Courses without prerequisites
- ANTH 100 - Introduction to Anthropology
- ANTH 105 - Prehistoric Peoples and Places
- ANTH 106 - Technologies of Being Human
- ANTH 201 - Introduction to Archaeology
- ANTH 202 - Social and Cultural Anthropology
- ANTH 204 - Biological Anthropology
- ANTH 221 - Language and Society
- ANTH 222 - Anthropologies of the Body
- ANTH 241 - Food as Culture
- ANTH 272 - Issues in Contemporary Indigenous Communities in Canada
- ANTH 289 - Special Topics in Anthropology
- ANTH 290 - Visual Anthropology
- ANTH 311 - Anthropology of Religion
Advanced courses
- ANTH 305 - Paleopathology of Health and Disease
- ANTH 320 - Hunter Gatherer Archaeology
- ANTH 322 - The Archaeology of the Great Lakes Area
- ANTH 347 - Medical Anthropology
- ANTH 350 - Anthropology of Gender
- ANTH 355 - Human Osteology
- ANTH 377 - Dental Anthropology
- ANTH 381 - Anthropology of South Asia
- ANTH 440 - Archaeological Analysis and Interpretation
- ANTH 447 - Global Health and Medical Anthropology
- ANTH 455 - Skeletal Biology and Forensics
- ANTH 465 - Borders, Boundaries, and Crossings
When will these courses be offered?
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Future course offerings by academic year
Check out our tentative schedules for future academic years below
2026/2027
ANTH 100
ANTH 201
ANTH 202
ANTH 204
ANTH 221
ANTH 241
ANTH 305
ANTH 311
ANTH 330
ANTH 355
ANTH 377
ANTH 415 or 440
At least three additional courses from the "as often as possible" list
2027/2028
ANTH 100
ANTH 201
ANTH 202
ANTH 204
ANTH 222
ANTH 309 or 322
ANTH 320 or 321
ANTH 347/447
ANTH 355
ANTH 365
ANTH 382
ANTH 455
At least three additional courses from the "as often as possible" list
The above courses are those that we plan to offer over the next three years. Every effort will be made to adhere to this schedule but unforeseen circumstances may force us to change some course offerings. We will keep this list as up-to-date as possible. Most of these courses will be offered in the Fall and Winter terms, although we will attempt to offer courses in the Spring term when possible. Students who cannot find a desired ANTH course to take in a particular term are encouraged to consult the list we have assembled of non-ANTH courses chosen to be of benefit to students majoring in Anthropology.
Important course offerings information
Because Anthropology cannot offer every one of its upper-year undergraduate courses every year, in the Fall of 2024 Anthropology regularized its course offerings so that students would know up to two years in advance when specific ANTH courses will be offered. We therefore identified five undergraduate courses that we plan to offer at least once every year:
ANTH 100; 201; 202; 204; 355
We have identified 13 additional courses that we plan to offer every second year, so that every student will have an opportunity in either their third or fourth year to take any of them:
ANTH 221; 222; 241; 305; 309 or 322; 311; 330; 347/447; 365; 377; 382; 415 or 440; 455
We will offer the remaining ANTH courses in the calendar "as often as possible" but it is likely that several years may pass between offerings:
ANTH 106; 245; 251; 272; 290; 292; 303; 312; 331; 350; 372; 381; 430; 465
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