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BAH.ANTH - Anthropology - BA Honours

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Anthropology

Overview

Requirements

Specializations

Academic Level

Undergraduate

Credential

Bachelor of Arts (Honours)

Description

www.trentu.ca/anthropology

Anthropology is the study of human cultural, behavioural, and biological variability. It is a discipline integrating four subfields: archaeology, linguistic anthropology, biological anthropology, and cultural anthropology. Archaeologists document the material remains of past societies to understand and to explain patterns of cultural behaviour and cultural change. Linguists study languages worldwide and in relation to society and culture. Biological anthropologists investigate human evolution, growth, and development in relation to environmental, genetic, and cultural factors. Cultural anthropologists work with living people worldwide, recording their ways of life and beliefs and interpreting their findings to understand and explain the similarities and differences in cultural practices. Anthropologists are unified by their interest in human variability and the manner in which different individuals, communities, and societies, whether in the past or present, relate to each other at scales ranging from the local to global.

INFORMATION & ADDITIONAL NOTES

  • Due to overlapping requirements, it is not possible to combine Anthropology and Archaeology in a joint-major Honours degree.

  • It is not possible to combine Anthropology and Forensic Science in a joint-major Honours degree.

  • Students who plan to take upper-year archaeology courses are strongly encouraged to take ANTH 2121H and 2122H, which are both prerequisites for many upper-year archaeology courses.

  • Students planning to enter graduate school are strongly advised to take ANTH 2001H, 2002H, 2121H, 2122H, 2410H, and 2450H; if they are planning to continue in archaeology, they are strongly advised to take both ANTH 3123H and 3991H.

  • The Accelerated Master’s program in Anthropology allows students to obtain a research-based MA or MSc within a shorter timeframe. Students who are interested in applying should contact the Anthropology graduate program director.

  • Through the Study Abroad Exchange Program, students may travel to Belize for a semester or a year and take courses at Galen University. Information on the program is available at www.trentu.ca/studyabroad/trent-students.