Undergraduate Programs
Anthropology is engagement with human differences from the perspective of lived experience, past, present and future.
The unique skills and perspectives that a Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology provides include an understanding of how we are all shaped by the cultural, social, political and historical contexts in which we live.
As an undergraduate in the Anthropology program, there are many opportunities available to students, both on and off campus, that are designed to provide hands-on learning opportunities and valuable experience for jobs after university and preparation for graduate studies.
Undergraduate Programs in Anthropology
Highlighted Undergraduate Courses Spring 2026
Starts June 29 2026
This course introduces students to Anthropology and its sub-disciplines through a discussion of some of the big questions and issues that anthropologists investigate in contemporary and past societies. These include issues of religion and worldview, race and racism, power and inequality, and social justice from archaeological, biological, and sociocultural perspectives. Through this course you will develop an understanding of how anthropological approaches can be used to better understand humanity, past and present.
Starts May 4, 2026
Selected issues in the study of religion, magic and witchcraft, science and the supernatural. Perspectives from history, psychology and sociology also will be discussed.
Lectures and discussion (three hours); one term
Prerequisite(s): Three units of Level I Anthropology and registration in Level II or above in any program
Cross-listed SCAR 2MW3
Starts June 29 2026
A consideration of the role played by infectious disease in human evolution. The social and biological outcomes of major epidemics and pandemics, past and present, will be explored.
Lecture (two hours), tutorial (one hour); one term
Prerequisite(s): Registration in Level II or above in any program
Starts May 4, 2026
An exploration of the intersections between various forms of tourism (e.g. food tourism, sex tourism, heritage and archaeology tourism) with narratives of identity, inequality, colonialism, and globalization.
Lecture (three hours); one term
Prerequisite(s): Registration in Level II or above in any program.
