Courses
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Undergraduates please note: Instructor permission is granted only under exceptional circumstances, and not as a routine way of permitting students to register for courses without having fulfilled the necessary prerequisites.
200 Level Courses (Introductory)
| Course No. | Course Name | Term | Syllabus |
| ANTH 201 | Prehistoric Archaeology | FALL | |
| ANTH 202 | Socio-Cultural Anthropology | FALL | |
| ANTH 203 | Human Evolution | WINTER | |
| ANTH 204 | Anthropology of Meaning | WINTER | |
| ANTH 206 | Environment and Culture | FALL | |
| ANTH 208 | Evolutionary Anthropology | WINTER | |
| ANTH 209 | Anthropology of Religion | WINTER | |
| ANTH 210 | Archaeology of Early Cities | WINTER | |
| ANTH 212 | Anthropology of Development | ||
| ANTH 222 | Legal Anthropology | WINTER | |
| ANTH 227 | Introduction to the Anthropology of Medicine | WINTER |
300 Level Courses (Intermediate)
Undergraduate Prerequisite: One anthropology course (see individual course listings in the McGill Calendar for the prerequisites associated with each course, if specified) or permission of instructor.
| Course No. | Course Name | Term | Syllabus |
| ANTH 301 | Nomadic Pastoralists | ||
| ANTH 303 | Ethnographies of Post-Socialism | ||
| ANTH 304 | Chinese Popular Culture Through Ethnography and Film |
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| ANTH 307 | Andean Prehistory | FALL | |
| ANTH 309 | Prehistory of Northern Europe | ||
| ANTH 311 | Primate Behaviour and Ecology | FALL | |
| ANTH 312 | Zooarchaeology | FALL | |
| ANTH 319 | Inka Archaeology and Ethnohistory | ||
| ANTH 320 | Social Evolution in Stateless Societies | FALL | |
| ANTH 322 | Social Change in Modern Africa | FALL | |
| ANTH 325 | Anthropology of the Self | FALL | |
| ANTH 326 | Anthropology of Latin America | ||
| ANTH 327 | Peoples of South Asia | ||
| ANTH 329 | Modern Chinese Society and Change | ||
| ANTH 330 | Traditional Whaling Societies | WINTER | |
| ANTH 335 | Ancient Egyptian Civilization | ||
| ANTH 338 | Native Peoples of North America | ||
| ANTH 339 | Ecological Anthropology | ||
| ANTH 340 | Middle Eastern Society and Culture | FALL | |
| ANTH 342 | Gender, Inequality and the State | ||
| ANTH 343 | The Animal | WINTER | |
| ANTH 344 | Quantitative Approaches to Anthropology | ||
| ANTH 345 | Prehistory of Africa | ||
| ANTH 347 | Paleolithic Cultures | Winter | |
| ANTH 360 | Archaeology of Ancient China |
350+ Level Courses (Core and Reading)
Undergraduate Prerequisite: One anthropology course (see individual course listings in the McGill Calendar for the prerequisites associated with each course, if specified) or permission of instructor. Reading courses are supervised by a member of the staff.
| Course No. | Course Name | Term | Syllabus |
| ANTH 352 | The History of Anthropological Theory | FALL | |
| ANTH 355 | Theories of Culture and Society | WINTER | |
| ANTH 357 | Archaeological Methods | FALL | |
| ANTH 358 | The Process of Anthropological Research | FALL | |
| ANTH 359 | The History of Archaeological Theory | WINTER | |
| ANTH 380 | Special Topics | FALL | |
| ANTH 381 | Special Topics | WINTER | |
| ANTH 382 | Special Topics - Near Eastern Archaeology | FALL | |
| ANTH 399 | Archaeology of Japan and Korea | WINTER |
400 Level Courses (Advanced)
Undergraduate Prerequisites: U2 anthropology students wishing to take advanced courses must see the course instructor. If the instructor is on leave, permission from the student's department advisor is required.
U3 anthropology students registering for advanced courses must have completed at least two core courses (350 level) and one 300 level anthropology course (which may or may not be specified in the course listing).
To enroll in any 480 or higher course, all available courses relevant to the chosen topic must be completed and the consent of the instructor, obtained. These are reading courses supervised by a member of the staff.
| Course No. | Course Name | Term | Syllabus |
| ANTH 401 | Comparative Anthropology | ||
| ANTH 402 | Topics in Ethnography 1 | WINTER | |
| ANTH 403 | Current Issues in Archaeology | ||
| ANTH 407 | Anthropology of the Body | WINTER | |
| ANTH 408 | Sensory Ethnography | FALL | |
| ANTH 411 | Primate Studies and Conservation | WINTER | |
| ANTH 412 | Topics: Anthropological Theory (NEW course) | FALL | |
| ANTH 413 | Gender in Archaeology | FALL | |
| ANTH 416 | Environment and Development in Africa | WINTER | |
| ANTH 419 | The Archaeology of Hunter-Gatherers | FALL | |
| ANTH 422 | Contemporary Latin American Culture and Society |
WINTER | |
| ANTH 423 | Mind/Brain and Psychopathology | FALL - CANCELLED | |
| ANTH 426 | Immigration and Culture | FALL | |
| ANTH 436 | North American Native Peoples | ||
| ANTH 437 | Historical Archaeology | FALL | |
| ANTH 438 | Topics in Medical Anthropology: Anthropology of Trauma |
FALL - CANCELLED | |
| ANTH 440 | Cognitive Anthropology | FALL | |
| ANTH 443 | Medical Anthropology Theory | ||
| ANTH 458 | Archaeology of the Silk Roads | WINTER | |
| ANTH 460 | Archaeological Field Studies | ||
| ANTH 461 | Research Techniques | ||
| ANTH 480 | Paleolithics of Western Euroasia | WINTER | |
| ANTH 481 | Special Topic 6 | WINTER | |
| ANTH 482 | Special Topic 7 | WINTER | |
| ANTH 490 | Honours Thesis I | FALL | |
| ANTH 491 | Honours Thesis II | WINTER | |
| ANTH 492 | Honours Thesis | FALL & WINTER | |
| ANTH 492D1 | D1 Honours Thesis | FALL | |
| ANTH 492D2 | D2 Honours Thesis | WINTER | |
| ANTH 492N2 | N2 Honours Thesis | FALL | |
| ANTH 492N1 | N1 Honours Thesis | WINTER | |
| ANTH 499 | Internship: Anthropology | FALL & WINTER |
500 Level Courses (Advanced)
Undergraduate Prerequisites: U2 anthropology students wishing to take advanced courses must see the course instructor. If the instructor is on leave, permission from the student's department advisor is required.
U3 anthropology students registering for advanced courses must have completed at least two core courses (350 level) and one 300 level Anthropology course (which may or may not be specified in the course listing).
| Course No. | Course Name | Term | Syllabus |
| ANTH 500 | Chinese Diversity and Diaspora | ||
| ANTH 501 | Anthropology Beyond the Human | FALL | |
| ANTH 502 | Social Life of Death | ||
| ANTH 503 | Production of the Past (description) | FALL | |
| ANTH 511 | Computational Approaches to Prehistory | ||
| ANTH 540 | Topics in Anthropological Theory (NEW course) | FALL | |
| ANTH 551 | Advanced Topics: Archaeological Research | FALL | |
| ANTH 555 | Advanced Topics in Ethnology: Gender in Islam | WINTER | |
| ANTH 575 | Concepts of Race | WINTER |
600 Level Courses (Graduate)
Note for Undergraduates: Honours Thesis courses are not open to Joint Honours students. Students in Joint Honours should take 400 level "Special Topics" courses (3 credits each) for the thesis in consecutive terms, one in Anthropology and the other in the joint department.
| Course No. | Course Name | Term | Syllabus |
| ANTH 601 | Semiotics, Life and Anthropology | ||
| ANTH 602 | Theory 1 | FALL | |
| ANTH 603 | Theory 2 | WINTER | |
| ANTH 607 | Archaeology Proseminar | FALL & WINTER | |
| ANTH 609 | Anthropology Proseminar | FALL & WINTER | |
| ANTH 615 | Seminar in Medical Anthropology | FALL | |
| ANTH 616 | Political Anthropology I | WINTER | |
| ANTH 631 | Space, Place and Social Change in the Era of Globalization |
FALL | |
| ANTH 640 | Psychological Anthropology I | WINTER | |
| ANTH 648 | Local Knowledge, Aboriginality and Territorial Identities |
FALL | |
| ANTH 652 | Anthropology and Gender | FALL | |
| ANTH 660 | Research Methods | WINTER | |
| ANTH 671 | Archaeological Theory 2 | WINTER |
Course FAQ
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