Undergraduate Program

Anthropology focuses on understanding the diversity of human culture, both past and present, and how humans interact with each other and their environment. Topics range from the evolution of the human species, the chemical analysis of ancient human bone, solving community-based problems in contemporary society, and understanding the nature of corporate culture.

We offer undergraduate courses in the six thematic areas of anthropological research that intersect all sub-disciplines:

Thematic Areas	Level II	Level III	Level IV
Identity and Diversity	2E03 Human Variation & Evolutionary Change 2G03 Indo-European Myth 2O03 Archaeological History of North America 2MA3 Media, Art, and Anthropology 2PC3 Archaeology and Popular Culture	3F03 Anthropology and the Other 3G03 Comparative Mythology 3Y03 Aboriginal Community Health and Well-Being	4M03 Advanced Topics in Mythology
Change, Transitions and Transformations	2E03 Human Variation & Evolutionary Change 2G03 Indo-European Myth 2PA3 Intro to Prehistoric Archaeology 2U03 Plagues and People 2WA3 World Archaeology	3AS3 Archaeology and Society 3G03 Comparative Mythology 3H03 Anthropological Demography 3Y03 Aboriginal Community Health and Well-Being	4GS3 Genetics & Society 4HF3 Archaeology of Hunter-Fisher-Gatherers 4M03 Advanced Topics in Mythology 4Q03 Global Processes and Local Consequences 4R03 DNA, Ancestry, and Migration
Justice, Power, Inequality and Violence	2B03 Indigenous People of North America 2PC3 Archaeology and Popular Culture 2R03 Religion, Magic, and Witchcraft 2RP3 Religion and Power in the Past	3AS3 Archaeology and Society 3C03 Health and Environment 3FA3 Forensic Anthropology 3PH3 Dissent, Power & History 3PP3 Palaeopathology	4B03 Current Problems in Anthropology - Food, the Colonial Encounter, and Global Warming 4Q03 Global Processes and Local Consequences
Health, Illness, Disease and Death	2AN3 Nutritional Anth 2E03 Human Variation & Evolutionary Change 2FF3 Skeletal Biology and Bioarchaeology 2R03 Religion, Magic, and Witchcraft 2U03 Plagues and People	3C03 Health and Environment 3DD3 Archaeology of Death 3FA3 Forensic Anth 3HI3 Anth of Health, Illness, and Healing 3PP3 Palaeopathology 3Y03 Aboriginal Community Health and Well-Being	4D03 Applied Anthropology 4J03 Diet and Nutrition in Biocultural and Bioarchaeological Perspective 4R03 Advanced Skeletal Biology 4S03 The Anthropology of Infectious Disease
Environment, Food and Technology	2AN3 Nutritional Anth 2C03 Archaeology of Env. Crisis and Response 2E03 Human Variation & Evolutionary Change	3C03 Health and Environment 3CA3 Ceramic Analysis 3K03 Archaeological Interpretation 3X03 Zooarchaeology	4B03 Current Problems in Anthropology - Food, the Colonial Encounter, and Global Warming 4HF3 Archaeology of Hunter-Fisher-Gatherers 4J03 Diet and Nutrition in Biocultural and Bioarchaeological Perspective
Practising Anthropology	2D03 Genetics for Anthropologists 2FF3 Skeletal Biology and Bioarchaeology 2F03 Cultural Anthropology 2PC3 Archaeology and Popular Culture	3FA3 Forensic Anth 3H03 Anthropological Demography 3K03 Archaeological Interpretation 3P03 Research Methods in Cultural Anthropology 3PP3 Palaeopathology	4D03 Applied Anthropology 4R03 Advanced Skeletal Biology 4S03 Anthropology of Infectious Disease

Ann Herring and the Anthropology 4S03 - Anthropology of Infectious Disease class has published its 6th book on an infectious disease and its implications for Hamilton. See details Here. (Available for purchasing at Titles).

The Anthropology department offers courses in the following four sub-disciplines:

Archaeology

Linguistics

Contacts

General Inquiries can be directed to: anthdep@mcmaster.ca

For questions and concerns related to:

Pre-requisite waiver for registration: contact the instructor of the course directly (if instructor is not listed on the timetable then contact Sophie Goellnicht, Administrative Assistant)

Course registration inquiries, seat availability and other Anthropology program inquiries, please contact:

     Sophie Goellnicht
     Administrative Assistant, Academic
     CNH-524
     Tel: 905-525-9140 ext. 24423
     goellnsk@mcmaster.ca

For questions or concerns related to registration, transferring credits, or course audits, please contact the Registrar's office or the office of the Associate Dean of Social Sciences. Contact information and drop-in advising times for the Faculty of Social Science Advisors can be found at: http://www.socialsciences.mcmaster.ca/office-of-associate-dean/main

Information provided on these pages is intended to supplement the university calendar. For academic regulations and program information please consult the 2012-13 university calendar. Course descriptions and other information are subject to change. Students are advised to check the Registrar's timetable for times and locations of courses. Please also see the University's Policies, Procedures, and Guidelines web page.

University Navigation