Sample Courses
Introductory Cultural Anthropology and Linguistics is a basic introduction to the comparative study of culture and language. Topics in cultural anthropology might include things like economic and political systems, kinship and marriage, rituals and beliefs, and the causes and effects of cultural change today. In Linguistic Anthropology, topics could include language structure, pragmatics, sociolinguistics, and the ethnography of language.
Introductory Biological Anthropology and Archaeology is a general introduction to exploring the biological nature and origins of humans, along with the cultural and biological history of the past. The focus areas can change, but might include the main ideas of biological evolution, the human fossil record, variations among modern humans, and archaeological evidence showing how society and culture developed and diversified from the earliest times up to the emergence of ancient civilizations.
Archaeology of North America is a second-year course that surveys the archaeology of North American
Indigenous peoples before European contact.
Social Enterprise in the Indigenous Context is a third-year course that examines the relationship between
Indigenous social enterprise and self-determination. Attitudes toward Indigenous community development
from within as well as from outside Indigenous communities are discussed, as well as their implication on practices and policies.
Introduction to Forensic Anthropology covers methods used in the investigation of crime, including the
analysis of skeletal remains and DNA evidence.
More Sample Courses
- Indigenous People of Arctic Canada
- Languages of the World
- Human Evolution
- Public Anthropology
- Zooarchaeology
- Language Revitalization
- Ethnography of Indigenous Peoples in Canada and the US