This course surveys the evolution of the human species and outlines our cultural development from the earliest tool use through the beginnings of...
The dynamic nature of cultural systems is examined. Topics include language, technology, social organization, economics, politics, and religion. Data...
An introduction to the working assumptions, analytic approaches, and integrative and descriptive methods of archaeological anthropology. Antireq:...
This course explores ways in which anthropologists have adapted and innovated ethnographic approaches, methods, and questions to explore the...
An examination of Inuit and Eskimo cultures of Alaska, Canada and Greenland from their prehistoric origins to the present. Administrative systems...
Data, methods and theory in the study of the origin and evolution of humans are surveyed. Topics will include genetic theory, primate evolution, human...
An introduction to the behaviour of non-human primates and its relevance to human evolution. Topics will include social organization, ecology,...
Ethnographic and documentary photographs and films as well as indigenous media are examined from the standpoint of contemporary anthropological...
This course systematically examines research design and methodology in anthropology.Department Consent Required Prereq: ANTH 202
In this course, we explore anthropological perspectives on political violence and conflict. Emphasis will be placed on developing an anthropological...
The course views digital media and culture through the various lenses of anthropology. It incorporates themes on globalization, transnationalism,...
This course introduces students to the identification and interpretation of skeletal evidence for disease, the literary evidence for ancient medicine,...
Detailed consideration of prehistoric cultural developments from earliest toolmaking to the transition to agriculture. An examination of the human...
Cultural development from the agricultural revolution to the rise of literacy. Special attention to the development of agriculture as a means of...
An in-depth study of the archaeological evidence for prehistoric cultures in the Great Lakes area from their arrival ca. 11,000 years ago to the...
An examination of the relationships among environment, technology, society, and culture. The increasing levels of complexity will be considered in the...
Directed independent research on or off campus.Instructor Consent Required
This course is designed to teach students the fundamentals of anthropological approaches to illness, health, medicine, and bioethics. It will cover...
This course examines the nature of tourism as cross-cultural contact and critiques the phenomena of mass travel and globalized tourism. The various...
An examination of the legal, social, and cultural position of indigenous communities within the nation-state. The course will compare Canada's...