An introduction to biological anthropology and archaeology. Topics include: biological evolution, evolution and comparative behaviour of primates, fossil evidence for human evolution, and the emergence of human culture. Through this study, students will learn to contextualize current human biological diversity, culture, and behaviour through the lens of our past. May not be held with ANTH 1211.

Equiv To: ANTH 1211

Attributes: Social Science, Recommended Intro Courses

The comparative study of human societies and cultures, including language, economic and political organization, family and kinship, ritual and belief systems, cultural stability and change. Students may not hold credit for ANTH 1220 and any of: ANTH 1221 or ANTH 1520.

Equiv To: ANTH 1221, ANTH 1520

Attributes: Social Science, Recommended Intro Courses

An advanced introduction to cultural anthropology that focuses on anthropological approaches to the cross-cultural organization, dynamics, and tensions of social relationships at individual, group, and societal levels. Students may not hold credit for ANTH 2000 and any of: ANTH 2001 or the former ANTH 2390 or the former ANTH 2391.

PR/CR: A minimum grade of C is required unless otherwise indicated.
Prerequisite: [ANTH 1220 or ANTH 1221 or ANTH 1520] or written consent of instructor.

Equiv To: ANTH 2001

Mutually Exclusive: ANTH 2390, ANTH 2391

Attributes: Social Science

Anthropological approaches to diverse practices of human relatedness across cultures and over time, including 21st century reconfigurations or marriage, family, reproduction and kinship.

Attributes: Social Science, Written English Requirement

An ethnographic survey of the cultures of Native North American peoples. Students may not hold credit for both ANTH 2040 and ANTH 2041.

PR/CR: A minimum grade of C is required unless otherwise indicated.
Prerequisite: [ANTH 1220 or ANTH 1221 or ANTH 1520] or written consent of instructor.

Equiv To: ANTH 2041

Attributes: Social Science

This course will survey the archaeological record of Europe from the earliest human occupation through the rise of early cities and complex societies. Case studies will be used to examine the social, political, economic, and technological adaptations of early human societies in the region.

Attributes: Social Science

A general introduction to the principles of archaeology and the materials, analyses, and interpretations encountered in archaeological study. Students may not hold credit for both ANTH 2100 and ANTH 2101.

PR/CR: A minimum grade of C is required unless otherwise indicated.
Prerequisite: [ANTH 1210 or ANTH 1211] or written consent of instructor.

Equiv To: ANTH 2101

Attributes: Social Science

Examines selected plagues in evolutionary, ecological, and epidemiological context, and considers the complex biological, social, and economic repercussions for human populations. Foci include past, present, and emerging infectious disease epidemics.

Attributes: Social Science

Anthropological approaches to the study of children and childhood. Childhood is examined as a social and historical construction, and children are analyzed as active contributors to their social worlds. Cross-cultural ethnographic material relating to children and youth is critically read and discussed.

PR/CR: A minimum grade of C is required unless otherwise indicated.
Prerequisite: [ANTH 1220 or ANTH 1221 or ANTH 1520] or written consent of instructor.

Attributes: Social Science

The investigation of the complex interaction of language and culture, including linguistic perspectives on prehistory, ethnosemantics, and sociocultural correlations of linguistic variation. Students may not hold credit for both ANTH 2370 and ANTH 2011.

PR/CR: A minimum grade of C is required unless otherwise indicated.
Prerequisite: [ANTH 1220 or ANTH 1221 or ANTH 1520] or written consent of instructor.

Equiv To: ANTH 2011

Attributes: Social Science

Ecological analysis of the interplay of socio-political and technological processes in different types of societies. Focus upon the ecological side-effects and selected technologies, economic mechanisms and political institutions. Students may not hold credit for both ANTH 2430 and ANTH 2500. May not be used for Major or Minor in Anthropology.

Mutually Exclusive: ANTH 2500, ENG 3020

Attributes: Social Science

This course focuses on media production and dissemination and on images of the world created by media. Media practices and products are addressed in relation to the formation of social relations and identities, the shaping of peoples' sense of time and space, and media's role in the construction of communities and in processes of socio-economic and cultural change.

PR/CR: A minimum grade of C is required unless otherwise indicated.
Prerequisite: [ANTH 1220 or ANTH 1221 or ANTH 1520] or written consent of instructor.

Attributes: Social Science

Study of ecological systems, focusing on processes of adaptation in societies differing in organization and in views of technology. Demographic and technological changes are examined in relation to cultural, political and ideological factors. Students may not hold credit for both ANTH 2500 and ANTH 2430.

PR/CR: A minimum grade of C is required unless otherwise indicated.
Prerequisite: [ANTH 1220 or ANTH 1221 or ANTH 1520] or written consent of instructor.

Mutually Exclusive: ANTH 2430

Attributes: Social Science

A comparative study of factors bearing upon production, exchange, and consumption of goods, practices and ideas in varying social contexts. The course also examines the articulation of economic systems in the global political economy.

PR/CR: A minimum grade of C is required unless otherwise indicated.
Prerequisite: [ANTH 1220 or ANTH 1221 or ANTH 1520] or written consent of instructor.

Attributes: Social Science

Analysis of institutional power and its changing nature in diverse societies, with attention to charismatic power and populism, ideology and hegemonic struggles, governmentality and structural violence within larger colonial, capitalist and socialist orders. Forms of challenge to these orders, including social movements, are examined.

PR/CR: A minimum grade of C is required unless otherwise indicated.
Prerequisite: [ANTH 1220 or ANTH 1221 or ANTH 1520] or written consent of instructor.

Attributes: Social Science

The study of the interrelations between life-cycle, psychological functioning and malfunctioning, and social and cultural institutions. Emphasis is placed on enculturation and life-cycle rituals. Students may not hold credit for both ANTH 2550 and ANTH 2551.

PR/CR: A minimum grade of C is required unless otherwise indicated.
Prerequisite: [ANTH 1220 or ANTH 1221 or ANTH 1520] or written consent of instructor.

Equiv To: ANTH 2551

Attributes: Social Science

Comparative study of cultural factors involved in health/illness: concepts of disease and curing practices.

PR/CR: A minimum grade of C is required unless otherwise indicated.
Prerequisite: [ANTH 1220 or ANTH 1221 or ANTH 1520] or written consent of instructor.

Attributes: Social Science

Comparison of the processes of urbanization and various forms of urbanism, with attention to archaeological evidence and the emergence of urbanism and urbanization in developing nations.

Attributes: Social Science

A survey of the archaeological evidence and cultural interpretations of Old World cultures from the beginning of the Pleistocene to the development of agriculture.

PR/CR: A minimum grade of C is required unless otherwise indicated.
Prerequisite: [ANTH 1210 or ANTH 1211] or written consent of instructor.

Attributes: Social Science

Archaeological evidence and cultural interpretations of the origins of complex societies from the development of agriculture to the beginnings of written history in the Old World.

PR/CR: A minimum grade of C is required unless otherwise indicated.
Prerequisite: [ANTH 1210 or ANTH 1211] or written consent of instructor.

Attributes: Social Science

Archaeological evidence and cultural interpretations of those New World cultures which did not develop civilizations, from the earliest inhabitants until the period of initial European contact.

Attributes: Social Science

A survey of archaeological evidence and interpretations of cultures in the Americas from the origins of agriculture to the period of initial European contact. Emphasis will be placed on the rise of urbanism in Central and South America and encompassing population centres established in North America.

Attributes: Social Science

Archaeological evidence and culture history of prehistoric populations which inhabited the various environmental zones of Manitoba.

PR/CR: A minimum grade of C is required unless otherwise indicated.
Prerequisite: [ANTH 1210 or ANTH 1211] or written consent of instructor.

Attributes: Social Science

This course is an overview of the prehistory and early historical periods of the ancient Near East. Considerable attention is given to the fundamental transitions that transform the human existence and create the foundations for later civilization, such as: (1) the colonization of the region by humans; (2) the emergence of food production (domestication of plants and animals), settled village life, and hierarchical social organization; (3) the rise of states, urban centers, and writing; and (4) the emergence of militaristic empires. The course examines both archaeological and historical evidence with a heavy emphasis on material culture, primary archaeological, and historical data, and the process of scholarly interpretation.

PR/CR: A minimum grade of C is required unless otherwise indicated.
Prerequisite: [ANTH 1210 or ANTH 1211] or written consent of instructor.

Attributes: Social Science

An in depth examination of human skeletal anatomy. Introduction to methods of analysis for archaeological and forensic applications. Through this course, students will be exposed to and learn to work ethically with both real and replica human skeletal remains.

Attributes: Social Science

An introduction to the interacting roles of genes, culture and environment in adaptive context. Explores the biological bases for variation within/between modern human populations. May not be held with ANTH 2861.

PR/CR: A minimum grade of C is required unless otherwise indicated.
Prerequisite: [ANTH 1210 or ANTH 1211] or written consent of instructor.

Equiv To: ANTH 2861

Attributes: Social Science

Intensive study of fossil evidence for human biological evolution. Consideration of the relationships of biological, cultural, and behavioural adaptations in human evolution.

PR/CR: A minimum grade of C is required unless otherwise indicated.
Prerequisite: [ANTH 1210 or ANTH 1211] or written consent of instructor

Attributes: Social Science

Intensive study of the evolutionary implications of genetic variation within/between human populations in relation to ecological and cultural variation.

PR/CR: A minimum grade of C is required unless otherwise indicated.
Prerequisite: [ANTH 2860] or written consent of instructor.

Attributes: Social Science

An archaeological survey of the post-contact period in North America. Case studies will emphasize selected regions, time periods, and topics that may include the fur trade and settler colonialism.

Attributes: Social Science

Detailed examination of the archaeology of a geographical area that is of current interest to faculty and students. The course content may vary. Students can earn multiple credits for this course only when the topic subtitle is different.

Attributes: Social Science

Considers the diversity of ways that anthropologists have used food as a productive entry point for understanding culture, society, and relations with the environment. The course will survey high points in the history of the anthropology of food and address current topics such as food security and food movements.

PR/CR: A minimum grade of C is required unless otherwise indicated.
Prerequisite: [ANTH 1220 or ANTH 1221 or ANTH 1520] or written consent of instructor.

Attributes: Social Science

Critical perspectives on the role of women cross-culturally, with ethnographic reference to non-Western societies and cultures. Students may not hold credit for both ANTH 3320 and ANTH 3321.

PR/CR: A minimum grade of C is required unless otherwise indicated.
Prerequisite: [ANTH 1220 or ANTH 1221 or ANTH 1520] or written consent of instructor.

Equiv To: ANTH 3321

Attributes: Social Science

Anthropological perspectives on poverty, social accountability, colonialism, racism, education, ecological degradation and violence. Students may not hold credit for both ANTH 3380 and ANTH 3381.

PR/CR: A minimum grade of C is required unless otherwise indicated.
Prerequisite: [ANTH 2000 (or ANTH 2001) and 3 credit hours from the following: ANTH 2020 or ANTH 2530 or ANTH 2831] or [the former ANTH 2390 or the former ANTH 2391] or written consent of instructor.

Equiv To: ANTH 3381

Attributes: Social Science

A temporal survey of the development of major paradigms and theoretical movements in anthropological thought and method. Students may not hold credit for both ANTH 3470 and ANTH 3471.

PR/CR: A minimum grade of C is required unless otherwise indicated.
Prerequisite: [ANTH 2000 (or ANTH 2001) and 3 credit hours from the following: ANTH 2020 or ANTH 2530 or ANTH 2831] or [the former ANTH 2390 or the former ANTH 2391] or written consent of instructor.

Equiv To: ANTH 3471

Attributes: Social Science

Ethnographic survey of the aboriginal peoples of the circumpolar regions of Asia, North America, and Greenland. Attention will be given to the aboriginal and post-contact situations among such peoples. Students may not hold credit for both ANTH 3500 and ANTH 3501.

PR/CR: A minimum grade of C is required unless otherwise indicated.
Prerequisite: [ANTH 1220 or ANTH 1221 or ANTH 1520] or written consent of instructor.

Equiv To: ANTH 3501

Attributes: Social Science

An anthropological study of dimensions of community, ethnicity, and social class in Canadian society. Students may not hold credit for both ANTH 3550 and ANTH 3551.

Equiv To: ANTH 3551

Attributes: Social Science

The historical development and current application of theoretical and methodological frameworks for archaeological interpretation.

PR/CR: A minimum grade of C is required unless otherwise indicated.
Prerequisite: [ANTH 2100] or written consent of instructor.

Attributes: Social Science

This course provides students with a basic understanding of, and skills associated with, demographic methods and techniques applied to the analysis of long-term changes in the structure of human populations.

PR/CR: A minimum grade of C is required unless otherwise indicated.
Prerequisite: [ANTH 1210 or ANTH 1211] or written consent of instructor.

Attributes: Social Science

This course provides the theory, methods, and techniques for forensic identification of human skeletal remains, including estimation of sex, age-at-death, stature, population affinities and features of personal biology. This is a hands-on practicum course, where students gain experience working ethically with both real and replica human skeletal remains.

PR/CR: A minimum grade of C is required unless otherwise indicated.
Prerequisite: ANTH 2820

Attributes: Social Science

An examination of variation in human growth and development viewed in an evolutionary perspective.

PR/CR: A minimum grade of C is required unless otherwise indicated.
Prerequisite: [ANTH 1210 or ANTH 1211] or written consent of instructor.

Attributes: Social Science

An anthropological perspective on the modern world-system and the expansion of capitalism into peripheral areas of the world; the transformation of indigenous societies and cultures; the rise of ethnic conflict, protest and resistance; and a comparative examination of selected global and transnational processes. Students may not hold credit for both ANTH 3750 and ANTH 3751.

PR/CR: A minimum grade of C is required unless otherwise indicated.
Prerequisite: [ANTH 1220 or ANTH 1221 or ANTH 1520 or ANTH 2000 or ANTH 2001 or the former ANTH 2390 or the former ANTH 2391] or written consent of instructor.

Equiv To: ANTH 3751

Attributes: Social Science

A comparative study of belief systems, rituals, and ceremonies in non-Western and Western societies and cultures. Students may not hold for credit both ANTH 3810 and ANTH 3811.

PR/CR: A minimum grade of C is required unless otherwise indicated.
Prerequisite: [ANTH 1220 or ANTH 1221 or ANTH 1520] or written consent of instructor.

Equiv To: ANTH 3811

Attributes: Social Science

Theory and practical field experience in the investigation of archaeological sites from the formulation of research designs through data analysis in the field.

PR/CR: A minimum grade of C is required unless otherwise indicated.
Prerequisites: [ANTH 2100 or ANTH 2101] and written consent of instructor.

Attributes: Social Science

A survey of ethnographic research methods with an emphasis on qualitative approaches, including both field and analytical techniques. Students may not hold credit for both ANTH 3930 and the former ANTH 3390.

PR/CR: A minimum grade of C is required unless otherwise indicated.
Prerequisite: [ANTH 2000] or written consent of instructor.

Equiv To: ANTH 3390

Attributes: Social Science

Introduction to the analysis of materials recovered from archaeological contexts, such as stone and ceramic technologies, and animal and botanical remains through a combination of lectures, demonstrations and other laboratory exercises.

PR/CR: A minimum grade of C is required unless otherwise indicated.
Prerequisite: ANTH 2100 or written consent of instructor.

Attributes: Social Science

This course critically reviews the current state of cultural heritage stewardship in Canada. Particular focus is given to the archaeological cultural resource management industry and its colonial underpinnings. The roles of legislation, Indigenous communities and governments, public agencies, and private contractors are discussed.

PR/CR: A minimum grade of C is required unless otherwise indicated.
Prerequisite: ANTH 2100 or written consent of instructor.

Attributes: Social Science

An ethnographic survey of a selected geographical area currently of interest to faculty and students. The areas to be studied may differ from year to year. Students can earn multiple credits for this course only when the topic subtitle is different. May not be held with ANTH 3971.

PR/CR: A minimum grade of C is required unless otherwise indicated.
Prerequisite: [ANTH 1220 or ANTH 1221 or ANTH 1520] or written consent of instructor.

Equiv To: ANTH 3971

Attributes: Social Science

Analytic and interpretive methods for treating archaeologically recovered plant remains and soils are addressed through lectures, demonstrations, and laboratory exercises.

PR/CR: A minimum grade of C is required unless otherwise indicated.
Prerequisite: [ANTH 2100] or written consent of instructor.

Attributes: Social Science

Analytic and interpretive methods of treating archaeologically recovered faunal remains are addressed through lectures, demonstrations, and laboratory exercises.

PR/CR: A minimum grade of C is required unless otherwise indicated.
Prerequisite: [ANTH 2100] or written consent of instructor.

Attributes: Social Science

The course brings scholarship, contemporary art, exhibitions, activism, and policy into creative and critical conversation on the state and idea of museums today. Discussing key issues in museology – such as collections and collecting, conservation, representation, repatriation, and restitution – we explore the museum as witness. Particularly examining how museums are entangled with violence, we attend to memory as our approach for delving into both museums’ histories and their imagined futures. Includes visiting museums.

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

Attributes: Social Science

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 different techniques. The class will be formatted as a seminar class, combined with practical and laboratory-based exercises. Field trips to facilities across the University will be scheduled in class time over the course of the term. May not be held with ANTH 4860 when titled “Advanced Practicum in Tools, Techniques & Interpretation for Biological Anthropology and Archaeology.”

PR/CR: A minimum grade of C is required unless otherwise indicated.
Prerequisite: one of ANTH 2100, ANTH 2101, ANTH 2860, ANTH 2861, ANTH 2890, or written consent of instructor.

Mutually Exclusive: ANTH 4860

Attributes: Social Science

This course is designed to provide advanced undergraduate students in archaeology with individualized practical experience in different aspects of archaeology by working with professional archaeologists.

PR/CR: A minimum grade of C is required unless otherwise indicated.
Prerequisite: [ANTH 2100] and written consent of instructor.

Attributes: Social Science

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

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

Attributes: Social Science

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

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

Attributes: Social Science

A review of the history of applied anthropology and investigation of major case studies, research methodologies, intervention strategies, and substantive areas of application.

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

Attributes: Social Science

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

PR/CR: A minimum grade of C is required unless otherwise indicated.
Prerequisite: written consent of instructor and department head.

Attributes: Social Science

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

PR/CR: A minimum grade of C is required unless otherwise indicated.
Prerequisite: written consent of instructor and department head.

Attributes: Social Science

An analysis of the process of theory formation in the social sciences in general and in cultural (social) anthropology in particular. The theoretical content of various contemporary "schools" in anthropology is critically analyzed.

PR/CR: A minimum grade of C is required unless otherwise indicated.
Prerequisite: [ANTH 3470 or ANTH 3471] or written consent of instructor or department head.

Attributes: Social Science

Topics in biological anthropology which will vary depending on the needs of students and the interest of the instructor. The course content may vary. Students can earn multiple credits for this course only when the topic subtitle is different.

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

Mutually Exclusive: ANTH 4470

Attributes: Social Science