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2024 September Semester
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| ANTH 102 - Anthropology: A World of Discovery |
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Using a thematic approach, this course explores what defines the human species. Some of the themes explored may include human evolution and our primate biological kin; archaeology and digging for the past; culture in a global world; communication or the essentials of being a talking and increasingly texting primate; health as social and biological; production and consumption, from the first stone tools to the Big Mac; and other topics that deal with humanity past and contemporary.
Credits: 3.000 Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture, Final Exam |
| ANTH 200 - Biological Anthropology |
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A survey of the origins and evolution of human population diversity. Topics covered include an introduction to evolutionary and population genetic theory; trends and debates in human evolution; principles of human growth, development and aging; and polymorphism, polytypism and biocultural adaptation in human populations.
Credits: 3.000 Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture, Final Exam |
| ANTH 201 - Medical Anthropology |
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Understandings of wellness in various cultural systems studied through the classification of health and illness categories, and the range of approaches to maintaining and intervening in health processes. Examples relevant to Northern peoples and issues will be developed.
Credits: 3.000 Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture, Self-Directed, Final Exam, Audio/Video, World Wide Web |
| ANTH 203 - Archaeology of the Americas |
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A survey of the archaeological record of prehistoric human occupation of North, Central and South America. Issues such as peopling of the New World, paleo-Indian adaptations, origins of agriculture, the expansion and contraction of interaction spheres, and the consequences of contact will be considered from a regional and continental perspective.
Credits: 3.000 Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture, Final Exam |
| ANTH 205 - Introduction to Archaeology |
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An introduction to archaeological methods. This course will trace the developmental history of the discipline, and will focus on current methods and techniques used in archaeology. Using case studies from around the globe, the course will highlight the holistic and interdisciplinary nature of archaeology.
Credits: 3.000 Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture, Final Exam, Audio/Video, World Wide Web |
| ANTH 206 - Ethnography In Northern British Columbia |
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A survey of the ethnographic literature for this region, and an introduction to the methodology and paradigms of ethnographic research.
Credits: 3.000 Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture, Final Exam |
| ANTH 207 - Popular Culture |
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The study of contemporary cultural phenomena with anthropological methods.
Credits: 3.000 Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture, Final Exam, Audio/Video, World Wide Web |
| ANTH 211 - Anthropology Through Film |
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This course will introduce the student to the subject matter and theories of social and cultural anthropology through the extensive use of anthropological and documentary film. Topics will cover a spectrum of issues, including: marriage and the family; economics; ritual and religion; conflict and conflict resolution; and culture change, among others.
Credits: 3.000 Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture, Final Exam |
| ANTH 212 - Archaeology of the Old World |
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This survey course focuses on human antiquity outside of the Americas. Temporally the course covers some two and a half million years of prehistory, beginning with the earliest known arachaeological evidence in Africa, and ending with the great civilizations of Asia, Europe and Africa.
Credits: 3.000 Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture, Final Exam |
| ANTH 213 - Peoples and Cultures |
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This course examines the diversity of human cultures and languages through the comparison of contemporary societies, and patterns of social organization.
Credits: 3.000 Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture, Final Exam |
| ANTH 214 - Anthropology of Europe |
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A survey of anthropological literature of Europe, with a focus on selected cultures or religions. The course will discuss the methodology and paradigms of the area's ethnographic research.
Credits: 3.000 Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture, Final Exam, Audio/Video, Field Camp, World Wide Web |
| ANTH 215 - Anthropology of Canada |
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A survey of anthropological literature describing Canada, with a focus on selected cultures or regions. Examples relevant to northern peoples and issues will be used. The course will discuss the methodology and paradigms of the area's ethnographic research. This course will allow students to make inferences to analyze what is happening in their own community.
Credits: 3.000 Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture, Final Exam, Audio/Video, World Wide Web |
| ANTH 217 - Language and Culture |
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This course provides an overview of the ways linguistic anthropology analyzes languages and communication. Topics may include: ethnolinguistics and ethnoscience; discourse analysis; and language use and language planning in the modern nation-state.
Credits: 3.000 Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture, Self-Directed, Final Exam |
| ANTH 220 - Introduction to Primatology |
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A survey of major issues in contemporary primatology, including origins and evolution, taxonomy, socioecology, mating systems, dominance, co-operative and coercive structures, intelligence and conservation.
Credits: 3.000 Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture, Final Exam |
| ANTH 230 - Introduction to Forensic Anthropology |
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This course examines the contribution of anthropology to the recovery, identification and interpretation of recent human skeletal remains. Topics covered include forensic archaeology, methods of biological and personal identification, trauma and taphonomy, crime scene analysis, the anthropologist as expert witness, war crimes and mass graves.
Credits: 3.000 Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture, Final Exam |
| ANTH 240 - The Neandertals |
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This course examines conceptions and misconceptions of the most enigmatic of our ancestors, the Neandertals. Since first discovered in 1848 Neandertals have occupied a special place in the story of human evolution - they have been pathologized, idealized, and romanticized. Neandertals have generated more
controversy surrounding human evolution than any other ancestor. This course examines aspects of biology, culture, symbolic behaviour, and subsistence, considering Neandertal origins and ‘disappearance,’ as well as considering how Neandertals have been represented in ‘popular culture’ over the past 150 years.
Credits: 3.000 Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture, Self-Directed, Final Exam |
| ANTH 250 - The Ancient Egyptians |
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This course is a survey of the development and workings of ancient Egyptian state society. The course begins with the pre-Dynastic Period and ends with the Ptolemaic Period, but the major focus is on the Dynastic Period. Using a combination of archaeological and documentary evidence, the course examines ancient Egyptian history, politics, technology, cosmology, and other aspects of everyday life.
Credits: 3.000 Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture, Final Exam |
| ANTH 298 - Topics in Anthropology |
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This course covers particular aspects of anthropology selected by the instructor. This course may be repeated for credit (maximum 6 credit hours) with the permission of the Department Chair (permission given only when subject matter differs substantially).
Credits: 3.000 TO 6.000 Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture, Self-Directed, Final Exam, Field Camp |
| ANTH 300 - Qualitative Methods |
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This course explores the significance of the ethnographic method in the practice of qualitative research. Students learn about defining research questions, creating research designs, selecting research strategies, and understanding the ethics of carrying out research. Students also learn about different kinds of data collection and research tools, including participant-observation, interviewing, focus groups, data recording through field notes, journaling, and visual and sound methods. Finally, students are introduced to qualitative and discourse analysis and interpretation.
Credits: 3.000 Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture, Final Exam |
| ANTH 301 - Archaeological Lab Methods |
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This course introduces students to laboratory methods used in archaeological analyses. Topics will include chipped and ground stone tools, fauna, bone tools, basketry, quantitative methods and more. Students will conduct research projects, and may have the opportunity to analyze artifacts from archaeological sites in B.C. and elsewhere.
Credits: 3.000 Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture, Final Exam, Lec/Lab/Tut Combination, Laboratory |
| ANTH 303 - Museums, Galleries, Archives |
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This course explores anthropological museum practice, archival research, and art curation. Special attention is given to community stakeholders in curatorial practice and heritage management. Students engage in hands-on archival research and participate in multiple museum/gallery field trips.
Credits: 3.000 Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture, Self-Directed, Final Exam, Audio/Video Course Attributes: Upper Division Course |
| ANTH 305 - Circumpolar Ethnography |
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A survey of the archaeological and ethnographic literature on the north, with a focus on selected cultures from Alaska, Northern Canada, Greenland, Northern Scandinavia and Northern Russia. The course will discuss the methodology and paradigms of the area's ethnographic research.
Credits: 3.000 Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture, Final Exam, Audio/Video, Field Camp, World Wide Web |
| ANTH 310 - Practicing Anthropology |
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This course examines the career opportunities and ethical challenges of practicing sociocultural anthropology outside of academia, in areas such as international aid and development, business and industry, policy and defence, art and design, legal consultancy, and community and government organizations. Students explore the relevance of anthropological training in working with clients, consultants, and communities. Through a series of course assignments, students build a proposal for their own consultancy projects.
Credits: 3.000 Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture, Final Exam, Audio/Video |
| ANTH 311 - Anthropology of Food, Drink and Health |
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This course uses a biocultural approach to examine the relationship between humans and food (e.g., origins, acquisition and avoidance; distribution; preparation). The evolution of food and health (human dietary needs; malnutrition) is explored over time with regard to hunter-gatherers, food domesticators, and contemporary populations.
Credits: 3.000 Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture, Final Exam, Lec/Lab/Tut Combination, Laboratory |
| ANTH 312 - Human Adaptability and Environmental Stress |
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This course examines the human capacity to adapt to a wide array of environmental (physical and social) stressors. Topics include: adaptation to extreme environments (e.g. cold, hot, high altitude); (mal)adaption to modern and urban conditions (e.g. sleep, crowding, noise, pollution); and the role of genetics, culture/behaviour, and epigenetics in human adaptation.
Credits: 3.000 Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture, Final Exam, Lec/Lab/Tut Combination, Laboratory |
| ANTH 313 - Plagues and Peoples |
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This course examines the relationship between humankind and infectious disease. Using cultural, evolutionary, epidemiological, and ecological perspectives, students examine the interplay between human behaviour and infectious disease through a study of specific plagues and epidemics through history. An over-arching objective is to appreciate how humanity’s past experience with plagues can inform our current and future encounters with new (or re-emerging) diseases.
Credits: 3.000 Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture, Final Exam |
| ANTH 315 - Anthropological Theory |
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This course investigates the major theoretical trends in anthropology from the nineteenth century to the present. It introduces central issues in anthropology theory, key concepts in the discipline, important authors and debates over theoretical perspectives.
Credits: 3.000 Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture, Final Exam, Audio/Video |
| ANTH 325 - Archaeological Theory |
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Over the last three decades, there has been a tremendous explosion of literature concerning theory in archaeology. In this seminar course, students will learn about the historical contexts and development of the various theoretical schools that have contributed to our current state of knowledge. Weekly readings and seminar discussion will be mandatory.
Credits: 3.000 Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Final Exam, Audio/Video, Seminar, World Wide Web |
| ANTH 335 - Archaeological Heritage Management |
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In this lab-seminar course weekly readings focus on topics relevant to archaeological heritage management, also known as Cultural Resource Management (CRM). Discussions will center on issues such as: heritage legislation in British Columbia and elsewhere, First Nations and private sector concerns, and archaeological consulting. Labs will focus on methodological issues such as survey techniques, culturally modified trees and more.
Credits: 3.000 Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Final Exam, Laboratory |
| ANTH 400 - Thinking Through Anthropology: Ideas for a Better World |
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This course examines a range of concepts and theories central to contemporary anthropology. The course addresses the critical social and political practice of anthropology, recognizing that practicing anthropology means theorizing, and theorizing anthropology means practicing.
Credits: 3.000 Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture, Final Exam |
| ANTH 401 - Anthropological Perspectives on Inequality |
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An examination of the embedding of inequality in cultural systems, and the intersection of categories such as race, class and gender in systems of hegemony; examples will be selected from a variety of cultural contexts.
Credits: 3.000 Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture, Final Exam, Audio/Video, World Wide Web Course Attributes: Upper Division Course |
| ANTH 404 - Comparative Study of Indigenous Peoples of the World |
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A project-based seminar in which students will examine the similarities and differences of selected groups, focusing on issues such as relations with state societies, etc.
Credits: 3.000 Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture, Final Exam, Audio/Video, World Wide Web Course Attributes: Upper Division Course |
| ANTH 405 - Landscapes, Place and Culture |
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This course provides an examination and critique of the anthropological approaches to landscape, space and place. Cross-cultural and cross-temporal case studies are used.
Credits: 3.000 Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture, Self-Directed, Final Exam, Audio/Video |
| ANTH 406 - Feminist Perspectives in Anthropology |
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This course will survey and critique selected theoretical approaches and ethnographies to examine key areas of interest and debate in the field of feminist anthropology. This course will draw from the political ideology in feminism concerned with critical examination of gender relations and cross-cultural anthropological study.
Credits: 3.000 Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture, Final Exam, Audio/Video, World Wide Web |
| ANTH 407 - British Columbia Ethnography |
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This course is a comparative critique of contemporary ethnographic research of selected cultures or regions.
Credits: 3.000 Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture, Final Exam, Audio/Video Course Attributes: Upper Division Course |
| ANTH 409 - British Columbia Archaeology |
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This is a problem-based seminar in which selected issues are examined from several points of view.
Credits: 3.000 Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture, Final Exam |
| ANTH 410 - Theory of Nation and State |
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A critical examination of theories of ethnicity, nationalism and statehood from an anthropological perspective.
Credits: 3.000 Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture, Self-Directed, Final Exam, Audio/Video, World Wide Web |
| ANTH 411 - Topics in Biological Anthropology |
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This course is a problem-oriented and project-based seminar in which one (or more) selected topics in Biological Anthropology are examined. This course may be repeated for credit (maximum 6 credit hours) with the permission of the Department Chair (permission to be given only when the subject matter differs substantially).
This course examines the biological, demographic, ecological, and socio-cultural determinants of human population structure and the interrelationships among them. Emphasis is given to demographic measures of mortality, fertility, and immigration.
Credits: 3.000 TO 6.000 Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture, Final Exam, Laboratory |
| ANTH 413 - Environmental Anthropology |
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This is an examination of the anthropological literature on ecology and environmental practices in which contemporary issues and examples relevant to indigenous practices and northern peoples are developed.
Credits: 3.000 Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture, Final Exam, Audio/Video Course Attributes: Upper Division Course |
| ANTH 414 - Religion, Ideology, and Belief Systems |
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This course provides a review of anthropological approaches to religion, ideology and belief systems with comparative examples from several cultures.
Credits: 3.000 Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture, Final Exam Course Attributes: Upper Division Course |
| ANTH 416 - Archaeological Survey and Mapping |
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Course participants will learn about the archaeological survey, from both the academic perspective, and from the perspective of professional consulting archaeology. Students will become proficient at map reading, compassing, sampling strategies in forest and non-forest environments, and recognizing cultural features pertinent to the area. Participants will learn skills necessary for potential employment with professional archaeology firms. This will include observing protocols with First Nation communities and liaising with government and corporate entities. Where possible, students will have an opportunity to work for a few days with professional consultants.
Credits: 6.000 Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture, Final Exam, Field Camp |
| ANTH 417 - Excavation and Field Interpretation in Archaeology |
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Excavation forms a central aspect of archaeology. As part of this course, students and community members will participate in a six to eight week excavation of an archaeological locality. This will involve initial set-up of the area, excavation and record-keeping, and basic field laboratory procedures. In addition to "hands-on" participation, daily seminar discussion will be mandatory; topics will center on each day's survey and excavation results. These sessions will be interdisciplinary, reflecting the interests of the instructors, community members, visiting researchers and students. Topics will invariably focus on geomorphology, lithic artifacts, zooarchaeology, paleoethnobotany, paleoecology, oral traditions and Traditional Use, and the social context of conducting archaeology. The field school will often take place in remote localities in British Columbia and elsewhere, and so students may have to live in a field camp situation. In addition to basic tuition, there may be additional fees to cover camp and transportation costs.
Credits: 3.000 TO 6.000 Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture, Final Exam, Field Camp |
| ANTH 418 - Archaeology and First Nations |
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This course introduces students to the value of ethnographic information (including oral history, place names documentation, traditional technology, subsistence, and traditional use activities), the interpretation of archaeological data, and construction of First Nations (pre)history.
Credits: 3.000 Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture, Final Exam, Field Camp |
| ANTH 420 - Races, Racism, and Human Biology |
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This seminar course investigates the biological basis of human diversity and difference. It deals with the origin and mechanisms of human population variation, the nature of racial and racist studies in both historical and social context, and the question of race as a valid subject of scientific inquiry.
Credits: 3.000 Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture, Final Exam |
| ANTH 421 - Ethnographic Field Methods |
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A project-based seminar in which students will actualize field methods in ethnographic research, in addition to closely examining questions of ethical research and community participation in ethnographic research. This course consists of at least three weeks of classroom instruction in a field location and will emphasize the actualization of conventional ethnographic methods and procedures in an actual field setting. Students will be expected to participate in a larger field project and to gain direct experience in field methods while being sensitized to the requirements of ethical research and community involvement in ethnography.
Credits: 3.000 TO 6.000 Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture, Final Exam, Field Camp |
| ANTH 422 - Ethnographic Research Project |
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A project-based course in which students shall examine and compare selected aspects of cultures and peoples before integrating this acquired knowledge to design and carry out a major research project arising from the field experience. The ethnographic material covered shall be appropriate to the field school's locality and/or general research topic.
Credits: 3.000 TO 6.000 Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture, Final Exam, Field Camp |
| ANTH 423 - Urban Anthropology |
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This course provides a review of the anthropological approaches to and the social theory of contemporary urban society in the local, national and global contexts of the modern world. Contemporary issues relevant to the North will be addressed.
Credits: 3.000 Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture, Final Exam, Audio/Video, World Wide Web |
| ANTH 425 - Introduction to Zooarchaeology |
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This lab course introduces students to the study of animal bones found in arachaeological contexts. The first part of this course focuses on animal bone identification, while the second part centers on theoretical aspects of animal use by pre-Industrial human societies. As part of this course, students may have to prepare animal skeletons.
Credits: 3.000 Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture, Final Exam, Lec/Lab/Tut Combination, Laboratory |
| ANTH 430 - Stone Tools in Archaeology |
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Stone tools are the most ubiquitous type of artifact found around the world. This lab-seminar course focuses on methods and techniques for analyzing stone tools, and includes a strong theoretical component on stone tool production and use in pre-Industrial societies. Weekly labs will focus on analytical procedures, and in addition students are expected to complete assigned readings and participate in discussions.
Credits: 3.000 Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture, Final Exam, Lec/Lab/Tut Combination, Laboratory |
| ANTH 440 - Internship |
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Credits: 3.000 Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Internship Course Attributes: Upper Division Course |
| ANTH 450 - Undergraduate Thesis |
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Students explore an original research topic developed in consultation with and supervised by a faculty member in the Anthropology Department. This thesis builds upon past coursework, but also includes a much more thorough review of the literature than would be the case of upper-level undergraduate courses. The research results are presented in the form of an 8,000-10,000-word research paper that the student informally presents to the members of the Anthropology Department.
Credits: 6.000 Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture, Undergrad Thesis Course Attributes: Upper Division Course |
| ANTH 451 - Traditional Use Studies |
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This course is an advanced seminar on traditional land use and occupation studies, their use, application, and development. The seminar examines methods of recording patterns of traditional use by Indigenous peoples; explores the origins and development of this field; review case studies; and reviews recent mapping techniques and contemporary policies. The course may have a field trip component.
Credits: 3.000 Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Final Exam, Audio/Video, Seminar |
| ANTH 460 - Anthropology Capstone |
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This course engages students in the contemporary methodological and theoretical debates, and ideological challenges that face anthropologists today. Topics range from ethical considerations over the construction and ownership of knowledge to the practical challenges of how to set up a field/research project. This course prepares students to work within this ever-changing discipline through reinforcing the interlinked nature of sociocultural, biological and archaeological inquiry. Using an integrative approach, this course illustrates how our diverse theory, methods and practice may work together to challenge established rhetoric and create innovative ideas about the past, present and future.
Credits: 3.000 Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture, Final Exam |
| ANTH 498 - Special Topics in Anthropology |
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Credits: 3.000 TO 6.000 Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture, Final Exam, Audio/Video, Field Camp, Laboratory Course Attributes: Upper Division Course |
| ANTH 499 - Independent Study |
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Credits: 3.000 TO 6.000 Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Self-Directed Course Attributes: Upper Division Course |
| ANTH 600 - Advanced Anthropological Theory |
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This course surveys and critiques selected contemporary approaches to cultural and social theory.
Credits: 3.000 Levels: Graduate Schedule Types: Lecture, Final Exam |
| ANTH 601 - Anthropological Perspectives on Inequality |
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An examination of the embedding of inequality in cultural systems, and the intersection of categories such as race, class and gender in systems of hegemony; examples will be selected from a variety of cultural contexts.
Credits: 3.000 Levels: Graduate Schedule Types: Lecture, Final Exam, Audio/Video, World Wide Web |
| ANTH 604 - Comparative Study of Indigenous Peoples of the World |
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A project-based seminar in which students will examine the similarities and differences of selected groups, focusing on issues such as relations with state societies, etc.
Credits: 3.000 Levels: Graduate Schedule Types: Lecture, Final Exam |
| ANTH 605 - Landscapes, Place and Culture |
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This course provides an examination and critique of the anthropological approaches to landscape, space and place. Cross-cultural and cross-temporal case studies are used.
Credits: 3.000 Levels: Graduate Schedule Types: Lecture, Final Exam, Audio/Video, World Wide Web |
| ANTH 606 - Feminist Perspectives in Anthropology |
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This course surveys and critiques selected theoretical approaches and ethnographies to examine key areas of interest and debate in the field of feminist anthropology. This course draws from the political ideology in feminism concerned with critical examination of gender relations and cross-cultural anthropological study.
Credits: 3.000 Levels: Graduate Schedule Types: Lecture, Final Exam, Audio/Video, World Wide Web |
| ANTH 607 - British Columbia Ethnography |
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This course is a comparative critique of contemporary ethnographic research of selected cultures or regions.
Credits: 3.000 Levels: Graduate Schedule Types: Lecture, Final Exam, Audio/Video |
| ANTH 609 - Advanced British Columbia Archaeology |
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This is a problem-based seminar in which selected issues are examined from several points of view.
Credits: 3.000 Levels: Graduate Schedule Types: Lecture, Final Exam |
| ANTH 610 - Theory of Nation and State |
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A critical examination of theories of ethnicity, nationalism and statehood from an anthropological perspective.
Credits: 3.000 Levels: Graduate Schedule Types: Lecture, Self-Directed, Final Exam, Audio/Video, World Wide Web |
| ANTH 611 - Biological Anthropology |
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This course is a problem-oriented and project-based seminar examining a selected topic, or topics, in Biological Anthropology. Credit is available for both ANTH 411- (3-6) and ANTH 611-3, provided the topic is substantially different between offerings.
This course examines the biological, demographic, ecological, and socio-cultural determinants of human population structure and the interrelationships among them. Emphasis is given to demographic measures of mortality, fertility, and immigration.
Credits: 3.000 Levels: Graduate Schedule Types: Lecture, Final Exam |
| ANTH 613 - Environmental Anthropology |
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This course is an examination of the anthropological literature on ecology and environmental practices in which contemporary issues and examples relevant to indigenous practices and northern peoples are developed.
Credits: 3.000 Levels: Graduate Schedule Types: Lecture, Final Exam |
| ANTH 614 - Religion, Ideology, and Belief Systems |
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This course provides a review of anthropological approaches to religion, ideology and belief systems using comparative examples from several cultures.
Credits: 3.000 Levels: Graduate Schedule Types: Lecture, Self-Directed, Final Exam |
| ANTH 616 - Archaeological Survey and Mapping |
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Course participants will learn about archaeological survey, from both the academic perspective, and from the perspective of professional consulting archaeology. Students will become proficient at map reading, compassing, sampling strategies in forest and non-forest environments, and recognizing cultural features pertinent to the area. Participants will learn skills necessary for potential employment with professional archaeology firms. This will include observing protocols with First Nations communities and liaising with government and corporate entities. Where possible, students will have an opportunity to work for a few days with professional consultants.
Credits: 6.000 Levels: Graduate Schedule Types: Lecture, Audio/Video, Field Camp, World Wide Web |
| ANTH 617 - Excavation and Field Interpretation in Archaeology |
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Excavation forms a central aspect of archaeology. As part of this course, students and community members will participate in a 6-8 week excavation of an archaeological locality. This will involve initial set-up of the area, excavation and record-keeping, and basic field laboratory procedures. In addition to "hands-on" participation, daily seminar discussion will be mandatory; topics will center on each day's survey and excavation results. These sessions will be interdisciplinary, reflecting the interests of the instructors, community members, visiting researchers and students. Topics will invariably focus on geomorphology, lithic artifacts, zooarchaeology, paleoethnobotany, paleoecology, oral traditions and traditional use, and the social context of conduct in archaeology. The field school will often take place in remote localities in British Columbia and elsewhere, and so students may have to live in a field camp situation. In addition to basic tuition, there may be additional fees to cover camp and transportation costs.
Credits: 6.000 Levels: Graduate Schedule Types: Lecture, Audio/Video, Field Camp, World Wide Web |
| ANTH 618 - Archaeology and First Nations |
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Introduces students to the value of ethnographic information (including oral history, place names documentation, traditional technology, subsistence, and traditional use activities), the interpretation of archaeological data and construction of First Nations (pre) history.
Credits: 3.000 Levels: Graduate Schedule Types: Lecture, Audio/Video, Field Camp, World Wide Web |
| ANTH 620 - Races, Racism, and Human Biology |
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This seminar course investigates the biological basis of human diversity and difference. It deals with the origin and mechanisms of human population variation, the nature of racial and racist studies in both historical and social context, and the question of race as a valid subject of scientific inquiry.
Credits: 3.000 Levels: Graduate Schedule Types: Lecture, Final Exam |
| ANTH 621 - Ethnographic Field Methods |
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This course is a project-based seminar in which students actualize field methods in ethnographic research, in addition to closely examining questions of ethical research and community participation in ethnographic research. This course consists of at least three weeks of classroom instruction in a field location and emphasizes the actualization of conventional ethnographic methods and procedures in a field setting. Students are expected to participate in a larger field project and to gain direct experience in field methods while being sensitized to the requirements of ethical research and community involvement in ethnography. Credit may be available for ANTH 421-(3-6) and ANTH 621-(3-6) if the subject matter and course location differ substaintially.
Credits: 3.000 TO 6.000 Levels: Graduate Schedule Types: Lecture, Self-Directed, Field Camp |
| ANTH 622 - Ethnographic Research Project |
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This is a project-based course in which students examine and compare selected aspects of cultures and peoples before integrating this acquired knowledge to design and carry out a major research project arising from the field experience. The ethnographic material covered shall be appropriate to the field school's locality and/or general research topic. Credit may be available for ANTH 422-(3-6) and ANTH 622-(3-6) if the subject matter and course location differ substantially.
Credits: 3.000 TO 6.000 Levels: Graduate Schedule Types: Lecture, Self-Directed, Field Camp, Lec/Lab/Tut Combination, Laboratory, Tutorial |
| ANTH 623 - Urban Anthropology |
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A review of the anthropological approaches to and the social theory of contemporary urban society in the local, national and global contexts of the modern world. Contemporary issues relevant to the North will be addressed.
Credits: 3.000 Levels: Graduate Schedule Types: Lecture, Final Exam, Audio/Video, World Wide Web |
| ANTH 625 - Introduction to Zooarchaeology |
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This lab course introduces students to the study of animal bones found in archaeological contexts. The first part of the course focuses on animal bone identification, while the second part centers on theoretical aspects of animal use by pre-Industrial human societies. As part of the course, students may have to prepare animal skeletons.
Credits: 3.000 Levels: Graduate Schedule Types: Lecture, Audio/Video, Lec/Lab/Tut Combination, Laboratory, World Wide Web |
| ANTH 630 - Stone Tools in Archaeology |
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Stone tools are the most ubiquitous type of artifact found around the world. This lab-seminar course focuses on methods and techniques for analyzing stone tools, and includes a strong theoretical component on stone tool production and use in pre-Industrial societies. Weekly labs focus on analytical procedures, and in addition students are expected to complete assigned readings and participate in discussions.
Credits: 3.000 Levels: Graduate Schedule Types: Lecture, Audio/Video, Lec/Lab/Tut Combination, Laboratory, World Wide Web |
| ANTH 651 - Traditional Use Studies |
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This course is an advanced seminar on traditional use studies, their use, application, and development. The seminar examines the origins and development of the field, reviews case studies and recent applications, and analyzes contemporary policies.
Credits: 3.000 Levels: Graduate Schedule Types: Lecture, Self-Directed, Seminar |
| ANTH 698 - Special Topics in Anthropology |
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Credit available for both ANTH 498-3 and ANTH 698-3 provided topic differs substantively between offerings.
Credits: 3.000 Levels: Graduate Schedule Types: Lecture, Self-Directed, Final Exam, Field Camp |
| ANTH 699 - Independent Study |
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Credit available for both Anth 499-3 and Anth 699-3 provided topic differs substantively between offerings.
Credits: 3.000 Levels: Graduate Schedule Types: Self-Directed |
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