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(B.A./B.Sc.)
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. 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 arrive at an understanding of the common factors underlying human existence and to isolate the causes that have led and continue to lead to social and cultural change and to differences between peoples and cultures.
Because of the vastness of its subject matter, Anthropology is traditionally divided into four sub-fields: Social-Cultural Anthropology, Archaeology, Physical Anthropology and Anthropological Linguistics. At the present time, University of Toronto at Scarborough offers courses in the first three areas. Students interested in inquiring about appropriate course sequences in one of the sub-fields are invited to consult with one of the faculty in the appropriate sub-field and with the Supervisor of Studies.
Students may elect either a B.A. or a B.Sc. degree in Anthropology. Most courses in Archaeology and Physical Anthropology, excluding Introduction to Anthropology, carry science credit. Consult the Discipline Representative for clarification.
The following courses in Anthropology may be used to fulfill requirements for the B.Sc. degree: ANTB01, ANTB04, ANTB11, ANTB15, ANTB22, ANTB25, ANTB54, ANTC12, ANTC16, ANTC25, ANTC26, ANTC35, ANTC38, ANTC40, ANTC41, ANTC47, ANTC50, ANTC62, ANTC63, ANTC64, ANTD11, ANTD14, ANTD16. The following courses may also be used to fulfill the B.Sc. requirements for students researching in appropriate scientific areas of Anthropology: ANTC03, ANTC04, ANTD15, ANTD31 and ANTD32.
The Co-operative Program allows students to pursue an in-depth study of Anthropology, combined with two four-month work terms in areas complementary to the area of study. Students pick one of four streams, namely Biological Anthropology, Medical Anthropology, Archaeology or Socio-Cultural Anthropology, within their studies in the discipline. Work placements can be with Canadian employers including NGO's, research institutes, the private sector, and public institutions. Students who wish to carry out their placements in a developing country where there is no Canadian employer working, may be asked to finance the living allowance expenses of the placements themselves. The location of placements is determined according to each student's preferences and abilities, the availability of positions, the practicability of working in that area, and above all, the safety of the area.
For information on admissions, fees, work placements, and standing in the program, please see the Calendar section Co-operative Programs: General Information, page 65.
To be eligible for placements, students must have completed at least 9 F.C.E., including the courses marked * from the chosen stream and have completed the Introduction to Humanities and Social Sciences Co-op Tutorial.
Course Requirements
Students must complete the requirements for the Specialist Program in Anthropology (see below). Study of a foreign language is recommended. Within the 10 F.C.E. in Anthropology required for the Specialist, they must select 4 F.C.E. to complete the requirements of one of the following 4 streams, as follows:
I Biological Anthropology Stream
4 F.C.E. including:
ANTB15Y* Biological Anthropology
ANTC35H* Quantitative Methods (another equivalent statistics course may be substituted)
ANTB22Y* Primate Studies
And 1.5 F.C.E. from the following list:
ANTC12H Research on the Social Behaviour of Non-Human Primates
ANTC40Y Anthropological Demography
ANTC63H Anthropology of Food: Human Needs
ANTC64H Anthropology of Food: Consuming Passions
II Medical Anthropology Stream
4 F.C.E. including:
ANTB15Y* Biological Anthropology
ANTC35H* Quantitative Methods (another equivalent
statistics course may be substituted)
0.5 F.C.E. from the area studies courses (see under
IV. Socio-Cultural Anthropology stream below).
And 2 F.C.E. from the following list:
ANTC40Y Anthropological Demography
ANTC50H Death and Burial
ANTC60H Fieldwork in Social and Cultural Anthropology
ANTC61H Medical Anthropology
ANTC62H Medical Anthropology 2
ANTC63H The Anthropology of Food: Human Needs
or
ANTC64H The Anthropology of Food: Consuming Passions
ANTD01H Anthropology of the Body
Courses which are recommended but not required include:
BGYA01Y Introductory Biology
EESC04H Biodiversity and Biogeography
LSCA05H Human Biology
SOSA01H Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and
Emipirical Reasoning
III Archaeology
4 F.C.E. including:
ANTB04Y* Introduction to Archaeological Materials
ANTC26Y* The Theory and Practice of Archaeology:
An Introduction
or
ANTC28Y* Introduction to Archaeological Field Methods
And 2 F.C.E. from the following list:
ANTB38Y North American Prehistory
ANTC37H Prehistoric Mesoamerica
ANTC50H Death and Burial
ANTD02H Background to Modern Archaeology: Settlement
Courses which are recommended but not required include:
CLAB05Y The Mediterranean World
HISB04Y Canadian History
SOSA01H Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and
Emipirical Reasoning
IV Socio-Cultural Anthropology
4 F.C.E. including:
ANTB20Y* Socio-Cultural Anthropology
ANTC60H* Fieldwork in Social and Cultural Anthropology
1 F.C.E. from the following area studies courses:
ANTB03H The Americas
ANTB05H African Cultures and Societies I
ANTB16Y Cultures of Modern Canada
ANTB21H Canadian Native Peoples
ANTB55Y Anthropology of the Middle East
ANTC05H African Cultures and Societies II
And 1.5. F.C.E. from the following socio-cultural
topics courses:
ANTB01Y Ecological Perspectives in Anthropology
ANTC05Y Anthropological Study of Religion
ANTC10H Anthropological Perspectives on Development
ANTC11Y The Anthropology of Women and Gender
ANTC19H Economic Anthropology
ANTC20H Gifts, Money and Morality
ANTC25H Anthropology and Psychology
ANTC32H Political Anthropology
ANTC49H Law and Society
ANTC61H Medical Anthropology
Courses which are recommended but not required include:
ANTC35H Quantitative Methods
IDSC04H Project Management I
IDSC05H Ethics of Development
The Program requires completion of ten full-course equivalents in Anthropology. No more than 12 F.C.E.'s may be completed in Anthropology in the four-year degree (20 F.C.E.). The courses within the Program are to be selected as follows:
Students are encouraged to take at least one course in field methods, such as ANTC12 and C60. In exceptional circumstances supervised research and reading courses are available at the C- (ANTC03H, ANTC04H) and D-levels (ANTD31H, ANTD32H). Be sure to read the descriptions for these courses below, as restrictions apply.
The B.Sc. Specialist requires at least seven full-course
equivalents to be science credit. (See the list above for Anthropology
science credits).
The Program requires completion of six full-course equivalents in Anthropology including:
Students are required to consult the Supervisor regarding course selections, and requirements and are strongly urged to take at least seven full-course equivalents in disciplines other than Anthropology within the three-year degree Program.
3. Two additional full-course equivalents in Anthropology, at least one of which must be at the C- or D-level.
This leads to a B.A. Students are required to consult
with the Supervisor regarding course selections, identification
of potential interdisciplinary streams (social-cultural, physical,
archaeological), and course requirements.
An introduction to the various fields of anthropology.
The first term deals with Physical Anthropology and Archaeology, concentrating on the biological basis and the evidence for the origins and growth of culture. The second term concerns the nature of language and the comparative aspects of Cultural Anthropology, through a study of social groups as well as economic, political and religious systems in both non-industrial and industrial societies.
Two hours of lecture per week and a one hour tutorial
per week.
Exclusion: ANT100
M. Latta /M. Lambek
An examination of the relationship between human populations and cultural systems with their environments.
This course examines such inter-relationship in terms of differences in technology, subsistence practices, social organization and ideology. Emphasis will be placed on the perspective which attributes variability in human cultural behaviour to the solution of problems of adaptation and evolutionary change. But other positions will also be considered such as optimal foraging strategies.
Two hours of lecture per week.
Prerequisite: ANTA01Y or permission of the instructor
S. Bamford
A study of contemporary and traditional African peoples, their cultural backgrounds and historical interrelations. Lectures and readings will provide an overview of African social institutions, religious beliefs and ritual, political and economic organization, colonial and post-colonial experience, and current problems.
Two hours of lecture per week.
Prerequisite: ANTA01Y or permission of the instructor
A survey of the human place in nature: origin (Fall) and ongoing evolution (Spring).
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, primate biology, social organization and behaviour of non-human primates, taxonomy and classification, paleontological principles and human origins.
Three hours of lecture per week.
Exclusion: ANT203
Prerequisite: ANTA01Y or permission of the instructor
F.D. Burton/L. Sawchuk
This course has two objectives: to explore the regional and ethnic diversity of contemporary Canadian cultures, and to examine the forces which operate to bind Canadians together.
The first objective entails consideration of localized case studies, e.g. of agriculturally based religious communities, Newfoundland out ports, indigenous groups (Native Canadians and Metis), and others. The second involves searching for shared cultural meaning in Canadian literature, myth and symbolism, mass media, and political culture.
Two hours of lecture per week.
Prerequisite: ANTA01Y or permission of the instructor
T.B.A.
An examination of the basic approaches to understanding social and cultural organization in societies.
Focusing on simpler societies, this course explores comparative social institutions, including kinship and marriage as well as economic, political and religious institutions. Some attention will also be given to belief systems, education and symbolic thought as well as sources of stability and change in society and anthropological perspectives on current social issues.
Two hours of lecture per week.
Exclusion: ANT204
Prerequisites: ANTA01Y or permission of the instructor.
T.B.A.
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.
Exclusion: ANTC22
Prerequisites: ANTA01Y or ANTB15Y or PSYA01Y or BGYA01Y
F.D. Burton
An introduction to the establishment and diversification of aboriginal traditions in Canada and the United States from the late Pleistocene to the present. The course will emphasize environmental and social factors in the processes of culture change as well as archaeological methods of reconstructing the past.
Two hours of lecture per week.
Prerequisite: ANTA01Y
M. Latta
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. In addition
to course work to be decided by the instructor, one seminar presentation
of the student's research findings is required.
Prerequisites: ANTA01Y & one B-level full-course
equivalent in Anthropology & permission of the instructor.
Members of Faculty
A critical examination of the concept and practices of development in several Third World societies. Attention will be paid to issues of colonization and the postcolonial order, global capitalism, and the intersection of Western ideas with local knowledge and practices.
Seminar; limited enrollment: 20.
Two hours of lecture per week.
Prerequisite: ANTB20Y or permission of the instructor
J. Boddy
The study of human origins in light of recent approaches surrounding human evolution.
The study of human origins has undergone a transformation
in recent years. The science has benefited from a series of unexpected
fossil discoveries and it has become willing to look at new approaches
to answering the major issues now human evolution. While there
is more question about the ways of knowing our past, there is
also greater security in knowing that the questions being asked
are answerable. 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. Topics are
set within their fossil and time contexts and include the emergence
of bipedalism and opposability and their correlates, non-human
primate social organization and demographic
reconstruction, diet and foraging techniques, and
"the origins" (for example, the use of fire; the development
of language; the origin of consciousness). Two-hours of lectures,
two-hours of labs.
Exclusion: ANT332
Prerequisites: ANTA01Y or permission of the instructor
T.B.A.
An anthropological approach to topics of psychological interest.
Among the areas we may consider: the relationship between culture and personality; the cultural construction of the "self;" other cultures' conceptions and expressions of emotions; the life cycle in cross-cultural perspective; psychoanalytic (Freudian) contributions to the understanding of culture (e.g. symbolic projection, unconscious motivation; the cross-cultural expression and treatment of psychopathology).
Throughout, the central concern is with how we are
to understand the relationship between psychic universals and
diverse cultural and social forms in the constitution of human
experience.
Prerequisite: ANTA01Y
Corequisite: ANTB20Y and PSYB30H are recommended
M. Lambek
A survey of the anthropological sub-discipline which is concerned with human socio-cultural development during the past three million years.
Specifically, the course reviews the aims, methods and practice of prehistoric archaeology in both the New and Old Worlds. This course will involve two hours of lecture and one hour of lab/tutorial per week as well as one field trip on a Saturday or Sunday of the Fall term.
Two hours of lecture per week.
Exclusion: ANT200, (ANTB26)
Prerequisite: ANTA01Y, [ANTB11H and ANTB12H are recommended.]
M. Wiseman
An investigation into how social-cultural anthropologists collect data and construct the course of fieldwork.
Students will be introduced to the fieldwork experience both through reading some of the classic descriptions of research in exotic societies and by designing and carrying out a small project or projects here in Toronto. We will cover such topics as the nature and uniqueness of the participant-observation method, note taking and organization, emic and etic approaches, selecting informants/consultants, informal interviewing, and household surveys. We will also consider such problems as choosing a field site, entering and living in a foreign community, culture shock and cultural bias, and meeting the logistical and medical needs of the researcher. Considerable attention will also be given to ethical issues such as confidentiality and reciprocity that arise in fieldwork. Limited enrolment: 25 with preference given to students in anthropology and international development studies.
Two hours of lecture per week.
Prerequisites: Any B-level course in Anthropology
or IDS or permission of the instructor.
T.B.A.
This course examines illness, health, and healing from a comparative cross-cultural perspective. It is composed of three overlapping topical areas: (1) the description and analysis of nonwestern ideas and practices; (2) the culture of North American illness and medicine, viewing biomedicine as an ethnomedical system comparable to those described in (1); (3) the development of culturally informed and socially responsible approaches to health problems in the Third World and at home.
The course considers such topics as: the social and
symbolic aspects of the body, the life-cycle in cross-cultural
perspective, the representation and popular explanation of illness,
the logic of traditional healing systems and traditional practitioners
such as shamans, the intersection of illness models and practices
with gender, class, power, and social conflict, metal illness
in comparative perspective, innovations in health care delivery
systems.
Exclusions: (ANTB51), (ANTC51)
Prerequisites: ANTB20Y or permission of the instructor
M. Lambek
The role of food as nutrient and its social significance as symbol constitute the theme of this course. Topics to be addressed include human dietary needs and the myth of meat, the "meal" traditional dietaries, medicine and food, the green and blue revolutions and their implications.
Two hours of lecture per week.
Exclusion: (ANTB56), (ANTC56)
Prerequisite: ANTA01Y & one full-course equivalent
at B or C level in Anthropology
F.D. Burton
A comparative consideration of the human body as symbol, metaphor and locus of practical knowledge. issues to be considered include cultural constructions of the body in societies of different scale, cultural formulations of sexuality, gender, and human biology, the body as the site of political control in colonial and post-colonial societies, cultural and practical relationships of the body to the humanly built environment. Seminar; limited enrollment: 20.
Two hours of lecture per week.
Exclusion: (ANTC01)
Prerequisite: [ANTC11 or ANTC61 or ANTC05] or permission
of the instructor.
J. Boddy
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. In addition
to course work to be decided by the instructor, one seminar presentation
of the student's research findings is required.
Prerequisites: ANTA01Y & two full-course equivalents
in Anthropology, one of which must be at the C-level, & permission
of the instructor
Members of Faculty
| ANTB04Y3 | Introduction to Archaeological Materials
Exclusion: ANTD03 Prerequisite: ANTA01Y, [ANTC26 is recommended as a co-requisite] |
| ANTB07H3 | Comparative
Slavery
Prerequisite: ANTA01Y |
| ANTB11Y3 | Introduction
to World Prehistory
Exclusion: ANTB11H, ANTB12H Prerequisite: ANTA01Y or permission of the instructor |
| ANTB12H3 | Introduction
to World Prehistory 2: The Rise of Civilization
Prerequisite: ANTA01Y |
| ANTB21Y3 | Canadian
Native Peoples
Prerequisite: ANTA01Y or ANTB15Y or BIOA03Y Prerequisite: ANTA01Y or permission of the instructor |
| ANTB25H3 | Myth,
Movies, & Monkeys: The Construction of Human Nature
Prerequisite: ANTA01Y recommended |
| ANTB55Y3 | Cultures
of the Middle East and the Islamic World
Prerequisite: ANTA01Y or permission of the instructor |
| ANTB56H3 | Health
and the Urban Environment
Prerequisite: Any A-level course |
| ANTC05Y3 | Anthropological
Study of Religion
Exclusion: ANT341H Prerequisite: ANTA01Y or permission of the instructor |
| ANTC06H3 | African
Cultures and Societies II: Case Studies
Exclusion: ANT343 Prerequisite: ANTA01Y or WSTA01Y or permission of the instructor. [ANTB20Y is recommended] |
| ANTC11H3 | The
Anthropology of Women and Gender
Prerequisites: ANTB20Y or permission of the instructor |
| ANTC12H3 | Research
on the Social Behaviour of Non-Human Primates I
Prerequisite: ANTB22Y (ANTC22) & permission of the instructor |
| ANTC19H3 | Economic
Anthropology
Prerequisite: ANTA01Y or permission of the instructor |
| ANTC20H3 | Gifts,
Money and Morality
Prerequisites: ANTA01Y or permission of the instructor. ANTB20Y is recommended |
| ANTC28Y3 | Introduction
to Archaeological Field Methods
Prerequisites: Any B-level course in Archaeology or Physical Anthropology or a B-level course in a cognate discipline |
| ANTC32H3 |
Political Anthropology
Exclusion: (ANTB32) Prerequisites: ANTA01Y or permission of the instructor. ANTB20Y recommended. |
| ANTC35H3 | Quantitative
Methods in Anthropology
Exclusion: (ANTB43), ECOB11, PSYB07, SOCB06 Prerequisite: ANTA01Y, [ANTB15 and ANTC26 are recommended] |
| ANTC37H3 | Prehistory
of Mexico and Mesoamerica
Exclusion: (ANTB37) Prerequisite: ANTA01Y; [ANTB03H and ANTB38H are recommended] |
| ANTC38Y3 | First
Nations of North America
Exclusion: ANTB38 Prerequisite: ANTA01Y |
| ANTC40Y3 |
Anthropological Demography
Prerequisites: ANTA01Y; [ANTB15 is recommended] |
| ANTC41Y3 | Human
Adaptability
Exclusion: (ANTB44) Prerequisite: ANTA01Y or BIOA03Y [ANTB15 is highly recommended] |
| ANTC47Y3 | Human
Osteology
Exclusion: ANT334Y Prerequisite: ANTA01Y or BGYA01Y; [ANTC16and ANTB15 recommended] |
| ANTC50H3 | Death
and Burial
Prerequisite: Any B-level course is Anthropology |
| ANTC62H3 | Medical
Anthropology 2: Biological and Demographic Perspectives
Exclusions: (ANTC51) (ANTB51) Prerequisite: ANTA01Y or permission of the instructor. [ANTB15 is recommended] |
| ANTC63H3 | The
Anthropology of Food: Human Needs
Exclusion: ANTC56 Prerequisite: ANTA01Y & one other full-course equivalent at the B- or C-level in Anthropology |
| ANTD15H3 | Frontiers
of Anthropology
Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor |
| ANTD16H3 | Biomedical
Anthropology
Exclusion: (ANTC45) Prerequisite: ANTC51 and one C-level full-course equivalent in Physical Anthropology |
| ANTD23H3 | Ethnomedicine
Exclusion: (ANTC46) Prerequisites: ANTC61H or permission of the instructor [ANTC25 & ANTC11 are highly recommended] |
| ANTD24H3 | Theory
and Methodology in Social/Cultural Anthropology
Exclusion: (ANTC16), (ANTC17) Prerequisite: [ANTA01Y & ANTB20Y] or [permission of the instructor] Full Listing of Courses Not Offered |
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