Updated: Mon, 10/07/2024 - 21:42

From Saturday, Oct. 5 through Tuesday, Oct. 8, the Downtown and Macdonald Campuses will be open only to McGill students, employees and essential visitors. Many classes will be held online. Remote work required where possible. See Campus Public Safety website for details.


Du samedi 5 octobre au mardi 8 octobre, le campus du centre-ville et le campus Macdonald ne seront accessibles qu’aux étudiants et aux membres du personnel de l’Université McGill, ainsi qu’aux visiteurs essentiels. De nombreux cours auront lieu en ligne. Le personnel devra travailler à distance, si possible. Voir le site Web de la Direction de la protection et de la prévention pour plus de détails.

Courses

 

    200 Level Courses (Introductory)

    Course Topic/Syllabus
    ANTH 201 Introduction to Archaeology 3 Credits
      Offered in the:
    • Fall
    • Winter
    • Summer

    PDF icon Winter 2021 ANTH201 Syllabus
    ANTH 202 Socio-Cultural Anthropology 3 Credits
      Offered in the:
    • Fall
    • Winter
    • Summer

     
    ANTH 203 Human Evolution 3 Credits
      Offered in the:
    • Fall
    • Winter
    • Summer

     
    ANTH 204 Anthropology of Meaning 3 Credits
      Offered in the:
    • Fall
    • Winter
    • Summer

    PDF icon Winter 2021 ANTH204 Syllabus
    ANTH 206 Environment and Culture 3 Credits
      Offered in the:
    • Fall
    • Winter
    • Summer

    PDF icon Fall 2020 ANTH 206 Syllabus
    ANTH 207 Ethnography Through Film 3 Credits
      Offered in the:
    • Fall
    • Winter
    • Summer

     
    ANTH 208 Evolutionary Anthropology 3 Credits
      Offered in the:
    • Fall
    • Winter
    • Summer

     
    ANTH 209 Anthropology of Religion 3 Credits
      Offered in the:
    • Fall
    • Winter
    • Summer

    PDF icon Winter 2021 ANTH209 Syllabus
    ANTH 210 Archaeology of Early Cities 3 Credits
      Offered in the:
    • Fall
    • Winter
    • Summer

    PDF icon Fall 2020 ANTH 210 Preliminary Syllabus
    ANTH 212 Anthropology of Development 3 Credits
      Offered in the:
    • Fall
    • Winter
    • Summer

    PDF icon Winter 2021 ANTH212 Syllabus
    ANTH 222 Legal Anthropology 3 Credits
      Offered in the:
    • Fall
    • Winter
    • Summer

    PDF icon Winter 2021 ANTH222 Syllabus
    ANTH 227 Medical Anthropology 3 Credits
      Offered in the:
    • Fall
    • Winter
    • Summer

    PDF icon Fall 2020 ANTH 227 Syllabus

    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 Topic/Syllabus
    ANTH 301 Course not available
     
    ANTH 302 New Horizons in Medical Anth. 3 Credits
      Offered in the:
    • Fall
    • Winter
    • Summer

    PDF icon Winter 2021 ANTH302 Syllabus
    ANTH 303 Ethnogr. of Post-socialism 3 Credits
      Offered in the:
    • Fall
    • Winter
    • Summer

     
    ANTH 304 Chinese Cult in Ethnogr & Film 3 Credits
      Offered in the:
    • Fall
    • Winter
    • Summer

    PDF icon Winter 2021 ANTH304 Syllabus
    ANTH 307 Andean Prehistory 3 Credits
      Offered in the:
    • Fall
    • Winter
    • Summer

    PDF icon Fall 2020 ANTH 307 Syllabus
    ANTH 308 Political Anthropology 01 3 Credits
      Offered in the:
    • Fall
    • Winter
    • Summer

    PDF icon Winter 2021 ANTH308 Syllabus
    ANTH 311 Primate Behaviour and Ecology 3 Credits
      Offered in the:
    • Fall
    • Winter
    • Summer

     
    ANTH 312 Zooarchaeology 3 Credits
      Offered in the:
    • Fall
    • Winter
    • Summer

    PDF icon Fall 2020 ANTH 312 Syllabus
    ANTH 314 Psychological Anthropology 01 3 Credits
      Offered in the:
    • Fall
    • Winter
    • Summer

    PDF icon Fall 2020 ANTH 314 Syllabus
    ANTH 317 Course not available
     
    ANTH 318 Globalization and Religion 3 Credits
      Offered in the:
    • Fall
    • Winter
    • Summer

    PDF icon Winter 2021 ANTH318 Syllabus
    ANTH 319 Inka Arch. & Ethnohistory 3 Credits
      Offered in the:
    • Fall
    • Winter
    • Summer

     
    ANTH 320 Course not available
     
    ANTH 322 Social Change in Modern Africa 3 Credits
      Offered in the:
    • Fall
    • Winter
    • Summer

    PDF icon Fall 2020 ANTH 322 Syllabus
    ANTH 323 Course not available
     
    ANTH 325 Anthropology of the Self 3 Credits
      Offered in the:
    • Fall
    • Winter
    • Summer

     
    ANTH 326 Anthropology of Latin America 3 Credits
      Offered in the:
    • Fall
    • Winter
    • Summer

     
    ANTH 327 Anthropology of South Asia 3 Credits
      Offered in the:
    • Fall
    • Winter
    • Summer

    ANTH 329 Course not available
     
    ANTH 330 Traditional Whaling Societies 3 Credits
      Offered in the:
    • Fall
    • Winter
    • Summer

    PDF icon Winter 2021 ANTH330 Syllabus
    ANTH 331 Prehistory of East Asia 3 Credits
      Offered in the:
    • Fall
    • Winter
    • Summer

    PDF icon Winter 2021 ANTH331 Syllabus
    ANTH 332 Mesoamerican Archaeology 3 Credits
      Offered in the:
    • Fall
    • Winter
    • Summer

    PDF icon Fall 2020 ANTH 332 Syllabus
    ANTH 337 Course not available
     
    ANTH 338 Indigenous Studies of Anthro 3 Credits
      Offered in the:
    • Fall
    • Winter
    • Summer

     
    ANTH 339 Ecological Anthropology 3 Credits
      Offered in the:
    • Fall
    • Winter
    • Summer

    PDF icon Winter 2021 ANTH339 Syllabus
    ANTH 340 Middle Eastern Society&Culture 3 Credits
      Offered in the:
    • Fall
    • Winter
    • Summer

     
    ANTH 341 Course not available
     
    ANTH 342 Course not available
     
    ANTH 343 Anthropology and the Animal 3 Credits
      Offered in the:
    • Fall
    • Winter
    • Summer

    PDF icon Winter 2021 ANTH343 Syllabus
    ANTH 344 Quant. Approaches to Anth. 3 Credits
      Offered in the:
    • Fall
    • Winter
    • Summer

     
    ANTH 347 Course not available
     

    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 Topic/Syllabus
    ANTH 352 Hist of Anthropological Theory 3 Credits
      Offered in the:
    • Fall
    • Winter
    • Summer

    PDF icon Fall 2020 ANTH 352 Syllabus
    ANTH 355 Theories of Culture & Society 3 Credits
      Offered in the:
    • Fall
    • Winter
    • Summer

    PDF icon Winter 2021 ANTH355 Syllabus
    ANTH 357 Archaeological Methods 3 Credits
      Offered in the:
    • Fall
    • Winter
    • Summer

    PDF icon Fall 2020 ANTH 357 Outline
    ANTH 358 The Process of Anthro Research 3 Credits
      Offered in the:
    • Fall
    • Winter
    • Summer

    PDF icon Winter 2021 ANTH358 Syllabus
    ANTH 359 Hist of Archaeological Theory 3 Credits
      Offered in the:
    • Fall
    • Winter
    • Summer

    PDF icon Winter 2021 ANTH359 Syllabus
    ANTH 360 Archaeology of Ancient China 3 Credits
      Offered in the:
    • Fall
    • Winter
    • Summer

     
    ANTH 370 Anthropology and the Image 3 Credits
      Offered in the:
    • Fall
    • Winter
    • Summer

    PDF icon Fall 2020 ANTH 370 Syllabus
    ANTH 380 Special Topic 1 3 Credits
      Offered in the:
    • Fall
    • Winter
    • Summer

    PDF icon Fall 2020 ANTH 380 Course Description
    ANTH 381 Special Topic 2 3 Credits
      Offered in the:
    • Fall
    • Winter
    • Summer

    PDF icon Fall 2020 ANTH 381 Syllabus
    ANTH 399 Archaeology of Japan and Korea 3 Credits
      Offered in the:
    • Fall
    • Winter
    • Summer

     

    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 Topic/Syllabus
    ANTH 402 Topics in Ethnography 3 Credits
      Offered in the:
    • Fall
    • Winter
    • Summer

     
    ANTH 403 Current Issues in Archaeology 3 Credits
      Offered in the:
    • Fall
    • Winter
    • Summer

    ANTH 406 Great Debates in Ethnography 3 Credits
      Offered in the:
    • Fall
    • Winter
    • Summer

     
    ANTH 407 Anthropology of the Body 3 Credits
      Offered in the:
    • Fall
    • Winter
    • Summer

    PDF icon Winter 2020 ANTH407 Syllabus
    ANTH 408 Sensory Ethnography 3 Credits
      Offered in the:
    • Fall
    • Winter
    • Summer

    PDF icon Winter 2021 ANTH408 Syllabus
    ANTH 411 Primate Studies & Conservation 3 Credits
      Offered in the:
    • Fall
    • Winter
    • Summer

     
    ANTH 412 Topics:Anthropological Theory 3 Credits
      Offered in the:
    • Fall
    • Winter
    • Summer

    PDF icon Fall 2020 ANTH 412 Syllabus
    ANTH 413 Gender in Archaeology 3 Credits
      Offered in the:
    • Fall
    • Winter
    • Summer

    PDF icon Fall 2020 ANTH 413 Syllabus
    ANTH 416 Environment/Dev: Africa 3 Credits
      Offered in the:
    • Fall
    • Winter
    • Summer

     
    ANTH 419 Archaeol of Hunter-Gatherers 3 Credits
      Offered in the:
    • Fall
    • Winter
    • Summer

    PDF icon Fall 2020 ANTH 419 Syllabus
    ANTH 422 Contemp.Latin Amer Cult & Soc 3 Credits
      Offered in the:
    • Fall
    • Winter
    • Summer

     
    ANTH 423 Mind, Brain & Psychopathology 3 Credits
      Offered in the:
    • Fall
    • Winter
    • Summer

    PDF icon Winter 2021 ANTH423 Syllabus
    ANTH 426 Immigration and Culture 3 Credits
      Offered in the:
    • Fall
    • Winter
    • Summer

     
    ANTH 428 Saints &Mediation in Latin Am. 3 Credits
      Offered in the:
    • Fall
    • Winter
    • Summer

    PDF icon Winter 2021 ANTH428 Syllabus
    ANTH 436 North American Native Peoples 3 Credits
      Offered in the:
    • Fall
    • Winter
    • Summer

     
    ANTH 437 Historical Archaeology 3 Credits
      Offered in the:
    • Fall
    • Winter
    • Summer

     
    ANTH 438 Topics in Medical Anthropology 3 Credits
      Offered in the:
    • Fall
    • Winter
    • Summer

    PDF icon Fall 2020 ANTH 438 Syllabus
    ANTH 440 Cognitive Anthropology 3 Credits
      Offered in the:
    • Fall
    • Winter
    • Summer

    PDF icon Fall 2020 ANTH 440 Syllabus
    ANTH 443 Course not available
     
    ANTH 450 Archaeology of Landscape 3 Credits
      Offered in the:
    • Fall
    • Winter
    • Summer

    PDF icon Winter 2021 ANTH450 Syllabus
    ANTH 451 Res in Society & Dev in Africa 3 Credits
      Offered in the:
    • Fall
    • Winter
    • Summer

     
    ANTH 458 Archaeology of the Silk Roads 3 Credits
      Offered in the:
    • Fall
    • Winter
    • Summer

     
    ANTH 460 Course not available
     
    ANTH 461 Course not available
     
    ANTH 480 Special Topic 5 3 Credits
      Offered in the:
    • Fall
    • Winter
    • Summer

    PDF icon Winter 2021 ANTH480 Syllabus
    ANTH 481 Special Topic 6 3 Credits
      Offered in the:
    • Fall
    • Winter
    • Summer

     
    ANTH 490 Honours Thesis 6 Credits
      Offered in the:
    • Fall
    • Winter
    • Summer

     
    ANTH 491 Joint Honours Thesis 3 Credits
      Offered in the:
    • Fall
    • Winter
    • Summer

     
    ANTH 490D1 Honours Thesis 3 Credits
      Offered in the:
    • Fall
    • Winter
    • Summer

     
    ANTH 490D2 Honours Thesis 3 Credits
      Offered in the:
    • Fall
    • Winter
    • Summer

     
    ANTH 499 Internship: Anthropology 3 Credits
      Offered in the:
    • Fall
    • Winter
    • Summer

     

    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 Topic/Syllabus
    ANTH 500 Chinese Diversity & Diaspora 3 Credits
      Offered in the:
    • Fall
    • Winter
    • Summer

     
    ANTH 501 Anthropology Beyond the Human 3 Credits
      Offered in the:
    • Fall
    • Winter
    • Summer

    PDF icon Fall 2020 ANTH 501 Syllabus
    ANTH 502 Social Life of Death 3 Credits
      Offered in the:
    • Fall
    • Winter
    • Summer

     
    ANTH 503 Production of the Past 3 Credits
      Offered in the:
    • Fall
    • Winter
    • Summer

     
    ANTH 505 Curr Advances in Arch Theory 3 Credits
      Offered in the:
    • Fall
    • Winter
    • Summer

    PDF icon Winter 2021 ANTH505 Syllabus
    ANTH 504 Environmental Archaeology 3 Credits
      Offered in the:
    • Fall
    • Winter
    • Summer

     
    ANTH 510 Adv Pblms in Anth of Religion 3 Credits
      Offered in the:
    • Fall
    • Winter
    • Summer

    PDF icon Fall 2020 ANTH 510 Announcement
    ANTH 511 Computational App. to Prehist. 3 Credits
      Offered in the:
    • Fall
    • Winter
    • Summer

     
    ANTH 512 Political Ecology 3 Credits
      Offered in the:
    • Fall
    • Winter
    • Summer

     

    ANTH 513 The Poetry of Anthropology 3 Credits
      Offered in the:
    • Fall
    • Winter
    • Summer

    PDF icon Fall 2020 ANTH 513 Syllabus
    ANTH 515 The Archaeology of Politics 3 Credits
      Offered in the:
    • Fall
    • Winter
    • Summer

     
    ANTH 522 Course not available
     
    ANTH 540 Topics in Anthro. Theory 3 Credits
      Offered in the:
    • Fall
    • Winter
    • Summer

    PDF icon Fall 2021 ANTH 540 Syllabus
    ANTH 551 Adv Topics: Archaeological Res 3 Credits
      Offered in the:
    • Fall
    • Winter
    • Summer

     
    ANTH 555 Advanced Topics in Ethnology 3 Credits
      Offered in the:
    • Fall
    • Winter
    • Summer

    PDF icon Winter 2021 ANTH555 Syllabus
    ANTH 575 Concepts of Race 3 Credits
      Offered in the:
    • Fall
    • Winter
    • Summer

     

    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 Topic/Syllabus
    ANTH 602 Theory 1 3 Credits
      Offered in the:
    • Fall
    • Winter
    • Summer

    PDF icon Fall 2020 ANTH 602 Syllabus
    ANTH 603 Theory 2 3 Credits
      Offered in the:
    • Fall
    • Winter
    • Summer

    PDF icon Winter 2021 ANTH603 Syllabus
    ANTH 605 Course not available
     
    ANTH 607D1 Course not available
     
    ANTH 609 Proseminar in Anthropology 6 Credits
      Offered in the:
    • Fall
    • Winter
    • Summer

    PDF icon Fall 2020 ANTH 609 Schedule
    ANTH 610 Course not available
     
    ANTH 611 Research Design 3 Credits
      Offered in the:
    • Fall
    • Winter
    • Summer

    PDF icon Fall 2020 ANTH 611 Syllabus
    ANTH 614 Course not available
     
    ANTH 615 Sem in Medical Anthropology 3 Credits
      Offered in the:
    • Fall
    • Winter
    • Summer

    PDF icon Fall 2020 ANTH 615 Syllabus
    ANTH 616 Political Anthropology 1 3 Credits
      Offered in the:
    • Fall
    • Winter
    • Summer

     
    ANTH 631 Course not available
     
    ANTH 634 Anthropology of Development 1 3 Credits
      Offered in the:
    • Fall
    • Winter
    • Summer

     
    ANTH 635 Course not available
     
    ANTH 640 Psychological Anthropology 1 3 Credits
      Offered in the:
    • Fall
    • Winter
    • Summer

    PDF icon WInter 2021 ANTH640 Syllabus
    ANTH 645 Anthropology, Mind and Brain 3 Credits
      Offered in the:
    • Fall
    • Winter
    • Summer

     
    ANTH 648 Structural Anthropology 3 Credits
      Offered in the:
    • Fall
    • Winter
    • Summer

     
    ANTH 650 Course not available
     
    ANTH 652 Course not available
     
    ANTH 660 Course not available
     
    ANTH 665 Course not available
     
    ANTH 670 Archeological Theory 1 3 Credits
      Offered in the:
    • Fall
    • Winter
    • Summer

     
    ANTH 671 Course not available
     
    ANTH 673 Course not available
     
    ANTH 678 Course not available
     
    ANTH 680 Course not available
    PDF icon Fall 2020 ANTH 680 Syllabus
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