Format: Online
Start date: 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.

Format: Online
Start date: May 4, 2026

This course explores selected issues in the study of religion, magic, witchcraft, science, and the supernatural. Perspectives from anthropology, history, psychology, and sociology are considered.

Course Format: Lecture and discussion (three hours per week); one term

Prerequisites: Three units of Level I Anthropology and registration in Level II or above in any program

Cross-listed: SCAR 2MW3

Format: Online
Start date: June 29, 2026

This course examines the role of infectious disease in human evolution, exploring the social and biological impacts of major epidemics and pandemics, past and present.

Course Format: Lecture (two hours), tutorial (one hour per week); one term

Prerequisite: Registration in Level II or above in any program

Format: Online
Start date: May 4, 2026

This course explores the intersections between various forms of tourism (e.g., food tourism, sex tourism, heritage and archaeological tourism) and broader narratives of identity, inequality, colonialism, and globalization.

Course Format: Lecture (three hours per week); one term

Prerequisite: Registration in Level II or above in any program