Interdisciplinary Minor Programs

 

Information for Students in Other Programs

The Anthropology Department offers, or participates in, several minor programs, linking our faculty and students with research and courses across the university. Below you will find more detailed information on these minor programs.

 

Minor in Environment and Culture
 

This minor focuses on the study of cultural, social, political and economic aspects of human relations with the environment.  Anthropology courses in this minor are:

  • Anthro 203F/G Indigenous Peoples, Globalization and the Environment
  • Anthro 211F/G Cultures of the Caribbean
  • Anthro 212F/G Cultures of the Pacific
  • Anthro 216F/G Cultures of Latin America
  • Anthro 217F/G First Nations Traditional Cultures of Canada
  • Anthro 218F/G Contemporary First Nations Issues in Canada
  • Anthro 219F/G Cultures of the Middle East
  • Anthro 260F/G “Nature” in the City
  • Anthro 262F/G The Production and Consumption of Global Commodities
  • Anthro 264F/G Issues in Primate Conservation
  • Anthro 281F/G Anthropology of Development
  • Anthro 309G/F Hunting and Gathering Societies

More information on the organization of this minor can be found in the Academic Calendar available HERE.

Minor in Refugee and Migrant Studies

This minor focuses on the study of the movement of populations in a variety of contexts world-wide. Anthropology courses in this minor are:

  • Anthro 203f/g: Indigenous Peoples, Globalization and the Environment
  • Anthro 211f/g: Cultures of the Caribbean
  • Anthro 212f/g: Cultures of the Pacific
  • Anthro 216f/g: Culture of Latin America [FNS 216f/g]
  • Anthro 218f/g: Contemporary First Nations Issues in Canada [FNS 218f/g]
  • Anthro 219f/g: Cultures of the Middle East
  • Anthro 281f/g: Anthropology of Development
  • Anthro 282f/g: Anthropology of Migration
  • Anthro 283f/g: Refugees and the Displaced
  • Anthro 305f/g: History, Territory and the Politics of Identity
  • Anthro 306f/g: Ethnohistorical Research in Anthropology [FNS 306f/g]

Also included in this minor are the following First Nations Studies courses:

  • FNS 230f/g: Cultures of Native North America
  • FNS 402f/g: Indigenous Cultures and Globalization

More information on the organization of this minor can be found in the Academic Calendar available HERE.

Minor in Latin American Studies

Several members of the Anthropology faculty conduct research and offer courses focused on Latin America, and form a core part of the Minor in Latin American Studies, an interdisciplinary program involving courses from a wide range of departments and faculties. Anthropology courses in this minor are:

  • Anthro 216f/g:
  • Anthro 232f/g:
  • Anthro 234f/g:

Other Anthropology courses focused in part on Latin America are:

  • Anthro 211f/g: Cultures of the Caribbean

More information on the organization of this minor can be found in the Academic Calendar available HERE.

Minor in Gender, Sexuality and Culture

Gender, Sexuality and Culture is an interdisciplinary module administered by the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures and the Department of Women's Studies and Feminist Theory. Anthropology courses in this minor are:

  • Anthro 202f/g: Sex, Sexuality and Desire - Cross-cultural Explorations of Queer Lives
  • Anthro 255E: Feminist Perspectives in Anthropology

More information on the organization of this minor can be found in the Academic Calendar available HERE.