Anthropology Graduate Course Offerings

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The official anthropology course listings can be found in the in Course Descriptions section of the UBC Calendar. This section can be view at http://students.ubc.ca/calendar/courses.cfm?code=ANTH. In case of a discrepancy between the information listed here and that listed in the UBC Calendar, the information in the UBC Calendar takes precedent.

  • ANTH 500 (6) History of Anthropological Thought: This course will consider various approaches to anthropology, from classical to contemporary.
  • ANTH 501 (2-6) d Social Structure and Kinship
  • ANTH 502 (2-18) d Advanced Ethnography of a Special Area
  • ANTH 505 (2-6) d Religion and Society
  • ANTH 506 (3/6) d Current Research in Anthropology: The relationship between current theoretical issues and research methods.
  • ANTH 510 (3-6) c Comparative and Developmental Studies in Archaeology
  • ANTH 512 (2-6) d Language and Culture
  • ANTH 513 (3-6) d Advanced Studies in Feminist Anthropology: Feminist approaches to ethnography, theory, methodology; current issues in feminist anthropology; gender relations; feminist anthropology and postmodernism.
  • ANTH 515 (2-6) d Cultural Evolution and Cultural Ecology
  • ANTH 516 (3) Qualitative Methods in Anthropology: A discussion of selected methods used to observe, describe, and interpret cultural phenomena and social organization. The course will consider such techniques as participant observation, interviewing, ethnographic semantics, life histories, componential analysis and photography. Attention will also be given to ethics in anthropological research and writing and to such analytic matters as the nature of description, conceptualization, generalization and content analysis.
  • ANTH 517 (3) Archaeological Methods: A discussion of selected basic data-gathering methods in their relation to the development of ideas about the archaeological record.
  • ANTH 518 (3) Museum Methods: Analytical approaches to the study of museums and collections. Methods of field collecting, collections research, laboratory procedures, visitor studies, social organization of museum and related cultural industries, exhibit and program evaluation techniques and the ethics of museum research and practice.
    Prerequisite: ANTH 431. Permission of the instructor is also acceptable.
  • ANTH 519 (3/6) d Seminar in Medical Anthropology
  • ANTH 520 (2-6) c Advanced Prehistory of a Special Area
  • ANTH 527 (3) Advanced Archaeological Methods: An intensive review of analytical approaches to the study of archaeological data and their applications. Includes research design; sampling strategies; analytical lab procedures; classification and typology; and multivariate analysis and other statistical procedures.
    Prerequisite: ANTH 517.
  • ANTH 528 (3) Advanced Quantitative Methods: The purpose of this course is to introduce students to the anthropological application of a variety of quantitative techniques. Specifically there will be sections on sampling designs, analysis of variance and regression, multi-way contingency tables, and multivariate analysis. Topics will be presented initially in a series of lectures which will outline the logic and exhibit applications which have been made. Students will then be expected to generate their own application and presentation. Access to data files specific to the substantive field - cultural anthropology, archaeology, physical anthropology - will be provided.
    Prerequisite: ANTH 418.
  • ANTH 530 (2-6) d Social Change
  • ANTH 532 (2-6) d Field Methods
  • ANTH 534 (2-6) d Special Advanced Courses
  • ANTH 540 (2-6) d Advanced Seminar
  • ANTH 541 (2-6) d Advanced Seminar and Workshop on Museum Studies
    Prerequisite: ANTH 431.
  • ANTH 545 (2-6) d Graduate Research Seminar
  • ANTH 548 (0) Major Essay
  • ANTH 549 (6/12) c Master's Thesis
  • ANTH 551 (3/6) d Cultural Studies in Communication and Interpretation: History, theories, principles and techniques of communication and interpretation of cultural materials. Topics include examination of how various media (script, objects, film, video) are used to interpret histories, society, and culture in museums, art galleries, historic sites and related areas; and how communication programs are planned, implemented and assessed.
    Prerequisite: ANTH 431. Permission of the instructor is also acceptable.
  • ANTH 649 (0) Ph.D. Thesis
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