Anthropology
Faculty List
F.D.
Burton, B.Sc., M.A. (NYU), Ph.D. (CUNY),
Professor Emerita
M.
Latta, B.A. (Kansas), M.A., Ph.D. (Toronto),
Associate Professor
Emerita
M.
Lambek, B.A. (McGill), M.A., Ph.D. (Michigan), F.R.S.C.,
Professor
S.
Bamford, B.A. (Toronto), M.A. (McMaster), M.A., Ph.D. (Virginia),
Associate Professor
G.
Gillison, B.A. (McGill), Ph.D. (CUNY),
Associate Professor
L.
Sawchuk, B.A., M.A. (Manitoba), Ph.D. (Toronto),
Associate Professor
M.
Schillaci, B.A. (New Mexico), M.A. (Toronto), Ph.D. (New Mexico),
Associate Professor
M.
Cummings, B.A. (York), M.A. (Dalhousie), Ph.D. (York),
Assistant
Professor
G.
Daswani, B.Sc. (National University of Singapore), M.Sc., Ph.D.
(London School of Economics),
Assistant Professor
G.
Dewar, B.Sc., MA. (Toronto), Ph.D. (Cape Town),
Assistant Professor
C.
Krupa, B.A., M.A. (Toronto), Ph.D. (California, Davis),
Assistant
Professor
L.
Mortensen, B.A. (Cornell), M.A., Ph.D. (Indiana),
Assistant Professor
J.
A. Parga, B.S. (University of California - Irvine), M.A., Ph.D.
(University of Texas - Austin),
Assistant Professor
A.
Paz, B.A. (Queen's), M.A. (Tel Aviv), M.A., Ph.D. (Chicago),
Assistant
Professor
M.
Silcox, B.Sc. (Toronto), Ph.D. (Baltimore, Maryland),
Assistant
Professor
D.
Young, B.A., M.A. (New Brunswick), Ph.D. (Toronto),
Assistant
Professor
Discipline Representative: TBA
Undergraduate Counsellor: J. Roopnarinesingh Email:
social-sciences-counsellor@utsc.utoronto.ca
Anthropology is the study of humankind, dealing with the origin, development
and nature of humans and their culture. As such, it is concerned with
human phenomena in the widest possible terms, both biological and
cultural. It differs from other social sciences in its comparative
and historical approach, and in its intimate links with the physical
and natural sciences and with the humanities. Anthropology examines
societies today and in the past, both complex civilizations and relatively
small-scale, non-literate societies.
From this vantage point, Anthropology attempts to understand the common
factors underlying human existence and to isolate the causes that
have led and continue to lead to both social and cultural change and
to differences between people and cultures. Because of its vast subject
matter, Anthropology is traditionally divided into four subject fields:
Socio-cultural Anthropology, Physical Anthropology, Anthropological
Linguistics, and Archaeology. At the present time, University of Toronto
Scarborough offers courses within the first three areas.
Students intending to complete a program in Anthropology must take
ANTA01H3 and ANTA02H3
within their first year in order to prepare them for more advanced
courses. Students normally elect whether to pursue the Socio-Cultural
stream (which leads to a B.A. degree) or the Biological Anthropology
stream (which leads to a B.Sc. degree) during their second year of
study. All courses in Biological Anthropology carry a science credit.
SPECIALIST (CO-OPERATIVE) PROGRAM IN ANTHROPOLOGY(ARTS/SCIENCE)
The Specialist (Cooperative) Program in Anthropology has been withdrawn
from the curriculum. Every effort will be made to ensure that students
currently enrolled in the program are able to complete it. Degree
students who first enrolled at UTSC prior to the 2011 Summer Session
should refer to the 2010/2011 UTSC Calendar.
SPECIALIST PROGRAM IN ANTHROPOLOGY (ARTS/SCIENCE)
The Specialist Program in Anthropology is intended to provide the
professionally oriented student with background preparation of sufficient
breadth and depth to pursue specialized training at the graduate level.
It is also designed to offer interested students a course structure
as background for a wide range of occupations and professions. Students
are encouraged to consult with the Supervisor of Studies regarding
the selection of a course sequence appropriate to their interests
and objectives. In exceptional circumstances, supervised research
and reading courses are available at the C- and D-levels (ANTC03H3,
ANTC04H3, ANTD31H3,
ANTD32H3). These courses
require special arrangements prior to registration. Read the descriptions
for these courses carefully as restrictions apply.
Program Requirements
The Program requires completion of 12.0 full credits, as indicated
below.
- ANTA01H3 Introduction
to Anthropology: Becoming Human
ANTA02H3 Introduction to
Anthropology: Society, Culture and Language
- At least 1.5 credits from among the following:
ANTB14H3 Biological Anthropology:
Beginnings
ANTB15H3 Contemporary Human
Evolution and Variation
ANTB19H3 Ethnography and
the Comparative Study of Human Societies
ANTB20H3 Culture, Politics
and Globalization
- 9.5 credits at the B-level or above, of which 4.0 credits should
be at the C- or D-level, including at least 1.0 credit at the D-level.
Note: Students pursuing the Socio-Cultural stream must ensure
that as part of Requirement 3, they complete:
- At least 1.0 credit in area studies courses ANTB05H3,
ANTB16H3, ANTB18H3,
ANTB65H3, ANTD07H3
- 1.0 credit in Ethnographic methods: ANTC60H3
& ANTD05H3
- Courses in Anthropological Linguistics (i.e. LINC27H3
& IEEC11H3)
may be counted towards fulfilling Requirement 3.
Note: For a B.Sc. at least 7.5 of the credits required for the
program must be science credits.
MAJOR PROGRAM IN ANTHROPOLOGY(ARTS/SCIENCE)
The major program in Anthropology provides a course structure for
those students desiring to expand upon or supplement other areas of
academic interest by taking advantage of Anthropology's unique global,
chronological, and biological perspective on the human condition.
Program Requirements
The Program requires completion of 8.0 full credits in Anthropology
including:
- ANTA01H3 Introduction
to Anthropology: Becoming Human
ANTA02H3 Introduction to
Anthropology: Society, Culture and Language
- At least 1.5 credits from among the following:
ANTB14H3 Biological Anthropology:
Beginnings
ANTB15H3 Contemporary Human
Evolution and Variation
ANTB19H3 Ethnography and
the Comparative Study of Human Societies
ANTB20H3 Culture, Politics
and Globalization
- 5.5 credits at the B-level or above, of which at least 3.0 credits
must be at the C- or D-level.
Note: Students pursuing the Socio-Cultural stream must ensure
that as part of Requirement 3, they complete:
- At least 1 FCE in area studies courses ANTB05H3,
ANTB16H3, ANTB18H3,
ANTB65H3, ANTD07H3
- ANTC60H3
- Courses in Anthropological Linguistics (i.e. LINC27H3
& IEEC11H3)
may be counted towards fulfilling Requirement 3.
Note: For a B.Sc., at least 5.5 of the credits required for the
program must be science credits.
MINOR PROGRAM IN ANTHROPOLOGY (ARTS)
The Minor Program in Anthropology provides a course structure for
students majoring or specializing in other disciplines who want some
directed exposure to anthropological thought.
Program Requirements
The Program requires completion of 4.0 full credits as follows:
- ANTA01H3 Introduction
to Anthropology: Becoming Human
ANTA02H3 Introduction to
Anthropology: Society, Culture and Language
- At least 1.5 credits from among the following:
ANTB14H3 Biological Anthropology:
Beginnings
ANTB15H3 Contemporary Human
Evolution and Variation
ANTB19H3 Ethnography and
the Comparative Study of Human Societies
ANTB20H3 Culture, Politics
and Globalization
- 1.5 additional credits in Anthropology, of which 1.0 credit must
be at the C- or D-level.
SPECIALIST PROGRAM IN MEDICAL ANTHROPOLOGY (ARTS/SCIENCE)
The Specialist Program in Medical Anthropology has been withdrawn
from the curriculum. Every effort will be made to ensure that students
currently enrolled in the program are able to complete it.
ANTA01H3
Introduction to Anthropology: Becoming Human
An introduction to Biological/Physical Anthropology and Archaeology.
Concentrates on the origins and evolution of human life, including
both biological and cultural aspects, from the ancient past to the
present. Science credit
Exclusion: ANT100Y, ANT101H
Breadth requirement: Natural Sciences
ANTA02H3
Introduction to Anthropology: Society, Culture and Language
An introduction to socio-cultural anthropology. Addresses the concepts
of culture, society, and language and the anthropological perspective
on cultural difference and societies of varying scale. Family, economic,
political, and religious systems are illustrated from a variety of
the world's cultures.
Exclusion: ANT100Y, ANT102H
Breadth Requirement: Social & Behavioural Sciences
ANTB01H3
Political Ecology
This course examines human-environmental relations from an anthropological
perspective. Throughout the semester, we explore how peoples from
different parts of the globe situate themselves within culturally
constructed landscapes. Topics covered include ethnoecology, conservation,
green consumerism, the concept of 'wilderness', and what happens when
competing and differentially empowered views of the non-human world
collide.
Prerequisite: [ANTA01H3 &
ANTA02H3]
Breadth Requirement: Social & Behavioural Sciences
ANTB05H3
Culture and Society in Africa
An overview of the range and diversity of African social institutions,
religious beliefs and ritual, kinship, political and economic organization,
pre-colonial, colonial and post-colonial experience. Area course
Prerequisite: [ANTA01H3 &
ANTA02H3]
Breadth Requirement: Social & Behavioural Sciences
ANTB09H3
Culture through Film and Media
How is culture represented through visual media, from ethnographic
and documentary film, to feature films, television, and new media?
How do various communities re-vision themselves through mass, independent,
or new media? This course investigates media and its role in the contemporary
world from a socio-cultural anthropological perspective.
Prerequisite: ANTA01H3 &
ANTA02H3
Enrolment Limits: 120
Breadth Requirement: Social & Behavioural Sciences
ANTB14H3
Biological Anthropology: Beginnings
This course surveys humanity's origin. The synthetic theory of evolution,
its principles, processes, evidence and application underlie this
course. Lecture topics and laboratory projects include: evolutionary
theory, human variation, human adaptability, primate biology, and
behaviour, taxonomy and classification, paleontological principles
and human origins. Science credit
Prerequisite: ANTA01H3
Exclusion: ANT203Y
Breadth Requirement: Natural Sciences
ANTB15H3
Contemporary Human Evolution and Variation Basic to the course
is an understanding of the synthetic theory of evolution and the principles,
processes, evidence and application of the theory. Laboratory projects
acquaint the student with the methods and materials utilized by the
Physical Anthropologist. Specific topics include: the development
of evolutionary theory, the biological basis for human variation,
the evolutionary forces, human adaptability and health and disease.
Science credit
Prerequisite: [ANTA01H3 &
ANTA02H3
Exclusion: ANT203Y
Breadth Requirement: Natural Sciences
ANTB16H3
Canadian Cultural Identities
This course explores the creation or invention of a Canadian national
identity in literature, myth and symbolism, mass media, and political
culture. Ethnographic accounts that consider First Nations, regional,
and immigrant identities are used to complicate the dominant story
of national unity. Area course
Prerequisite: [ANTA01H3 &
ANTA02H3]
Breadth Requirement: Social & Behavioural Sciences
ANTB18H3
Development, Inequality and Social Change in Latin America
This course addresses Latin American systems of inequality in relation
to national and transnational political economy, from colonialism
to neoliberalism; how ideas of race, culture, and nation intersect
with development thinking and modernization agendas; and how the poor
and marginalized have accommodated, resisted, and transformed cultural
and political domination. Area course
Prerequisite: ANTA01H3 &
ANTA02H3
Exclusion: (ANTC08H)
Enrolment Limits: 60
Breadth Requirement: Social & Behavioural Sciences
ANTB19H3
Ethnography and the Comparative Study of Human Societies
This course introduces students to the theory and practice of ethnography,
the intensive study of people's lives as shaped by social relations,
cultural beliefs, and historical forces. Various topics, including
religion, economics, politics, and kinship introduce students to key
anthropological concepts and theoretical developments in the field.
Prerequisite: ANTA02H3
Exclusion: ANT204Y
Breadth Requirement: Social & Behavioural Sciences
ANTB20H3
Culture, Politics and Globalization This course is a further
examination of approaches to the study of human cultural diversity
in an interconnected world. Through ethnographic accounts and documentary
films, students examine the affects of globalization through the political
dimensions of culture and the global flows of technology, religion,
kinship networks, migration, capital and crime.
Prerequisite: ANTA01H3 &
ANTA02H3
Exclusion: ANT204Y, ANT204H
Breadth Requirement: Social & Behavioural Sciences
ANTB21H3
Introduction to Linguistics Anthropology How are language
and culture connected? How does language works as signs, in ritual,
kinship, religion and myth, how is it represented in media, and how
does language affect thought? These questions are introduced with
a variety of ethnographic examples.
Prerequisite: ANTA01H3 &
ANTA02H3
Breadth Requirement: Arts, Literature & Language
ANTB22H3
Primate Behaviour
A general introduction to the study of the life ways of non-human
primates with particular emphasis on observing and recording primate
behaviour. Readings and lectures develop the context in which observations
are analyzed. Tools of recording and analysis are practiced and presented
in seminars. Science credit
Prerequisite: ANTB14H3
Exclusion: (ANTB22Y3)
Breadth Requirement: Social & Behavioural Sciences
ANTB64H3
The Anthropology of Food: Consuming Passions
This course examines the social significance of food and foodways
from the perspective of cultural anthropology. We explore the beliefs
and behaviours surrounding the production, distribution and consumption
of food, and the role of food in shaping or revealing cultural relations,
identities, political processes, and form of globalization.
Prerequisite: ANTA01H3 &
ANTA02H3
Exclusion: (ANTC64H3)
Enrolment Limits: 150
Breadth Requirement: Social & Behavioural Sciences
ANTB65H3
An Introduction to Pacific Island Societies
Introduces the cultures and peoples of the Pacific. Examines the ethnography
of the region, and the unique contributions that Pacific scholarship
has made to the development of anthropological theory. Explores how
practices of exchange, ritual, notions of gender, death and images
of the body serve as the basis of social organization. Area course
Prerequisite: ANTA01H3 &
ANTA02H3
Exclusion: (ANTC65H3)
Enrolment Limits: 60
Breadth Requirement: Social & Behavioural Sciences
ANTC03H3
ANTC04H3
Directed Reading in Anthropology
A directed exploration of specific topics in Anthropology, based on
extensive investigation of the literature. These courses are available
in exceptional circumstances and do not duplicate regular course offerings.
Students are advised that they must obtain consent from the supervising
instructor before registering. Individual tutorials, as arranged.
A minimum B average is normally required to be considered for these
courses. May be science credit or area course depending on topic.
Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor & ANTA01H3
& ANTA02H3 & one B-level
full credit in Anthropology.
ANTC07H3
Material Worlds
This course explores the intersection of the social and the material
by examining the role of objects in making worlds. We examine the
relationship between people, culture, and 'things' through topics
such as commodification and consumption, collecting and representation,
technology and innovation, art and artifact, and the social life of
things.
Prerequisite: ANTB19H3 &
ANTB20H3
Breadth Requirement: Social & Behavioural Sciences
ANTC09H3
Families: Kinship and Marriage from a Cross-Cultural Perspective
This course explores Anthropological approaches to kinship and family
arrangements. In addition to examining the range of forms that family
arrangements can take cross-culturally, we also examine how kinship
configurations have changed within our own society in recent years.
Topics to be covered include trans-national adoption, "mail-order-brides",
new reproductive technologies and internet dating.
Prerequisite: ANTA01H3, ANTA02H3,
ANTB19H3 & ANTB20H3
Enrolment Limits: 50
Breadth Requirement: Social & Behavioural Sciences
ANTC10H3
Anthropological Perspectives on Development
A critical probe of the origins, concepts, and practices of development
in cultural perspective. Attention is paid to how forces of global
capitalism intersect with local systems of knowledge and practice.
Prerequisite: [ANTB19H3 &
ANTB20H3]
Enrolment Limits: 25
Breadth Requirement: Social & Behavioural Sciences
ANTC11H3
Culture, Science and Biotechnology: Redefining the ‘Natural’ Order
of Things
This course examines how recent developments in biotechnology - cloning,
the manufacture of genetically modified organisms, assisted reproduction
technologies, and the mapping of the human genome, to name a few -
are transforming our understanding of what it means to be human, including
the relationship between human beings and other species.
Prerequisite: ANTC09H3
Exclusion: (ANTC05H)
Enrolment Limits: 70
Breadth Requirement: Social & Behavioural Sciences
ANTC12H3
Research on the Social Behaviour of Non-Human Primates
This course concentrates on field techniques in the study of non-human
primates. Field work is two weeks within the semester. Daily routine:
dawn to dusk; evening analyses; some free time. Evaluation: participation,
preliminary research, field notes, log book and seminar or paper.
Science credit
Prerequisite: ANTB22H3 or
(ANTB22Y) & permission
of the instructor
Enrolment Limits: 10
Breadth Requirement: Natural Sciences
ANTC14H3
Feminism and Anthropology
Examines why, when, and how gender inequality became an anthropological
concern by tracing the development of feminist thought in a comparative
ethnographic framework.
Prerequisite: [ANTB19H3 &
ANTB20H3]
Breadth Requirement: Social & Behavioural Sciences
ANTC15H3
Genders and Sexualities
Complements and extends ANTC14H3
by exploring cultural constructions of male and female in a range
of societies and institutions.
Prerequisite: [ANTB19H3 &
ANTB20H3]
Recommended Preparation: ANTC14H3
Breadth Requirement: Social & Behavioural Sciences
ANTC16H3
The Foundation and Theory of Human Origins
The study of human origins in light of recent approaches surrounding
human evolution. This course will examine some of these, particularly
the process of speciation, with specific reference to the emergence
of Homo. Fossils will be examined, but the emphasis will be on the
interpretations of the process of hominisation through the thoughts
and writings of major workers in the field. Science credit
Prerequisite: ANTA01H3 or
ANTB14H3 or ANTC17H3
Exclusion: (ANT332Y)
Breadth Requirement: Natural Sciences
ANTC17H3
Human Origins: New Discoveries
The study of human origins in light of recent approaches surrounding
human evolution. New fossil finds present new approaches and theory.
This course will examine some of these, particularly the process of
speciation and hominisation with specific reference to the emergence
of Homo. Labs permit contact with fossils in casts. Science credit
Prerequisite: [ANTA01H3 &
ANTA02H3]
Exclusion: (ANT332Y)
Breadth Requirement: Natural Sciences
ANTC18H3
Urban Anthropology
Urban spaces, neighbourhoods, and institutions have at different times
been the focus of ethnographic studies of cities. In this course we
will examine the role of culture, cultural diversity, space and performance
in urban institutions.
Prerequisite: ANTB19H3 &
ANTB20H3
Enrolment Limits: 60
Breadth Requirement: Social & Behavioural Sciences
ANTC19H3
Producing People and Things: Economics and Social Life
This course examines economic arrangements from an anthropological
perspective. A key insight to be examined concerns the idea that by
engaging in specific acts of production, people produce themselves
as particular kinds of human beings. Topics covered include gifts
and commodities, consumption, global capitalism and the importance
of objects as cultural mediators in colonial and post-colonial encounters.
Prerequisite: ANTB19H3 &
ANTB20H3
Breadth Requirement: Social & Behavioural Sciences
ANTC20H3
Gifts, Money and Morality
What limits exist or can be set to commoditized relations? To what
extent can money be transformed into virtue, private goods into the
public "Good"? We examine the anthropological literature on gift-giving,
systems of exchange and value, and sacrifice. Students may conduct
a short ethnographic project on money in our own society, a subject
at once obvious and mysterious.
Prerequisite: ANTB19H3 &
ANTB20H3
Breadth Requirement: Social & Behavioural Sciences
ANTC23H3
Primate Sexuality
This course will review primate socio-sexual behaviour from an evolutionary
perspective. Following a broad survey of mating patterns in the primate
order, specific topics will be discussed, including male and female
mating strategies, mate choice and sperm competition. Taxonomic groups
of focus will include prosimians, monkeys, apes and humans. Science
credit
Prerequisite: ANTB22H3
Breadth Requirement: Natural Sciences
ANTC25H3
Anthropology and Psychology
How are we to understand the relationship between psychic universals
and diverse cultural and social forms in the constitution of human
experience? Anthropology's dialogue with Freud; cultural construction
and expression of emotions, personhood, and self.
Prerequisite: ANTA01H3 &
ANTA02H3
Recommended Preparation: ANTB19H3
& ANTB20H3
Breadth Requirement: Social & Behavioural Sciences
ANTC31H3
Ritual and Religious Action
The nature and logic of ritual. Religious practices and projects;
the interface of religion, power, morality, and history in the contemporary
world.
Prerequisite: [ANTB19H3 &
ANTB20H3]
Breadth Requirement: Social & Behavioural Sciences
ANTC32H3
Political Anthropology
Can ethnographic research help us make sense of various political
situations and conflicts around the world? In this course we will
review different approaches to power and politics in classical and
current anthropology. We will consider notions of the state, political
agency and power, civil society, authoritarianism and democracy.
Prerequisite: ANTB19H3 &
ANTB20H3
Breadth Requirement: Social & Behavioural Sciences
ANTC33H3
Conceptualizing Religion
Anthropological approaches to the origin and function of religion,
and the nature of symbolism, myth, ritual, sorcery, spirit possession,
and cosmology, with primary reference to the religious worlds of small-scale
societies.
Prerequisite: ANTB19H3 &
ANTB20H3
Exclusion: (ANTB30H)
Breadth Requirement: Social & Behavioural Sciences
ANTC34H3
The Anthropology of Transnationalism
This course considers dimensions of transnationalism as a mode of
human sociality and site for cultural production. Topics covered include
transnational labour migration and labour circuits, return migration,
the transnational dissemination of electronic imagery, the emergence
of transnational consumer publics, and the transnational movements
of refugees, kinship networks, informal traders and religions.
Prerequisite: ANTB19H3 &
ANTB20H3
Enrolment Limits: 60
Breadth Requirement: Social & Behavioural Sciences
ANTC35H3
Quantitative Methods in Anthropology
A consideration of quantitative data and analytical goals, especially
in archaeology and physical anthropology. Some elementary computer
programming, and a review of program packages suitable for anthropological
analyses will be included. Science credit
Prerequisite: ANTA01H3 &
ANTA02H3.
Exclusion: (ECMB09Y3),
ECMB11H3,
PSYB07H3, SOCB06H3,
STAB22H3
Recommended Preparation: ANTB15H3
Breadth Requirement: Quantitative Reasoning
ANTC40H3
Methods and Analysis in Anthropological Demography
An examination of the biological, demographic, ecological and socio-cultural
determinants of human and non-human population structure and the interrelationships
among them. Emphasis is given to constructing various demographic
measures of mortality, fertility and immigration and their interpretation.
Science credit
Prerequisite: (ANTC39H)
Breadth Requirement: Quantitative Reasoning
ANTC41H3
Environmental Stress, Culture and Human Adaptability
Human adaptability refers to the human capacity to cope with a wide
range of environmental conditions, including aspects of the physical
environment like climate (extreme cold and heat), high altitude, geology,
as well as aspects of the socio-cultural milieu, such as pathogens
(disease), nutrition and malnutrition, migration, technology, and
social change. Science credit
Prerequisite: [ANTB14H3 &
ANTB15H3] or [BIOA01H3
& BIOA02H3]
Breadth Requirement: Natural Sciences
ANTC42H3
Human Growth, Development and Adaptability
Human adaptability refers to the human capacity to cope with a wide
range of environmental conditions. Emphasis is placed on human growth
and development in stressed and non-stressed environments. Case studies
are used extensively. Science credit
Prerequisite: ANTC41H3
Breadth Requirement: Natural Sciences
ANTC47H3
Human and Primate Comparative Osteology A "hands-on" Laboratory
course which introduces students to analyzi
ng human and nonhuman primate skeletal remains using a comparative
framework. The course will cover the gross anatomy of the skeleton
and dentition, as well as the composition and microstructure of bone
and teeth. The evolutionary history and processes associated with
observed differences in human and primate anatomy will be discussed.
Science credit
Prerequisite: ANTB14H3
Exclusion: ANT334H, ANT334Y
Enrolment Limits: 40
Breadth Requirement: Natural Sciences
ANTC48H3
Advanced Topics In Human Osteology
A "hands-on" laboratory course which introduces students to the methods
of analyzing human skeletal remains. Topics and analytic methods include:
(1) the recovery and treatment of skeletal remains from archaeological
sites; (2) odontological description, including dental pathology;
(3) osteometric description; (4) nonmetric trait description; (5)
methods of estimating age at death and sex; (6) quantitative analysis
of metric and nonmetric data; and (7) paleopathology. Science credit
Prerequisite: ANTC47H3
Exclusion: ANT334H, ANT334Y
Enrolment Limits: 40
Breadth Requirement: Natural Sciences
ANTC60H3
Fieldwork in Social and Cultural Anthropology
An investigation of how social-cultural anthropologists collect data
and conduct fieldwork. Students complement reading and lectures on
method with gaining first-hand experience in carrying out various
techniques of anthropological research including interviewing, collecting
life histories, participant observation, and project design. We also
consider what it means to carry out ethically responsible research.
Prerequisite: ANTB19H3 &
ANTB20H3 & at least 0.5 credit
at the C-level in socio-cultural anthropology
Enrolment Limits: 40 with preference given to students in specialists
in anthropology and international development studies.
Breadth Requirement: Social & Behavioural Sciences
ANTC61H3
Medical Anthropology: Illness and Healing in Cultural Perspective
Social and symbolic aspects of the body, the life-cycle, the representation
and popular explanation of illness, the logic of traditional healing
systems, the culture of North American illness and biomedicine, mental
illness, social roots of disease, innovations in health care delivery
systems.
Prerequisite: [ANTB19H3 &
ANTB20H3]
Breadth Requirement: Social & Behavioural Sciences
ANTC62H3
Medical Anthropology: Biological and Demographic Perspectives
The examination of health and disease in ecological and socio-cultural
perspective. Emphasis is placed on variability of populations in disease
susceptibility and resistance in an evolutionary context. With its
sister course, ANTC61H3,
this course is designed to introduce students to the basic concepts
and principles of medical anthropology. Principles of epidemiology,
patterns of inheritance and biological evolution are considered. Science
credit
Prerequisite: [ANTB14H3 &
ANTB15H3]
Breadth Requirement: Natural Sciences
ANTC66H3
Anthropology of Tourism
This course explores the global cultural phenomenon of tourism. Using
case studies and historical perspectives, we investigate the complex
motivations and consequences of travel, the dimensions of tourism
as development, the ways tourism commodifies daily life, the politics
of tourism representation, and the intersection of travel, authenticity
and modernity.
Prerequisite: ANTB19H3 &
ANTB20H3
Enrolment Limits: 80
Breadth Requirement: Social & Behavioural Sciences
ANTC67H3
Foundations in Epidemiology
Epidemiology is the study of disease and its determinants in populations.
It is grounded in the biomedical paradigm, statistical reasoning,
and that risk is context specific. This course will examine such issues
as: methods of sampling, types of controls, analysis of data, and
the investigation of epidemics. Science credit
Prerequisite: [Any B-level course in Anthropology or Biology] & any
statistics course.
Breadth Requirement: Quantitative Reasoning
ANTC68H3
Deconstructing Epidemics
Colonization, globalization and socio-ecological factors play an important
role in origin, maintenance and emergence of old and new infectious
diseases in human populations such as yellow fever, cholera, influenza,
SARS. Issues of co-morbidity, the epidemiological transition, syndemics
and the impact of global warming on the emergence of new diseases
are discussed. Science credit
Prerequisite: [Any B-level course in Anthropology or Biology] & any
statistics course.
Breadth Requirement: Natural Sciences
ANTC89H3
The Anthropology of the Middle East
What makes the Middle East unique as a world region? This course considers
topics like transnational religious movements, imperial and nationalist
histories, issues of language diversity, the impact of new communication
technologies, and regional conflicts. Ethnographic examples are drawn
from different contexts.
Prerequisite: ANTB19H3 &
ANTB20H3
Recommended Preparation: ANTB21H3
Breadth Requirement: Social & Behavioural Sciences
ANTC99H3
Primate Evolution
This course examines 65 million years of evolutionary history for
non-human primates. The primary emphasis will be on the fossil record.
Topics covered may include the reconstruction of behaviour from fossil
remains, the evolution of modern primate groups, and the origins of
the Order.
Prerequisite: ANTA01H3 or
ANTB14H3
Enrolment Limits: 60
Breadth Requirement: Natural Sciences
ANTD01H3
The Body in Culture and Society
An ethnographic inquiry into the culturally configured human body
as a reservoir of experiential knowledge, focus of symbolism, and
site of social, moral, and political control.
Prerequisite: ANTB19H3 &
ANTB20H3 & at least 1.0 credit
at the C-level in socio-cultural anthropology.
Enrolment Limits: 25
Breadth Requirement: Social & Behavioural Sciences
ANTD04H3
The Anthropology of Violence and Suffering
This course examines the social life of violence, its cultural production
and political effects in a global perspective. It asks how social
worlds are made and unmade through, against, and after violent events,
how violence is remembered and narrated, and how ethnography might
respond to experiences of suffering, trauma, and victimhood.
Prerequisite: ANTB19H3 &
ANTB20H3 & at least one additional
C-level course in socio-cultural anthropology.
Enrolment Limits: 25
Breadth Requirement: Social & Behavioural Sciences
ANTD05H3
Advanced Fieldwork Methods in Social and Cultural Anthropology
This course provides students with experience in carrying out ethnographic
research in the Greater Toronto Area. Working with the Center for
Ethnography, students define and execute a research project of their
own design. This course culminates in an original research paper which
will be read by at least two faculty members.
Prerequisite: ANTB19H3 &
ANTB20H3 & ANTC60H3
& at least two additional C-level courses in socio-cultural anthropology.
Enrolment Limits: 15
Breadth Requirement: Social & Behavioural Sciences
ANTD06H3
Reading Ethnography
This course considers the reading and writing of ethnography - the
classic genre of socio-cultural anthropology. We examine what differentiates
ethnography from other forms of research and how to distinguish ethnographic
works of high quality. Also considered are the politics of representation,
including how ethnographic writing may reflect unequal relationships
of power.
Prerequisite: ANTB19H3 &
ANTB20H3 & at least two additional
C-level courses in socio-cultural anthropology.
Enrolment Limits: 25
Breadth Requirement: Social & Behavioural Sciences
ANTD07H3
Advanced Regional Seminar This course allows students to examine
particular culture areas at an advanced level. Regions to be covered
may include South Asia, East Asia, the Muslim World, Latin America,
The Pacific, Europe, and North America. Specific case studies from
the region will be used to highlight theoretical and ethnographic
issues.
Prerequisite: ANTB19H3 &
ANTB20H3 & at least one previous
area course & at least one additional C-level course in socio-cultural
anthropology.
Enrolment Limits: 25
ANTD13H3
Frontiers of Anthropology: A Biological Perspective
An advanced seminar course primarily for majors and specialists in
biological anthropology. Topic to be announced.
Prerequisite: ANTB14H3 &
ANTB15H3 & at least one C
level course in biological anthropology.
Enrolment Limits: 25
ANTD15H3
Frontiers of Socio-Cultural Anthropology
An advanced seminar course primarily for majors and specialists in
anthropology. Topic to be announced.
Prerequisite: ANTB19H3 &
ANTB20H3 & [[ANTC31H3
& ANTC33H3] or two other
comparable C-level courses]
ANTD16H3
Biomedical Anthropology
This course is designed for advanced students seeking an intensive
examination of specific problems in medical Anthropology. Problems
to be discussed include: genetic disorders in families and populations,
the interaction of malnutrition and infectious diseases in human populations,
chronic non-infectious diseases in populations today, and epidemiology
and medical anthropology as complementary disciplines. Science credit
Prerequisite: ANTC62H3 and
one C-level full credit in Physical Anthropology
Breadth Requirement: Natural Sciences
ANTD17H3
Medical Osteology: Public Health Perspectives on Human Skeletal Health
This seminar course will examine the clinical, epidemiological and
public health literature on osteoporosis and other conditions impacting
skeletal health. The course will also explore the potential economic
impacts of osteoporosis on Canada's health care system given emerging
demographic changes. Science credit
Prerequisite: ANTC47H3 &
ANTC48H3
Breadth Requirement: Natural Sciences
ANTD22H3
Theory and Methodology in Primatology
This seminar course will examine current socio-ecological theory in
primatology and explore different methods for studying and sampling
primate behaviour. Science credit
Prerequisite: ANTB22H3 &
ANTC23H3
Enrolment Limits: 25
ANTD24H3
Theory and Methodology in Social/Cultural Anthropology
An overview of the history of ethnological thought. This course focuses
on certain key theoretical debates which run through it and largely
determine the "state of the art" today. Evolutionary, diffusionist,
psychological, cross-cultural, functionalist, structuralist, and hermeneutical
approaches will be considered through selected writings from such
major figures as Tylor, Durkheim, Boas, Kroeber, Malinowski, Radcliffe-Brown,
and Lévi-Strauss. An attempt will be made to understand these individuals
in terms of the social and intellectual climates in which they wrote.
Prerequisite: ANTB19H3 &
ANTB20H3 & at least 1.0 credit
at the C-level in socio-cultural anthropology
Breadth Requirement: Social & Behavioural Sciences
ANTD25H3
Medical Primatology: Public Health Perspectives on Zoonotic Diseases
This course will examine the social and cultural contexts of animal-to-human
disease transmission globally, and the public risks associated zoonoses
present here in Canada. The course will incorporate both anthropological
and epidemiological perspectives. Science credit
Prerequisite: ANTB14H3 &
ANTB15H3 & HLTA01H3
& [ANTC35H3 or SOCB06H3
or STAB22H3]
Breadth Requirement: Natural Sciences
ANTD31H3
ANTD32H3
Advanced Research in Anthropology
Directed critical examination of specific problems in Anthropology,
based on library and/or field research. These courses are available
in exceptional circumstances and do not duplicate regular course offerings.
Students are advised that they must obtain consent from the supervising
instructor before registering. Individual tutorials, as arranged.
A minimum B average is normally required to be considered for these
courses. May be science credit or area course depending on topic.
Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor & ANTA01H3
& ANTA02H3 & two full credits
in Anthropology, one of which must be at the C-level
ANTD99H3
Advanced Topics in Primate Evolution
This course will examine questions of particular controversy in the
study of Primate Evolution. Topics to be covered may include the ecological
context of primate origins, species recognition in the fossil record,
the identification of the first anthropoids, and the causes of extinction
of the subfossil lemurs.
Prerequisite: ANTB14H3 &
at least one C-level course in biological anthropology.
Exclusion: ANTD13H3 if completed in the 2010/2011 academic year
Recommended Preparation: ANTC99H3
Enrolment Limits: 25
Breadth Requirement: Natural Sciences