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Department of Sociology and Anthropology
(Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences)
613.520.2582
http://carleton.ca/socanth

This section presents the requirements for programs in:

Program Requirements

Bachelor of Arts

Anthropology
B.A. Honours (20.0 credits)

A. Credits Included in the Major CGPA (9.0 credits):
1.  1.0 credit from:1.0
ANTH 1001 [0.5]
Introduction to Socio-Cultural Anthropology
or ANTH 1002 [0.5]
Introduction to Issues in Anthropology
ANTH 1050 [0.5]
Race, Racialization and Racism: Critical Reflections
2.  2.0 credits in:2.0
ANTH 2001 [1.0]
Foundations in Socio-Cultural Anthropology
ANTH 4900 [1.0]
Honours Research Paper in Anthropology (with a minimum 9.00 GPA or permission of instructor, or 1.0 credit in ANTH courses at the ANTH 3000-level or above)
3.  1.0 credit from: ANTH 2600 series1.0
4.  1.5 credits in:1.5
ANTH 3005 [0.5]
Ethnographic Research Methods
ANTH 3007 [0.5]
History of Anthropological Theory
ANTH 3008 [0.5]
Contemporary Theories in Anthropology
5.  1.0 credits in ANTH at the 1000-level or above 1.0
6.  1.0 credit in ANTH and/or SOCI at the 2000-level or above 1.0
7.  1.5 credits in ANTH and/or SOCI at the 4000- or 5000-level1.5
B. Credits Not Included in the Major CGPA (11.0 credits):
7.  0.5 credit in:0.5
SOCI 1001 [0.5]
Introduction to Sociology I
8.  8.0 credits not in SOCI or ANTH8.0
9.  2.5 credits in free electives2.5
Total Credits20.0

Anthropology
B.A. Combined Honours (20.0 credits)

A. Credits Included in the Anthropology Major CGPA (7.0 credits):
1.  1.0 credit from:1.0
ANTH 1001 [0.5]
Introduction to Socio-Cultural Anthropology
or ANTH 1002 [0.5]
Introduction to Issues in Anthropology
ANTH 1050 [0.5]
Race, Racialization and Racism: Critical Reflections
2.  1.0 credit in:1.0
ANTH 2001 [1.0]
Foundations in Socio-Cultural Anthropology
3.  1.0 credit from ANTH 2600 series1.0
4.  1.5 credits in:1.5
ANTH 3005 [0.5]
Ethnographic Research Methods
ANTH 3007 [0.5]
History of Anthropological Theory
ANTH 3008 [0.5]
Contemporary Theories in Anthropology
5.  0.5 credit in ANTH and/or SOCI at the 2000-level or above0.5
6.  1.0 credit in ANTH and/or SOCI at the 4000- or 5000-level1.0
7.  1.0 credit in:1.0
ANTH 4900 [1.0]
Honours Research Paper in Anthropology (with a minimum 9.00 GPA or permission of instructor, or 1.0 credit in ANTH courses at the ANTH 3000-level or above.)
or
1.0 credit in ANTH at the 1000-level or higher if an Honours Essay is completed in the other discipline
B. Additional Requirements (13.0 credits):13.0
8. The requirements for the other discipline must be satisfied
9. Sufficient credits in free electives to make 20.0 credits for the degree
10. Students are required to complete an Honours Essay. In those cases where the second discipline does not require an Honours Essay, alternative arrangements may be considered by the Co-ordinator of Honours (Anthropology)
Total Credits20.0

Anthropology
B.A. (15.0 credits)

A. Credits Included in the Major CGPA (6.0 credits)
1.  1.0 credit in:1.0
ANTH 1001 [0.5]
Introduction to Socio-Cultural Anthropology
or ANTH 1002 [0.5]
Introduction to Issues in Anthropology
ANTH 1050 [0.5]
Race, Racialization and Racism: Critical Reflections
2.  1.0 credit in:1.0
ANTH 2001 [1.0]
Foundations in Socio-Cultural Anthropology
3.  1.0 credit from ANTH 2600 series1.0
4.  1.5 credits in:1.5
ANTH 3005 [0.5]
Ethnographic Research Methods
ANTH 3007 [0.5]
History of Anthropological Theory
ANTH 3008 [0.5]
Contemporary Theories in Anthropology
5.  1.0 credits in ANTH at the 1000-level or above1.0
6.  0.5 credit in ANTH and/or SOCI at the 2000-level or above0.5
B. Credits Not Included in the Major CGPA (9.0 credits)
7.  0.5 credit in:0.5
SOCI 1001 [0.5]
Introduction to Sociology I
8.  6.0 credits not in ANTH or SOCI7.0
9.  2.5 credits in free electives1.5
Total Credits15.0

Bachelor of Global and International Studies (B.G.In.S.)

Note: Details regarding graduation requirements, the international experience requirement, and the language requirement for the B.G.In.S. degree can be found at the B.G.In.S. program page.

Specialization in Globalization, Culture and Power
B.G.In.S. Honours (20.0 credits)

A. Credits Included in the Major CGPA (12.0 credits)
1.  4.5 credits in: Core Courses4.5
GINS 1000 [0.5]
Global History
GINS 1010 [0.5]
International Law and Politics
GINS 1020 [0.5]
Ethnography, Globalization and Culture
GINS 2000 [0.5]
Ethics and Globalization
GINS 2010 [0.5]
Globalization and International Economic Issues
GINS 2020 [0.5]
Global Literatures
GINS 3010 [0.5]
Global and International Theory
GINS 3020 [0.5]
Places, Boundaries, Movements and Global Environmental Change
GINS 4090 [0.5]
Honours Seminar in Global and International Studies
2.  0.0 credit in: International Experience Requirement Preparation
GINS 1300 [0.0]
International Experience Requirement Preparation
3.  7.5 credits in: the Specialization7.5
a. 2.5 credits in Foundations
ANTH 1001 [0.5]
Introduction to Socio-Cultural Anthropology
or ANTH 1002 [0.5]
Introduction to Issues in Anthropology
ANTH 1050 [0.5]
Race, Racialization and Racism: Critical Reflections
ANTH 2001 [1.0]
Foundations in Socio-Cultural Anthropology
ANTH 3005 [0.5]
Ethnographic Research Methods
b. 1.0 credit in Culture and Globalization
ANTH 2850 [0.5]
Anthropology of Development
ANTH 3010 [0.5]
Language, Culture, and Globalization
ANTH 3027 [0.5]
Studies in Globalization and Human Rights
ANTH 3040 [0.5]
The Global Middle Class
ANTH 3045 [0.5]
Children and Childhood in a Globalized World
GEOG 2300 [0.5]
Space, Place and Culture
GEOG 3021 [0.5]
Geographies of Culture and Identity
c. 1.0 credit in Ethnography
ANTH 2610 [0.5]
Studies in Indigenous Peoples of North America: Current Issues in Anthropological Research
ANTH 2620 [0.5]
Ethnography of sub-Saharan Africa
ANTH 2630 [0.5]
Studies in Asian Societies: Current Issues in Anthropological Research
ANTH 2635 [0.5]
Tradition and Modernity in the Pacific
ANTH 2640 [0.5]
Latin America and the Caribbean through Ethnography
ANTH 2645 [0.5]
The Postcolonial Middle East
ANTH 2660 [0.5]
Ethnography of North Africa
ANTH 2680 [0.5]
Anthropology of "Mainstream" North America
ANTH 2690 [0.5]
Ethnography of a Selected Area
d. 1.5 credits in Topical Explorations in Anthropology
ANTH 2020 [0.5]
Race and Ethnicity
ANTH 2040 [0.5]
Anthropology and Gender
ANTH 2060 [0.5]
Girlhood in Contemporary Contexts: Anthropological and Sociological Perspectives
ANTH 2080 [0.5]
Humans/Animals: the More-than-Human in Social Research
ANTH 2510 [0.5]
Theories of Human Nature
ANTH 3007 [0.5]
History of Anthropological Theory
ANTH 3008 [0.5]
Contemporary Theories in Anthropology
ANTH 3020 [0.5]
Studies in Race and Ethnicity
ANTH 3310 [0.5]
Studies in Medical Anthropology
ANTH 3355 [0.5]
Anthropology and the Environment
ANTH 3550 [0.5]
Visual Anthropology
ANTH 3570 [0.5]
Studies in Art, Culture and Society
ANTH 3580 [0.5]
Anthropology of Material Culture and Museums
ANTH 3600 [0.5]
Studies in Anthropology and Indigenous Peoples
ANTH 4007 [0.5]
Advanced Studies in Anthropological Theory and Methods
ANTH 4020 [0.5]
Advanced Studies in Race and Ethnicity
ANTH 4215 [0.5]
Special Topics in Anthropology
ANTH 4225 [0.5]
Special Topics in Anthropology
ANTH 4500 [0.5]
Advanced Studies in Culture and Symbols
ANTH 4550 [0.5]
Special Topics in Visual Anthropology
ANTH 4570 [0.5]
Political Anthropology
ANTH 4610 [0.5]
Anthropology of Indigeneity
ANTH 4620 [0.5]
Special Topics in Ethnography of Contemporary Africa
ANTH 4809 [0.5]
Special Topics in the Anthropology of Development
e. 1.5 credits in Core Honours Seminars
ANTH 4005 [0.5]
Health and Globalization
ANTH 4006 [0.5]
Decolonizing Methodologies in the 21st Century: Practicing Engaged Anthropology
ANTH 4109 [0.5]
Ethnography of Gender
ANTH 4355 [0.5]
Anthropology of Natural Resources
ANTH 4560 [0.5]
Economic Anthropology
ANTH 4590 [1.0]
Capstone Seminar in Globalization, Culture, and Power
ANTH 4730 [0.5]
Colonialism and Post-Colonialism
ANTH 4750 [0.5]
Advanced Studies in Globalization and Citizenship
B. Credits Not Included in the Major CGPA (8.0 credits)
4.  8.0 credits in: free electives8.0
C. Additional Requirements
5. The International Experience requirement must be met.
6. The Language requirement must be met.
Total Credits20.0

Stream in Globalization, Culture and Power
B.G.In.S. (15.0 credits)

A. Credits Included in the Major CGPA (8.0 credits):
1.  4.0 credits in: Core Courses4.0
GINS 1000 [0.5]
Global History
GINS 1010 [0.5]
International Law and Politics
GINS 1020 [0.5]
Ethnography, Globalization and Culture
GINS 2000 [0.5]
Ethics and Globalization
GINS 2010 [0.5]
Globalization and International Economic Issues
GINS 2020 [0.5]
Global Literatures
GINS 3010 [0.5]
Global and International Theory
GINS 3020 [0.5]
Places, Boundaries, Movements and Global Environmental Change
2.  4.0 credits from: the Stream4.0
a. 2.5 credits in Foundations
ANTH 1001 [0.5]
Introduction to Socio-Cultural Anthropology
or ANTH 1002 [0.5]
Introduction to Issues in Anthropology
ANTH 1050 [0.5]
Race, Racialization and Racism: Critical Reflections
ANTH 2001 [1.0]
Foundations in Socio-Cultural Anthropology
ANTH 3005 [0.5]
Ethnographic Research Methods
b. 0.5 credit in Culture and Globalization
ANTH 2850 [0.5]
Anthropology of Development
ANTH 3010 [0.5]
Language, Culture, and Globalization
ANTH 3027 [0.5]
Studies in Globalization and Human Rights
ANTH 3040 [0.5]
The Global Middle Class
ANTH 3045 [0.5]
Children and Childhood in a Globalized World
GEOG 2300 [0.5]
Space, Place and Culture
GEOG 3021 [0.5]
Geographies of Culture and Identity
c. 0.5 credit in Ethnography
ANTH 2610 [0.5]
Studies in Indigenous Peoples of North America: Current Issues in Anthropological Research
ANTH 2620 [0.5]
Ethnography of sub-Saharan Africa
ANTH 2630 [0.5]
Studies in Asian Societies: Current Issues in Anthropological Research
ANTH 2635 [0.5]
Tradition and Modernity in the Pacific
ANTH 2640 [0.5]
Latin America and the Caribbean through Ethnography
ANTH 2645 [0.5]
The Postcolonial Middle East
ANTH 2660 [0.5]
Ethnography of North Africa
ANTH 2680 [0.5]
Anthropology of "Mainstream" North America
ANTH 2690 [0.5]
Ethnography of a Selected Area
d. 0.5 credit in Topical Explorations in Anthropology
ANTH 2020 [0.5]
Race and Ethnicity
ANTH 2040 [0.5]
Anthropology and Gender
ANTH 2060 [0.5]
Girlhood in Contemporary Contexts: Anthropological and Sociological Perspectives
ANTH 2080 [0.5]
Humans/Animals: the More-than-Human in Social Research
ANTH 2510 [0.5]
Theories of Human Nature
ANTH 3007 [0.5]
History of Anthropological Theory
ANTH 3008 [0.5]
Contemporary Theories in Anthropology
ANTH 3020 [0.5]
Studies in Race and Ethnicity
ANTH 3310 [0.5]
Studies in Medical Anthropology
ANTH 3355 [0.5]
Anthropology and the Environment
ANTH 3550 [0.5]
Visual Anthropology
ANTH 3570 [0.5]
Studies in Art, Culture and Society
ANTH 3580 [0.5]
Anthropology of Material Culture and Museums
ANTH 3600 [0.5]
Studies in Anthropology and Indigenous Peoples
B. Credits Not Included in the Major CGPA (7.0 credits):
3.  7.0 credits in: Free Electives7.0
C. Additional Requirements
4. The Language requirement must be met.
Total Credits15.0

Minor

Minor in Anthropology

Open to all undergraduate degree students in programs other than Anthropology or the B.G.In.S. Specialization or Stream in Globalization, Culture and Power. Students in any Sociology major should select courses carefully if they wish to use courses from the major in their minor Anthropology. Such students should always consult the department.

Students are required to present a Minor CGPA of 4.00 or higher at graduation in order to be awarded a Minor in Anthropology.

Requirements
1.  1.0 credit from:1.0
ANTH 1001 [0.5]
Introduction to Socio-Cultural Anthropology
or ANTH 1002 [0.5]
Introduction to Issues in Anthropology
ANTH 1050 [0.5]
Race, Racialization and Racism: Critical Reflections
2.  1.0 credit in:1.0
ANTH 2001 [1.0]
Foundations in Socio-Cultural Anthropology
3.  2.0 credits in ANTH at the 2000-level or above2.0
4. The remaining requirements of the major discipline(s) and degree must be satisfied.
Total Credits4.0

Minor in Community Engagement (4.0 credits)

This minor is open to all undergraduate degree students in any program. Students in any Sociology or Anthropology major should select courses carefully if they wish to use courses from the major in their minor. Such students should always consult the department.

Students are required to present a Minor CGPA of 4.00 or higher at graduation in order to be awarded a Minor in Community Engagement.

Requirements:
1.  0.5 credit from:0.5
ANTH 2180 [0.5]
Foundations in Community Engagement
SOCI 2180 [0.5]
Foundations in Community Engagement
2.  0.5 credit from:0.5
ANTH 4171 [0.5]
Community Engagement Capstone
SOCI 4171 [0.5]
Community Engagement Capstone
3.  1.0 credit from Engaging the Community courses:1.0
AFRI 3900 [0.5]
Placement
ANTH 3950 [0.5]
Practicum Placement
ANTH 4100 [0.5]
Ethnographic Field Course
ARTH 3701 [0.5]
Art and Architecture on Site
ARTH 4701 [0.5]
Art and Architecture on Site
BUSI 2819 [0.5]
Sustainability Accounting and Social Finance
BUSI 4120 [0.5]
Environmental Sustainability Management
CDNS 1101 [0.5]
Power, Places and Stories in/of Odawang/Ottawa
CDNS 4800 [1.0]
Internship Practicum
CRCJ 3901 [1.0]
Practicum in Criminology I
CRCJ 3902 [1.0]
Practicum in Criminology II
DIGH 4005 [0.5]
Digital Humanities Practicum
ENST 4450 [0.5]
Community-Engaged Research
GEOG 3030 [0.5]
Regional Field Excursion
GEOG 4000 [0.5]
Field Studies
GEOG 4450 [0.5]
Community-Engaged Research
GINS 3100 [0.5]
Global and International Group Project
GINS 3900 [0.5]
International Placement
GINS 3901 [1.0]
International Placement
GINS 3930 [0.5]
Carleton International Placement
GINS 3931 [1.0]
Carleton International Placement
HIST 3807 [0.5]
Practicum in History
HIST 3815 [0.5]
Group Practicum
HLTH 4909 [1.0]
Capstone Course – Field Placement and Research Project
HRSJ 4905 [0.0]
Practicum Placement in Human Rights I
INDG 4001 [0.5]
Indigeneity in the City
INDG 4015 [0.5]
Land as a Relation
INDG 4020 [0.5]
Practicum
LAWS 4905 [1.0]
Full-Year Service Learning Placement
MPAD 3002 [0.5]
Civic Engagement and Public Institutions I
MPAD 3003 [0.5]
Civic Engagement and Public Institutions II: Minor Design Project
PHIL 2320 [0.5]
Children, Literature, and Philosophy
PSCI 3906 [1.0]
Full-Year Political Science Internship
PSCI 3907 [0.5]
One-Term Political Science Internship
PSYC 3901 [0.5]
Practicum in Psychology
PSYC 3902 [0.5]
Practicum in Psychology
PSYC 3905 [1.0]
Practicum in Psychology
PSYC 4330 [1.0]
Community Mental Health and Well-Being
SOCI 3950 [0.5]
Practicum Placement
SOCI 4170 [0.5]
Community-Engaged Sociology
WGST 4800 [0.5]
Women’s and Gender Studies Practicum
WGST 4801 [1.0]
Women's and Gender Studies Practicum
4.  2.0 credits from Critically Understanding Communities courses:2.0
AFRI 3100 [0.5]
African Studies Abroad: Selected Topics
ALDS 3205 [0.5]
English as a Global Language
ANTH 2020 [0.5]
Race and Ethnicity
ANTH 2080 [0.5]
Humans/Animals: the More-than-Human in Social Research
ANTH 2680 [0.5]
Anthropology of "Mainstream" North America
ANTH 3005 [0.5]
Ethnographic Research Methods
ANTH 3010 [0.5]
Language, Culture, and Globalization
ANTH 3020 [0.5]
Studies in Race and Ethnicity
ANTH 3310 [0.5]
Studies in Medical Anthropology
ANTH 3355 [0.5]
Anthropology and the Environment
ANTH 3580 [0.5]
Anthropology of Material Culture and Museums
ANTH 3600 [0.5]
Studies in Anthropology and Indigenous Peoples
ANTH 4006 [0.5]
Decolonizing Methodologies in the 21st Century: Practicing Engaged Anthropology
ANTH 4610 [0.5]
Anthropology of Indigeneity
ANTH 4730 [0.5]
Colonialism and Post-Colonialism
ANTH 4809 [0.5]
Special Topics in the Anthropology of Development
CDNS 2210 [0.5]
Introduction to the Study of Culture in Canada
CRST 2001 [0.5]
Introduction to Critical Race Studies
DBST 2001 [0.5]
Introduction to Disability Studies
DBST 3001 [0.5]
Disability Studies: Policy and Activism
DIGH 3814 [0.5]
Crafting Digital History
ENGL 3608 [0.5]
Topics in Theatre Management
ENGL 3920 [0.5]
Literary Ecological Fieldwork
ENST 2001 [0.5]
Sustainable Futures: Environmental Challenges and Solutions
FILM 2204 [0.5]
Indigenous Cinema and Media
FYSM 1212 [0.5]
Contemporary Moral, Social, and Religious Issues
GEOG 2023 [0.5]
Cities, Inequality and Urban Change
GEOG 2300 [0.5]
Space, Place and Culture
GEOG 2500 [0.5]
Climate Change: Social Science Perspectives
GEOG 3021 [0.5]
Geographies of Culture and Identity
GEOG 3023 [0.5]
Cities in a Global World
GEOG 3206 [0.5]
Health, Environment, and Society
GEOG 3404 [0.5]
Geographies of Economic Development
GEOG 3501 [0.5]
Geographies of the Canadian North
GEOG 4021 [0.5]
Seminar in Culture, Identity and Place
GEOG 4022 [0.5]
Seminar in People, Resources and Environmental Change
GEOG 4323 [0.5]
Urban and Regional Planning
GINS 3300 [0.5]
Global and International Studies Abroad: Selected Topics
HIST 2811 [0.5]
Public History from Memory to Museums
HIST 3814 [0.5]
Crafting Digital History
HLTH 2003 [0.5]
Social Determinants of Health
HLTH 3101 [0.5]
Global Health
HLTH 3102 [0.5]
Indigenous Health in a Global World
HLTH 3403 [0.5]
Gender and Health
HRSJ 3504 [0.5]
Public Health and Human Rights
IDES 2600 [0.5]
Human Factors/Ergonomics in Design
IDES 3107 [0.5]
Design and Sustainability
IDES 3601 [0.5]
Research for Design
INDG 3001 [0.5]
Indigenous Governance
LAWS 2105 [0.5]
Social Justice and Human Rights
LAWS 3307 [0.5]
Youth and Criminal Law
LAWS 3503 [0.5]
Equality and Discrimination
LAWS 3504 [0.5]
Law and Aboriginal Peoples
LAWS 3800 [0.5]
Law of Environmental Quality
LAWS 4001 [0.5]
Law, Family and Gender
LAWS 4305 [0.5]
Criminal Justice Reform
LAWS 4311 [0.5]
Human Rights in Canadian Prisons
LAWS 4503 [0.5]
Law, Disability and Society
LAWS 4504 [0.5]
Indigenous Criminal Justice
LAWS 4603 [0.5]
Transitional Justice
LAWS 4607 [0.5]
Immigration and Refugee Law
LAWS 4800 [0.5]
Environment and Social Justice
MUSI 2008 [0.5]
Music of the World's Peoples
MUSI 3103 [0.5]
Music in Canada
MUSI 3302 [0.5]
Music and Gender I
MUSI 4102 [0.5]
Ethnomusicology in Theory and Practice
MUSI 4103 [0.5]
Music, Migration and Diaspora in Canada
MUSI 4104 [0.5]
First Peoples Music in Canada
MUSI 4306 [0.5]
Music and Wellbeing in a Global Context
PHIL 1550 [0.5]
Introduction to Ethics and Social Issues
PHIL 2103 [0.5]
Philosophy of Human Rights
PHIL 2306 [0.5]
Philosophy and Feminism
PHIL 2307 [0.5]
Gender and Philosophy
PHIL 2380 [0.5]
Introduction to Environmental Ethics
PHIL 3340 [0.5]
Topics in Contemporary Social and Political Philosophy
PHIL 3350 [0.5]
Philosophy, Ethics, and Public Affairs
PHIL 3360 [0.5]
Philosophy, Economics, and Public Policy
PHIL 3380 [0.5]
Environments, Technology and Values
PSCI 2500 [0.5]
Gender and Politics
PSCI 3006 [0.5]
Social Power in Canadian Politics
PSYC 2301 [0.5]
Introduction to Health Psychology
SOCI 2010 [0.5]
Critical Approaches to Economic Inequality
SOCI 2020 [0.5]
Race and Ethnicity
SOCI 2030 [0.5]
Work, Industry and Occupations
SOCI 2040 [0.5]
Food, Culture and Society
SOCI 2043 [0.5]
Sociology of the Family
SOCI 2045 [0.5]
Gender and Society
SOCI 2080 [0.5]
Humans/Animals: the More-than-Human in Social Research
SOCI 2170 [0.5]
Foundations in Social Justice
SOCI 2450 [0.5]
Crime and Society
SOCI 2702 [0.5]
Power and Social Change
SOCI 2705 [0.5]
Popular Culture in the Digital Age
SOCI 3010 [0.5]
Power, Oppression and Resistance
SOCI 3019 [0.5]
Sociology of International Migration
SOCI 3020 [0.5]
Studies in Race and Ethnicity
SOCI 3030 [0.5]
Studies in Work, Industry and Occupations: Authority and Expertise
SOCI 3038 [0.5]
Studies in Urban Sociology
SOCI 3040 [0.5]
Studies in the Sociology of Gender
SOCI 3044 [0.5]
Sociology of Sex and Sexuality
SOCI 3050 [0.5]
Studies in the Sociology of Health
SOCI 3055 [0.5]
Studies in Addictions
SOCI 3056 [0.5]
Women and Health
SOCI 3060 [0.5]
Critical Disability Studies
SOCI 3170 [0.5]
Social Justice in Action
SOCI 3300 [0.5]
Studies in the Sociology of Education
SOCI 3430 [0.5]
Studies in Collective Action and Social Movements
SOCI 3480 [0.5]
Law and Social Regulation
SOCI 4040 [0.5]
Feminist Sociology of Intersectionality
SOCI 4730 [0.5]
Colonialism and Post-Colonialism
SOWK 2005 [0.5]
Values and Ethics for Social Work
SOWK 2203 [0.5]
Introduction to Social Work Practice with Groups and Communities
SOWK 3207 [0.5]
Human Rights Practice in Civil Society
SOWK 4000 [0.5]
Social Work and Indigenous Peoples
SOWK 4003 [0.5]
Advanced Social Work Practice with Communities
SXST 2101 [0.5]
Sexuality Studies: A Critical Introduction
SXST 2102 [0.5]
Sexuality, Gender, and Security
SXST 4104 [0.5]
Sexuality and Political Economy
TSES 3001 [0.5]
Technology-Society Interactions
TSES 4006 [0.5]
Technology and Society: Work
WGST 2801 [0.5]
Activism, Feminisms, and Social Justice
5. The remaining requirements of the major discipline(s) and degree must be satisfied.
Total Credits4.0

Anthropology (ANTH) Courses

ANTH 1001 [0.5 credit]
Introduction to Socio-Cultural Anthropology

What does it mean to be human? Anthropologists have approached this question by using the ethnographic method to understand the diverse ways people create shared worlds of meaning. In this course students will learn how culture shapes experience, and how ethnography describes this process.
Includes: Experiential Learning Activity
Precludes additional credit for ANTH 1000 (no longer offered), HUMS 1005.
Lectures/discussions three hours a week.

ANTH 1002 [0.5 credit]
Introduction to Issues in Anthropology

This course introduces students to anthropology through in-depth consideration of selected issues facing contemporary cultures and societies. Selected issue(s) will reflect the expertise of the instructor and could include current debates related to race, gender, development, politics, economics, religion, technology, health and the environment.
Includes: Experiential Learning Activity
Precludes additional credit for ANTH 1000 (no longer offered).
Lectures/discussions three hours a week.

ANTH 1050 [0.5 credit]
Race, Racialization and Racism: Critical Reflections

This course explores historically grounded contemporary dynamics of race, racialization processes and racism. Learners will link their own experiences with key theoretical concepts such as settler colonialism, slavery, racial capitalism, the racial state, systemic racism, and global whiteness.
Prerequisite(s): Anthropology major or BGINS Globalization, Culture and Power Specialization.
Seminar three hours a week.

ANTH 2001 [1.0 credit]
Foundations in Socio-Cultural Anthropology

Exploration of basic anthropological concepts and analytical strategies through case studies. Emphasis on socio-cultural diversity as documented by ethnographic research with attention to the role of culture in articulating gender, kinship, economic and political relations.
Includes: Experiential Learning Activity
Prerequisite(s): ANTH 1001 or ANTH 1002.
Lectures and discussions three hours a week.

ANTH 2020 [0.5 credit]
Race and Ethnicity

Introduction to some of the recent theoretical literature and research on the issues of race, racism and ethnicity. Concepts, controversies and definitions dealing with race and ethnicity from the Canadian context and internationally.
Also listed as SOCI 2020.
Lectures and workshop three hours a week.

ANTH 2040 [0.5 credit]
Anthropology and Gender

The study of gender in anthropology, including its theoretical, cross-cultural and ethnographic aspects. Emphasis on gender as a sociocultural process that is at once discursive and embodied, and that varies in distinct cultural, socio-historical, geopolitical, and economic contexts.
Includes: Experiential Learning Activity
Precludes additional credit for ANTH 2408 (no longer offered).
Lectures and workshop three hours a week.

ANTH 2060 [0.5 credit]
Girlhood in Contemporary Contexts: Anthropological and Sociological Perspectives

Drawing on anthropological and sociological approaches, students will explore girls’ lives in diverse cultural, political, economic, and social contexts. Topics may include: movement and migration, education, media, imaging and humanitarianism, consumerism, agency and activism, health, and violence.
Also listed as SOCI 2060.
Prerequisite(s): second-year standing or permission of the instructor.
Two hour lecture plus one hour tutorial per week.

ANTH 2070 [0.5 credit]
Psychological Anthropology

Exploration of the relative and the universal in relations between the psychological self and the cultural environment. Topics may include anthropology of psychiatric institutions and practices, the cultural relativity of emotions, the self in everyday life and ritual.
Lecture/discussion groups three hours a week.

ANTH 2080 [0.5 credit]
Humans/Animals: the More-than-Human in Social Research

Examination of relationships between humans and animals in the sociological and broader social studies canon, including: multispecies ethnography, the role of the ‘more than human’ in Indigenous legal orders, posthumanist and STS theory, relationships between humans and animals and other non-human entities in the Anthropocene.
Also listed as SOCI 2080.
Lecture/discussion groups three hours per week.

ANTH 2180 [0.5 credit]
Foundations in Community Engagement

Study of theoretical debates and practical applications relating to community engagement with a focus on Canadian examples. Exploration of the contested and complex meanings of community engagement in and between diverse communities, public institutions, non-profit sector and private enterprise with an emphasis on social justice.
Includes: Experiential Learning Activity
Also listed as SOCI 2180.
Prerequisite(s): Second year standing or permission of instructor.
Lecture, discussion and project work three hours a week.

ANTH 2500 [0.5 credit]
Culture and Symbols

The representation and construction of culture through symbols. Topics may include material culture, rituals, archetypes, myths and mythmaking.
Includes: Experiential Learning Activity
Precludes additional credit for ANTH 3304 (no longer offered).
Lectures and workshop three hours a week.

ANTH 2510 [0.5 credit]
Theories of Human Nature

Critical, cross-cultural exploration of theories of human nature. Begins with a survey of western anthropological models of human consciousness and examines scientific, philosophical and religious perspectives with reference to ethnographic research on myth, religion and science produced by western and non-western cultures.
Lectures and discussion three hours a week.

ANTH 2550 [0.5 credit]
Religion and Society

Cross-cultural survey of religious institutions, focusing on theories and methodologies in the study of religion. Topics may include myth, totemism, cults, ritual, belief systems, altered states of consciousness, new religious and/or new age movements and the relationship of religion with other social institutions and processes.
Includes: Experiential Learning Activity
Also listed as RELI 2736.
Lectures and workshop three hours a week.

ANTH 2610 [0.5 credit]
Studies in Indigenous Peoples of North America: Current Issues in Anthropological Research

Examination of a range of issues related to particular indigenous communities and regions of North America. Topics include political, socio-economic, and cultural transformations, Aboriginal title and rights, collaborative research, and other topics relevant to indigenous communities and indigenous - non-indigenous relations.
Precludes additional credit for ANTH 3610 (no longer offered).
Lecture/discussion groups three hours a week.

ANTH 2620 [0.5 credit]
Ethnography of sub-Saharan Africa

Examination of selected areas of contemporary sub-Saharan Africa through ethnographic research. Topics may include religion, political economy, international development, expressive cultures, colonialism/postcolonialism, witchcraft, health, the environment, gender, race, and family relations.
Precludes additional credit for ANTH 3620 (no longer offered).
Lecture and discussion groups three hours a week.

ANTH 2630 [0.5 credit]
Studies in Asian Societies: Current Issues in Anthropological Research

Examination of contemporary Asia through anthropological research. Topics may include cultural practices, religion, health issues, economics, politics, history, colonialism and social change. Emphasis will vary by sub-region from year to year, e.g., focusing on South, East or Southeast Asia.
Lectures and discussion three hours a week.

ANTH 2635 [0.5 credit]
Tradition and Modernity in the Pacific

Relationships between contemporary Pacific societies and the rest of the world. Topics may include colonialism and its aftermaths, cultural revival, mining, Christianity, alternative modernities, diasporas, and indigenous media.
Lecture/discussion groups three hours a week.

ANTH 2640 [0.5 credit]
Latin America and the Caribbean through Ethnography

Examination of selected areas of contemporary Latin America and the Caribbean through current ethnographies. Topics may include: processes of state-formation, colonialism, political-economy, gender and sexuality, racism and racialization processes, health, urban and rural ethnography, social movements, migration and diaspora, and everyday life.
Precludes additional credit for ANTH 2650 and ANTH 2670.
Lectures and discussion three hours a week.

ANTH 2645 [0.5 credit]
The Postcolonial Middle East

How do people live in the Middle East? What political, historical and religious forces shape their everyday life? This class draws on essays, ethnographies, and movies to challenge the narratives of chronic violence, excessive religiosity, and prehistoric misogyny that haunt our understanding of this region.
Lecture and discussion three hours a week.

ANTH 2660 [0.5 credit]
Ethnography of North Africa

Introduction to societies and cultures of North Africa. Topics may include: colonialism and postcolonialism, nationalism and the relations between minority and majoritarian groups, intersections of state and religion, ritual practices, everyday life, gender, race, class, migration and diaspora, expressive cultures and the environment.
Lectures and discussion three hours a week.

ANTH 2680 [0.5 credit]
Anthropology of "Mainstream" North America

Examination of contemporary North American society. Topics may include social class, success myths, schooling, immigration, cities, the self, television, romance, youth sub cultures; how what is seen as “mainstream” is determined.
Lectures/discussion groups three hours a week

ANTH 2690 [0.5 credit]
Ethnography of a Selected Area

Ethnography of a selected area. Area to be announced.
Lectures and discussion three hours a week.

ANTH 2815 [0.5 credit]
Special Topics in Anthropology

Special topics in anthropology not ordinarily treated in the regular course program. The choice of topics varies from year to year. Students should check with the Department regarding the topic offered.
Lecture/discussion groups three hours a week.

ANTH 2825 [0.5 credit]
Special Topics in Anthropology

Special topics in anthropology not ordinarily treated in the regular course program. The choice of topics varies from year to year. Students should check with the Department regarding the topic offered.
Lectures/discussion groups three hours a week.

ANTH 2850 [0.5 credit]
Anthropology of Development

An exploration of the anthropology of international development. Topics may include racial capitalism and inequality, globalization, gender relations, global in/justice, policy-making processes, climate change, NGOs, and social movements.
Includes: Experiential Learning Activity
Lectures and discussion three hours a week.

ANTH 2915 [0.5 credit]
Course-Related Tutorials in Anthropology

Consult the Department for information.


ANTH 2925 [0.5 credit]
Course-Related Tutorials in Anthropology

Consult the department for information.


ANTH 3005 [0.5 credit]
Ethnographic Research Methods

Broad overview of methods through lectures, discussion, and hands-on activities. Research design, ethics, participant-observation, interviewing and other methods, data analysis and ethnographic writing. Prepares students to apply methodological knowledge in careers and projects undertaken for the fourth-year honours research paper and/or ethnographic field course.
Includes: Experiential Learning Activity
Precludes additional credit for ANTH 2003.
Prerequisite(s): ANTH 2001 [1.0].
Lectures three hours a week.

ANTH 3007 [0.5 credit]
History of Anthropological Theory

Analysis of the development of anthropological thought since the end of the eighteenth to the mid-twentieth century. The development of various theoretical approaches within their historical, social, intellectual and biographical contexts. The implications of these issues may be explored through ethnographies.
Precludes additional credit for ANTH 2005 and ANTH 3100.
Prerequisite(s): ANTH 2001 [1.0].
Lectures three hours a week.

ANTH 3008 [0.5 credit]
Contemporary Theories in Anthropology

Contemporary trends in anthropological analyses. Discussion of anthropological theory in its contemporary, interdisciplinary context.
Precludes additional credit for ANTH 3006 (no longer offered), ANTH 3100.
Prerequisite(s): ANTH 2001.
Lecture/discussion groups three hours per week.

ANTH 3010 [0.5 credit]
Language, Culture, and Globalization

Theoretical and methodological contributions of anthropology to the study of communicative practices in a variety of social and cultural contexts. Language practices, ideologies, and globalization as they intersect with culture, power, race, ethnicity, indigeneity, gender, nationhood and political economy.
Prerequisite(s): second-year standing or permission of the instructor.
Lecture three hours per week.

ANTH 3020 [0.5 credit]
Studies in Race and Ethnicity

Race, racism and ethnicity in Canada and internationally. Critical perspectives on race and ethnicity as they intersect with other social relations. Racism, Eurocentrism, Orientalism, nationalism, colonialism, international migration, citizenship, and diasporic cultures.
Also listed as SOCI 3020.
Prerequisite(s): second-year standing or permission of the instructor.
Lectures three hours a week.

ANTH 3027 [0.5 credit]
Studies in Globalization and Human Rights

Examination of the various dimensions and meanings of globalization and its relationship with human rights. Main emphasis will be on the implications of the emerging global economy for economic, social, political and cultural rights.
Also listed as SOCI 3027, PSCI 3802.
Prerequisite(s): SOCI 1001 and SOCI 1002, or SOCI 1003 [1.0], or ANTH 1001, or ANTH 1002, and third-year standing.
Lectures three hours a week.

ANTH 3035 [0.5 credit]
Science, Culture and Society: Social Studies of Science

Principal theories and methods used by Science and Technology Studies scholars to examine the social construction of scientific knowledge. Topics may include the demarcation of science from non-science, the relationship between experts and laypersons, and the study of scientific controversies.
Also listed as SOCI 3035.
Prerequisite(s): second-year standing or permission of the instructor.
Lecture three hours a week.

ANTH 3040 [0.5 credit]
The Global Middle Class

The growing numbers of people who could be considered “middle class” are central to both “cultural” and “economic” globalization. This course examines what it means to be middle class theoretically, historically, and cross-culturally.
Prerequisite(s): second-year standing or permission of the instructor.
Lecture/discussion groups three hours a week.

ANTH 3045 [0.5 credit]
Children and Childhood in a Globalized World

A socio-historical and cross-cultural exploration of constructions, deconstructions, and the experience of childhood in Canada and internationally. Compulsory schooling, child labour, protection and regulation in law, the commodification and equalization of childhood, children's social movements, and the emergence of children's rights discourses.
Also listed as SOCI 3045.
Prerequisite(s): SOCI 1001 and SOCI 1002, or SOCI 1003 [1.0], or ANTH 1001, or ANTH 1002, and third-year standing.
Lecture three hours a week.

ANTH 3215 [0.5 credit]
Special Topics in Anthropology

Topics not ordinarily treated in the regular course program. The choice of topics varies from year to year. Check with the Department regarding the topic offered.
Prerequisite(s): second-year standing or permission of the instructor.
Lecture three hours a week.

ANTH 3225 [0.5 credit]
Special Topics in Anthropology

Topics not ordinarily treated in the regular course program. The choice of topics varies from year to year. Check with the Department regarding the topic offered.
Prerequisite(s): second-year standing or permission of the instructor.
Lecture three hours a week.

ANTH 3310 [0.5 credit]
Studies in Medical Anthropology

Cross-cultural study of the body, illness, healing, health and well-being. Sociocultural factors in the causation, diagnosis, management and meaning of illness. Biocultural and political-economic dimensions of ill health. Ritual and symbolic healing. Ethical concerns and public health applications of anthropology.
Prerequisite(s): second-year standing or permission of the instructor.
Lecture three hours a week.

ANTH 3355 [0.5 credit]
Anthropology and the Environment

Environmental concerns affect everyone, unevenly. How does anthropology illuminate the cultural, social, political and ecological differentiation resulting from and constituting environmental processes? The range of responses considered may address issues of resource access and exploitation, as well as transnational transformations in the concept of nature.
Prerequisite(s): second-year standing or permission of the instructor.
Lectures three hours a week.

ANTH 3360 [0.5 credit]
Jokes, Humor, Laughter

Anthropological inquiries into the phenomenon of humor. Psychoanalytic, semiotic and phenomenological perspectives are applied to ethnographic materials from a variety of cultural contexts.
Lecture/discussion groups three hours per week.

ANTH 3510 [0.5 credit]
Ritual

Cross-cultural study of ritual, religious and secular, its role in various social processes and relation to other activities. Exploration of variability of ritual and the range of theories that have been developed to account for what ritual does, including intellectualist,functionalist and performative.
Prerequisite(s): second-year standing or permission of the instructor.
Lectures and discussion three hours a week.

ANTH 3550 [0.5 credit]
Visual Anthropology

An introductory exploration of the relationship between anthropology and visual practices. Focus on both the analysis of visual elements and the use of visual media such as film, photography, drawing, and digital media in anthropological practice.
Prerequisite(s): second-year standing or permission of the instructor.
Lecture and discussion three hours a week.

ANTH 3570 [0.5 credit]
Studies in Art, Culture and Society

Thematic investigation of genres, forms and styles of art, culture and society. Topics may include current debates on social structure and artistic creativity; ideology, cultural memory and politics, patronage and art; cross-cultural representations, taste, social mobility and art; modernism and the avant-garde.
Also listed as SOCI 3570.
Prerequisite(s): second-year standing or permission of the instructor.
Lecture three hours a week.

ANTH 3580 [0.5 credit]
Anthropology of Material Culture and Museums

How diverse societies are materialized in a wide range of cultural materials from clothing, housing and memorials to more ephemeral materializations such as food, gardens, dance, ritual props and music-making. Emphasis on museum practices and the cultural politics of display.
Prerequisite(s): second-year standing or permission of the instructor.
Lectures and discussion three hours a week.

ANTH 3600 [0.5 credit]
Studies in Anthropology and Indigenous Peoples

Problems in the interpretation and analysis of various forms of encounters between indigenous peoples and colonizing powers will be examined. Topics may include patterns and practices of contact, cultural syncretism, conquest, domination, relations of ruling, cultural hegemony, resistance and non-compliance.
Includes: Experiential Learning Activity
Precludes additional credit for ANTH 3109 (no longer offered).
Prerequisite(s): second-year standing or permission of the instructor.
Lecture three hours a week.

ANTH 3915 [0.5 credit]
Course-Related Tutorials in Anthropology

Consult the Department for information.


ANTH 3925 [0.5 credit]
Course-Related Tutorials in Anthropology

Consult the Department for information.


ANTH 3950 [0.5 credit]
Practicum Placement

This course provides students with the opportunity to apply academic skills and knowledge while working within an organization in the community. Placements are organized with support from a co-ordinator.
Includes: Experiential Learning Activity
Also listed as SOCI 3950.
Precludes additional credit for ANTH 4000 (no longer offered).
Prerequisite(s): third-year standing with a GPA of 9.00 or higher and permission of the course instructor. [Or by permission of the course instructor for students who do not meet the GPA requirement.].
Placement six to eight hours a week.

ANTH 3999 [0.0 credit]
Co-operative Work Term

Includes: Experiential Learning Activity


ANTH 4005 [0.5 credit]
Health and Globalization

An anthropological examination of the health impacts of global processes, relationships, and movements. May include topics such as economic development and disease, migration and health, medical tourism, transnational reproduction, and the global circulation of bodies, organs, medical technologies, drugs, and pathogens.
Prerequisite(s): third-year standing or permission of the instructor.
Seminar three hours a week.

ANTH 4006 [0.5 credit]
Decolonizing Methodologies in the 21st Century: Practicing Engaged Anthropology

Examination of the breadth of critical literature on ‘decolonizing methodologies’ within and adjacent to anthropology in the 20th and 21st centuries. The course will equip students with an in-depth understanding of critiques of the discipline’s methods and ethics while practicing an engaged anthropology.
Includes: Experiential Learning Activity
Prerequisite(s): third-year standing or permission of the instructor.
Seminar three hours per week.

ANTH 4007 [0.5 credit]
Advanced Studies in Anthropological Theory and Methods

The course examines debates in theory and methodology currently facing the discipline through a survey of leading-edge issues and approaches.
Prerequisite(s): third-year standing or permission of the instructor.
Seminar three hours a week.

ANTH 4020 [0.5 credit]
Advanced Studies in Race and Ethnicity

An advanced seminar that explores selected topics in race and ethnicity in an international context. Specific topics will vary according to instructors' research interests.
Also listed as SOCI 4020.
Prerequisite(s): third-year standing or permission of the instructor.
Seminar three hours a week.

ANTH 4036 [0.5 credit]
Special Topics in Science and Technology Studies

The course is concerned with broadening students’ understanding of Science and Technology Studies (STS) by focusing on a relevant topic. Topics may vary from year to year. Students should check with the Department regarding the topic offered.
Precludes additional credit for SOCI 4401 (no longer offered).
Prerequisite(s): third-year standing or permission of the instructor.
Seminar three hours a week.

ANTH 4050 [0.5 credit]
Ethical Issues in Health and Healthcare

A study of the diverse ethical frameworks that inform and interrogate health, healthcare, and biomedicine. Potential topics include: history of bioethics; critical bioethics; ethics of care; health inequities; indigenous healthcare; human enhancement; novel genetic technologies; ageing; vaccine politics.
Also listed as SOCI 4050.
Prerequisite(s): fourth-year standing.
Seminar three hours a week.

ANTH 4100 [0.5 credit]
Ethnographic Field Course

In this class, we explore a significant issue in our communities, learning how ethnographic methods can add new perspectives to our own experience and help us appreciate the experience of others. Students learn-through-doing their own small ethnographic projects, peer-to-peer feedback, and reflective discussion.
Includes: Experiential Learning Activity
Prerequisite(s): fourth year standing or permission of the instructor.
Seminar three hours per week.

ANTH 4109 [0.5 credit]
Ethnography of Gender

Ethnographic focus on topics may include: global political-economy, colonialism and post-colonialism, racialization and racism, work and labour, expressive and music cultures, as well as social movements as they intersect with gender and sexualities. Topics and approaches may vary from year to year.
Prerequisite(s): third-year standing or permission of instructor.
Also offered at the graduate level, with different requirements, as ANTH 5109, for which additional credit is precluded.
Seminar three hours a week.

ANTH 4171 [0.5 credit]
Community Engagement Capstone

Students in the capstone will reflect on their engagement experiences and advance their critical understanding of community through a series of in-class activities and readings. Students will produce a public-facing artifact (e.g., blog, podcast, video) related to their experiences, potentially in collaboration with community partners.
Includes: Experiential Learning Activity
Also listed as SOCI 4171.
Prerequisite(s): ANTH 2180 and fourth year standing or permission of instructor.
Lecture, discussion and project work three hours per week.

ANTH 4200 [0.5 credit]
War, Security and Citizenship

Critical theoretical and multidisciplinary examination of violent conflict, security and citizenship. How wars produce a variety of abject and new subjects, create and reproduce citizenship hierarchies, and expand and contract citizenship entitlements.
Also listed as SOCI 4200.
Prerequisite(s): fourth year standing.
Seminar three hours a week.

ANTH 4205 [0.5 credit]
Language, Place and the North

An investigation of language, places, spaces, and environment, focussing on Indigenous peoples and the Arctic and subarctic regions of Canada. Topics include critical understandings of language use, northern environments, Indigenous homelands, and the role of Indigenous languages in defining and transforming cultural and geographic space.
Prerequisite(s): fourth-year standing or permission of the instructor.
Also offered at the graduate level, with different requirements, as ANTH 5205, for which additional credit is precluded.
Seminar three hours a week.

ANTH 4215 [0.5 credit]
Special Topics in Anthropology

Topics not ordinarily treated in the regular course program. The choice of topic varies from year to year. Check with the department regarding the topic offered.
Prerequisite(s): third-year standing or permission of the instructor.
Seminar three hours a week.

ANTH 4225 [0.5 credit]
Special Topics in Anthropology

Topics not ordinarily treated in the regular course program. The choice of topic varies from year to year. Check with the department regarding the topic offered.
Prerequisite(s): third-year standing or permission of the instructor.
Seminar three hours a week.

ANTH 4355 [0.5 credit]
Anthropology of Natural Resources

Anthropology of natural resources. Topics may include economies, ecologies, cultural and social dynamics of fishing, forestry, lands, mining, oil, wildlife, at varying analytical scales, including a critical examination of the term “natural resource” itself.
Prerequisite(s): third- year standing or permission of the instructor.
Also offered at the graduate level, with different requirements, as ANTH 5355, for which additional credit is precluded.
Seminars and discussions three hours a week.

ANTH 4403 [0.5 credit]
Symbolic and Semiotic Anthropology

This course looks at the role of signs and symbols in social life, including the properties of signs, the workings of symbolic systems, the construction of social reality, and role all these play in actors’ practice.
Prerequisite(s): third-year standing or permission of the instructor.
Also offered at the graduate level, with different requirements, as ANTH 5403, for which additional credit is precluded.
Seminar three hours a week.

ANTH 4500 [0.5 credit]
Advanced Studies in Culture and Symbols

Contemporary debates in theory and methods regarding analysis of the symbolic processes.
Precludes additional credit for ANTH 4705 (no longer offered).
Prerequisite(s): third-year standing or permission of the instructor.
Seminar three hours a week.

ANTH 4550 [0.5 credit]
Special Topics in Visual Anthropology

Anthropological approaches to the study of visual cultures, visuality, and the role of visual media in ethnography. Topics may include film, photography, illustration, comics and graphic novels, animation, visual performance, multimodal approaches, digital modes and other visual media that challenge the primacy of textual representations.
Includes: Experiential Learning Activity
Prerequisite(s): third-year standing or permission of the instructor.
Also offered at the graduate level, with different requirements, as ANTH 5005, for which additional credit is precluded.
Seminar three hours a week.

ANTH 4560 [0.5 credit]
Economic Anthropology

Anthropology’s holistic, comparative and critical contribution to the study of livelihood. How practices and understandings of production, circulation, consumption, and property vary cross-culturally. Relevant theoretical debates including those among formalist (neo-classical), substantivist, Marxist, and interpretive approaches over the applicability of capitalist thinking.
Prerequisite(s): third-year standing or permission of the instructor.
Also offered at the graduate level, with different requirements, as ANTH 5560, for which additional credit is precluded.
Seminar three hours a week.

ANTH 4570 [0.5 credit]
Political Anthropology

Can anthropology help us understand politics? Can ethnographic encounters help us approach political theory and political action differently? This seminar will focus on concepts (power, authority, equality) and practices (resistance, subjection, solidarity) through which anthropologists invite us to rethink the way we live together.
Prerequisite(s): third-year standing or permission of the instructor.
Also offered at the graduate level, with different requirements, as ANTH 5570, for which additional credit is precluded.
Seminar three hours a week.

ANTH 4590 [1.0 credit]
Capstone Seminar in Globalization, Culture, and Power

This course is dedicated to developing individual student research projects. Through seminar discussions, these student projects will benefit from an introduction to research design and methodologies, analysis and interpretation, as well as issues surrounding ethics, representation, and knowledge production.
Includes: Experiential Learning Activity
Prerequisite(s): fourth-year standing in the BGINS Globalization, Culture and Power program with a minimum 9.0 GPA or permission of the instructor.
Seminar three hours a week.

ANTH 4610 [0.5 credit]
Anthropology of Indigeneity

For the purposes of this course, Indigenous cultures are cultures that have transformed through the struggles of colonized peoples to resist and redirect projects of settler nationhood. This course looks at those transformations and that resistance in a selection of social, political and economic contexts.
Prerequisite(s): third-year standing or permission of the instructor.
Also offered at the graduate level, with different requirements, as ANTH 5208, for which additional credit is precluded.
Seminar three hours a week.

ANTH 4620 [0.5 credit]
Special Topics in Ethnography of Contemporary Africa

Research-based seminar that explores the debates related to ethnographic research in (a) selected region(s) of Africa. Topics may include social movements, expressive cultures, religious practices, conflict, identity politics, political economy, colonialism and postcolonialism, migration and diaspora, health, race, gender, and climate change.
Prerequisite(s): third-year standing or permission of the instructor.
Also offered at the graduate level, with different requirements, as ANTH 5209, for which additional credit is precluded.
Seminar three hours a week.

ANTH 4730 [0.5 credit]
Colonialism and Post-Colonialism

Comparative ethnographic and historical approaches to colonialism including topics such as the formation of colonial regimes, colonial governmentality, servile labour systems, missionization, anti-colonial resistance, cultural hybridization and post-colonial memory. Exploration of debates over the relation between colonialism and the production of social scientific knowledge.
Also listed as SOCI 4730.
Prerequisite(s): third-year standing or permission of the instructor.
Seminar three hours a week.

ANTH 4750 [0.5 credit]
Advanced Studies in Globalization and Citizenship

Selected topics on the confluence of processes of globalization, development and citizenship. Examination of debates about the meaning and impact of globalization on patterns of inequality and citizenship both internationally and within Canada, and about strategies for progressive development.
Also listed as SOCI 4750.
Prerequisite(s): fourth-year standing.
Seminar three hours a week.

ANTH 4780 [0.5 credit]
Anthropology of Personhood

Exploration of anthropological approaches to personhood and diversity in constructions of the self in various socio-cultural and historical contexts.
Prerequisite(s): third-year standing or permission of the instructor.
Seminar three hours a week.

ANTH 4809 [0.5 credit]
Special Topics in the Anthropology of Development

Topic varies from year to year. Students should check with the Department regarding the topic offered.
Prerequisite(s): fourth-year standing or permission of the instructor.
Also offered at the graduate level, with different requirements, as ANTH 5809, for which additional credit is precluded.
Seminar three hours a week.

ANTH 4900 [1.0 credit]
Honours Research Paper in Anthropology

This course offers Honours students the opportunity to write an original research paper in their final year of study. Supported by the HRP supervisor, students develop their projects through seminar discussion addressing issues of research design, ethics, methodology, anthropological analysis, interpretation, and representation.
Includes: Experiential Learning Activity
Prerequisite(s): fourth-year Honours standing.


ANTH 4915 [0.5 credit]
Tutorial in Anthropology

Consult the Department for information.


ANTH 4925 [0.5 credit]
Tutorial in Anthropology

Consult the Department for information.


Note: Not all courses listed are offered in a given year. For an up-to-date statement of course offerings for the current session and to determine the term of offering, consult the class schedule at central.carleton.ca.

Summer session: some of the courses listed in this Calendar are offered during the summer. Hours and scheduling for summer session courses will differ significantly from those reported in the fall/winter Calendar. To determine the scheduling and hours for summer session classes, consult the class schedule at central.carleton.ca

Regulations

Anthropology Regulations

First Year Courses

Students may receive credit for ANTH 1001 and ANTH 1002, or ANTH 1003 (no longer offered). Only one of these credits will be included in the Major CGPA, the other will count against the total number of credits in sociology and/or anthropology.

B.A. Regulations

The regulations presented below apply to all Bachelor of Arts programs. In addition to the requirements presented here, students must satisfy the University regulations common to all undergraduate students including the process of Academic Continuation Evaluation (consult the Academic Regulations of the University section of this Calendar).

First-Year Seminars

B.A. degree students are strongly encouraged to include a First-Year Seminar (FYSM) during their first 4.0 credits of registration. Students are limited to 1.0 credit in FYSM and can only register in a FYSM while they have first-year standing in their B.A. program. 

Breadth Requirement

Among the credits presented at graduation, students in both the B.A. and the B.A. Honours degrees and B.Co.M.S. are required to include 3.0 breadth credits, which must include 1.0 credit in three of the four breadth areas identified below. Credits that fulfil requirements in the Major, Minor, Concentration, Specialization, or Stream may also be used to fulfil the Breadth Requirement.

Students admitted with a completed university degree are exempt from breadth requirements.

Students in the following interdisciplinary programs are exempt from the B.A. breadth requirement.

  • African Studies
  • Criminology and Criminal Justice
  • Environmental Studies
  • Human Rights
  • Human Rights and Social Justice
Breadth Area 1: Culture and Communication

American Sign Language, Art History, Art and Culture, Communication and Media Studies, Digital Humanities, English, Film Studies, French, Journalism, Media Production and Design, Music, and Languages (Arabic, English as a Second Language, German, Greek, Hebrew, Indigenous Languages, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latin, Mandarin, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish)

Subject codes: ARAB, ARTH, ASLA, CHIN, COMS, DIGH, ENGL, ESLA, FILM, FINS, FREN, GERM, GREK, HEBR, ITAL, JAPA, JOUR, KORE, LANG, LATN, MPAD, MUSI, PORT, RUSS, SPAN

Breadth Area 2: Humanities

African Studies, Applied Linguistics and Discourse Studies, Archaeology, Canadian Studies, Child Studies, Classical Civilization, Critical Race Studies, Directed Interdisciplinary Studies, Disability Studies, Environmental and Climate Humanities, European and Russian Studies, History, Human Rights and Social Justice, Humanities, Indigenous Studies, Latin American and Caribbean Studies, Linguistics, Medieval and Early Modern Studies, Philosophy, Religion, Sexuality Studies, South Asian Studies, and Women's and Gender Studies.

Subject codes: AFRI, ALDS, ARCY, CDNS, CHST, CLCV, CRST, DBST, DIST, EACH, EURR, HIST, HRSJ, HUMR, HUMS, INDG, LACS, LING, MEMS, PHIL, RELI, SAST, SXST, WGST

Breadth Area 3: Science, Engineering, and Design

Architecture, Biology, Chemistry, Computer Science, Earth Sciences, Engineering, Environmental Science, Food Science and Nutrition, Health Sciences, Industrial Design, Information Resource Management, Information Technology (BIT), Information Technology (ITEC), Interactive Multimedia and Design, Interdisciplinary Science and Practice, Mathematics, Neuroscience, Network Technology, Optical Systems and Sensors, Photonics, Statistics, Physics, and Technology, Society, Environment.

Subject codes: ACSE, AERO, ARCC, ARCH, ARCN, ARCS, ARCU, BIOC, BIOL, BIT, CHEM, CIVE, COMP, ECOR, ELEC, ENSC, ENVE, ERTH, FOOD, HLTH, IDES, IMD, IRM, ISAP, ISCI, ISCS, ISYS, ITEC, MAAE, MATH, MECH, NET, NEUR, NSCI, OSS, PHYS, PLT, SREE, STAT, SYSC, TSES

Breadth Area 4: Social Sciences

Anthropology, Business, Cognitive Science, Criminology and Criminal Justice, Economics, Environmental Studies, Geography, Geomatics, Global and International Studies, Global Politics, Interdisciplinary Public Affairs, International Affairs, Law, Migration and Diaspora Studies, Political Management, Political Science, Psychology, Public Administration, Public Affairs and Policy Management, Social Work, Sociology/Anthropology, Sociology

Subject codes: ANTH, BUSI, CGSC, CRCJ, ECON, ENST, GEOG, GEOM, GINS, GPOL, INAF, IPAF, LAWS, MGDS, PADM, PAPM, POLM, PSCI, PSYC, SOCI, SOWK

Declared and Undeclared Students

Degree students are considered "Undeclared" if they have been admitted to a degree, but have not yet selected and been accepted into a program within that degree. The status "Undeclared" is available only in the B.A. and B.Sc. degrees. Undeclared students must apply to enter a program upon or before completing 3.5 credits.

Change of Program Within the B.A. Degree

To transfer to a program within the B.A. degree, applicants must normally be Eligible to Continue (EC) in the new program, by meeting the CGPA thresholds described in Section 3.1.9 of the Academic Regulations of the University. 

Applications to declare or change programs within the B.A. degree online must be made online through Carleton Central by completing a Change of Program Elements (COPE) application form within the published deadlines. Acceptance into a program, or into a program element or option, is subject to any enrollment limitations, as well as specific program, program element, or option requirements as published in the relevant Calendar entry.

Minors, Concentrations, and Specializations

Students may add a Minor, Concentration, or Specialization by completing a Change of Program Elements (COPE) application form online through Carleton Central. Acceptance into a Minor, Concentration, or Specialization normally requires that the student be Eligible to Continue (EC) and is subject to any specific requirements of the intended Minor, Concentration, or Specialization as published in the relevant Calendar entry and in Section 3.1.9 of the Academic Regulations of the University.

Mention : français

Students registered in certain B.A. programs may earn the diploma notation Mention : français by completing part of their program requirements in French, and by demonstrating knowledge of the history and culture of French Canada. The general requirements are listed below. For more specific details, consult the departmental program entries.

Students in a B.A. Honours program must present:

  1. 1.0 credit in French language;
  2. 1.0 credit devoted to the history and culture of French Canada;
  3. 1.0 credit at the 2000- or 3000-level in the Honours discipline taken in French; and
  4. 1.0 credit at the 4000-level in the Honours discipline taken in French.

Students in a B.A. program must present:

  1. 1.0 credit in advanced French;
  2. 1.0 credit devoted to the history and culture of French Canada;
  3. 1.0 credit at the 2000- or 3000-level in the Major discipline taken in French.

Students in Combined Honours programs must fulfil the Mention : français requirement in both disciplines.

Courses taught in French (Items 3 and 4, above) may be taken at Carleton, at the University of Ottawa on the Exchange Agreement, or at a francophone university on a Letter of Permission. Students planning to take courses on exchange or on a Letter of Permission should take careful note of the residence requirement for a minimum number of Carleton courses in their programs. Consult the Academic Regulations of the University section of this Calendar for information regarding study on exchange or Letter of Permission.

Co-operative Education

For more information about how to apply for the Co-op program and how the Co-op program works please visit the Co-op website.

All students participating in the Co-op program are governed by the Undergraduate Co-operative Education Policy.

Undergraduate Co-operative Education Policy

Admission Requirements

Students can apply to Co-op in one of two ways: directly from high school, or after beginning a degree program at Carleton.

If a student applies to a degree program with a Co-op option from high school, their university grades will be reviewed two terms to one year prior to their first work term to ensure they meet the academic requirements after their first or second year of study. The time at which the evaluation takes place depends on the program of study. Students will automatically receive an admission decision via their Carleton email account.

Students who did not request Co-op at the time they applied to Carleton can request Co-op after they begin their university studies. To view application instructions and deadlines, please visit carleton.ca/co-op.

To be admitted to Co-op, a student must successfully complete 5.0 or more credits that count towards their degree, meet the minimum CGPA requirement(s) for the student's Co-op option, and fulfil any specified course prerequisites. To see the unique admission and continuation requirements for each Co-op option, please refer to the specific degree programs listed in the Undergraduate Calendar. 

Participation Requirements

COOP 1000

Once a student has been given admission or continuation confirmation to the co-op option s/he must complete and pass COOP 1000 (a mandatory online 0.0 credit course). Students will have access to this course a minimum of two terms prior to their first work term and will be notified when to register.

Communication with the Co-op Office

Students must maintain contact with the co-op office during their job search and while on a work term. All email communication will be conducted via the students' Carleton email account.

Employment

Although every effort is made to ensure a sufficient number of job postings for all students enrolled in the co-op option of their degree program, no guarantee of employment can be made. Carleton's co-op program operates a competitive job search process and is dependent upon current market conditions. Academic performance, skills, motivation, maturity, attitude and potential will determine whether a student is offered a job. It is the student's responsibility to actively conduct a  job search in addition to participation in the job search process operated by the co-op office. Once a student accepts a co-op job offer (verbally or written), his/her job search will end and access to co-op jobs will be removed for that term. Students that do not successfully obtain a co-op work term are expected to continue with their academic studies. The summer term is the exception to this rule. Students should also note that hiring priority is given to Canadian citizens for co-op positions in the Federal Government of Canada.

Registering in Co-op Courses

Students will be registered in a Co-op Work Term course while at work. The number of Co-op Work Term courses that a student is registered in is dependent upon the number of four-month work terms that a student accepts.

While on a co-op work term students may take a maximum of 0.5 credit throughout each four-month co-op work term. Courses must be scheduled outside of regular working hours.

Students must be registered as full-time before they begin their co-op job search. All co-op work terms must be completed before the beginning of the final academic term. Students may not finish their degree on a co-op work term.

Work Term Assessment and Evaluation

To obtain a Satisfactory grade for the co-op work term students must have:

  1. A satisfactory work term evaluation by the co-op employer;
  2. A satisfactory grade on the work term report.

Students must submit a work term report at the completion of each four-month work term. Reports are due on the 16th of April, August, and December and students are notified of due dates through their Carleton email account.

Workplace performance will be assessed by the workplace supervisor. Should a student receive an unsatisfactory rating from their co-op employer, an investigation by the co-op program manager will be undertaken. An unsatisfactory employer evaluation does not preclude a student from achieving an overall satisfactory rating for the work term.

Graduation with the Co-op Designation

In order to graduate with the co-op designation, students must satisfy all requirements for their degree program in addition to the requirements according to each co-op program (i.e. successful completion of three or four work terms).

Note: Participation in the co-op option will add up to one additional year for a student to complete their degree program.

Voluntary Withdrawal from the Co-op Option

Students may withdraw from the co-op option of their degree program during a study term ONLY. Students at work may not withdraw from the work term or the co-op option until s/he has completed the requirements of the work term.

Students are eligible to continue in their regular academic program provided that they meet the academic standards required for continuation.

Involuntary or Required Withdrawal from the Co-op Option

Students may be required to withdraw from the co-op option of their degree program for one or any of the following reasons:

  1. Failure to achieve a grade of SAT in COOP 1000
  2. Failure to pay all co-op related fees
  3. Failure to actively participate in the job search process
  4. Failure to attend all interviews for positions to which the student has applied
  5. Declining more than one job offer during the job search process
  6. Continuing a job search after accepting a co-op position
  7. Dismissal from a work term by the co-op employer
  8. Leaving a work term without approval by the Co-op manager
  9. Receipt of an unsatisfactory work term evaluation
  10. Submission of an unsatisfactory work term report

Standing and Appeals

The Co-op and Career Services office administers the regulations and procedures that are applicable to all co-op program options. All instances of a student's failure during a work term or other issues directly related to their participation in the co-op option will be reported to the academic department.

Any decision made by the Co-op and Career Services office can be appealed via the normal appeal process within the University.

International Students

All International Students are required to possess a Co-op Work Permit issued by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada before they can begin working. It is illegal to work in Canada without the proper authorization. Students will be provided with a letter of support to accompany their application. Students must submit their application for their permit before being permitted to view and apply for jobs on the Co-op Services database. Confirmation of a position will not be approved until a student can confirm they have received their permit. Students are advised to discuss the application process and requirements with the International Student Services Office.

B.A. Honours Anthropology: Co-op Admission and Continuation Requirements

  • Maintain full-time status in each study term;
  • Be eligible to work in Canada (for off-campus work)
  • Have successfully completed COOP 1000 [0.0]

In addition to the following:

  1. Registered as a full-time student in the B.A. Honours Anthropology program;
  2. Obtained third-year standing;
  3. Successfully completed, by the start-date of the first work term, any two of ANTH 3005ANTH 3007, or ANTH 3008;
  4. Obtained an Overall CGPA of at least 7.00 and a Major CGPA of at least 8.00. These CGPAs must be maintained throughout the duration of the degree.

B.A. Honours Anthropology students must successfully complete three (3) work terms to obtain the Co-op Designation.

Co-op Work Term Course: ANTH 3999
Work/Study Pattern:

Year 1Year 2Year 3Year 4Year 5
TermPatternTermPatternTermPatternTermPatternTermPattern
FallSFallSFallSFallWFallS
WinterSWinterSWinterSWinterWWinterS
Summer Summer SummerWSummerW

Legend
S
: Study
W: Work

Admissions Information

Admission Requirements are for the 2023-24 year only, and are based on the Ontario High School System. Holding the minimum admission requirements only establishes eligibility for consideration. The cut-off averages for admission may be considerably higher than the minimum. See also the General Admission and Procedures section of this Calendar. An overall average of at least 70% is normally required to be considered for admission. Some programs may also require specific course prerequisites and prerequisite averages and/or supplementary admission portfolios. Higher averages are required for admission to programs for which the demand for places by qualified applicants exceeds the number of places available. The overall average required for admission is determined each year on a program by program basis. Consult admissions.carleton.ca for further details.

Note: Courses listed as recommended are not mandatory for admission. Students who do not follow the recommendations will not be disadvantaged in the admission process.

Admissions Information

Admission requirements are based on the Ontario High School System. Prospective students can view the admission requirements through the Admissions website at admissions.carleton.ca. The overall average required for admission is determined each year on a program-by-program basis. Holding the minimum admission requirements only establishes eligibility for consideration; higher averages are required for admission to programs for which the demand for places by qualified applicants exceeds the number of places available. All programs have limited enrolment and admission is not guaranteed. Some programs may also require specific course prerequisites and prerequisite averages and/or supplementary admission portfolios. Consult admissions.carleton.ca for further details.

Note: If a course is listed as recommended, it is not mandatory for admission. Students who do not follow the recommendations will not be disadvantaged in the admission process.

Admission Requirements

Degrees

  • Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) (Honours)
  • Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)

First Year

For B.A. and B.A. (Honours)
The Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD) or equivalent including a minimum of six 4U or M courses. The six 4U or M courses must include a 4U course in English (or anglais). Applicants submitting an English language test to satisfy the requirements of the English Language Proficiency section of this Calendar may use that test to also satisfy the 4U English prerequisite requirement.

Biology
For the major in Biology in the B.A. program, in addition to the 4U English, a 4U course in Chemistry is required. Advanced Functions, and Calculus and Vectors are recommended.

Advanced Standing

Applications for admission beyond first year will be assessed on their merits. Applicants must normally be Eligible to Continue in their year level, in addition to meeting the CGPA thresholds described in Section 3.1.9 of the Academic Regulations of the University. Advanced standing will be granted only for those subjects assessed as being appropriate for the program and the stream selected.

Co-op Option

Direct Admission to the 1st Year of the Co-op Option
Co-op is available for the following Majors in the B.A. (Honours) degree: Anthropology, English, Environmental Studies, European and Russian Studies, French, Geography, Geomatics, History, Law, Political Science, Psychology, Sociology.

Applicants must:

  1. meet the required overall admission cut-off average and prerequisite course average. These averages may be higher than the stated minimum requirements;
  2. be registered as a full-time student in the Bachelor of Arts Honours with one of the majors listed above;
  3. be eligible to work in Canada (for off-campus work placements).

Meeting the above requirements only establishes eligibility for admission to the program. The prevailing job market may limit enrolment in the co-op option. Students should also note that hiring priority is given to Canadian citizens for co-op positions in the Public Service Commission.

Note: continuation requirements for students previously admitted to the co-op option and admission requirements for the co-op option after beginning the program are described in the Co-operative Education Regulations section of this Calendar.

Advanced Standing

B.A. and B.A. (Honours) Program

Applications for admission to the second or subsequent years will be assessed on their merits. Advanced standing will be granted only for those courses that are determined to be appropriate.

Direct Admission to the First Year of the Co-op Option

Co-op is available for the following Majors in the B.A. (Honours) degree: Anthropology, English, Environmental Studies, European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies, French, Geography, Geography with a Concentration in Physical Geography, Geomatics, History, Law, Political Science, Psychology, Sociology.

Applicants must:

  1. meet the required overall admission cut-off average and prerequisite course average. These averages may be higher than the stated minimum requirements;
  2. be registered as a full-time student in the Bachelor of Arts Honours with one of the majors listed above;
  3. be eligible to work in Canada (for off-campus work placements).

Meeting the above requirements only establishes eligibility for admission to the program. The prevailing job market may limit enrolment in the co-op option. Students should also note that hiring priority is given to Canadian citizens for co-op positions in the Public Service Commission.

Note: continuation requirements for students previously admitted to the co-op option and admission requirements for the co-op option after beginning the program are described in the Co-operative Education Regulations section of this Calendar.