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SSC199Y1
First Year Seminar 52T

Undergraduate seminar that focuses on specific ideas, questions, phenomena or controversies, taught by a regular Faculty member deeply engaged in the discipline. Open only to newly admitted first-year students. It may serve as a distribution requirement course; see page 44.


ANT100Y1
Introduction to Anthropology 52L, 35T

Society and culture from various anthropological perspectives: socio-cultural, biological, archaeological, and linguistic.


ANT200Y1
Introduction to Prehistoric Archaeology 52L, 26P

Cultures in the Old and New Worlds from an archaeological perspective. Principles of prehistoric research are applied to archaeological information, from the Early Pleistocene to the beginning of written history.
Recommended Preparation: ANT100Y


ANT204Y1
Social and Cultural Anthropology 52L, 26T

Basic approaches to the understanding of social and cultural organization in societies of varying complexity. Comparative social institutions: economic, political, familial, and ritual. Belief systems and symbolic thought, the individual in society, sources of stability and change in socio-cultural systems. Anthropological perspectives on current social issues.
Recommended preparation: ANT100Y


JAL253H1
Language and Society 26L, 13T

The study of the relationship between language and society with the goal of understanding social structure through language; major themes are multilingual societies, including pidgin and creoles, and social interaction through speech. (Given by the Departments of Anthropology and Linguistics)
Prerequisite: ANT100Y/LIN100Y/200Y


JAL254H1
Sociolinguistics 26L, 13T

The study of language structure through its social functions; major themes are social correlates of linguistic variation, including language and gender, and the social origins of sound change. (Given by the Departments of Anthropology and Linguistics)
Prerequisite: JAL253H


ARH305H1
Archaeological Interpretation

(See "ARH: Archaeology Program")


ANT310Y1
Archaeology of North America 52L

This course examines human prehistory in North America, North of Mexico, from the time of earliest occupation to European contact. Special topics include Paleoindian and Archaic adaptations, the rise of complex hunter-gatherers, origins of farming and the evolution of complex chiefdoms.
Exclusion: ANT309H, 317H
Prerequisite: ANT200Y


ANT311Y1
Archaeological Fieldwork

TBA
Practical field training through six weeks of excavation on an archaeological site. Basic principles of artifact handling and classification. (Offered only in Summer Session)
Prerequisite: ANT200Y


ARH312Y1
Archaeological Laboratory

(See "ARH: Archaeology Program")


ANT314H1

The Archaeology of Africa 26L
This course provides an overview of the Archaeology of Africa from prehistory through to colonialism.Units covered include: human origins, behavioural modernity, origins of food production, iron technology, African state societies, and slave trade and colonialism.
Prerequisite: ANT200Y


ANT315H1

Arctic Archaeology 26L
Archaeology and ethnohistory of Arctic cultures. Emphasis is on variation in social organization, settlement pattern, economy, ideology, and interaction with the expanding European world-system.
Prerequisite: ANT200Y


ANT323Y1
Popular Culture Studies 52L, 26T

Theories of culture and society, with examples from North America and global popular culture.
Prerequisite: ANT204Y/JAL253H/VIC120Y or one other 200+ course in ANT/SOC


ANT325Y1
Southern Africa: Comparative Societies and Institutions 52L

The Southern African peoples before, during, and after their domination by colonial regimes. Reserve systems, migratory labour, farm labour, urban life and social stratification.
Prerequisite: ANT204Y


ANT328H1
Genetics and Society 26L

For the Twenty-first century, the most important facts regarding genetics are those that have social, political, medical and ethical implications. Topics include: Darwinism, biological communication between generations, gene interaction, selection formulation, population genetics, human diversity, race, eugenics and euphenics, nature and nurture.
Exclusion: ANT431H


JAL328H1
Writing Systems 26L

Introduction to writing systems; their historical development, their relationship to language, and their role in culture and society. (Given by the Departments of Anthropology and Linguistics)
Prerequisite: ANT100Y/LIN100Y


ANT329Y1
Language and Power Structure 52L

The role of language and symbolism in the representation and manipulation of ideology and power structure. Case materials drawn from the study of verbal arts, gender, law, ethnic relations, consumption patterns, advertising, and politics with a focus on North America.
Prerequisite: ANT204Y/JAL253H/VIC120Y or one of 200+ series "Y" course in SOC/POL/Women's Studies


ANT342Y1
Kinship, Marriage, and the Family 52L

Examines kinship, marriage and family ties as a basis for social and economic organization. Contemporary Canadian patterns are contrasted with those in selected band and tribal societies.
Prerequisite: ANT204Y


ANT343Y1
Social Anthropology of Gender 52L

Social anthropological perspectives on variations in gender roles and systems. Examines, through comparison of ethnography, the relationship of gender to social organization, economic and political processes, belief systems and social change.
Prerequisite: ANT204Y


ANT344Y1
Anthropology of Southeast Asia 52L

Pre-industrial sociocultural types and their transformation in the national development of Southeast Asia.
Prerequisite: ANT204Y


ANT345Y1
Social Anthropology of West Africa 52L

Politics, economics, religion, marriage and kinship in traditional, colonial, and contemporary West African societies.
Prerequisite: ANT204Y


ANT346H1
Anthropology of Food 26L

Social anthropological perspective on the nature and meaning of food production, culinary cultures, industrial food, food as metaphor, and famine and hunger.
Prerequisite: ANT100Y/204Y


ANT347H1
Urban Anthropology 26L

The role of culture, cultural diversity, space and performance in urban institutions and settings. The cultural context and consequence of urbanization.
Recommended preparation: ANT204Y


ANT348Y1
Anthropology of Health 52L

Aspects of health and disease in cross-cultural perspective. Critical views on the interface between conventional "western" medicine and alternative, indigenous, and traditional therapeutic systems.
Prerequisite: ANT204Y


ANT349H1
Anthropology of Regional Underdevelopment 26L

The contribution of ethnographic study to the understanding of regional disparities within Western and Third World nations. The inter-relationship between persistent economic underdevelopment, expressions of regional identity and class formation by reference to comparative ethnographic examples.
Prerequisite: ANT204Y


ANT351H1
Ethnographic Film 13L, 26P, 13T

A survey of ethnographic film as a medium for representation of other cultures. Films using different styles and techniques of presentation are viewed. Readings on ethnographic film.
Prerequisite: ANT204Y


JAL355H1
Language and Gender 26L

Ways in which women and men differ in their use of language and in their behaviour in conversational interaction; ways in which language reflects cultural beliefs about women and men. (Given by the Departments of Anthropology and Linguistics)
Prerequisite: Two full course equivalents at the 200-level in ANT/JAL/LIN/SOC
Recommended preparation: ANT204Y/JAL253H/254H/NEW261Y/SOC200Y/202Y/214Y/215Y


JAL356H1
Language Variation 26L

Linguistic variation and its social significance, especially markers of social class, sex and age; applications of statistics and other quantitative methods for correlating linguistic and social variables. (Given by the Departments of Anthropology and Linguistics)
Prerequisite: JAL254H


JAP356H1
African Systems of Thought 26L

The course explores a range of African cosmologies, epistemologies, and theologies, as well as specific case studies on justice, the moral order, and gender relations. The influence of these richly diverse traditions is traced as well in the writings of African thinkers in the Diaspora. Jointly taught by the Departments of Anthropology and Philosophy
Prerequisite: ANT204Y/NEW150Y
Recommended preparation: Introductory courses in ANT, PHL or NEW (African Studies)


ARH360Y1
Prehistory of the Near East

(See "ARH: Archaeology Program") 52L


ARH361H1
Field Archaeology

(See "ARH: Archaeology Program")
TBA


ANT365Y1
Aboriginal Societies of North America 52L, 26T

Culture areas and types existing in precontact and early contact times in North America; problems arising out of contacts between North American Indians and Euroamericans.
Prerequisite: ANT204Y


ANT366Y1
Anthropology of Social Movements 52L, 26T

Explores how anthropologists have traditionally studied social movements and how new social movements have challenged anthropologists to rethink some of their ethnographic methods and approaches. Some specific movements covered include those related to indigenous rights, environmentalism, refugees, gay and lesbian issues, biotechnology, new religions, and globalization.
Prerequisite: ANT204Y


ANT367Y1
Indigenous Spirituality 52L

Concept and practice of spirituality in indigenous cultures: Australian Aboriginal, Native North American, African, aspects of Judeo-Christianity, Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam. Includes performative aspect.
Prerequisite: ANT204Y/RLG200Y/201Y


JAL401H1
Field Linguistics 52P

Practice in language analysis based on elicited data from a native speaker of a foreign language, emphasizing procedures and techniques. (Given by the Departments of Anthropology and Linguistics)
Prerequisite: LIN228H, 229H, 231H, 232H


ANT406H1
Lithic Analysis 26L,13P

Core reduction strategies, replication, experimental archaeology, use-wear, design approaches, ground stone, inferring behaviour from lithic artifacts.
Prerequisite: ANT200Y, ARH312Y, 305H


ANT409H1
Archaeology of Landscapes and Regions 26L,13P

The survey and spatial analysis of archaeological evidence over territories larger than individual camps, villages or towns. Settlement systems, regional exchange and communication, rank-size analysis, nearest neighbour analysis etc.
Prerequisite: ARH305H
Recommended preparation: GGR270Y


ANT410H1
Hunter-Gatherers Past and Present 26S

Examines the diversity of recent hunter-gatherer societies, as a source of analogues for understanding the archaeological record of past foraging peoples.
Prerequisite: ARH305H


ANT411H1
Advanced Archaeological Theory 26S

Seminar in the critical examination of major schools of archaeological thought.
Prerequisite: ARH305H


ANT417H1
Archaeology of Settlements and Households 26L

Methods for studying the socio-spatial aspects of the archaeological evidence for households and communities.
Prerequisite: ANT200Y, ARH305H


ANT419H1
Current Debates in Palaeolithic Archaelogy 26S

Current research in Palaeolithic Archaeology reflecting emerging issues.
Prerequisite: ANT200Y


ANT420H1
Archaeology of Inequality 26L

How social complexity is manifested in the archaeological record. Origins and evolution of prehistoric complex societies, from small-scale chiefdoms to large-scale states.
Prerequisite: ANT200Y, ARH305H,
Recommended preparation: ANT363Y


ANT425H1
Language in Anthropological Thought 26L

How ideas about language fit into the overall views of humankind as expressed by selected anthropologists, linguists, sociologists, and philosophers.
Exclusion: ANT425Y
Prerequisite: ANT204Y/JAL253H


ANT426H1
Orientalism: Western Views of the Other 26L

Language and imagery representing the "oriental" in the West. Emphasis on representations of the "Semites", the Islamic peoples of North Africa, the Middle East and South Asia, as well as the Jews from the mid-nineteenth to the mid-twentieth century.
Prerequisite: ANT323/329Y/366Y/HIS 356 or any 300-level course in INS/VIC/NMC


ANT427H1
Language, Ideology, and Political Economy 26S

The role of language in the reproduction and transformation of ideology and political economy. Readings include linguistic analyses of gender and class relations in local and global contexts, as well as seminal works in linguistics and other social sciences.
Prerequisite: ANT204Y/JAL253H


ANT440Y1
Global Society in Transition 52L

An exploration of the conceptual tools used to understand reflexive modernity. Focus on the articulated web of global and local networks that produce simultaneously inequalities and potentially new identities and collectivities.
Prerequisite: ANT204Y and at least one area course in anthropology


ANT441H1
Economic Anthropology 26L

Concepts, theories and controversies in economic anthropology.
Prerequisite: ANT204Y


ANT442H1
Anthropology and New Technologies 26L

The relationship between technology and culture through a focus on reproductive, genetic and communications technologies.
Prerequisite: ANT204Y


ANT444Y1
Research Methods in Social and Linguistic Anthropology 52S

Social and linguistic anthropological approaches to research in urban settings. Methodology, field techniques and research ethics. Students must formulate and complete a field research project.
Prerequisite: ANT204Y


ANT446H1
History and Place in Western Europe 26S

The extent to which the conventional methods of ethnography can be helpful in understanding Western European society. Compares anthropological approaches to other disciplines, especially social history. Examines how the increasing movement of people has made it more difficult to see ethnography in terms of the study of place, and explores other alternatives.
Prerequisite: ANT204Y


ANT448H1
Identity, Ethnicity and Culture 26S

An examination of theories and critique of ethnicity and nationalism from an anthropological perspective. The problem of the cultural context of ethnicity. Case studies.
Prerequisite: ANT204Y and one 300-level course in Social Cultural Anthropology


ANT450H1
Environment and Culture 26S

Comparative examination of human ecological adaptations, livelihood strategies, spiritual and cultural values and their relation to environmental maintenance or degradation. Explores contemporary "grass roots" environmental movements and ideologies.
Prerequisite: ANT204Y


ANT451H1
West Indian Societies 26S

Major social issues in Caribbean societies. Pre-conquest social organization, slavery, race and class, plantation and peasant organization, family structure, cultural pluralism and the nation state, rural and international migration, social change.
Prerequisite: ANT204Y


ANT452H1
Anthropology and Human Rights 26S

The concept of human rights in its universal claims rises fundamental questions for anthropology as it challenges a central value of the discipline: cultural relativism. Students are asked to consider epistemological and theoretical questions and case studies (e.g. claims of rights by ethnic collectivities).
Prerequisite: ANT204Y and one 300 level social/cultural or linguistic course


ANT453H1
Sub-Arctic Issues 26S

Major issues in the history and development of Sub-Arctic Native people of Canada: Indian social structure, European/Native interaction, land tenure, politics and religion.
Prerequisite: ANT204Y, 365Y


ANT454H1
The Anthropology of Music (formerly 360Y) 26S

This course investigates the connection between religion, music and society from an anthropological point of view. The primary focus is on societies where music is seen by people as the principal vehicle for religious expression. Examination of religions and musics of Australian aboriginal, Melanesian, Native North America, African societies, others.
Prerequisite: ANT367Y


ANT456H1
Movements and Ideas in Contemporary Western Europe 26S

Examines recent shifts in the currents of European society and European thought which are closely related to social change. Regional nationalism, subjectivities and citizenship, and new forms of work, will all come under scrutiny. These phenomena will act as tests to the conceptual frameworks of "cultural studies," Raymond Williams, Pierre Bourdieu, etc.
Prerequisite: ANT446H


ANT461Y1
History and Development of Anthropological Theory 52L

History and development of theories which underlie contemporary anthropology.
Prerequisite: ANT204Y


ANT480H1
Special Topics in Anthropological Research

TBA
Unique opportunity to explore a particular anthropological topic in-depth. Topics vary from year to year.
Prerequisite: A 200+ level ANT course


ARH482H1
Special Topics in Archaeology (See ARH: Archaeology Program) 26S

Unique opportunity to explore a particular archaeological topic in-depth. Topics vary from year to year.
Prerequisite: A 200+ level ANT course


ANT497Y/498H1/499H1
Independent Research

TBA
Supervised independent research on a topic agreed on by the student and supervisor before enrolment in the course. Open in exceptional circumstances to advanced students with a strong background in Anthropology. Application for enrolment should be made to the Department in the preceding term. A maximum of one year of Independent Research courses is allowed per program (per year).
Prerequisite: Permission of Undergraduate Coordinator and Supervisor
ANTHROPOLOGY SCIENCE COURSES (see Section 4 for Key to Course Descriptions)


ANT203Y1
Human Biology and Evolution 52L, 26P

Introduction to Biological Anthropology, investigating various lines of evidence for human evolution including our primate relatives and an exploration of the relevance of human origins to contemporary human biology and variability.
Recommended preparation: ANT100Y/BIO150Y


JPA305H1
Introduction to Archaeometry 26L, 13P

Introduction to methods for remote sensing of buried archaeological remains, dating, and analysis of ancient materials. Application of methods and interpretation of results in archaeological contexts. (Offered in alternate years) (Given by the Departments of Physics and Anthropology)
Exclusion: JPA300Y


JPA310H1
Physics and Archaeology 26L, 13P

Introduction to the principles behind archaeometric methods for remote sensing, dating, and analysis of archaeological materials, and interpretation of results. Offered in conjunction with JPA305H. (Offered in alternate years) (Given by the Departments of Physics and Anthropology)
Exclusion: JPA300Y
Prerequisite: Any 1st-year Physics course or permission of instructor
Co-requisite: JPA305H


ANT330Y1
Paleoanthropology Field School 26L, 78P

This course provides background in the practical and theoretical aspects of fieldwork in Paleoanthropology. Students are trained in the treatment and analysis of fossil vertebrates, plant macro- and micro-fossils and sediments. Excursions to paleoanthropological localities of Homo erectus and Homo sapiens, and excavation at a hominoid site. (Joint undergraduate-graduate)
Prerequisite: ANT203Y


ANT332Y1
Human Evolutionary Anatomy 26L, 26P

A detailed examination of human musculo-skeletal anatomy from the comparative and evolutionary perspectives. Allometry, basic biomechanics, functional anatomy, and the structure and function of human mastication, the brain, the forelimb and bipedalism. Labs make use of the large collection of primate skeletal material and fossil human casts.
Prerequisite: ANT203Y


ANT333Y1
Living Primate Adaptations 26L, 26P

A survey of living primates, this lab-oriented course describes and compares the diverse behavioural and anatomical adaptations that are characteristic to this order of mammals. The understanding of the biological diversity and evolutionary history of primates is important for further understanding of human adaptation and evolution.
Exclusion: ANT333H
Prerequisite: ANT203Y
Recommended preparation: ANT332Y, 334Y; BIO150Y


ANT334Y1
Human Skeletal Biology 39L, 39P

Exploration of the development and maintenance of the human skeleton and dentition, with emphasis on application to archaeological, forensic and biomedical sciences.
Prerequisite: ANT203Y


ANT337Y1
Human Population Biology 52L

Discussion of biological diversity of human populations according to climatic, nutritional, disease and demographic variables. From an ecological perspective, emphasis on evaluating the role of various factors (genetic, environmental and cultural) influencing population biology and on understanding the significance of human population variation.
Prerequisite: ANT203Y/BIO150Y


JPA400Y1
Advanced Physics and Archaeology 156P

An introduction to research in archaeometry and archaeological prospecting. Possible projects: magnetic and resistivity surveying of archaeological sites; thermoluminescence measurements; neutron activation analysis and x-ray fluorescence analysis of artifacts; radiocarbon dating by atom counting; lead isotope analysis. (Offered in alternate years) (Given by the Departments of Physics and Anthropology)
Prerequisite: JPA300Y/(JPA305H, 310H)


ANT415Y1
Laboratory in Faunal Archaeo-Osteology 52S, 52P

Examination and interpretation of faunal material from archaeological sites as evidence for culture.
Prerequisite: ARH312Y
Recommended preparation: BIO150Y; ZOO252Y/263Y


ANT428H1
Palaeoecology in Primate and Human Evolution 13L, 13S

Advanced seminar addressing the questions of primate and human evolution from a palaeoecological perspective. The course reviews methods, theories, and physical evidence behind the palaeoecological approach. Students are expected to research and review the scientific literature relevant to specific case studies in the primate and human fossil record.
Prerequisite: ANT203Y
Recommended preparation: ANT333H, 433H/BIO150Y


ANT429Y1
Palaeoanthropology

(formerly ANT429H) 26L, 26P
Method and theory in paleoanthropology focusing on reconstructions of human evolutionary history and the behaviour of fossil hominids. Identification and analysis of fossil human material and hominid systematics. Includes an extensive lab component using a large collection of primate skeletons and fossil human casts.
Exclusion: ANT429H
Prerequisite: ANT203Y


ANT433H1
Primate Evolution 13L, 13P

Reviews the evolutionary history of the Order Primates by examining the fossil record of this group for the past 60 million years. Lab-oriented, the course compares the anatomy and adaptations of modern primates with the abundant and diverse primate skeletal material preserved in the fossil record.
Prerequisite: ANT203Y, 333Y
Recommended preparation: ANT332Y, 334Y, BIO150Y


ANT434H1
Health, Diet and Disease in the Past 26L, 13P

Advanced exploration of the life histories of past populations, through the application of palaeodietary analyses, palaeopathology and other appropriate research methods.
Prerequisite: ANT334Y


ANT481H1
Special Topics in Biological Anthropology 26S

Unique opportunity to explore in-depth a particular topic in Biological Anthropology. Topics vary from year to year.
Prerequisite: A 200+ level ANT course


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