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Instruction offered by members of the Department of Anthropology in the Faculty of Arts.
Department Head – M. Pavelka
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Anthropology
201
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Introduction to Primatology and Human Evolution
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Introduction to evolutionary theory and processes, with particular reference to the primates. Topics include primate taxonomy, distribution, reproduction, locomotion, diet, social organization, and evolution, with special emphasis on the path of human evolution.
Course Hours:
H(3-0)
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Anthropology
203
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Introduction to Social and Cultural Anthropology
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The nature of human society: its elements, its variability and its perpetuation. Conclusions will be drawn from comparisons of institutions (political, economic, religious, educational and sexual) in both small-scale and large-scale societies.
Course Hours:
H(3-0)
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Anthropology
213
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Contemporary Aboriginal Issues in Canada
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An exploration of the history of Aboriginal/state relations, the development of Indian policy, and current efforts of Aboriginal peoples to address historical matters through the critique of the residential school system and the pursuit of self-government, land claims, modern treaties and Aboriginal rights. Includes a critical examination of Canadian historical writing, popular culture, and stereotypes of Indians and will survey contemporary Aboriginal expressions of identity in the arts, literature, cultural performances, and other public contexts.
Course Hours:
H(3-0)
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Anthropology
303
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Business in Cultural Context
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Ways in which differences in cultural values and practices affect the form and nature of interaction between business parties, especially those of differing national/cultural/ethnic backgrounds.
Course Hours:
H(3-0)
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Anthropology
309
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Human Evolution
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Investigation of the major phases of human evolution, with an emphasis on understanding how, when and why specific adaptations evolved. In laboratories, students learn to reconstruct behaviour from anatomical and palaeontological evidence.
Course Hours:
H(3-1)
Prerequisite(s):
Anthropology 201.
Antirequisite(s):
Credit for both Anthropology 309 and 505.11 will not be allowed.
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Anthropology
311
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Primate Behaviour
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Primate behaviour and related topics: social dynamics, sociobiology, socio-ecology, dominance, aggression, kinship, sexual behaviour, socialization, learning, cognition, communication, ape language, and conservation.
Course Hours:
H(3-0)
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Anthropology
317
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Ethnographic Survey of Africa South of the Sahara
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Traditional societies in sub-Saharan Africa, concentrating on a number of classical social anthropological field work studies.
Course Hours:
H(3-0)
Prerequisite(s):
Anthropology 203.
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Anthropology
319
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Ethnographic Survey of North Africa
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Ethnographic survey of the peoples of North Africa, including the Sahara, and historical analysis of their incorporation within the contemporary national states of the region.
Course Hours:
H(3-0)
Prerequisite(s):
Anthropology 203.
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Anthropology
321
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Ethnographic Survey of Latin America
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A survey of cultural traditions of Mexico, the Caribbean, and Central and South America as they have evolved since the sixteenth century.
Course Hours:
H(3-0)
Prerequisite(s):
Anthropology 203.
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Anthropology
323
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Culture and Society of China
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Diversity of social and cultural patterns in imperial and contemporary times.
Course Hours:
H(3-0)
Prerequisite(s):
Anthropology 203.
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Anthropology
329
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Ethnographic Survey of Selected World Areas
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Arranged for various topics in the anthropology of world areas. Consult department for topics in any given year.
Course Hours:
H(3-0)
Prerequisite(s):
Anthropology 203.
Antirequisite(s):
Credit for Anthropology 329 and 399 will not be allowed.
MAY BE REPEATED FOR CREDIT
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Anthropology
331
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Sex and Gender
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Cross-species and cross-cultural perspective on sex and gender.
Course Hours:
H(3-0)
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Anthropology
333
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Working in Anthropology
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Introduction to the practical use of anthropological knowledge and research methods. Includes discussion of the specific challenges of practicing anthropology outside of academia.
Course Hours:
H(3-0)
Prerequisite(s):
Anthropology 203.
Antirequisite(s):
Credit for Anthropology 333 and 357 will not be allowed.
Also known as:
(formerly Anthropology 433)
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Anthropology
341
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Medical Anthropology
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A survey of anthropological approaches to disease, illness and the maintenance of health.
Course Hours:
H(3-0)
Prerequisite(s):
Anthropology 203.
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Anthropology
343
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Militarism and Militarization
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Comparative global ethnographic survey of militarization processes. Examples will be drawn from contemporary and historical societies, with a particular emphasis on the wide variety of institutions and communities necessary to the production of violence, and on their relationship to the larger society.
Course Hours:
H(3-0)
Prerequisite(s):
Anthropology 203.
Notes:
Not open to students with credit in Anthropology 315.
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Anthropology
349
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Anthropology of HIV/AIDS
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Examines the individual, clinical, epidemiological, cultural, social, psychological, political, economic, and public policy dimensions of HIV/AIDS along with its meaning and importance on a global level from an anthropological perspective.
Course Hours:
H(3-0)
Prerequisite(s):
Anthropology 203
Antirequisite(s):
Credit for both Anthropology 349 and 399.01 will not allowed.
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Anthropology
355
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An Ethnographic Survey of Native North America
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Selected North American Indian cultures in terms of the relationships among basic subsistence adaptations, social, ceremonial, and ideological structures.
Course Hours:
H(3-0)
Prerequisite(s):
Anthropology 203.
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Anthropology
357
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Anthropology of Development
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Cultural dimensions of local and international development policy, programming, and evaluation.
Course Hours:
H(3-0)
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Anthropology
361
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History of Anthropology
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Historical survey of anthropological thought from the enlightenment to the present.
Course Hours:
H(3-0)
Prerequisite(s):
Anthropology 203.
Also known as:
(formerly Anthropology 461)
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Anthropology
363
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Magic, Witchcraft, and Gods: Anthropology of Religion
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Contemporary anthropological theoretical perspectives on indigenous and world religions.
Course Hours:
H(3-0)
Prerequisite(s):
Anthropology 203.
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Anthropology
371
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Political Anthropology
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Comparative analysis of power, authority, dependency relations, and processes of governance, from the perspective of social anthropology, with primary emphasis on stateless societies and formative states.
Course Hours:
H(3-0)
Prerequisite(s):
Anthropology 203.
Also known as:
(formerly Anthropology 471)
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Anthropology
375
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Anthropology of Law
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Systems of law and social control in both state and non-state societies.
Course Hours:
H(3-0)
Prerequisite(s):
Anthropology 203 or consent of the Department.
Also known as:
(formerly Anthropology 475)
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Anthropology
379
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Urban Anthropology
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A study of tribalism, ethnicity, sub-cultures, social networks and related phenomena in urban societies. Attention will be paid to planning and applied urban anthropology.
Course Hours:
H(3-0)
Prerequisite(s):
Anthropology 203.
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Anthropology
385
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Economic Anthropology
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Comparative analysis of production, distribution and consumption in small-scale and complex societies; theories of exchange; effects of capitalism upon traditional economies and social organization.
Course Hours:
H(3-0)
Prerequisite(s):
Anthropology 203.
Also known as:
(formerly Anthropology 485)
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Anthropology
391
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Anthropological Theory
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Study of a variety of theories in Social and Cultural Anthropology, and their implications for research design and field work.
Course Hours:
H(3-0)
Prerequisite(s):
Anthropology 203.
Antirequisite(s):
Credit for both Anthropology 391 and 365 will not be allowed.
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Anthropology
393
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Ethnography of Global-Local Dynamics
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Changes in the international division of labour and resulting social, cultural, and political effects, with particular attention to the incorporation of small-scale societies.
Course Hours:
H(3-0)
Prerequisite(s):
Anthropology 203.
Antirequisite(s):
Credit for both Anthropology 393 and 387 will not be allowed.
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Anthropology
399
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Special Topics in Anthropology
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Examination of select problems in Anthropology. Topics may be drawn from all subfields in the discipline.
Course Hours:
H(3-0)
MAY BE REPEATED FOR CREDIT
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Anthropology
402
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Independent Study
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Selected topics in anthropology to be offered to Majors and Honours in their fourth year. Topics for each student to be arranged on the basis of special interest and need.
Course Hours:
F(3-0)
Prerequisite(s):
Consent of the Department.
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Anthropology
404
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Independent Study
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Selected topics in anthropology to be offered to Majors and Honours in their fourth year. Topics for each student to be arranged on the basis of special interest and need.
Course Hours:
F(3-0)
Prerequisite(s):
Consent of the Department.
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Anthropology
405
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Ecology of Tropical Forest Societies
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Adaptation of indigenous societies to their tropical forest habitat, and their transformation under the impact of industrial society.
Course Hours:
H(3-0)
Prerequisite(s):
Anthropology 203.
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Anthropology
411
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Methods and Analysis for Anthropology
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An introduction to research design, data collection, and analysis as used in anthropology. Cross-cultural research design and methods, use of participant observation and personal documents will be emphasized.
Course Hours:
H(3-0)
Prerequisite(s):
Anthropology 391.
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Anthropology
413
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Method in Primatology
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Focus on observational methods and analysis, with practical application in laboratory study at the Calgary Zoo.
Course Hours:
H(3-3)
Prerequisite(s):
Anthropology 311.
Antirequisite(s):
Credit for both Anthropology 413 and 351 will not be allowed.
Notes:
Field trips required.
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Anthropology
419
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Tipi, Buffalo, and Vision: People of the Plains
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From the Blackfoot in the North to the Apache in the south, the lifeways of Plains people were incredibly diverse, including the iconic buffalo hunting people of the western Plains as well as the horticultural people of the eastern Plains. Explores traditional Plains culture as recorded in anthropological ethnographies, early European written accounts, and First Nations oral traditions
Course Hours:
H(3-0)
Also known as:
(Archaeology 419)
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Anthropology
421
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Contemporary Latin American Society
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An examination of selected issues in the anthropological study of contemporary Latin America.
Course Hours:
H(3-0)
Prerequisite(s):
Anthropology 321.
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Anthropology
425
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Primate Cognition
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Causes and consequences of primate sociality, such as brain structure and evolution, kin recognition, Theory of Mind, social perception and awareness, and similarities and differences in communication and cognition between human and non-human primates.
Course Hours:
H(3-0)
Prerequisite(s):
Anthropology 311.
Antirequisite(s):
Credit for both Anthropology 425 and 505.03 will not be allowed.
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Anthropology
427
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Women in East Asian Societies
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Comparison of women's roles in China, Japan, and Korea, with particular reference to family structure and economic organization.
Course Hours:
H(3-0)
Prerequisite(s):
Anthropology 323.
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Anthropology
435
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Evolutionary Anthropology
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Analysis of evolutionary principles and processes (such as natural selection, sexual selection, kin selection, parental investment) as they are applied to the current study of human and non-human primate behaviour. Special emphasis on socioecological approaches to primate behaviour.
Course Hours:
H(3-0)
Prerequisite(s):
Anthropology 311.
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Anthropology
441
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Problems in the Anthropology of Health
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An examination of select problems in the anthropology of health. Topics of course assignments include models of health in Canada, etiological claims in health research, and anthropology of pharmaceuticals.
Course Hours:
H(3-0)
Prerequisite(s):
Anthropology 341.
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Anthropology
451
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Topics in Primate Behavioural Ecology and Conservation
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Advanced topics in the behavioural ecology and conservation biology of non-human primates, including related theory and field techniques.
Course Hours:
H(3-0)
Prerequisite(s):
Anthropology 311.
MAY BE REPEATED FOR CREDIT
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Anthropology
467
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Soldiering: Perspectives on Military Life
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An anthropological approach to soldiering in the aftermath of the Second World War. Questions the idea of a universal soldier, soldiers’ shifting relationship to the nation-state, the rise of privatized warfare and the creation of global military communities. Special attention will be paid to the rise of humanitarian military regimes, military occupation, new technologies of warfare and non-human soldiers.
Course Hours:
H(3-0)
Prerequisite(s):
Anthropology 343.
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Anthropology
479
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Housing and Society
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Examines interactions between housing and social organization in cross-cultural context. Emphasizes the varied types of built form, their cultural meanings, implications for social life within households and for society more broadly, and their political and economic consequences. Pays particular attention to contemporary housing problems such as homelessness and urban sprawl.
Course Hours:
H(3-0)
Prerequisite(s):
Anthropology 379 or Geography 351.
Also known as:
(Geography 479)
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Anthropology
501
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Conference Course in Anthropology
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Arranged for various topics of anthropology on the basis of special interest and need.
Course Hours:
H(3-0)
Prerequisite(s):
Anthropology 203, one additional senior Anthropology course and consent of the Department.
MAY BE REPEATED FOR CREDIT
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Anthropology
505
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Conference Course in Primatology
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Arranged for various topics of primatology on the basis of special interests and need.
Course Hours:
H(3-0)
Prerequisite(s):
Anthropology 311 and one additional senior primatology course and consent of the Department.
MAY BE REPEATED FOR CREDIT
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Anthropology
523
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Human Ecology
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Current directions in various subfields of human ecology as they apply to Anthropology, Archaeology, and Geography.
Course Hours:
H(3-0)
Prerequisite(s):
Consent of the Department.
Antirequisite(s):
Not open to students with credit in Anthropology 609, Archaeology 609, and Geography 609.
Also known as:
(Archaeology 523) (Geography 523)
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Anthropology
535
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History and Theory in Primatology and Physical Anthropology
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Historical and theoretical survey of ideas about the biological bases of human and non-human primate social behaviour. Impacts of the theoretical models of the modern synthesis, ethology, behavioural ecology, socio-ecology, and sociobiology or the study of human and non-human primates.
Course Hours:
H(3-0)
Prerequisite(s):
Anthropology 413.
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Anthropology
541
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Field Study in Social and Cultural Anthropology
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Research projects carried out off campus, under the supervision of a member of academic staff, and resulting in a graded project report.
Course Hours:
H(3-0)
Prerequisite(s):
Consent of the Department.
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Anthropology
552
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Field Studies in Primatology
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Intensive training and practice in field methods of observational primate behaviour or behavioural ecology.
Course Hours:
F(3-3)
Prerequisite(s):
Anthropology 413 and consent of the Department.
Corequisite(s):
Anthropology 553.
Notes:
Normally offered during Spring Term.
MAY BE REPEATED FOR CREDIT
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Anthropology
553
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Primate Behavioural Research Design
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Design of a research project, including the identification and operationalization of a research question and the collection and analysis of data.
Course Hours:
H(3-3)
Prerequisite(s):
Anthropology 413 and consent of the Department.
Corequisite(s):
Anthropology 552.
Notes:
Normally offered during Spring Term.
MAY BE REPEATED FOR CREDIT
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Anthropology
571
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Advanced Seminar in Primatology
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Current theoretical and methodological issues will be explored in a discussion-based seminar format.
Course Hours:
H(3-0)
Prerequisite(s):
Anthropology 413.
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Anthropology
573
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Advanced Seminar in Social and Cultural Anthropology
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Current theoretical and methodological issues will be explored in a discussion-based seminar format, with the possibility of development of a research project.
Course Hours:
H(3-0)
Prerequisite(s):
Anthropology 411.
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Anthropology
589
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Nutritional Anthropology
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The study of human dietary practices from biological and cultural perspectives. Subjects covered include the development of nutritional anthropology, principles of nutrition, principles of ecology, diet from an evolutionary, comparative and historic perspective, the impact of undernutrition on human physiology, and behaviour and methods in nutritional anthropology.
Course Hours:
H(3-0)
Prerequisite(s):
Anthropology 201 or Archaeology 203 or Archaeology 305, and consent of the Department.
Also known as:
(Archaeology 589)
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Graduate Courses
Only where appropriate to a student's program may graduate credit be received for courses numbered 500-599.
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Anthropology
601
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Conference Course in Anthropology
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A specialized area of Anthropology selected on the basis of particular interest and need.
Course Hours:
H(3-0)
Prerequisite(s):
Consent of the Department.
MAY BE REPEATED FOR CREDIT
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Anthropology
603
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Thesis Development
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A reading and conference course in the student's substantive area conducted jointly by at least two faculty members.
Course Hours:
H(3S-0)
Prerequisite(s):
Consent of the Department.
MAY BE REPEATED FOR CREDIT
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Anthropology
605
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Professional Skills for Anthropologists
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Training and practice in research/teaching skills: grantsmanship, conference and classroom presentations, academic publishing, job interviews.
Course Hours:
H(3-0)
Prerequisite(s):
Consent of the Department.
Antirequisite(s):
Not open to students with credit in Anthropology 601.90 or the equivalent.
NOT INCLUDED IN GPA
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Anthropology
611
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Methods in Anthropological Research
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A variety of topics relevant to research and the logic of inquiry in Anthropology.
Course Hours:
H(3-0)
Prerequisite(s):
Consent of the Department.
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Anthropology
613
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Current Issues in Methodology in Primatology
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A variety of topics relating to aspects of data collection and data analysis in primatology, with a focus on ecological and behavioural data.
Course Hours:
H(3-0)
Prerequisite(s):
Consent of the Department.
MAY BE REPEATED FOR CREDIT
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Anthropology
631
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Anthropological Theory
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Course Hours:
H(3-0)
Prerequisite(s):
Consent of the Department.
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Anthropology
635
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Primatological Theory
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Seminar dealing with the theoretical material of primatological and biobehavioural perspectives in Anthropology.
Course Hours:
H(3-0)
Prerequisite(s):
Consent of the Department.
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Anthropology
641
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Seminar in Civil-Military Relations
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Comparative analysis of relations between civil society and military institutions. A critical approach to analysing how civil and military institutions mutually constitute each other, rather than taking the military and civilian sectors as a given. Special attention will be paid to twentieth century militarization as a social process that has dramatically changed the shape of both civilian and military spheres.
Course Hours:
H(3-0)
Prerequisite(s):
Consent of the Department.
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Anthropology
659
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Primatology
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Specialized topics and laboratory training in this field will vary from year to year and may include: behavioural ecology, biomechanics, evolution, biosociality, and field methodology.
Course Hours:
H(3-3)
Prerequisite(s):
Consent of the Department.
MAY BE REPEATED FOR CREDIT
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Anthropology
701
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Independent Studies
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Course Hours:
H(3-0)
Prerequisite(s):
Consent of the Department.
MAY BE REPEATED FOR CREDIT
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COURSES OF INSTRUCTION