Program Requirements
The Major concentration is especially appropriate for students who aim to take courses across several sub-disciplinary or topical concentrations, and for whom specialization is premature. There are no prerequisites for admission to the Major Concentration Anthropology. Students are encouraged to take a course in quantitative methods (listed under the Honours program), but this course cannot count as part of this concentration.
Complementary Courses (36 credits)
200 Level
6 credits selected from 200-level courses in Anthropology (ANTH).
Core (350 Level)
6 credits, from the following Core courses (350 level):
(Note: These are restricted to students in any Anthropology program with U2 standing or above.)
-
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 2024
Instructors: Galaty, John (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
-
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 2025
Instructors: Stevenson, Lisa (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
-
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: Fall 2024
Instructors: Johansen, Peter (Fall)
Fall
Prerequisites: ANTH 201 and one other course in archaeology
Restrictions: Honours, Joint Honours and Major students in Anthropology, U2 standing or above
-
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 2024
Instructors: Manoukian, Setrag (Fall)
Fall
Prerequisites: one 200-level anthropology course and one other anthropology course at any level
Restrictions: Honours, Joint Honours, Major and Minor students in Anthropology, U2 standing or above
-
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 2025
Instructors: Couture, Nicole (Winter)
400 Level
6 credits, two 400-level Anthropology (ANTH) courses.
Undergraduate Level
18 credits of additional undergraduate-level Anthropology courses of which no more than 6 credits may be at the 200 level.