Undergraduate Program: 1st Year Courses

 

Undergraduate First Year Courses

We offer one full year and three half year introductory courses in Anthropology:

Anthropology 1020E Many Ways of Being Human

Anthropology 1025F/G Introduction to Sociocultural Anthropology

Anthropology 1026F/G Introduction to Biological Anthropology and Archaeology

Anthropology 1027a/b Introduction to Linguistics

Students wishing to declare an Anthropology program module (i.e., Minor, Major, Specialization or Honors Specialization) must take either Anthropology 1020E, OR Anthropology 1025F/G and one of Anthropology 1026F/G or 1027A/B. Students with special interests in Linguistics should take Anthropology 1027a/b. For more information on modules see http://www.anthropology.uwo.ca/uprog_modules.html .

Suffixes:

a = 1st Term ½ course Non-Essay (Sept-Dec)
b = 2nd Term ½ course Non-Essay (Jan-April)
F = 1st Term Essay ½ course (Sept-Dec)
G = 2nd Term Essay ½ course (Jan-April)
E = Full Year Essay Course ( Sept-April)

Anthropology 1020E:
Many Ways of Being Human

In this full year course students explore the human experience, past and present, by learning about differences and similarities in societies and cultures across time and space, including how we live, die, communicate, make sense of our lives, and interact with each other and the world around us. This course provides a team-taught introduction to sociocultural anthropology, linguistic anthropology, archaeology, and biological anthropology. Anti-requisites: Anthropology 1025F/G, 1026F/G.

 

Anthropology 1025F/G:
Introduction to Sociocultural Anthropology

This half course is required of all anthropology majors (either area of concentration or Honors). It provides an introduction to Sociocultural anthropology: description of cultures and customs of all living human groups and attempts at understanding and explaining them. This course is the prerequisite for many Anthropology 200-level and 300-level courses in the Sociocultural subfield of Anthropology.

 

Anthropology 1026F/G:
Introduction to Biological Anthropology and Archaeology

This half course is an essay course which introduces the student to the anthropological subdivisions of biological/physical anthropology and archaeology.  This course is the prerequisite for many Anthropology 200-level and 300-level courses in the Biological Anthropology and Archaeology subfields.


Anthropology 1027a/b:
Introduction to Linguistics

This non-essay half course provides a background and basic grounding in technical aspects of linguistic analysis such as phonetics, phonology, morphology and syntax and is a prerequisite for upper level linguistic courses.  Students who are interested in Linguistics are also recommended to take Linguistics 1028a/b - Introduction of Language, which is a continuance of Anthropology 1027a/b.
 

For more information on Linguistics at Western, see the Inter-Faculty Programs section of the Academic Calendar or visit their website HERE.  For additional information on these or other courses in the Anthropology department, contact:

Professor Sherrie Larkin
Undergraduate Chair
Department of Anthropology
Faculty of Social Science
The University of Western Ontario
London, Ontario, Canada N6A 5C2
Phone: 519-661-3430 ext: 85084
Fax: 519-661-2157
email: slarkin@uwo.ca