The course is designed for graduate students to develop the professional skills needed to pursue careers in anthropological research, teaching, and practice. The course prepares students for academic and applied careers through regular group meetings, participation in workshops, and departmental community outreach initiatives. This course is graded Pass/Fail.

Comparative study of a particular theme or problem in political anthropology.

An intensive analysis of religion as a cultural subsystem, dealing comparatively with ideologies, rituals, and ceremonies and the various anthropological theories put forward to explain religious behaviour.

Selected topics in the study of cultural factors involved in health/illness, with emphasis upon a particular cultural system. The course content may vary. Students can earn multiple credits for this course only when the topic subtitle is different.

Discussing key issues in museology such as collections and collecting, conservation, representation, repatriation, and restitution, this course will explore the museum as witness. Particularly examining how museums are entangled with violence, we will attend to memory as our approach for delving into both museums’ histories and their imagined futures. The course will bring scholarship, contemporary art, exhibitions, activism, and policy into creative and critical conversation on the state and idea of museums today. Not open to students who have completed ANTH 4080 or equivalent. Permission of Instructor.

This seminar examines diverse global conceptualizations and practice of human rights and social justice with particular attention to instances where human rights are emergent, and where they are contested or are subjects of conflict. May not be held with ANTH 7900 under the same topic subtitle.

Mutually Exclusive: ANTH 7900

This course will focus on anthropological studies and perspectives related to environmental issues. Students will gain familiarity with current academic debates and new theoretical approaches to nature, environmental rights, and environmental justice issues. May not be held with ANTH 7900 under the same topic subtitle.

Mutually Exclusive: ANTH 7900

An examination of the systematic nature of culture and its interrelationships with natural environmental factors.

Approaches and techniques in field research.

Data and techniques involved in the reconstruction of past environments, with special emphasis on the influences of environment on prehistoric cultural development.

Laboratory techniques for analysis and presentation of archaeological data.

An intensive survey of the archaeology of a major region or culture area of the world. Content will vary according to the interests of the instructor. The course content may vary. Students can earn multiple credits for this course only when the topic subtitle is different.

The seminars will consist of an intensive examination of major methodological, analytical and interpretive issues in current archaeological research. Content will vary according to the interests of the instructor. The course content may vary. Students can earn multiple credits for this course only when the topic subtitle is different.

This course is an intensive seminar on major methodological issues in archaeological analysis and interpretation.

Archaeological theory as seen from historical and contemporary perspectives.

An intensive examination of archaeological cultural resource management. Emphasis will be placed on current Canadian CRM issues and on practical applications of concepts and methods.

The course will cover the major theoretical, methodological, and practical issues in the analysis of archaeological faunal remains. Topics are addressed through lectures, demonstrations, and laboratory exercises.

PR/CR: A minimum grade of C is required unless otherwise indicated.
Prerequisite: ANTH 3990 or written consent of instructor.

In this course, a range of scientific methods that can be applied to answer questions in archaeology and biological anthropology will be considered. These include microscopy, 3-D and virtual technologies ancient DNA, and elemental analyses. Students will learn how many of the core techniques are transferable across fields and will learn the strengths and limitations of the methods. Not open to students who have completed ANTH 4470 or equivalent. Permission of Instructor.

A broad overview of the history of anthropological theory and method from the 18th century to World War II. Focus on British and American developments in the context of the rise of industrialization and imperialism.

Investigation, comparison and evaluation of contemporary approaches to culture theory in the areas of symbolism, social organization and ecology.

Investigation of major case studies, research methodologies, intervention strategies, and substantive areas of application in applied anthropology. Topical emphases such as economic development, health care delivery, resettlement schemes, will reflect the interests of the instructor.

An intensive study of human population biology in diverse environments inhabited by human populations. Emphasis on selected examples of cultural adaptability as a specifically human mechanism for dissipating stress on the biological system.

Analysis of metric and nonmetric morphological skeletal variation in human populations, with emphasis on the cultural and physical environment. Exemplary problems are drawn from the literature as well as from current research.

Selected theories of social organization in cross cultural perspective. Subject matter may include kinship, age grading, territorial groupings, social stratification or ethnicity.

Problems in ethnological research. The course content may vary. Students can earn multiple credits for this course only when the topic subtitle is different.

Mutually Exclusive: ANTH 7100, ANTH 7102

Special problems in Human Biology. The course content may vary. Students can earn multiple credits for this course only when the topic subtitle is different.

Reading and research. The course content may vary. Students can earn multiple credits for this course only when the topic subtitle is different.

Reading and research. The course content may vary. Students can earn multiple credits for this course only when the topic subtitle is different.