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Anthropology (SS)

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Anthropology 1025F/G - Introduction to Sociocultural Anthropology
An introduction to the basic concepts used in the anthropological study of non-Western social and cultural institutions that focuses on the unity and diversity of human experience. Topics include: kinship, economics, politics, religion, and the present-day conditions of indigenous societies. The ethnography of various peoples is discussed.
Antirequisite(s): The former Anthropology 020E.
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Extra Information: 3 lecture hours, 0.5 course.
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Anthropology 1026F/G - Introduction to Biological Anthropology and Archaeology
An introduction to aspects of biological anthropology and archaeology which help us to understand the place of humankind in nature. Topics to be covered include heredity, human evolution and variability, archaeological method, the development of culture, the domestication of plants and animals, and the rise of civilization and the state.
Antirequisite(s): The former Anthropology 020E.
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Extra Information: 3 lecture hours, 0.5 course.
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Anthropology 1027A/B - Introduction to Linguistics
Introduction to basic concepts and methods of modern linguistics. Topics include articulatory and acoustic phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax and semantics. This course is a prerequisite for subsequent linguistics courses in the Department of Anthropology and/or the Linguistics program.
Antirequisite(s): Linguistics 2288A/B.
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Extra Information: 3 lecture hours, 0.5 course.
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Anthropology 2100 - Archaeology and World Prehistory
The field of archaeology, with emphasis on the major discoveries of the discipline. Topics include the evolution of humans, their spread throughout the world, the origins of agriculture, urbanization, and the development of early civilizations. Major archaeological sites like Olduvai Gorge, Stonehenge, Giza, Ur and Teotihuacan will be discussed.
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Extra Information: 3 hours, 1.0 course.
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Anthropology 2112 - Iroquoian Language and Culture
In this course the student will learn the basics of a particular North American aboriginal language (Mohawk) and will examine the relationships of that language to various culturally relevant concepts.
Antirequisite(s): First Nations Studies 2112.
Prerequisite(s): Any Arts and Humanities or Social Science 0.5 or 1.0 Essay course.
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Extra Information: 3 hours, 1.0 course.
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Anthropology 2201F/G - The Anthropology of Towns and Cities
An ethnographic approach to towns and cities examining small and large urban and peri-urban sites as complex cultural and social systems. Urban anthropological methods and approaches to homelessness, poverty and inequality, health and gender, consumption and globalization, among others, will be explored from a critical cross-cultural perspective.
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Prerequisite(s): Any Arts and Humanities or Social Science 0.5 or 1.0 Essay course.
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Extra Information: 3 lecture hours, 0.5 course.
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Anthropology 2202F/G - Sex, Sexuality and Desire: Cross-Cultural Explorations of Queer Lives
Using ethnography to challenge the heteronormative assumption, this course explores sexual and erotic diversity from a critical cross cultural perspective, examining local expressions and practices of sexuality and desire, as well as the transnational flow of queer culture as an aspect of global social and political change.
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Prerequisite(s): Any Arts and Humanities or Social Science 0.5 or 1.0 Essay course.
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Extra Information: 3 lecture hours, 0.5 course.
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Anthropology 2203F/G - Indigenous Peoples, Globalization, and the Environment
An examination of natural resource development emphasizing the interplay between indigenous people, the state and transnational developers. Topics include: environmentalism and livelihood; land rights; corporate power and state policies; common property and community-based resource management; NGOs in environmental politics; sustainability and the greening of development.
Antirequisite(s): First Nations Studies 2203F/G.
Prerequisite(s): Any Arts and Humanities or Social Science 0.5 or 1.0 Essay course.
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Extra Information: 3 lecture hours, 0.5 course.
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Anthropology 2211F/G - Cultures of the Caribbean
An introduction to the Caribbean and circum- Caribbean, emphasizing religion, aesthetic styles, current political processes, and relationships of the region and its peoples to Canada.
Antirequisite(s): First Nations Studies 2211F/G.
Prerequisite(s): Any Arts and Humanities or Social Science 1.0 or 0.5 Essay course.
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Extra Information: 3 hours, 0.5 course.
Usually only two of Anthropology 2211F/G, 2212F/G, 2216F/G, 2217F/G, 2218F/G and 2219F/G will be offered in any given year.
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Anthropology 2212F/G - Cultures of the Pacific
The cultures of Polynesia, Micronesia and Melanesia with an emphasis on indigenous social structures. Other topics include ecology and economy, male-female relations, ritual and cosmology, hierarchical and egalitarian political systems, Pacific history, and contemporary political and economic issues.
Antirequisite(s): First Nations Studies 2212F/G
Prerequisite(s): Any Arts and Humanities or Social Science 0.5 or 1.0 Essay course.
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Extra Information: 3 hours, 0.5 course.
Usually only two of Anthropology 2211F/G, 2212F/G, 2216F/G, 2217F/G, 2218F/G and 2219F/G will be offered in any given year.
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Anthropology 2216F/G - Cultures of Latin America
The cultural history of Latin American societies. Topics include the historical formation of indigenous communities, and a wide variety of contemporary social problems in Latin America.
Antirequisite(s): First Nations Studies 2216F/G.
Prerequisite(s): Any Arts and Humanities or Social Science 0.5 or 1.0 Essay course.
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Extra Information: 3 hours, 0.5 course.
Usually only two of Anthropology 2211F/G, 2212F/G, 2216F/G, 2217F/G, 2218F/G and 2219F/G will be offered in any given year.
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Anthropology 2217F/G - First Nations Traditional Cultures of Canada
Cultural and linguistic areas of Canada, subsistence patterns, social and political organization, religion, ethnohistory of the fur trade and Metis, treaties, accessing First Nations viewpoints.
Antirequisite(s): First Nations Studies 2217F/G.
Prerequisite(s): Any Arts and Humanities or Social Science 0.5 or 1.0 Essay course.
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Extra Information: 3 lecture/seminar hours, 0.5 course.
Usually only two of Anthropology 2211F/G, 2212F/G, 2216F/G, 2217F/G, 2218F/G, and 2219F/G will be offered in any given year.
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Anthropology 2218F/G - Contemporary First Nations Issues in Canada
Education, land claims, sovereignty, social justice, hunting and fishing rights, co-management of resources, spirituality, pow-wows, oral history, language maintenance; media representation, cross-cultural mis-communication, Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples.
Antirequisite(s): First Nations Studies 2218F/G.
Prerequisite(s): Any Arts and Humanities or Social Science 0.5 or 1.0 Essay course.
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Extra Information: 3 lecture/seminar hours, 0.5 course.
Usually only two of Anthropology 2211F/G, 2212F/G, 2216F/G, 2217F/G, 2218F/G and 2219F/G will be offered in any given year.
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Anthropology 2219F/G - Cultures of the Middle East
A critical examination of approaches that tend to homogenize and dehistoricize Middle Eastern peoples. The course provides an historical overview that reveals regional heterogeneity, and shifts in peoples, powers and borders. Due to the immensity and complexity of the region, the thematic focus will change regularly.
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Prerequisite(s): Any Arts and Humanities or Social Science 0.5 or 1.0 Essay course.
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Extra Information: 3 lecture hours, 0.5 course.
Usually only two of Anthropology 2211F/G, 2212F/G, 2216F/G, 2217F/G, 2218F/G and 2219F/G will be offered in any given year.
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Anthropology 2220E - Iroquoian Perspective and Tradition
Through the in-depth examination of Iroquoian (Mohawk) language, mythology, legends, and ceremonial texts, this course offers an introduction to the unique world view of the Iroquoian people and an examination of its continuing relevance in contemporary Iroquoian society.
Antirequisite(s): First Nations Studies 2101E.
Prerequisite(s): Any Arts and Humanities or Social Science 1.0 or 0.5 Essay course.
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Extra Information: 3 lecture hours, 1.0 course.   
 
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Anthropology 2222F/G - The Foundations of Anthropology
An overview of socio-cultural theory accomplished through the reading of a number of anthropological classics. Each will be examined critically against the background of major theoretical developments in Anthropology from the late nineteenth century to the 1960s.
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Prerequisite(s): Anthropology 1025F/G or the former Anthropology 020E.
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Extra Information: 3 hours, 0.5 course.
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Anthropology 2226A/B - Biological Anthropology
A survey of the major areas of biological anthropology, including heredity, paleo-anthropology, human adaptability and variability, and growth and development.
Antirequisite(s):
Prerequisite(s): Anthropology 1025F/G and 1026F/G, or the former Anthropology 020E.
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Extra Information: 3 lecture hours, 0.5 course.
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Anthropology 2227E - Special Topics in Anthropology
Special topics of current interest in Anthropology. List of special topics available in the Anthropology Department.
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Prerequisite(s): Any first year Arts or Social Science 1.0 or 0.5 Essay course.
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Extra Information: 3 lecture hours, 1.0 course.
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Anthropology 2228F/G - Special Topics in Anthropology
Special topics of current interest in Anthropology. List of special topics may be available in the Department.
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Prerequisite(s): Any Arts and Humanities or Social Science 0.5 or 1.0 Essay course.
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Extra Information: 3 lecture/seminar hours, 0.5 course.
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Anthropology 2229F/G - Principles of Archaeology
This course provides an overview of the goals, theory and analytical methods of archaeology as practised by anthropologists. The course serves to provide a basic appreciation of how one is able to go from the material remains of past peoples to statements about the nature of their cultural systems, and also, how archaeologists are uniquely poised to address certain general questions of concern to all anthropologists.
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Prerequisite(s): Anthropology 1025F/G and 1026F/G, or the former Anthropology 020E.
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Extra Information: 3 hours, 0.5 course.
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Anthropology 2230F/G - Arctic Archaeology
An overview and critical evaluation of reconstructions of past ways of life in the Arctic. The course will introduce prehistoric cultures as archaeologically defined and examine the use of ethnography in archaeological interpretation, the role of cultural contact in culture change, and the use of archaeology in constructing contemporary identity.
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Prerequisite(s): Anthropology 1026F/G.
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Extra Information: 3 lecture hours, 0.5 course.
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Anthropology 2231F/G - Archaeology of North America
An overview of the archaeology of native peoples north of Mexico. Topics include the evolution of Plains bison hunting, the origins of agriculture and Pueblo societies in the Southwest, the development of social complexity amongst the mound builders of the Mississippi Valley, and the colonization of the High Arctic.
Antirequisite(s): First Nations Studies 2231F/G.
Prerequisite(s): Anthropology 1025F/G and 1026F/G, or the former Anthropology 020E.
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Extra Information: 3 lecture hours, 0.5 course.
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Anthropology 2232F/G - Prehistoric Civilizations of Mesoamerica
The prehistoric societies of Mexico and Central America. Topics include the entry of humans into the New World and their arrival in Mesoamerica; appearance of agriculture and settled village life; evolution of cities and civilizations; development of historic Aztec and Maya societies; effect of the Spanish Conquest.
Antirequisite(s): First Nations Studies 2232F/G.
Prerequisite(s): Anthropology 1025F/G and 1026F/G, or Anthropology 2100, or the former Anthropology 020E, or First Nations Studies 1020E.
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Extra Information: 3 hours, 0.5 course.
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Anthropology 2233F/G - Archaeology of Ontario and the Great Lakes
The prehistoric societies of Ontario and surrounding areas. Topics include the entry of humans into the New World and their arrival in Ontario; development of agriculture; appearance of historic period societies such as the Huron, Neutral and Ojibwa; impact of European settlement and economic systems on native societies.
Antirequisite(s): First Nations Studies 2233F/G.
Prerequisite(s): Anthropology 1025F/G and 1026F/G, or Anthropology 2100, or the former Anthropology 020E, or First Nations Studies 1020E.
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Extra Information: 3 hours, 0.5 course.
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Anthropology 2234F/G - Andean Prehistory
This course will focus primarily on the prehistory of the Peruvian Andes and Coast, with some overlap into Ecuador, Bolivia, Chile and Amazonia. We will study the area's archaeological record in some detail, touching on a variety of themes that are of general archaeological interest, e.g. agricultural origins, trade, the rise of complex societies, the role of religious ideology, and the interpretation of archaeological evidence.
Antirequisite(s): First Nations Studies 2234F/G.
Prerequisite(s): Anthropology 1025F/G and 1026F/G, or Anthropology 2100, or the former Anthropology 020E, or First Nations Studies 1020E.
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Extra Information: 3 hours, 0.5 course.
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Anthropology 2235A/B - Individuation in Forensic Science
Recovering remains and identifying victims and perpetrators of crimes is at the core of forensic science. This course details methods used in crime scene analysis using a case study format. Topics include: archaeology, entomology, vital statistics (i.e., age, sex, stature, race) of skeletons, fingerprinting, and DNA (nuclear and mitochondrial).
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Prerequisite(s): Any first year Social Science, Health Sciences, or Science course.
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Extra Information: 3 lecture hours, 0.5 course.
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Anthropology 2236A/B - Human Aging: Bioanthropological Perspectives
This course examines biological changes of the human body from birth to old age, using a systems approach to document and evaluate populational patterns of growth and development. It emphasizes methods used in bioarchaeology to estimate chronological age from calcified tissue and problems associated with senescence (i.e., osteoarthritis and osteoporosis).
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Prerequisite(s): Any one of the following: Anthropology 1026F/G, the former Anthropology 020E, Sociology 1020, 1021E, Biology 1222, 1223, 1225, 1290B, the former Biology 026, Health Sciences 1000.
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Extra Information: 3 lecture hours, 0.5 course.
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Anthropology 2237A/B - Field Techniques in Linguistics
The phonological and lexical-grammatical systems of a designated language are studied. Selected aspects of the language are analyzed in terms of current problems in linguistic theory.
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Extra Information: 3 hours, 0.5 course.
Limited Enrolment.
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Anthropology 2243F/G - Applied Linguistics
A review of applications of linguistic theory, with special emphasis on language teaching. Includes the organization and evaluation of language teaching; comparisons of first and second language acquisition in adults and children; the relevance of psycholinguistic and sociolinguistic research to language teaching and learning; theories of communicative competence.
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Extra Information: 3 hours, 0.5 course.
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Anthropology 2245F/G - Topics in Language and Culture
Culture is investigated using linguistic methods and techniques. Topics include: the analysis of lexical sets, cognitive categories, language as a symbolic communicative process, non-verbal communication, conversational analysis.
Antirequisite(s):
Prerequisite(s): Anthropology 1025F/G, or Anthropology 1027A/B, or the former Anthropology 020E, or Linguistics 2288A/B.
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Extra Information: 3 hours, 0.5 course.
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Anthropology 2247A/B - Phonological Analysis
An introduction to the analysis of the sound systems of languages. Includes a discussion of the basic units of sound, their patterns of distribution and alternation. Topics to be covered are: articulatory phonetics, acoustic phonetics, distinctive feature theory, the writing of rules to describe phonological patterns. The generative framework will be emphasized.
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Extra Information: 3 hours, 0.5 course.
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Anthropology 2248A/B - Introduction to Syntax and Semantics
An introduction to contemporary generative syntax and semantics: lexical categories, lexical semantics, morphology in relation to syntax, constituency, dependency, grammatical relations, argument structure, sentential semantics focussing especially on the relation between semantic structure and syntactic structure. The primary language discussed will be English but examples will be drawn from other languages where appropriate.
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Extra Information: 3 hours, 0.5 course.
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Anthropology 2249F/G - Discourse Analysis and Linguistic Pragmatics
Analysis of the contexts in which sentences occur and of the communicative functions they carry. Topics include: theme/rheme, information structure, deixis, presupposition, conversational implicature, speech acts and conversational analysis.
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Extra Information: 3 hours, 0.5 course.
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Anthropology 2255E - Feminist Perspectives in Anthropology
Critical assessment of feminist theory and methodology for cross-cultural interpretations. Topics include: critical examination of gender, division of labor, power, production and reproduction, ideology, communication, "nature"; controversies over nature/nurture, nature/culture, public/private.
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Prerequisite(s): Any Arts and Humanities or Social Science 0.5 or 1.0 Essay course.
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Extra Information: 3 hours, 1.0 course.
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Anthropology 2260F/G - “Nature” in the City
This course examines how changing notions of social control, sanitation, property value, class, security, and individual well-being have shaped the social production of green spaces in urban environments. We will also explore how green spaces are experienced by urban inhabitants and influence their imagination of the city.
Antirequisite(s): Any Arts and Humanities or Social Science 0.5 or 1.0 Essay course.
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Extra Information: 3 lecture hours, 0.5 course.
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Anthropology 2262F/G - The Production and Consumption of Global Commodities
This course focuses on communities of commodity producers and consumers in an integrated global political economy. Weekly lectures centre on particular commodities (rubber, gold, sapphires, oil, water, etc.) and on how anthropologists have attempted to study the roots and effects of their production and consumption.
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Prerequisite(s): Any Arts and Humanities or Social Science 0.5 or 1.0 Essay course.
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Extra Information: 3 lecture hours, 0.5 course.
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Anthropology 2264F/G - Issues in Primate Conservation
A consideration of conservation issues confronting primatologists, including: conservation assessment, variables for understanding the conservation biology of nonhuman primate populations, biogeographic patterns contributing to declining primate populations, strategies in primate conservation, and how ethnoprimatology – the study of interactions between humans and nonhuman primate populations – can be useful in primate conservation.
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Prerequisite(s): Any Arts and Humanities or Social Science 0.5 or 1.0 Essay course.
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Extra Information: 3 lecture hours, 0.5 course.
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Anthropology 2266F/G - Anthropology of Space and Place
This course reviews recent anthropological contributions to the study of space and place which give particular attention to issues of power, agency, and subject formation and focus on such disparate sites as the body, the home, the urban neighbourhood, national, and transnational space.
Antirequisite(s): The former Anthropology 228F, section 001, taken in Fall 2006.
Prerequisite(s): Any first year Arts and Humanities or Social Science 1.0 or 0.5 Essay course.
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Extra Information: 3 lecture hours, 0.5 course.
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Anthropology 2269F/G - Special Topics in Environment Culture
Special topics in the anthropological study of environment and culture.
Antirequisite(s):
Prerequisite(s): Any first year Arts and Humanities or Social Science 1.0 or 0.5 Essay course.
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Extra Information: 3 lecture hours, 0.5 course.
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Anthropology 2281F/G - Anthropology of Development
Third World responses to development from an anthropological perspective, with emphasis on the impact of market institutions on indigenous societies. Topics include the impact of aid, wage labor and urbanization on peasant communities; local versus national priorities in development; and risk aversion and technological innovation among small farmers.
Antirequisite(s):
Prerequisite(s): Any Arts and Humanities or Social Science 0.5 or 1.0 Essay course.
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Extra Information: 3 hours, 0.5 course.
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Anthropology 2282F/G - The Anthropology of Migration
This course will examine human migration from an anthropological perspective that includes a brief historical overview of human mobility, case studies from around the world, and theoretical attempts to explain and predict human migration.
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Prerequisite(s): Any Arts and Humanities or Social Science 0.5 or 1.0 Essay course.
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Extra Information: 3 lecture hours, 0.5 course.
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Anthropology 2283F/G - Refugees and the Displaced: An Anthropological Approach to Forced Migration
This course examines populations forcibly uprooted from their original habitats due to armed conflict, famine, environmental disasters and 'development.' It emphasizes the need to examine displacement in specific contexts. Topics include: the impact of displacement on society and culture, 'home' and exile, humanitarian aid, resistance and resilience in host-countries.
Antirequisite(s):
Prerequisite(s): Any Social Science 0.5 or 1.0 Essay course and registration in any module in the Faculty of Social Science.
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Extra Information: 3 lecture hours, 0.5 course.
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Anthropology 2289F/G - Special Topics in Refugee and Migrant Studies
Special topics in refugee and migrant studies.
Antirequisite(s):
Prerequisite(s): Any first year Arts and Humanities or Social Science 1.0 or 0.5 Essay course.
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Extra Information: 3 lecture hours, 0.5 course.
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Anthropology 2290F/G - Plagues and Peoples
This course introduces students to the study of health and healing from an anthropological perspective. It explores the cultural and social basis of health, disease patterns and healing practices using cross cultural comparison.
Antirequisite(s):
Prerequisite(s): Any Arts and Humanities or Social Science 0.5 or 1.0 Essay course.
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Extra Information: 3 lecture hours, 0.5 course.
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Anthropology 2532F/G - Indigenous Women and Globalization
An overview of the social, cultural and economic consequences of globalization on Indigenous women. Students will use contemporary sources to examine how the globalization of culture, communication, consumption, and production have affected Indigenous women as well as their responses to these pressures.
Antirequisite(s): First Nations Studies 2532F/G.
Prerequisite(s): Any first year Arts or Social Science 1.0 or 0.5 Essay course.
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Extra Information: 3 lecture hours, 0.5 course.
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Anthropology 3301E - Concepts of Society and Culture
Provides a comparative view of kinship organization and social stratification in order to examine different models of the relationship between social structure and cultural form.
Antirequisite(s):
Prerequisite(s): At least 0.5 from Anthropology 2211F/G, 2212F/G, 2216F/G, 2217F/G, 2218F/G, 2219F/G, 2222F/G, or from the former Anthropology 213F/G or 214F/G, and registration in Year 3 or 4 in any module.
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Extra Information: 3 hours, 1.0 course.
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Anthropology 3304F/G - Anthropology of Capitalism
This course examines capitalism from a critical anthropological perspective. Historical and contemporary processes are examined to explore the uneven effects of capitalism in regions far from its genesis. The cultural and political processes underlying contemporary capitalism are also analysed.
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Prerequisite(s): Any Social Science 2000 level Essay course and registration in third year or higher in any Social Science program.
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Extra Information: 3 lecture hours, 0.5 course.
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Anthropology 3305F/G - History, Territory and the Politics of Identity
This course examines the reconstitution of identities as people reclaim histories and territories, challenging nation-states and traditional identity references. The course examines different situations through case studies in colonial and post-colonial societies. Key issues to be discussed include: memory/history; territory, displacement and deterritorialization; citizenship, nation and the state.
Antirequisite(s):
Prerequisite(s): Any Social Science 0.5 or 1.0 Essay course and registration in third year or higher in any program.
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Extra Information: 3 lecture hours, 0.5 course.
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Anthropology 3306F/G - Ethnohistorical Research in Anthropology
This course provides insight into culture and society based upon evidence from written documents, oral literature, art, film, and material culture within a comparative and cross-cultural framework. Ethnohistorical research brings together an anthropological understanding of social structure, culture and community with an historical understanding of time and change.
Antirequisite(s): First Nations Studies 3306F/G.
Prerequisite(s): At least 0.5 from Anthropology 2211F/G, 2212F/G, 2216F/G, 2217F/G, 2218F/G, 2219F/G, 2220E, 2231F/G, 2232F/G, 2233F/G, 2234F/G or the former 213F/G or 214F/G,  or from First Nations Studies 2211F/G, 2212F/G, 2216F/G, 2217F/G, 2218F/G, 2531F/G, 2101E, 2231F/G, 2232F/G, 2233F/G, 2234F/G, and registration in year 3 or 4 in any Arts and Humanities or Social Science Module.
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Extra Information: 3 lecture hours, 0.5 course.
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Anthropology 3307A - Field Methods in Archaeology
This course provides a practical introduction to field methods and preliminary laboratory techniques of archaeology. Practical training will be given at a field camp to be held at an archaeological site near London.
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Prerequisite(s): Anthropology 2229F/G and registration in Anthropology module Year 3 or 4.  Application required.
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Extra Information: 0.5 course.
Sessions and hours by arrangement.
Permission must be obtained by application to the Department by May 30th of the academic year prior to when the course is scheduled to be offered.  Applications are available in the Department of Anthropology.
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Anthropology 3308F/G - Debates in Archaeology
This course focuses on theoretical debates of interest to archaeologists and on the methods used to examine them. Topics can include: agricultural origins, the development of social inequality and complexity, the role of gender in interpretation, and various models for intersociety articulation and the building of larger political systems.
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Prerequisite(s): Anthropology 2229F/G and registration in Year 3 or 4 in any module.
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Extra Information: 3 hours, 0.5 course.
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Anthropology 3309F/G - Hunting and Gathering Societies
An overview of issues concerning hunter-gatherers from both an archaeological and ethnographic perspective. Topics include: the usefulness of the "hunter-gatherer" category, debates about the original state of human nature, and the causes of subsistence and societal variability including the shift to agriculture and the development of non-egalitarian societies.
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Prerequisite(s): Any Arts and Humanities or Social Science 0.5 or 1.0 Essay course.
Corequisite(s):
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Extra Information: 3 lecture hours, 0.5 course.
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Anthropology 3310A/B - Zooarchaeology
An introduction to the range of information about past human groups gleaned from the animal remains. Lectures will cover various topics in zooarchaeological theory and practice. Labs will teach the basics of skeletal identification for fish, birds and mammals, and will provide experience in the identification of fragmentary archaeological remains.
Antirequisite(s):
Prerequisite(s): Anthropology 2229F/G.
Corequisite(s):
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Extra Information: 3 lecture/lab hours, 0.5 course.
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Anthropology 3317F/G - Cultural Structures of First Nations Imagination
Representations of the First Nations, particularly by First Nations writers and artists. Folklore, art, oral tradition, fiction, poetry and drama analyzed in relation to performance of First Nations identity in contemporary Canadian society.
Antirequisite(s): First Nations Studies 3817F/G.
Prerequisite(s): Anthropology 2217F/G or 2218F/G, or First Nations Studies 2217F/G or 2218F/G and registration in Year 3 or 4 in any module.
Corequisite(s):
Pre-or Corequisite(s):
Extra Information: 3 lecture/seminar hours, 0.5 course.
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Anthropology 3320 - Archaeological Summer Field School
A detailed, hands-on introduction to the practice of field archaelology. Students will participate in intensive, problem-oriented, research excavations and field laboratory work, (including computer processing of data), on an undisturbed archaelogical site in southwestern Ontario. The course will be held on site during the summer. Students will be expected to attend all day long, every weekday for 4 weeks. Limited Enrollment. Students will be responsible for their own transportation to the site and their own meals. Students are on their own on weekends.
Antirequisite(s): Anthropology 3307A.
Prerequisite(s): Anthropology 1026F/G or the former Anthropology 020E, and Anthropology 2229F/G , or permission of the Department Chair.  Must be registered in Anthropology Year 3 or 4.
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Extra Information:
Permission by application.  Applications available in the Department of Anthropology.  Four weeks in the summer – all day long, Monday to Friday.
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Anthropology 3322 - Field Course in Environmental Anthropology
This course offers students the opportunity to study current issues in environmental anthropology through participation in extended fieldtrips and collaborative research projects during Intersession or summer terms.  Students should be prepared to cover necessary travel and living expenses.  Applications required and available in department.
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Prerequisite(s): Registration in Environment and Culture minor module, or permission of instructor(s).
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Extra Information: 4 weeks, 1.0 course.
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Anthropology 3325F/G - Readings in Anthropology
Individual reading and research of current interest in Anthropology. It is up to the student to make arrangements with a Professor in the Department of Anthropology. An application must be completed with approval from the Instructor and the Chair.
Antirequisite(s):
Prerequisite(s): Registration in third year in any program with approval from the instructor and the Department Chair.  Applications available in the Department of Anthropology.  Hours to be arranged with Instructor.
Corequisite(s):
Pre-or Corequisite(s):
Extra Information: Hours to be arranged with Instructor, 0.5 course.
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Anthropology 3326F/G - Special Topics in Anthropology
Special topics of current interest in Anthropology. List of special topics may be available in the Department.
Antirequisite(s):
Prerequisite(s): Registration in third year in any program. 
Corequisite(s):
Pre-or Corequisite(s):
Extra Information: 3 lecture/seminar hours, 0.5 course.
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Anthropology 3327E - Special Topics in Anthropology
Special topics of interest in Anthropology. List of special topics available in the Anthropology Department.
Antirequisite(s):
Prerequisite(s): Registration in third year in any Anthropology module, or permission of the Department.
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Extra Information: 3 lecture hours, 1.0 course.
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Anthropology 3332F/G - Sociocultural Anthropological Perspectives on the Lifecourse
This course examines how various stages in the human lifecourse are understood and experienced differently in diverse socio-cultural contexts. It begins with a cross-cultural examination of theories of conception and then proceeds similarly through discussions of birth, infancy, childhood, adolescence, adulthood, elderhood, death and the afterlife.
Antirequisite(s):
Prerequisite(s): Any Arts and Humanities or Social Science 0.5 or 1.0 Essay course.
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Extra Information: 3 hours, 0.5 course.
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Anthropology 3333F/G - Symbolic Anthropology
Explores Anthropological theories and analyses of symbol systems. Frameworks examined include among others; structuralism, theory of metaphor, textual analysis and performance theory. This course emphasizes the application of such frameworks to the analysis of ritual, narrative, and the ideologies of social life.
Antirequisite(s): The former Anthropology 333E.
Prerequisite(s): Anthropology 2222F/G or Anthropology 2245F/G and registration in year 3 or 4 in any module.
Corequisite(s):
Pre-or Corequisite(s):
Extra Information: 3 lecture hours, 0.5 course.
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Anthropology 3334F/G - Primate and Human Paleontology
This course will combine general principles of vertebrate paleontology and evolutionary biology to examine the fossil evidence for primate and human evolution. Important events, such as primate and hominid origins will be investigated in detail, emphasizing the cross-disciplinary nature of this field of study.
Antirequisite(s):
Prerequisite(s): Anthropology 2226A/B and registration in year 3 or 4 in any module.
Corequisite(s):
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Extra Information: 3 hours, 0.5 course.
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Anthropology 3335F/G - Historical Linguistics
This course provides an introduction to comparative linguistics. Issues to be discussed will include the study of historical relationships, reconstruction of proto-languages and the implications of linguistic reconstructions for culture history. Current theoretical issues, such as the nature of sound change will also be discussed.
Antirequisite(s):
Prerequisite(s): Anthropology 1027A/B or Linguistics 2288A/B, and Anthropology 2247A/B and registration in year 3 or 4 in any module.
Corequisite(s):
Pre-or Corequisite(s):
Extra Information: 3 hours, 0.5 course.
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Anthropology 3336F/G - Topics in Human Evolution
This course provides an overview of the fossil evidence for human evolution as a background for the critical examination of controversies in the field. Areas to be explored include human taxonomy, the evolution of human behaviour and the origin of modern humans.
Antirequisite(s):
Prerequisite(s): Anthropology 2226A/B and registration in year 3 or 4 in any module.  Application required.
Corequisite(s):
Pre-or Corequisite(s):
Extra Information: 3 hours, 0.5 course.
Note: Permission must be obtained by application to the Department by May 30th of the academic year prior to when the course is scheduled to be offered.
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Anthropology 3337F/G - Topics in Language and Society
An investigation of the interrelationship between language and social structure with particular attention to linguistic differentiation on this basis and the direction of language change. The speech of minority groups will be investigated.
Antirequisite(s):
Prerequisite(s): Anthropology 1027A/B or Linguistics 2288A/B, and registration in Year 3 or 4 in any module.
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Pre-or Corequisite(s):
Extra Information: 3 hours, 0.5 course.
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Anthropology 3338F/G - Skeletal Biology
An exploration of the role that skeletal material plays in providing anthropological information. Emphasis will be placed on the analytical techniques used in osteology and odontology for: measuring biological adaptability in archaeological populations; creating individual biographies; the reconstruction of cultural activities.
Antirequisite(s):
Prerequisite(s): Anthropology 2226A/B and registration in Year 3 or 4 in any module.  Application required.
Corequisite(s):
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Extra Information: 1 lecture hour, 2 laboratory hours, 0.5 course.
Note: Permission must be obtained by application to the Department by May 30th of the academic year prior to when the course is scheduled to be offered. Applications are available in the Department of Anthropology.
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Anthropology 3341F/G - Anthropology of Food and Nutrition
An examination of cultural attitudes to diet and subsistence and their effects on human biology in both ancient and modern contexts. Areas to be explored include: subsistence strategies and modelling; food ideology and metaphor; processing and preparation; the effects of diet on growth and development; diet related diseases.
Antirequisite(s):
Prerequisite(s): Anthropology 2222F/G and 2226A/B and registration in year 3 or 4 in any module.
Corequisite(s):
Pre-or Corequisite(s):
Extra Information: 3 lecture hours, 0.5 course.
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Anthropology 3342A/B - Bioarchaeological Genetics
Determining genetic relationships between and within past populations is at the genesis of bioanthropology. This course provides an overview of the history and current status of bioarchaeological genetics. It details basic transmission, molecular and population genetics and integrates morphogenetic and molecular approaches used in determining intra and between sample relationships.
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Corequisite(s):
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Extra Information: 3 hours lecture and lab, 0.5 course.
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Anthropology 3349F/G - Frontiers and Borderlands
This course will examine the history of indigenous peoples in frontier and borderland regions, emphasizing the North American experience and drawing on examples from other continents for comparison. The focus will be on the interaction between indigenous and settler cultures, with close attention paid to each colonization experience.
Prerequisite(s): Any of First Nations Studies 1020E, History 1201E, History 1401E, History 1701E, Anthropology 1025F/G or the former Anthropology 020E.
Corequisite(s):
Pre-or Corequisite(s):
Extra Information: 3 lecture/seminar hours, 0.5 course.
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Anthropology 3369F/G - Advanced Special Topics in Environment Culture
Advanced special topics in the anthropological study of environment and culture.
Antirequisite(s):
Prerequisite(s): Any first year Arts and Humanities or Social Science 1.0 or 0.5 Essay course.
Corequisite(s):
Pre-or Corequisite(s):
Extra Information: 3 lecture hours, 0.5 course.
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Anthropology 3389F/G - Advanced Special Topics in Refugee and Migrant Studies
Advanced special topics in refugee and migrant studies.
Antirequisite(s):
Prerequisite(s): Any first year Arts and Humanities or Social Science 1.0 or 0.5 Essay course.
Corequisite(s):
Pre-or Corequisite(s):
Extra Information: 3 lecture hours, 0.5 course.
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Anthropology 4400E - Anthropological Thought
Exploration of current anthropological debates and contemporary theoretical frameworks as they may be used in the analysis of anthropological problems and thought.
Antirequisite(s):
Prerequisite(s): Anthropology 3301E or 3333F/G or the former Anthropology 333E, and registration in Year 4 in any module.
Corequisite(s):
Pre-or Corequisite(s):
Extra Information: 3 hours, 1.0 course.
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Anthropology 4402F/G - Indigenous Cultures and Globalization
Indigenous cultures around the world are sharing their traditional knowledge and supporting one another’s claims to political and cultural autonomy as well as human rights.  First Nations in Canada increasingly act on a global scale, in ways still dependent on their traditional values and forms of social organization. 
Antirequisite(s): First Nations Studies 4402F/G.
Prerequisite(s): (1) 0.5 course from First Nations Studies 3722F/G or Anthropology 2222F/G, (2) and 0.5 course from any of the following: First Nations Studies 3140F/G, 3141F/G, Anthropology 2203F/G, 2262F/G, 3305F/G.
Corequisite(s):
Pre-or Corequisite(s):
Extra Information: 3 lecture/seminar hours, 0.5 course.
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Anthropology 4411F/G - Language and Politics
Using techniques of discourse analysis, the course focuses on the performance of persons, communities and structures as they express their positions. In so doing, it re-examines traditional analytic concepts such as law, power and hegemonic decision-making on the one side, and agency, identity, community, and representation on the other.
Antirequisite(s): The former Political Science 411F.
Prerequisite(s): Fourth year Honors standing in Anthropology, or permission of the department.
Corequisite(s):
Pre-or Corequisite(s):
Extra Information: 2 lecture hours, 0.5 course.
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Anthropology 4412F/G - Discourse and Power
Using techniques of discourse analysis, the course examines linkages between discursive practices and relations of power. The analytic models and techniques taught in the course connect micro- and macro-levels of systems and structures with individual agency and explore aspects of hegemony and marginalization.
Antirequisite(s): The former Political Science 412G.
Prerequisite(s): Anthropology 4411F/G or the former Political Science 411F.
Corequisite(s):
Pre-or Corequisite(s):
Extra Information: 2 lecture hours, 0.5 course.
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Anthropology 4420A/B - Introduction to Paleoepidemiology
Studying disease in ancient populations requires a multidisciplinary approach integrating basic skeletal biological knowledge, clinical diagnostic skills, and epidemiological models integrated within archaeological contexts, including paleoenvironmental reconstructions. This course provides a detailed understanding of the complexities of diagnosing disease in archaeological samples and determining the health status of ancient populations.
Antirequisite(s):
Prerequisite(s): Anthropology 2226A/B or permission of the department.
Corequisite(s):
Pre-or Corequisite(s):
Extra Information: 3 hours, 0.5 course.
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Anthropology 4430F/G - Supervised Readings/ Research in Anthropology
Individual reading and research of current interest in Anthropology. It is up to the student to make arrangements with a Professor in the Department of Anthropology. An application must be completed and receive approval from the Instructor and the Chair.
Antirequisite(s):
Prerequisite(s): Registration in fourth year in any program with approval from the Instructor and the Department Chair.
Corequisite(s):
Pre-or Corequisite(s):
Extra Information: Hours to be arranged with Instructor, 0.5 course.
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Anthropology 4431F/G - Advanced Special Topics in Anthropology
Special topics of current interest in Anthropology. List of special topics may be available in the Department.
Antirequisite(s):
Prerequisite(s): Registration in fourth year in any program.
Corequisite(s):
Pre-or Corequisite(s):
Extra Information: 3 lecture/seminar hours, 0.5 course.
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Academic Calendar 2008 UNDERGRADUATE COURSE INFORMATION Anthropology (SS)
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