Prerequisite: HIST 202, or ANTH 206, or ANTH 306, or ANTH 338, or permission of instructor
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ANTH 337 Mediterranean Society and Culture (3 credits)
Overview
Anthropology : An exploration of Mediterranean ethnography, with special attention to southern Europe. Cultural patterns, such as "honour and shame'', social patterns such as "patron/client relations'', and current issues, such as "development'', shall be explored.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2010-2011 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2010-2011 academic year.
- Fall
- Prerequisite: ANTH 202, or ANTH 204, or ANTH 205, or ANTH 206, or ANTH 209, or ANTH 212, or ANTH 227
- Restriction: U2 or U3 standing only
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ANTH 338 Native Peoples of North America (3 credits)
Overview
Anthropology : Ethnographic survey of Native cultures in North America. Conditions arising from European colonization and their social, economic and political impact. Contemporary situation of indigenous peoples.
Terms: Winter 2011
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2010-2011 academic year.
- Winter
- Prerequisite: ANTH 202, or ANTH 204, or ANTH 205, or ANTH 206, or ANTH 209, or ANTH 212, or GEOG 336, or permission of instructor
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ANTH 339 Ecological Anthropology (3 credits)
Overview
Anthropology : Intensive study of theories and cases in ecological anthropology. Theories are examined and tested through comparative case-study analysis. Cultural constructions of "nature" and "environment" are compared and analyzed. Systems of resource management and conflicts over the use of resources are studied in depth.
Terms: Winter 2011
Instructors: Scott, Colin Hartley (Winter)
- Winter
- Prerequisite: ANTH 204, or ANTH 206, or SOCI 328, or GEOG 300 or ENVR 201, or ENVR 203, or permission of instructor
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ANTH 340 Middle Eastern Society and Culture (3 credits)
Overview
Anthropology : Exploration of daily life, culture and society in the Middle East, through examination of ethnographic accounts.
Terms: Winter 2011
Instructors: Salzman, Philip Carl (Winter)
- Winter
- Prerequisite: U2 or U3 standing; and ANTH 202, or ANTH 204, or ANTH 205, or ANTH 206, or ANTH 209, or ANTH 212, or ANTH 227, or permission of instructor.
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ANTH 341 Women in Cross-cultural Perspective (3 credits)
Overview
Anthropology : A wide range of anthropological studies are examined and compared, along with theoretical models regarding changes in women's positions. The impact of colonialism, women and social change, and problems of women in developing societies are examined.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2010-2011 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2010-2011 academic year.
- Fall
- Prerequisites: ANTH 202 or ANTH 205, or ANTH 206, or ANTH 342, or Women's Studies Minor, or permission of instructor
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ANTH 342 Gender, Inequality and the State (3 credits)
Overview
Anthropology : Comparative studies of gender in stratified societies: Asia, the Mid-East, Latin and North America. Economic, political and social manifestations of gender inequality. Oppressive and egalitarian ideologies. State and institutional policies on gender, and male-female strategies. Sexual apartheid and integration.
Terms: Fall 2010
Instructors: Sanchez, Alberto (Fall)
- Winter
- Prerequisite: ANTH 202, or ANTH 205, or ANTH 206, or ANTH 341, or Women's Studies Minor, or permission of instructor
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ANTH 344 Quantitative Approaches to Anthropology (3 credits)
Overview
Anthropology : A non-statistics course designed to understand and critically evaluate quantitatively based arguments encountered in the literature of all branches of Anthropology.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2010-2011 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2010-2011 academic year.
- Fall
- Prerequisite: ANTH 201 or ANTH 202 or ANTH 205 or permission of instructor.
- Restriction: Limited to students in Anthropology programs.
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ANTH 345 Prehistory of Africa (3 credits)
Overview
Anthropology : Archaeological evidence for the evolution of culture in Africa from the beginning of the Paleolithic through the Iron Age, including changes in economic, social and political organization as reflected in selected archaeological sites.
Terms: Winter 2011
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2010-2011 academic year.
- Winter
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ANTH 346 Development in Agrarian Societies (3 credits)
Overview
Anthropology
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2010-2011 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2010-2011 academic year.
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ANTH 347 Paleolithic Cultures (3 credits)
Overview
Anthropology
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2010-2011 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2010-2011 academic year.
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ANTH 348 Early Prehistory: New World (3 credits)
Overview
Anthropology : Consideration of major issues regarding the initial arrival(s) of human groups in the New World, and their subsequent adaptation to the changing environmental conditions at the end of the Ice Age.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2010-2011 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2010-2011 academic year.
- Winter
- Prerequisite: ANTH 201 or ANTH 203, or permission of instructor
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ANTH 380 Special Topic 1 (3 credits)
Overview
Anthropology : Supervised reading in special topics under the direction of a member of the staff.
Terms: Fall 2010, Summer 2011
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2010-2011 academic year.
- Fall
- Prerequisite: Permission of instructor
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ANTH 381 Special Topic 2 (3 credits)
Overview
Anthropology : Supervised reading in special topics under the direction of a member of the staff.
Terms: Fall 2010, Winter 2011
Instructors: Engebretsen, Elisabeth (Fall)
- Winter
- Prerequisite: Permission of instructor
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ANTH 382 Special Topic 3 (3 credits)
Overview
Anthropology : Supervised reading in special topics under the direction of a member of the staff.
Terms: Fall 2010, Winter 2011
Instructors: Kohn, Edward (Winter)
- Fall
- Prerequisite: Permission of instructor
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ANTH 383 Special Topic 4 (3 credits)
Overview
Anthropology : Supervised reading in special topics under the direction of a member of the staff.
Terms: Winter 2011
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2010-2011 academic year.
- Winter
- Prerequisite: Permission of instructor
Core (350 Level)
A minimum of 9 credits of core courses at the 350 level selected from:
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ANTH 352 History of Anthropological Theory (3 credits)
Overview
Anthropology : Exploration in the history of anthropological theory; schools, controversies, intellectual history, sociology of knowledge.
Terms: Fall 2010
Instructors: Salzman, Philip Carl (Fall)
- Fall
- Prerequisites: one 200-level anthropology course and one other anthropology course at any level
- Restriction: Honours, Joint Honours, Major and Minor students in Anthropology, U2 standing or above
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ANTH 355 Theories of Culture and Society (3 credits)
Overview
Anthropology : Contributions to contemporary anthropological theory; theoretical paradigms and debates; forms of anthropological explanation; the role of theory in the practice of anthropology; concepts of society, culture and structure; cultural evolution and relativity; interpretive anthropology, post-modernism.
Terms: Winter 2011
Instructors: Galaty, John (Winter)
- Winter
- Prerequisites: one 200-level anthropology course and one other anthropology course at any level
- Restriction: Honours, Joint Honours, Major and Minor students in Anthropology, U2 standing or above
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ANTH 357 Archaeological Methods (3 credits)
Overview
Anthropology : The collection of materials in field investigations and their analysis to yield cultural information. The processes of inference and reconstruction in archaeological interpretation.
Terms: Winter 2011
Instructors: Bennett, Gwen Patrice (Winter)
- Winter
- Prerequisite: ANTH 201 and one other course in archaeology
- Restriction: Honours, Joint Honours and Major students in Anthropology, U2 standing or above
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ANTH 358 The Process of Anthropological Research (3 credits)
Overview
Anthropology : The nature of anthropological research as evidenced in monographs and articles; processes of concept formation and interpretation of data; the problem of objectivity.
Terms: Fall 2010
Instructors: Vaccaro, Ismael (Fall)
- Fall
- Prerequisites: one 200-level anthropology course and one other anthropology course at any level
- Restriction: Honours, Joint Honours, Major and Minor students in Anthropology, U2 standing or above
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ANTH 359 History of Archaeological Theory (3 credits)
Overview
Anthropology : A systematic investigation of the theories that have guided the interpretation of prehistoric archaeological data since the Middle Ages; the relationship between these theories and theoretical developments in the other social sciences.
Terms: Winter 2011
Instructors: Couture, Nicole (Winter)
- Winter
- Prerequisite: ANTH 201 or ANTH 203, and one additional course in archaeology, or permission of instructor
400-/500-Level
A minimum of 9 credits of 400- or 500-level courses selected from:
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ANTH 401 Comparative Anthropology (3 credits)
Overview
Anthropology : Past use of comparative anthropology and potential future use.
Terms: Fall 2010
Instructors: Salzman, Philip Carl (Fall)
- Fall
- Prerequisite: Two 300-level anthropology courses or permission of instructor
- Restriction: U3 students in Anthropology
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ANTH 402 Topics in Ethnography 1 (3 credits)
Overview
Anthropology : An exploration of selected ethnographic case material. Investigation of a regional literature or survey of significant contributions to ethnography or examination of an ethnological issue.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2010-2011 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2010-2011 academic year.
- Fall
- Restriction: U3 students in Anthropology or permission of instructor
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ANTH 403 Current Issues in Archaeology (3 credits)
Overview
Anthropology : Current issues in archaeological interpretation, in particular, those relating to processual and postprocessual archaeology.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2010-2011 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2010-2011 academic year.
- Winter
- Prerequisite: ANTH 357 or preferably ANTH 359, or permission of instructor
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ANTH 404 Topics in Psychological Anthropology (3 credits)
Overview
Anthropology
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2010-2011 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2010-2011 academic year.
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ANTH 405 Topics in Ethnography 2 (3 credits)
Overview
Anthropology : An exploration of selected ethnographic case material. Investigation of a regional literature, or survey of significant recent contributions to ethnography, or examination of a current ethnological issue.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2010-2011 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2010-2011 academic year.
- Winter
- Prerequisite: One 300-Level Anthropology course
- Restriction: U3 students in Anthropology or permission of instructor
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ANTH 407 Anthropology of the Body (3 credits)
Overview
Anthropology : This course will survey theoretical approaches used over the past 100 years, and then focus on contemporary debates using case studies. The nature/culture mind/ body, subject/object, self/other dichotomies central to most work of the body will be problematized.
Terms: Winter 2011
Instructors: Hyde, Sandra (Winter)
- Winter
- Prerequisite: ANTH 227 and (1) 300-level anthropology course, and Honours/Major/Minor status in Anthropology or Social Studies of Medicine, or permission of instructor.
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ANTH 412 Topics: Anthropological Theory (3 credits)
Overview
Anthropology : A concentrated examination of selected theoretical literature. A current theoretical issue will be examined, or the work of a major anthropological theorist or school will be explored and assessed.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2010-2011 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2010-2011 academic year.
- Winter
- Restriction: U3 students in Anthropology and ANTH 355 or permission of instructor
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ANTH 413 Gender in Archaeology (3 credits)
Overview
Anthropology : Relationship between the structure of the archaeological discipline and construction of gender roles in past human societies; division of tasks between men and women in subsistence activities, organization of the household and kin groups; and creation of power and prestige in a larger community.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2010-2011 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2010-2011 academic year.
- Fall
- Prerequisite: ANTH 201 or ANTH 331 or ANTH 345 or ANTH 347 or ANTH 348 or permission of instructor
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ANTH 416 Environment/Development: Africa (3 credits)
Overview
Anthropology : Study of environmental effects of development in East Africa, especially due to changes in traditional land tenure and resource use across diverse ecosystems. Models, policies and cases of pastoralist, agricultural, fishing, wildlife and tourist development will be examined, across savanna, desert, forest, highland and coastal environments.
Terms: Winter 2011
Instructors: Galaty, John (Winter)
- Winter
- Restriction: Open only to students in the Study in Africa program, a full-term field study program in East Africa
- Prerequisite: One prior course in Anthropology, Geography or Environmental Studies
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ANTH 418 Environment and Development (3 credits)
Overview
Anthropology : Advanced study of the environmental crisis in developing and advanced industrial nations, with emphasis on the social and cultural dimensions of natural resource management and environmental change. Each year, the seminar will focus on a particular set of issues, delineated by type of resource, geographic region, or analytical problem.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2010-2011 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2010-2011 academic year.
- Fall
- Prerequisite: ANTH 339, or ANTH 349, or SOCI 328, or GEOG 300, or GEOG 302, or permission of instructor
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ANTH 419 Archaeology of Hunter-Gatherers (3 credits)
Overview
Anthropology : A systematic investigation into current theoretical and methodological concerns in hunter-gatherer archaeology. Examples will be drawn from around the world.
Terms: Fall 2010
Instructors: Savelle, James M (Fall)
- Fall
- Prerequisite: ANTH 357 or permission of instructor
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ANTH 420 Lithic Technology and Analysis (3 credits)
Overview
Anthropology : A survey of current literature on the analysis of stone tools and laboratory sessions illustrating how they were produced and used. Topics to be covered include: fracture mechanics; manufacturing techniques; typological systems; experimental replication; identification of tool functions through microscopic analysis of use-wear.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2010-2011 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2010-2011 academic year.
- Winter
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ANTH 422 Contemporary Latin American Culture & Society (3 credits)
Overview
Anthropology : Themes central to the culture and society of contemporary Latin America and the Caribbean, including globalization, questions of race and ethnicity, (post)modernity, social movements, constructions of gender and sexuality, and national and diasporic identities.
Terms: Winter 2011
Instructors: Norget, Kristin (Winter)
- Winter
- Prerequisites: ANTH 355, or ANTH 352, or HISP 226, or permission of the instructor.
- Restriction: U3 students.
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ANTH 430 Symbolic Anthropology 01 (3 credits)
Overview
Anthropology : Advanced topics in the use of symbolic theory within anthropology, including culturology and structuralism; the use of semiotic models of society, the relation of structure to process, culture to praxis, and ideology to society; the relevance of epistemology, phenomenology and linguistic philosophy for the study of socio-cultural phenomena.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2010-2011 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2010-2011 academic year.
- Fall
- Prerequisite: ANTH 204, or ANTH 355, or permission of instructor
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ANTH 431 Problems in East Asian Archaeology (3 credits)
Overview
Anthropology : Critical examination of major issues in East Asian archaeology. Focus may change from year to year. Possible topics include: origins and evolution of Asian population; processes of plant domestication; development of complex societies based on hunting-gathering-fishing; and rise of civilizations and state formation in China, Japan, and Korea.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2010-2011 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2010-2011 academic year.
- Prerequisite: ANTH 331 or permission of instructor
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ANTH 436 North American Native Peoples (3 credits)
Overview
Anthropology : A detailed examination of selected contemporary problems.
Terms: Winter 2011
Instructors: Scott, Colin Hartley (Winter)
- Winter
- Prerequisite: ANTH 338, or ANTH 336, or permission of instructor
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ANTH 438 Topics in Medical Anthropology (3 credits)
Overview
Anthropology : Conceptions of health and illness and the form and meaning that illness take are reflections of a particular social and cultural context. Examination of the metaphoric use of the body, comparative approaches to healing, and the relationship of healing systems to the political and economic order and to development.
Terms: Fall 2010
Instructors: Young, Allan (Fall)
- Fall
- Prerequisite(s): ANTH 227 and Honours/Major/Minor status in Anthropology or Minor Concentration in Social Studies of Medicine or permission of instructor.
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ANTH 439 Theories of Development (3 credits)
Overview
Anthropology : Comparison of alternative theories of development, as applied to two or more major regions of the Third World. The intellectual origins, logical structures and empirical bases of the alternative theories and comparative empirical testing as they apply to specific controversies in development studies. The interpretation of these theories and controversies.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2010-2011 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2010-2011 academic year.
- Prerequisite: ANTH 212 or permission of instructor
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ANTH 440 Cognitive Anthropology (3 credits)
Overview
Anthropology : The problem of knowledge; the nature of perception; the concept of mind; the relation between thought and language. The concept of meaning: communication, interpretation and symbolism. Social aspects of cognition; ideology.
Terms: Fall 2010
Instructors: Rousseau, Jerome (Fall)
- Fall
- Prerequisite, two of the following: ANTH 204, ANTH 314, ANTH 352, ANTH 355, or ANTH 430, or permission of instructor.
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ANTH 443 Medical Anthropological Theory (3 credits)
Overview
Anthropology : This course is intended to provide a comprehensive survey of the literature that constitutes the theoretical and conceptual core of medical anthropology. Emphasis is given to (1) the ethnographic sources of these ideas, (2) their epistemology, and (3) their methodological implications.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2010-2011 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2010-2011 academic year.
- Fall
- Prerequisites: ANTH 227 and Honours/Major/Minor status in Anthropology or permission of instructor.
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ANTH 445 Property and Land Tenure (3 credits)
Overview
Anthropology : Land tenure systems across major agrarian and environmental settings; cultural constructions of law and customary property rights; private, communal and state property, including parks, reserves, and forests; land reform, villagization, enclosure, privatization and agrarian conflict; debates over development policy; special reference to Africa.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2010-2011 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2010-2011 academic year.
- Prerequisite: ANTH 212 or ANTH 301 or ANTH 321or ANTH 322 or ANTH 324 or ANTH 339 or ANTH 349; or permission of instructor. U3 students only
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ANTH 461 Research Techniques (3 credits)
Overview
Anthropology : Field techniques, interviewing, participant observation, projective, and other testing techniques such as genealogies and life histories, problems of field work, rapport, contact, role definition, culture shock, etc.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2010-2011 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2010-2011 academic year.
- Winter
- Prerequisite: ANTH 358 or permission of instructor
- Restriction: U3 student only
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ANTH 480 Special Topic 5 (3 credits)
Overview
Anthropology : Supervised reading in advanced special topics under direction of a member of staff.
Terms: Fall 2010, Winter 2011
Instructors: Bisson, Michael (Winter)
- Fall
- Prerequisite: Completion of all available courses relevant to the topic and consent of the instructor
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ANTH 481 Special Topic 6 (3 credits)
Overview
Anthropology : Supervised reading in advanced special topics under direction of a member of staff.
Terms: Winter 2011
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2010-2011 academic year.
- Winter
- Prerequisite: Completion of all available courses relevant to the topic and consent of the instructor
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ANTH 482 Special Topic 7 (3 credits)
Overview
Anthropology : Supervised reading in advanced special topics under direction of a member of staff.
Terms: Fall 2010
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2010-2011 academic year.
- Fall
- Prerequisite: Completion of all available courses relevant to the topic and consent of the instructor
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ANTH 483 Special Topic 8 (3 credits)
Overview
Anthropology : Supervised reading in advanced special topics under direction of a member of staff.
Terms: Fall 2010, Winter 2011
Instructors: Stevenson, Margaret (Fall)
- Winter
- Prerequisite: Completion of all available courses relevant to the topic and consent of the instructor
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ANTH 484 Special Topic 9 (3 credits)
Overview
Anthropology : Supervised reading in advanced special topics under direction of a member of staff.
Terms: Fall 2010, Winter 2011
Instructors: Stevenson, Margaret (Winter)
- Fall
- Prerequisite: Completion of all available courses relevant to the topic and consent of the instructor
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ANTH 485 Special Topic 10 (3 credits)
Overview
Anthropology : Supervised reading in advanced special topics under direction of a member of staff.
Terms: Winter 2011
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2010-2011 academic year.
- Winter
- Prerequisite: Completion of all available courses relevant to the topic and consent of the instructor
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ANTH 500 Chinese Diversity and Diaspora (3 credits)
Overview
Anthropology : Explores ethnic diversity within mainland China, as well as the diversity of Chinese cultures of diaspora, living outside the mainland, often as minorities subject to other dominant cultures.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2010-2011 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2010-2011 academic year.
- Winter
- Restrictions: Reserved for U3 Anthropology undergraduate students or graduate students, any other students by permission of instructor.
- Enrolment Limit: 25 students.
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ANTH 511 Computational Approaches to Prehistory (3 credits)
Overview
Anthropology : Covers the application of computational methods to archaeological problems and the modeling and simulation of prehistoric populations.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2010-2011 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2010-2011 academic year.
- Winter
- Prerequisites: ANTH 357 or ANTH 359.
- Restriction: Restricted to U3 and graduate students in the Anthropology Department.
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ANTH 540 Topics in Anthropological Theory (3 credits)
Overview
Anthropology : Examination and discussion of topics of current theoretical interest.
Terms: Fall 2010
Instructors: Kohn, Edward (Fall)
- Fall
- Restriction: This course is restricted to U3 Honours students in the Anthropology Department or with permission of the instructor.
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ANTH 551 Advanced Topics: Archaeological Research (3 credits)
Overview
Anthropology : Examination and discussion of topics of current theoretical or methodological interest in archaeology. Topics will be announced at the beginning of term.
Terms: Fall 2010
Instructors: Bisson, Michael (Fall)
- Fall
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ANTH 555 Advanced Topics in Ethnology (3 credits)
Overview
Anthropology : Examination and discussion of topics of current theoretical or methodological interest in ethnology. Topics will be announced at the beginning of term.
Terms: Winter 2011
Instructors: Rees, Tobias; Young, Allan (Winter)
- Winter
- Restriction: Honours students at the U3 level in the Anthropology Department or with permission of instructor
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ANTH 575 Concepts of Race (3 credits)
Overview
Anthropology : Examination of the evolution of the idea of race within anthropology, and the impact which the discipline's debates have had on society.
Terms: Winter 2011
Instructors: Costopoulos, Andre (Winter)
- Winter
- Prerequisites: ANTH 201, or ANTH 202, or ANTH 203, and ANTH 352 or ANTH 359.
- Restriction: U3 students and graduate students in Anthropology programs.
Honours Thesis
6 credits of honours thesis courses selected from:
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ANTH 490 Honours Thesis 1 (6 credits)
Overview
Anthropology : Supervised reading and preparation of a research report under the direction of a member of staff.
Terms: Fall 2010
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2010-2011 academic year.
- Fall
- Prerequisites: U3 Honours status and permission of instructor
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ANTH 491 Honours Thesis 2 (6 credits)
Overview
Anthropology : Supervised reading and preparation of a research report under the direction of a member of staff.
Terms: Winter 2011
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2010-2011 academic year.
- Winter
- Prerequisites: U3 Honours status and permission of instructor
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ANTH 492 Honours Thesis (6 credits)
Overview
Anthropology : Supervised reading and preparation of a research report under the direction of a member of staff.
Terms: Fall 2010, Winter 2011
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2010-2011 academic year.
- Fall, Winter
- Prerequisites: U3 Honours status and permission of instructor
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ANTH 492D1 Honours Thesis (3 credits)
Overview
Anthropology : Supervised reading and preparation of a research report under the direction of a member of staff.
Terms: Fall 2010
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2010-2011 academic year.
- Fall
- Students must register for both ANTH 492D1 and ANTH 492D2.
- No credit will be given for this course unless both ANTH 492D1 and ANTH 492D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
- ANTH 492D1 and ANTH 492D2 together are equivalent to ANTH 492
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ANTH 492D2 Honours Thesis (3 credits)
Overview
Anthropology : See ANTH 492D1 for course description.
Terms: Winter 2011
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2010-2011 academic year.
- Prerequisite: ANTH 492D1
- No credit will be given for this course unless both ANTH 492D1 and ANTH 492D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
- ANTH 492D1 and ANTH 492D2 together are equivalent to ANTH 492
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ANTH 492N1 Honours Thesis (3 credits)
Overview
Anthropology : Supervised reading and preparation of a research report under the direction of a member of staff.
Terms: Winter 2011
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2010-2011 academic year.
- Winter
- Students must also register for ANTH 492N2
- No credit will be given for this course unless both ANTH 492N1 and ANTH 492N2 are successfully completed in a twelve month period
- ANTH 492N1 and ANTH 492N2 together are equivalent to ANTH 492
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ANTH 492N2 Honours Thesis (3 credits)
Overview
Anthropology : See ANTH 492N1 for course description.
Terms: Fall 2010
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2010-2011 academic year.
- Fall
- Prerequisite: ANTH 492N1
- No credit will be given for this course unless both ANTH 492N1 and ANTH 492N2 are successfully completed in a twelve month period
- ANTH 492N1 and ANTH 492N2 together are equivalent to ANTH 492
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