Course List 2024-2025
Below is a list of the anthropology courses we are offering for the 2024-2025 academic year with the Fall courses listed first and the Winter ones below it.
Course Outlines
Brief course outlines are available to view by clicking on the course number and name below. Full course outlines will be available to registered students in Owl Brightspace by the start of classes.
Course Registration Deadlines
The Add/Drop deadline for Fall courses is September 13, 2024 at 11:59 pm.
For Winter courses, you can continue to make changes up until the Add/Drop deadline on January 14, 2025 at 11:59 pm. This is the last day you will be able to add a winter term course. Courses dropped by this date will not appear on your transcript. Courses dropped after this date will appear on your transcript with a grade of ‘WDN’, which means withdrawn and has no academic penalty.
Questions?
If you have any questions and would like some help with course selection, the anthropology modules or to check on your progression for degree requirements, please send an email to the Undergraduate Program Office: anthro-ugrad-office@uwo.ca.
Fall 2024
1000 - Level Courses
| Course | Instructor(s) |
| 1022A-001 Introduction to Biological Anthropology and Archaeology | L. Hodgetts and J. Stock |
| 1022A-002 Introduction to Biological Anthropology and Archaeology | L. Hodgetts and J. Stock |
| 1025F-650 Introduction to Sociocultural and Linguistic Anthropology | J. Trombley |
| 1027A-650 Introduction to Linguistics | V. Kharytonava |
2000 - Level Courses
| Course | Instructor(s) |
| 2100-650 Archaeology and World Prehistory | P. Timmins |
| 2101A-650 Great Archaeological Sites | D. Moreiras Reynaga |
| 2226A-001 Biological Anthropology | J. Motley |
| 2229F-001 Principles of Archaeology | N. Ferris |
| 2231A-001 Archaeologies of Migration | T. Markert |
| 2239A-001 Mummies: The Scientific and Cultural Analysis of Human Mummies | A. Nelson |
| 2245F-001 Anthropological Approaches to Language | K. Pennesi |
| 2249F-200 Discourse Analysis | K. Pennesi |
| 2251A-001 Language, Gender and Sexuality | T. Granadillo |
| 2272A-650 Anthropology of Tourism | C. Kennedy |
| 2281A-001 Anthropology of International Development | K. Linton |
3000 - Level Courses
| Course | Instructor(s) |
| 3338F-001 Human Skeletal Biology | A. Waters-Rist |
| 3339F-001 Language Variation and Change | T. Granadillo |
| 3350F-200 Society and Culture I – Historical Perspectives | K. Clark |
| 3372F-001 Applying Anthropology *New* | J. Trombley |
4000 - Level Courses
| Course | Instructor(s) |
| 4401F-001 Anthropological Thinking and Practice | A. Walsh |
| 4411F-650 Anthropology in the Virtual World | J. Trombley |
| 4418F-001 Historical Material Culture | T. Markert |
| 4495F-001 Special Topics: Reading and Writing Ethnography Application required. Limited enrolment. |
G. Beckett |
Winter 2025
1000 - Level Courses
| Course | Instructor(s) |
| 1021B-001 Introduction to Sociocultural and Linguistic Anthropology | J. Trombley/TBD |
| 1021B-002 Introduction to Sociocultural and Linguistic Anthropology | J. Trombley/TBD |
| 1026G-650 Introduction to Biological Anthropology and Archaeology | J. Trombley |
| 1027B-650 Introduction to Linguistics | V. Kharytonava |
2000 - Level Courses
| Course | Instructor(s) |
| 2216G-650 Anthropological Perspectives on Latin America | T. Granadillo |
| 2219B-001 Cultures of the Middle East | R. Farah |
| 2222G-001 Debates in Sociocultural Anthropology | D. Jorgensen |
| 2226B-001 Biological Anthropology | J. Motley |
| 2230G-001 Arctic Archaeology | L. Hodgetts |
| 2240B-001 Evolution, Ecology and Human Health | J. Stock |
| 2242B-650 Forensic Anthropology in Fact and Fiction | A. Waters-Rist |
| 2252B-200 Languages in Canada | K. Pennesi |
| 2256B-001 Ruins and Ruination *New* | T. Markert |
| 2262B-001 Global Commodities | A. Walsh |
| 2267B-650 Anthropology of Zoos | K. Olsen |
| 2268B-001 People and Animals *New* | L. Hodgetts |
| 2272B-650 Anthropology of Tourism | C. Kennedy |
| 2285B-650 Clothing and Culture: The Anthropology of Fashion | C. Kennedy |
| 2288B-650 Climate, Science, and the Changing World *New* | J. Trombley |
3000 - Level Courses
| Course | Instructor(s) |
| 3237B-200 Field Techniques in Linguistics | T. Granadillo |
| 3308G-001 Archaeology: Theory and Practice | N. Ferris |
| 3311G-001 Bioarchaeology: Practice and Theory | A. Nelson |
| 3351G-200 Society and Culture II – Identity Power and Social Formation | K. Clark |
| 3379G-001 Engineering Ourselves: The Anthropology of Cyborgs | J. Stock |
4000 - Level Courses
| Course | Instructor(s) |
| 4408G-001 Paleopathology and Paleodiet Application required. Limited enrolment. Contact instructor for application and availability. |
A. Waters-Rist |
