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Anthropology Studies
This option examines the study of anthropology in its attempts to understand the human experience, past and present, using holistic, comparative, and field based evolutionary perspectives and practices. Students will earn a strong base in anthropological history, theory and methods as well as acquire important skills allowing them to conduct research and analysis in the mode of an anthropologist, examining and interpreting the immediate world around them.
Thirteen (13) courses are required as grouped and noted below.
REQUIRED (6 courses):
| ANT 100 | Introduction to Anthropology |
| ANT 200 | Anthropological Perspective |
| ANT 900* | Anthropology Capstone |
| BLG 133 | Fundamentals of Biological Anthropology I |
| BLG 233 | Biological Anthropology II |
| LIR 400 | Ethnographic Practices |
Four (4) of the following:
A maximum of two (2) courses marked with a dagger (†) may be selected from this group.
| GEO 326 | The Geography of Early Hominins |
| HIS 275† | Ancient Greece and Rome |
| HIS 277† | Mediaeval Europe, 400-1350 |
| HIS 461† | Cradle of Civilization: Ancient Near East |
| HIS 501 | Archaeology and Material Culture |
| HIS 502 | Life Stories: Oral History |
| HIS 510 | Museology and Public History |
| HIS 559 | Ancient Egypt |
| HIS 561 | The Ottoman Empire |
| HIS 610 | Curating the Past |
| HIS 662 | The Mughal Empire, 1526-1764 |
| HIS 710 | Managing Heritage Resources |
| HIS 903 | Senior Seminar I: Cross-Field Study |
| HST 111† | World Turned Upside Down: Europe 1350-1789 |
| HST 211† | Century of Revolution: Europe 1789-1914 |
| HST 325† | History of Science and Technology I |
| HST 407† | Canada from 1885: The Struggle for Identity |
| HST 425† | History of Science and Technology II |
| HST 533 | Africa Before 1850 |
| HST 580 | Natives and Newcomers to 1763 |
| HST 680 | Natives and Newcomers from 1763 |
| HST 701 | Scientific Technology and Modern Society |
| HST 777 | Medicine from Antiquity to 1500 CE |
| HST 786 | Science and Technology in Islamic History |
| NPF 559 | Advanced Topics in Curatorial Practices |
| NPF 571 | Introduction to Museum and Gallery Studies |
Three (3) of the following:
Many of these courses have prerequisites.
| CRM 302 | Criminological Theories |
| ECN 340 | The Economics of Human Behaviour |
| LIR 100 | Global Models in Intercultural Relations |
| LIR 200 | Critical Practices in Intercultural Relations |
| LIR 300 | Intercultural Negotiations |
| PPA 703 | Dispute Resolution in Indigenous Context |
| PPA 705 | Sustainable Development and First Nations |
| PSY 102 | Introduction to Psychology I |
| PSY 124 | Social Psychology |
| PSY 202 | Introduction to Psychology II |
| PSY 300 | Psychology and Law |
| PSY 324 | Biological Psychology |
| PSY 434 | Brain and Behaviour |
| PSY 802 | Death, Dying and Bereavement |
| SEM 101 | Sign, Sense and Meaning |
| SEM 102 | Introduction to Visual Semiotics |
| SOC 105 | Introduction to Sociology |
| SOC 107 | Sociology of the Everyday |
| SOC 108 | Indigenous Peoples and Decolonization |
| SOC 300 | Sociology of Equity and Diversity |
| SOC 305 | Sociology of Deviance |
| SOC 319 | Sociological Perspectives on Crime |
| SOC 427 | Indigenous Perspectives on Canada |