Anthropology Honours (B.A.) (60 credits)
Offered by: Anthropology (Faculty of Arts)
Degree: Bachelor of Arts
Program credit weight: 60
Program Description
The Honours Program in Anthropology provides a greater focus on Anthropology with substantial breadth and depth. The completion of an Honours program is an asset when applying to graduate or professional schools.
Degree Requirements — B.A. students
To be eligible for a B.A. degree, a student must fulfil all Faculty and program requirements as indicated in Degree Requirements for the Faculty of Arts.
We recommend that students consult an Arts OASIS advisor for degree planning.
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Required Course (6 credits)
| Course | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| ANTH 490 | Honours Thesis. | 6 |
Honours Thesis. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. Supervised reading and preparation of a research report under the direction of a member of staff. | ||
Complementary Courses (54 credits)
Honours students select their courses as specified below. Students may take a maximum of 9 credits at the 300 and 400 level offered by other departments if they are directly related to their focus of study within Anthropology and are approved by their departmental program adviser.
200/300 Level
A maximum of 36 credits of 200- and 300-level courses (of which a maximum of 21 credits may be at the 200 level and a maximum of 6 credits may be Special Topic courses.)
Core (350 Level)
Select a minimum of 9 credits of core courses at the 350 level selected from:
| Course | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| ANTH 352 | History of Anthropological Theory. | 3 |
History of Anthropological Theory. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. Exploration in the history of anthropological theory; schools, controversies, intellectual history, sociology of knowledge. | ||
| ANTH 355 | Theories of Culture and Society. | 3 |
Theories of Culture and Society. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. Contributions to contemporary anthropological theory; theoretical paradigms and debates; forms of anthropological explanation; the role of theory in the practice of anthropology; concepts of society, culture and structure; cultural evolution and relativity; interpretive anthropology, post-modernism. | ||
| ANTH 357 | Archaeological Methods. | 3 |
Archaeological Methods. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. The collection of materials in field investigations and their analysis to yield cultural information. The processes of inference and reconstruction in archaeological interpretation. | ||
| ANTH 358 | The Process of Anthropological Research. | 3 |
The Process of Anthropological Research. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. The nature of anthropological research as evidenced in monographs and articles; processes of concept formation and interpretation of data; the problem of objectivity. | ||
| ANTH 359 | History of Archaeological Theory. | 3 |
History of Archaeological Theory. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. A systematic investigation of the theories that have guided the interpretation of prehistoric archaeological data since the Middle Ages; the relationship between these theories and theoretical developments in the other social sciences. | ||
400/500 Level
A minimum of 9 credits of Anthropology (ANTH) courses at the 400- or 500-level, and a maximum of 3 credits can be a Special Topic course.