Sociocultural anthropology at the University of Waterloo focuses on the dynamic nature of social and cultural systems around the world. Areas of special interest include migration, religion, language, science, health, and the environment. Students also receive training in early and contemporary anthropological theory and in ethnographic field methods.
Courses
- ANTH 100 - Introduction to Anthropology
- ANTH 106 - Technologies of Being Human
- ANTH 202 - Social and Cultural Anthropology
- ANTH 221 - Language and Society
- ANTH 241 - Food as Culture
- ANTH 251 - Doing Ethnography
- ANTH 272 - Issues in Contemporary Indigenous Communities in Canada
- ANTH 290 - Visual Anthropology
- ANTH 311 - Anthropology of Religion
- ANTH 330 - Environmental Anthropology
- ANTH 348 - Anthropology of Tourism
- ANTH 350 - Anthropology of Gender
- ANTH 381 - Anthropology of South Asia
- ANTH 382 - Anthropology of East Asia
- ANTH 430 - Science as Practice and Culture
- ANTH 447 - Global Health and Medical Anthropology
- ANTH 465 - Borders, Boundaries, and Crossings
- ANTH 489 - Special Topics in Anthropology
Instructors
- Seçil Daǧtaș
- Götz Hoeppe
- Jennifer Liu
- Adrienne Lo
- Mark S Dolson (Sessional)
- Nicole Hayes (Sessional)