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Department of Religious Studies & Anthropology, College of Arts and Science

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ANTH 300.3
Reading Course
1/2(3R)

ANTH 301.3
Reading Course
1/2(3R)
Prerequisite(s): Minimum of 24 undergraduate anthropology/archaeology credit units.

Supervised reading courses in a particular aspect of one of the branches of anthropology not offered in lecture form in this department. A detailed reading program will be designed on an individual basis and will be guided by regular consultation with one or more faculty members. The student is required to prepare a comprehensive proposal for approval by the Head of the Department and make arrangements with a professor to supervise the course. Students must discuss the project with the Department Head before registration.

Note: Not more than 3 credit units will be allowed for calculation of honours standing or scholarship recommendation.

ANTH 311.3
Selected Topics in Ethnology
1/2(3L)
Prerequisite(s): Any anthropology course numbered 220 to 235.

Coverage of specialized areas of ethnological analysis, method and theory of an ethnographic region of the world not covered in the listed ethnology curriculum. Topics could include peasantry; cultures of Latin America, Southeast Asia or Africa; cognitive or symbolic anthropology.

ANTH 321.3
Myth Ritual and Symbolism
1/2(3L)
Prerequisite(s): Any anthropology course numbered 220 to 235.

Critically examines various approaches to the study of primitive religion and ritual symbolism. The problems in the study and interpretation of myth, ritual, and symbol are considered through a survey of the works of both early social scientists and contemporary scholars. The role of symbols and ritual in social communication is examined in preliterate societies as well as modern Western civilization.

ANTH 322.3
Visual Anthropology
1/2(3L)
Prerequisite(s): Any anthropology course numbered 220 to 235.

Reviews the history, theory, methodology and technology of the use of photography, film and video in anthropological research and documentation. Theories of communication, visual communication and visual expression are considered. Course work includes a research assignment and a photographic or video project.

ANTH 326.3
Principles of Applied Anthropology
1/2(3L)
Prerequisite(s): Any anthropology course numbered 220 to 235.

Applications of anthropological concepts to contemporary culture contact and change problems. Includes treatment of social organizational analysis, adjustment strategies, community development, communication and politics. Theory, ethics, planning and contemporaneous case materials are dealt with. Methodological techniques will be introduced.

ANTH 327.3
Anthropology of Development
1/2(3L)
Prerequisite(s): Any anthropology course numbered 220 to 235.

Introduces students to the anthropological contribution to development programs in so-called underdeveloped and developing societies. Critically examines the history of the development idea, its deployment across time and space, and relationship to modernity and globalism. Focuses on how development works and uses case studies to illustrate the main themes of lectures.

ANTH 328.3
Political and Legal Anthropology
1/2(3L)
Prerequisite(s): Any anthropology course numbered 220 to 235.

Analytical and comparative examination of anthropological approaches to the study of political and legal structures and processes in their sociocultural contexts focusing on structural-functional, neo-evolutionary, processual and political economy paradigms. Sources of conflict resolution and the relationships between politics, law, and religion are explored from a cross-cultural comparative framework.

ANTH 329.3
Environmental Anthropology
1/2(3L)
Prerequisite(s): Any anthropology course numbered 220 to 235.

Examines the variety of cultural adaptations that societies make to local environments, dealing with such adaptations as hunting and gathering, pastoralism, horticulture and intensive agriculture. It also attempts to illustrate how the principles of general ecology apply to the study of man in his environmental relationships.

ANTH 337.3
Economic Anthropology and Economic Development
1/2(3L)
Prerequisite(s): Any anthropology course numbered 220 to 235.

Analytic and comparative examination of economic relations in their sociocultural contexts and a critical appraisal of anthropological approaches to the study of economic development and underdevelopment. Primitive and peasant economic structures and transformations in their systems of exchange are assessed through substantivist, formalist, adaptivist, and political economy approaches in economic anthropology.

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