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(B.A./B.Sc.)
Discipline Representative / Supervisor of Studies: M. Lambek (287-7312)
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. The requirements for a B.Sc. Specialist or Major
degree are that at least seven of the twelve full course equivalents
in Anthropology should be courses with science credit. 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, ANTB12, 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 Specialist Programme 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 of sufficient flexibility
to follow their intellectual interests into the diverse yet holistic
perspective on the human phenomena provided by Anthropology.
All students are required to consult with the Supervisor concerning
the selection of a course sequence appropriate to their interests
and objectives.
The Programme requires completion of twelve full-course
equivalents, no less than ten of which will be in Anthropology.
Students must complete at least eight full-course equivalents
in disciplines other than Anthropology within the four-year degree
programme. The courses within the Programme are to be selected
as follows:
1. ANTA01Y Introduction to Anthropology
2. At least two full-course equivalents from among
the following:
ANTB15Y Biological Anthropology
ANTB20Y Social and Cultural Anthropology
ANTB11F Introduction to World Prehistory 1
ANTB12S Introduction to World Prehistory 2
3. Seven full-course equivalents from the remaining
B-, C- or D-level courses in Anthropology, at least two of which
must be at the C- or D-level.
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-
(ANTC03F, ANTC04S) and D-levels (ANTD31F, ANTD32S). Be sure to
read the descriptions for these courses below, as restrictions
apply.
4. At least 2 full-course equivalents in disciplines
other than Anthropology must be agreed upon in consultation with
the Supervisor.
The Major Programme 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 humankind.
The Programme requires completion of six full-course equivalents in Anthropology including:
1. ANTA01Y Introduction to Anthropology
2. At least one full-course equivalent from among
the following:
ANTB15Y Biological Anthropology
ANTB20Y Social and Cultural Anthropology
ANTB11F Introduction to World Prehistory 1
ANTB12S Introduction to World
Prehistory 2
3. Four additional full-course equivalents from B-, C-, or D-level courses in Anthropology, at least one of which must be at the C- or D-level.
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 programme.
The Minor Programme in Anthropology provides a course
structure for students majoring or specializing in other disciplines
who want some directed exposure to anthropological thought. The
Programme requires completion of four full-course equivalents
including:
1. ANTA01Y Introduction to Anthropology
2. At least one full-course from among the following:
ANTB15Y Biological Anthropology
ANTB20Y Social and Cultural Anthropology
ANTB11F Introduction to World Prehistory 1
ANTB12S Introduction to World Prehistory 2
3. Two additional full-course equivalents in Anthropology,
at least one of which must be at the C- or D-level.
Students are required to consult with the Supervisor
regarding course selections, identification of potential interdisciplinary
streams (social-cultural, physical, archaeological), and course
requirements.
Exclusion: ANT100
Session: Winter Day (Y), Summer Day (A)
F.D. Burton / M. Lambek / L. Sawchuk / T.B.A.
Telephone ID #: 00720163
An examination of the relationship between human populations and cultural systems with their environments.
This course examines such interrelationship 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.
Prerequisite: ANTA01Y
Session: Winter Day
T.B.A.
Telephone ID #: 00720353
A survey of the cultural history of the Americas, including the origin and development of native cultures with particular emphasis on changes due to European contact. Principal emphasis will be on the information of modern Latin American societies.
Corequisite: ANTC37F/S (ANTB37) is recommended
Session: Winter Day
Telephone ID #: 00720463
An introduction to the study of prehistoric and historic archaeological materials including ceramics, lithics, metal and faunal bone.
Students will carry out analyses on samples of artifacts, learning
about their construction, their functions and their development
through time. These studies will lead to consideration of the
survival and importance of "traditional" technologies
in both developing and developed modern countries.
Exclusion: ANTD03
Prerequisite: ANTA01Y, [ANTC26 is recommended as a corequisite]
Session: Winter Day
M. Latta
Telephone ID #: 00720733
An examination of slavery as an institution in several areas of
the world. Principal emphasis will be on slavery in
the Americas through examination of the causes and consequences of the Atlantic slave trade with cases from Brazil, Africa, the Caribbean and native America.
Prerequisite: ANTA01Y
Session: Winter Day
Telephone ID #: 00721133
A study of the development of art, technology, religion and lifeways of hunters and gatherers living from two million to ten thousand years ago.
Our intellect, interests, emotions, and basic social existence are in large part evolutionary products of the success of foraging and hunting adaptations during the Paleolithic. Issues to be considered include prehistoric technological innovation and variation, social change and the reconstruction of ancient beliefs and ecological systems.
Prerequisite: ANTA01Y
Session: Winter Day
T.B.A.
Telephone ID #: 00721253
An examination of the agricultural and urban transformations which gave rise to modern human societies.
The course emphasizes the ecological-adaptive factors and the archaeological evidence bearing on the beginnings of permanent human settlements, the domestication of plants and animals, and the development of complex social and technological systems.
Prerequisite: ANTA01Y
Session: Winter Day
T.B.A.
Telephone ID #: 00721563
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.
Exclusion: ANT203
Prerequisite: ANTA01Y or permission of the instructor
Session: Winter Day
L. Sawchuk / T.B.A.
Telephone ID #: 00722063
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.
Exclusion: ANT204
Prerequisite: ANTA01Y or permission of the instructor.
Session: Winter Day
R.W. Shirley
Telephone ID #: 00722133
This course examines the traditional cultures of Canadian native peoples through the media of archaeology, ethnohistory and oral tradition. Questions to be considered involve: the nature and source of political authority, the status and rights of women and off-reserve individuals, definition of educational systems, enforcement mechanisms and the rights of the individual and the ban to personal and collective freedom.
Prerequisite: ANTA01Y or permission of the instructor
Session: Winter Day
Telephone ID #: 00722263
A general introduction to the study of the lifeways 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
Prerequisite: ANTA01Y or ANTB15Y or PSYA01Y or BIOA03Y
Session: Winter Day
F.D. Burton
Telephone ID #: 00724933
An examination of the nature of myth and symbol from an anthropological perspective.
Using narratives recorded in small-scale societies of Amazonia, Africa, Australia and Melanesia, the course will critically examine various ways anthropologists make sense of myth. Myths are treated as idealized history, dogmas about the nature of the world and origin of humanity, storehouses of ecological information, and expressions of the structure of the human mind.
The course traces changes in themes and styles of myth interpretation, especially those that parallel shifts in sociological and psychological theories of symbol formation.
Prerequisite: ANTA01Y
Session: Winter Day
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.
Prerequisite: ANTA01Y & one B-level full-course equivalent in Anthropology & permission of the instructor.
Session: Winter Day, Winter Evening, Summer Evening
Members of Faculty
Telephone ID #: 00731053
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.
Prerequisite: ANTB20Y or permission of the instructor
Session: Winter Day
T.B.A.
Telephone ID #: 00731243
The purpose of this course is to learn field techniques in the
study of non-human primates. The current subjects are Old World
Monkeys (vervets, Cercopithecus aethiops) which were translocated
to Barbados from 3 hundred years ago. Orientation and training
sessions preceed the two weeks of field work. Observation is
from dawn till dusk. Evenings are set aside for discussion, transcriptions
and analyses. In addition, there are guest lectures from local
ethologists and wildlife conservators, and visits to important
sites. There will be some free time. Evaluation includes participation,
preliminary research, field notes, log book and seminar and/or
paper. Fees of approximately $1,500 - $2,000 includes air fare
and local transportation, and shared room/apartment. Deposit
must be made by May 30. Participation is by permission of instructor.
Please contact Professor Burton directly for further information
at e-mail: burton@scar.utoronto.ca or
(416) 287-7345.
Enrolment is limited to 10.
Prerequisite: ANTB22Y (ANTC22) & permission of the instructor
Session: Winter
F.D. Burton
Telephone ID #: 00732033
Under capitalism everything is ultimately for sale; conversely there is currently a demand for public institutions to be funded by means of private donations. Yet both of these trends, the spread of commoditization into 'private' life and of gift-giving into public life, provoke uneasiness. 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"? After a relatively brief consideration of what classic social thinkers (Marx, Simmel, Weber) have had to say about money and its effects, we will examine the anthropological literature on gift-giving, non-western systems of exchange and value, attempts to distinguish commodities from gifts and favours in the Chinese state bureaucracy, the tyranny of hospitality in a Yemeni town, and sacrifice and the collection of tribute in a Malagasy sacred kingdom. Finally, we will think about how Canadians understand paying taxes, giving alms, and donating to good causes (or what the University of Toronto at Scarborough now refers to as 'Advancement'). Students will be expected to construct and carry out a short ethnographic project on money in our own society, a subject at once obvious and mysterious.
Prerequisite: ANTA01Y or permission of the instructor. ANTB20Y is recommended.
Session: Winter Day
Telephone ID #: 00733863
An introduction to the establishment and diversification of native
traditions in North America from a late Paleolithic hunting base
to the emergence of civilization in Mesoamerica. The course will
focus on processes of cultural change and on archaeological methods
of reconstructing the past. Primary attention will be paid to
the civilizations of the eastern and southwestern United States.
At the end of the course, a field trip to Ohio will permit students
to obtain first-hand experience of the remains of the Hopewell
moundbuilders, one of the most interesting early traditions in
this region.
Exclusion: ANTB38
Prerequisite: ANTA01Y
Session: Winter Day
M. Latta
Telephone ID #: 00736033
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: 20 with preference given to students in anthropology and international development studies.
Prerequisites: Any B-level course in Anthropology or IDS or permission of the instructor.
Session: Winter Day
T.B.A.
Telephone ID #: 00736233
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, ANTC61F, 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. Specific topics include: the rise of infectious disease and urbanization, Tay sachs and World Jewry, palaeopathology and paleodemography, as well as social change and childhood mortality in the urban environment.
Prerequisite: ANTA01Y or permission of the instructor. [ANTB15 is recommended.]
Session: Winter Day
Telephone ID #: 00736353
With its complement, ANTC64 an examination of the historical and continuing relationship of humans to their food sources.
In Part 1, we take the evolutionary approach: we investigate changes in the human diet over millennia as humans moved from gatherer-hunters to domesticators of food sources. The attendant redistribution of nutrient within society is the background for issues relating specifically to food availability. Topics to be discussed include human dietary needs, the primate base, malnutrition and its consequences.
Exclusion: ANTC56
Prerequisite: ANTA01Y & one other full-course equivalent at B- or C- level in Anthropology
Session: Winter Day
Telephone ID #: 00742453
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 Levi-Strauss. An attempt will be made to understand these individuals in terms of the social and intellectual climates in which they wrote.
Prerequisite: [ANTA01Y & ANTB20Y] or [permission of the instructor]
Session: Winter Day
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.
Prerequisite: ANTA01Y & two full-course equivalents in Anthropology, one of which must be at the C-level, & permission of the instructor
Session: Winter Day, Winter Evening, Summer Evening
Members of Faculty
ANTB05F African Cultures and Societies I: Survey
Prerequisite: ANTA01Y or permission of the instructor
ANTB16Y Cultures of Modern Canada
Prerequisites: ANTA01 or permission of the instructor
ANTB25F Human Nature: An Anthropological Inquiry
Prerequisite: ANTA01Y or permission of the instructor
ANTB54S Anthropology of Sex
Prerequisite: ANTA01Y & ANTB15Y
ANTB55Y Cultures of the Middle East and the Islamic World
Prerequisite: ANTA01Y or permission of the instructor
ANTC01S The Anthropology of the Body
Prerequisite: [ANTC11 or ANTC61 or ANTC05] or permission of the instructor
ANTC05Y Anthropological Study of Religion
Exclusion: ANT341H
Prerequisite: ANTA01Y
ANTC06S African Cultures and Societies II: Case Studies
Exclusion: (ANTB06)
Prerequisite: ANTB05F/S
ANTC11Y The Anthropology of Women and Gender
Exclusion: ANT343
Prerequisite: ANTA01Y or WSTA01Y or permission of the instructor [ANTB20Y is strongly recommended]
ANTC13S Research on the Social Behaviour of Non-Human Primates II
Prerequisite: ANTC22 & permission of the instructor
ANTC16Y Human Origins
Exclusion: ANT332
Prerequisite: ANTA01Y or permission of the instructor
ANTC19F Economic Anthropology
Prerequisite: ANTA01Y or permission of the instructor
ANTC25F/S Anthropology and Psychology
Prerequisite: ANTA01
Corequisite: ANTB20 and PSYB30 are recommended
ANTC26Y The Theory and Practice of Archaeology: An Introduction
Exclusion: ANT200, (ANTB26)
Prerequisite: ANTA01Y, [ANTB11F & ANTB12 are recommended]
ANTC28Y Introduction to Archaeological Field Methods
Prerequisite: Any B-level course in Archaeology or Physical Anthropology or a B-level course in a Cognate discipline
ANTC32S Political Anthropology
Prerequisite: ANTA01 or permission of the instructor
ANTC35F Quantitative Methods in Anthropology
Prerequisite: ANTA01; ANTB15 and ANTC26 are recommended
ANTC37F Prehistory of Mexico and Mesoamerica
Exclusion: (ANTB37)
Prerequisite: ANTA01Y
ANTC40Y Anthropological Demography
Prerequisite: ANTA01Y; ANTB15 is recommended
ANTC41Y Human Adaptability
Exclusion: (ANTB44)
Prerequisite: ANTA01Y or BIOA03Y; [ANTB15 highly
recommended]
ANTC47Y Human Osteology
Exclusion: ANT334Y
Prerequisite: ANTA01Y or BIOA03Y; [ANTC16 & ANTB15 are recommended]
ANTC49S Law and Society
Prerequisite: ANTA01Y or ANTB20Y or permission of the instructor
ANTC50F Death and Burial
Prerequisite: Any B-level course in Anthropology
ANTC61F Medical Anthropology: Illness and Healing in Cultural Perspective
Prerequisite: ANTB20Y or permission of the instructor
ANTC64S The Anthropology of Food: Consuming Passions
Prerequisite: ANTA01Y & one full-course equivalent at B- or C-level in Anthropology
ANTD02S Background to Modern Archaeology: Settlement Patterns
Exclusion: (ANTC44)
Prerequisite: Any B-level course in Archaeology or related disciplines
ANTD11F The Concept of Race in Anthropology
Exclusion: (ANTC43)
Prerequisite: ANTB15 or one C-level course in Anthropology
ANTD14F New Perspectives on Human Origins
Prerequisite: ANTB01Y or ANTB11F/S or ANTB15Y or ANTC16Y or one C-level course in Physical Anthropology
ANTD15S Frontiers of Anthropology
Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor
ANTD16F Biomedical Anthropology
Prerequisite: ANTC61 and one C-level full-course equivalent in Physical Anthropology
ANTD23S Ethnomedicine
Exclusion: (ANTC46)
Prerequisite: ANTC61F/S or permission of the instructor
[ANTC25 & ANTC11 are highly recommended]
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