Anthropology Courses
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ANTH 1100 Introduction to Social and Cultural Anthropology (3 credits)
An introduction to the science and humanities study of the human species in relation to that which makes it what it is, human culture. By examining the various interacting sub-systems of culture, the student will come to a broader understanding of what makes us what we are, and how we make sense out of our human experience. Topics include family and kinship, economic endeavours, social and political organization, religion, sexuality, and symbolic communication. The methodological approach is cross-cultural and comparative, theoretical framework is social construction of reality.
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Prerequisite: None
Lecture: 4
Offered: Fall and Winter
ANTH 1111 Introduction to Physical Anthropology (3 credits)
This course surveys the scope, goals and major discoveries of physical anthropology, dealing particularly with human biological evolution, the hominid fossil record and present physical diversity.
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Prerequisite: None
Lecture: 4
Offered: Fall and Winter
ANTH 1112 Introduction to Archaeology (3 credits)
This course surveys the scope and goals of archaeology and the techniques used in the investigation of the human past. It also surveys the major stages of human cultural evolution, from earliest hunting and gathering societies to the emergence of complex urban civilizations.
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Prerequisite: None
Lecture: 4
Offered: Fall and Winter
ANTH 1120 Native Cultures of BC (3 credits)
This course provides an overview of native cultures in BC, from earliest occupation to selected modern issues. The linguistic and cultural diversity of BC's First Nations will be emphasized. Particular attention will be given to the traditional cultures as they existed shortly after contact with Europeans.
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Prerequisite: None
Lecture: 4
Offered: Fall or Winter
ANTH 1130 The Anthropology of Religion (3 credits)
An introduction to the varieties and experiences of religion in a variety of cross-cultural contexts. We will analyze the social construction of belief systems as well as the relationship of religion to other aspects of social systems, including how people use religion to make their lives meaningful.
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Prerequisite: None
Lecture: 4
Offered: Fall or Winter
ANTH 1160 Canadian Native Cultures (3 credits)
Calendar Description: This course examines the nature and diversity of Canadian Indian, Inuit, and Métis cultures. It looks at native adaptations from the earliest evidence recovered by archaeologists to selected aspects of modern aboriginal life in Canada. Particular attention will be given to the traditional cultures as they existed shortly after contact with Europeans. As First Nations of British Columbia are covered in another course (ANTH 1120), they will largely be omitted here.
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Prerequisite: None
Lecture: 4
Offered: Fall or Winter
ANTH 1170 Anthropology in Developing Countries (3 credits)
An anthropological overview of the Third World or developing nations and how the structure of the world today came into being. Topics include: colonialism, peasants, urbanization, globalization and disease. The methodological approach is ethnographic, comparative and historical. The general theoretical framework is social construction of reality.
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Prerequisite: None
Lecture: 4
Offered: Fall or Winter
ANTH 2192 Archaeological Field Studies (6 credits)
This is a field course in archaeology, with emphasis on the techniques of archaeological excavation. Additional topics include archaeological theory, techniques of laboratory analysis and such skills as photography and mapping. To be offered only in the summer.
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Prerequisite: Consent of instructor
Not offered: 2009/2010
ANTH 2200 Advanced Cultural Anthropology: Concepts and Practice (3 credits)
This course is an examination of the major theoretical perspectives in anthropology in relation to classic ethnographic sources and the experience of anthropologists in the field.
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Prerequisite: ANTH 1100 or equivalent
Lecture: 2; Seminar: 2
Offered: Winter
ANTH 2210 Prehistory of the Americas (3 credits)
This course applies the principles and concepts of archaeology to a survey of the indigenous cultures of the Americas prior to European contact. It deals with the earliest occupation of North America to the time of European arrival, and from small hunting and gathering societies to the complex civilization of Mesoamerica.
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Prerequisite: ANTH 1111 or ANTH 1112
Lecture: 4
Offered: Fall or Winter
ANTH 2212 Old World Prehistory (3 credits)
A survey of cultural developments in Africa, Europe and Asia from the hunting-gathering societies of the Upper Palaeolithic 40,000 years ago to the development of the Bronze Age states and chiefdoms in these regions beginning 5,500 years ago.
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Prerequisite: ANTH 1111 or ANTH 1112
Lecture: 2; Seminar: 2
Offered: Fall or Winter
ANTH 2220 Anthropology of Healing (3 credits)
An introductory consideration of medical/healing beliefs and practices cross-culturally, especially in non-Western/non-state societies. This course also considers the healing process itself.
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Prerequisite: ANTH 1100 or permission of instructor
Lecture: 2; Seminar: 2
Offered: Winter
ANTH 2240 The Anthropology of Human Sexuality (3 credits)
Human sexual expression may begin in biology, but like all things human, culture heavily influences human sexuality. Cultural influence on sexual expression occurs in relation to behaviour, desire and meaning. For humans, sexuality ties together body/mind/society. This course is a cross-cultural survey of the forms of human sexual expression and their relation to culture.
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Prerequisite: ANTH 1100 or SOCI 1125
Lecture: 4
Offered: Fall or Winter