New Student Registration: Anthropology

• ANTH 105 – Treaty Relations in Mi'kma'ki
• ANTH 111 – Introduction to Archaeology
• ANTH 112 – Introduction to Socio-cultural Anthropology

Together, ANTH 111 and 112 provide the 6 credits of foundational course material for further study in Anthropology. These courses are required for a major, advanced major, honours, minor, subsidiary or pair in Anthropology, and may also be electives in any program.

Students should note that ANTH 111 is not a prerequisite for 112, so these two courses may be taken in either order. Students may take ANTH 111 in first term and 112 in second term, or may take ANTH 112 in first term and 111 in second term. There is no advantage or disadvantage in either case.

ANTH 111 and 112 are the minimum prerequisites for all other courses in the department.

ANTH 105 is a course that will be required for students who are accepted into the 5-year concurrent programs with BEd, which will be implemented in Fall 2027.  The course can also be used as an elective in any program.

Bachelor of Arts students who are considering taking ANTH 112, DEVS 101, SOCI 101, SOCI 102, and WMGS 100 may want to explore the option of the Social Justice Colloquium, which offers these courses in a coordinated format.

Course Descriptions

ANTH 105   Treaty Relations in Mi’kma’ki
This course is shaped by four key questions: Who are the Mi’kmaw historically and today? What are treaties and why are they important? What has happened to the treaty relationship? What are we doing to reconcile our shared history to ensure justice and equity? Students will holistically examine Mi’kmaw culture and history to understand the impacts of colonization on Mi’kmaw communities. Particular attention will be paid to the implications for treaty education and the anthropology of reconciliation. Three credits.

ANTH 111   Introduction to Archaeology
Archaeology provides a unique opportunity to examine the development of human society. With their long temporal depth, we can examine how humans, and their ancestors, evolved and populated the entire globe. The nature of modern archaeological research including topics of hominid evolution, origins of agriculture, rise of state-level societies and First Nations archaeology will be discussed. Students will have an opportunity to apply this knowledge using real archaeological data. Three credits. Offered every year.

ANTH 112   Introduction to Socio-cultural Anthropology
Socio-cultural anthropology involves the comparative study of societies throughout the world. Students will learn how societies differ from each other, as well as observing similarities among them. The course surveys traditional ways of understanding cultures while incorporating current insights and research. Topics include diverse political, legal and economic systems, kinship patterns, religion, forms of ethnic and gender identity, health and medicine, development and migration. Department foci relating to Indigenous peoples, development and general anthropology are introduced. Three credits.

Please refer to Section 9.2 Anthropology in the Academic Calendar. 

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